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绿山墙的安妮:CHAPTER XXVIII
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  • CHAPTER XXVIII.

    An Unfortunate Lily Maid

    OF course you must be Elaine, Anne,” said Diana. “I could never have the courage to float down there.”

    “Nor I,” said Ruby1 Gillis, with a shiver. “I don’t mind floating down when there’s two or three of us in the flat and we can sit up. It’s fun then. But to lie down and pretend I was dead—I just couldn’t. I’d die really of fright.”

    “Of course it would be romantic,” conceded Jane Andrews, “but I know I couldn’t keep still. I’d be popping up every minute or so to see where I was and if I wasn’t drifting too far out. And you know, Anne, that would spoil the effect.”

    “But it’s so ridiculous to have a redheaded Elaine,” mourned Anne. “I’m not afraid to float down and I’d love to be Elaine. But it’s ridiculous just the same. Ruby ought to be Elaine because she is so fair and has such lovely long golden hair—Elaine had ‘all her bright hair streaming down,’ you know. And Elaine was the lily maid. Now, a red-haired person cannot be a lily maid.”

    “Your complexion2 is just as fair as Ruby’s,” said Diana earnestly, “and your hair is ever so much darker than it used to be before you cut it.”

    “Oh, do you really think so?” exclaimed Anne, flushing sensitively with delight. “I’ve sometimes thought it was myself—but I never dared to ask anyone for fear she would tell me it wasn’t. Do you think it could be called auburn now, Diana?”

    “Yes, and I think it is real pretty,” said Diana, looking admiringly at the short, silky curls that clustered over Anne’s head and were held in place by a very jaunty3 black velvet4 ribbon and bow.

    They were standing5 on the bank of the pond, below Orchard6 Slope, where a little headland fringed with birches ran out from the bank; at its tip was a small wooden platform built out into the water for the convenience of fishermen and duck hunters. Ruby and Jane were spending the midsummer afternoon with Diana, and Anne had come over to play with them.

    Anne and Diana had spent most of their playtime that summer on and about the pond. Idlewild was a thing of the past, Mr. Bell having ruthlessly cut down the little circle of trees in his back pasture in the spring. Anne had sat among the stumps7 and wept, not without an eye to the romance of it; but she was speedily consoled, for, after all, as she and Diana said, big girls of thirteen, going on fourteen, were too old for such childish amusements as playhouses, and there were more fascinating sports to be found about the pond. It was splendid to fish for trout8 over the bridge and the two girls learned to row themselves about in the little flat-bottomed dory Mr. Barry kept for duck shooting.

    It was Anne’s idea that they dramatize Elaine. They had studied Tennyson’s poem in school the preceding winter, the Superintendent9 of Education having prescribed it in the English course for the Prince Edward Island schools. They had analyzed10 and parsed11 it and torn it to pieces in general until it was a wonder there was any meaning at all left in it for them, but at least the fair lily maid and Lancelot and Guinevere and King Arthur had become very real people to them, and Anne was devoured12 by secret regret that she had not been born in Camelot. Those days, she said, were so much more romantic than the present.

    Anne’s plan was hailed with enthusiasm. The girls had discovered that if the flat were pushed off from the landing place it would drift down with the current under the bridge and finally strand13 itself on another headland lower down which ran out at a curve in the pond. They had often gone down like this and nothing could be more convenient for playing Elaine.

    “Well, I’ll be Elaine,” said Anne, yielding reluctantly, for, although she would have been delighted to play the principal character, yet her artistic14 sense demanded fitness for it and this, she felt, her limitations made impossible. “Ruby, you must be King Arthur and Jane will be Guinevere and Diana must be Lancelot. But first you must be the brothers and the father. We can’t have the old dumb servitor because there isn’t room for two in the flat when one is lying down. We must pall15 the barge16 all its length in blackest samite. That old black shawl of your mother’s will be just the thing, Diana.”

    The black shawl having been procured17, Anne spread it over the flat and then lay down on the bottom, with closed eyes and hands folded over her breast.

