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9 Blood-Stained Altars
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The entrance through which he caught his first glimpse of the interior was rather beautifully carved in geometric designs, and within the walls were similarly treated, though as he proceeded from one apartment to another he found also the figures of animals, birds, and men taking their places among the more formal figures of the mural decorator's art. Stone vessels2 were much in evidence as well as ornaments3 of gold and the skins of many animals, but nowhere did he see an indication of any woven fabric4, indicating that in that respect at least the Ho-don were still low in the scale of evolution, and yet the proportions and symmetry of the corridors and apartments bespoke5 a degree of civilization.
The way led through several apartments and long corridors, up at least three flights of stone stairs and finally out upon a ledge7 upon the western side of the building overlooking the blue lake. Along this ledge, or arcade8, his guide led him for a hundred yards, to stop at last before a wide entrance-way leading into another apartment of the palace.
Here Tarzan beheld9 a considerable concourse of warriors10 in an enormous apartment, the domed13 ceiling of which was fully1 fifty feet above the floor. Almost filling the chamber14 was a great pyramid ascending
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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warrior
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immortal
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eminence
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admonished
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abashed
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advent
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交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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