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  • 14.The First Blow

    十四、第一次打击

    I WAS so pleased at having given the slip to Long John that I began to enjoy myself and look around me with some interest on the strange land that I was in.

    从高个子约翰手下溜掉,我得意极了,开始兴致勃勃地欣赏起我登上的这块陌生的陆地的风光来。

    I had crossed a marshy2 tract3 full of willows4, bulrushes, and odd, outlandish, swampy5 trees; and I had now come out upon the skirts of an open piece of undulating, sandy country, about a mile long, dotted with a few pines and a great number of contorted trees, not unlike the oak in growth, but pale in the foliage6, like willows. On the far side of the open stood one of the hills, with two quaint7, craggy peaks shining vividly8 in the sun.

    我穿过了一大片长满杨柳、芦苇和许多古怪的、我不认得的植物的沼泽地,现在我来到了一片约一英里长的起伏不平的沙地的边缘。这里点缀着少量的松树,还有大量的长得歪歪扭扭的树,样子略似橡树,叶色则淡如杨柳。在这片开阔地带的远处,矗立着一座双峰小山,它的两个嶙峋的峰顶在阳光下闪闪发光。

    I now felt for the first time the joy of exploration. The isle9 was uninhabited; my shipmates I had left behind, and nothing lived in front of me but dumb brutes10 and fowls11. I turned hither and thither12 among the trees. Here and there were flowering plants, unknown to me; here and there I saw snakes, and one raised his head from a ledge13 of rock and hissed14 at me with a noise not unlike the spinning of a top. Little did I suppose that he was a deadly enemy and that the noise was the famous rattle15.

    我现在头一次尝到了探险的乐趣。这个小岛无人居住,我的船友们又被我甩到了后面,前面除了不会说话的鸟兽外,也并无别的活物。我在树木间东走西转。到处都是我叫不出名目的开花植物,还到处有蛇,有一条从凸出来的岩石边上昂起了头,向我发出像陀螺飞转时的嘶嘶声。我丝毫没想到它会是个死敌,而那声音正是大名鼎鼎的响尾蛇的特征。

    Then I came to a long thicket16 of these oaklike trees--live, or evergreen17, oaks, I heard afterwards they should be called--which grew low along the sand like brambles, the boughs18 curiously19 twisted, the foliage compact, like thatch20. The thicket stretched down from the top of one of the sandy knolls21, spreading and growing taller as it went, until it reached the margin22 of the broad, reedy fen23, through which the nearest of the little rivers soaked its way into the anchorage. The marsh1 was steaming in the strong sun, and the outline of the Spy-glass trembled through the haze24.

    接着我走进一条长长的灌木林带,那里尽是些状似橡树的树——后来我听说它们叫做长生或长青橡树,它们像黑莓那样矮矮地蔓延在沙地上,枝条奇特地扭曲着,树叶密得像茅草一样。这条灌木林带从一个沙丘顶上延伸下来,愈往下树长得就愈高,铺开得也愈广,一直到了一片开阔的、长满芦苇的沼地边缘,附近的一条小河就是从这里流向锚地的。沼泽在毒日头下泛着气泡,望远镜山的轮廓就在这蒸腾的雾气中微微颤动。

    All at once there began to go a sort of bustle25 among the bulrushes; a wild duck flew up with a quack26, another followed, and soon over the whole surface of the marsh a great cloud of birds hung screaming and circling in the air. I judged at once that some of my shipmates must be drawing near along the borders of the fen. Nor was I deceived, for soon I heard the very distant and low tones of a human voice, which, as I continued to give ear, grew steadily27 louder and nearer.

    芦苇丛里骤然响起了一阵喧闹声。一只野鸭嘎的一声飞了起来,跟着又飞起来一只,很快,整个沼地上空便黑压压地布满了这尖叫着盘旋的飞鸟。我立刻作出判断,这一定是和我同船的一些船友正沿着沼地的边缘向这边靠来。果然不出所料,因为很快我就远远地听到一个人低低的说话声,当我继续侧耳倾听的时候,这声音便愈来愈大、愈来愈近了。

    This put me in a great fear, and I crawled under cover of the nearest live-oak and squatted28 there, hearkening, as silent as a mouse.

