Harry glanced at the carriage clock on the mantelpiece.

哈利看了一眼壁炉上的旅行钟。

It was stiflingly warm, and the fire that was burning under the crowded mantelpiece was giving off a heavy, sickly sort of perfume as it heated a large copper kettle.

教室里暖和得令人感到郁闷，壁炉里塞得满满的，火上烧着一个大铜壶，于是火焰就发出一种沉闷、发腻的香味。

Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched the mantelpiece with his right hand.

我们的客人摇摇晃晃地站了起来，右手抓住了壁炉架。

This makes a great feature decoration on the mantelpiece.

而这些摆放在壁炉上方，也能显得格外有特色。

Only the photographs on the mantelpiece really showed how much time had passed.

只有壁炉台上的照片显示出流逝了多少时光。

His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock and from this position his distraught eyes stared down at Daisy who was sitting frightened but graceful on the edge of a stiff chair.

他的头往后仰，一直碰到一架早已报废的大台钟的钟上。他那双显得心神错乱的眼睛从这个位置向下盯着黛西，她坐在一张硬背椅子的边上，神色惶恐，姿态倒很优美。

Krum, hunched-up and brooding, was leaning against the mantelpiece, slightly apart from the other two.

克鲁姆倚靠着壁炉台，躬着腰在那里沉思着什么，和别外两个人微微拉开一些距离。

He rested his elbow upon the mantelpiece and his face upon his hand.

他把胳膊支在壁炉架上，用手托着脸。

The old man's eyes traveled to the painting of the girl over the mantelpiece.

老人的眼神移向壁炉架上方挂着的女孩画像。

So Katherine has a picture that I painted for Mike hanging over her mantelpiece.

Katherine 把一幅我画给 Mike 的画挂在她的壁炉前。

Felicite held her over the bed while she still kept looking towards the mantelpiece.

费莉西把她抱到床头，她却总是瞧着壁炉旁边。

Consider, for example, the humble household plant, like that one sat on your mantelpiece at home that you keep forgetting to water.

试想家中一盆不起眼的植物，比如你家壁炉台上的那盆你老是忘记浇水的植物。

And out of it, his hair overgrown, his face cut, his robes ripped, clambered the real Neville Longbottom, who gave a roar of delight, leapt down from the mantelpiece and yelled.

真正的纳威·隆巴顿从隧道里爬出来，头发长得出奇，满脸伤痕，长袍被扯烂了。他狂喜地大吼一声，从壁炉台上跳了下来，嚷道。

Harry got a shock the first time he looked in the mirror over the kitchen mantelpiece and it shouted, " Tuck your shirt in, scruffy! "

厨房壁炉架上的那镜子就把哈利吓了一跳。他第一次照镜子时，镜子突然大叫起来：“把衬衫塞到裤腰里去，邋里邋遢！”

American presidents accept such offerings on behalf of the nation, no matter how horrible they look on the mantelpiece, because not to do so would cause embarrassment.

无论礼物放在壁橱上有多么难看，美国的总统们都会以国家的名义接受它们。因为如果拒绝，会让人很尴尬。

After a quick half a dozen bacon sandwiches each, they pulled on their coats and Mrs. Weasley took a flowerpot offthe kitchen mantelpiece and peered inside.

他们每人匆匆吃了五六块成肉三明治，然后穿好外套。韦莱夫人从厨房壁炉架上端起一只花盆，朝里看着。

" My old father, now, " said Mr Tumnus; " that's his picture over the mantelpiece. He would never have done a thing like this."

“瞧，我的老爹。”图姆纳先生说，“壁炉台上就是他的画像。他就永远也干不出这种事来。”

" I think we'll tackle those after lunch." Mrs Weasley pointed at the dusty glass-fronted cabinets standing on either side of the mantelpiece.

“我想，我们吃过午饭后再来对付那些吧。”韦莱夫人指着壁炉架两边布满灰尘的玻璃门柜子。

We all get off at the Wasdale Head Inn with rows of old climbers' boots and ice axes over the mantelpiece.

我们在瓦代尔黑德旅馆下了车，壁炉架上放着一排排的登山靴和冰镐。

His head was still reeling, he still felt drunk, but when he turned back to the mantelpiece, his drink was gone.

他的头仍似乎不停地在旋转，他仍觉得自己喝醉了，但是当回到壁炉架时，他的酒不见了。