    “Oh, she does look really dead,” whispered Ruby Gillis nervously18, watching the still, white little face under the flickering20 shadows of the birches. “It makes me feel frightened, girls. Do you suppose it’s really right to act like this? Mrs. Lynde says that all play-acting is abominably21 wicked.”

    “Ruby, you shouldn’t talk about Mrs. Lynde,” said Anne severely22. “It spoils the effect because this is hundreds of years before Mrs. Lynde was born. Jane, you arrange this. It’s silly for Elaine to be talking when she’s dead.”

    Jane rose to the occasion. Cloth of gold for coverlet there was none, but an old piano scarf of yellow Japanese crepe was an excellent substitute. A white lily was not obtainable just then, but the effect of a tall blue iris23 placed in one of Anne’s folded hands was all that could be desired.

    “Now, she’s all ready,” said Jane. “We must kiss her quiet brows and, Diana, you say, ‘Sister, farewell forever,’ and Ruby, you say, ‘Farewell, sweet sister,’ both of you as sorrowfully as you possibly can. Anne, for goodness sake smile a little. You know Elaine ‘lay as though she smiled.’ That’s better. Now push the flat off.”

    The flat was accordingly pushed off, scraping roughly over an old embedded24 stake in the process. Diana and Jane and Ruby only waited long enough to see it caught in the current and headed for the bridge before scampering25 up through the woods, across the road, and down to the lower headland where, as Lancelot and Guinevere and the King, they were to be in readiness to receive the lily maid.

    For a few minutes Anne, drifting slowly down, enjoyed the romance of her situation to the full. Then something happened not at all romantic. The flat began to leak. In a very few moments it was necessary for Elaine to scramble26 to her feet, pick up her cloth of gold coverlet and pall of blackest samite and gaze blankly at a big crack in the bottom of her barge through which the water was literally27 pouring. That sharp stake at the landing had torn off the strip of batting nailed on the flat. Anne did not know this, but it did not take her long to realize that she was in a dangerous plight28. At this rate the flat would fill and sink long before it could drift to the lower headland. Where were the oars29? Left behind at the landing!

    Anne gave one gasping30 little scream which nobody ever heard; she was white to the lips, but she did not lose her self-possession. There was one chance—just one.

    “I was horribly frightened,” she told Mrs. Allan the next day, “and it seemed like years while the flat was drifting down to the bridge and the water rising in it every moment. I prayed, Mrs. Allan, most earnestly, but I didn’t shut my eyes to pray, for I knew the only way God could save me was to let the flat float close enough to one of the bridge piles for me to climb up on it. You know the piles are just old tree trunks and there are lots of knots and old branch stubs on them. It was proper to pray, but I had to do my part by watching out and right well I knew it. I just said, ‘Dear God, please take the flat close to a pile and I’ll do the rest,’ over and over again. Under such circumstances you don’t think much about making a flowery prayer. But mine was answered, for the flat bumped right into a pile for a minute and I flung the scarf and the shawl over my shoulder and scrambled31 up on a big providential stub. And there I was, Mrs. Allan, clinging to that slippery old pile with no way of getting up or down. It was a very unromantic position, but I didn’t think about that at the time. You don’t think much about romance when you have just escaped from a watery32 grave. I said a grateful prayer at once and then I gave all my attention to holding on tight, for I knew I should probably have to depend on human aid to get back to dry land.”

    The flat drifted under the bridge and then promptly33 sank in midstream. Ruby, Jane, and Diana, already awaiting it on the lower headland, saw it disappear before their very eyes and had not a doubt but that Anne had gone down with it. For a moment they stood still, white as sheets, frozen with horror at the tragedy; then, shrieking34 at the tops of their voices, they started on a frantic35 run up through the woods, never pausing as they crossed the main road to glance the way of the bridge. Anne, clinging desperately36 to her precarious37 foothold, saw their flying forms and heard their shrieks38. Help would soon come, but meanwhile her position was a very uncomfortable one.

