n.以溜步法走的馬；慢慢走的人

Moving its six crablike legs was the easiest part for Ambler. 動動六條蟹爪似的腿對“漫步者”而言還算最輕松的事。

Ambler's parents applauded happily at its first steps. “漫步者”的人生第一步令其父母親們鼓掌雀躍。

A robot cannot have a remotely linked head, as Ambler did. 一個宇航機(jī)器人不能象“漫步者”那樣，身在太空，頭在地球。

Contrast that to a tiny, real ant just under one of Ambler's big padded feet. “漫步者”的一只大腳墊下面有只渺小的螞蟻，與“漫步者”那巨大的身軀形成鮮明的對比。

Ambler spends its time, not walking, but worrying about getting the layout of the yard right. 他常常停下來，花大量的時間來試圖搞清楚院子的地貌布局，卻又對其判斷患得患失。

Simply representing the terrain so that it could calculate how to traverse it turned out to be Ambler's curse. 即便只需要簡單地描繪出地形以便自己可以計(jì)算出行動的途徑，也成了“漫步者”的噩夢。

n.賭徒

n.漫步者；無目的地移動之物；攀緣薔薇

n.擾頻器；爬行者

n.自動堆垛臺