故事時間|I, Robot(07)
… In a minute she had returned, a frightened little girl. “Mamma, Robbie isn’t in his room. Where is he?” There was no answer and George Weston coughed and was suddenly extremely interested in an aimlessly drifting cloud. Gloria’s voice quavered on the verge of tears, “Where’s Robbie, Mamma?”
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cough (v.) 咳嗽
aimlessly (adv.) 無目標地
drift (v.) 飄移
quaver (v.) 聲音顫抖
verge (n.) 邊緣
Someone’s voice quaver 聲音顫抖
on the verge of tears/collapse/death/war… 瀕於