WALL · E noticed that the courtyard was surrounded by hundreds of guest rooms. Passengers filled the giant courtyard, reclining in chairs that hovered just above the floor. WALL · E looked at their faces. Humans had changed over the centuries. They didn’t look like the photos in the old magazines and newspapers that littered Earth’s surface. These humans were very large and very soft. Their legs had turned flabby from lack of exercise, and their necks didn’t seem to exist at all.
courtyard
英 [ˈkɔːtjɑːd] 美 [ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd]
n. 庭院，院子
A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls. 庭院
They walked together through the arch and into the cobbled courtyard.
他们一起走过拱门，来到了铺着鹅卵石的庭院。
recline
英 [rɪˈklaɪn] 美 [rɪˈklaɪn]
v. <正式>斜倚，靠；（座位）可后仰
第三人称单数reclines
现在分词reclining
If you recline on something, you sit or lie on it with the upper part of your body supported at an angle. 斜靠
She proceeded to recline on a chaise longue.
她开始斜靠在一个躺椅上。
hover
英 [ˈhɒvə(r)] 美 [ˈhʌvər]
v. 翱翔，盘旋；徘徊，守候；处于不稳定状态；上下波动，左右摇摆；伏窝孵化
n. 翱翔，徘徊
To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forward or backward. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly. (鸟、昆虫等通过快速扇动翅膀在原地) 盘旋
Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers.
美丽的蝴蝶在野花上方盘旋。
flabby
英 [ˈflæbi] 美 [ˈflæbi]
adj. 松弛的；软弱的；没气力的；优柔寡断的
Flabby people are rather fat, with loose flesh over their bodies. 肥胖的; 肌肉松弛的
This exercise is great for getting rid of flabby arms.
这个练习对减除手臂的赘肉极为有效。
lack of
英 [læk ɒv] 美 [læk əv]
没有，缺乏；不足，不够
exist
英 [ɪɡˈzɪst] 美 [ɪɡˈzɪst]
v. 存在，实际上有；持续存在，生存
If something exists, it is present in the world as a real thing. 存在
He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist.
他认为如果他看不见某种东西，它就不存在。
瓦力注意到几百间客房围绕着中庭。巨大的中庭里满是乘客，他们斜倚在紧靠地面悬浮的椅子上。瓦力看着他们的脸。几个世纪以来人类已经发生了变化。他们看上去和被乱丢在地球表面的旧杂志和报纸上的照片不像。这些人类体型高大，曲线柔和。由于缺乏运动，他们双腿肌肉松弛，脖子几乎都看不见了。
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