Trapped in a pocket of air, they had only 40 minutes before the tide flooded the chamber.

他们被困在有一点空气的弹丸之地，再过40分钟洪水就会淹没这间屋子了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The tide of daily life flows through an alley of row houses in an old neighborhood, or lilong, where early rising residents stretch, hang laundry, and empty chamber pots.

人们早起拉伸筋骨、晾晒衣服、倾倒夜壶，日常生活的气息充斥着整个老区的街巷，或者称里弄。

youdao

The tide of daily life flows through an alley of row houses in an old neighborhood, or lilong, where early rising residents stretch, hang laundry, and empty chamber pots.

人们早起拉伸筋骨、晾晒衣服、倾倒夜壶，日常生活的气息充斥着整个老区的街巷，或者称里弄。

youdao