Rank and noxious weeds had overspread the once cultivated field—serpents sunned themselves on the doorway of the crumbling cabin.

恶毒的杂草已经覆盖了曾经耕种的田地——蛇在摇摇欲坠的小屋门口晒太阳。

Treason is a noxious weed, Pycelle declared solemnly. It must be torn up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside.

" 叛国大罪好似带毒的野草，" 派席尔庄严地宣布，" 必须连根拔除、斩尽杀绝，否则叛徒便会四处蔓生。"