But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.
“不过这是两码事。女孩小是一回事,落脚猪小又是一回事。”
夏洛de网
That runty pig, for instance, and that big old smelly barn.
那只落脚猪,比如说, 和那个老旧的有臭味的大谷仓。
冰与火之歌:魔龙的狂舞(中英对照)
Of a certain runty rat-faced boy, Tormund said, " That one's a whelp of Varamyr Sixskins. You remember Varamyr, Lord Crow" ?
" 那是六形人瓦拉米尔的崽儿。记得瓦拉米尔吗,乌鸦大人?"
万物简史
Not only is it runty and obscure, but it is so variable in its motions that no one can tell you exactly where Pluto will be a century hence.
它不但又小又模糊,而且它的运行方式变化不定,一个世纪以后谁也说不准冥王星到底会在哪里。
飘(原版)
Now, plantation after plantation was going back to the forest, and dismal fields of broomsedge, scrub oak and runty pines had grown stealthily about silent ruins and over old cotton fields.
Garrett had lit the braziers, and their glowing coals filled Jaime's tent with a ruddy heat. Ser Daven shrugged out of his cloak and tossed it at Little Lew. " You a Piper, boy" ? he growled. " You have a runty look to you" .