鸥群中吵吵嚷嚷、熙来攘往的日常生活突然中断，仿佛这个飞来的队形是把巨刀，当头向他们劈了下来。八千只眼睛盯着看，连眨也不眨一下。
The squawks and grockles of everyday life in the Flock were cut off as though the formation were a giant knife , and eight thousand gull-eyes watched , without a single blink .
巨刀