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绿山墙的安妮:CHAPTER II
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  • CHAPTER II.

    Matthew Cuthbert is surprised

    MATTHEW Cuthbert and the sorrel mare1 jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River. It was a pretty road, running along between snug2 farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fir wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom. The air was sweet with the breath of many apple orchards3 and the meadows sloped away in the distance to horizon mists of pearl and purple; while

    “The little birds sang as if it were

    The one day of summer in all the year.”

    Matthew enjoyed the drive after his own fashion, except during the moments when he met women and had to nod to them—for in Prince Edward island you are supposed to nod to all and sundry5 you meet on the road whether you know them or not.

    Matthew dreaded6 all women except Marilla and Mrs. Rachel; he had an uncomfortable feeling that the mysterious creatures were secretly laughing at him. He may have been quite right in thinking so, for he was an odd-looking personage, with an ungainly figure and long iron-gray hair that touched his stooping shoulders, and a full, soft brown beard which he had worn ever since he was twenty. In fact, he had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.

    When he reached Bright River there was no sign of any train; he thought he was too early, so he tied his horse in the yard of the small Bright River hotel and went over to the station house. The long platform was almost deserted7; the only living creature in sight being a girl who was sitting on a pile of shingles8 at the extreme end. Matthew, barely noting that it was a girl, sidled past her as quickly as possible without looking at her. Had he looked he could hardly have failed to notice the tense rigidity9 and expectation of her attitude and expression. She was sitting there waiting for something or somebody and, since sitting and waiting was the only thing to do just then, she sat and waited with all her might and main.

    Matthew encountered the stationmaster locking up the ticket office preparatory to going home for supper, and asked him if the five-thirty train would soon be along.

    “The five-thirty train has been in and gone half an hour ago,” answered that brisk official. “But there was a passenger dropped off for you—a little girl. She’s sitting out there on the shingles. I asked her to go into the ladies’ waiting room, but she informed me gravely that she preferred to stay outside. ‘There was more scope for imagination,’ she said. She’s a case, I should say.”

    “I’m not expecting a girl,” said Matthew blankly. “It’s a boy I’ve come for. He should be here. Mrs. Alexander Spencer was to bring him over from Nova Scotia for me.”

    The stationmaster whistled.

    “Guess there’s some mistake,” he said. “Mrs. Spencer came off the train with that girl and gave her into my charge. Said you and your sister were adopting her from an orphan10 asylum11 and that you would be along for her presently. That’s all I know about it—and I haven’t got any more orphans12 concealed13 hereabouts.”

    “I don’t understand,” said Matthew helplessly, wishing that Marilla was at hand to cope with the situation.

    “Well, you’d better question the girl,” said the station-master carelessly. “I dare say she’ll be able to explain—she’s got a tongue of her own, that’s certain. Maybe they were out of boys of the brand you wanted.”

    He walked jauntily14 away, being hungry, and the unfortunate Matthew was left to do that which was harder for him than bearding a lion in its den—walk up to a girl—a strange girl—an orphan girl—and demand of her why she wasn’t a boy. Matthew groaned15 in spirit as he turned about and shuffled16 gently down the platform towards her.

    She had been watching him ever since he had passed her and she had her eyes on him now. Matthew was not looking at her and would not have seen what she was really like if he had been, but an ordinary observer would have seen this: A child of about eleven, garbed17 in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey. She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair. Her face was small, white and thin, also much freckled19; her mouth was large and so were her eyes, which looked green in some lights and moods and gray in others.

    So far, the ordinary observer; an extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed20 and pronounced; that the big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity21; that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive22; that the forehead was broad and full; in short, our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child of whom shy Matthew Cuthbert was so ludicrously afraid.

    Matthew, however, was spared the ordeal23 of speaking first, for as soon as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up, grasping with one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby, old-fashioned carpet-bag; the other she held out to him.

    “I suppose you are Mr. Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables?” she said in a peculiarly clear, sweet voice. “I’m very glad to see you. I was beginning to be afraid you weren’t coming for me and I was imagining all the things that might have happened to prevent you. I had made up my mind that if you didn’t come for me to-night I’d go down the track to that big wild cherry-tree at the bend, and climb up into it to stay all night. I wouldn’t be a bit afraid, and it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree all white with bloom in the moonshine, don’t you think? You could imagine you were dwelling24 in marble halls, couldn’t you? And I was quite sure you would come for me in the morning, if you didn’t to-night.”

    Matthew had taken the scrawny little hand awkwardly in his; then and there he decided18 what to do. He could not tell this child with the glowing eyes that there had been a mistake; he would take her home and let Marilla do that. She couldn’t be left at Bright River anyhow, no matter what mistake had been made, so all questions and explanations might as well be deferred25 until he was safely back at Green Gables.

    “I’m sorry I was late,” he said shyly. “Come along. The horse is over in the yard. Give me your bag.”