    这可把我吓坏了,于是我爬到最近的一棵长生橡树下面,蜷伏在那里,像只耗子似的屏息静听。

    Another voice answered, and then the first voice, which I now recognized to be Silver's, once more took up the story and ran on for a long while in a stream, only now and again interrupted by the other. By the sound they must have been talking earnestly, and almost fiercely; but no distinct word came to my hearing.

    另一个声音答话了;于是前面那个声音——现在我已辨认出是西尔弗的声音——又继续絮叨起来,滔滔不绝地讲了半天,只是偶尔被另一个声音打断一下。从语气上听来,他们谈得很认真,几乎可以说是激烈,但是我听不清他们到底在谈什么。

    At last the speakers seemed to have paused and perhaps to have sat down, for not only did they cease to draw any nearer, but the birds themselves began to grow more quiet and to settle again to their places in the swamp.

    最后双方似乎都住了口,可能是坐下来了,因为不仅他们没有走得更近,而且鸟儿们也开始安静下来,在沼地里重新栖息下来。

    And now I began to feel that I was neglecting my business, that since I had been so foolhardy as to come ashore29 with these desperadoes, the least I could do was to overhear them at their councils, and that my plain and obvious duty was to draw as close as I could manage, under the favourable30 ambush31 of the crouching32 trees.

    这时我才开始意识到自己的失职,既然我如此莽撞地跟着这些亡命徒上了岸,至少我应当去偷听一下他们的集会;这样,摆在我面前的明显、直接的任务就是,在那些歪歪扭扭的树木的掩蔽下,尽可能地爬得离他们近些。

    I could tell the direction of the speakers pretty exactly, not only by the sound of their voices but by the behaviour of the few birds that still hung in alarm above the heads of the intruders.

    我能相当准确地辨别出谈话人所在的方向,不仅是通过他们的声音,还根据鸟儿的动静,因为仍有几只鸟在侵入者的头顶上惊恐地盘旋着。

    Crawling on all fours, I made steadily but slowly towards them, till at last, raising my head to an aperture33 among the leaves, I could see clear down into a little green dell beside the marsh, and closely set about with trees, where Long John Silver and another of the crew stood face to face in conversation.

    我四肢着地、缓慢而坚定地向着他们爬去,直到最后,我抬头向叶隙中望去,能够清晰地看到下面沼地旁一小块绿色的谷地;高个子约翰和另一个水手正面对面地站在那里谈话。

    The sun beat full upon them. Silver had thrown his hat beside him on the ground, and his great, smooth, blond face, all shining with heat, was lifted to the other man's in a kind of appeal.

    太阳直射在他们身上。西尔弗已经把他的帽子扔到了他旁边的地上,他的光滑、白皙的大脸盘正热切地闪着光,对着另一个人的脸,作出一副恳求的表情。

    "Mate," he was saying, "it's because I thinks gold dust of you--gold dust, and you may lay to that! If I hadn't took to you like pitch, do you think I'd have been here a-warning of you? All's up--you can't make nor mend; it's to save your neck that I'm a-speaking, and if one of the wild uns knew it, where'd I be, Tom--now, tell me, where'd I be?"

    “伙计,”他正在说,“这正是因为我看你是尘土里的金子——尘土里的金子,你要明白这一点!要不是我特别喜欢你,你想我会在这里向你报警吗?一切都已成定局——你再也改变不了这局面了;我的话是要你保住脑袋,要是被那些野家伙中的一个知道了,他们会怎样拾援我,汤姆——嗯,你说说看,他们会怎样拾援我?”

    "Silver," said the other man--and I observed he was not only red in the face, but spoke34 as hoarse35 as a crow, and his voice shook too, like a taut36 rope--"Silver," says he, "you're old, and you're honest, or has the name for it; and you've money too, which lots of poor sailors hasn't; and you're brave, or I'm mistook. And will you tell me you'll let yourself be led away with that kind of a mess of swabs? Not you! As sure as God sees me, I'd sooner lose my hand. If I turn agin my dooty--"

    “西尔弗,”另一个人说——我看到他不仅涨红了脸,嗓音也像乌鸦似的沙哑,而巴还像绷紧的绳索般发颤,“西尔弗,”他说,“你老了,又是个正派人,至少有这么个名声;你也有钱,这是许多穷水手所没有的;要是我没看错,你又敢作敢为。难道你想告诉我,你要被那些乌七八糟的无赖牵着走吗?你犯不着!上天明鉴,我宁可马上失掉我的手,要是我背叛我的职责——”

