ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (19)

时间：2007-10-29 01:47:14

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TROPICS

    THE cretonne in your willow1 chair Shows through a zone of rosy2 air, A tree of parrots, agate-eyed, With blue-green crests3 and plumes4 of pride And beaks5 most formidably curved. I hear the river, silver-nerved, To their shrill6 protests make reply, And the palm forest stir and sigh.

    Curious, the spell that colors cast, Binding7 the fancy coweb-fast, And you would smile if you could know I like your cretonne parrots so！ But I have seen them sail toward night Superbly homeward, the last light Lifting them like a purple sea Scorned and made use of arrogantly8； And I have heard them cry aloud >From out a tall palm's emerald cloud； And I brought home a brilliant feather, Lost like a flake9 of sunset weather.

    Here in the north the sea is white And mother-of-pearl in morning light, Quite lovely, but there is a glare That daunts10 me. Now the willow chair Suggests a more perplexing sea, Till my heart aches with memory And parrots dye the air around, And I forget the pallid11 Sound.


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1 willow bMFz6     
n.柳树
参考例句：
  • The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
  • The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。
2 rosy kDAy9     
adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的
参考例句：
  • She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
  • She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
3 crests 9ef5f38e01ed60489f228ef56d77c5c8     
v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的第三人称单数 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点
参考例句：
  • The surfers were riding in towards the beach on the crests of the waves. 冲浪者们顺着浪头冲向岸边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The correspondent aroused, heard the crash of the toppled crests. 记者醒了，他听见了浪头倒塌下来的轰隆轰隆声。 来自辞典例句
4 plumes 15625acbfa4517aa1374a6f1f44be446     
羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物
参考例句：
  • The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
  • The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。
5 beaks 66bf69cd5b0e1dfb0c97c1245fc4fbab     
n.鸟嘴( beak的名词复数 )；鹰钩嘴；尖鼻子；掌权者
参考例句：
  • Baby cockatoos will have black eyes and soft, almost flexible beaks. 雏鸟凤头鹦鹉黑色的眼睛是柔和的，嘴几乎是灵活的。 来自互联网
  • Squid beaks are often found in the stomachs of sperm whales. 经常能在抹香鲸的胃里发现鱿鱼的嘴。 来自互联网
6 shrill EEize     
adj.尖声的；刺耳的；v尖叫
参考例句：
  • Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
  • The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。
7 binding 2yEzWb     
有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的
参考例句：
  • The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
  • Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
8 arrogantly bykztA     
adv.傲慢地
参考例句：
  • The consular porter strode arrogantly ahead with his light swinging. 领事馆的门房提着摇来晃去的灯，在前面大摇大摆地走着。
  • It made his great nose protrude more arrogantly. 这就使得他的大鼻子更加傲慢地翘起来。
9 flake JgTzc     
v.使成薄片；雪片般落下；n.薄片
参考例句：
  • Drain the salmon,discard the skin,crush the bones and flake the salmon with a fork.将鲑鱼沥干，去表皮，粉碎鱼骨并用餐叉子将鱼肉切成小薄片状。
  • The paint's beginning to flake.油漆开始剥落了。
10 daunts 9bdcbf390d99101e6b6e385ebbb2c331     
使（某人）气馁，威吓( daunt的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • The idea of these huge airliners carrying hundreds of people daunts me. 想到这些大型客机要运载好几百个人，我就觉得可怕。
11 pallid qSFzw     
adj.苍白的，呆板的
参考例句：
  • The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the pallid face.月亮从云朵后面钻出来，照着尸体那张苍白的脸。
  • His dry pallid face often looked gaunt.他那张干瘪苍白的脸常常显得憔悴。

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