Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿 - Chapter 21

It was a cheerless morning when they got into the street; blowing and raining hard; and the clouds looking dull and stormy., ,The night had been very wet: large pools of water had collected in the road: and the kennels ¹ were overflowing ²., ,There was a faint glimmering ³ of the coming day in the sky; but it rather aggravated ⁴ than relieved the gloom of the scene:, , ,There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town; the windows of the houses were all closely shut; and the streets through which they passed, were noiseless and empty. By the time they had turned into the Bethnal Green Road, the day had fairly begun to break., ,Many of the lamps were already extinguished; a few country waggons ⁷ were slowly toiling ⁸ on, towards London; now and then, a stage-coach, covered with mud, rattled ⁹ briskly by: the driver bestowing ¹⁰, as he passed, and admonitory lash ¹¹ upon the heavy waggoner who, by keeping on the wrong side of the road, had endangered his arriving at the office, a quarter of a minute after his time., ,He left his dog in a kennels when he went on holiday. 他外出度假时把狗交给养狗场照管
。 来自《简明英汉词典》,The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。