october lake 1

the October leaves have fallen on the lake. On bright, calm days they lie in thousands on the now darkening water, mostly yellow flotillas of poplar ,floating continuously down from great trees that themselves shake in the windless air with the sound of falling water, but on rainy days or after rain they seem to swim or be driven away, and nothing remains to break the surface except the last of the olive –yellow lily pads that in high summer covered every inch of water like plates of emerald porcelain. the lilies have gone too, the yellow small-headed kind that in bud are like swimming snakes, and the great reeds are going ,woven by wind and frost into untidy basket islands under which coot and moorhen skid for cover at the sound of strangers.
weave weave －简明英汉词典headed
[wi:v]
vt. & vi. 编, 织; 织成
vt. 编排, 杜撰
woven weave －简明英汉词典
[wi:v]
vt. & vi. 编, 织; 织成
vt. 编排, 杜撰
frost frost －简明英汉词典
[frɔst]
vt. & vi. (使)结冰霜
vt. 冻坏
n. 霜；霜冻, 严寒天气
moorhen moorhen －简明英汉词典
['muəhen,'mɔ:hen]
n. 〈英〉雌苏格兰雷鸟
stranger stranger －简明英汉词典
['streindʒə]
n. 陌生人；外地人, 初到者
Calm calm －简明英汉词典
[kɑ:m]
adj. (水面)平静的, (天气)无风的；镇定的, 沉着的; 宁静的, 心平气和的
vt. & vi. (使)平静; (使)镇定
thousand thousand －简明英汉词典
['θaʊzənd]
n. 一千，一千个；数千;许许多多,无数
adj.
1．一千的;一千个的
2．成千的;许许多多的,无数的
flotilla flotilla －简明英汉词典
[fləu'tilə]
n. 小舰队,小型船队
poplar poplar －简明英汉词典
['pɔplə]
n. 杨树；杨木
floating floating －简明英汉词典
['fləʊtɪŋ]
adj. 不固定的;流动的;浮动的continuously continuously －英汉双向大词典
D.J.[kənˈtɪnjʊəslɪ]
adv. 连续不断地,接连地
shake shake －简明英汉词典
[ʃeik]
n. 摇动, 震动, 颠簸；哆嗦, 发颤
vt. & vi.
1．摇动, 摇撼, (使)颤抖
2．握手
vt. 使心绪不宁[烦恼, 惊吓]；动摇; 减弱remains remains －简明英汉词典
[ri'meins]
n. 残余,遗迹,遗体
emerald emerald －简明英汉词典
['emərəld, 'emrəld]
n. 祖母绿;绿宝石;艳绿色
porcelain porcelain －简明英汉词典
['pɔ:slin]
n. 瓷, 瓷器
reeds poplar －简明英汉词典
['pɔplə]
n. 杨树；杨木。