When that happened which had been so long in happening and the world hit a black, uncharted star, certain tremendous creatures out of some other world came peering among the
cinders1 to see if there were anything there that it were worth while to remember. They
spoke2 of the great things that the world was known to have had; they mentioned the
mammoth3. And presently they saw man's temples, silent and windowless, staring like empty
skulls4.
"Some great thing has been here," one said, "in these huge places." "It was the mammoth," said one. "Something greater than he," said another.
And then they found that the greatest thing in the world had been the dreams of man.
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cinders
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| n.煤渣( cinder的名词复数 )；炭渣；煤渣路；煤渣跑道 |
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- This material is variously termed ash, clinker, cinders or slag. 这种材料有不同的名称，如灰、炉渣、煤渣或矿渣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Rake out the cinders before you start a new fire. 在重新点火前先把煤渣耙出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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spoke
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| n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说 |
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- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
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mammoth
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| n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的 |
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- You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
- Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
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skulls
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| 颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜 |
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- One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
- We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！
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