    And then all of a sudden he was interrupted by a noise. I had found one of the honest hands--well, here, at that same moment, came news of another. Far away out in the marsh there arose, all of a sudden, a sound like the cry of anger, then another on the back of it; and then one horrid37, long-drawn38 scream. The rocks of the Spy-glass re-echoed it a score of times; the whole troop of marsh-birds rose again, darkening heaven, with a simultaneous whirr; and long after that death yell was still ringing in my brain, silence had re-established its empire, and only the rustle39 of the redescending birds and the boom of the distant surges disturbed the languor40 of the afternoon.

    接下来,他突然被一个吵嚷声打断了。我刚刚发现了一个正直的水手——就在这里,而与此同时,又传来了另一个消息。在沼地老远的那边蓦地响起了一声愤怒的叫喊,接着又是一声,然后便是一声可怕的、拖长的惨叫,在望远镜山的山岩激起了好几声回响,沼地的鸟再次成群地振翅惊飞,把天都遮住了。过后很久,这临死前的呼号还在我的脑海中回响,虽然周围又复归寂静,只有归鸟人塘的扑翼声和远处的涛声打破着午后的沉寂。

    Tom had leaped at the sound, like a horse at the spur, but Silver had not winked41 an eye. He stood where he was, resting lightly on his crutch42, watching his companion like a snake about to spring.

    汤姆听到这叫喊,像马被靴刺踢了似地跳了起来,但是西尔弗连眼睛都没眨一下。他站在原地,轻松地倚着他的拐,像一条伺机进攻的蛇一样注视着他的同伴。

    "John!" said the sailor, stretching out his hand.

    “约翰!”那个叫汤姆的水手说,伸出了他的手。

    "Hands off!" cried Silver, leaping back a yard, as it seemed to me, with the speed and security of a trained gymnast.

    “住手!”西尔弗叫道,跳后了一码,在我看来,迅捷、平稳,犹如熟练的体操家。

    "Hands off, if you like, John Silver," said the other. "It's a black conscience that can make you feared of me. But in heaven's name, tell me, what was that?"

    “听你的,住手可以,约翰·西尔弗,”另一个说道,“是你心里有鬼,才会害怕我。但是,看在上帝分上,告诉我那边怎么了?”

    "That?" returned Silver, smiling away, but warier43 than ever, his eye a mere44 pin-point in his big face, but gleaming like a crumb45 of glass. "That? Oh, I reckon that'll be Alan."

    “那边?”西尔弗微笑着答道,但比以前更戒备了,他的眼睛在他的大脸盘上不过针尖大小,但却像玻璃屑般地发着光。“那边?哦,我估计是艾伦。”

    And at this point Tom flashed out like a hero.

    听了这个,可怜的汤姆像个英雄似地振奋起来。

    "Alan!" he cried. "Then rest his soul for a true seaman46! And as for you, John Silver, long you've been a mate of mine, but you're mate of mine no more. If I die like a dog, I'll die in my dooty. You've killed Alan, have you? Kill me too, if you can. But I defies you."

    “艾伦!”他叫道,“愿这个正直的人的灵魂得到安息!至于你,约翰·西尔弗,长久以来你一直是我的弟兄,但从今往后你再也不是了。即使我像条狗似地惨死,我也要死在我的岗位上。你们已经杀死了艾伦,对不对?也杀了我吧,只要你做得到。但是我不把你们放在眼里。”

    And with that, this brave fellow turned his back directly on the cook and set off walking for the beach. But he was not destined47 to go far. With a cry John seized the branch of a tree, whipped the crutch out of his armpit, and sent that uncouth48 missile hurtling through the air. It struck poor Tom, point foremost, and with stunning49 violence, right between the shoulders in the middle of his back. His hands flew up, he gave a sort of gasp50, and fell.

