cold desert

基本解释

"Listen, " interrupts one of the men, standing next to him in the cold desert darkness. "They are bombing again."
“聽，”寒冷的沙漠黑夜裡，站在他旁邊的一個男人打斷道，“他們又開始轟炸了。”
By nightfall, thousands had set up camp along the cold desert road between 25 and 51 kilometers away from the town.
夜幕降臨時，上千人在距城市25公裡和51公裡遠的寒冷沙漠路邊紥起帳篷。
Horses were valued as the single measure of true wealth thus their horses were brought into the family tents, blanketed against the cold desert nights and winter winds.
馬價值作爲衡量，因此，他們的馬匹進入家庭帳篷帶來真正的財富，對寒冷的沙漠之夜和鼕季風覆蓋。

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