We heard the wailing of fire - engine sirens 我們聽到救火車汽笛的尖嘯聲。
The fire - engine roared over me 消防車從我身邊呼嘯而過。
In the 1970s there was a fad for giving dolls to baby boys and fire - engines to baby girls 讓男孩子玩娃娃,讓女孩子玩消防車的做法是在上世紀(jì)70年代曾經(jīng)風(fēng)行一時(shí)。
Car shoppers today can pick metalflake blue , fire - engine red , or any of a dozen other colours , with interiors to match 現(xiàn)在,買汽車的人可以選擇金屬藍(lán)色、救火車紅色、還有十幾種其他顏色,并能買到相匹配的內(nèi)部部件。
In the first fire - engines , a boy was constantly employed to open and shut alternately the communication between the boiler and the cylinder , according as the piston either ascended or descended 最初的蒸汽機(jī),原需雇用一個(gè)兒童,按活塞的升降,不斷開閉汽鍋與汽筒間的通路。
" hey pete , come on over and take a look at my new set of wheels . fire - engine red , real leather upholstery - - i tell you , the girls will go crazy over it ! 這個(gè)人說: “喂,彼得,到這兒來看看我的新汽車。大紅的顏色,座位和四周都是皮的。我告訴你,那些女孩子看見了這車可真是會喜歡的了不得的。 ”
" hey pete , come on over and take a look at my new set of wheels . fire - engine red , real leather upholstery - - i tell you , the girls will go crazy over it ! 這句話的意思是: “到了我這個(gè)年齡根本不用擔(dān)心我的車給那些女孩子什么印象。我所要的就是一輛便宜一點(diǎn)的車,既可以靠它每天去上班,也不要花很多錢來保養(yǎng)。 ”
Moscow was burned because she was placed in conditions in which any town built of wood was bound to be burned , quite apart from the question whether there were or were not one hundred and thirty inefficient fire - engines in the town 莫斯科毀于火,是由于它處在任何一座木頭城都會焚毀的那些條件下,與城內(nèi)是否有一百三十臺破舊的救火機(jī)無關(guān)。