To talk to him was like listening to the tinkling of a worn-out musical-box.

跟他说话，犹如听一架老掉牙的八音盒子丁冬响。

Around 1885 the disc musical box is born.

大约在1885年,圆碟音乐盒诞生.

My sister-in-law had a model war-ship under a glass case, which, when wound up, rocked on blue-painted silken waves to the tinkling of a musical box.

我嫂子有一件装在玻璃盒子里的军舰模型，发条上紧时，它就应和着音乐盒的叮叮声，在蓝色丝绸样的海波上摇过来晃过去。