Its waters were so shallow that theships could not enter it properly, and had to lie near the Heads, where the great waves of the Pacific rolled in on them by night and day.
这里海水太浅，船只很难准确靠岸，一天到晚只能顶着太平洋上滚滚而来的巨浪，在靠近北头的海面停靠。
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These are like ships passing inthenight.
就像船夜行。
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Some of these ships have been spotted as being very large inthenight sky.