'Nothing. It was only a receipt from a pawnbroker.

“什么没有，只是一家当铺的收条。

I went to the pawnbroker and got back a little gold locket.

我找到了这家当铺，赎回的是一个挂在项链上面的小金盒子。

And much like those other high-street bugbears, bookmakers and pawnbrokers, payday lenders will not disappear soon.

和其他商业大街的顽疾一样， 出版商、当铺老板、发薪日贷款人不会很快消失在人们的生活中。

' 'Would you like to see the pawnbroker himself?

” “你想见见当铺老板本人吗？

" About how many pawnbrokers are there in Kent" ?

“肯特大约有多少个典当商”？

'Nothing, ' replied the woman; 'it was a pawnbroker's duplicate.

“没什么，”女人回答。 ‘这是一个典当商的复制品。

Their laugher made the pawnbroker angry.

他们的嘲笑惹恼了典当商。

At a pawnshop, it means to get back what you gave the pawnbroker in order to get the loan.

在当铺，这意味着取回为获得贷款而给当铺的东西。

He just about took a pawnbroker's head off for a few bucks.

他刚才几乎为了点小钱把典当商的头剁掉。

" There are pawnbrokers.... and, some day, I will be able to get something for it" .

“有典当商… … 而且，总有一天，我会得到一些东西”。

In this case, it means you no longer own the item that you gave to the pawnbroker.

在这种情况下，这意味着不再拥有给典当商的物品。

But the two thousand pawnbrokers slept with her that night, and leaped awake before her waking eyes.

但那天晚上，两千个典当商和她一起睡了，在她清醒的眼前惊醒了。

I had the hint from Holmes that this smooth-faced pawnbroker's assistant was a formidable man--a man who might play a deep game.

我从福尔摩斯那里得到暗示，当铺老板的那个脸庞光滑的伙计是难对付的家伙，这家伙可能施展狡猾的花招。

But the pawnbroker won't give you 100 percent of what the item is worth.

但是典当商不会给你 100% 的物品价值。

The pawnbroker will only give you " a fraction of its value."

典当商只会给你“其价值的一小部分” 。

If a package be removed from his house, a score of boys are not employed to watch whether it be carried to the pawnbroker.

倘若从他家里搬出行李，不会有人雇用几个小伙子盯着这些家什是否搬到当铺老板那儿。

By the late 1200s — when those snail pictures started getting popular — the Lombards had become lenders and pawnbrokers spread throughout Europe.

到 1200 年代后期——当那些蜗牛画开始流行时——伦巴第人已经成为遍布欧洲的放款人和典当商。

In a pawnshop, whatever you bring to the pawnbroker is your collateral, and the pawnbroker will then give you money as a loan.

在当铺里， 你拿给当铺的东西就是你的抵押品，然后当铺会给你钱作为贷款。

You bring the pawnbroker something that's worth money to use as collateral and then you get a loan for a fraction of its value.

你给典当商带来一些值钱的东西作为抵押品，然后你以其价值的一小部分获得贷款。

I stood on tiptoe, face upward and back straightened, to hand the cloth-wrapped bundle onto the counter. How strange the pawnbroker should have put up a counter so forbiddingly high!

那戴帽头的人翻着衣裳看，还不等他问，我就说了： “两块钱。”