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欧·亨利: THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS
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  • THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS

    Inexorably Sam Galloway saddled his pony1. He was going away from the Rancho Altito at the end of a three-months’ visit. It is not to be expected that a guest should put up with wheat coffee and biscuits yellow-streaked with saleratus for longer than that. Nick Napoleon, the big Negro man cook, had never been able to make good biscuits. Once before, when Nick was cooking at the Willow3 Ranch2, Sam had been forced to fly from his cuisine4, after only a six-weeks’ sojourn5.

    On Sam’s face was an expression of sorrow, deepened with regret and slightly tempered by the patient forgiveness of a connoisseur6 who cannot be understood. But very firmly and inexorably he buckled7 his saddle-cinches, looped his stake-rope and hung it to his saddle-horn, tied his slicker and coat on the cantle, and looped his quirt on his right wrist. The Merrydews (householders of the Rancho Altito), men, women, children, and servants, vassals8, visitors, employés, dogs, and casual callers were grouped in the “gallery” of the ranch house, all with faces set to the tune of melancholy9 and grief. For, as the coming of Sam Galloway to any ranch, camp, or cabin between the rivers Frio or Bravo del Norte aroused joy, so his departure caused mourning and distress10.

    And then, during absolute silence, except for the bumping of a hind11 elbow of a hound dog as he pursued a wicked flea12, Sam tenderly and carefully tied his guitar across his saddle on top of his slicker and coat. The guitar was in a green duck bag; and if you catch the significance of it, it explains Sam.

    Sam Galloway was the Last of the Troubadours. Of course you know about the troubadours. The encyclopædia says they flourished between the eleventh and the thirteenth centuries. What they flourished doesn’t seem clear—you may be pretty sure it wasn’t a sword: maybe it was a fiddlebow, or a forkful of spaghetti, or a lady’s scarf. Anyhow, Sam Galloway was one of ’em.

    Sam put on a martyred expression as he mounted his pony. But the expression on his face was hilarious13 compared with the one on his pony’s. You see, a pony gets to know his rider mighty14 well, and it is not unlikely that cow ponies15 in pastures and at hitching16 racks had often guyed Sam’s pony for being ridden by a guitar player instead of by a rollicking, cussing, all-wool cowboy. No man is a hero to his saddle-horse. And even an escalator in a department store might be excused for tripping up a troubadour.

    Oh, I know I’m one; and so are you. You remember the stories you memorize and the card tricks you study and that little piece on the piano—how does it go?—ti-tum-te-tum-ti-tum—those little Arabian Ten Minute Entertainments that you furnish when you go up to call on your rich Aunt Jane. You should know that omnæ personæ in tres partes divisæ sunt. Namely: Barons17, Troubadours, and Workers. Barons have no inclination19 to read such folderol as this; and Workers have no time: so I know you must be a Troubadour, and that you will understand Sam Galloway. Whether we sing, act, dance, write, lecture, or paint, we are only troubadours; so let us make the worst of it.

    The pony with the Dante Alighieri face, guided by the pressure of Sam’s knees, bore that wandering minstrel sixteen miles southeastward. Nature was in her most benignant mood. League after league of delicate, sweet flowerets made fragrant20 the gently undulating prairie. The east wind tempered the spring warmth; wool-white clouds flying in from the Mexican Gulf21 hindered the direct rays of the April sun. Sam sang songs as he rode. Under his pony’s bridle22 he had tucked some sprigs of chaparral to keep away the deer flies. Thus crowned, the long-faced quadruped looked more Dantesque than before, and, judging by his countenance23, seemed to think of Beatrice.

    Straight as topography permitted, Sam rode to the sheep ranch of old man Ellison. A visit to a sheep ranch seemed to him desirable just then. There had been too many people, too much noise, argument, competition, confusion, at Rancho Altito. He had never conferred upon old man Ellison the favour of sojourning at his ranch; but he knew he would be welcome. The troubadour is his own passport everywhere. The Workers in the castle let down the drawbridge to him, and the Baron18 sets him at his left hand at table in the banquet hall. There ladies smile upon him and applaud his songs and stories, while the Workers bring boars’ heads and flagons. If the Baron nods once or twice in his carved oaken chair, he does not do it maliciously24.

    Old man Ellison welcomed the troubadour flatteringly. He had often heard praises of Sam Galloway from other ranchmen who had been complimented by his visits, but had never aspired25 to such an honour for his own humble26 barony. I say barony because old man Ellison was the Last of the Barons. Of course, Mr. Bulwer-Lytton lived too early to know him, or he wouldn’t have conferred that sobriquet27 upon Warwick. In life it is the duty and the function of the Baron to provide work for the Workers and lodging28 and shelter for the Troubadours.

    Old man Ellison was a shrunken old man, with a short, yellow-white beard and a face lined and seamed by past-and-gone smiles. His ranch was a little two-room box house in a grove29 of hackberry trees in the lonesomest part of the sheep country. His household consisted of a Kiowa Indian man cook, four hounds, a pet sheep, and a half-tamed coyote chained to a fence-post. He owned 3,000 sheep, which he ran on two sections of leased land and many thousands of acres neither leased nor owned. Three or four times a year some one who spoke30 his language would ride up to his gate and exchange a few bald ideas with him. Those were red-letter days to old man Ellison. Then in what illuminated31, embossed, and gorgeously decorated capitals must have been written the day on which a troubadour—a troubadour who, according to the encyclopædia, should have flourished between the eleventh and the thirteenth centuries—drew rein32 at the gates of his baronial castle!

    Old man Ellison’s smiles came back and filled his wrinkles when he saw Sam. He hurried out of the house in his shuffling33, limping way to greet him.

    “Hello, Mr. Ellison,” called Sam cheerfully. “Thought I’d drop over and see you a while. Notice you’ve had fine rains on your range. They ought to make good grazing for your spring lambs.”

