It turns out to be a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

它其实是一本高质量、异常严谨的咖啡桌书籍，写作的初衷是让读者大致浏览里面的内容，而不是从头读到尾。

We need a new coffee-table book.

我们需要一本可以摆在客厅的。

We need a new coffee-table book, and a book of photos about the United States still feels right.

我们需要一本新的茶几图书，而现在出一本美国情况的影集仍是令人感到合适的。

At a hefty two kilos and 420 pages, the oversized coffee-table book was published annually by the Asahi newspaper between 1954 and 1971.

在1954年到1971年间，朝日报纸每年出版一期这种重达两公斤共有420页的加大版装饰画册。

But there's personal photo album you're gonna treasure and you have a nice coffee table book at the end with all of your pictures etc.

但你也可以制作将要收藏的个人相册，最后就可以有一个装帧精美的图册，里面都是你的照片等等。

Late in the night, as I was sitting by myself at a table in the dining area reading a book and drinking coffee, a fight broke out at the bar.

深夜，我独自坐在渡轮用餐区的一张桌旁，边喝咖啡边看书，酒吧区却有人打起架来。

Advertising in books - the tangible things that you put on your shelf or leave on your coffee table - seems weird. But e-books aren't a possession. You can't lend an e-book to a friend.

书里面的广告是有形的，你会把他放在书架上或放在咖啡桌上，这听起来有点奇怪。

Not the kind of book you want to leave sitting on the coffee table.

是那种你想坐在咖啡桌旁，不想离开的书。

Pretty soon the best smell will float up the stairs, and she'll tiptoe down to the kitchen and Daddy will be sitting at the table drinking coffee and reading a book.

很快，世界上最美妙的香味就会顺着楼梯飘上来，她会踮着脚尖走进厨房，而爸爸则在餐桌旁一边喝咖啡一边看书。

Expose her to art. Show your baby pictures from the family photo album or a coffee table art book - just be careful she doesn't grab precious pages!

发现艺术，给宝宝看你的家庭照相册或者一本咖啡桌上的艺术书——只是当心不要让她抓坏了！

A coffee table book is also a good idea.

送放在咖啡桌上的书也是一个好主意。

Candelabras, two candy bowls as well as a Vogue and Vanity Fair book are placed strategically on each coffee table. On the ceiling is another classical reference.

枝状大烛台，两个糖果碗、《Vogue》和《名利场》的书精心的摆放在每一张咖啡桌上。

We need a new coffee - table book, and a book of photos about the United States still feels right.

我们需要一种新的制作精美的画册，可以摆放在客厅茶几上，而有关美国的摄影集子仍很适用。

You can compile your life story, wedding photos or favorite family recipes in your very own personalized coffee table book.

你可以把你的生活故事，结婚照片或是或是钟爱的家庭菜谱集成一本个性册子，摆放在咖啡茶几上。