Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids.

几天后，我把垃圾桶从路边拿回来时，注意到一个盖子上贴着一个信封。

The lids of the casserole dishes are designed to double up as baking dishes.

这些砂锅盖子的设计使它们可以兼作烤盘。

I keep the flour and sugar in individual jars, sealed tight with their glass lids.

我把面粉和糖分别放在罐子里，并用玻璃盖密封。

Not having an oven, I made some square pots with lids and covered them with hot ashes.

没有烤箱，我做了一些有盖的方形罐子，在上面撒上热灰。

They may not have been actually weak but they were poor in expression, with lacy lids that furled down at the corners.

他的双眼可能不是真的视力差，但他眼角的眼睑像花边一样卷起，眼睛很难表达出情绪。

Instead of the occasional blink, Arabs lowered their lids so slowly and languorously that she was convinced they were falling asleep.

阿拉伯人没有偶尔眨眼，而是慢慢地、懒洋洋地垂下眼睑，她确信他们已经睡着了。

They have LIDS on the vats now.

他们现在都给染缸上了盖子。

Then I shined them with soot from the stove LIDS.

然后我用炉盖上的煤烟把它们擦亮。

Sleds were improvised from the lids of recycling boxes.

雪橇是由回收箱的盖子做的。

Applying Eyeliner and Mascara on Lower Lids and lashes.

在下眼睑和睫毛上涂眼线膏和睫毛膏。

Then using a special knife, they cut off the lids of the cells.

用一种特殊的刀，刮下蜂板上的覆盖层。

But, do you know what cigar tin LIDS have to do with the sport?

但是，你知道雪茄烟的锡盒盖与这项运动有什么关系吗？

See if you can fit any of these odd LIDS to this set of containers.

看一看你是否能用这些大小不等的盖子盖上这套容器。

These three awful nights, I've never closed my LIDS — and oh, I've been tormented!

这可怕的三个夜晚，我就没阖眼——啊，我受尽了折磨！

Delicates, sweaters, and pants should go into plastic, wooden, or cloth boxes with LIDS.

精致的衣服、毛衣，长裤应该放入带盖子的塑料箱子、木箱或是帆布箱中存放。

For tired or irritated eyes soak cosmetic pads in rose water and rest on closed eye LIDS.

如果感到眼睛疲劳甚至生疼，可以将化妆棉垫在玫瑰香水中浸湿，然后闭上眼敷在眼皮上。

IMAGE: Take-out beverage LIDS, collected in the 90s and early 00s, photographed by sarcoptiform.

图片：九十年代末20世纪初的外卖饮料盖子，拍摄者sarcoptiform。

Leaning back, she folded her arms behind her head, and looked at the fire under drooping LIDS.

她身子向后一仰，两只胳膊交叉放在脑后，眼睑垂下，望着炉火。

"It cost how much you pay, my friend," he said mysteriously as he unscrewed the LIDS off his bottles.

“你愿意付多少就多少，朋友。”他故作神秘地说，一边拧下鞋油瓶盖。

So what if there are remnants of kohl around your LIDS, at least most of your makeup has been removed, right?

就算有一些眼影残留在眼皮上又怎么样，至少大部分妆都卸了，对吧？

It actually resembles REM sleep, with the eyeballs tracking rapidly under the LIDS, and the fingers twitching occasionally.

那实际上是深度睡眠(快速眼动睡眠)，眼球在眼皮下快速的移动，手指也会偶尔地抽动。

I don't need oranges to come in plastic bags or little plastic Windows in cardboard boxes or plastic seals under the LIDS of jars.

我不想买塑料包装的橘子，也不想要在硬纸板包装的盒子上开个塑料窗口或者在果酱瓶的盖子上贴上塑料标签。

Thinner plastic LIDS can go directly on their containers, or you can organize them vertically in a magazine rack or mail sorter.

比较薄的塑料盖头可以直接放在容器上，或者你可以安排它们垂直地放在杂志架或者信件分类装置上。

Meanwhile, the "pinch" mechanism LIDS simply add an extra squeezing motion to the peel-back process, without any noticeable benefits.

挤压式杯盖只是在撕开盖子的过程中加上了挤压的动作，这样做毫无意义。

They appear to come in varying colors, some even have weird designs on the LIDS, but they all have more or less the same hardware.

看起来有很多种颜色可供选择，一些甚至还在上面绘有奇怪的图案，但是在硬件配置上基本上是一样的。

He does offer one lighthearted hint: "People always ask me when I'm going to retire, " he tells me. "I say, 'When I run out of lids.'"

他的确给大家一个很随意的提示：“人们总是问我何时退休”他告诉我，“我说，‘当我用完杯盖的时候’”。

A week later, Prowse had become suspicious when they met for coffee and she noticed the LIDS of the cups had been removed and replaced.

一周后，他们相约喝咖啡，她注意到杯盖被挪动和更换了，普劳斯开始有所怀疑。