    “Oh, I can carry it,” the child responded cheerfully. “It isn’t heavy. I’ve got all my worldly goods in it, but it isn’t heavy. And if it isn’t carried in just a certain way the handle pulls out—so I’d better keep it because I know the exact knack26 of it. It’s an extremely old carpet-bag. Oh, I’m very glad you’ve come, even if it would have been nice to sleep in a wild cherry-tree. We’ve got to drive a long piece, haven’t we? Mrs. Spencer said it was eight miles. I’m glad because I love driving. Oh, it seems so wonderful that I’m going to live with you and belong to you. I’ve never belonged to anybody—not really. But the asylum was the worst. I’ve only been in it four months, but that was enough. I don’t suppose you ever were an orphan in an asylum, so you can’t possibly understand what it is like. It’s worse than anything you could imagine. Mrs. Spencer said it was wicked of me to talk like that, but I didn’t mean to be wicked. It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it? They were good, you know—the asylum people. But there is so little scope for the imagination in an asylum—only just in the other orphans. It was pretty interesting to imagine things about them—to imagine that perhaps the girl who sat next to you was really the daughter of a belted earl, who had been stolen away from her parents in her infancy27 by a cruel nurse who died before she could confess. I used to lie awake at nights and imagine things like that, because I didn’t have time in the day. I guess that’s why I’m so thin—I am dreadful thin, ain’t I? There isn’t a pick on my bones. I do love to imagine I’m nice and plump, with dimples in my elbows.”

    With this Matthew’s companion stopped talking, partly because she was out of breath and partly because they had reached the buggy. Not another word did she say until they had left the village and were driving down a steep little hill, the road part of which had been cut so deeply into the soft soil, that the banks, fringed with blooming wild cherry-trees and slim white birches, were several feet above their heads.

    The child put out her hand and broke off a branch of wild plum that brushed against the side of the buggy.

    “Isn’t that beautiful? What did that tree, leaning out from the bank, all white and lacy, make you think of?” she asked.

    “Well now, I dunno,” said Matthew.

    “Why, a bride, of course—a bride all in white with a lovely misty28 veil. I’ve never seen one, but I can imagine what she would look like. I don’t ever expect to be a bride myself. I’m so homely29 nobody will ever want to marry me—unless it might be a foreign missionary30. I suppose a foreign missionary mightn’t be very particular. But I do hope that some day I shall have a white dress. That is my highest ideal of earthly bliss31. I just love pretty clothes. And I’ve never had a pretty dress in my life that I can remember—but of course it’s all the more to look forward to, isn’t it? And then I can imagine that I’m dressed gorgeously. This morning when I left the asylum I felt so ashamed because I had to wear this horrid32 old wincey dress. All the orphans had to wear them, you know. A merchant in Hopeton last winter donated three hundred yards of wincey to the asylum. Some people said it was because he couldn’t sell it, but I’d rather believe that it was out of the kindness of his heart, wouldn’t you? When we got on the train I felt as if everybody must be looking at me and pitying me. But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress—because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while—and a big hat all flowers and nodding plumes33, and a gold watch, and kid gloves and boots. I felt cheered up right away and I enjoyed my trip to the Island with all my might. I wasn’t a bit sick coming over in the boat. Neither was Mrs. Spencer although she generally is. She said she hadn’t time to get sick, watching to see that I didn’t fall overboard. She said she never saw the beat of me for prowling about. But if it kept her from being seasick34 it’s a mercy I did prowl, isn’t it? And I wanted to see everything that was to be seen on that boat, because I didn’t know whether I’d ever have another opportunity. Oh, there are a lot more cherry-trees all in bloom! This Island is the bloomiest place. I just love it already, and I’m so glad I’m going to live here. I’ve always heard that Prince Edward Island was the prettiest place in the world, and I used to imagine I was living here, but I never really expected I would. It’s delightful35 when your imaginations come true, isn’t it? But those red roads are so funny. When we got into the train at Charlottetown and the red roads began to flash past I asked Mrs. Spencer what made them red and she said she didn’t know and for pity’s sake not to ask her any more questions. She said I must have asked her a thousand already. I suppose I had, too, but how you going to find out about things if you don’t ask questions? And what does make the roads red?”

    “Well now, I dunno,” said Matthew.

    “Well, that is one of the things to find out sometime. Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive—it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there? But am I talking too much? People are always telling me I do. Would you rather I didn’t talk? If you say so I’ll stop. I can stop when I make up my mind to it, although it’s difficult.”

    Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it. But he had never expected to enjoy the society of a little girl. Women were bad enough in all conscience, but little girls were worse. He detested36 the way they had of sidling past him timidly, with sidewise glances, as if they expected him to gobble them up at a mouthful if they ventured to say a word. That was the Avonlea type of well-bred little girl. But this freckled witch was very different, and although he found it rather difficult for his slower intelligence to keep up with her brisk mental processes he thought that he “kind of liked her chatter37.” So he said as shyly as usual:

    “Oh, you can talk as much as you like. I don’t mind.”

    “Oh, I’m so glad. I know you and I are going to get along together fine. It’s such a relief to talk when one wants to and not be told that children should be seen and not heard. I’ve had that said to me a million times if I have once. And people laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven’t you?”

    “Well now, that seems reasonable,” said Matthew.

