a book

基本解釋

A book is not judged only on its length.
不能只根據(jù)篇幅長短來評價一本書。
《新英漢大辭典》
The value of a book does not depend from its size.
一本書是否有價值并不取決于它的大小。
You may skip through a book, reading only those passages concerned.
你可以跳讀一本書，只揀那些有關(guān)的段落讀一下即可。
《新英漢大辭典》

Years later, Ms.Skloot began research for a book about Henrietta Lacks, her cells and their influence on medical and scientific history.
So if you had a book as long as the Gospel of Matthew, it'd take up a pretty thick scroll.
如果你有一本像馬太福音一樣長的書，那么它就是很厚的一卷。
耶魯公開課 - 新約課程節(jié)選
it's like really, forest sit on that side, so it's really nice to sit down and read a book or something.
那一邊簡直就像是一片森林，在那里坐下來看看書或干點別的什么將會是件很美妙的事情。
我的愛好是讀書 - SpeakingMax英語口語達(dá)人

And he writes a book about his experience living with this syndrome through his eyelid.
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