    说完,这个勇敢的人转身背对着厨子向岸边走去。但是他注定走不了多远。随着一声嚎叫,约翰攀住一根树枝,把他的拐杖猛地掷了出去,这支原始的投枪呼地在空中飞过,它的尖端向前,击中了可怜的汤姆,力猛无比,正中两肩中央的背脊。他的双手向上张开,发出一种喘息,倒下了。

    Whether he were injured much or little, none could ever tell. Like enough, to judge from the sound, his back was broken on the spot. But he had no time given him to recover. Silver, agile51 as a monkey even without leg or crutch, was on the top of him next moment and had twice buried his knife up to the hilt in that defenceless body. From my place of ambush, I could hear him pant aloud as he struck the blows.

    他伤得是轻还是重,我无从得知。从声音推断,他的那段背脊很可能被当场击断了。但他连恢复知觉的时间都没给留下。西尔弗虽然缺了一条腿和拐杖,却敏捷得像个猿猴,一眨眼就跳到了他的身上,将一把刀子两次齐柄戳进这个已经丧失抵抗力的躯体里。从我隐蔽的地方,可以听见他在行凶时发出的呼呼的喘息。

    I do not know what it rightly is to faint, but I do know that for the next little while the whole world swam away from before me in a whirling mist; Silver and the birds, and the tall Spy-glass hilltop, going round and round and topsy-turvy before my eyes, and all manner of bells ringing and distant voices shouting in my ear.

    我不知道晕厥是怎样一回事,但我确实知道,接下来有片刻工夫,整个世界在我面前天旋地转;西尔弗、乌、高高的望远镜山峰顶,一圈又一圈地转,在我眼前颠来倒去,在我的耳朵里,万钟齐鸣,还有远远传来的人的喊叫。

    When I came again to myself the monster had pulled himself together, his crutch under his arm, his hat upon his head. Just before him Tom lay motionless upon the sward; but the murderer minded him not a whit52, cleansing53 his blood-stained knife the while upon a wisp of grass. Everything else was unchanged, the sun still shining mercilessly on the steaming marsh and the tall pinnacle54 of the mountain, and I could scarce persuade myself that murder had been actually done and a human life cruelly cut short a moment since before my eyes.

    当我缓过劲儿来的时候,那个魔鬼已恢复了常态,拐夹到了胳膊底下,帽子戴到了头上。就在他面前,汤姆一动不动地躺在草地上,但是这个凶手看都不看他一眼,只顾用一把草擦拭他那把带着血污的刀。其余的一切都没有变化,太阳仍旧无情地炙烤着那冒着气的沼泽和高高的山尖,而我几乎不能相信,就在我的眼皮底下,就在一刻前,的的确确发生了凶杀,一个人的生命就这样残忍地被剥夺了。

    But now John put his hand into his pocket, brought out a whistle, and blew upon it several modulated55 blasts that rang far across the heated air. I could not tell, of course, the meaning of the signal, but it instantly awoke my fears. More men would be coming. I might be discovered. They had already slain56 two of the honest people; after Tom and Alan, might not I come next?

    但是这会儿约翰把手放到了口袋里,掏出了个哨子,用它吹了几个不同的音调,那声音就在炎热的空气中传播开了。当然,我说不上来这个信号的含义,但它立刻唤醒了我的恐惧。更多的人将会来到这里。我可能被发现。他们已经于掉两个正派人了,在汤姆和艾伦之后,会不会要轮到我?

    Instantly I began to extricate57 myself and crawl back again, with what speed and silence I could manage, to the more open portion of the wood. As I did so, I could hear hails coming and going between the old buccaneer and his comrades, and this sound of danger lent me wings. As soon as I was clear of the thicket, I ran as I never ran before, scarce minding the direction of my flight, so long as it led me from the murderers; and as I ran, fear grew and grew upon me until it turned into a kind of frenzy58.

    我立刻开始逃命,以最快的速度、屏住呼吸、轻手轻脚地向回爬,直向林中比较开阔的地带爬去。当我正爬着的时候,我可以听到那个老海盗正和他的伙伴们互相打着招呼,这危险的声音使我像长了翅膀一样地快起来。一离开丛林,我就以前所未有的速度跑起来,几乎不去辨别跑的方向,只要能离开那些凶手们就好;而当我跑时,恐惧却愈来愈大,最后到了几乎发狂的地步。

    Indeed, could anyone be more entirely59 lost than I? When the gun fired, how should I dare to go down to the boats among those fiends, still smoking from their crime? Would not the first of them who saw me wring60 my neck like a snipe's? Would not my absence itself be an evidence to them of my alarm, and therefore of my fatal knowledge? It was all over, I thought. Good-bye to the HISPANIOLA; good-bye to the squire61, the doctor, and the captain! There was nothing left for me but death by starvation or death by the hands of the mutineers.