    The minutes passed by, each seeming an hour to the unfortunate lily maid. Why didn’t somebody come? Where had the girls gone? Suppose they had fainted, one and all! Suppose nobody ever came! Suppose she grew so tired and cramped39 that she could hold on no longer! Anne looked at the wicked green depths below her, wavering with long, oily shadows, and shivered. Her imagination began to suggest all manner of gruesome possibilities to her.

    Then, just as she thought she really could not endure the ache in her arms and wrists another moment, Gilbert Blythe came rowing under the bridge in Harmon Andrews’s dory!

    Gilbert glanced up and, much to his amazement40, beheld41 a little white scornful face looking down upon him with big, frightened but also scornful gray eyes.

    “Anne Shirley! How on earth did you get there?” he exclaimed.

    Without waiting for an answer he pulled close to the pile and extended his hand. There was no help for it; Anne, clinging to Gilbert Blythe’s hand, scrambled down into the dory, where she sat, drabbled and furious, in the stern with her arms full of dripping shawl and wet crepe. It was certainly extremely difficult to be dignified42 under the circumstances!

    “What has happened, Anne?” asked Gilbert, taking up his oars.

    “We were playing Elaine,” explained Anne frigidly43, without even looking at her rescuer, “and I had to drift down to Camelot in the barge—I mean the flat. The flat began to leak and I climbed out on the pile. The girls went for help. Will you be kind enough to row me to the landing?”

    Gilbert obligingly rowed to the landing and Anne, disdaining44 assistance, sprang nimbly on shore.

    “I’m very much obliged to you,” she said haughtily45 as she turned away. But Gilbert had also sprung from the boat and now laid a detaining hand on her arm.

    “Anne,” he said hurriedly, “look here. Can’t we be good friends? I’m awfully46 sorry I made fun of your hair that time. I didn’t mean to vex47 you and I only meant it for a joke. Besides, it’s so long ago. I think your hair is awfully pretty now—honest I do. Let’s be friends.”

    For a moment Anne hesitated. She had an odd, newly awakened48 consciousness under all her outraged49 dignity that the half-shy, half-eager expression in Gilbert’s hazel eyes was something that was very good to see. Her heart gave a quick, queer little beat. But the bitterness of her old grievance50 promptly stiffened51 up her wavering determination. That scene of two years before flashed back into her recollection as vividly52 as if it had taken place yesterday. Gilbert had called her “carrots” and had brought about her disgrace before the whole school. Her resentment53, which to other and older people might be as laughable as its cause, was in no whit19 allayed54 and softened55 by time seemingly. She hated Gilbert Blythe! She would never forgive him!

    “No,” she said coldly, “I shall never be friends with you, Gilbert Blythe; and I don’t want to be!”

    “All right!” Gilbert sprang into his skiff with an angry color in his cheeks. “I’ll never ask you to be friends again, Anne Shirley. And I don’t care either!”

    He pulled away with swift defiant56 strokes, and Anne went up the steep, ferny little path under the maples57. She held her head very high, but she was conscious of an odd feeling of regret. She almost wished she had answered Gilbert differently. Of course, he had insulted her terribly, but still—! Altogether, Anne rather thought it would be a relief to sit down and have a good cry. She was really quite unstrung, for the reaction from her fright and cramped clinging was making itself felt.

    Halfway58 up the path she met Jane and Diana rushing back to the pond in a state narrowly removed from positive frenzy59. They had found nobody at Orchard Slope, both Mr. and Mrs. Barry being away. Here Ruby Gillis had succumbed60 to hysterics, and was left to recover from them as best she might, while Jane and Diana flew through the Haunted Wood and across the brook61 to Green Gables. There they had found nobody either, for Marilla had gone to Carmody and Matthew was making hay in the back field.

    “Oh, Anne,” gasped62 Diana, fairly falling on the former’s neck and weeping with relief and delight, “oh, Anne—we thought—you were—drowned—and we felt like murderers—because we had made—you be—Elaine. And Ruby is in hysterics—oh, Anne, how did you escape?”

