The rock walls seemed to have melted and set like wax at the base of a candle, the stone smoothed in long, vertical ripples.

• 岩石的墙壁似乎融化了，它的样子和位置如同一根蜡烛底层的蜡，石头在那些很长的、垂直排列的波纹里，变得光滑。