    事实上,有谁能比我更倒霉?当鸣枪返船的时候,我怎么敢和那些沾满了血腥的魔鬼们一起坐在划子里?他们中谁若是看到我,难道不会把我像只鹭鸶似的拧断脖子?但若是我不在,不就又为他们提供了一个证据,说明我有所察觉、知晓内幕?全完了,我想。再见了,伊斯班袅拉号;再见了,乡绅、医生,还有船长!除了被饿死,或被叛乱之手杀死,我别无出路了。

    All this while, as I say, I was still running, and without taking any notice, I had drawn near to the foot of the little hill with the two peaks and had got into a part of the island where the live-oaks grew more widely apart and seemed more like forest trees in their bearing and dimensions. Mingled62 with these were a few scattered63 pines, some fifty, some nearer seventy, feet high. The air too smelt64 more freshly than down beside the marsh.

    在我涌出这些念头的时候,就像我说的,我仍然在奔跑,不知不觉来到了那座双峰小山的山脚下,进入了岛上这样的一个地带:那里分布着更广大的长生橡树,从姿态和面积上看,更像是林木。中间夹着几株松树,有些高五十尺,有些则将近七十尺。空气也比下面的沼地清新一些。

    And here a fresh alarm brought me to a standstill with a thumping65 heart.

