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Through the Grid1
TRANTOR By the middle of the Interregnum, Trantor was a shadow. In the midst of the colossal2 ruins, there lived a small community of farmers....
ENCYCLOPEDIA3 GALACTICA
There is nothing, never has been anything, quite like a busy spaceport on the outskirts4 of a capital city of a populous5 planet. There are the huge machines resting mightily6 in their cradles. If you choose your time properly, there is the impressive sight of the sinking giant dropping to rest or, more hair-raising still, the swiftening departure of a bubble of steel. All processes involved are nearly noiseless. The motive7 power is the silent surge of nucleons shifting into more compact arrangements
In terms of area, ninety-five percent of the port has just been referred to. Square miles are reserved for the machines, and for the men who serve them and for the calculators that serve both.
Only five percent of the port is given over to the floods of humanity to whom it is the way station to all the stars of the Galaxy8. It is certain that very few of the anonymous9 many-headed stop to consider the technological10 mesh11 that knits the spaceways. Perhaps some of them might itch12 occasionally at the thought of the thousands of tons represented by the sinking steel that looks so small off in the distance. One of those cyclopean
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n.高压输电线路网;地图坐标方格;格栅 | |
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adj.技术的;工艺的 | |
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n.网孔,网丝,陷阱;vt.以网捕捉,啮合,匹配;vi.适合; [计算机]网络 | |
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n.痒,渴望,疥癣;vi.发痒,渴望 | |
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vapor
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neurotic
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maneuvered
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v.移动,用策略( maneuver的过去式和过去分词 );操纵 | |
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psychic
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n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离 | |
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adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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overflow
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v.(使)外溢,(使)溢出;溢出,流出,漫出 | |
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v.使淋透,使湿透 | |
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vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩 | |
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ad.易生气地 | |
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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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(尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的过去式和过去分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等) | |
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adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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adv.同时发生地,同时进行地 | |
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n.腹,下腹(胸部到腿部的部分) | |
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dome
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n.圆屋顶,拱顶 | |
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v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝 | |
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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copious
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adj.丰富的,大量的 | |
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v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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frenzy
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n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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bawled
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v.大叫,大喊( bawl的过去式和过去分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物) | |
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adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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jumbled
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adj.混乱的;杂乱的 | |
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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fumbling
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n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理 | |
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futilely
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futile(无用的)的变形; 干 | |
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indifference
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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trickled
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v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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(用某物)轻触( dab的过去式和过去分词 ); 轻而快地擦掉(或抹掉); 快速擦拭; (用某物)轻而快地涂上(或点上)… | |
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fussily
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adv.无事空扰地,大惊小怪地,小题大做地 | |
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rancor
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n.深仇,积怨 | |
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synthetic
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adj.合成的,人工的;综合的;n.人工制品 | |
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countersigned
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v.连署,副署,会签 (文件)( countersign的过去式 ) | |
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drearily
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沉寂地,厌倦地,可怕地 | |
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shudder
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v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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berth
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metallic
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adj.金属的;金属制的;含金属的;产金属的;像金属的 | |
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upwards
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adv.向上,在更高处...以上 | |
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fugitive
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adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者 | |
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n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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anonymity
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轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 ); 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥 | |
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打破,打碎( bust的现在分词 ); 突击搜查(或搜捕); (使)降级,降低军阶 | |
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收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下 | |
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