aigues-mortes meaning in English
艾格莫尔特
Examples
- In an instant we were on the alert , but it was too late ; our vessel was surrounded , and amongst the custom - house officers i observed several gendarmes , and , as terrified at the sight of their uniforms as i was brave at the sight of any other , i sprang into the hold , opened a port , and dropped into the river , dived , and only rose at intervals to breathe , until i reached a ditch that had recently been made from the rhone to the canal that runs from beaucaire to aigues - mortes
我们立刻警戒起来，但已经太晚了。我们的船已被包围了，在海关人员中间，我还看到有几个宪兵，尽管我平时很勇敢，但这时一看见他们的制服，就吓得象老鼠见了猫似的，我一下跳进货舱里，打开一扇圆窗，窜入了河里，潜水逃走了，只有要呼吸的时候才浮上来一下，就这样我一直游到了罗纳河和那条从布揆耳到埃格莫特的运河交会的转弯处。