There, where I had hoped to see a fine, impressive house, was nothing but a blackened heap of stones, with the silence of death about it.

本希望看到一座府第巍然矗立的地方，此时却只剩下几堆焦黑的石头，周围是死一般的寂静。

It stood upright upon the figure of a prostrate and headless giant.

巍然屹立在一个趴着的无头怪物身。

So, as autumn approached, the lighthouse stood tall and proud.

于是，随着秋意渐浓，灯塔巍然矗立，显得高大而自豪。

My children will all have spavins and heaves.' Well, Ma fainted when I said that about spavins, but I stood firm and Grandma backed me up.

的孩子会像马那样得大关节病和气喘病的'好，妈一听说大关节病便晕倒了，可巍然不动，奶奶也支持。

It stands 46.6, very important, the 0.6, metres high, standing proud in the sky, and it's lit up by over 1 million lights.

它高46.6米，可别小看那0.6米，它巍然矗立，面100多万灯闪闪发光。

And she still refuses to budge.

而雌企鹅依旧巍然不动。

Mount Meru, for example, towered at the cosmological center of Indian religions.

例如，须弥山巍然屹立在印度宗教的宇宙中心。

The Lee, as it is more commonly known, loomed above my small frame.

人们更常称之为“李”的那座监狱，巍然耸立在幼小的身躯之。

There are four furnaces, two defunct, that loom over the town.

镇有座高炉，其中两座已停用，它们巍然耸立在城镇之。

Hohensalzburg Fortress stands high above the  rooftops of the baroque historical district.

霍亨萨尔茨堡要塞巍然矗立在巴洛克历史区的屋顶之。

In the Guyana Highlands, a remote region of South American rainforest, flat mountains with vertical walls rise high above the forest canopy, poking into the clouds.

在圭亚那高， 这片南美雨林的偏远地带，平顶山以其垂直的峭壁巍然耸立， 高耸于森林冠层之，直插云霄。

At about 11,000 feet, Mount Etna, Europe's biggest volcano, towers majestically above the villages and farmland of the east coast.

欧洲最大的火山埃特纳火山 (Mount Etna) 海拔约 11,000 英尺，巍然耸立在东海岸的村庄和农田之。

Natalia peers down through her window in the magnificent St. Elias Range, and towering over it all, Mount Logan.

娜塔莉亚透过位于壮丽的圣伊莱亚斯山脉中的窗户俯视，所有山峰之， 巍然屹立的是洛根山。

In the center, a larger god stands tall, with his arms raised up, placing hands upon the cow's belly.

在中央， 一位更为高大的神祇巍然矗立，双臂高举， 双手置于牛腹之。

The bridge rose majestically into the air.

【rise】大桥巍然矗立。

His voice had a tone of sorrow for the suffering of that ancient city, and a tone of confidence, too—a feeling of belief that London would be there, no matter what it had to endure.

他的声音里表达了一种为这个古老城市遭受的苦难而感到的悲痛，同时还传递着一种信心──无论要忍受怎样的苦难，伦敦将巍然屹立的信念。

By now he dwarfed the houses, his body looming a hundred and fifty feet into the sky.

此刻，他已高大到超越了周围的房屋，身躯巍然耸立，直达一百五十英尺的苍穹。

Gede, an active volcano that looms over the western tip of the Indonesian island of Java.

翻译：默拉皮火山，一座位于印度尼西亚爪哇岛西端、巍然耸立的活火山。

Mount Olympus, home of the Greek gods, rises from the plain of Thessaly.

奥林匹斯山，希腊众神的居所，巍然耸立在塞萨利平之。

At first sight of the figure in the sky, a new awe struck them, for now the shape of the giant towered a full five hundred feet into the sun.

当他们初次瞥见天空中那个身影时，一种新的敬畏之情油然而生， 因为此刻巨人的轮廓已巍然耸立， 直达五百英尺高的太阳之下。