An oblong slip of newspaper had appeared between O'Brien's fingers.是什么意思？

An oblong slip of newspaper had appeared between O'Brien's fingers.

奥勃良 手指中间夹着一张剪报.

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

oblong

adj. 长方形的，矩形的，椭圆形的，椭圆体的；n. 长方形；

例句
They bore the oblong hardwood box into the kitchen and put it on the table.
他们把那个长方形的硬木箱抬进厨房，放到桌上。

slip

vi. 滑，滑脱，犯过失，出错，（时间）不知不觉地过去，（健康状况等）变差；vt. 使顺利滑动，摆脱，放松，松开；n. 跌倒，失足，纸条，失误，口误，事故；adj. 滑动的，可拆卸的，打有活结的；abbr. 串行线路接口协议(Serial Line Interface Protocol)；

例句
Mr Koo is in good company. The prime minister made a similar slip a couple of years back.
库先生的错大人物也犯过。几年前首相就有过类似的疏漏。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

newspaper

n. 报纸，报，旧报纸，新闻纸；

例句
I was flicking idly through a newspaper while awaiting the arrival of orange juice and coffee...
我一边无所事事地翻着报纸，一边等着我点的橙汁和咖啡。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

appeared

v. 出现( appear的过去式和过去分词 )，出庭（作证或受审），演出，发表；

例句
All in all, it appeared that a pretty depressing summer awaited Jones.
总之，等待琼斯的似乎是一个相当令人沮丧的夏天。

between

prep. 在…之间，私下，暗中，在…中任择其一，来往于…之间；adv. 当中，中间；

例句
How big is the abyss between what you think you are and what you actually are?
你对自己的认识和真实的你之间差别到底有多大？

fingers

n. 手指( finger的名词复数 )，指状物，指幅，（手套的）指部；

例句
Yulka's fingers were bloody and cracked.
尤尔卡的手指折断了，鲜血直流。