    “Mrs. Spencer said that my tongue must be hung in the middle. But it isn’t—it’s firmly fastened at one end. Mrs. Spencer said your place was named Green Gables. I asked her all about it. And she said there were trees all around it. I was gladder than ever. I just love trees. And there weren’t any at all about the asylum, only a few poor weeny-teeny things out in front with little whitewashed38 cagey things about them. They just looked like orphans themselves, those trees did. It used to make me want to cry to look at them. I used to say to them, ‘Oh, you poor little things! If you were out in a great big woods with other trees all around you and little mosses39 and June bells growing over your roots and a brook40 not far away and birds singing in you branches, you could grow, couldn’t you? But you can’t where you are. I know just exactly how you feel, little trees.’ I felt sorry to leave them behind this morning. You do get so attached to things like that, don’t you? Is there a brook anywhere near Green Gables? I forgot to ask Mrs. Spencer that.”

    “Well now, yes, there’s one right below the house.”

    “Fancy. It’s always been one of my dreams to live near a brook. I never expected I would, though. Dreams don’t often come true, do they? Wouldn’t it be nice if they did? But just now I feel pretty nearly perfectly41 happy. I can’t feel exactly perfectly happy because—well, what color would you call this?”

    She twitched42 one of her long glossy43 braids over her thin shoulder and held it up before Matthew’s eyes. Matthew was not used to deciding on the tints44 of ladies’ tresses, but in this case there couldn’t be much doubt.

    “It’s red, ain’t it?” he said.

    The girl let the braid drop back with a sigh that seemed to come from her very toes and to exhale45 forth46 all the sorrows of the ages.

    “Yes, it’s red,” she said resignedly. “Now you see why I can’t be perfectly happy. Nobody could who has red hair. I don’t mind the other things so much—the freckles47 and the green eyes and my skinniness. I can imagine them away. I can imagine that I have a beautiful rose-leaf complexion48 and lovely starry49 violet eyes. But I cannot imagine that red hair away. I do my best. I think to myself, ‘Now my hair is a glorious black, black as the raven’s wing.’ But all the time I know it is just plain red and it breaks my heart. It will be my lifelong sorrow. I read of a girl once in a novel who had a lifelong sorrow but it wasn’t red hair. Her hair was pure gold rippling50 back from her alabaster51 brow. What is an alabaster brow? I never could find out. Can you tell me?”

    “Well now, I’m afraid I can’t,” said Matthew, who was getting a little dizzy. He felt as he had once felt in his rash youth when another boy had enticed52 him on the merry-go-round at a picnic.

    “Well, whatever it was it must have been something nice because she was divinely beautiful. Have you ever imagined what it must feel like to be divinely beautiful?”

    “Well now, no, I haven’t,” confessed Matthew ingenuously53.

    “I have, often. Which would you rather be if you had the choice—divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?”

    “Well now, I—I don’t know exactly.”

    “Neither do I. I can never decide. But it doesn’t make much real difference for it isn’t likely I’ll ever be either. It’s certain I’ll never be angelically good. Mrs. Spencer says—oh, Mr. Cuthbert! Oh, Mr. Cuthbert!! Oh, Mr. Cuthbert!!!”

    That was not what Mrs. Spencer had said; neither had the child tumbled out of the buggy nor had Matthew done anything astonishing. They had simply rounded a curve in the road and found themselves in the “Avenue.”

    The “Avenue,” so called by the Newbridge people, was a stretch of road four or five hundred yards long, completely arched over with huge, wide-spreading apple-trees, planted years ago by an eccentric old farmer. Overhead was one long canopy54 of snowy fragrant55 bloom. Below the boughs56 the air was full of a purple twilight57 and far ahead a glimpse of painted sunset sky shone like a great rose window at the end of a cathedral58 aisle59.

    Its beauty seemed to strike the child dumb. She leaned back in the buggy, her thin hands clasped before her, her face lifted rapturously to the white splendor60 above. Even when they had passed out and were driving down the long slope to Newbridge she never moved or spoke61. Still with rapt face she gazed afar into the sunset west, with eyes that saw visions trooping splendidly across that glowing background. Through Newbridge, a bustling62 little village where dogs barked at them and small boys hooted63 and curious faces peered from the windows, they drove, still in silence. When three more miles had dropped away behind them the child had not spoken. She could keep silence, it was evident, as energetically as she could talk.

    “I guess you’re feeling pretty tired and hungry,” Matthew ventured to say at last, accounting64 for her long visitation of dumbness with the only reason he could think of. “But we haven’t very far to go now—only another mile.”

    She came out of her reverie with a deep sigh and looked at him with the dreamy gaze of a soul that had been wondering afar, star-led.

    “Oh, Mr. Cuthbert,” she whispered, “that place we came through—that white place—what was it?”

    “Well now, you must mean the Avenue,” said Matthew after a few moments’ profound reflection. “It is a kind of pretty place.”

    “Pretty? Oh, pretty doesn’t seem the right word to use. Nor beautiful, either. They don’t go far enough. Oh, it was wonderful—wonderful. It’s the first thing I ever saw that couldn’t be improved upon by imagination. It just satisfies me here”—she put one hand on her breast—“it made a queer funny ache and yet it was a pleasant ache. Did you ever have an ache like that, Mr. Cuthbert?”

    “Well now, I just can’t recollect65 that I ever had.”

