triffid [
'trifid]
n. 巨型三裂植物(源出某科幻小说);迅速蔓生的东西
- Apart from the triffids, Wyndham's other novels also cover topical issues.
除三脚妖外,温德汉姆的其它作品也涉及了广受争议的话题。 - "The triffids are perhaps to us a more potent threat than even in Wyndham's time," Dr Langford suggests.
朗福特博士表示:“同温德汉姆那个时代相比,对当代的我们来说三脚妖们的威胁更加真实而有压迫感。” - The result of the epidemic of sightlessness is chaos and starvation, underpinned by a growing threat from the mysterious stinging triffids.
大范围失明造成了随处可见的混乱和饥荒,同时神秘的刺人三脚妖造成的威胁也更在不断加剧。