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An old trunk of olive
grew like a pillar on the building plot,
and I laid out our bedroom round that tree,
lined up the stone walls, built the walls and roof,
gave it a doorway1 and smooth-fitting doors.
Then I lopped off the silvery leaves and branches,
hewed2 and shaped that stump3 from the roots up
into a bedpost, drilled it, let it serve
as model for the rest. I planed them all,
inlaid them all with silver, gold and ivory,
and stretched a bed between——a pliant4 web
of oxhide thongs5 dyed crimson6.
1 doorway | |
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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2 hewed | |
v.(用斧、刀等)砍、劈( hew的过去式和过去分词 );砍成;劈出;开辟 | |
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n.残株,烟蒂,讲演台;v.砍断,蹒跚而走 | |
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4 pliant | |
adj.顺从的;可弯曲的 | |
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5 thongs | |
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6 crimson | |
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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