Tongue Twister J _ K _ L Just think, that sphinx has a sphincter that stinks!
试想想, 那个狮身人面像的括约肌发臭了!

Rubber baby buggy bumper'is a tongue twister.
Rubberbabybuggybumper(橡胶婴儿车的保险杠)是一个绕口令.

Tongue Twister I I am not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
我不是拔雉野鸡毛的人, 我是他的助手.

The moment Master Chou finished his incredible tongue twister, audiences just went buzzing.
周师傅一表演绕口令绝技之后观众就沸腾了.

This sentence is a tongue twister.
这句话很绕嘴.

The tongue twister is a distinctive language art form in Chinese folk literature.
急口令是中国民间文学中比较独特的语言艺术形式.

I tried speaking to her in her native tongue.
我试着用她的本族语和她说话。

(formal)I'll thank you to keep a civil tongue in your head (= speak politely) .
请你说话讲究礼貌。

He has a sharp tongue.
他说话尖酸刻薄。

sharp-tongued
说话尖刻

a tongue of flame
火舌

It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?
这个名字叫起来拗口，是不是？

I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out...
我走到镜子前面伸出舌头。

She ran her tongue around her lips.
她用舌头舔了舔嘴唇。

…her sharp wit and quick tongue…
她敏捷的才思和伶俐的口齿

She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.
她言辞尖刻，但我喜欢她。

The French feel passionately about their native tongue.
法国人对他们的母语非常热爱。

A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.
一条黄色的火舌直冲上天。

…a silver, frozen tongue of water.
一条冻结了的银色水舌

...a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach...
漫不经心、虚情假意的态度

This is all slightly tongue-in-cheek, I'd like to make that clear…
这一切都有些缺少诚意，我想清楚地指出这点。

Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.
道格拉斯沉默不语，不愿谈论政治敏感问题。

At one stage he referred to Anna as John's fiancée, but later said that was a slip of the tongue.
曾有那么一段时间他把安娜称作约翰的未婚妻，但后来又说那是口误。

She gave a little laugh.
她笑了一笑。

I had little money and little free time...
我没什么钱，也没多少空闲时间。

I find that I need very little sleep these days...
我发现最近我只需要睡很少时间。

On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little...
返回马赛的路上，他们没怎么说话。

Only Africa is at present little affected by hard drugs.
目前只有非洲没怎么受到硬毒品的影响。

Mrs Caan needs a little help getting her groceries home...
卡安太太需要有人帮把手将食品杂货拿回家。

A little food would do us all some good...
吃点东西，对我们大家都会有好处。

He walked a little by himself in the garden.
他一个人在花园里散了一会儿步。

He complained a little of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades...
他有几句提到说肩胛骨之间一直在疼。

He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction...
他有点害怕父亲的反应。

In the beginning he had felt well, but little by little he was becoming weaker...
一开始他感觉很好，但慢慢地就变虚弱了。

I would have to learn, little by little, to exist alone.
我得慢慢学会独自生活。

We sat around a little table, eating and drinking wine.
我们围坐在一张小桌旁吃吃喝喝。

...the little group of art students.
那一小群艺术专业的学生

She's got the nicest little house not far from the library.
她有一幢非常漂亮的小房子，就在离图书馆不远处。

...a little old lady...
身材娇小的老太太

I have a little boy of 8...
我有一个8岁的小男孩。

When I was little I was very hyperactive.
我小时候异常好动。

Whenever Daniel's little sister was asked to do something she always had a naughty reply.
每次让丹尼尔的妹妹做什么事，她总是要淘气地回嘴。

Just go down the road a little way, turn left, and cross the bridge...
沿这条路走一小段，向左转，然后过桥。

Why don't we just wait a little while and see what happens...
为什么不再等一下看看事态的发展。

I had a little laugh to myself...
我自顾自地笑了一下。

She stood up quickly, giving a little cry of astonishment...
她迅速站了起来，惊叫了一声。

...irritating little habits...
烦人的小毛病

Harry found himself getting angry over little things that had never bothered him before.
哈里发现自己会因为小事而生气，而以前他从不会在意这些事情。