A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe, glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.

有一个樵夫在河边砍树，突然，他的斧子飞离了树干，从手中落入水里。

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The current method to branch wire from the cable trunk is to cut off the trunk line, and crimp two ends of trunk line and the required branch, and pack them, or to bind the branch line to trunk line.

现行的从电缆主干线上取得分支线的方法就是切断主干线，将干线两头和所分的支线一同压接后包裹起来，或是将分支线绑轧在主干线上。

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The storm split a branch off from the main trunk.

暴风雨把一根树枝从树干上刮了下来。

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Squeeze the throttle and the car takes off as if rocket boosters sprout from the trunk.

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The gardener had pointed to a thick bamboo stem and explained that if a pebble was thrown at it and it hit the trunk slightly off-centre, it would bounce off and make hardly any sound.

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