他独自一人住在伦敦一间昏暗的客卧两用出租屋里。He was living alone in a dingy bedsit in London.即便在昏暗的光线下，那台设备也显得陈旧不堪。Even in the dim light the equipment looked old and time-worn.船舱里灯光昏暗。Below decks, the lights were dim....
On the doorstep he felt in his hip pocket for the latchkey.他站在门口的台阶上,摸了摸后裤兜,找大门钥匙.Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey.有人在用门锁钥匙开前门.At nine o'clock I heard my uncle's latchkey in the hall door.九点钟时...
河床上散布着很多大圆石。The riverbed was strewn with big boulders.他躲在一块大圆石后面,静静地听着.He hid behind a great bowlder and fell to listening.我喜欢沙滩,不喜欢遍布小圆石的海滩.I prefer a sandy beach to a shingly one....