It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.

描绘一只巨大蜘蛛吞食蜂鸟的画面，可能不太符合淑女形象，但令人惊讶的是，当梅里安在18世纪之交这样做的时候，没有人对此提出反对。

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So if we want to grow to be strong like Popeye, why can't we just down some supplements instead of devouring a pile of spinach?

所以，如果我们希望长得跟大力水手一样强壮的话，为什么不吃一些营养补充品来代替吞食一堆菠菜呢？

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Only last week he was in my kitchen, devouring most of a leg of lamb I had cooked for us.

就在上周，他已经出现在了我的厨房，大啃着我煮的羊腿。

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