    “I have it lots of time—whenever I see anything royally beautiful. But they shouldn’t call that lovely place the Avenue. There is no meaning in a name like that. They should call it—let me see—the White Way of Delight. Isn’t that a nice imaginative name? When I don’t like the name of a place or a person I always imagine a new one and always think of them so. There was a girl at the asylum whose name was Hepzibah Jenkins, but I always imagined her as Rosalia DeVere. Other people may call that place the Avenue, but I shall always call it the White Way of Delight. Have we really only another mile to go before we get home? I’m glad and I’m sorry. I’m sorry because this drive has been so pleasant and I’m always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure. And it’s so often the case that it isn’t pleasanter. That has been my experience anyhow. But I’m glad to think of getting home. You see, I’ve never had a real home since I can remember. It gives me that pleasant ache again just to think of coming to a really truly home. Oh, isn’t that pretty!”

    They had driven over the crest66 of a hill. Below them was a pond, looking almost like a river so long and winding67 was it. A bridge spanned it midway and from there to its lower end, where an amber-hued belt of sand-hills shut it in from the dark blue gulf68 beyond, the water was a glory of many shifting hues—the most spiritual shadings of crocus and rose and ethereal green, with other elusive69 tintings for which no name has ever been found. Above the bridge the pond ran up into fringing groves70 of fir and maple71 and lay all darkly translucent72 in their wavering shadows. Here and there a wild plum leaned out from the bank like a white-clad girl tip-toeing to her own reflection. From the marsh73 at the head of the pond came the clear, mournfully-sweet chorus of the frogs. There was a little gray house peering around a white apple orchard4 on a slope beyond and, although it was not yet quite dark, a light was shining from one of its windows.

    “That’s Barry’s pond,” said Matthew.

    “Oh, I don’t like that name, either. I shall call it—let me see—the Lake of Shining Waters. Yes, that is the right name for it. I know because of the thrill. When I hit on a name that suits exactly it gives me a thrill. Do things ever give you a thrill?”

    Matthew ruminated74.

    “Well now, yes. It always kind of gives me a thrill to see them ugly white grubs that spade up in the cucumber beds. I hate the look of them.”

    “Oh, I don’t think that can be exactly the same kind of a thrill. Do you think it can? There doesn’t seem to be much connection between grubs and lakes of shining waters, does there? But why do other people call it Barry’s pond?”

    “I reckon because Mr. Barry lives up there in that house. Orchard Slope’s the name of his place. If it wasn’t for that big bush behind it you could see Green Gables from here. But we have to go over the bridge and round by the road, so it’s near half a mile further.”

    “Has Mr. Barry any little girls? Well, not so very little either—about my size.”

    “He’s got one about eleven. Her name is Diana.”

    “Oh!” with a long indrawing of breath. “What a perfectly lovely name!”

    “Well now, I dunno. There’s something dreadful heathenish about it, seems to me. I’d ruther Jane or Mary or some sensible name like that. But when Diana was born there was a schoolmaster boarding there and they gave him the naming of her and he called her Diana.”

    “I wish there had been a schoolmaster like that around when I was born, then. Oh, here we are at the bridge. I’m going to shut my eyes tight. I’m always afraid going over bridges. I can’t help imagining that perhaps just as we get to the middle, they’ll crumple75 up like a jack-knife and nip us. So I shut my eyes. But I always have to open them for all when I think we’re getting near the middle. Because, you see, if the bridge did crumple up I’d want to see it crumple. What a jolly rumble76 it makes! I always like the rumble part of it. Isn’t it splendid there are so many things to like in this world? There we’re over. Now I’ll look back. Good night, dear Lake of Shining Waters. I always say good night to the things I love, just as I would to people. I think they like it. That water looks as if it was smiling at me.”

    When they had driven up the further hill and around a corner Matthew said:

    “We’re pretty near home now. That’s Green Gables over—”

    “Oh, don’t tell me,” she interrupted breathlessly, catching77 at his partially78 raised arm and shutting her eyes that she might not see his gesture. “Let me guess. I’m sure I’ll guess right.”

    She opened her eyes and looked about her. They were on the crest of a hill. The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow79 afterlight. To the west a dark church spire80 rose up against a marigold sky. Below was a little valley and beyond a long, gently-rising slope with snug farmsteads scattered81 along it. From one to another the child’s eyes darted82, eager and wistful. At last they lingered on one away to the left, far back from the road, dimly white with blossoming trees in the twilight of the surrounding woods. Over it, in the stainless83 southwest sky, a great crystal-white star was shining like a lamp of guidance and promise.

    “That’s it, isn’t it?” she said, pointing.

    Matthew slapped the reins84 on the sorrel’s back delightedly.

    “Well now, you’ve guessed it! But I reckon Mrs. Spencer described it so’s you could tell.”

    “No, she didn’t—really she didn’t. All she said might just as well have been about most of those other places. I hadn’t any real idea what it looked like. But just as soon as I saw it I felt it was home. Oh, it seems as if I must be in a dream. Do you know, my arm must be black and blue from the elbow up, for I’ve pinched myself so many times today. Every little while a horrible sickening feeling would come over me and I’d be so afraid it was all a dream. Then I’d pinch myself to see if it was real—until suddenly I remembered that even supposing it was only a dream I’d better go on dreaming as long as I could; so I stopped pinching. But it is real and we’re nearly home.”

