She opened her eyes and tried the knob. The door opened.
Orison was blinded by the lights, brilliant as noonday sun. The room extended through the entire seventh floor, its windows boarded shut, its ceiling a mass of fluorescent1 lamps. Set about the floor were galvanized steel tanks, rectangular and a little bigger than bathtubs. Orison counted the rows of tanks. Twelve rows, nine tiers. One hundred and eight tanks. She walked closer. The tubs were laced together by strands2 of angel-hair, delicate white lattices scintillating3 with pink. She walked to the nearest of the tubs and looked in. It was half full of a greenish fluid, seething4 with tiny pink bubbles. For a moment Orison thought she saw Benjamin Franklin winking5 up at her from the liquid. Then she screamed.

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fluorescent
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adj.荧光的,发出荧光的 | |
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n.(线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股( strand的名词复数 );缕;海洋、湖或河的)岸;(观点、计划、故事等的)部份v.使滞留,使搁浅( strand的第三人称单数 ) | |
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scintillating
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adj.才气横溢的,闪闪发光的; 闪烁的 | |
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seething
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沸腾的,火热的 | |
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n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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