Gift for the lover
时间:2012-12-20 03:17:00
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Once upon a distant time, people made love by giving up some part of their bodies to their lovers. Everyone
possessed1 leather bags into which their mates placed some part of their bodies as they made love. A fingernail or
strand2(线,串) of hair, an
eyelash(睫毛) or a bit of skin were commonly exchanged.
But it was not
uncommon3 to hear of fingers or ears or a whole arm or leg being slipped into a bag in moments of great love or great passion. There were even a few stories of lovers who actually climbed into the leather bags and disappeared,
literally4 swept away by their emotions.
The donated body parts sometimes
rejuvenated5 miraculously6, the
handicap(妨碍,不利条件) evoked7 by their love. Of course, those who climbed into the leather bags of another never emerged again. It was commonly thought that such people were reborn, perhaps as a family member of their lovers .
In those days the phrases "giving yourself to your lover" and "making sacrifices for love" were taken quit e literally.
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possessed
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adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 |
参考例句: |
- He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
- He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
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strand
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vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) |
参考例句: |
- She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
- The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。
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uncommon
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adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的 |
参考例句: |
- Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
- Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。
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literally
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adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 |
参考例句: |
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
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rejuvenated
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更生的 |
参考例句: |
- He was rejuvenated by new hope. 新的希望又使他充满了活力。
- She looked rejuvenated after plastic surgery. 她做完整形手术后显得年轻了。
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miraculously
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ad.奇迹般地 |
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- He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death. 他奇迹般地从死亡线上获救。
- A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock. 一名男学生在遭受2.5 万伏的电击后奇迹般地活了下来。
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evoked
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[医]诱发的 |
参考例句: |
- The music evoked memories of her youth. 这乐曲勾起了她对青年时代的回忆。
- Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity. 她的脸色虽然悲伤,但仍使人感觉安详。
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