He might have been taken for someone at a washtub , though he swayed in a languid , trancelike manner .
人家还以为他在那洗衣服呢,尽管他摇动身子,一付疲劳、昏昏欲睡的样子。
Those are the ones I saw my great-uncle carl grow , pouring water from a washtub into the soil around the melons and watching the stalks suck it up like a vacuum cleaner .