    With a sigh of rapture85 she relapsed into silence. Matthew stirred uneasily. He felt glad that it would be Marilla and not he who would have to tell this waif of the world that the home she longed for was not to be hers after all. They drove over Lynde’s Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs. Rachel could not see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables. By the time they arrived at the house Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand. It was not of Marilla or himself he was thinking or of the trouble this mistake was probably going to make for them, but of the child’s disappointment. When he thought of that rapt light being quenched86 in her eyes he had an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to assist at murdering something—much the same feeling that came over him when he had to kill a lamb or calf87 or any other innocent little creature.

    The yard was quite dark as they turned into it and the poplar leaves were rustling88 silkily all round it.

    “Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,” she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. “What nice dreams they must have!”

    Then, holding tightly to the carpet-bag which contained “all her worldly goods,” she followed him into the house.



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    1 mare [meə(r)] Y24y3   第10级
    n.母马,母驴
    参考例句:
    • The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable. 那匹母马刚刚在马厩里产下了一只小马驹。
    • The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road. 那母马因负载过重而倒在路上。
    2 snug [snʌg] 3TvzG   第10级
    adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房
    参考例句:
    • He showed us into a snug little sitting room. 他领我们走进了一间温暖而舒适的小客厅。
    • She had a small but snug home. 她有个小小的但很舒适的家。
    3 orchards [ˈɔ:tʃədz] d6be15c5dabd9dea7702c7b892c9330e   第8级
    (通常指围起来的)果园( orchard的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • They turned the hills into orchards and plains into granaries. 他们把山坡变成了果园,把平地变成了粮仓。
    • Some of the new planted apple orchards have also begun to bear. 有些新开的苹果园也开始结苹果了。
    4 orchard [ˈɔ:tʃəd] UJzxu   第8级
    n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场
    参考例句:
    • My orchard is bearing well this year. 今年我的果园果实累累。
    • Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard. 每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。
    5 sundry [ˈsʌndri] CswwL   第10级
    adj.各式各样的,种种的
    参考例句:
    • This cream can be used to treat sundry minor injuries. 这种药膏可用来治各种轻伤。
    • We can see the rich man on sundry occasions. 我们能在各种场合见到那个富豪。
    6 dreaded [ˈdredɪd] XuNzI3   第7级
    adj.令人畏惧的;害怕的v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
    • He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》
    7 deserted [dɪˈzɜ:tɪd] GukzoL   第8级
    adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
    参考例句:
    • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence. 这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
    • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers. 敌人头目众叛亲离。
    8 shingles ['ʃɪŋɡlz] 75dc0873f0e58f74873350b9953ef329   第12级
    n.带状疱疹;(布满海边的)小圆石( shingle的名词复数 );屋顶板;木瓦(板);墙面板
    参考例句:
    • Shingles are often dipped in creosote. 屋顶板常浸涂木焦油。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • The roofs had shingles missing. 一些屋顶板不见了。 来自辞典例句
    9 rigidity [rɪ'dʒɪdətɪ] HDgyg   第7级
    adj.钢性,坚硬
    参考例句:
    • The rigidity of the metal caused it to crack.这金属因刚度强而产生裂纹。
    • He deplored the rigidity of her views.他痛感她的观点僵化。
    10 orphan [ˈɔ:fn] QJExg   第7级
    n.孤儿;adj.无父母的
    参考例句:
    • He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine. 他把一个孤儿养大,并且把自己的医术传给了他。
    • The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters. 这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。
    11 asylum [əˈsaɪləm] DobyD   第8级
    n.避难所,庇护所,避难
    参考例句:
    • The people ask for political asylum. 人们请求政治避难。
    • Having sought asylum in the West for many years, they were eventually granted it. 他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
    12 orphans [ˈɔ:fənz] edf841312acedba480123c467e505b2a   第7级
    孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
    • Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。
    13 concealed [kən'si:ld] 0v3zxG   第7级
    a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
    参考例句:
    • The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
    • I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。
    14 jauntily ['dʒɔ:ntili] 4f7f379e218142f11ead0affa6ec234d   第12级
    adv.心满意足地;洋洋得意地;高兴地;活泼地
    参考例句:
    • His straw hat stuck jauntily on the side of his head. 他那顶草帽时髦地斜扣在头上。 来自辞典例句
    • He returned frowning, his face obstinate but whistling jauntily. 他回来时皱眉蹙额,板着脸,嘴上却快活地吹着口哨。 来自辞典例句
    15 groaned [ɡrəund] 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71   第7级
    v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
    参考例句:
    • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
    • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    16 shuffled [ˈʃʌfəld] cee46c30b0d1f2d0c136c830230fe75a   第8级
    v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
    参考例句:
    • He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
    • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    17 garbed [gɑ:bd] 444f7292bad50cd579f38d7c8c5f1345   第11级
    v.(尤指某类人穿的特定)服装,衣服,制服( garb的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The widow was garbed in black. 那寡妇穿着黑衣服。 来自辞典例句
    • He garbed himself as a sailor. 他装扮成水手。 来自辞典例句
    18 decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] lvqzZd   第7级
    adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
    参考例句:
    • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents. 这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
    • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting. 英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
    19 freckled ['frekld] 1f563e624a978af5e5981f5e9d3a4687   第10级
    adj.雀斑;斑点;晒斑;(使)生雀斑v.雀斑,斑点( freckle的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Her face was freckled all over. 她的脸长满雀斑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Her freckled skin glowed with health again. 她长有雀斑的皮肤又泛出了健康的红光。 来自辞典例句
    20 pointed [ˈpɔɪntɪd] Il8zB4   第7级
    adj.尖的,直截了当的
    参考例句:
    • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil. 他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
    • A safety pin has a metal covering over the pointed end. 安全别针在尖端有一个金属套。
    21 vivacity [vɪ'væsətɪ] ZhBw3   第10级
    n.快活,活泼,精神充沛
    参考例句:
    • Her charm resides in her vivacity.她的魅力存在于她的活泼。
    • He was charmed by her vivacity and high spirits.她的活泼与兴高采烈的情绪把他迷住了。
    22 expressive [ɪkˈspresɪv] shwz4   第9级
    adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
    参考例句:
    • Black English can be more expressive than standard English. 黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
    • He had a mobile, expressive, animated face. 他有一张多变的,富于表情的, 生动活泼的脸。
    23 ordeal [ɔ:ˈdi:l] B4Pzs   第8级
    n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验
    参考例句:
    • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal. 在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
    • Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me. 在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
    24 dwelling [ˈdwelɪŋ] auzzQk   第7级
    n.住宅,住所,寓所
    参考例句:
    • Those two men are dwelling with us. 那两个人跟我们住在一起。
    • He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street. 他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
    25 deferred [dɪ'fɜ:d] 43fff3df3fc0b3417c86dc3040fb2d86   第7级
    adj.延期的,缓召的v.拖延,延缓,推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 );服从某人的意愿,遵从
    参考例句:
    • The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
    • a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划
    26 knack [næk] Jx9y4   第9级
    n.诀窍,做事情的灵巧的,便利的方法
    参考例句:
    • He has a knack of teaching arithmetic. 他教算术有诀窍。
    • Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it. 做煎蛋饼并不难,但有窍门。
    27 infancy [ˈɪnfənsi] F4Ey0   第9级
    n.婴儿期;幼年期;初期
    参考例句:
    • He came to England in his infancy. 他幼年时期来到英国。
    • Their research is only in its infancy. 他们的研究处于初级阶段。
    28 misty [ˈmɪsti] l6mzx   第9级
    adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的
    参考例句:
    • He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty. 他走到窗户那儿,看看是不是还有雾霭。
    • The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it. 雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。
    29 homely [ˈhəʊmli] Ecdxo   第9级
    adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的
    参考例句:
    • We had a homely meal of bread and cheese. 我们吃了一顿面包加乳酪的家常便餐。
    • Come and have a homely meal with us, will you? 来和我们一起吃顿家常便饭,好吗?
    30 missionary [ˈmɪʃənri] ID8xX   第7级
    adj.教会的,传教(士)的;n.传教士
    参考例句:
    • She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years. 她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
    • I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
    31 bliss [blɪs] JtXz4   第8级
    n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福
    参考例句:
    • It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed. 整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
    • He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize. 他非常高兴,因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。
    32 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。
    33 plumes [plu:mz] 15625acbfa4517aa1374a6f1f44be446   第10级
    羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物
    参考例句:
    • The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
    • The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头,那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。
    34 seasick [ˈsi:sɪk] seasick   第8级
    adj.晕船的
    参考例句:
    • When I get seasick, I throw up my food. 我一晕船就呕吐。
    • He got seasick during the voyage. 在航行中他晕船。
    35 delightful [dɪˈlaɪtfl] 6xzxT   第8级
    adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
    参考例句:
    • We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday. 上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
    • Peter played a delightful melody on his flute. 彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。
    36 detested [dɪˈtestid] e34cc9ea05a83243e2c1ed4bd90db391   第9级
    v.憎恶,嫌恶,痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • They detested each other on sight. 他们互相看着就不顺眼。
    • The freethinker hated the formalist; the lover of liberty detested the disciplinarian. 自由思想者总是不喜欢拘泥形式者,爱好自由者总是憎恶清规戒律者。 来自辞典例句
    37 chatter [ˈtʃætə(r)] BUfyN   第7级
    vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战
    参考例句:
    • Her continuous chatter vexes me. 她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
    • I've had enough of their continual chatter. 我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。
    38 whitewashed [ˈhwaɪtˌwɔʃt] 38aadbb2fa5df4fec513e682140bac04   第8级
    粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The wall had been whitewashed. 墙已粉过。
    • The towers are in the shape of bottle gourds and whitewashed. 塔呈圆形,状近葫芦,外敷白色。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
    39 mosses [mɒsɪs] c7366f977619e62b758615914b126fcb   第7级
    n. 藓类, 苔藓植物 名词moss的复数形式
    参考例句:
    • Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means of spores. 蕨类植物、苔藓和真菌通过孢子传播蔓生。
    • The only plants to be found in Antarctica are algae, mosses, and lichens. 在南极洲所发现的植物只有藻类、苔藓和地衣。
    40 brook [brʊk] PSIyg   第7级
