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They were playing cards by electric light.是什么意思？

They were playing cards by electric light.

他们正借着灯光打牌。

相关词汇
they were playing cards by electric light

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；
例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；
例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

playing

v. 演奏( play的现在分词 )，演出，参加比赛，捉弄；
例句
By his own admission, he is not playing well...
他自己承认表现欠佳。

cards

n. 卡（ card的名词复数 ），纸牌，贺卡，信用卡；
例句
The smart ones will have already bagged their seats by placing cards on them.
聪明人早已在座位上放一张卡片占住了位子。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；
例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

electric

adj. 电的，带电的，发电的，导电的，令人激动的，电动的；n. 电动车辆，带电体；
例句
A household radiator absorbs energy in the form of electric current and releases it in the form of heat.
家用取暖器吸收电流能量，再以热量的形式释放出来。

light

n. 光，发光体，电灯，点火器；adj. 轻的，明亮的，浅色的，少量的；v. 点燃，照亮，用光指引；adv. 轻地，轻装地；
例句
...the light of the sunset's afterglow.
落日的余晖
热门例句
...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋
You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我随后就来。
He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。
For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
详情请致电414 3925,转分机2253。
This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。
He would be able to flash a roll of greenbacks too some day.
真的,他要在这些要人名流现在吃饭的地方吃饭.
I am a dark, self - destructive, happiness - doubting, unforgivable man.
我是个阴郁, 自我 毁灭, 怀疑快乐, 不可饶恕的人.
He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.
他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。
All the antiques have been authenticated and recorded.
所有的古董都已经过鉴别并进行记录。
You're joking. Are you serious?...
你准是在开玩笑。你是认真的吗？
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Our offer was met with a firm refusal.
我们的报价被坚决拒绝。
They have pledged that they will always remain faithful to each other.
他们发誓他们将永远忠诚于对方。
He looked depressed,even suicidal.
他看上去很沮丧,甚至于沮丧到想自杀。
The pilot crashed the airplane in landing.
飞机驾驶员在降落时使飞机坠毁。
The house has been full of activity all day.
房子里整天都很热闹。
Magnus’s army was gradually pushed back into a defensive circle.
马格努斯的军队被迫逐步撤回防守圈。
assiduity in doing sth.
专心一意做某事
aseptic packaging
无菌包装
The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice.
那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上。
She tinted each flower in her paintings a different color.
她将画里每一枝花都画成不同的颜色。