There was a smell of mothballs in her father’s inner sanctum, which he’d taken over from his now deceased senior partner without redoing the carpeting or the curtains.
她爸爸的里间办公室中一股樟脑球的味道。 办公室是从已去世的高级合伙人手上接过来的,帕蒂爸爸没有更换地毯,也没有重新做窗帘。
In the old days, men only dressed up on special occasions, and while the suit might have survived months in mothballs, the socks invariably continued to get worn (to death).
在过去,男士只会在特殊场合才盛装打扮。套装会与樟脑丸一起存放数月,而袜子就一直被穿到坏掉。
Drop the mothballs and reach for lavender or cedar instead.
不要使用樟脑丸,使用薰衣草或是雪松屑。
The thick, black wool of the double-breasted chesterfield was soft and unworn, as though it had been preserved in mothballs for years in dead old Uncle Henry's steamer trunk.
厚厚的黑色羊绒柔软而蓬松,这件双排扣暗钮长大衣显然还没上过身,看样子,就像用樟脑球在老亨利叔叔的扁平旅行箱里保存了多年。
He opened the door. There were the coats hanging up as usual, and a smell of mothballs, and darkness and silence, and no sign of Lucy.
他拉开橱门,里边像平常一样挂着外套,还有樟脑丸的气味,黑糊糊,静悄悄的,不见露茜的人影。
But manned space flight in America is now in mothballs, and in these dispirited times even the pride visitors take in the dam is mingled with wistfulness.
但是如今,美国的载人航天飞行计划陷入停滞;一个沮丧的时代,即便是胡佛水坝游客的自豪之情,也掺入了几分忧伤。
But manned space flight in America is now in mothballs, and in these dispirited times even the pride visitors take in the dam is mingled with wistfulness.
但是如今,美国的载人航天飞行计划陷入停滞;一个沮丧的时代,即便是胡佛水坝游客的自豪之情,也掺入了几分忧伤。
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