Angels appear on earrings, thimbles and dinnerplates, as flying pins and cherubs curled up asleep.
飞翔着或者蜷缩着睡觉的小天使的形象出现在耳环、胸针和餐盘上。
2
There are hissing cockroaches, giant jumping rats, pygmy chameleons, moths as big as dinnerplates, along with various kinds of lemurs.
这里有发出嘶嘶声的蟑螂、巨大的跳鼠、小型蜥蜴、和餐盘一样大的蛾子、以及各种各样的猕猴。
3
The water from the drums tasted like hot metallic tea, and to cool it for drinking, we filled tin dinnerplates and set them in the shade of the acacia.