In the torso of a great windstorm

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In the torso of a great windstorm
Claire Kelly
 
 
                Odds1 and Ends, 1939
The wind makes everything alive…. 
 Without movement a subject is dead. Just look!
                      -- Emily Carr
 
 
Put your hand over a flashlight,
 watch it glow faerie（仙境） pink. Picture --
 lit from inside -- a belly2 torch,
 
the backdrop --
 knot of spruce（云杉） tree organs: liver, kidneys,
          bundle of intestine3（肠）, stomach --
                    cool blue and green foliage4 hiding enzymes, 
                    bacterium5, acids.
 
That exact texture6 of pulse, 
          quiver（颤抖）, musculature connected
          and contained, skyline and dirt grouted
          together, a vista7 of
                    inner skin, the underside. 
                              Airstream gale8 whipping
                                                  the pinprick stars into dashes,
                                        molars into canines9（犬齿）, evolution
          of the Spartan10 firmaments. A breezy muse11,
          that gust12 of inspiration.
 
Now look at the actors erect13 at centre stage, see: 
          skinny veins14 with plump tops, 
                    or -- zooming15 in -- synapses16 of birch foregrounded. 
 Holy trifecta（三连胜式）, three ideas
 announcing skyward:
          home, joy, hunger.

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1 odds n5czT     
n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别
参考例句：
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
2 belly QyKzLi     
n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛
参考例句：
  • The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
  • His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
3 intestine rbpzY     
adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠
参考例句：
  • This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
  • The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。
4 foliage QgnzK     
n.叶子，树叶，簇叶
参考例句：
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage.小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
  • Dark foliage clothes the hills.浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。
5 bacterium BN7zE     
n.(pl.)bacteria 细菌
参考例句：
  • The bacterium possibly goes in the human body by the mouth.细菌可能通过口进入人体。
  • A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.一种细菌被断定为造成他十二指肠溃疡的根源。
6 texture kpmwQ     
n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理
参考例句：
  • We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
  • Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
7 vista jLVzN     
n.远景，深景，展望，回想
参考例句：
  • From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
  • These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路，未来看不到一点儿希望。
8 gale Xf3zD     
n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）
参考例句：
  • We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
  • According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。
9 canines a19dc7100e8d5dd734b7ad167656d5d1     
n.犬齿( canine的名词复数 )；犬牙；犬科动物
参考例句：
  • For example, the teeth are more primitive. There are large canines and unusually shaped incisors. 譬如，牙齿更为原始，有大的犬齿和非常合适的门齿。 来自辞典例句
  • Well-to-canines can attend doggy daycare centers while their owners work. 富人家的狗在主人上班的时候可以去狗狗托管中心。 来自互联网
10 spartan 3hfzxL     
adj.简朴的，刻苦的；n.斯巴达；斯巴达式的人
参考例句：
  • Their spartan lifestyle prohibits a fridge or a phone.他们不使用冰箱和电话，过着简朴的生活。
  • The rooms were spartan and undecorated.房间没有装饰，极为简陋。
11 muse v6CzM     
n.缪斯（希腊神话中的女神），创作灵感
参考例句：
  • His muse had deserted him,and he could no longer write.他已无灵感，不能再写作了。
  • Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。
12 gust q5Zyu     
n.阵风，突然一阵（雨、烟等），（感情的）迸发
参考例句：
  • A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
  • A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
13 erect 4iLzm     
n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的
参考例句：
  • She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
  • Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。
14 veins 65827206226d9e2d78ea2bfe697c6329     
n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理
参考例句：
  • The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 zooming 2d7d75756aa4dd6b055c7703ff35c285     
adj.快速上升的v.（飞机、汽车等）急速移动( zoom的过去分词 )；（价格、费用等）急升，猛涨
参考例句：
  • Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Panning and zooming, especially when paired together, create navigation difficulties for users. 对于用户来说，平移和缩放一起使用时，产生了更多的导航困难。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
16 synapses 866e8ec5e7e57c04ff0daa7921c4d2a5     
n.（神经元的）突触( synapse的名词复数 )；染色体结合( synapsis的名词复数 )；联会；突触；（神经元的）触处
参考例句：
  • Nerve cells communicate with one another at the synapses, where their membranes almost touch. 神经细胞在突触部位彼此沟通，在这里它们的膜几乎接触到一起了。 来自辞典例句
  • Glutamatergic synapses are common excitatory chemical connections in mammalian central nervous system. 谷氨酸性突触是哺乳动物神经系统的主要兴奋性突触。 来自互联网

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