Oh, these women who had passed her by, hundreds and hundreds strong, who were they? Whence came the rich, elegant dresses, the astonishingly coloured buttons, the knick-knacks of silver and gold?

啊,这些从她身边走过的成百上千的女人们,她们是些什么人?这些富丽的高雅的服装、五光十色的钮扣和金银小饰物,它们是从哪里来的?

||1:Pet care is booming in emerging markets, as the growing middle class stops buying dogs for security (or dinner) and starts doting on them.||2:Nowhere has the fashion taken off as quickly as in Latin America.||3:In the past five years spending on pet food and knick-knacks has risen by 44%, to $11 billion, according to Euromonitor, a market-research firm, which estimates that Chile has more pet dogs per person than any other country.||4:Latin pets may be the world's most fashionable.||5:As Mexico's rainy season tails off, dogs are stepping out of designer shoes to show off painted claws.

||1:宠物护理业在新兴市场蓬勃发展，因为发展壮大的中产阶层不再是为了看家（或烹饪）而买狗，并开始宠爱它们。||2:没有哪个地方的宠物护理风潮比拉丁美洲腾飞更快。||3:根据市场研究公司Euromonitor的数据，在过去5年中，拉美人在宠物食品和小饰品上的消费上升了44%，达到110亿美元之多；该公司估计，智利人均拥有宠物狗的数量居世界第一。||4:拉美人的宠物可能是世界上最时尚的宠物。||5:随着墨西哥城的雨季过去，狗狗们纷纷跨出设计师制作的鞋子，亮出自己脚爪上的彩绘。

In the past five years spending on pet food and knick-knacks has risen by 44%, to $11 billion, according to Euromonitor, a market-research firm, which estimates that Chile has more pet dogs per person than any other country.

根据一家市场研究公司欧睿的调查，过去五年中，宠物食品和玩具的开销增长了44%，达到了110亿美元。

Alas, all these shops peddling tawdry knick-knacks will be back with us again.

唉，现在那些兜售华而不实的小玩意的商店，又将会到我们身边了。

The shelves were bulging with knick-knacks .

架子上摆满了零碎的小玩意儿。

Any salvageable timber is worth a small fortune and turned into expensive knick-knacks by wood turners in tourist towns such as Strahan.

任何一块可以寻觅到的木材都是一小笔财富，斯特拉恩（Strahan）这些旅游市镇的车木工会把它们加工成昂贵的小装饰品。

Same principle applies to lights, knick-knacks and electronic decorations.

同样的，灯，小饰物和电器一类的装饰物也适用这样的原理。

have no knacks of making money

生财无道

to have learned the knacks of the trade

摸到门路

display pieces;knick-knacks;artwork for home decoration

摆件