    “Well, well, well,” said old man Ellison. “I’m mighty glad to see you, Sam. I never thought you’d take the trouble to ride over to as out-of-the-way an old ranch as this. But you’re mighty welcome. ’Light. I’ve got a sack of new oats in the kitchen—shall I bring out a feed for your hoss?”

    “Oats for him?” said Sam, derisively34. “No, sir-ee. He’s as fat as a pig now on grass. He don’t get rode enough to keep him in condition. I’ll just turn him in the horse pasture with a drag rope on if you don’t mind.”

    I am positive that never during the eleventh and thirteenth centuries did Baron, Troubadour, and Worker amalgamate35 as harmoniously36 as their parallels did that evening at old man Ellison’s sheep ranch. The Kiowa’s biscuits were light and tasty and his coffee strong. Ineradicable hospitality and appreciation37 glowed on old man Ellison’s weather-tanned face. As for the troubadour, he said to himself that he had stumbled upon pleasant places indeed. A well-cooked, abundant meal, a host whom his lightest attempt to entertain seemed to delight far beyond the merits of the exertion38, and the reposeful39 atmosphere that his sensitive soul at that time craved40 united to confer upon him a satisfaction and luxurious41 ease that he had seldom found on his tours of the ranches42.

    After the delectable43 supper, Sam untied44 the green duck bag and took out his guitar. Not by way of payment, mind you—neither Sam Galloway nor any other of the true troubadours are lineal descendants of the late Tommy Tucker. You have read of Tommy Tucker in the works of the esteemed45 but often obscure Mother Goose. Tommy Tucker sang for his supper. No true troubadour would do that. He would have his supper, and then sing for Art’s sake.

    Sam Galloway’s repertoire46 comprised about fifty funny stories and between thirty and forty songs. He by no means stopped there. He could talk through twenty cigarettes on any topic that you brought up. And he never sat up when he could lie down; and never stood when he could sit. I am strongly disposed to linger with him, for I am drawing a portrait as well as a blunt pencil and a tattered47 thesaurus will allow.

    I wish you could have seen him: he was small and tough and inactive beyond the power of imagination to conceive. He wore an ultramarine-blue woollen shirt laced down the front with a pearl-gray, exaggerated sort of shoestring48, indestructible brown duck clothes, inevitable49 high-heeled boots with Mexican spurs, and a Mexican straw sombrero.

    That evening Sam and old man Ellison dragged their chairs out under the hackberry trees. They lighted cigarettes; and the troubadour gaily50 touched his guitar. Many of the songs he sang were the weird51, melancholy, minor-keyed canciones that he had learned from the Mexican sheep herders and vaqueros. One, in particular, charmed and soothed52 the soul of the lonely baron. It was a favourite song of the sheep herders, beginning: “Huile, huile, palomita,” which being translated means, “Fly, fly, little dove.” Sam sang it for old man Ellison many times that evening.

    The troubadour stayed on at the old man’s ranch. There was peace and quiet and appreciation there, such as he had not found in the noisy camps of the cattle kings. No audience in the world could have crowned the work of poet, musician, or artist with more worshipful and unflagging approval than that bestowed53 upon his efforts by old man Ellison. No visit by a royal personage to a humble woodchopper or peasant could have been received with more flattering thankfulness and joy.

    On a cool, canvas-covered cot in the shade of the hackberry trees Sam Galloway passed the greater part of his time. There he rolled his brown paper cigarettes, read such tedious literature as the ranch afforded, and added to his repertoire of improvisations that he played so expertly on his guitar. To him, as a slave ministering to a great lord, the Kiowa brought cool water from the red jar hanging under the brush shelter, and food when he called for it. The prairie zephyrs55 fanned him mildly; mocking-birds at morn and eve competed with but scarce equalled the sweet melodies of his lyre; a perfumed stillness seemed to fill all his world. While old man Ellison was pottering among his flocks of sheep on his mile-an-hour pony, and while the Kiowa took his siesta56 in the burning sunshine at the end of the kitchen, Sam would lie on his cot thinking what a happy world he lived in, and how kind it is to the ones whose mission in life it is to give entertainment and pleasure. Here he had food and lodging as good as he had ever longed for; absolute immunity57 from care or exertion or strife58; an endless welcome, and a host whose delight at the sixteenth repetition of a song or a story was as keen as at its initial giving. Was there ever a troubadour of old who struck upon as royal a castle in his wanderings? While he lay thus, meditating59 upon his blessings60, little brown cottontails would shyly frolic through the yard; a covey of white-topknotted blue quail61 would run past, in single file, twenty yards away; a paisano bird, out hunting for tarantulas, would hop54 upon the fence and salute62 him with sweeping63 flourishes of its long tail. In the eighty-acre horse pasture the pony with the Dantesque face grew fat and almost smiling. The troubadour was at the end of his wanderings.

    Old man Ellison was his own vaciero. That means that he supplied his sheep camps with wood, water, and rations64 by his own labours instead of hiring a vaciero. On small ranches it is often done.

    One morning he started for the camp of Incarnación Felipe de la Cruz y Monte Piedras (one of his sheep herders) with the week’s usual rations of brown beans, coffee, meal, and sugar. Two miles away on the trail from old Fort Ewing he met, face to face, a terrible being called King James, mounted on a fiery65, prancing66, Kentucky-bred horse.

    King James’s real name was James King; but people reversed it because it seemed to fit him better, and also because it seemed to please his majesty67. King James was the biggest cattleman between the Alamo plaza68 in San Antone and Bill Hopper’s saloon in Brownsville. Also he was the loudest and most offensive bully69 and braggart70 and bad man in southwest Texas. And he always made good whenever he bragged71; and the more noise he made the more dangerous he was. In the story papers it is always the quiet, mild-mannered man with light blue eyes and a low voice who turns out to be really dangerous; but in real life and in this story such is not the case. Give me my choice between assaulting a large, loudmouthed rough-houser and an inoffensive stranger with blue eyes sitting quietly in a corner, and you will see something doing in the corner every time.

