boom

轰响

The thunder boomed.

雷声隆隆隆。

waterspout

强大的水柱

The word"waterspout' often refers to the tornado that occurs over a water surface.

这个词是通常用来指从海上刮过的龙卷风。

A colorful waterspout shot from the mouth of the elcetronic dragon and the children clapped.

一道五颜六色的水柱从电龙嘴里喷出来，孩子们鼓起掌来。

cleft

裂隙，开口

Squeezing through a cleft in the rocks,

洞穴探险者从岩石缝里挤过去，

the pot-holers arrived at an enormoous cavern,the size of a huge concert hall.

来到一个巨大的洞里，其大小和一个音乐厅差不多。

In the cleft of a great oak-tree he saw the piece of white gold that he was seeking.

在一棵老橡树的裂缝里，他看到了他在寻找的那块白金。

cavern

大洞穴

We stood in the cavern and shined a flashlinght on its high ceiling.

我们站在大山洞里，用手电照在高高的顶上。

stalagmite

石笋

After switching on powerful arc lights,

他们打开强力弧光灯，

they saw great stalagmites-some of them over forty feet high-