" Forget it, just forget it.... When does the parking meter run out? " she asks instead.

“算了，还是算了… … 付了多久的停？”她转而问道。

So, " parking meters" are very common, especially in busy places.

因此，“停计时器”非常普遍，尤其是在繁忙的。

Did you knock over a parking meter?

是撞倒了一个停表吗？

And that includes $2 I already spent on my parking meter.

其中包括我已经在停表上花的 2 美元。

I didn’t have any small change for the parking meter.

【small，smallness】我没有零钱投停表。

Los Angeles, like many cities has many parking meters and that's how it makes part of its money.

像许多城市一​​样，洛杉矶有很多停计时器，这就是它赚取部分入的式。

They will also allow you in some cities to park at a parking meter and not pay.

他们还将允许您在某些城市将停在停表处而无需付。

You can pay for the parking meter and maybe some coffee later and a donut, and it'll all even out.

可以支付停计时器的用，也许稍后再喝点咖啡和一个甜甜圈，这样一切就都平了。

A group in the small town of Keene tops up parking meters that have run out to stop traffic officers from issuing penalty tickets.

小镇基恩中的一个团体重新启动了废弃的停器，来阻止交警开罚单。

Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly.

这不仅因为海格比普通人要高大一倍，而且他还不停对一些诸如汽停计器之类很平常的东西指指点点，大声说话。

You look at a parking meter or a pickle slice or the foam in your cup of cappuccino and you think, hey, that looks like a face.

看停计时器、酸黄瓜片抑或是卡布奇诺杯中的奶泡，然后想：嘿，这好像人脸啊。

Parking meters are usually on the street, but you can also find some public parking meters in " parking lots, " in separate areas just for parking cars.

停表通常在街道上，但您也可以在“停场” 找到一些公共停表， 这些停表位于单独的区域， 仅供停。

Nowadays, many parking meters take credit cards, but we probably would still use the same expression, " to plug the meter" – to put coins into the parking meter.

现在很多停计时器都可以刷卡，但我们可能还是会用同样的表达式， “to plugg the meter” ——往停计时器里投硬币。

Here in Los Angeles, it costs maybe – depends on where you are, but most parking meters are 50 cents or a quarter for 1 hour of parking.

在洛杉矶这里， 可能要花钱——取决于在哪里，但大多数停表是 50 美分或 25 美分停 1 小时。

Bond turned and looked back down the lanes of metal standards, like parking meters, from which speakers could be connected with your car to pick up the sound.

邦德转过身， 回头看着金属标准的道，比如停计时器， 扬声器可以从那里连接到的上来接声音。

Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, " See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh? "

这不仅因为海格比普通人要高大一倍，而且他还不停对一些诸如汽停计器之类很平常的东西指指点点，大声说：“看见那玩艺儿了吗，哈利？这又是麻瓜们搞出来的什么名堂，嗯？”

Alan says, " I'd be willing to plug the meter all evening if we could just find a space." " To plug (plug) the meter, " or " to plug the parking meter, " means to put coins into the parking meters.

艾伦说，“如果我们能找到一个空位，我愿意整个晚上都塞电表。”米。