    “I climbed up on one of the piles,” explained Anne wearily, “and Gilbert Blythe came along in Mr. Andrews’s dory and brought me to land.”

    “Oh, Anne, how splendid of him! Why, it’s so romantic!” said Jane, finding breath enough for utterance63 at last. “Of course you’ll speak to him after this.”

    “Of course I won’t,” flashed Anne, with a momentary64 return of her old spirit. “And I don’t want ever to hear the word ‘romantic’ again, Jane Andrews. I’m awfully sorry you were so frightened, girls. It is all my fault. I feel sure I was born under an unlucky star. Everything I do gets me or my dearest friends into a scrape. We’ve gone and lost your father’s flat, Diana, and I have a presentiment65 that we’ll not be allowed to row on the pond any more.”

    Anne’s presentiment proved more trustworthy than presentiments66 are apt to do. Great was the consternation67 in the Barry and Cuthbert households when the events of the afternoon became known.

    “Will you ever have any sense, Anne?” groaned68 Marilla.

    “Oh, yes, I think I will, Marilla,” returned Anne optimistically. A good cry, indulged in the grateful solitude69 of the east gable, had soothed70 her nerves and restored her to her wonted cheerfulness. “I think my prospects71 of becoming sensible are brighter now than ever.”

    “I don’t see how,” said Marilla.

    “Well,” explained Anne, “I’ve learned a new and valuable lesson today. Ever since I came to Green Gables I’ve been making mistakes, and each mistake has helped to cure me of some great shortcoming. The affair of the amethyst72 brooch cured me of meddling73 with things that didn’t belong to me. The Haunted Wood mistake cured me of letting my imagination run away with me. The liniment cake mistake cured me of carelessness in cooking. Dyeing my hair cured me of vanity. I never think about my hair and nose now—at least, very seldom. And today’s mistake is going to cure me of being too romantic. I have come to the conclusion that it is no use trying to be romantic in Avonlea. It was probably easy enough in towered Camelot hundreds of years ago, but romance is not appreciated now. I feel quite sure that you will soon see a great improvement in me in this respect, Marilla.”

    “I’m sure I hope so,” said Marilla skeptically.

    But Matthew, who had been sitting mutely in his corner, laid a hand on Anne’s shoulder when Marilla had gone out.

    “Don’t give up all your romance, Anne,” he whispered shyly, “a little of it is a good thing—not too much, of course—but keep a little of it, Anne, keep a little of it.”



