soul n. 1.靈魂,心靈 (opp. body); 精神;氣魄;熱情;道義力量。 2.精華,精髓,要素。 3.化身,典型。 4.領(lǐng)唱者,領(lǐng)袖,首腦,中心人物。 5.人。 6.〔美國〕(黑人表演激起的)強烈感情。 7.(美國)黑人文化的特征;黑人種族的自豪感。 His whole soul revolted from it. 他十分討厭它。 Not a soul was to be seen. 一個人也沒有。 Be a good soul and help me. 好孩子來幫幫我的忙。 There's a good soul. 好孩子〔安慰小孩子、仆人等的話〕。 a good soul 〔口語〕好人。 a thirsty soul 酒徒。 Poor soul! 〔插入句〕可憐。 adj. 〔美國〕黑人的,黑人文化的,黑人控制的。 a soul radio station 黑人廣播電臺。 All Souls' Day 萬靈節(jié)。 by my soul 真的,的的確確。 cannot call one's soul one's own 完全受別人支配。 for my soul =for the soul of me 一定;無論如何也。 have no soul 沒有骨氣;(作品等)沒有感情。 in my soul of souls 天地良心。 keep body and soul together 茍延殘喘。 possess one's soul in patience 忍耐。 sell one's soul for 為了…出賣靈魂,作出一切犧牲去得到…。 soul and body 熱心地。 soul aviator 〔美國〕牧師。 the soul of hono(u)r 誠實的人。 the very life and soul of …的靈魂[領(lǐng)袖等]。 to save my soul=for the soul of me. upon (or 'pon, on, 'on) my soul=by my soul. with one's heart and soul 全神貫注;全心全意。
old adj. (-er; -est; 表示兄弟姊妹關(guān)系時用 elder; eldest)。 1.老,上了年紀(jì)的,年老的 (opp. young); 衰老的,老邁的;老成的;老練的;熟練的。 2.…歲的;…久的。 3.古時的,古代的 (opp. modern); 古老的,積年的,陳年的,多年來的,舊交的;熟悉的。 4.(opp. new) 過去的,過時的;舊的;破舊的;用舊了的;舊式的,陳腐的。 5.〔口語〕親愛的,親密的。 6.〔口語〕極好的〔通常用以加強其他形容詞語氣〕。 grow [get] old 老起來,上年紀(jì)。 How old is he 他多大歲數(shù)? He is eighteen years old. 他十八歲。 old in diplomacy 擅長外交。 an old bachelor 老獨身漢。 old gaolbird 老囚犯;慣犯。 an old offender 慣犯。 an old friend 老朋友。 an old Oxonian 牛津大學(xué)的老校友。 old fashions 舊式。 old iron 廢鐵。 old jokes 陳腐的俏皮話。 old wine 陳年老酒。 the old country [home] 故鄉(xiāng)。 the old thing (老)家伙。 I had a fine old time.〔口語〕過得非常愉快。 an old head on young shoulders 少年老成。 any old thing 〔俚語〕隨便什么(東西)。 for an old song 非常便宜地。 for old sake's sake 因老交情。 in old time 在從前。 never too old to learn 活到老學(xué)到老;學(xué)無止境。 of old standing 多年的,由來已久的。 as old as the hill 很老。 old familiar faces 老相識(的人們)。 O- Lady of Threadneedle Street 〔英國〕 Bank of England 的別名。 old man of the sea 死纏著不走的人。 old ten in the hundred 高利貸。 the good old times (老人們所懷念的)過去。 the old gentleman =the old one 〔口語〕老頭兒,父親。 the old year 去年,就要過去的一年。 n. 1.古時,往時。 2.…歲的人[動物]。 3.[集合詞]老年的人們;〔the old〕古物;令人懷念的往事[風(fēng)俗(等)]。 the men of old 古代的人們。 four-year-olds 四歲的馬。 as of old 仍舊,照舊。 from of old 自昔,早就。 in days of old 從前,以前。 of old 從前的,往時的;從前是,(老早)以前是;自古,從老早以前。 old and young=y(tǒng)oung and old 無論老少。
There-i said i would not come near you; and, in spite of such temptation as never before fell to mortal man, i ll keep my word . . . tess, do you think my mother a queer old soul 你看我說過我不會接近你的盡管世界上從來沒有一個男人能經(jīng)受這種誘惑,我還是要信守我的諾言苔絲,你覺得我的母親是不是一個古怪的老太婆?”
