洗衣妇

Castebound Her fate scripted by Hindu law, an Untouchable girl can imagine little else than working along the Yamuna River in Delhi as a Dhobi.

Castebound 种姓注定一生她的命运已被印度教法典注定了，一个不可接触贱民女孩子除了在亚穆纳河畔当个洗衣妇外不可能再有其他出路。

A washerwoman hangs diaphanous saris to dry on the mortared walls of a house in India.

一位印度的洗衣妇悬挂透明的纱丽晒干在一间屋子的白灰墙壁上。

Bacon tumbled over the laundress's buckets in the passage through which he had to pass.

洗衣妇的水桶挡住了培根的必经之路，使他差一点绊倒。

The washerwoman, who now knew Silver Nose was the Devil, was quite frightened when he returned, for she was sure he would ask for the clean wash from last time. But Silver Nose put down the new bag and said,"I'll get the clean wash some other time. This heavy bag has broken my back, and I want to go home with nothing to carry."

此时，洗衣妇已知道这个银鼻子就是魔鬼了，看到他又背着一袋东西来了，紧张得不得了，生怕银鼻子向她要上次洗好的东西，但银鼻子把肩上的口袋往地上一放，说："洗好的东西，我下一次再来取，这包东西太重，压得我骨头都快断了，我要空手回去。"

The washerwoman, who now knew Silver Nose was the Devil, was quite frightened when he returned, for she was sure he would ask for the clean wash from last time. But Silver Nose put down the new bag and said,"Ill get the clean wash some other time. This heavy bag has broken my back, and I want to go home with nothing to carry."

此时，洗衣妇已知道这个银鼻子就是魔鬼了，看到他又背着一袋东西来了，紧张得不得了，生怕银鼻子向她要上次洗好的东西，但银鼻子把肩上的口袋往地上一放，说："洗好的东西，我下一次再来取，这包东西太重，压得我骨头都快断了，我要空手回去。"

Ex: It was a point of honor with the washwoman to return the wash to its rightful owner.

对那位洗衣妇来说把所洗的衣物归还给原主使个信誉问题。

A point/ matter / question of honor: something you feel you must do because of your moral principles原则问题 eg:It was a point of honour with the washwoman to return the wash to its rightful owner.

对那位洗衣妇来说把所洗的衣物归还给原主是个信誉问题。

WASHERWOMAN: Marriage is the most expensive way to get your laundry free.

洗衣妇﹕婚姻好比用最昂贵的代价换取免费洗衣。

My mother had never been so pleased with any washwoman. Yet she charged no more than the others.

我母亲从来没有对哪个洗衣妇如此满意过，然而她要的工钱却不比别的洗衣妇要的多。

As the speed increased, and the Toad could see on either side of him real fields, and trees, and hedges, and cows, and horses, all flying past him, and as he thought how every minute was bringing him nearer to Toad Hall, and sympathetic friends, and money to chink in his pocket, and a soft bed to sleep in, and good things to eat, and praise and admiration at the recital of his adventures and his surpassing cleverness, he began to skip up and down and shout and sing snatches of song, to the great astonishment of the engine-driver, who had come across washerwomen before, at long intervals, but never one at all like this.

车速越来越快，蟾蜍看到两旁实实在在的田野、树丛、矮篱、牛、马，飞一般地从他身边闪过。他想到，每过一分钟，他就离蟾宫更近，想到同情他的朋友、衣袋里丁当作响的钱币、软软的床、美味的食物，想到人们对他的历险故事和过人的聪明齐声赞叹，——想到这—切，他禁不住蹦上蹦下，大声喊叫，断断续续地唱起歌来。火车司机大为惊诧，因为洗衣妇他以前偶尔也碰到过，但这样一位洗衣妇，他可是从没见过。

Breath, muscle contraction of the buttocks; arch body, as far as possible to hold his head, right leg straight towards the ceiling (peg-leg knee in order to avoid muscle tension).

呼气，收缩臀部肌肉；拱起身体，尽量抬起头来，右腿伸直朝向天花板（膝微屈，以避免肌肉紧张）。

The cost of moving grain food products was unchanged from May, but year over year are up 8%.

粮食产品的运输费用与5月份相比没有变化，但却比去年同期高8％。