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- He gave as his excuse for being late that old chestnut about the train being delayed. 他用火车误点那样老掉牙的说法作为自己迟到的借口。
- His speeches are always full of old chestnuts. 他的演讲一向充满著过时的笑话。
- The senator from Arizona told the same old chestnut about two drunken Irishmen to several crowds in New Hampshire this week, most of whom had doubtless heard it before. 这位来自亚利桑那州的参议员本周在新罕布什尔一次次向公众讲述关于两个爱尔兰酒鬼的老掉牙故事,虽然大多数人无疑早已耳闻能详。
- IT IS an old chestnut, but a telling one: if carmakers built vehicles as Microsoft produces software, they would come in only one colour, the dashboard would be incomprehensible and they would crash a lot. 这是一个很老套的笑话,但是却很生动:如果汽车制造商像微软编写软件一样来生产汽车,那么这些汽车将会是同一种颜色,仪表板让人无法理解,并且经常崩溃。
- He is always listening to the old chestnuts he liked when he was young. 他总是听他年轻时喜欢的那些老掉牙的东西。
- The old man set spurs to his noble chestnut horse. 老人用刺马钉驱赶着他那栗色骏马。
- My grandpa is full of jokes and stories, but unfortunately they are all old chestnuts. 我爷爷有一肚子的笑话和故事,遗憾的是,全都是老掉牙的东西。
- He is a great guy, a chip off the old block. 他是一位好人,就像他父亲一样。
- That old man is a fount of wisdom. 那个老人有无穷的智慧。
- The old farm has been split up into house lots. 这古老的农场已被划分为一块块的宅地。
- The old man stared the uninvited guest up and down. 老人把不速之客上下打量了一番。
- That old block of flats is a real eyesore! 那座旧公寓真不顺眼!
- He has planned to lacquer the old table. 他计划给旧桌子上一层漆。
- I'm afraid the old gramophone has conked out. 恐怕这架旧唱机已出故障了。
- He reworks old chestnuts. 他重新诠释了陈辞烂调。
- That guy is capable of squeezing money out of his old mother. 那家伙做得出勒索老母亲钱财的事来。
- That old lady is very nosy, so nobody likes to talk to her. 那个老妇人是个包打听,因此没有人喜欢跟她说话。
- The cupboard was stuffed with old fishing tackle. 小橱里塞满了旧的钓鱼用具。
- The guest speaker will be our old friend John Lewis. 特邀演讲者将是我们的老朋友约翰。路易斯。
- An old jeep is putter along the road. 一辆旧吉普车沿路迤逦而来。