The willows over all the fen rippled and whitened like a field of wheat . 沼泽上的柳树,随风一起一伏,泛出白光,就像一片麦田一样。
The open countryside was pleasant, the green moor sparkling in the sunshine . 广阔的村野,令人心旷神怡;绿色的沼泽,在阳光下闪闪发光。
Among the inland bodies of water are an infinite variety of fresh and saline lakes and marshes . 内陆水域中有无数种类的淡水和咸水湖泊,沼泽和湿洼地。
Every here and there, for a few hundred yards, the path lay submerged below the stagnant waters of the fen . 每隔一段,就有几百码路面淹在沼泽的死水里。
Long low ridges which rise above the marsh form the only inhabitable areas on the plain . 隆起在沼泽上的一系列又长又矮的山脊,是平原上唯一可以栖住的地方。
They flew, over the quiet sea, over the low coastline, and the swamps beyond, and the mountains above them . 他们飞过那静静的大海,飞过那低低的海岸、绵延的沼泽、高耸的山峦。
Into the stagnant swamps fall dead limbs, trunks, leaves and spores, soon to be water-logged and to sink . 枯萎的树枝、树干、树叶和孢子落进这种停滞的沼泽里很快就饱含水分向下沉降。
Much of the european continent in that area is a lowlying, soggy saucer almost like everglades, spreading over thousands of square miles . 这一地区的欧洲大陆,大部分是低洼潮湿的盆地,简直象沼泽,伸展几千平方英里。
By two in the morning, sir daniel sat in the room, close by the fireside, for it was cold at that hour among the fens of kettley . 半夜两点钟,丹尼尔爵士紧挨着火炉,坐在房间里,因为这样的深夜在多沼泽的凯特垒是很冷的。
And adding example to his words, he began to run, dodging among the willows, and in marshy places leaping from tussock to tussock . 为了表示言行一致,他带头跑了起来,借着柳树的掩护,在那多沼泽的岛上,从一个草丛到一个草丛地跳越着。