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Hamlin Garland's escape from city life

 

Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.

Hamlin Garland

 

美國小說家、詩人、心靈研究者。他的小說以描述勤勞的中西部農夫著稱。

 

thin 變薄 / 變瘦

(verb 動詞) 

 

► thin down 變瘦

例子：He's thinned down a lot since I last saw him.  自我上次見到他以來，他瘦了不少。

 

numb

(verb 動詞)

 

1. （身體部位）麻木的，失去感覺的

例子：I had been lying awkwardly and my leg had gone numb. 

          我躺的姿勢一直不舒服，結果腿都麻了。

 

2. （由於過度震驚或恐懼而）麻木的，思維遲鈍的

例子：Ever since his girlfriend left him he has felt numb. 

          自從女朋友離開他之後，他就變得麻木了。

 

coyote （北美）叢林狼，郊狼，土狼

(noun 名詞) 

 

wail 慟哭；號啕大哭

(verb 動詞) 

 

例子：The women gathered around the coffin and began to wail, as was the custom in the region.

　　　女人們都圍到了棺材旁，開始號啕大哭，當地的風俗就是這樣。