Lake Dongting Viewed from Afar
望 洞 庭
[唐] 刘禹锡(许渊冲译)
The autumn moon dissolves in soft light of the lake,
Unruffled surface like an unpolished mirror bright.
Afar, the isle amid water clear without a break
Looks like a spiral shell in a plate silver-white.
湖光秋月两相和,
潭面无风镜未磨。
遥望洞庭山水翠,
白银盘里一青螺。
[词汇] spiral
n. 螺旋形,螺旋形之物;持续加剧的上升(或下降、恶化);旋球
v. 螺旋式上升(或下降),盘旋上升(或下降);持续下降,持续恶化;急剧上升
adj. 螺旋形的;(医)扭折(骨折的一种)
She was trapped in a downwardspiral of personal unhappiness.
她陷入了个人不幸的旋涡难以自拔。