She stood by a window, holding a book in close contiguity to her nose, as if with the hope of gaining an olfactory acquaintance with its contents, since her imperfect vision made it not very easy to read them.
她站在窗边,手里拿着一本书,凑近鼻子,似乎希望通过嗅觉熟悉其中内容,因为她不完美视力使阅读起来不是很容易。