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The moon was a crescent, thin and sharp as the blade of a knife. A pale sun rose and set and rose again. Red leaves whispered in the wind. Dark clouds filled the skies and turned to storms. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled1, and dead men with black hands and bright blue eyes shuffled2 round a cleft3 in the hillside but could not enter. Under the hill, the broken boy sat upon a weirwood throne, listening to whispers in the dark as ravens5 walked up and down his arms.
“You will never walk again,” the three-eyed crow had promised, “but you will fly.” Sometimes the sound of song would drift up from someplace far below. The children of the forest, Old Nan would have called the singers, but those who sing the song of earth was their own name for themselves, in the True Tongue that no human man could speak. The ravens could speak it, though. Their small black eyes were full of secrets, and they would caw at him and peck his skin when they heard the songs.
The moon was fat and full. Stars wheeled across a black sky. Rain fell and froze, and tree limbs snapped from the weight of the ice. Bran and Meera made up names for those who sang the song of earth: Ash and Leaf and Scales, Black Knife and Snowylocks and Coals. Their true names were too long for human tongues, said Leaf. Only she could speak the Common Tongue, so what the others thought of their new names Bran never learned.
After the bone-grinding cold of the lands beyond the Wall, the caves were blessedly warm, and when the chill crept out of the rock the singers would light fires to drive it off again. Down here there was no wind, no snow, no ice, no dead things reaching out to grab you, only dreams and rushlight and the kisses of the ravens. And the whisperer in darkness.
The last greenseer, the singers called him, but in Bran’s dreams he was still a three-eyed crow. When Meera Reed had asked him his true name, he made a ghastly sound that might have been a chuckle7. “I wore many names when I was quick, but even I once had a mother, and the name she gave me at her breast was Brynden.”
“I have an uncle Brynden,” Bran said. “He’s my mother’s uncle, really. Brynden Blackfish, he’s called.”
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rumbled
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发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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shuffled
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v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼 | |
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cleft
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n.裂缝;adj.裂开的 | |
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raven
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n.渡鸟,乌鸦;adj.乌亮的 | |
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ravens
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n.低质煤;渡鸦( raven的名词复数 ) | |
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tar
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n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于 | |
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chuckle
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vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
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remains
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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afterward
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adv.后来;以后 | |
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ward
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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chamber
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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cavern
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n.洞穴,大山洞 | |
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ordeals
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n.严峻的考验,苦难的经历( ordeal的名词复数 ) | |
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sullen
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adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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bogs
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n.沼泽,泥塘( bog的名词复数 );厕所v.(使)陷入泥沼, (使)陷入困境( bog的第三人称单数 );妨碍,阻碍 | |
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willows
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n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木 | |
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wed
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v.娶,嫁,与…结婚 | |
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sniffing
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n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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fretted
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焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
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trespasser
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n.侵犯者;违反者 | |
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guttered
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vt.形成沟或槽于…(gutter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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moss
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n.苔,藓,地衣 | |
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hoarse
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adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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rustling
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n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的 | |
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buck
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n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃 | |
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tilted
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swooping
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俯冲,猛冲( swoop的现在分词 ) | |
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robust
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adj.强壮的,强健的,粗野的,需要体力的,浓的 | |
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sloughed
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v.使蜕下或脱落( slough的过去式和过去分词 );舍弃;除掉;摒弃 | |
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skull
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n.头骨;颅骨 | |
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gorged
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v.(用食物把自己)塞饱,填饱( gorge的过去式和过去分词 );作呕 | |
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barley
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n.大麦,大麦粒 | |
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stew
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n.炖汤,焖,烦恼;v.炖汤,焖,忧虑 | |
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chunks
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厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分 | |
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stewing
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shafts
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n.轴( shaft的名词复数 );(箭、高尔夫球棒等的)杆;通风井;一阵(疼痛、害怕等) | |
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dwindling
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adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 ) | |
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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unicorns
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n.(传说中身体似马的)独角兽( unicorn的名词复数 );一角鲸;独角兽标记 | |
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moths
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n.蛾( moth的名词复数 ) | |
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outlast
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v.较…耐久 | |
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bloody
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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vengeance
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n.报复,报仇,复仇 | |
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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grunted
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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severed
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v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂 | |
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belly
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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marrow
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n.骨髓;精华;活力 | |
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foes
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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chambers
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n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅 | |
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plunged
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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corpse
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n.尸体,死尸 | |
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withered
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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sprouting
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v.发芽( sprout的现在分词 );抽芽;出现;(使)涌现出 | |
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socket
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n.窝,穴,孔,插座,插口 | |
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dread
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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doomed
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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stark
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adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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solitary
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adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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distress
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n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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caverns
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大山洞,大洞穴( cavern的名词复数 ) | |
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uneven
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adj.不平坦的,不规则的,不均匀的 | |
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recede
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vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进 | |
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stony
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adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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beckoned
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v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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veins
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n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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remarkably
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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awaken
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vi.醒,觉醒;vt.唤醒,使觉醒,唤起,激起 | |
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acorn
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发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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clatter
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mantle
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n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红 | |
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Flared
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adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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yearns
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渴望,切盼,向往( yearn的第三人称单数 ) | |
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snug
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adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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alcove
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n.凹室 | |
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rustle
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v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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hooting
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(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的现在分词 ); 倒好儿; 倒彩 | |
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dueled
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vt.使(另一人)参加决斗(duel的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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slashed
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v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 );鞭打;割破;削减 | |
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thigh
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n.大腿;股骨 | |
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avenge
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lesser
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adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地 | |
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dwindle
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v.逐渐变小(或减少) | |
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dwindled
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v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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sickle
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n.镰刀 | |
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