Satan's shield is as big as the moon -this is the most common form of simile, epic or otherwise, and it can be schematized.

他的屏障如同月亮一般庞大,-这是最常见的比喻形式，并且还可以再用图表概要化。

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That's how big Satan's shield was: well, how big is Satan's spear?

这是撒旦的屏障的庞大：,那么，撒旦的矛又有多大呢？

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You need to do that to be able to control the shield that's as big as that and as heavy as that, because it is made fundamentally of a heavy wood, typically covered by leather, sometimes with some bronze, a bronze sheet across the front of it as well.

如果你想自如操控这块盾牌就必须得这样,这种盾牌很大并且很笨重,因为它主要是由沉重的木材制成,表面一般覆有皮革,或包上铜皮,就是表面上有一层铜皮

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