    n.小河,溪;vt.忍受,容让
    参考例句:
    • In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook. 在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
    • The brook trickled through the valley. 小溪涓涓流过峡谷。
    41 perfectly [ˈpɜ:fɪktli] 8Mzxb   第8级
    adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said. 证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
    • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board. 我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
    42 twitched [] bb3f705fc01629dc121d198d54fa0904   第9级
    vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • Her lips twitched with amusement. 她忍俊不禁地颤动着嘴唇。
    • The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. 这小孩的嘴抽动着,像是要哭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    43 glossy [ˈglɒsi] nfvxx   第9级
    adj.平滑的;有光泽的
    参考例句:
    • I like these glossy spots. 我喜欢这些闪闪发光的花点。
    • She had glossy black hair. 她长着乌黑发亮的头发。
    44 tints [tɪnts] 41fd51b51cf127789864a36f50ef24bf   第9级
    色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹
    参考例句:
    • leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
    • The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints. 乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色。
    45 exhale [eksˈheɪl] Zhkzo   第8级
    vt. 呼气;发出;发散;使蒸发 vi. 呼气;发出;发散
    参考例句:
    • Sweet odours exhale from flowers. 花儿散发出花香。
    • Wade exhaled a cloud of smoke and coughed. 韦德吐出一口烟,然后咳嗽起来。
    46 forth [fɔ:θ] Hzdz2   第7级
    adv.向前;向外,往外
    参考例句:
    • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth. 风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
    • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession. 他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
    47 freckles [frekəlz] MsNzcN   第10级
    n.雀斑,斑点( freckle的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • When she lies in the sun, her face gets covered in freckles. 她躺在阳光下时,脸上布满了斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    48 complexion [kəmˈplekʃn] IOsz4   第8级
    n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
    参考例句:
    • Red does not suit with her complexion. 红色与她的肤色不协调。
    • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things. 她一辞职局面就全变了。
    49 starry [ˈstɑ:ri] VhWzfP   第11级
    adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的
    参考例句:
    • He looked at the starry heavens. 他瞧着布满星星的天空。
    • I like the starry winter sky. 我喜欢这满天星斗的冬夜。
    50 rippling ['rɪplɪŋ] b84b2d05914b2749622963c1ef058ed5   第7级
    起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的
    参考例句:
    • I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water. 我能看见黎明的微风在波光粼粼的水面上吹出道道涟漪。
    • The pool rippling was caused by the waving of the reeds. 池塘里的潺潺声是芦苇摇动时引起的。
    51 alabaster [ˈæləbɑ:stə(r)] 2VSzd   第12级
    adj.雪白的;n.雪花石膏;条纹大理石
    参考例句:
    • The floor was marble tile, and the columns alabaster. 地板是由大理石铺成的,柱子则是雪花石膏打造而成。
    • Her skin was like alabaster. 她的皮肤光洁雪白。
    52 enticed [enˈtaɪst] e343c8812ee0e250a29e7b0ccd6b8a2c   第9级
    诱惑,怂恿( entice的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He enticed his former employer into another dice game. 他挑逗他原来的老板再赌一次掷骰子。
    • Consumers are courted, enticed, and implored by sellers of goods and services. 消费者受到商品和劳务出售者奉承,劝诱和央求。
    53 ingenuously [ɪn'dʒenjʊəslɪ] 70b75fa07a553aa716ee077a3105c751   第10级
    adv.率直地,正直地
    参考例句:
    • Voldemort stared at him ingenuously. The man MUST have lost his marbles. 魔王愕然向对方望过去。这家伙绝对疯了。 来自互联网
    54 canopy [ˈkænəpi] Rczya   第9级
    n.天篷,遮篷
    参考例句:
    • The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads. 树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
    • They lay down under a canopy of stars. 他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。
    55 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。
    56 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。
    57 twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] gKizf   第7级
    n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
    参考例句:
    • Twilight merged into darkness. 夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
    • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth. 薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
    58 cathedral [kəˈθi:drəl] Prfzf   第7级
    n.教区总教堂;大教堂
    参考例句:
    • We visited the magnificent cathedral. 我们参观了宏伟的教堂。
    • There's a cathedral in the town. 镇里有一座大教堂。
    59 aisle [aɪl] qxPz3   第8级
    n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道
    参考例句:
    • The aisle was crammed with people. 过道上挤满了人。
    • The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat. 引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
    60 splendor ['splendə] hriy0   第10级
    n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌
    参考例句:
    • Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor. 他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
    • All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
    61 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。
    62 bustling ['bʌsliŋ] LxgzEl   第9级
    adj.喧闹的
    参考例句:
    • The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
    • This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。
    63 hooted [hu:tid] 8df924a716d9d67e78a021e69df38ba5   第11级
    (使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • An owl hooted nearby. 一只猫头鹰在附近啼叫。
    • The crowd hooted and jeered at the speaker. 群众向那演讲人发出轻蔑的叫嚣和嘲笑。
    64 accounting [əˈkaʊntɪŋ] nzSzsY   第8级
    n.会计,会计学,借贷对照表
    参考例句:
    • A job fell vacant in the accounting department. 财会部出现了一个空缺。
    • There's an accounting error in this entry. 这笔账目里有差错。
    65 recollect [ˌrekəˈlekt] eUOxl   第7级
    v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
    参考例句:
