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。
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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。
