绳子rope[英][rəʊp] [美][rop] 中英文小故事:绳子的那一头 在监狱里,一个人问新来的犯人为什么被关进来。新来的犯人回答说:“我想我真是倒霉。几天前我在街上走的时候,看到一根脏绳子,以为没人要了,便捡起来带了回家。”“但是,捡一根绳子带回家并不犯法啊!” “我告诉过你我倒霉了吧?”那个人叹了口气,“麻烦的就是我没有注意到绳子的那一头还有一头公牛。” The man in the prison asked a new comer why he was sent there. The new comer answered: "I am out of luck, I think. A few days ago I was walking in the street when I saw a piece of dirty rope. I thought nobody wanted it and so I picked it up and took it home." "But it is not against the law to pick up a piece of rope and take home!" "I told you I had bad luck, didn't I?" the man sighed, "The trouble is that I didn't notice there was an ox at the other end of that rope." 中英文例句 He tied the rope around his waist. 他把绳索系在自己的腰上。 ...a climbing rope. 一根登山绳 ...a piece of rope. 一根绳子 I roped myself to the chimney. 我用绳子把自己系在烟囱上。 |