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    1 ruby [ˈru:bi] iXixS   第7级
    n.红宝石,红宝石色
    参考例句:
    • She is wearing a small ruby earring. 她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
    • On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world. 他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。
    2 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。
    3 jaunty [ˈdʒɔ:nti] x3kyn   第12级
    adj.愉快的,满足的;adv.心满意足地,洋洋得意地;n.心满意足;洋洋得意
    参考例句:
    • She cocked her hat at a jaunty angle. 她把帽子歪戴成俏皮的样子。
    • The happy boy walked with jaunty steps. 这个快乐的孩子以轻快活泼的步子走着。
    4 velvet [ˈvelvɪt] 5gqyO   第7级
    n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
    参考例句:
    • This material feels like velvet. 这料子摸起来像丝绒。
    • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing. 新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。
    5 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    6 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。
    7 stumps [stʌmps] 221f9ff23e30fdcc0f64ec738849554c   第8级
    (被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分
    参考例句:
    • Rocks and stumps supplied the place of chairs at the picnic. 野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子。
    • If you don't stir your stumps, Tom, you'll be late for school again. 汤姆,如果你不快走,上学又要迟到了。
    8 trout [traʊt] PKDzs   第9级
    n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
    参考例句:
    • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution. 成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
    • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast. 我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
    9 superintendent [ˌsu:pərɪnˈtendənt] vsTwV   第9级
    n.监督人,主管,总监;(英国)警务长
    参考例句:
    • He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade. 他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
    • He decided to call the superintendent of the building. 他决定给楼房管理员打电话。
    10 analyzed ['ænəlaɪzd] 483f1acae53789fbee273a644fdcda80   第7级
    v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析
    参考例句:
    • The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程,因为对他来说,爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    11 parsed [pɑ:st] c3732cbf21875cb12763787c984dd68d   第11级
    v.从语法上描述或分析(词句等)( parse的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • You should never assume any of the scripts being parsed are valid. 你绝不能假设所有的脚本都正确的解释。 来自互联网
    • All text in an XML document will be parsed by the parser. XML文档中的所有文本都会被解析器解析。 来自互联网
    12 devoured [diˈvauəd] af343afccf250213c6b0cadbf3a346a9   第7级
    吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光
    参考例句:
    • She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志,还是报纸,只要能弄得到,她都看得津津有味。
    • The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
    13 strand [strænd] 7GAzH   第8级
    vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地)
    参考例句:
    • She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears. 她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
    • The climbers had been stranded by a storm. 登山者被暴风雨困住了。
    14 artistic [ɑ:ˈtɪstɪk] IeWyG   第7级
    adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的
    参考例句:
    • The picture on this screen is a good artistic work. 这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
    • These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends. 外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。
    15 pall [pɔ:l] hvwyP   第12级
    vt. 覆盖;使乏味 vi. 走味;n.柩衣,棺罩;棺材;帷幕
    参考例句:
    • Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall. 饭店里的饭菜已经不像以前那样诱人。
    • I find his books begin to pall on me after a while. 我发觉他的书读过一阵子就开始对我失去吸引力。
    16 barge [bɑ:dʒ] munzH   第7级
    n.平底载货船,驳船
    参考例句:
    • The barge was loaded up with coal. 那艘驳船装上了煤。
    • Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge. 通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。
    17 procured [prəʊˈkjʊəd] 493ee52a2e975a52c94933bb12ecc52b   第9级
    v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 );拉皮条
    参考例句:
    • These cars are to be procured through open tender. 这些汽车要用公开招标的办法购买。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • A friend procured a position in the bank for my big brother. 一位朋友为我哥哥谋得了一个银行的职位。 来自《用法词典》
    18 nervously ['nɜ:vəslɪ] tn6zFp   第8级
    adv.神情激动地,不安地
    参考例句:
    • He bit his lip nervously, trying not to cry. 他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
    • He paced nervously up and down on the platform. 他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
    19 whit [wɪt] TgXwI   第11级
    n.一点,丝毫
    参考例句:
    • There's not a whit of truth in the statement. 这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
    • He did not seem a whit concerned. 他看来毫不在乎。
    20 flickering ['flikəriŋ] wjLxa   第9级
    adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的
    参考例句:
    • The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
    • The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。
    21 abominably [ə'bɒmɪnəblɪ] 71996a6a63478f424db0cdd3fd078878   第10级
    adv. 可恶地,可恨地,恶劣地
    参考例句:
