和堂兄弟們相比,他看上去好像又瘦又矮小,實際上他身體好像又瘦又矮小,實際上他身體非常強壯,生病的次數(shù)比他們少多了。 Although he seemed thin and undersized compared with his cousins, he was really as hard as nails and didn't fall ill half as often as they did.
一個個子矮小的男人偷偷摸摸地走到他身邊,把一張紙塞到他手里。 A small man sidled up to him and pressed a piece of paper into his hand.
那個高個兒男子偏偏姓Short(矮小之意)! That tall man is misnamed Mr Short!