Part 3 Chapter 10

    [The sea without a stain on it, thought Lily Briscoe, still standing¹ andlooking out over the bay. The sea stretched like silk across the bay.

　　Distance had an extraordinary power; they had been swallowed up in it,she felt, they were gone for ever, they had become part of the nature ofthings. It was so calm; it was so quiet. The steamer itself had vanished,but the great scroll² of smoke still hung in the air and drooped³ like a flagmournfully in valediction⁴.]

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

3 drooped   

弯曲或下垂，发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。
• The flowers drooped in the heat of the sun. 花儿晒蔫了。

4 valediction   

n．告别演说，告别词

参考例句：

• He gave a touching valediction at graduation.他在毕业典礼上发表了动人的告别辞。
• I came here just for a valediction.我来仅仅是向你告别。