it was an innocent observation from my then 13-year-old son on the most mundane of topics--how i was doing the laundry. but for me it was a dagger to the heart.
某天,当我13岁天真无邪的儿子看到我做洗衣服这件再平凡不过的小事时,从他口中说出来的话,却像一把利刃刺入了我的心--「妈妈,我们不是这样做的」。
consciousness is much more than the thorn it is the dagger in the flesh.
意识是比起肉中刺更为令人烦恼。
this sound, like all music, pierced my heart like a dagger .
这种声音像所有的音乐一样,如短剑般直刺我心。
then oil prices soared, resulting in a seven-fold increase in income per head in yemen, where elaborately carved rhino-horn dagger handles are prized as a sign of status and wealth.
接着,全球石油价格出现飙升,结果致使也门的人均收入获得了7倍的增长,在那里,精美犀牛角雕刻的剑柄被视为地位与财富的象征。
i saw that the blade of my dagger was closed in with the fat of king eglon. as soon as i went out, i locked the doors and went out before anyone caught me.
我看到那把匕首牢牢地刺在矶伦王身上,便迅速走了出去,并把宫门锁死,在任何人发现之前离开了。
the move was a stunning act of sedition and a dagger to patty’s heart—the beginning of the end of her life in ramsey hill.
乔伊从家中搬走的叛逆行为令人吃惊不小,也无异于在帕蒂心口捅了一刀,帕蒂亦由此开始撤离了她在拉姆齐山的生活。
is that a dagger that i see before me?
我眼前看到的是一把刀吗?
the cloak and dagger dangles
大衣和短剑挂进衣橱
the third part discusses how borges, as a master of fancy novel, uses the images of dagger to connect the reality with illusion, the real self with illusory self.
第三部分论述了博尔赫斯作为幻想文学大师,在其作品中怎样用匕首意象连接自己的现实与梦幻以及一真一幻两个自我的。
it formed part of one support for the rear and starboard guara – one of the dagger boards which, when lowered, helps us to keep our course.
这根原木是用来支撑筏子后部和右舷的披水板的,这是一块活动木板,放低后能帮助我们控制航向。
i only did that because god had told me to make a dagger and kill the king of moab when i was giving tribute.
我这样做其实还有一个原因,那就是上帝让我做完后在进贡的时候把摩押王杀掉。
at home he drew the dagger and stabbed it into the wall in order to know whether his hand would be firm.
他首先在家中把剑插入墻上,好知道自己的手是否够强。
just as the dagger is at his heart, a lovely song is sung under his window, informing him that zara is true but in danger, and he can save her if he will.
他刚刚把剑对準心脏,突然听到窗下传来优美的歌声,告诉他莎拉没有变心,但身处险境,如果他愿意可以把她救出来。
this cavern knows no philosophers; its dagger has never cut a pen.
这窟窖不知道有哲学,它的尖刀从来没有削过一支笔。
well, is this a dagger l see before me?
在我眼前的是把短剑吗?
he carried a dagger nine and a half inches long to determine whether or not the teacher was afraid to die.
他身藏一把九寸半的利刃,想试试老师到底怕不怕死。