蜷缩

Shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for whatthey'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothingresolved.

他爬上卡车，关上车门，又蜷缩了起来--他们仍旧是在原地打转，没有开始，没有结束，也没有解决任何问题。

But before he was out of the truck, trying to guess if it was heart attack or the overflow of an incendiary rage, Ennis was back on his feet and somehow, as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news.

埃尼斯却站起身，像个衣架子似的，直挺挺地向后退去。他爬上卡车，关上车门，又蜷缩了起来——他们仍旧是在原地打转，没有开始，没有结束，也没有解决任何问题。

In that place the edifice was still rising, unshattered; something was still stretching out, the candle was still burning, with a red ring round it; the same shirt-sphinx still lay by the door. But beside all this, something creaked, there was a whiff of fresh air, and a new white sphinx appeared standing before the doorway.

在这一世界里，那座楼阁仍然耸立着，不会倒塌，有一种东西依旧不断地延伸，蜡烛周围带有一圈红晕依旧燃烧着，那件衬衫——斯芬克斯仍旧蜷缩在门边；但是，除开所有这一切，有某种东西在咿呀作响，拂来一股清凉的风，随后，一个新的白色的斯芬克斯，站立着，显现在门的前面。

Then they found that there was "a snake with the head of chicken" in its belly——there was a cockscomb on the head, its body looked like a yolky snake with a tail formed naturally.

2005年3月27日早上，周家人发现这只鸡死了，而且母鸡的肚子里长了一个&鸡头蛇身&怪物：头上有鸡冠子，躯干部分像蜷缩着的蛇身，有自然形成的蛇尾。

Most of the population is African Muslims, who huddle up eight per shack, often sleeping on the floors.

这些人大都是非洲的伊斯兰教徒，每个棚屋蜷缩八个人，往往要睡在地上。

On the side of a building in Japan, this woman tuck s into bed, almost falling asleep.

在日本一座建筑旁，一位妇女蜷缩在床上，快要入睡。

The twenty-second day of December had been particularly cold and Prince Belphegor wanted to do nothing more than lie in bed and sleep, cocooned in the warmth of cashmere comforters and fluffy down pillows.

通常情况下12月22日总是很冷。贝尔菲戈尔王子除了想躺在床上蜷缩进羊绒毯和羊毛枕头间睡觉外不愿意做任何事。

They killed 15 of the gunmen as Mexican tourists cowered in their rooms nearby.

他们一共击毙了15名武装分子，当时来墨西哥的旅游者们正蜷缩在附近的房间里。

He cowered in the corner,gibbering with terror.

他蜷缩在角落里，吓得喃喃自语。

Timidly I cowered in the shadow of safety, but now, when the surge of joy carries my heart upon its crest

我曾胆怯地蜷缩于安全的阴影里，而现在，当幸福汹涌的波涛把我甩到它的浪尖上时，我的心却紧紧地依附

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。