The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish.

The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner and the owner arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish.

a recovery vehicle / truck ^{one for taking broken-down cars,etc. to a garage 维修拖车（把毁坏的汽车等拉回修理厂的车）}

• The utility model discloses a power emergency recovery vehicle which comprises a cab and a carriage.^{本实用新型公开了一种电力应急抢修车，包括驾驶室和车箱。}

Shivering in their wet clothes, the teenagers looked on while three men dived repeatedly into the water to locate the dish.

shiver / tremble ^颤抖

• She shivered at the thought of going into the dark house alone. ^{与人搭配使用（主语只能是人）}
• We were trembling with excitement. ^人做主语
• The bridge trembled as the train sped across it. ^物做主语
• Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened.
• By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police.

look on ^{旁观、看热闹}

• The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow-actor had at last learnt his lines.
• Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador.
• We look on her as a daughter. ^{vt. 看着是}

locate ^{v.定位、确定位置}

• They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries.
• He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river'. ^位于

They had little difficulty in finding it, but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious problem.

have difficulty (in) doing sth. ^{做某事很困难}

• She has difficulty in understanding complex mathematical concepts. ^{她理解复杂的数学概念有困难。}

The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it.

hawser ^{n.（船上的）粗缆绳}

• Last hawser, in you creaks my last longing. ^{是你身上的绳索叩响我最后的渴望。}
• The hawser can either be thick, heavy ropes. ^{缆绳既可以指粗重的绳子。}
• Pay out the hawser fast. I do not want that anchor to drag. ^{快放松粗绳，我不希望那锚被拖走。}
• On the other side of the hawser was a hostile knot of young dockers. ^{在钢缆的那一边，是一伙满怀敌意的码头工人。}

Eventually chains were fixed to one end of the dish and a powerful winch was put into operation.

fix sth. to / on sth. ^{把某物固定在某物上。}

• The shelves should be fixed to the wall with screws.
• He fixed the poster to the wall with some tape. ^{他用胶带把海报固定在墙上。}

winch ^{n.绞车，卷扬机}

• A winch shuttles back and forth, and side to side, on a grid of rails above stacks of containers. ^{一台绞车在集装箱堆上方的轨道网上前后、左右穿梭。}
• The platoon tried to use a winch and a hook to pull the truck back onto the road, but it was too heavy. ^{部队试图用绞车和钩子把卡车拽回到路上，但它太重了。}
• He would attach a cable around the chassis of the car and winch it up on to the canal bank. ^{他会在汽车底盘上拴一条缆绳，然后用绞车把汽车吊到运河岸边。}

put / bring sth. into operation ^{to make sth start working. 开动、实施，使生效}

• It's time to put our plan into operation.
• New legislation will be brought into operation in January.

The dish rose to the surface and was gently drawn towards the canal bank.

gently ^{adv. carefully, without a lot of force or sudden change in movement 小心翼翼地}

• Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing case.
• Before long, the noise dropped completely, and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
• We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side.

For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.

perch ^{v.坐落于……的上方（或边缘）}

• He watched the game from his precarious perch on top of the wall. ^{他无视安全，高坐在墙头上观看比赛。}
• He'll perch on the edge of his seat to get closer. ^{他会坐在他位子的边缘，只为与你靠的更近。}

precarious ^{adj.摇摇欲坠的，不稳固的；（局势）不确定的，危险的}

• a precarious future ^前途未卜
• He is in precarious health.

overbalance ^{v.失去平衡}

• He overbalanced and fell head first.  ^{他失去了平衡而且头部先着了地。}

The men were now obliged to try once more.

be / feel obliged to do sth. ^{(由于责任、道义)不得不做某事}

• However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, ...
• He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.

This time they fixed heavy metal clamps to both sides of the dish so that they could fasten the chains.

clamp ^{n. device for holding things tightly together, usu by means of a screw 夹具、夹钳}

• The wood is held in position by a clamp.^{这木头用夹钳固定住了。}
• My old artificial hand had a pretty basic open-close mechanism similar to a clamp.^{我的旧假手有一个非常基本的开关装置，类似于夹钳。}
• Blades without clips are held by screws and the clamp on the handle.^{失去金属夹的刀片由螺丝和手柄上的夹子固定。}

The dish now had to be lifted vertically because one edge was resting against the side of the canal.

rest (sth.) on / against sth. ^{把(某物)搁在[靠在]某物上}

• She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.

The winch was again put into operation and one of the men started up the truck.

start (sth. ↔) up ^{启动(汽车、马达) if an engine, car etc. starts up, or you start it up, it begins working}

• The driver got back into the car and started up.
• Rory started up the engine and got the vehicle moving.

Several minutes later, the dish was successfully hauled above the surface of the water.

haul ^{v.（用力）拖，拉}

• A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream.^{不得不用了一台起重机把轿车从河里拉出来。}
• They grab Jake and haul him to his feet.^{他们抓住杰克，把他拖到跟前。}
• Rickshaws are not there to haul around tourists. ^{人力车不是用来拉游客的。}

Water streamed in torrents over its sides with such force that it set up a huge wave in the canal.

torrent ^n.洪流

• The trickle became a stream; the stream has now become a torrent.
• The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent. ^{越野旅行包括跨越一条汹涌的急流。}
• After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent. ^{冬雨过后，溪流湍急。}

such ... that ... ^{如此... 以至于...}

• He wanted to buy a £300 watch for his wife, but he was in such a bedraggled condition that an assistant refused to serve him.
• The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag.
• The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.

set up ^{造成，导致}

• It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
• Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. ^创造
• Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. ^搭建

There was a danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again.

there is / was a danger that ... ^{有...一个危险}

• This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, for there was a danger that if she travelled too quickly,this rudder would be torn away as well.

rebound from/off...^{从...反弹回来}

• The ball rebounded from / off the goalpost and Owen headed it in.
• Light will rebound from a shiny surface. ^{光遇到发亮的表面会反射回来。}
• Ghaly chips the rebound off the post over the retreating Cole and against the far post. ^{皮球击中门柱反弹越过后退的科尔，格哈利把弹回的球削到远柱。}

send...doing ^{使...突然移动}

• A fire in the casino sent people fleeing for safety.
• A careless step sent rocks tumbling down on the climbers below.

By working at tremendous speed, the men managed to get the dish on to dry land before the wave returned.

dry land ^{n. land rather than water 陆地}

• She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year.