It caused devastation by burrowing and by devouring the herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle.

它们在地下打洞，吃掉本可以饲养数百万头牛羊的牧草，给澳洲大陆造成了毁灭性的破坏。

The pavement of the court-yard showed the black stains produced in time by lichens, herbage, and the absence of all movement or friction.

院子的人行道上有地衣、草本植物及时留下的黑色污渍，没有任何运动或摩擦。

To a walker practised in such places a difference between impact on maiden herbage, and on the crippled stalks of a slight footway, is perceptible through the thickest boot or shoe.

对于在这种地方行走的人来说，即使穿多厚的靴子或鞋子，他们也能区分出脚下究竟踩的是未经践踏的草地还是坚硬的沙砾小道。

Where the footpath begins to go steeply and abruptly up the Alps, the heath, with its short grass and pungent herbage, at once sends out its soft perfume to meet the wayfarer.

在人行道开始陡峭而陡峭地攀登阿尔卑斯山的地方， 石南丛生的矮草和刺鼻的草本植物立即散发出柔和的香气迎接行人。

Nearer to the town, the air had a faint taste and smell of smoke; perhaps, after all, more a loss of the fragrance of grass and herbage than any positive taste or smell.

靠近城镇，空气中有淡淡的烟味和烟味； 也许，毕竟，比任何积极的味道或气味更多的是草和草本植物香味的损失。

At the foot they found the Narragansetts browsing the herbage of the bushes, and having mounted, they followed the movements of a guide, who, in the most deadly straits, had so often proved himself their friend.

在山脚下，他们发现纳拉干西特人正在草丛中吃草， 他们骑上马， 跟随向导的行动， 向导在最致命的海峡中， 经常证明自己是他们的朋友。

As he slowly slid inch by inch upon these, Knight made a last desperate dash at the lowest tuft of vegetation—the last outlying knot of starved herbage ere the rock appeared in all its bareness.

当他慢慢地一英寸一英寸地滑过这些时， 奈特最后一次绝望地冲向最低的一丛植被——在岩石完全裸露之前， 最后一丛饥饿的牧草。

The common goose does not sift the water, but uses its beak exclusively for tearing or cutting herbage, for which purpose it is so well fitted that it can crop grass closer than almost any other animal.

普通鹅不会筛水， 而是用它的喙专门撕扯或割草，为此，它的嘴非常合适， 几乎比任何其他动物都能更近距离地割草。

For it is in the most polished society that noisome reptiles and venomous serpents lurk under the rank herbage; and there is voluptuousness pampered by the still sultry air, which relaxes every good disposition before it ripens into virtue.

因为在最优雅的社会中，有毒的爬行动物和毒蛇潜伏在草本植物下；仍然闷热的空气使人放纵，在成熟为美德之前放松了所有良好的性格。