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phoe.nix5fi:7nIksn [C usually sing]in ancient stories, an imaginary bird which set fire to itself every 500 years and was born again, rising from its ASHES (= black powder left after something has been burnt)长生鸟Much of the town was destroyed by bombs in the war but it was rebuilt and in the following decade rose from the ashes like a/the phoenix.在战争中,镇子的大部分被炸弹毁掉了,后来又重建,十年后象一只长生鸟从死灰中再生。
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