Known as the "low countries" because much of the land is now below sea level, many of the country's largest cities are kept dry only by huge walls holding back the sea.
因为大部分国土现在都低于海平面，因而成为众所皆知的“低地国”，国内有很多城市靠着墙壁挡住海水才能不被水淹。
The Sea King had been a widower for many years, and his aged mother kept house for him.
住在那底下的海王已经做了好多年的鳏夫，但是他有老母亲为他管理家务。
Its spell, however, was still potent, and kept the scaffold awful where the poor minister had died, and likewise the cottage by the sea-shore, where Hester Prynne had dwelt.
然而，它的符咒的效力依旧，使那可怜的牧师死在上面的刑台和海丝特·白兰居住过的海边茅屋都令人望面生畏。
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