We can glance briefly at its slumbrous first epoch in a couple of short chapters; at its second and wider-awake epoch in a couple more; 咱们先通过一两章短文简略地看一下它沉睡的第一时代,再通过两三章看一下它第二个、较广阔的-苏醒时代;
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“ -ous” ⌜ 表示具有某种性质的 - indicating having the quality of ~ ⌟