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
- The old wooden rocking chair, creaking endlessly against the floorboards, seems to work against my best efforts to get my infant daughter, and myself, some much-needed rest.
破旧的木摇椅在地板上不停地吱吱作响，似乎有意破坏我为哄小囡囡入睡和让自己也获得必要的休息所做的一切努力。 - There is a rocking chair in my bedroom.
我的卧室里有一张摇椅。 - In the days that followed, Old John had a merry time watching his customers and neighbors get pounded by the hammer, rocked and bounced by the rocking chair, and thrashed by the bush.
在接下来的日子里，老约翰很开心地看到他的顾客和邻居们遭到锤子打，被摇椅摇晃，受树枝痛打。 - 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。 - He was waiting for us in his rocking chair after breakfast, the look of a leprechaun on his face.
第二天一早，他已经用完早餐，坐在他的要以里等我们，脸上带着一种精灵古怪的表情。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。