Examples

to spin a yarn

编造奇闻轶事 → spin

a bad spin → spin

they have lost two finals on the spin → on the spin

These few grains of sand do not constitute a heap, and the addition of a single grain never makes what is not yet a heap into a heap: so no matter how many single grains one adds it never becomes a heap. → sorites

A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for "catalog".

画中一段圆木上有一只猫，其画谜底是“目录”(catalog)。 → rebus

A new survey estimates a family of four needs at least $75000 a year to live a middle-class life in New York.

一项新的调查显示，在纽约，一个四口之家要想维持中产阶级的生活水平，一年至少需要七万五千美元。

We are going to organize a fundraising event such as a coffee morning, a quiz night or a sponsored swim.

我们想要组织一个筹款活动，如咖啡早茶会、智力竞赛之夜或慈善游泳比赛。

a+b 和 a-b 都是a²-b²的因式

a+b and a-b are both factors of a 2 -b 2 . → 因式

A man, young lady! lady, such a man As all the world--why, he's a man of wax," Romeo and Juliet (Act 1, Sc. III).

《罗密欧与朱丽叶》第一幕第三场“尊贵的小姐!这是一个男人，他是一个象世上所有男人一样的男子汉ーー唷，他原来是一个蜡男人!” → anacoluthon

A=πr² is the formula for determining the area of a circle.A=πr²

A=πr 2 是测定圆的面积的公式。 → formula

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