The simile is there ostensibly to compare Satan with the great sea beast, leviathan. In the comparison of Satan's shield with the moon is the figure of the Tuscan artist, the Tuscan artist being Galileo.

这个明喻很明显是将撒旦和凶猛的海中野兽利维坦，进行了对比，在把撒旦的庇护和月亮的比较之中,突出了那个托斯卡纳艺术家的形象，伽利略。

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In the imagination of white Southerners there were a lot more Haitian rebels coming into the South than actually ever got here.

在南方白人的想象中,来到南方的海地反叛者,比实际上要多得多

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Remember when Haze and Enoch are in the middle of the park at the swimming pool. Enoch's hiding in the bushes, spying on the women.

请记住，当海斯和阿纳克在公园中,的游泳池中，阿纳克多在灌木丛中，盯着那些女人们。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This is often referred to as the Song of the Sea, and here the image is one of sinking and drowning in the Sea of Reeds.

这里的诗指的是海之歌,描绘了人在Reed海中浮浮沉沉的情景。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So just as in Genesis 1, the universe is created when the wind of God parts the primeval waters, so in Exodus 14 and 15, a new nation is created when the wind of God parts the waters of the Reed Sea.

就像在《创世纪》1中，当上帝让一阵风吹过远古的水面,宇宙便产生了，所以在《出埃及记》14和15中,上帝让风吹过Reed海时，一个新的国家诞生了。

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