"Madam came in," she said, "as chill as an icicle, and as unattainable as a princess."

“夫人走进来了，”她说，“像个冰柱似的冷冰冰，又像个公主似的高不可攀。”

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This passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine.

这个冷静的女孩犹如阳光下的冰柱。

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The drops fell very slowly, as they fall from an icicle after the sun has gone.

血滴得很慢很慢，仿佛是太阳落山后的冰柱滴下的水珠。

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It was reportedly hit by an icicle in a tunnel at Leyton Buzzard.

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Everywhere you looked, one of them seemed to be staring at nothing, drinking it in, transfixed: a dead stalk of dock weed or the blank corner of a stone wall or an icicle dribbled from the lip of a gutter.

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