    King James, as I intended to say earlier, was a fierce, two-hundred-pound, sunburned, blond man, as pink as an October strawberry, and with two horizontal slits72 under shaggy red eyebrows73 for eyes. On that day he wore a flannel74 shirt that was tan-coloured, with the exception of certain large areas which were darkened by transudations due to the summer sun. There seemed to be other clothing and garnishings about him, such as brown duck trousers stuffed into immense boots, and red handkerchiefs and revolvers; and a shotgun laid across his saddle and a leather belt with millions of cartridges75 shining in it—but your mind skidded76 off such accessories; what held your gaze was just the two little horizontal slits that he used for eyes.

    This was the man that old man Ellison met on the trail; and when you count up in the baron’s favour that he was sixty-five and weighed ninety-eight pounds and had heard of King James’s record and that he (the baron) had a hankering for the vita simplex and had no gun with him and wouldn’t have used it if he had, you can’t censure77 him if I tell you that the smiles with which the troubadour had filled his wrinkles went out of them and left them plain wrinkles again. But he was not the kind of baron that flies from danger. He reined78 in the mile-an-hour pony (no difficult feat), and saluted79 the formidable monarch80.

    King James expressed himself with royal directness. “You’re that old snoozer that’s running sheep on this range, ain’t you?” said he. “What right have you got to do it? Do you own any land, or lease any?”

    “I have two sections leased from the state,” said old man Ellison, mildly.

    “Not by no means you haven81’t,” said King James. “Your lease expired yesterday; and I had a man at the land office on the minute to take it up. You don’t control a foot of grass in Texas. You sheep men have got to git. Your time’s up. It’s a cattle country, and there ain’t any room in it for snoozers. This range you’ve got your sheep on is mine. I’m putting up a wire fence, forty by sixty miles; and if there’s a sheep inside of it when it’s done it’ll be a dead one. I’ll give you a week to move yours away. If they ain’t gone by then, I’ll send six men over here with Winchesters to make mutton out of the whole lot. And if I find you here at the same time this is what you’ll get.”

    King James patted the breech of his shot-gun warningly.

    Old man Ellison rode on to the camp of Incarnación. He sighed many times, and the wrinkles in his face grew deeper. Rumours82 that the old order was about to change had reached him before. The end of Free Grass was in sight. Other troubles, too, had been accumulating upon his shoulders. His flocks were decreasing instead of growing; the price of wool was declining at every clip; even Bradshaw, the storekeeper at Frio City, at whose store he bought his ranch supplies, was dunning him for his last six months’ bill and threatening to cut him off. And so this last greatest calamity83 suddenly dealt out to him by the terrible King James was a crusher.

    When the old man got back to the ranch at sunset he found Sam Galloway lying on his cot, propped84 against a roll of blankets and wool sacks, fingering his guitar.

    “Hello, Uncle Ben,” the troubadour called, cheerfully. “You rolled in early this evening. I been trying a new twist on the Spanish Fandango to-day. I just about got it. Here’s how she goes—listen.”

    “That’s fine, that’s mighty fine,” said old man Ellison, sitting on the kitchen step and rubbing his white, Scotch-terrier whiskers. “I reckon you’ve got all the musicians beat east and west, Sam, as far as the roads are cut out.”

    “Oh, I don’t know,” said Sam, reflectively. “But I certainly do get there on variations. I guess I can handle anything in five flats about as well as any of ’em. But you look kind of fagged out, Uncle Ben—ain’t you feeling right well this evening?”

    “Little tired; that’s all, Sam. If you ain’t played yourself out, let’s have that Mexican piece that starts off with: ‘Huile, huile, palomita.’ It seems that that song always kind of soothes85 and comforts me after I’ve been riding far or anything bothers me.”

    “Why, seguramente, señor,” said Sam. “I’ll hit her up for you as often as you like. And before I forget about it, Uncle Ben, you want to jerk Bradshaw up about them last hams he sent us. They’re just a little bit strong.”

    A man sixty-five years old, living on a sheep ranch and beset86 by a complication of disasters, cannot successfully and continuously dissemble. Moreover, a troubadour has eyes quick to see unhappiness in others around him—because it disturbs his own ease. So, on the next day, Sam again questioned the old man about his air of sadness and abstraction. Then old man Ellison told him the story of King James’s threats and orders and that pale melancholy and red ruin appeared to have marked him for their own. The troubadour took the news thoughtfully. He had heard much about King James.

    On the third day of the seven days of grace allowed him by the autocrat87 of the range, old man Ellison drove his buckboard to Frio City to fetch some necessary supplies for the ranch. Bradshaw was hard but not implacable. He divided the old man’s order by two, and let him have a little more time. One article secured was a new, fine ham for the pleasure of the troubadour.

    Five miles out of Frio City on his way home the old man met King James riding into town. His majesty could never look anything but fierce and menacing, but to-day his slits of eyes appeared to be a little wider than they usually were.

    “Good day,” said the king, gruffly. “I’ve been wanting to see you. I hear it said by a cowman from Sandy yesterday that you was from Jackson County, Mississippi, originally. I want to know if that’s a fact.”

    “Born there,” said old man Ellison, “and raised there till I was twenty-one.”

    “This man says,” went on King James, “that he thinks you was related to the Jackson County Reeveses. Was he right?”

    “Aunt Caroline Reeves,” said the old man, “was my half-sister.”

    “She was my aunt,” said King James. “I run away from home when I was sixteen. Now, let’s re-talk over some things that we discussed a few days ago. They call me a bad man; and they’re only half right. There’s plenty of room in my pasture for your bunch of sheep and their increase for a long time to come. Aunt Caroline used to cut out sheep in cake dough88 and bake ’em for me. You keep your sheep where they are, and use all the range you want. How’s your finances?”

