Piccolissima — Page 5
然而，当Piccolissima长到两英寸高，活泼得像只蚱蜢时，她开始在椰子壳里坐立不安；她渴望出去走走、蹦蹦跳跳，她不仅弄乱了时钟，而且还处于真正的危险之中。
When, however, Piccolissima was two inches high, and lively as a grasshopper, she became restless in her cocoanut shell; she was desirous to get out of it, to walk, and to jump, and she not only deranged the clock, but she was in real danger.
她这时已经七岁了，她和一个十八个月大的弟弟玩耍，做各种各样的小把戏，用种种可爱的方式逗他开心。
She was now as much as seven years old, and she amused herself with all sorts of little pranks, and loving ways, with one of her brothers eighteen months old.
那个大男孩被小妹妹的种种滑稽行为逗得欣喜若狂，一把抓住她塞进嘴里，几乎把这可怜小家伙的整个脑袋都含了进去。
The great boy, in a sort of ecstasy at some of the drolleries of his little sister, seized her and put her in his mouth, taking into it nearly the whole head of the poor little thing.
她的哭声如此尖锐，以至于那个小男孩张开嘴巴，让不幸的Piccolissima掉落在地板上。
Her cry was so shrill that the baby boy opened his jaws and let the unfortunate Piccolissima fall on the floor.
她从这次跌落中恢复了很长时间。
She did not recover for a long time from this fall.
还有一次，一只大猫——捕鼠能手——追着她跑，他们费了好大劲才从Raminagrobis的爪子下救出了Piccolissima。
Another time, a large cat, a great mouser, ran after her, and it was with difficulty they rescued Piccolissima from the claws of Raminagrobis.
父亲拇指先生对这位可爱女儿的命运不免感到忧虑，她聪慧过人，却因身形极小而面临重重危险。
The father, Mr. Thumb, could not repress some anxiety about the fate of his amiable daughter, who had more than common intelligence, and who, by her extreme smallness, was exposed to so many dangers.
Piccolissima尽力汲取知识。
Piccolissima did her best to acquire knowledge.
她心怀最美好的愿望；她凡事都希望讨好所有接近她的人；然而她极度的躁动不安使她身不由己地偏离了正道。
She had the best intentions in the world; she desired in every thing to please all who approached her; but her extreme restlessness led her away in spite of herself.
Vocabulary
- when
- 在什么时候;询问或表示时间
- however
- 然而;但是;用于表示转折
- was
- 是;be动词的过去式
- two
- 数字二;两个
- inches
- 英寸;长度单位
- high
- 高的;高度大的
- and
- 和;以及;连接词
- lively
- 活泼的;充满生气的
- as
- 作为;像;如同
- grasshopper
- 蚱蜢;草蛉;跳跃的昆虫
- she
- 她;女性代词
- became
- 变成;开始是
- restless
- 不安的;坐立不安的
- in
- 在...里面;介词
- her
- 她的;女性物主代词
- cocoanut
- 椰子;椰子树的果实
- shell
- 壳;外壳;贝壳
- desirous
- 渴望的;想要的;急切的
- to
- 到;向;不定式标记
- get
- 得到;获得
- out
- 出去;向外;出来
- of
- 的;来自;属于
- it
- 它;中性代词
- walk
- 走路;行走
- jump
- 跳;跳跃
- not
- 不;否定词
- only
- 只有;仅仅
- deranged
- 扰乱的;打乱的
- the
- 那;定冠词
- clock
- 时钟;钟表
- but
- 但是;然而
- real
- 真实的;实际的
- danger
- 危险;危害
- now
- 现在;此刻
- much
- 很;许多;大量
- seven
- 数字七;七个
- years
- 年;岁数
- old
- 老的;年纪大的
- amused
- 娱乐的;逗乐的
- herself
- 她自己;反身代词
- with
- 与;用;含有
- all
- 全部;所有的
- sorts
- 种类;类型
- little
- 小的;少量的
- pranks
- 恶作剧;玩笑
- loving
- 爱的;充满爱的
- ways
- 方式;途径;方法
- one
- 一;一个;数字
- brothers
- 兄弟;男性同胞
- eighteen
- 数字十八;十八个
- months
- 月份;月
- great
- 伟大的;很棒的
- boy
- 男孩;男性儿童
- sort
- 种类;类型
- ecstasy
- 狂喜;极大的喜悦
- at
- 在;于;表示位置
- some
- 一些;某些
- seized
- 抓住;夺取
- put
- 放;放置
- mouth
- 嘴;口
- taking
- 拿;取;接受
- into
- 进入;到...里面
- nearly
- 几乎;差不多
- whole
- 整个的;全部的
- head
- 头;头部
- poor
- 可怜的;贫穷的
- thing
- 事物;东西
- cry
- 哭;叫喊
- so
- 所以;如此
- shrill
- 尖锐的;刺耳的
- that
- 那;那个
- baby
- 婴儿;婴孩
- opened
- 打开;开启
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