And of course there are the pyramids and the sphinx just outside cairo , in giza . cairo is also a great place to shop and soak up some islamic culture 当然还有金字塔和斯芬克司狮身人面像就坐落在开罗城外,在吉萨。开罗也是个购物的好去处,同时它还吸收了一些伊斯兰文化。
He lifted his eyes and looked at the clock and the barometer on his right hand and on his left . they had gilded sphinxes by way of adornment in the style of the first empire 他抬头看看左边的时钟和右边的晴雨计,上面都饰有镀金的狮身人面像,时钟和晴雨计都是拿破仑时代的款式。
Natasha was lying , looking steadily straight before her at one of the mahogany sphinxes carved on a corner of the bedstead , so that the countess could only see her daughters face in profile 娜塔莎一动不动地一直盯着面前的床角上用红木雕刻的狮身人面像,因此伯爵夫人只看见女儿面孔的侧面。
And to add confusion to confusion , there was the servant , an unceasing menace , that appeared noiselessly at his shoulder , a dire sphinx that propounded puzzles and conundrums demanding instantaneous solution 仆人是一种永无休止的威胁,总悄悄出现在他肩头旁。全是些可怕的狮身人面兽,老提出些难题哑谜,要他立即作答。