歌曲赏析:
1.Midnight, not a sound from the pavement.午夜,路上寂静无声。
Here the complete sentence should be ‘Midnight, there isn't a sound from the pavement’.pavement refers to a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road. The US and Canadian word for this is ‘sidewalk’.
这里,完整的句子应该是Midnight, there isn't a sound from the pavement。pavement指的是‘人行道’,美语和加语中的‘人行道’是sidewalk。
2.In the lamplight,the withered leaves collect at my feet.街灯下,枯叶在我的脚下堆积。
lamplight refers to the light shed by a lamp. Withered is an adjective meaning being shriveled, shrunken, or faded.e.g:Flowers withered up soon after they were cut.
lamplight指的是街灯。
withered,形容词,意思为‘枯萎的;憔悴的;凋谢了的’。例如:花儿摘下不久就枯萎了。
3.I can smile at the old days.我的笑只在往昔。
smile at means to look (at) with a kind or an amused expression.eg:
Everyone stopped to look and smile at us.
smile at指的是‘对……微笑;一笑置之’例如:
每个人停止看而且对我们微笑.
4.Burnt out ends of smoky days.已然燃尽的灰暗的日子。
Burnt out means being destroyed or badly damaged by fire or exhausted as a result of longtime stress.
eg:Hours are long, stress is high, and many recruits drop out or burn out.
Burnt out指的是‘燃尽;烧坏;疲倦不堪的’例如:耗时长,压力大,许多新兵要么退出了要么都疲惫不堪。
5.The stale, cold smell of morning.凌晨腐败冰冷的空气。
The word stale means being no longer new or being uninteresting.eg:
Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat.
Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice, and stale water.
stale 指的是(食物) 不新鲜的; 变味的。例如:
发霉的食物不新鲜了不能吃。
他们的日常饮食包括一块不新鲜的面包、一碗米饭,还有不新鲜的水。
6.Another day is dawning.又将是一个黎明。
‘dawn’ refers to ‘the first light of day’or, as a verb means to begin to develop, appear.eg:
The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm.
dawn指的是‘破晓;出现’。例如:
暴风雨之后,破晓时天朗气清。
7.Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters.有人低语,街灯闪烁明灭。
mutter refers to talking indistinctly; usually in a low voice.eg:
He heard muttering from the front of the crowd.
gutter is a verb.Here it means to burn unsteadily, feebly, or low or to flicker.eg:
The candle was guttering in the wind.
mutters指的是‘咕哝;喃喃低语’。例如:
他听到人群前面传来喃喃低语。
gutter在这里是动词,意思是忽明忽暗;闪烁。例如:
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