Road Trip
Davis McCombs
Over the singed1 and brittle2 roadside stalks,
over cotton, corn and stubble,
our car's dark bug-shape slithers.
Over the metal drainpipe, over the oil rig,
and the burned field where a windmill
cranks its pinch of rust3, we are
a hurried sweep of shadow, a sleek4 chromatic5
gleam the cold sun follows
with its blue-orange dot of concentration.
We scurry6 like a flea7 across the hide of something
both immense and underfed,
a creature from the mind”s culvert,
an animal concocted8 out of barbed-wire ribs9
and cockleburs, the grass its rippling10 fur
through which our small wake passes like a shiver.
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1 singed
v.淺表燒焦( singe的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞 )；（毛發(fā)）燎，燒焦尖端[邊兒]
參考例句：
He singed his hair as he tried to light his cigarette. 他點(diǎn)煙時(shí)把頭發(fā)給燎了。 The cook singed the chicken to remove the fine hairs. 廚師把雞燎一下，以便去掉細(xì)毛。 來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2 brittle
adj.易碎的；脆弱的；冷淡的；(聲音)尖利的
參考例句：
The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.池塘覆蓋了一層易碎的冰。 She gave a brittle laugh.她冷淡地笑了笑。
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3 rust
n.銹；v.生銹；(腦子)衰退
參考例句：
She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的銹。 The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水會(huì)使鐵皮屋頂生銹。
4 sleek
adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳攏
參考例句：
Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士們更喜歡略加修飾的光滑閃亮型秀發(fā)。 The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.這匹馬全身潤(rùn)澤有光。
5 chromatic
adj.色彩的，顏色的
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參考例句：
The removal of the chromatic aberration is then of primary importance.這時(shí)消除色差具有頭等重要性。 In lampblack many kitchens easy to present the chromatic aberration.油煙較多的廚房中易出現(xiàn)色差。
6 scurry
vi.急匆匆地走；使急趕；催促；n.快步急跑，疾走；倉(cāng)皇奔跑聲；驟雨，驟雪；短距離賽馬
參考例句：
I jumped on the sofa after I saw a mouse scurry by.看到一只老鼠匆匆路過(guò),我從沙發(fā)上跳了起來(lái)。 There was a great scurry for bargains.大家急忙著去搶購(gòu)特價(jià)品。
7 flea
n.跳蚤
參考例句：
I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再來(lái)打擾的話，我就要對(duì)他不客氣了。 Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特對(duì)逛跳蚤市場(chǎng)很感興趣。
8 concocted
v.將（尤指通常不相配合的）成分混合成某物( concoct的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞 )；調(diào)制；編造；捏造
參考例句：
The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish. 這種湯是用多達(dá)十幾種不同的魚(yú)熬制而成的。 Between them they concocted a letter. 他們共同策劃寫(xiě)了一封信。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
9 ribs
n.肋骨( rib的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；（船或屋頂?shù)鹊模├吖埃焕吖菭畹臇|西；（織物的）凸條花紋
參考例句：
He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他斷了肋骨還有挫傷。 Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切開(kāi)一個(gè)小口。
10 rippling
起漣漪的，潺潺流水般聲音的
參考例句：
I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water. 我能看見(jiàn)黎明的微風(fēng)在波光粼粼的水面上吹出道道漣漪。 The pool rippling was caused by the waving of the reeds. 池塘里的潺潺聲是蘆葦搖動(dòng)時(shí)引起的。
《Road Trip》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
