They were of very different sizes, some no bigger than mole-hills, some as big as wheel- barrows, two the size of cottages.

它们的大小各不相同，有的不比鼹鼠丘大，有的像手推车那么大，有两个有小屋那么大。

When McCormick exhibited his harvester at the London Exposition of 1851, the London Times ridiculed it as " a cross between an Astley chariot, a wheel barrow, and a flying machine" .

当麦考密克在 1851 年的伦敦博览会上展示他的收割机时，伦敦时报嘲笑它是“阿斯特利战车、独轮手推车和飞行器的结合体”。