“通常，信件里面充满了贪心的愿望——大电视、微软的新款游戏机Xbox、任天堂的Wii、类似这些东西，”纽约邮政总局精灵主管彼得.丰塔纳告诉美国国家公共电台记者罗伯特.塞吉尔说。
"Normally the letters would be greedy-type things — big televisions, Xbox, Wiis, things of that nature, " Pete Fontana, the head elf in New York City's main post office, tells NPR's Robert Siegel.
战时，民间普遍流传，这种恶魔般的精灵经常在空中撕毁战斗机。
The fiendish sprites were often described tearing apart fighter craft in flight in the folklore that spread during the war years.
诺思罗普·格鲁曼公司在自己的网站上吹嘘说，“精灵”b - 2隐形轰炸机几乎是看不见的，因为该机的复合材料和蝙蝠形状的设计使其难以被雷达发现。
Grumman Corp. (NGC) boasts on its Web site the B-2 spirit stealth bomber is nearly invisible. Because the plane's composite materials and bat-shaped design make it hard for radar to pick up.
应用推荐