spittoon

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Every time I saw a spittoon, I felt sorry for the poor housewife who had to clean it out every day.
每一次我看見痰盂，就會(huì)爲(wèi)那些每天都要清洗痰盂的家庭主婦悲歎。
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In fact, I have kept a souvenir of those days: a dark green hexagonal glass spittoon that is now a very original flowerpot.
說真的，我還保存了一個(gè)那個(gè)時(shí)代的紀(jì)唸品--一個(gè)深綠色六角形的玻璃痰盂，如今，它成爲(wèi)了我的一個(gè)很別致的花盆。
I don’t know what they were thing about but know what they think about: They feel released and have freedom in fresh open air and they think the earth is a gigantic spittoon.
我不知道這些人儅時(shí)在想什麼，但我知道他們?cè)觞N想的。他們覺得在空氣新鮮的戶外得到了更多的釋放和自由，覺得地球和一個(gè)大痰盂沒任何區(qū)別。

His think-tank's shabby office on the outskirts of Beijing, complete with a rusting bed and a well-used spittoon, bear testimony to the second-class status of the private sector.
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