    • He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them. 他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中。
    • She could not recollect being there. 她回想不起曾经到过那儿。
    66 crest [krest] raqyA   第9级
    n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖
    参考例句:
    • The rooster bristled his crest. 公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
    • He reached the crest of the hill before dawn. 他于黎明前到达山顶。
    67 winding [ˈwaɪndɪŋ] Ue7z09   第8级
    n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
    参考例句:
    • A winding lane led down towards the river. 一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
    • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation. 迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
    68 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。
    69 elusive [iˈlu:sɪv] d8vyH   第9级
    adj.难以表达(捉摸)的;令人困惑的;逃避的
    参考例句:
    • Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation. 翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
    • Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers. 国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。
    70 groves [ɡrəuvz] eb036e9192d7e49b8aa52d7b1729f605   第7级
    树丛,小树林( grove的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
    • The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林,还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。
    71 maple [ˈmeɪpl] BBpxj   第7级
    n.槭树,枫树,槭木
    参考例句:
    • Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees. 枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
    • The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red. 枫叶染上了秋天的红色。
    72 translucent [trænsˈlu:snt] yniwY   第9级
    adj.半透明的;透明的
    参考例句:
    • The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic. 这座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封顶。
    • A small difference between them will render the composite translucent. 微小的差别,也会使复合材料变成半透明。
    73 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。
    74 ruminated [ˈru:məˌneɪtid] d258d9ebf77d222f0216ae185d5a965a   第10级
    v.沉思( ruminate的过去式和过去分词 );反复考虑;反刍;倒嚼
    参考例句:
    • In the article she ruminated about what recreations she would have. 她在文章里认真考虑了她应做些什么消遣活动。 来自辞典例句
    • He ruminated on his defenses before he should accost her father. 他在与她父亲搭话前,仔细地考虑着他的防范措施。 来自辞典例句
    75 crumple [ˈkrʌmpl] DYIzK   第8级
    vt. 弄皱;使一蹶不振 vi. 起皱;倒坍;一蹶不振 n. 皱纹;褶皱
    参考例句:
    • Take care not to crumple your dress by packing it carelessly. 当心不要因收放粗心压皱你的衣服。
    • The wall was likely to crumple up at any time. 墙随时可能坍掉。
    76 rumble [ˈrʌmbl] PCXzd   第9级
    n.隆隆声;吵嚷;vt.&vi.隆隆响;低沉地说
    参考例句:
    • I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance. 我听到远处雷声隆隆。
    • We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming. 我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定天要下雨了。
    77 catching [ˈkætʃɪŋ] cwVztY   第8级
    adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
    参考例句:
    • There are those who think eczema is catching. 有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
    • Enthusiasm is very catching. 热情非常富有感染力。
    78 partially [ˈpɑ:ʃəli] yL7xm   第8级
    adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
    参考例句:
    • The door was partially concealed by the drapes. 门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
    • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted. 警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
    79 mellow [ˈmeləʊ] F2iyP   第10级
    adj.柔和的;熟透的;v.变柔和;(使)成熟
    参考例句:
    • These apples are mellow at this time of year. 每年这时节,苹果就熟透了。
    • The colours become mellow as the Sun went down. 当太阳落山时,色彩变得柔和了。
    80 spire [ˈspaɪə(r)] SF3yo   第10级
    n.(教堂)尖顶,尖塔,高点
    参考例句:
    • The church spire was struck by lightning. 教堂的尖顶遭到了雷击。
    • They could just make out the spire of the church in the distance. 他们只能辨认出远处教堂的尖塔。
    81 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。
    82 darted [dɑ:tid] d83f9716cd75da6af48046d29f4dd248   第8级
    v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔
    参考例句:
    • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    83 stainless ['steɪnlɪs] kuSwr   第8级
    adj.无瑕疵的,不锈的
    参考例句:
    • I have a set of stainless knives and forks. 我有一套不锈钢刀叉。
    • Before the recent political scandal, her reputation had been stainless. 在最近的政治丑闻之前,她的名声是无懈可击的。
    84 reins [reinz] 370afc7786679703b82ccfca58610c98   第7级
    感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带
    参考例句:
    • She pulled gently on the reins. 她轻轻地拉着缰绳。
    • The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods. 政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。
    85 rapture [ˈræptʃə(r)] 9STzG   第9级
    n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;vt.使狂喜
    参考例句:
    • His speech was received with rapture by his supporters. 他的演说受到支持者们的热烈欢迎。
    • In the midst of his rapture, he was interrupted by his father. 他正欢天喜地,被他父亲打断了。
    86 quenched [kwentʃt] dae604e1ea7cf81e688b2bffd9b9f2c4   第7级
    解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却
    参考例句:
    • He quenched his thirst with a long drink of cold water. 他喝了好多冷水解渴。
    • I quenched my thirst with a glass of cold beer. 我喝了一杯冰啤酒解渴。
    87 calf [kɑ:f] ecLye   第8级
    n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮
    参考例句:
    • The cow slinked its calf. 那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
    • The calf blared for its mother. 牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。
    88 rustling [ˈrʌslɪŋ] c6f5c8086fbaf68296f60e8adb292798   第9级
    n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的
    参考例句:
    • the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
    • the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声

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