    The old man related his woes89 in detail, dignifiedly, with restraint and candour.

    “She used to smuggle90 extra grub into my school basket—I’m speaking of Aunt Caroline,” said King James. “I’m going over to Frio City to-day, and I’ll ride back by your ranch to-morrow. I’ll draw $2,000 out of the bank there and bring it over to you; and I’ll tell Bradshaw to let you have everything you want on credit. You are bound to have heard the old saying at home, that the Jackson County Reeveses and Kings would stick closer by each other than chestnut91 burrs. Well, I’m a King yet whenever I run across a Reeves. So you look out for me along about sundown to-morrow, and don’t worry about nothing. Shouldn’t wonder if the dry spell don’t kill out the young grass.”

    Old man Ellison drove happily ranchward. Once more the smiles filled out his wrinkles. Very suddenly, by the magic of kinship and the good that lies somewhere in all hearts, his troubles had been removed.

    On reaching the ranch he found that Sam Galloway was not there. His guitar hung by its buckskin string to a hackberry limb, moaning as the gulf breeze blew across its masterless strings92.

    The Kiowa endeavoured to explain.

    “Sam, he catch pony,” said he, “and say he ride to Frio City. What for no can damn sabe. Say he come back to-night. Maybe so. That all.”

    As the first stars came out the troubadour rode back to his haven. He pastured his pony and went into the house, his spurs jingling93 martially94.

    Old man Ellison sat at the kitchen table, having a tin cup of before-supper coffee. He looked contented95 and pleased.

    “Hello, Sam,” said he. “I’m darned glad to see ye back. I don’t know how I managed to get along on this ranch, anyhow, before ye dropped in to cheer things up. I’ll bet ye’ve been skylarking around with some of them Frio City gals96, now, that’s kept ye so late.”

    And then old man Ellison took another look at Sam’s face and saw that the minstrel had changed to the man of action.

    And while Sam is unbuckling from his waist old man Ellison’s six-shooter, that the latter had left behind when he drove to town, we may well pause to remark that anywhere and whenever a troubadour lays down the guitar and takes up the sword trouble is sure to follow. It is not the expert thrust of Athos nor the cold skill of Aramis nor the iron wrist of Porthos that we have to fear—it is the Gascon’s fury—the wild and unacademic attack of the troubadour—the sword of D’Artagnan.

    “I done it,” said Sam. “I went over to Frio City to do it. I couldn’t let him put the skibunk on you, Uncle Ben. I met him in Summers’s saloon. I knowed what to do. I said a few things to him that nobody else heard. He reached for his gun first—half a dozen fellows saw him do it—but I got mine unlimbered first. Three doses I gave him—right around the lungs, and a saucer could have covered up all of ’em. He won’t bother you no more.”

    “This—is—King—James—you speak—of?” asked old man Ellison, while he sipped97 his coffee.

    “You bet it was. And they took me before the county judge; and the witnesses what saw him draw his gun first was all there. Well, of course, they put me under $300 bond to appear before the court, but there was four or five boys on the spot ready to sign the bail98. He won’t bother you no more, Uncle Ben. You ought to have seen how close them bullet holes was together. I reckon playing a guitar as much as I do must kind of limber a fellow’s trigger finger up a little, don’t you think, Uncle Ben?”

    Then there was a little silence in the castle except for the spluttering of a venison steak that the Kiowa was cooking.

    “Sam,” said old man Ellison, stroking his white whiskers with a tremulous hand, “would you mind getting the guitar and playing that ‘Huile, huile, palomita’ piece once or twice? It always seems to be kind of soothing99 and comforting when a man’s tired and fagged out.”

    There is no more to be said, except that the title of the story is wrong. It should have been called “The Last of the Barons.” There never will be an end to the troubadours; and now and then it does seem that the jingle100 of their guitars will drown the sound of the muffled101 blows of the pickaxes and trip hammers of all the Workers in the world.

