An oil tanker ran aground and lost about 15,000 gallons of gas into the sea.
一般油轮搁浅,把 15000 加仑油倾泻在海里了。
The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.
客人们自然从贝西为他们开门那一刻起就看出来了,在好长一段时间里,即最后这个乱子发生前,他们努力克制才没笑出声来。