The mailman would arrive on a motor-scooter, sputtering up the switchbacks of the driveway; the farm plow was horse-drawn.
当年,邮差是踩着机动滑板车,穿行在乡间蜿蜒起伏的车道上,一路发出突突声。 那时的犁是用马拉的。
Eight miles from the top the road makes a hairpin turn, ceases being a forest road and begins a series of switchbacks along a mountain precipice.
离顶端还有八英里的时候,突然出现了急转弯,林间小径戛然而止,取而代之的是一系列的之字形山路,路旁边就是悬崖峭壁。
The momentum effect has also suffered some sharp switchbacks (including an 80% decline in 1975) that may have wiped out those traders who tried to follow it.
惯性效应在股市快速下跌时(包括1975年80%的跌幅)也受到伤害,那些试图跟随惯性的投资人可能已经出局。
But as we dropped down to Boullion in Belgium, we were rewarded with mile after mile of endless switchbacks through lush forest; I couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.
但是当下坡来到比利时的博莱昂时,我们得到的回报是在茂密的森林中骑过了无数个折弯,我不由得笑得合不拢嘴。
It was built originally because vehicles could not cope with the 27% gradient so it was suggested that switchbacks of hair pin bends were built thereby making the ascent or descent more manageable.
它始建初衷是由于车辆无法适应27%的坡度,因此有人建议,将其建成发夹般弯曲的盘山路以使上坡或下坡更容易些。
It was built originally because vehicles could not cope with the 27% gradient so it was suggested that switchbacks of hair pin bends were built thereby making the ascent or descent more manageable.
它始建初衷是由于车辆无法适应27%的坡度,因此有人建议,将其建成发夹般弯曲的盘山路以使上坡或下坡更容易些。
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