" The hoover roared into life, domineering the room like a proud king."

“吸尘器咆哮着，像一位傲慢的国王一样在房间里横行霸道。”

The youngest child of a wealthy, highly cultured but domineering steel magnate.

他出生在富有、极有教养，但盛气凌人的钢铁巨头之家，是家中最小的。

Hadley was on a visit to the big city from St. Louis, having led a sheltered life under the influence of a domineering mother.

哈德利从圣路易斯来到这大城市玩，她衣食无忧，但有专横的母亲。

" The hoover roared into life, domineering the room" -dominating the room, becoming the center of attention in the room-" like a proud king" .

“吸尘器咆哮着，在房间里横行霸道的”—充斥着房间，把它变成了整房间里注意力的中心—“就像一位傲慢的国王”。

I laughed too, but there is still some part of me that feels it was unseemly for a little girl to be thought of as so ... domineering. Cringe.

我也跟着大笑，但也有点难为情。现在我还是觉得如果一小女被人们认为如此的… … 专横，真不是什么光彩的事情（想到这我又不好意思了）。

Indeed, stepwells have always been considered women's spaces-places to gather without inhibitions, away from men's domineering eyes (in India, after all, it is traditionally a woman's job to fetch and carry water).

事实上，阶梯井一直被认为是女性的空间——一不受约束、远离男性霸道目光的地方(毕竟，在印度，传统上取水和挑水是女性的工作)。