Nepal, a shangri-la with a beautiful and noble culture, seemed full of old souls who are ready to go back home . because of their deep affinity with buddha, they are very familiar with master s teachings and like them very much 尼泊爾這個沿襲高貴美麗文化的香格里拉,似乎充滿著已準(zhǔn)備好回家的老靈魂,因他們深具佛緣,所以對師父的教理才如此熟悉深深喜愛。
A diagonal mark ( / ) used especially to separate alternatives, as in and / or, to represent the word per, as in miles / hour, and to indicate the ends of verse lines printed continuously, as in old king cole / was a merry old soul 斜線號一種斜線符號,尤用于對選擇加以區(qū)分,如和或者,表示每…這一詞,如英里小時,和在詩尾表示連續(xù)打印行,如老國王考勒是一個快樂的老人
Would else have been such heavy sorrow, was made almost a solemn joy to her devout old soul, by religious consolations and the truths of scripture, wherewith she had fed herself continually for more than 這一切本該成為深沉的悲哀的,但由于在長達三十余年的時間里,她不停地以宗教的慰藉和圣經(jīng)的真理來充實自己,她在虔誠的年邁的心靈中,已經(jīng)將這些回憶幾乎視作一種肅穆的歡愉了。
A move had to be made because that merry old soul, the grasswidower in question, who appeared to be glued to the spot, didn t appear in any particular hurry to wend his way home to his dearly beloved queenstown and it was highly likely some sponger s bawdyhouse of retired beauties off sheriff street lower would be the best clue to that equivocal character s whereabouts for a few days to come, alternately racking their feelings the mermaids with sixchamber revolver anecdotes verging on the tropical calculated to freeze the marrow of anybody s bones and mauling their largesized charms betweenwhiles with rough and tumble gusto to the accompaniment of large potations of potheen and the usual blarney about himself for as to who he in reality was let xx equal my right name and address, as mr algebra remarks passim 該離開了,因為這位讓老婆守活寡的快活的人兒253好像被膠膘在這里了,他一點兒也不急于回到他那頗可懷念眷戀的王后鎮(zhèn)家中去。今后幾天內(nèi),要是想知道這個形跡可疑的家伙的下落,老鴇搜羅幾名年老色衰的佳人兒在下謝里夫街那邊開起來的窯子倒是可以提供最可靠的線索。他忽而講了一通發(fā)生在熱帶附近的六響左輪槍奇聞,打算把她們?nèi)唆~們嚇得毛骨悚然,忽而又對她們那大塊頭的魅力加以苛刻的挑賜,其間還大杯大杯地暢飲私造的威士忌酒,興致勃勃地胡亂開一陣心。
Alicia keys artistic light is so bright it could illuminate a pitch-black room . a true musical prodigy whose multi-dimensional gifts emerged at age five, the beautiful alicia has taken modern r b soul to a whole new level at the tender age of nineteen . born aware of her old soul yet living in new yorks inner city amidst the dominance of biggie and jay z, alicias natural talents blossomed into a rare mix of hip-hop flavor and insightful, wise-beyond-her-years songwriting 魅力四射的音樂才女艾莉西亞凱斯aliciakeys可說是新近最燦爛奪目的明日之星,剛贏得本屆mtv音樂獎最佳新人的她,在當(dāng)晚的頒獎典禮上自彈鋼琴,和唱詩班一起詮釋她一炮而紅的冠軍曲fallin,被主持人贊譽為當(dāng)今最耀眼也最具原創(chuàng)性的歌手。