glove
n
1 covering of leather, knitted wool, etc for the hand, usu with separated fingers 手套(通常指分指的)
a pair of gloves 一副手套
rubber gloves for washing up 洗涤用的胶皮手套
strong leather gardening gloves 园艺用的厚皮手套
batting gloves 击球用的手套. =>illus 见插图.
2 (idm 习语) fit like a glove => fit2.the gloves are off sb is ready for a fight 做好战斗准备. hand in glove => hand. handle, etc sb with kid gloves => kid1. an iron fist/hand in a velvet glove => iron1.
Live animals? I didn' t know we were going to take live animals with us, Sir.
活的动物?我还不知道我们要带活的动物,先生。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read