    • From her own point of view Barbara had behaved abominably. 在她看来,芭芭拉的表现是恶劣的。
    • He wanted to know how abominably they could behave towards him. 他希望能知道他们能用什么样的卑鄙手段来对付他。
    22 severely [sə'vɪrlɪ] SiCzmk   第7级
    adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
    参考例句:
    • He was severely criticized and removed from his post. 他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
    • He is severely put down for his careless work. 他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
    23 iris [ˈaɪrɪs] Ekly8   第12级
    n.虹膜,彩虹
    参考例句:
    • The opening of the iris is called the pupil. 虹膜的开口处叫做瞳孔。
    • This incredible human eye, complete with retina and iris, can be found in the Maldives. 又是在马尔代夫,有这样一只难以置信的眼睛,连视网膜和虹膜都刻画齐全了。
    24 embedded [em'bedid] lt9ztS   第7级
    a.扎牢的
    参考例句:
    • an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
    • He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。
    25 scampering [ˈskæmpərɪŋ] 5c15380619b12657635e8413f54db650   第11级
    v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • A cat miaowed, then was heard scampering away. 马上起了猫叫,接着又听见猫逃走的声音。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
    • A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb. 一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。 来自辞典例句
    26 scramble [ˈskræmbl] JDwzg   第8级
    vt. 攀登;使混杂,仓促凑成;扰乱 n. 抢夺,争夺;混乱,混乱的一团;爬行,攀登 vi. 爬行,攀登;不规则地生长;仓促行动
    参考例句:
    • He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall. 他爬墙摔断了腿。
    • It was a long scramble to the top of the hill. 到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
    27 literally [ˈlɪtərəli] 28Wzv   第7级
    adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
    参考例句:
    • He translated the passage literally. 他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
    • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint. 有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
    28 plight [plaɪt] 820zI   第7级
    n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
    参考例句:
    • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees. 那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
    • She was in a most helpless plight. 她真不知如何是好。
    29 oars [ɔ:z] c589a112a1b341db7277ea65b5ec7bf7   第7级
    n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
    • The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    30 gasping ['gæspɪŋ] gasping   第7级
    adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词
    参考例句:
    • He was gasping for breath. 他在喘气。
    • "Did you need a drink?""Yes, I'm gasping!” “你要喝点什么吗?”“我巴不得能喝点!”
    31 scrambled [ˈskræmbld] 2e4a1c533c25a82f8e80e696225a73f2   第8级
    v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
    参考例句:
    • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    32 watery [ˈwɔ:təri] bU5zW   第9级
    adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
    参考例句:
    • In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust. 他那含泪的眼睛流露出不信任的神情。
    • Her eyes became watery because of the smoke. 因为烟熏,她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
    33 promptly [ˈprɒmptli] LRMxm   第8级
    adv.及时地,敏捷地
    参考例句:
    • He paid the money back promptly. 他立即还了钱。
    • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her. 她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
    34 shrieking [ʃri:kɪŋ] abc59c5a22d7db02751db32b27b25dbb   第7级
    v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • They were all shrieking with laughter. 他们都发出了尖锐的笑声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    35 frantic [ˈfræntɪk] Jfyzr   第8级
    adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的
    参考例句:
    • I've had a frantic rush to get my work done. 我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
    • He made frantic dash for the departing train. 他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。
    36 desperately ['despərətlɪ] cu7znp   第8级
    adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
    参考例句:
    • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again. 他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
    • He longed desperately to be back at home. 他非常渴望回家。
    37 precarious [prɪˈkeəriəs] Lu5yV   第9级
    adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的
    参考例句:
    • Our financial situation had become precarious. 我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
    • He earned a precarious living as an artist. 作为一个艺术家,他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
    38 shrieks [ʃri:ks] e693aa502222a9efbbd76f900b6f5114   第7级
    n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • shrieks of fiendish laughter 恶魔般的尖笑声
    • For years, from newspapers, broadcasts, the stages and at meetings, we had heard nothing but grandiloquent rhetoric delivered with shouts and shrieks that deafened the ears. 多少年来, 报纸上, 广播里, 舞台上, 会场上的声嘶力竭,装腔做态的高调搞得我们震耳欲聋。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    39 cramped ['kræmpt] 287c2bb79385d19c466ec2df5b5ce970   第10级
    a.狭窄的
    参考例句:
    • The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤,但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
