As the Lady labors to preserve her virginity, she conjures a menacing but nonetheless sensual image of "airy tongues that syllable men's names."

因为小姐努力地保持她的童贞，她联想到了一个威胁的但感官的画面,飘忽的声音在叫男人的名字“

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We have no idea what this menacing contraption actually is supposed to look like or what it's actually intended to signify, but we can know, I think, with some certainty that it's not scrannel.

我们无从得知这个威胁性的装置,实际上是什么样或者要代表什么，但是我们可以通过一些并不细小的确切性得知。

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