Looking from a distance like a gigantic arch, it is a continuous loop, a kind of square doughnut.

从远处看像一座巨大的拱门，它是一个连续的环，像一种方形面包圈。

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Queue-jumpe is a kind of rudeness rather than a sin.

插队是一种无礼的行为，但不是罪恶。

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A tornado is a kind of strong storm with air which moves in a circle quickly.

龙卷风是一种空气快速循环的强风暴。

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This rock formation is made of white-gray quartzite, a kind of sandstone.

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In such a world it seems writing poems is a kind of--well, even surviving is a kind of guilty privilege.

在这样的世界中，写诗看起来是一种，甚至幸存也是一种罪恶的特权。

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Whereas we all know that the universe is of a certain kind-- -- we can't even call it Copernican anymore-- poetry has this odd preference for Ptolemaic astronomy.

虽然我们都知道宇宙是怎样的-,现在即使哥白尼的理论也不完全正确了-,但是诗歌偏爱托勒密的宇宙观。

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But for Ian Stewart, the story of Black-Scholes - and of Long-Term Capital Management - is a kind of morality tale.

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But a fitted gun that's handmade in England over the course of two years--with parts constructed by specially trained craftsmen and adorned with personalized hand engraving--is a one-of-a-kind work of art.

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Our cat is fairly neurotic -- a kind of cat version of, perhaps, Woody Allen -- and is not a huge fan of any kind of change, no matter how minute.

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