    而就在这里,一种新的危险吓得我不能动弹,心怦怦直跳。

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    1 marsh [mɑ:ʃ] Y7Rzo   第8级
    n.沼泽,湿地
    参考例句:
    • There are a lot of frogs in the marsh. 沼泽里有许多青蛙。
    • I made my way slowly out of the marsh. 我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。
    2 marshy ['mɑ:ʃi] YBZx8   第8级
    adj.沼泽的
    参考例句:
    • In August 1935,we began our march across the marshy grassland. 1935年8月,我们开始过草地。
    • The surrounding land is low and marshy. 周围的地低洼而多沼泽。
    3 tract [trækt] iJxz4   第7级
    n.传单,小册子,大片(土地或森林)
    参考例句:
    • He owns a large tract of forest. 他拥有一大片森林。
    • He wrote a tract on this subject. 他曾对此写了一篇短文。
    4 willows [ˈwiləuz] 79355ee67d20ddbc021d3e9cb3acd236   第8级
    n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木
    参考例句:
    • The willows along the river bank look very beautiful. 河岸边的柳树很美。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Willows are planted on both sides of the streets. 街道两侧种着柳树。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    5 swampy ['swɒmpɪ] YrRwC   第12级
    adj.沼泽的,湿地的
    参考例句:
    • Malaria is still rampant in some swampy regions. 疟疾在一些沼泽地区仍很猖獗。
    • An ox is grazing in a swampy meadow. 一头牛在一块泥泞的草地上吃草。
    6 foliage [ˈfəʊliɪdʒ] QgnzK   第8级
    n.叶子,树叶,簇叶
    参考例句:
    • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
    • Dark foliage clothes the hills. 浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。
    7 quaint [kweɪnt] 7tqy2   第8级
    adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
    参考例句:
    • There were many small lanes in the quaint village. 在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷。
    • They still keep some quaint old customs. 他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
    8 vividly ['vɪvɪdlɪ] tebzrE   第9级
    adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地
    参考例句:
    • The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly. 演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
    • The characters in the book are vividly presented. 这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。
    9 isle [aɪl] fatze   第7级
    n.小岛,岛
    参考例句:
    • He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. 他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
    • The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali. 小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。
    10 brutes [bru:ts] 580ab57d96366c5593ed705424e15ffa   第9级
    兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性
    参考例句:
    • They're not like dogs; they're hideous brutes. 它们不像狗,是丑陋的畜牲。
    • Suddenly the foul musty odour of the brutes struck his nostrils. 突然,他的鼻尖闻到了老鼠的霉臭味。 来自英汉文学
    11 fowls [faʊlz] 4f8db97816f2d0cad386a79bb5c17ea4   第8级
    鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马
    参考例句:
    • A great number of water fowls dwell on the island. 许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
    • We keep a few fowls and some goats. 我们养了几只鸡和一些山羊。
    12 thither [ˈðɪðə(r)] cgRz1o   第12级
    adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
    参考例句:
    • He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate. 他逛来逛去找玩伴。
    • He tramped hither and thither. 他到处流浪。
    13 ledge [ledʒ] o1Mxk   第9级
    n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁
    参考例句:
    • They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge. 他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
    • Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell. 突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上,摔倒了。
    14 hissed [hist] 2299e1729bbc7f56fc2559e409d6e8a7   第10级
    发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对
    参考例句:
    • Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech? 你在演讲中有没有被嘘过?
    • The iron hissed as it pressed the wet cloth. 熨斗压在湿布上时发出了嘶嘶声。
    15 rattle [ˈrætl] 5Alzb   第7级
    vt.&vi.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
    参考例句:
    • The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed. 孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
    • She could hear the rattle of the teacups. 她听见茶具叮当响。
    16 thicket [ˈθɪkɪt] So0wm   第10级
    n.灌木丛,树林
    参考例句:
    • A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in. 丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。
    • We were now at the margin of the thicket. 我们现在已经来到了丛林的边缘。
    17 evergreen [ˈevəgri:n] mtFz78   第8级
    n.常青树;adj.四季常青的
    参考例句:
    • Some trees are evergreen. They are called evergreen. 有的树是常青的,被叫做常青树。
    • There is a small evergreen shrub on the hillside. 山腰上有一小块常绿灌木丛。
    18 boughs [baʊz] 95e9deca9a2fb4bbbe66832caa8e63e0   第9级
    大树枝( bough的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
    • A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。
    19 curiously ['kjʊərɪəslɪ] 3v0zIc   第9级
    adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
    参考例句:
    • He looked curiously at the people. 他好奇地看着那些人。
    • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold. 他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
    20 thatch [θætʃ] FGJyg   第10级
    vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部;n.茅草(屋)
    参考例句:
    • They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch. 他们点着一支火把,放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。
    • They topped off the hut with a straw thatch. 他们给小屋盖上茅草屋顶。
    21 knolls ['nəʊlz] 10e6bc9e96f97e83fad35374bcf19f02   第11级
    n.小圆丘,小土墩( knoll的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • He carefully surveyed the ridges and knolls once more, and also the ravines and gullies. 他又注意地巡视着那些梁和峁,还有沟和壑。 来自互联网
