Shortly thereafter an acolyte in black gown and white surplice appeared and lighted groups of candles on either side of the altar. 当即有个黑袍白袈裟的小僧徒从里面出来,到讲坛的两旁点起了几簇蜡烛。
Immediately afterwards, the clergyman appeared: putting on his surplice as he came along.
紧接着,牧师出现了:边走边穿上法衣。
简·爱(原版)
" Mr. Wood is in the vestry, sir, putting on his surplice" .
“伍德先生在法衣室里,先生,穿上他的法衣”。
刀锋(下)
Now, in surplice and stole, he looked not only tall, but stately.
现在,穿着法衣和披肩, 他看起来不仅高大, 而且庄严。
牛虻(原版)
Long white surplices, grave and seemly, gave place to gorgeous vestments and embroidered pluvials.
长长的白色法衣,庄重而得体,取而代之的是华丽的法衣和刺绣的雨衣。
红与黑(二)
I myself have known parishes in the mountains where the surplice fees were worth more than that of many town livings.
我自己就知道山区的教区,那里的法衣费用比许多城镇生活费更值钱。
红与黑(一)
A young man in a violet robe and a lace surplice, but with his head bare, was standing still three paces from the glass.
一个身穿紫罗兰色长袍和蕾丝法衣的年轻人, 光着头,一动不动地站在离玻璃三步远的地方。
牛虻(原版)
The surplices of the choristers gleamed, rainbow-tinted, beneath the coloured windows; the sunlight lay on the chancel floor in chequered stains of orange and purple and green.
唱诗班的法衣在彩色窗户下闪闪发光,呈彩虹色。阳光照在圣坛地板上,呈现出橙色、紫色和绿色的方格斑点。
西南联大英文教本
As the funeral train approached the grave, the parson issued from the church porch, arrayed in the surplice, with prayer book in hand, and attended by the clerk.
当葬礼列车驶近坟墓时, 牧师从教堂的门廊出来, 穿着法衣,手里拿着祈祷书, 由书记员陪同。
复活
At that moment a chanter with a copper coffee-pot in his hand passed close to Katiousha, and, without looking at her, grazed her with the skirt of the surplice.
就在这时,一个手里拿着铜咖啡壶的吟唱者从卡秋莎身边走过, 看也没看她, 用法衣的下摆擦了擦她。
英语百科
Surplice
A surplice (Late Latin superpelliceum, from super, "over" and pellicia, "fur garment") is a liturgical vestment of the Western Christian Church. The surplice is in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton fabric, reaching to the knees, with wide or moderately wide sleeves.