rocking chair
英 [ˈrɒkɪŋ tʃeə(r)]
美 [ˈrɑːkɪŋ tʃer]
n. 摇椅
牛津词典
noun
- 摇椅
a chair with two curved pieces of wood under it that make it move backwards and forwards
柯林斯词典
- 摇椅
Arocking chairis a chair that is built on two curved pieces of wood so that you can rock yourself backwards and forwards when you are sitting in it.
英英释义
noun
- a chair mounted on rockers
双语例句
- Worry, it has been said, is often like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn't necessarily get you anywhere.
有人曾说过烦恼如同一把摇椅:它给了人们一些事情做,但是却不一定会带来任何进展。 - Fear and worry is kind of like a rocking chair: it keeps you going, but you do not get anywhere!
担忧和恐惧就象一把摇椅:它让你摆动,但却去不了任何地方。 - But the Devil is awfully strong, stronger than any old rocking chair, and pretty soon the rocking chair flew apart.
可是魔鬼特别结实,任何一把摇椅也奈何不了他,不一会儿,摇椅就散架了。 - Perhaps walking the down the street one early summer's eve, you would have seen her sitting on the old oak rocking chair you got at a bargain price the day they auctioned off her life.
也许在某个初夏的黄昏,你在街上散步时,你就会看到她坐在旧橡树摇椅上,就是拍卖那天你以低廉的价格买下的那把摇椅。 - But suddenly baby Connar, who is dressed in a cute light blue suit as he lies in his green rocking chair, appears to fall asleep.
当时小康纳穿着可爱的浅蓝色小衣服,躺在绿色摇床上。突然间,小康纳开始入睡了。 - There was a rusty lawn mower, a broken wicker laundry basket, a Blue China saucer with a crack in it, and a cane rocking chair with a hole in the seat.
屋子里有一台生了锈的割草机,一个破了的柳条编成的洗衣篮,一只蓝色的缺了口的陶瓷碟子,还有一把座位上破了个洞的藤制摇椅。 - A child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal ( such as a swan or duck).
孩子们的摇椅,座位建在被作成动物形象(如天鹅或鸭子)的两块平板之间。 - "I've got to rest for a minute," I told my husband, Roy, as I collapsed into my favorite rocking chair.
“我想去休息一下,”我告诉我的丈夫,罗伊,然后一下子躺在我最爱的摇椅上。 - Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
忧虑就像坐在摇椅上,只会原地摇,哪里也到不了。 - For the former category, a university is a rocking chair for resting;
对于第一类,大学是张休息的靠椅;