To the Cicada
蝉
[唐] 虞世南(许渊冲译)
Though rising high, you drink but dew;
Yet your voice flows from sparse plane trees.
Far and wide there’s none but hears you;
You need no wings of autumn breeze.
垂緌饮清露,
流响出疏桐。
居高声自远,
非是藉秋风。
[词汇] plane
n. 飞机;(几何学中的)平面;(物体的)平面;(穿过或连接物体的)虚构平面;(存在、思想或发展)水平;木工刨,刨子;悬铃木;翼面
adj.平的,平坦的;二维平面的,二维空间的
v. 滑翔;擦着水面疾驶;刨平;刨除
She watches him plane the surface of a walnut board.
她看着他刨一块胡桃木板。