The Wild

时间：2014-06-05 06:24:03

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The Wild
Justine Cook
 
 
The buzzing of a ladybug（瓢虫） above the bathroom mirror 
 sounds like a small plane considering a landing on my head, 
 bowed toward the executioner's block -- the sink. 
 My hands cup water like a supplicant1（恳求者）, asking for a stay of despair 
 as my eyes, salty green as the olives our daughter adores, question the hour 
 when one of us will break from the confines of our lawn,
 lush（豪华的） and shaggy（篷松的） from fall rains,
 and kick through the sad confetti（五彩纸屑） of fallen leaves, 
 which shimmered2 gold and promise-like 
 on the massive maple3 -- as old as our country -- before dropping in a luminous（发光的） 
 pool around it. Downright heraldic. 
 Now those leaves cast about like a wizened4（干瘪的） nuisance 
 and their sunkenness says rake me out of sight behind the barn 
 and keep trudging5（跋涉） upward -- up the steep base of Red Mountain, 
 rising behind our house, past the denuded6 birches 
 to the bear tree, clawed until it snapped twenty feet up. 
 Quiet and violent it marks the border --
 beyond which the wild begins.

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1 supplicant GrPwr     
adj.恳求的n.恳求者
参考例句：
  • Her rendering of it fell somewhere between that of teacher and supplicant. 她表达这首诗的方式是介乎教学和祈求之间。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
  • He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant. 他以一个卑微的哀求者绝对谦恭的姿态猛地趴在地上。 来自辞典例句
2 shimmered 7b85656359fe70119e38fa62825e4f8b     
v.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The sea shimmered in the sunlight. 阳光下海水闪烁着微光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A heat haze shimmered above the fields. 田野上方微微闪烁着一层热气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 maple BBpxj     
n.槭树，枫树，槭木
参考例句：
  • Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
  • The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。
4 wizened TeszDu     
adj.凋谢的；枯槁的
参考例句：
  • That wizened and grotesque little old man is a notorious miser.那个干瘪难看的小老头是个臭名远扬的吝啬鬼。
  • Mr solomon was a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair.所罗门先生是一个干瘪矮小的人，头发鬈曲灰白。
5 trudging f66543befe0044651f745d00cf696010     
vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
  • There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Two mules well laden with packs were trudging along. 两头骡子驮着沉重的背包，吃力地往前走。 来自辞典例句
6 denuded ba5f4536d3dc9e19e326d6497e9de1f7     
adj.[医]变光的，裸露的v.使赤裸( denude的过去式和过去分词 )；剥光覆盖物
参考例句：
  • hillsides denuded of trees 光秃秃没有树的山坡
  • In such areas we see villages denuded of young people. 在这些地区，我们在村子里根本看不到年轻人。 来自辞典例句

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