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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (26)

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ACROSS the Bay are low-lying cliffs, Where stand fishermen's cottages： I can barely distinguish them with the naked eye. But to-day the cliffs are lifted, escarpt, Perpendicular², mysterious, inaccessible³, And those sordid⁴ dwellings⁵ have become The magnificent fortified⁶ castles of Sea-kings.

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1 mirage
n.海市蜃楼，幻景
参考例句：
Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想。 Western liberalism was always a mirage.西方自由主义永远是一座海市蜃楼。

2 perpendicular
adj.垂直的，直立的；n.垂直线，垂直的位置
参考例句：
The two lines of bones are set perpendicular to one another.这两排骨头相互垂直。 The wall is out of the perpendicular.这墙有些倾斜。

3 inaccessible
adj.达不到的，难接近的
参考例句：
This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。 The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。

4 sordid
adj.肮脏的，不干净的，卑鄙的，暗淡的
参考例句：
He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。 They lived in a sordid apartment.他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里。

5 dwellings
n.住处，处所( dwelling的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices. 新建楼区将由66栋住房和一些办公用房组成。 The hovels which passed for dwellings are being pulled down. 过去用作住室的陋屋正在被拆除。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 fortified
adj. 加强的
参考例句：
He fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。 The enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。

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