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    1 pony [ˈpəʊni] Au5yJ   第8级
    adj.小型的;n.小马
    参考例句:
    • His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present. 他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
    • They made him pony up the money he owed. 他们逼他还债。
    2 ranch [rɑ:ntʃ] dAUzk   第8级
    n.大牧场,大农场
    参考例句:
    • He went to work on a ranch. 他去一个大农场干活。
    • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau. 该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
    3 willow [ˈwɪləʊ] bMFz6   第8级
    n.柳树
    参考例句:
    • The river was sparsely lined with willow trees. 河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
    • The willow's shadow falls on the lake. 垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。
    4 cuisine [kwɪˈzi:n] Yn1yX   第8级
    n.烹调,烹饪法
    参考例句:
    • This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine. 这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
    • This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine. 这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。
    5 sojourn [ˈsɒdʒən] orDyb   第10级
    vi./n.旅居,寄居;逗留
    参考例句:
    • It would be cruel to begrudge your sojourn among flowers and fields. 如果嫉妒你逗留在鲜花与田野之间,那将是太不近人情的。
    • I am already feeling better for my sojourn here. 我在此逗留期间,觉得体力日渐恢复。
    6 connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜ:(r)] spEz3   第9级
    n.鉴赏家,行家,内行
    参考例句:
    • Only the real connoisseur could tell the difference between these two wines. 只有真正的内行才能指出这两种酒的区别。
    • We are looking for a connoisseur of French champagne. 我们想找一位法国香槟酒品酒专家。
    7 buckled ['bʌkld] qxfz0h   第8级
    a. 有带扣的
    参考例句:
    • She buckled her belt. 她扣上了腰带。
    • The accident buckled the wheel of my bicycle. 我自行车的轮子在事故中弄弯了。
    8 vassals ['væsəlz] c23072dc9603a967a646b416ddbd0fff   第11级
    n.奴仆( vassal的名词复数 );(封建时代)诸侯;从属者;下属
    参考例句:
    • He was indeed at this time having the Central Office cleared of all but his vassals. 的确,他这时正在对中央事务所进行全面清洗(他的亲信除外)。 来自辞典例句
    • The lowly vassals suffering all humiliates in both physical and mental aspects. 地位低下的奴仆,他们在身体上和精神上受尽屈辱。 来自互联网
    9 melancholy [ˈmelənkəli] t7rz8   第8级
    n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
    参考例句:
    • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy. 他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
    • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam. 这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
    10 distress [dɪˈstres] 3llzX   第7级
    n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
    参考例句:
    • Nothing could alleviate his distress. 什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
    • Please don't distress yourself. 请你不要忧愁了。
    11 hind [haɪnd] Cyoya   第8级
    adj.后面的,后部的
    参考例句:
    • The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs. 这种动物能够用后肢站立。
    • Don't hind her in her studies. 不要在学业上扯她后腿。
    12 flea [fli:] dgSz3   第10级
    n.跳蚤
    参考例句:
    • I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more. 如果他再来打扰的话,我就要对他不客气了。
    • Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market. 亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。
    13 hilarious [hɪˈleəriəs] xdhz3   第9级
    adj.充满笑声的,欢闹的;[反]depressed
    参考例句:
    • The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine. 在他们又拿来更多的酒之后,派对变得更加热闹起来。
    • We can't stop laughing because the show was so hilarious. 我们笑个不停,因为那个节目太搞笑了。
    14 mighty [ˈmaɪti] YDWxl   第7级
    adj.强有力的;巨大的
    参考例句:
    • A mighty force was about to break loose. 一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
    • The mighty iceberg came into view. 巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
    15 ponies [ˈpəuniz] 47346fc7580de7596d7df8d115a3545d   第8级
    矮种马,小型马( pony的名词复数 ); £25 25 英镑
    参考例句:
    • They drove the ponies into a corral. 他们把矮种马赶进了畜栏。
    • She has a mania for ponies. 她特别喜欢小马。
    16 hitching ['hɪtʃɪŋ] 5bc21594d614739d005fcd1af2f9b984   第10级
    搭乘; (免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上
    参考例句:
    • The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon. 农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭。
    • I saw an old man hitching along on his stick. 我看见一位老人拄着手杖蹒跚而行。
    17 barons [ˈbærənz] d288a7d0097bc7a8a6a4398b999b01f6   第9级
    男爵( baron的名词复数 ); 巨头; 大王; 大亨
    参考例句:
    • The barons of Normandy had refused to countenance the enterprise officially. 诺曼底的贵族们拒绝正式赞助这桩买卖。
    • The barons took the oath which Stephen Langton prescribed. 男爵们照斯蒂芬?兰顿的指导宣了誓。
    18 baron [ˈbærən] XdSyp   第9级
    n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王
    参考例句:
    • Henry Ford was an automobile baron. 亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
    • The baron lived in a strong castle. 男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。
    19 inclination [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn] Gkwyj   第7级
    n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
    参考例句:
    • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head. 她微微点头向我们致意。
    • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry. 我没有丝毫着急的意思。
    20 fragrant [ˈfreɪgrənt] z6Yym   第7级
    adj.芬香的,馥郁的,愉快的
    参考例句:
    • The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn. 深秋的香山格外美丽。
    • The air was fragrant with lavender. 空气中弥漫薰衣草香。
    21 gulf [gʌlf] 1e0xp   第7级
    n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
    参考例句:
    • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged. 两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
    • There is a gulf between the two cities. 这两座城市间有个海湾。
    22 bridle [ˈbraɪdl] 4sLzt   第9级
    n.笼头,束缚;vt.抑制,约束;动怒
    参考例句:
    • He learned to bridle his temper. 他学会了控制脾气。
    • I told my wife to put a bridle on her tongue. 我告诉妻子说话要谨慎。
    23 countenance [ˈkaʊntənəns] iztxc   第9级
    n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
    参考例句:
    • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance. 他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
    • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive. 我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
    24 maliciously [mə'lɪʃəslɪ] maliciously   第9级
    adv.有敌意地
    参考例句:
    • He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • His enemies maliciously conspired to ruin him. 他的敌人恶毒地密谋搞垮他。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    25 aspired [əsˈpaiəd] 379d690dd1367e3bafe9aa80ae270d77   第7级
    v.渴望,追求( aspire的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She aspired to a scientific career. 她有志于科学事业。
