More barren than its billows ;

之所以比其巨浪更为荒凉；

1 / 14 Baghdad , iraq : firefighters respond as smoke billows over the foreign ministry building after a huge bomb attack

1/14伊拉克.巴格达：在一次爆炸袭击之后，滚滚浓烟淹没了外交部大楼，消防队员们紧急灭火。

Although the itasca had been broadcasting its position so that noonan could take his bearings and if necessary correct the course they apparently couldn 't receive the transmissions nor apparently could they see the billows of black smoke that the cutter was pumping out .

尽管伊塔斯克湖的工作人员在广播里说了他们的位置，以便努南判断方向，如果必要的话，努南应该拨正航向，但是，努南他们似乎并没有收到这一信息，也似乎没有看见从快艇冒出的滚滚黑烟。