Roaming up and down, round and round, he at length heard a slight movement of the horse close at hand; and the sleeve of his overcoat unexpectedly caught his foot.

他转来转去，上上下下地寻找了好久，后来听见附近有马轻轻活动的声音；他的脚也意外的绊到了他的外衣的袖子上。

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In contrast, a crouched stride yielded markedly deeper toe impressions than heel impressions, reflecting faster weight transfer over the length of the foot.

相反的，以蜷曲姿态行走时脚趾深度明显大于脚跟深度，反映出脚掌长度上更快的重量转移。

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A stick bug from the island of Borneo measuring well over a foot in length has been identified by researchers as the world's longest insect, British scientists said Thursday.

英国科学家于上周四称，在婆罗洲群岛发现的一种身长超过1英尺的竹节虫为目前世界上最长的昆虫。

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A gig is 10 to the 9, so it does two operations in the length of time it takes light to get from one foot off the table down to the table. That's amazing.

因此光行进一英尺的,时间内电脑可以,进行两次基本运算,这太神奇了。

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Now I didn't use--no hands-- that was just the notes that are naturally on the twelve and a half-foot length of vibrating air.

我没有用手控制,都是十二个半英尺高的震动空气柱,自然产生的音符

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But imagine if the length of the foot changed each day, each hour, and each second, much as the value of the dollar does, and by proxy, the yuan.

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That argument is now reinforced by the realisation that trucking sick pigs the length of the country is a highly effective way of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus far and wide.

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The irony of it all is that when Oxford wins the race, by one foot a 0.0043% difference over the length of the course and the smallest margin on record the younger man's joy is tinged with guilt at taking away his brother's dream.

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