" Oh, tallish, dark, clever — talks well — rather a prig, I think" .
“哦,身材高大,皮肤黝黑,聪明——能说会道——我觉得是个自命不凡的人”。
面纱
He was a tallish man, but stockily built, and he seemed ill at ease in his khaki uniform.
他个子很高, 但体格结实, 穿着卡其布制服似乎很不自在。
福尔摩斯探案之蓝宝石案
In front of him he saw, in the gaslight, a tallish man, walking with a slight stagger, and carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder.
在煤气灯下,他看见一个身材颇高的人在他前面走着,步伐有些蹒跚,肩上背着一只白鹅。
原来如此的故事
They let the Zebra and the Giraffe get up; and Zebra moved away to some little thorn-bushes where the sunlight fell all stripy, and Giraffe moved off to some tallish trees where the shadows fell all blotchy.
The music struck up again and a man came over to us. He was a tallish fellow and well built, with a great hooked nose, a mat of shining black hair, and great sensual lips. He looked like an evil Savonarola.