HIGH Up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is a hundred miles high and a hundred miles wide. Once every thousand years a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen its
beak1.
When the rock has thus been worn away, then a single day of
eternity2 will have gone by.
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beak
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n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 |
参考例句: |
- The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
- This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。
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eternity
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n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 |
参考例句: |
- The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
- Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞,永世相随。
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