Luppis

基本解釋

But being a gondolier "is a profession," said Luppi, a manual trade like any other, "not animating a theme park.
魯皮說，駕駛貢多拉“是一項(xiàng)職業(yè)”，和其它的體力行業(yè)一樣，“不是在主題公園里表演助興。”
get stood up
被放鴿子
Luppi moors his gondola in front of Piazza San Marco, a highly sought spot acquired by rank and seniority.
貢多拉船夫不用撐竹篙的方式劃船，因?yàn)楹拥捞畈贿m合。他們采用的是“威尼斯風(fēng)格”的劃船法。
Luppi, for example, lives in the Castello neighborhood, the most remote of the city's six areas.
以魯皮為例，他居住在卡斯泰洛區(qū)，那是該市六個(gè)區(qū)域中最偏遠(yuǎn)的一個(gè)。
Most Venetians speak the lilting patois, though Luppi acknowledges that over time Italian has increasingly encroached on the local idiom.
大多數(shù)威尼斯人都在使用這種輕快活潑的語言，但魯皮也承認(rèn)，隨著時(shí)間的流逝，意大利語正不斷蠶食著當(dāng)?shù)赜谜Z。