He was not much acquainted with valves of any sort, but he knew that valvae were folding-doors, and through this crevice came a sudden light startling him with his first vivid notion of finely adjusted mechanism in the human frame.
他对任何类型阀门都不是很了解,但他知道阀门是折门,从这个缝隙突然射出一道光,他第一次生动地想到人体结精密调整机制让他大吃一惊。