N a firework, usually having a tube filled with gunpowder, that burns with a hissing noise and culminates in a small explosion 小爆竹
V to sound, move, or explode like a squib 发出小爆竹爆破声; 像小爆竹一样动(或爆炸)
I'm not talking about the feeble boxes of "Fox's squibs" that you used to get in the shops for the week or so before Bonfire Night, and which have now disappeared into the 'too dangerous' bin.
我说的可不是过去那种你常在篝火节前一周去商店里买的单薄的一小盒“福克斯爆竹”,即使这种小炮仗现在也被归类为高危物品而难得一见。
I gave the rest of the squibs to the little Cummings' boy to let off.
我把其余的爆竹都给了卡明斯的小孩。
It would have accorded with her expectations if nothing had been said, but there in the squibs, tailing off several more substantial items, was a wee notice.
倘若报上只字不提,也是在她的意料之中的,但是在那些 小新闻 中,接在几则较为重要的新闻之后,还真有一段很短的介绍。
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