A shuttlecock was a rounded piece of cork with feathers stuck ontop.
毽子是一块圆形的软木，顶端粘着羽毛。
Necktie knockers argue that a piece of fabric dangling under your chin – a trend that dates back to the 17th century – is just a pointless piece of decoration.
一味批评领带的人主张，一块悬挂在你下巴下方的布料——一个追溯到17世纪的趋势——仅仅是一个没有意义的装饰。
Round the cottage on the moor, there was a piece of ground enclosed by a low wall of rough stones.
在荒野上的农舍边，有一块被一堵低矮的粗石墙围着的土地。
When we talk about a point we are referring to a piece of stone that's worked to a sharp point, in this case probably to be attached to a spear.
当我们说到矛头的时候，我们所指的都是一块被加工成尖头的石块，在这种情况下，这一石块很可能是要接在矛上的。
Let's say that you're going through your mom's jewelry box and you're having a conversation about a piece of jewelry.
我们假设你们正在翻看你妈妈的珠宝盒，你们正在讨论一件珠宝。
He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other.
他进来时一手拿着茶杯，一手拿着一块黄油面包。
The new chip will be made from a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.
这种新的芯片将由大约邮票大小的一块硅片制成。
It's like having a flaw in a piece of material - the longer you leave it, the weaker it gets.
这就像一块料子上有瑕疵一样—你把它放得越久，它就变得越不结实。
Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps.
有人对她搞恶作剧，在那些台阶的顶部拉了一根绳子。
The long bow was most likely discovered when someone found out that a five-foot piece of wood made a better bow than a three-foot piece.
长弓最有可能是在有人发现一块五英尺长的木头比一块三英尺长的木头能制作更好的弓时被发现的。
If you cover a baby's favorite toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinks the toy has disappeared and stops looking for it.
如果你用一块布盖住婴儿最喜欢的玩具，他会以为玩具不见了，就不再找了。
A gene is a piece of biological information that gets copied or replicated, and the copy or replica is passed on to the new generation.
基因是一段被复制或重组的生物信息，这种复制或重组会传递给下一代。
But when it wants to blend in with its environment to hide from its enemies, it can take on the color of its immediate surroundings: the ocean floor, a rock, a piece of coral, whatever.
但当它想要融入环境以躲避敌人时，它就会呈现出周围环境的颜色：海底、岩石、珊瑚等等。
"I've even seen a homeless man fighting with a dog over a piece of meat in a trash bin," Zhang said.
张说：“我甚至看到过一个无家可归的人为了垃圾桶里的一块肉和一只狗打架。”
Looking at a piece of porcelain like a teacup, no one associates it with the shellfish or pigs .
看着自己面前的一只茶杯，或是之类的瓷器，没有人会由它联想到贝类动物和猪。
Looking at a piece of porcelain like a teacup, no one associates it with the shellfish or pigs .
看着自己面前的一只茶杯，或是之类的瓷器，没有人会由它联想到贝类动物和猪。
One of the Lumière Brothers' earliest films was a 30-second piece which showed a section of a railway platform flooded with sunshine.
卢米埃尔兄弟最早的电影之一是一段30秒的短片，它展示了一个阳光普照的铁路站台的一角。
He was frustrated because he just lost a sale of a piece of glass for $2000.
他很沮丧，因为他刚刚失去一次价值2000美元的玻璃制品的买卖。
Pierre used a short piece of woodchip to touch a light which was flashing, and Corbeau was seen prodding a metal toad with a stick.
皮埃尔用一小块木片碰了碰闪光的灯，而且有人看见科博用棍子戳一只金属蟾蜍。
When the bus broke down, she and her husband were able to fix it with a coat hanger and a piece of wood.
当公共汽车抛锚时，她和她的丈夫用一个衣架和一块木头把它修好了。
In 250 BC at a festival to Apollo, a band of several hundred musicians played a five-movement piece celebrating Apollo's victory over python.
在公元前250年一个阿波罗的节日上，数百名音乐家组成的乐队演奏了五重奏来庆祝阿波罗战胜了蟒蛇。
Wang Zixuan, a student from Grade Eight, with little knowledge of painting, painted a beautiful night scenery on a piece of pottery.
王子轩是一个八年级的学生，他几乎不了解绘画知识，但却在一块陶器上画了一幅美丽的夜景。
Buying a piece of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process.
买一块墓地是避免这一过程的唯一途径。
As a little boy, he'd seen a hobo come up to ask his mother for a piece of pie.
当他还是个小男孩的时候，他见过一个流浪汉向他妈妈要一块派。
The birds will be encouraged to clean the park through the use of a small box that delivers a small amount of bird food each time the rook deposits a cigaret and/or a small piece of rubbish.
每当白嘴鸦丢下一根香烟或一小块垃圾的时候，人们就会用一个装了鸟食的小盒子来鼓励鸟儿们打扫公园。
Originally they were round pieces of metal with a hole in the center, so that a piece of string could keep them together.
最初它们是圆圆的金属片，中间有一个洞，这样一根绳子就可以把它们串在一起。
There is a glass of water, three beans, a cold boiled potato and a small piece of burned meat.
有一杯水，三颗豆子，一个冷煮土豆和一小块烧焦的肉。
Even if there isn't a registry, a good housewarming gift is something to decorate the new house with, like a piece of art or a plant.
即使没有登记，一个好的乔迁礼物如一件艺术品或一株植物也可以用来装饰新房。
Which would you rather have a grilled Texas ribeye or a piece of squash?
一块德克萨斯烤牛排或一块南瓜，你宁愿选哪个？
Which would you rather have a grilled Texas ribeye or a piece of squash?
一块德克萨斯烤牛排或一块南瓜，你宁愿选哪个？
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