    • Britain,France,the United States and Japan all aspired to hegemony after the end of World War I. 第一次世界大战后,英、法、美、日都想争夺霸权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    26 humble [ˈhʌmbl] ddjzU   第7级
    adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;vt.降低,贬低
    参考例句:
    • In my humble opinion, he will win the election. 依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
    • Defeat and failure make people humble. 挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
    27 sobriquet [ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ] kFrzg   第12级
    n.绰号
    参考例句:
    • In Paris he was rewarded with the sobriquet of an "ultra-liberal". 在巴黎,他被冠以“超自由主义者”的绰号。
    • Andrew Jackson was known by the sobriquet "Old Hickory. " 安德鲁·杰克生以其绰号“老山胡桃”而知名。
    28 lodging [ˈlɒdʒɪŋ] wRgz9   第9级
    n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
    参考例句:
    • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
    • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
    29 grove [grəʊv] v5wyy   第7级
    n.林子,小树林,园林
    参考例句:
    • On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees. 山顶上一片高大的树林。
    • The scent of lemons filled the grove. 柠檬香味充满了小树林。
    30 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。
    31 illuminated [i'lju:mineitid] 98b351e9bc282af85e83e767e5ec76b8   第7级
    adj.被照明的;受启迪的
    参考例句:
    • Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。
    • the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市
    32 rein [reɪn] xVsxs   第7级
    n.疆绳,统治,支配;vt.以僵绳控制,统治
    参考例句:
    • The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein. 只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
    • He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river. 他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。
    33 shuffling ['ʃʌflɪŋ] 03b785186d0322e5a1a31c105fc534ee   第8级
    adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 别像个死人似地拖着脚走。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    • Some one was shuffling by on the sidewalk. 外面的人行道上有人拖着脚走过。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    34 derisively [dɪ'raɪsɪvlɪ] derisively   第11级
    adv. 嘲笑地,嘲弄地
    参考例句:
    • This answer came derisively from several places at the same instant. 好几个人都不约而同地以讥讽的口吻作出回答。
    • The others laughed derisively. 其余的人不以为然地笑了起来。
    35 amalgamate [əˈmælgəmeɪt] XxwzQ   第10级
    vi. 合并;汞齐化;调制汞合金 vt. 合并;使(金属)汞齐化;混合
    参考例句:
    • Their company is planning to amalgamate with ours. 他们公司正计划同我们公司合并。
    • The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body. 工会将试图合并其群体纳入一个国家机构。
    36 harmoniously [hɑ:'məʊnɪəslɪ] 6d3506f359ad591f490ad1ca8a719241   第9级
    和谐地,调和地
    参考例句:
    • The president and Stevenson had worked harmoniously over the last eighteen months. 在过去一年半里,总统和史蒂文森一起工作是融洽的。
    • China and India cannot really deal with each other harmoniously. 中国和印度这两只猛兽不可能真心实意地和谐相处。
    37 appreciation [əˌpri:ʃiˈeɪʃn] Pv9zs   第7级
    n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
    参考例句:
    • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all. 我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
    • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help. 我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
    38 exertion [ɪgˈzɜ:ʃn] F7Fyi   第11级
    n.尽力,努力
    参考例句:
    • We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture. 我们搬动家具大费气力,累得大汗淋漓。
    • She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill. 由于用力骑车爬坡,她浑身发热。
    39 reposeful [rɪ'pəʊzfəl] 78163800e0a0c51ebb5d4eacfa55d4b5   第11级
    adj.平稳的,沉着的
    参考例句:
    40 craved [kreivd] e690825cc0ddd1a25d222b7a89ee7595   第8级
    渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求
    参考例句:
    • She has always craved excitement. 她总渴望刺激。
    • A spicy, sharp-tasting radish was exactly what her stomach craved. 她正馋着想吃一个香甜可口的红萝卜呢。
    41 luxurious [lʌgˈʒʊəriəs] S2pyv   第7级
    adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的
    参考例句:
    • This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone. 这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
    • The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings. 这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。
    42 ranches [rɑ:ntʃiz] 8036d66af8e98e892dc5191d7ef335fc   第8级
    大农场, (兼种果树,养鸡等的)大牧场( ranch的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • They hauled feedlot manure from the ranches to fertilize their fields. 他们从牧场的饲养场拖走肥料去肥田。
    • Many abandoned ranches are purchased or leased by other poultrymen. 许多被放弃的牧场会由其他家禽监主收买或租用。
    43 delectable [dɪˈlektəbl] gxGxP   第10级
    adj.使人愉快的;美味的
    参考例句:
    • What delectable food you cook! 你做的食品真好吃!
    • But today the delectable seafood is no longer available in abundance. 但是今天这种可口的海味已不再大量存在。
    44 untied [ʌnˈtaɪd] d4a1dd1a28503840144e8098dbf9e40f   第9级
    松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
    参考例句:
    • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
    • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
    45 esteemed [ɪs'ti:md] ftyzcF   第7级
    adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 );敬重;认为;以为
    参考例句:
    • The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France. 在法国十分尊重谈话技巧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He esteemed that he understood what I had said. 他认为已经听懂我说的意思了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    46 repertoire [ˈrepətwɑ:(r)] 2BCze   第7级
    n.(准备好演出的)节目,保留剧目;(计算机的)指令表,指令系统, <美>(某个人的)全部技能;清单,指令表
    参考例句:
    • There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute. 有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。
    • He has added considerably to his piano repertoire. 他的钢琴演奏曲目大大增加了。
    47 tattered [ˈtætəd] bgSzkG   第11级
    adj.破旧的,衣衫破的
    参考例句:
    • Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty. 她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
    • Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty. 他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。
    48 shoestring [ˈʃu:strɪŋ] nizzcE   第11级
    n.小额资本;鞋带;零星资金;adj.小本经营的
    参考例句:
    • In the early years, the business was run on a shoestring. 早年,这家店铺曾是小本经营。
    • How can I take the best possible digital pictures on a shoestring budget? 怎样用很小投资拍摄最好的数码照片?
    49 inevitable [ɪnˈevɪtəbl] 5xcyq   第7级
    adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
    参考例句:
    • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat. 玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
    • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy. 战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
    50 gaily [ˈgeɪli] lfPzC   第11级
    adv.欢乐地,高兴地
    参考例句:
    • The children sing gaily. 孩子们欢唱着。
    • She waved goodbye very gaily. 她欢快地挥手告别。
