Elizabeth took up some needlework, and was sufficiently amused in attending to what passed between Darcy and his companion.

伊丽莎白在做针线，一面留神地听着达西跟彬格莱小姐谈话。

Scarlett O'Hara, the proudest of the proud, trying to sell needlework to the Yankees.

思嘉·奥哈拉，一位漂亮得无以复加的年轻太太，正想把自己的针张活儿兜售给北方佬呢。

As I sat here, absorbed in my needlework, the urge to consult the orb overpowered me.

昨晚我坐在这里，埋头做我的针线活儿，突然产生了一种无法遏制的冲动，想请教一下我的水晶球。

" A shade more exhausting than needlework, " Jon observed.

" 看到没有，这恐怕比做针线活儿要累哟。" 琼恩表示。

I laid down my pen, and Biddy stopped in her needlework without laying it down.

我放下笔，比迪停下她的针线活，没有放下。

" I like the needlework, " said Hetty, " and I should get good wages" .

“我喜欢针线活，”海蒂说，“我应该得到不错的工资。”

She started sewing when she was six and became very good at needlework.

她六岁开始缝纫， 非常擅长针线活。

And I can see myself sitting on a small chair by the fire doing needlework.

我看见自己坐在火炉边的小椅子上做针线活。

Some people collect old coins or foreign stamps, some do needlework, others spend most of their spare time on a particular sport.

有些人搜集古钱或外国邮票刺绣，有些人则利用大部分的空间时间从事某种运动。

An irrepressible idea that it was some sort of needlework recurred to him throughout the rest of the conversation.

在接下来的谈话中， 他无法抑制地想到这是某种针线活。