serpentining

1. The river had stolen from the higher tracts and brought in particles to the vale all this horizontal land; and now, exhausted, aged, and attenuated, lay serpentining along through the midst of its former spoils.
    然后，苔丝。德北菲尔德就怀着对生活的满腔热情，情绪高昂地走下爱敦荒原的山坡，越走越低，向她一心向往的奶牛场走去。

2. Its waters, in creeping down these miles of meadow-land, frequently divided, serpentining in purposeless curves, looping themselves around little islands that had no name, returning, and reembodying themselves as a board main stream further on.
    这一带的草场，平衍广远，河水从这儿经过，往往泛滥流溢，不循轨道，曲曲折折，时分时合，分的时候，环抱无名的小洲，分而复合的时候，就又成了一道宽广的河流。赏析：读这样的文字，您会想到它是译文吗？