Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.(人点灯,并不是放在斗底下,而是放在灯台上,照耀屋中所有的人。)
The price of a bushel of corn rose by 70% between September 2006 and January 2007 to reach its highest level in a decade.(蒲耳(美=35.238升,英=36.368升)玉米在2006年9月到2007年1月之间上涨了70%,为十年来最高。)
I'll give him a bushel of corn, said one.(我来给他一蒲式耳谷子吧,一个人说。)
They rose by 8.5% on October 11th, the biggest one-day rise in 37 years, and by mid-week corn was trading at $5.88 a bushel.(10月11日,玉米价格暴涨8.5%,创37年来的最大单日涨幅,到本周中期,每蒲式耳的玉米售价为5.88美元。)
She bought a bushel of apples from the farmer.(她从农民那里买来一蒲式耳的苹果。)
Limpid wine in golden goblets worth ten thousand coppers a bushel; Dainty food on jade plates cost a myriad COINS.(金樽清酒斗十千,玉盘珍馐值万钱。)
Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.(小麦平均56磅为一蒲式耳。)
The new clerk was a clever mathematician but was content to hide his light under a bushel.(这个新职员是个聪明的数学家,但他总是不露锋芒。)
Grains are sold by the bushel.(谷物论蒲式耳出售。)
Become a producer and not a prisoner of society. Don't hide your light under a bushel.(成为社会的一个主持人,而不是一个囚徒。露出你的锋芒。)