Herculaneum n. 赫库兰尼姆(因维苏威火山大喷发而埋没的古城)
- Even though hundreds fled to the nearby city of Herculaneum, a wave of unimaginably intense heat arrived to kill them.
虽然有好几百人逃到邻近的赫基雷尼亚城,然而一股令人无法想像的巨大热浪却随之逼近置他们于死地。 - A reddish-brown skeleton, belonging to a victim of the infamous Mount Vesuvius eruption, lies partially uncovered in the ancient city of Herculaneum.
图为一具红棕色骨骸半露着躺在赫库兰尼姆古城中,骨骸属于一名在臭名昭著的维苏威火山大爆发中死去的受害者。 - In just 24 hours it spewed 4 billion tons of pumice,rock and ash into the sky,burying the twin towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum under 25 metres of volcanic debris.
小普利尼对这次惊天大灾难的描述至今仍存在。通过其描述,现场掘出的尸体及工艺品,提供些叫人可望但不可及的线索,使庞贝城最后一天跃然于今。
herculaneum[ noun ]
ancient city; now destroyed
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