What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean?
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. “Never did sun more beautifully steep/In his first splendor,valley,rock,or hill "Ne’er saw I,never felt,a calm so deep!/The river glideth at his own sweet will:/Dear God! the very houses seem a- sleep;/And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(William Wordsworth’s sonnet “Composed upon Westminster Bridge" September 3,1802) 

What does the word “glideth” in the fourth line mean?
【正确答案】:

TO MOVE SMOOTHLY AND QUIETLY, AS IF NO EFFORT WAS BEING MADE.


【题目解析】:“glideth”的意思是:平稳而安静地移动,好像丝毫不费力。
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