Being so low, the cones are readily beaten off with poles, and the nuts procured by roasting them until the scales open.

如此之低，锥体很容易用杆子敲掉， 而坚果则通过烘烤直到鳞片打开来获得。

But although many were beaten off in this way, the birds were so numerous and so brave that they continued the attack as furiously as before.

但是，尽管许多人被这样打跑了，但鸟儿数量如此之多， 而且如此勇敢， 它们仍然像以前一样猛烈地继续攻击。

They had cut the railroad four miles below the town, but they had been beaten off by the Confederate cavalry; and the engineering corps, sweating in the broiling sun, had repaired the line.

他们切断了城南四英里处的铁路线，但很快被联盟军骑兵击退；工程队在火热的太阳下赶忙修复了那条铁路。