watch sound

It was a low, dull, quick sound like a watch makes when inside a piece of cotton.

这是匆匆传来的模模糊糊一阵低沉声音——简直象蒙着棉花的表声。

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It doesn't sound like business for a long time. Still it won't do any harm to watch out and keep our powder dry.

好长时间看来不像那么一回事, 不过提高警惕以防万一总不会有什么坏处.

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He wanted to go to bed as soon at the sound of the first night watch.

天刚刚起更,他就想睡觉了.

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And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but a kind of over-sensitivity? Now, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when inside a piece of cotton.

我不告诉你，你的错误，而是一种狂妄over-sensitivity吗？现在，我又听见一个低、暗哑、快捷的声音，如表使里面的一块棉的时候。

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There was no sound in answer but the loud ticking of Mr Dombey's watch and Doctor Parker Peps's watch, which seemed in the silence to be running a race.

没有回答的声音，而只有董贝先生的表和帕克•佩普斯大夫的表的滴嗒滴嗒走得很响的声音。这两只表似乎正在寂静中赛跑。

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