Chapter 17

The senior lieutenant¹ of the Dark Nebula² stared in horror at the visiplate.
"Great  Galloping³ Galaxies⁴!"  It  should have  been a  howl,  but it  was awhisper instead, "What's that?"It was a ship, but a whale to the Dark Nebula's minnow; and on its side wasthe  Spaceship-and-Sun of  the  Empire. Every  alarm on  the  ship yammeredhysterically.
The orders went out,  and the Dark Nebula prepared to  run if it could, andfight if it must,  杦hile down in the hyperwave room, a message stormed itsway through hyperspace to the Foundation.
Over  and over  again!  Partly a  plea for  help, but  mainly a  warning ofdanger.

1 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

2 nebula   

n.星云，喷雾剂

参考例句：

• A powerful telescope can resolve a nebula into stars.一架高性能的望远镜能从星云中分辨出星球来。
• A nebula is really a discrete mass of innumerous stars.一团星云实际上是无数星体不连续的集合体。

3 galloping   

adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The horse started galloping the moment I gave it a good dig. 我猛戳了马一下，它就奔驰起来了。
• Japan is galloping ahead in the race to develop new technology. 日本在发展新技术的竞争中进展迅速，日新月异。

4 galaxies   

星系( galaxy的名词复数 )； 银河系； 一群（杰出或著名的人物）

参考例句：

• Quasars are the highly energetic cores of distant galaxies. 类星体是遥远星系的极为活跃的核心体。
• We still don't know how many galaxies there are in the universe. 我们还不知道宇宙中有多少个星系。