    22 margin [ˈmɑ:dʒɪn] 67Mzp   第7级
    n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
    参考例句:
    • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train. 我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
    • The village is situated at the margin of a forest. 村子位于森林的边缘。
    23 fen [fen] CtczNj   第11级
    n.沼泽,沼池
    参考例句:
    • The willows over all the fen rippled and whitened like a field of wheat. 沼泽上的柳树,随风一起一伏,泛出白光,就象一片麦田一样。
    • There is a fen around each island. 每个岛屿周围有一个沼泽。
    24 haze [heɪz] O5wyb   第9级
    n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊
    参考例句:
    • I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke. 在烟雾弥漫中,我看不见她。
    • He often lives in a haze of whisky. 他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。
    25 bustle [ˈbʌsl] esazC   第9级
    vi.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;vt. 使忙碌;催促;n.忙碌;喧闹
    参考例句:
    • The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced. 随着夜越来越深,喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
    • There is a lot of hustle and bustle in the railway station. 火车站里非常拥挤。
    26 quack [kwæk] f0JzI   第10级
    n.庸医;江湖医生;冒充内行的人;骗子
    参考例句:
    • He describes himself as a doctor, but I feel he is a quack. 他自称是医生,可是我感觉他是个江湖骗子。
    • The quack was stormed with questions. 江湖骗子受到了猛烈的质问。
    27 steadily ['stedɪlɪ] Qukw6   第7级
    adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
    参考例句:
    • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow. 人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
    • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path. 我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
    28 squatted [skwɔtid] 45deb990f8c5186c854d710c535327b0   第8级
    v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。
    参考例句:
    • He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    29 ashore [əˈʃɔ:(r)] tNQyT   第7级
    adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
    参考例句:
    • The children got ashore before the tide came in. 涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
    • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore. 他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
    30 favourable [ˈfeɪvərəbl] favourable   第8级
    adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的
    参考例句:
    • The company will lend you money on very favourable terms. 这家公司将以非常优惠的条件借钱给你。
    • We found that most people are favourable to the idea. 我们发现大多数人同意这个意见。
    31 ambush [ˈæmbʊʃ] DNPzg   第10级
    n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击
    参考例句:
    • Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy. 我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
    • Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads. 由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。
    32 crouching ['kraʊtʃɪŋ] crouching   第8级
    v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
    • A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
    33 aperture [ˈæpətʃə(r)] IwFzW   第9级
    n.孔,隙,窄的缺口
    参考例句:
    • The only light came through a narrow aperture. 仅有的光亮来自一个小孔。
    • We saw light through a small aperture in the wall. 我们透过墙上的小孔看到了亮光。
    34 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    35 hoarse [hɔ:s] 5dqzA   第9级
    adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的
    参考例句:
    • He asked me a question in a hoarse voice. 他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
    • He was too excited and roared himself hoarse. 他过于激动,嗓子都喊哑了。
    36 taut [tɔ:t] iUazb   第10级
    adj.拉紧的,绷紧的,紧张的
    参考例句:
    • The bowstring is stretched taut. 弓弦绷得很紧。
    • Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了,因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。
    37 horrid [ˈhɒrɪd] arozZj   第10级
    adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的
    参考例句:
    • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party. 我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
    • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down. 这种药很难吃,她咽不下去。
    38 drawn [drɔ:n] MuXzIi   第11级
    v.(draw的过去式)拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
    参考例句:
    • All the characters in the story are drawn from life. 故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
    • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside. 她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
    39 rustle [ˈrʌsl] thPyl   第9级
    vt.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);vi.发出沙沙声;n.沙沙声声
    参考例句:
    • She heard a rustle in the bushes. 她听到灌木丛中一阵沙沙声。
    • He heard a rustle of leaves in the breeze. 他听到树叶在微风中发出的沙沙声。
    40 languor [ˈlæŋgə(r)] V3wyb   第11级
    n.无精力,倦怠
    参考例句:
    • It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it. 天气是炎热的,然而却有一种惬意的懒洋洋的感觉。
    • She, in her languor, had not troubled to eat much. 她懒懒的,没吃多少东西。
    41 winked [wiŋkt] af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278   第7级
    v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
    参考例句:
    • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
    • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    42 crutch [krʌtʃ] Lnvzt   第10级
    n.T字形拐杖;支持,依靠,精神支柱
    参考例句:
    • Her religion was a crutch to her when John died. 约翰死后,她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己。
    • He uses his wife as a kind of crutch because of his lack of confidence. 他缺乏自信心,总把妻子当作主心骨。
    43 warier [ˈwɛəriə] 9b3ff8cc8f871f3e9b3e4e965c7066b0   第8级
    谨慎的,小心翼翼的( wary的比较级 )
