I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

我给那本旧词典戴上了一顶弗里吉安式的帽子。

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For example, the first time McDonald's put a deaf person in a commercial they saw a jump in sales. I think that happens with other kinds of disabilities and products and that is something that is being realized more and more.

例如,麦当劳第一次把聋人放进广告中,他们看到了销售额的激增。我认为这种情况也会发生在其他类型的残疾和产品上,而这一点正被越来越多的人认识到。

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

例如,上帝就像一个没有胡须,戴着一顶丝棉帽的人向我祈求;神圣是一种燃烧的、令人生畏的东西,一种与火有关的东西,而一天的形状是一个长方形的盒子。

The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.

最平凡的文字,一旦投入使用,就会突然获得光辉。这就是你的形象必须闪耀的光辉。

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary.

我们正变得如此习惯于数以百万计的美元,以至于“数以千计”几乎从字典中消失。

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.

字典就像手表;最坏的总比没有好,最好的也不一定是真的。

A headstrong man and a fool may wear the same cap.

刚愎自用的人和傻子可能戴同一顶帽子。