    51 weird [wɪəd] bghw8   第7级
    adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
    参考例句:
    • From his weird behaviour, he seems a bit of an oddity. 从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
    • His weird clothes really gas me. 他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
    52 soothed [su:ðd] 509169542d21da19b0b0bd232848b963   第7级
    v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦
    参考例句:
    • The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
    • The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    53 bestowed [biˈstəud] 12e1d67c73811aa19bdfe3ae4a8c2c28   第9级
    赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
    • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
    54 hop [hɒp] vdJzL   第7级
    n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过
    参考例句:
    • The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest. 孩子们举行比赛,看谁单足跳跃最快。
    • How long can you hop on your right foot? 你用右脚能跳多远?
    55 zephyrs [ˈzefəz] 1126f413029a274d5fda8a27f9704470   第11级
    n.和风,微风( zephyr的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • If you but smile, spring zephyrs blow through my spirits, wondrously. 假使你只是仅仅对我微笑,春天的和风就会惊奇的吹过我的心灵间。 来自互联网
    56 siesta [siˈestə] Urayw   第12级
    n.午睡
    参考例句:
    • Lots of people were taking a short siesta in the shade. 午后很多人在阴凉处小睡。
    • He had acquired the knack of snatching his siesta in the most unfavourable circumstance. 他学会了在最喧闹的场合下抓紧时间睡觉的诀窍。
    57 immunity [ɪˈmju:nəti] dygyQ   第9级
    n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权
    参考例句:
    • The law gives public schools immunity from taxation. 法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
    • He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested. 他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
    58 strife [straɪf] NrdyZ   第7级
    n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争
    参考例句:
    • We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife. 我们不想卷入内乱之中。
    • Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages. 金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
    59 meditating ['medɪteɪtɪŋ] hoKzDp   第8级
    a.沉思的,冥想的
    参考例句:
    • They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
    • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
    60 blessings [ˈblesɪŋz] 52a399b218b9208cade790a26255db6b   第7级
    n.(上帝的)祝福( blessing的名词复数 );好事;福分;因祸得福
    参考例句:
    • Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马,焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    61 quail [kweɪl] f0UzL   第10级
    n.鹌鹑;vi.畏惧,颤抖
    参考例句:
    • Cowards always quail before the enemy. 在敌人面前,胆小鬼们总是畏缩不前的。
    • Quail eggs are very high in cholesterol. 鹌鹑蛋胆固醇含量高。
    62 salute [səˈlu:t] rYzx4   第7级
    vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮
    参考例句:
    • Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag. 商船互相点旗致敬。
    • The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome. 这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。
    63 sweeping [ˈswi:pɪŋ] ihCzZ4   第8级
    adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
    参考例句:
    • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms. 公民投票支持全面的改革。
    • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches? 你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
    64 rations [ˈræʃənz] c925feb39d4cfbdc2c877c3b6085488e   第8级
    定量( ration的名词复数 ); 配给量; 正常量; 合理的量
    参考例句:
    • They are provisioned with seven days' rations. 他们得到了7天的给养。
    • The soldiers complained that they were getting short rations. 士兵们抱怨他们得到的配给不够数。
    65 fiery [ˈfaɪəri] ElEye   第9级
    adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的
    参考例句:
    • She has fiery red hair. 她有一头火红的头发。
    • His fiery speech agitated the crowd. 他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。
    66 prancing [prænsɪŋ] 9906a4f0d8b1d61913c1d44e88e901b8   第11级
    v.(马)腾跃( prance的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The lead singer was prancing around with the microphone. 首席歌手手执麦克风,神气地走来走去。
    • The King lifted Gretel on to his prancing horse and they rode to his palace. 国王把格雷特尔扶上腾跃着的马,他们骑马向天宫走去。 来自辞典例句
    67 majesty [ˈmædʒəsti] MAExL   第7级
    n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权
    参考例句:
    • The king had unspeakable majesty. 国王有无法形容的威严。
    • Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly! 尊贵的陛下,您必须赶快做出决定!
    68 plaza [ˈplɑ:zə] v2yzD   第9级
    n.广场,市场
    参考例句:
    • They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza. 他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
    • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen. 这个广场上布满了便衣警察。
    69 bully [ˈbʊli] bully   第8级
    n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
    参考例句:
    • A bully is always a coward. 暴汉常是懦夫。
    • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble. 那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
    70 braggart [ˈbrægət] LW2zF   第12级
    n.吹牛者;adj.吹牛的,自夸的
    参考例句:
    • However, Captain Prien was not a braggart. 不过,普里恩舰长却不是一个夸大其词的人。
    • Sir, I don't seek a quarrel, nor being a braggart. 先生, 我并不想寻衅挑斗,也不是爱吹牛的人。
    71 bragged [bræɡd] 56622ccac3ec221e2570115463345651   第8级
    v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
    • Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    72 slits [slits] 31bba79f17fdf6464659ed627a3088b7   第7级
    n.狭长的口子,裂缝( slit的名词复数 )v.切开,撕开( slit的第三人称单数 );在…上开狭长口子
    参考例句:
    • He appears to have two slits for eyes. 他眯着两眼。
    • "You go to--Halifax,'she said tensely, her green eyes slits of rage. "你给我滚----滚到远远的地方去!" 她恶狠狠地说,那双绿眼睛冒出了怒火。
    73 eyebrows ['aɪbraʊz] a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5   第7级
    眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
    • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
    74 flannel [ˈflænl] S7dyQ   第9级
    n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服
    参考例句:
    • She always wears a grey flannel trousers. 她总是穿一条灰色法兰绒长裤。
    • She was looking luscious in a flannel shirt. 她穿着法兰绒裙子,看上去楚楚动人。
    75 cartridges ['kɑ:trɪdʒɪz] 17207f2193d1e05c4c15f2938c82898d   第9级
    子弹( cartridge的名词复数 ); (打印机的)墨盒; 录音带盒; (唱机的)唱头
    参考例句:
    • computer consumables such as disks and printer cartridges 如磁盘、打印机墨盒之类的电脑耗材
    • My new video game player came with three game cartridges included. 我的新电子游戏机附有三盘游戏带。
    76 skidded [skɪdid] 35afc105bfaf20eaf5c5245a2e8d22d8   第11级
    v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区
    参考例句:
    • The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
    • The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。
    77 censure [ˈsenʃə(r)] FUWym   第9级