    参考例句:
    • Beijing itself also become warier. 中国政府本身也变得更为谨慎。
    • That suggests investors are warier than ever of lending to the banking system. 这种情况表明,投资者对借钱给银行系统的担忧比之前加剧了。
    44 mere [mɪə(r)] rC1xE   第7级
    adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
    参考例句:
    • That is a mere repetition of what you said before. 那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
    • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer. 再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
    45 crumb [krʌm] ynLzv   第9级
    n.饼屑,面包屑,小量
    参考例句:
    • It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal. 这是他从这场磨难里能找到的唯一的少许安慰。
    • Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry. 鲁斯几乎被糕点的最后一块碎屑所噎住。
    46 seaman [ˈsi:mən] vDGzA   第8级
    n.海员,水手,水兵
    参考例句:
    • That young man is a experienced seaman. 那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
    • The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times. 这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。
    47 destined [ˈdestɪnd] Dunznz   第7级
    adj.命中注定的;(for)以…为目的地的
    参考例句:
    • It was destined that they would marry. 他们结婚是缘分。
    • The shipment is destined for America. 这批货物将运往美国。
    48 uncouth [ʌnˈku:θ] DHryn   第9级
    adj.无教养的,粗鲁的
    参考例句:
    • She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior. 她的粗野行为可能会让你尴尬。
    • His nephew is an uncouth young man. 他的侄子是一个粗野的年轻人。
    49 stunning [ˈstʌnɪŋ] NhGzDh   第10级
    adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
    参考例句:
    • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity. 他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
    • The finished effect was absolutely stunning. 完工后的效果非常美。
    50 gasp [gɑ:sp] UfxzL   第7级
    n.喘息,气喘;vt.喘息;气吁吁他说;vi.喘气;喘息;渴望
    参考例句:
    • She gave a gasp of surprise. 她吃惊得大口喘气。
    • The enemy are at their last gasp. 敌人在做垂死的挣扎。
    51 agile [ˈædʒaɪl] Ix2za   第8级
    adj.敏捷的,灵活的
    参考例句:
    • She is such an agile dancer! 她跳起舞来是那么灵巧!
    • An acrobat has to be agile. 杂技演员必须身手敏捷。
    52 whit [wɪt] TgXwI   第11级
    n.一点,丝毫
    参考例句:
    • There's not a whit of truth in the statement. 这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
    • He did not seem a whit concerned. 他看来毫不在乎。
    53 cleansing ['klenzɪŋ] cleansing   第9级
    n. 净化(垃圾) adj. 清洁用的 动词cleanse的现在分词
    参考例句:
    • medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤药物清洗棉
    • Soap is not the only cleansing agent. 肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂。
    54 pinnacle [ˈpɪnəkl] A2Mzb   第9级
    n.尖塔,尖顶,山峰;(喻)顶峰
    参考例句:
    • Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career. 现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
    • It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability. 它代表了智能的顶峰。
    55 modulated ['mɒdjʊleɪtɪd] b5bfb3c5c3ebc18c62afa9380ab74ba5   第9级
    已调整[制]的,被调的
    参考例句:
    • He carefully modulated his voice. 他小心地压低了声音。
    • He had a plump face, lemur-like eyes, a quiet, subtle, modulated voice. 他有一张胖胖的脸,狐猴般的眼睛,以及安详、微妙和富于抑扬顿挫的嗓音。
    56 slain [sleɪn] slain   第10级
    杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
    • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
    57 extricate [ˈekstrɪkeɪt] rlCxp   第10级
    vt.拯救,救出;解脱
    参考例句:
    • How can we extricate the firm from this trouble? 我们该如何承救公司脱离困境呢?
    • She found it impossible to extricate herself from the relationship. 她发现不可能把自己从这种关系中解脱出来。
    58 frenzy [ˈfrenzi] jQbzs   第9级
    n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
    参考例句:
    • He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy. 他能激起青年学生的狂热。
    • They were singing in a frenzy of joy. 他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
    59 entirely [ɪnˈtaɪəli] entirely   第9级
    ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
    • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
    60 wring [rɪŋ] 4oOys   第7级
    n.扭绞;vt.拧,绞出,扭;vi.蠕动;扭动;感到痛苦;感到苦恼
    参考例句:
    • My socks were so wet that I had to wring them. 我的袜子很湿,我不得不拧干它们。
    • I'll wring your neck if you don't behave! 你要是不规矩,我就拧断你的脖子。
    61 squire [ˈskwaɪə(r)] 0htzjV   第11级
    n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅
    参考例句:
    • I told him the squire was the most liberal of men. 我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
    • The squire was hard at work at Bristol. 乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。
    62 mingled [ˈmiŋɡld] fdf34efd22095ed7e00f43ccc823abdf   第7级
    混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
    参考例句:
    • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
    • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
    63 scattered ['skætəd] 7jgzKF   第7级
    adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
    参考例句:
    • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
    64 smelt [smelt] tiuzKF   第12级
    vt. 熔炼,冶炼;精炼 n. 香鱼;胡瓜鱼 vi. 熔炼,精炼
    参考例句:
    • Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt. 锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
    • Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal. 达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法,他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼, 而改用焦炭。
    65 thumping [ˈθʌmpɪŋ] hgUzBs   第8级
    adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持
    参考例句:
    • Her heart was thumping with emotion. 她激动得心怦怦直跳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • He was thumping the keys of the piano. 他用力弹钢琴。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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