The oarsmans ' s screams echoed off the bluff while the archers flailed wildly in the current . from the way they were splashing , neither man could swim "弓箭手在水流中疯狂拍打,操桨手的惨叫声? ?在岩壁之间.从那里每个人都只能涉水而过,也没人可以游泳.
Danilo galloped up in silence , holding a drawn dagger in his left hand , and thrashing the heaving sides of his chestnut horse with his riding whip , as though it were a flail 丹尼洛默不作声地疾驰，左手中持着一柄拔出的短剑，像用连枷打谷似的用那条短柄长鞭抽打着栗色大马的收缩进去的两肋。
Victoria park is an oasis in the downtown area of eastern district . every morning the park sees large numbers of people practising tai chi or running on the jogging track or simply flailing their arms and turning their waists to lumber up their bodies 维多利亚公园是东区闹市中的一片绿洲。每天早晨，可见不少晨运人士在公园内练习太极，或沿著跑步径缓跑，或只是摆摆手、扭扭腰运动一番。
The old men on the rising straw - rick talked of the past days when they had been accustomed to thresh with flails on the oaken barn - floor ; when everything , even to winnowing , was effected by hand - labour , which , to their thinking , though slow , produced better results 在堆高的麦秆垛上，上了年纪的工人们谈起了他们过去的岁月，那时候他们一直是用连枷在仓库的地板上打麦子那时候所有的事情，甚至扬麦糠，靠的也都是人力，按照他们的想法，那样虽然慢点，但是打出的麦子要好得多。
Others proposed the anguille , another kind of recreation , in which a handkerchief is filled with sand , pebbles , and two - sous pieces , when they have them , which the wretches beat like a flail over the head and shoulders of the unhappy sufferer . " let us horsewhip the fine gentleman ! " said others 那又是他们的一种消遣，方法是用一块手帕包住沙泥石子和他们身边所有的半便士的铜板，用它来敲打那倒霉者的头和肩，有些人则说： “让我们用马鞭子把那位漂亮先生抽一顿！ ”