    v./n.责备;非难;责难
    参考例句:
    • You must not censure him until you know the whole story. 在弄清全部事实真相前不要谴责他。
    • His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure. 他的不诚实行为受到了严厉指责。
    78 reined [reind] 90bca18bd35d2cee2318d494d6abfa96   第7级
    勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理
    参考例句:
    • Then, all of a sudden, he reined up his tired horse. 这时,他突然把疲倦的马勒住了。
    • The officer reined in his horse at a crossroads. 军官在十字路口勒住了马。
    79 saluted [səˈlu:tid] 1a86aa8dabc06746471537634e1a215f   第7级
    v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂
    参考例句:
    • The sergeant stood to attention and saluted. 中士立正敬礼。
    • He saluted his friends with a wave of the hand. 他挥手向他的朋友致意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    80 monarch [ˈmɒnək] l6lzj   第7级
    n.帝王,君主,最高统治者
    参考例句:
    • The monarch's role is purely ceremonial. 君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
    • I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth. 我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
    81 haven [ˈheɪvn] 8dhzp   第8级
    n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所
    参考例句:
    • It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day. 忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。
    • The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet. 学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
    82 rumours [ˈru:məz] ba6e2decd2e28dec9a80f28cb99e131d   第7级
    n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 );风闻;谣言;谣传
    参考例句:
    • The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
    • Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
    83 calamity [kəˈlæməti] nsizM   第7级
    n.灾害,祸患,不幸事件
    参考例句:
    • Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
    • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity. 偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。
    84 propped [prɔpt] 557c00b5b2517b407d1d2ef6ba321b0e   第7级
    支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
    • This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。
    85 soothes [su:ðz] 525545df1477f31c55d31f4c04ec6531   第7级
    v.安慰( soothe的第三人称单数 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦
    参考例句:
    • Fear grasps, love lets go. Fear rankles, love soothes. 恐惧使人痛心,爱使痛苦减轻。 来自互联网
    • His loe celebrates her victories and soothes her wounds. 他的爱庆祝她的胜利,也抚平她的创伤。 来自互联网
    86 beset [bɪˈset] SWYzq   第9级
    vt.镶嵌;困扰,包围
    参考例句:
    • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries. 她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
    • The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning. 这项计划自开始就困难重重。
    87 autocrat [ˈɔ:təkræt] 7uMzo   第10级
    n.独裁者;专横的人
    参考例句:
    • He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat. 他是个有造诣的政治家,也是个狡黠的独裁者。
    • The nobles tried to limit the powers of the autocrat without success. 贵族企图限制专制君主的权力,但没有成功。
    88 dough [dəʊ] hkbzg   第9级
    n.生面团;钱,现款
    参考例句:
    • She formed the dough into squares. 她把生面团捏成四方块。
    • The baker is kneading dough. 那位面包师在揉面。
    89 woes [wəʊz] 887656d87afcd3df018215107a0daaab   第7级
    困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉
    参考例句:
    • Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
    • She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。
    90 smuggle [ˈsmʌgl] 5FNzy   第7级
    vt.私运;vi.走私
    参考例句:
    • Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country. 朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
    • She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught. 她成功将古董走私出境,没有被逮捕。
    91 chestnut [ˈtʃesnʌt] XnJy8   第9级
    n.栗树,栗子
    参考例句:
    • We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden. 我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
    • In summer we had tea outdoors, under the chestnut tree. 夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。
    92 strings [strɪŋz] nh0zBe   第12级
    n.弦
    参考例句:
    • He sat on the bed, idly plucking the strings of his guitar. 他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
    • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp. 她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
    93 jingling ['dʒɪŋglɪŋ] 966ec027d693bb9739d1c4843be19b9f   第9级
    叮当声
    参考例句:
    • A carriage went jingling by with some reclining figure in it. 一辆马车叮当驶过,车上斜倚着一个人。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    • Melanie did not seem to know, or care, that life was riding by with jingling spurs. 媚兰好像并不知道,或者不关心,生活正马刺丁当地一路驶过去了呢。
    94 martially ['mɑrʃəlɪ] PB5x7   第8级
    adv.好战地;勇敢地
    参考例句:
    95 contented [kənˈtentɪd] Gvxzof   第8级
    adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
    参考例句:
    • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office. 不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
    • The people are making a good living and are contented, each in his station. 人民安居乐业。
    96 gals ['ɡælz] 21c57865731669089b5a91f4b7ca82ad   第12级
    abbr.gallons (复数)加仑(液量单位)n.女孩,少女( gal的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals. 这时,吉姆手里提着一个锡皮桶,嘴中唱着“布法罗的女娃们”蹦蹦跳跳地从大门口跑出来。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    • An' dey thinks dey wants mousy lil gals wid bird's tastes an' no sense at all. 他们想要的是耗子般的小姑娘,胃口小得像雀子,一点儿见识也没有。 来自飘(部分)
    97 sipped [sipt] 22d1585d494ccee63c7bff47191289f6   第7级
    v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He sipped his coffee pleasurably. 他怡然地品味着咖啡。
    • I sipped the hot chocolate she had made. 我小口喝着她调制的巧克力热饮。 来自辞典例句
    98 bail [beɪl] Aupz4   第8级
    vt.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
    参考例句:
    • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out. 犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
    • She has been granted conditional bail. 她被准予有条件保释。
    99 soothing [su:ðɪŋ] soothing   第12级
    adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的
    参考例句:
    • Put on some nice soothing music. 播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
    • His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing. 他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。
    100 jingle [ˈdʒɪŋgl] RaizA   第9级
    n.叮当声,韵律简单的诗句;v.使叮当作响,叮当响,押韵
    参考例句:
    • The key fell on the ground with a jingle. 钥匙叮当落地。
    • The knives and forks set up their regular jingle. 刀叉发出常有的叮当声。
    101 muffled [ˈmʌfld] fnmzel   第10级
    adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己)
    参考例句:
    • muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
    • There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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