I succeeded, however, in getting myself fairly wet all over, even if I did nothing else, and then I looked about for a towel. Of course, there was no towel. That is the trick. The idea of the railway authorities is to lure the passenger, by providing him with soap and water and a basin, into getting himself thoroughly soaked, and then to let it dawn upon him that there is no towel. That is their notion of fun!英文原著 · 《Diary of a Pilgrimage》
Briggs also advised me to take some towels with me, as they give you such small towels to wipe on.英文原著 · 《Diary of a Pilgrimage》
Then Vandrad washed his hands; but he took the towel and dried them right in the middle of the cloth. The housewife snatched the towel from him, and said, "Thou hast been taught little good; it is wasteful to wet the whole cloth at one time.英文原著 · 《Heimskringla》
Drops of water fell from her hair on to the paper. She burst out laughing. "Oh, HOW dreadful I must look--one moment!" She ran back to the washstand and caught up a towel. The door was still open...After all, there was nothing more to be said. Why on earth had she asked him to wait a moment? She folded the towel round her shoulders, and returned to the door, suddenly grave. "I'm sorry; I know no such name" in a sharp voice.英文原著 · 《In a German Pension》
"And here," she had said just before leaving, with her hand on a pile of things and with an embarrassed laugh--keeping her face turned away--"here are some towels." Under the towels he found two night shirts--new ones.英文原著 · 《The Choir Invisible》
Easter air a-gettin' high notions," she was saying, " 'n' she air a-spendin' her savin 's, 'n' all mine she kin git hold of, to buy fixin's at the commissary. She must hev white crockery, 'n' towels, 'n' newfangled forks, 'n' sichlike." A conscious flush came into the girl's face, and she rose hastily and went into the house.英文原著 · 《A Mountain Europa》
- Come on, drop the towel. RACHEL & PHOEBE: Drop the towel.美剧 · 《Friends》
Excuse me for not wanting to interrupt your fierce debate -- "Who's hotter, Mr. Clean or the brawny paper towel man?" - Mr. Clean. - Brawny paper towel guy.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
We can use paper towels. -We're out of paper towels.美剧 · 《Shameless》