A fowler went into the woods to shoot a Ringdove with his bow and arrow, when an adder that he had trodden upon in the grass, urned and stung him.

捕鸟人与班鸠一位捕鸟人带着弓箭到森林里去捕斑鸠。他踩着了草中的一条蝮蛇，蝮蛇便转过身来咬了他。

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The designers buried the foundations deeply, so that the piers supporting the bridge would shoot up from the ground like "blades of grass, " Mr. Foster said, with no apparent support.

WSJ: A Concrete Ribbon Through the Clouds | Millau Viaduct | Masterpiece by Joseph Giovannini