The demotic poetry of Robert Burns or the skirl of bagpipes at Highland gatherings are easily appreciated by immigrants. 罗伯特.彭斯德通俗的诗句,高地集会上悠扬的风笛,更容易为移民所欣赏。
Harry gave a high skirl of laughter that had little amusement in it.
哈利大笑起来, 笑声中并没有什么好笑的。
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The whining skirl of the pipes had struck dread into the Germans on the Somme, who had called the kilted pipers “Ladies from Hell”.
风笛发出的哀声使法国索姆河畔的德国佬陷入绝望,他们把身着苏格兰短裙的风笛手叫作“来自地狱的女人”。
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For with wild cries and a noise of skirling pipes and shrill horns blowing, the whole of that vile rabble came sweeping off the hill-top and down the slope right past their hiding-place.