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

羊也待在近的背风处。

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雨影区（高地背风面降雨极少的较干区域），年平均降雨量不足10厘米。

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风群岛的海岸。

They're also common on the backsides of mountains.

它们也常见于山脉的背风面。

We sat in the lee of a tall hedge.

【lee】我们坐在高大的篱笆背风的一面。

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

周二晚上，东加勒比海的背风群岛再次遭受大西洋飓风的袭击。

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， 停在了来自长岛海峡的一艘完美无瑕的游艇的背风处。

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.

它是背风群岛的一部分面积，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" .

" 这儿是个背风的海岸，" 我笑了，" 在这样风雨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，两艘奇怪的船在其中一个岛屿的背风海岸抛锚。

The heart of each now grew faint, and our cheeks were pale, for there was but one hope, and that was to find some bay, and so get in the lee of the land.

现在我们每个人心跳微弱，脸颊苍白，有一个希望，那就是找到一个海湾，然后到那片土地的背风处去。

" Halloa, there! " shouted Captain Spinnet, as the luckless pirates crowded around the lee gangway of their prize, " when you find them silver dollars, just let us know, will you? "

“你好，好，” 斯平内特船长喊道，这时那些倒霉的海盗们挤在他们奖品的背风舷梯周围，“当你找到他们银元时，就告诉我们， 好吗？

The weather, which was getting dirtier as the night went on, and the perilous situation of the yacht upon a lee shore, had probably driven them to attempt a landing at the earliest possible moment.

随着夜幕降临，天气变得越来越脏，再加上游艇在背风岸上的危险处境，可能促使他们尝试尽早登陆。

I drifted on through the midst of this passionate music and motion, across many a glen, from ridge to ridge; often halting in the lee of a rock for shelter, or to gaze and listen.

我在这充满激情的音乐和运动中继续前行，穿过许多峡，从一个山脊到另一个山脊；经常在岩石的背风处停下来寻求庇护，或者凝视和倾听。

As Captain Spinnet ceased speaking, the pirate luffed under the fisherman's lee-quarter, and, in a moment more, the latter's deck was graced with the presence of a dozen as savage-looking mortals as eyes ever rested upon.

斯平内特船长不再说话， 海盗就躲在渔夫的背风处，再过一会儿， 渔夫的甲板上出现了十几个看起来野蛮的凡人， 就像眼睛所注视的那样。

We were noticing this, and saying how that the mist rose with a change of wind from a certain quarter of our marshes, when we came upon a man, slouching under the lee of the turnpike house.

我们注意到了这一点，并说薄雾是如何随着我们沼泽地某一部分的风的变化而上升的，当我们遇到一个男人时，他懒洋洋地躺在收费公路房子的背风下。

The tunnel entrance on the leeward side stands 1,385 feet above sea level, most of an  Empire State Building, while the entrance on the windward side is 840 feet above sea level, less  of an Empire State Building.

背风侧的隧道入口高出海平面 1,385 英尺，相当于帝国大厦的高度， 而迎风侧的入口高出海平面 840 英尺，比帝国大厦的高度还要低。