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 "He couldn't have gone much farther than this, Mac."
"We've got plenty of air, Captain. I'm not giving up—"
The two figures soared on spurting1 jets a hundred feet above the surface of Ganymede. When Teejay went higher every few moments, she could barely make out the two spaceships, far away to the left. Occasionally she saw the beaters working in teams of six, cumbersome2 tanks of oxygen strapped3 to their backs.
"Did you hear the voice, Mac?"
"No."
"Had Stedman been drinking?"
"That's ridiculous. The boy was with us, and you saw for yourself."
"True. And I've said that the voices of Ganymede are no strangers to me, anyway. Maybe I was trying to rationalize."
"We'll see when we find Steve."
"If we find him. The fear can make you do crazy things out here, Mac. Like going for too long without sufficient oxygen."
"That's what I'm worrying about."
 

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1 spurting a2d085105541371ecab02a95a075b1d7     
(液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的现在分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺; 溅射
参考例句:
  • Blood was spurting from her nose. 血从她鼻子里汩汩流出来。
  • The volcano was spurting out rivers of molten lava. 火山喷涌着熔岩。
2 cumbersome Mnizj     
adj.笨重的,不便携带的
参考例句:
  • Although the machine looks cumbersome,it is actually easy to use.尽管这台机器看上去很笨重,操作起来却很容易。
  • The furniture is too cumbersome to move.家具太笨,搬起来很不方便。
3 strapped ec484d13545e19c0939d46e2d1eb24bc     
adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
参考例句:
  • Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》


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