The sheep stayed near the barn, too, for protection.

羊也待在谷仓附近的背处。

Before returning down the slip face, it will drink 40% of its body weight.

在回到背坡上之前，它要喝下百分之四十体重的水分。

Mr. Lawrence, take us leeward, head us straight for the school.

劳伦斯先生 转向背 直接驶向鲸鱼。

Turn the ship! Turn to leeward!

转舵 转向背！

All across these mountains, grizzly bears make their winter dens 10,000 feet up in the deep snow of leeward slopes.

在这些山脉灰熊将巢筑在背坡厚厚的积雪之下。海拔高达三千米。

It sits in the rain shadow of the Himalayas and receives on average fewer than ten centimeters of rain per year.

此地位于喜马拉雅山脉的影区（高地背面降极少的较干区域），年平降量不足10厘米。

It's expected to cross the Leeward Islands before closing on the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic late Saturday.

预计它将穿过背岛，然后在周六晚些时候接近维尔京岛、波多黎各和多米尼加共和国。

But large waves have begun crashing on the shores of the Leeward Islands on Monday.

但周一，巨浪已经开始冲击背岛的海岸。

In a storm, you'd much prefer to be under the lee than under the weather.

在暴，你宁愿待在背处，也不愿待在恶劣天气下。

They're also common on the backsides of mountains.

它们也常见于山脉的背面。

Sometimes, a lee is a natural spring flowing under the earth.

有时， 背处是地下流淌的天然泉水。

We sat in the lee of a tall hedge.

【lee】我们坐在高大的篱笆背的一面。

Tuesday night, the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean took another hit from an Atlantic Hurricane.

周二晚上，东加勒比海的背岛再次遭受大西洋飓的袭击。

She landed us neatly at the city dock, in the lee of an immaculate pleasure yacht from Long Island Sound.

她把我们整齐地送到了城市码头， 停在了来自长岛海峡的一艘完美无瑕的游艇的背处。

It's part of the Leeward Island chain and at only 34 square miles, it's the smallest inhabited island to be divided by two countries.

它是背岛的一部分面积，只有三十四平方英里，它是最小的，分属两国，且有人居住的岛屿。

" It's a lee shore, " I laughed, " and I am sure I'd rather be here than arriving, a night like this" .

" 这儿是个背的海岸，" 我笑了，" 在这样的夜晚我肯定是愿意待在这儿，而不是在来这儿的路上。"

On a January day in the year 1778, two strange ships anchored off the leeward coast of one of the islands.

1778年1月的一天，两艘奇怪的船在其一个岛屿的背海岸抛锚。

From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

从那里又开船，因为不顺，就贴着塞浦路斯背岸行。

Consider moments in your life when you felt natural and at ease doing certain tasks or activities, as if you were running with the wind at your back.

想想在你的生活，当你做某些任务或活动时感到自然和轻松，就像你在背奔跑一样。

It's known a bigger storm than hurricane Harvey which devastated parts of Texas and Louisiana last month. Irma is expected to make a land fall on the Leeward Islands.

上月，飓哈维给德克萨斯和路易斯安那部分地区带来了毁灭性的打击，厄玛比哈维的能量更强大。预期这次飓将在背岛登陆。