" I wonder if you will ever grow up, Laurie, " said Meg in a matronly tone.
“真不知你可会长大,劳里,”梅格带着主妇的口气说道。
Had Grace been young and handsome, I should have been tempted to think that tenderer feelings than prudence or fear influenced Mr. Rochester in her behalf; but, hard-favoured and matronly as she was, the idea could not be admitted.
如果格蕾丝年轻英俊,我会很想认为罗切斯特先生对她的影响比谨慎或恐惧更温柔。但是,尽管她很受宠,又很主妇,这想法是不能被接受的。
Mary, in her matronly days, became as solid in figure as her mother; but, unlike her, gave the boys little formal teaching, so that Mrs. Garth was alarmed lest they should never be well grounded in grammar and geography.
玛丽在她做母亲的日子里,变得和她母亲一样结实。但是,与她不同的是,很少给男孩们正式的教学,因此加思夫人担心他们永远不会打好语法和地理基础。