    • working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作
    40 amazement [əˈmeɪzmənt] 7zlzBK   第8级
    n.惊奇,惊讶
    参考例句:
    • All those around him looked at him with amazement. 周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
    • He looked at me in blank amazement. 他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
    41 beheld [bɪ'held] beheld   第10级
    v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
    参考例句:
    • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
    42 dignified ['dignifaid] NuZzfb   第10级
    a.可敬的,高贵的
    参考例句:
    • Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence. 在整个审讯过程中,他始终沉默以保持尊严。
    • He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend. 他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。
    43 frigidly ['frɪdʒɪdlɪ] 3f87453f096c6b9661c44deab443cec0   第9级
    adv.寒冷地;冷漠地;冷淡地;呆板地
    参考例句:
    44 disdaining [disˈdeinɪŋ] 6cad752817013a6cc1ba1ac416b9f91b   第8级
    鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做
    参考例句:
    45 haughtily ['hɔ:tɪlɪ] haughtily   第9级
    adv. 傲慢地, 高傲地
    参考例句:
    • She carries herself haughtily. 她举止傲慢。
    • Haughtily, he stalked out onto the second floor where I was standing. 他傲然跨出电梯,走到二楼,我刚好站在那儿。
    46 awfully [ˈɔ:fli] MPkym   第8级
    adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地
    参考例句:
    • Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past. 过去农业遭到严重忽视。
    • I've been feeling awfully bad about it. 对这我一直感到很难受。
    47 vex [veks] TLVze   第8级
    vt.使烦恼,使苦恼
    参考例句:
    • Everything about her vexed him. 有关她的一切都令他困惑。
    • It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back. 一想到别人在背后说我闲话,我就很恼火。
    48 awakened [əˈweɪkənd] de71059d0b3cd8a1de21151c9166f9f0   第8级
    v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
    参考例句:
    • She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
    • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    49 outraged ['autreidʒəd] VmHz8n   第7级
    a.震惊的,义愤填膺的
    参考例句:
    • Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
    • He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。
    50 grievance [ˈgri:vəns] J6ayX   第9级
    n.怨愤,气恼,委屈
    参考例句:
    • He will not easily forget his grievance. 他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
    • He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months. 几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。
    51 stiffened [ˈstɪfənd] de9de455736b69d3f33bb134bba74f63   第10级
    加强的
    参考例句:
    • He leaned towards her and she stiffened at this invasion of her personal space. 他向她俯过身去,这种侵犯她个人空间的举动让她绷紧了身子。
    • She stiffened with fear. 她吓呆了。
    52 vividly ['vɪvɪdlɪ] tebzrE   第9级
    adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地
    参考例句:
    • The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly. 演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
    • The characters in the book are vividly presented. 这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。
    53 resentment [rɪˈzentmənt] 4sgyv   第8级
    n.怨愤,忿恨
    参考例句:
    • All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out. 她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
    • She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer. 她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。
    54 allayed [əˈleɪd] a2f1594ab7abf92451e58b3bedb57669   第10级
    v.减轻,缓和( allay的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • His fever is allayed, but his appetite is still flatted. 他发烧减轻了,但食欲仍然不振。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • His fever was allayed by the medicine. 这药剂使他退烧了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    55 softened ['sɒfənd] 19151c4e3297eb1618bed6a05d92b4fe   第7级
    (使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
    参考例句:
    • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
    • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
    56 defiant [dɪˈfaɪənt] 6muzw   第10级
    adj.无礼的,挑战的
    参考例句:
    • With a last defiant gesture, they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison. 他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
    • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer. 他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
    57 maples [ˈmeiplz] 309f7112d863cd40b5d12477d036621a   第7级
    槭树,枫树( maple的名词复数 ); 槭木
    参考例句:
    • There are many maples in the park. 公园里有好多枫树。
    • The wind of the autumn colour the maples carmine . 秋风给枫林涂抹胭红。
    58 halfway [ˌhɑ:fˈweɪ] Xrvzdq   第8级
    adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
    参考例句:
    • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark. 走到半路,天就黑了。
    • In study the worst danger is give up halfway. 在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
    59 frenzy [ˈfrenzi] jQbzs   第9级
    n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
    参考例句:
    • He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy. 他能激起青年学生的狂热。
    • They were singing in a frenzy of joy. 他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
    60 succumbed [səˈkʌmd] 625a9b57aef7b895b965fdca2019ba63   第9级
    不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死
    参考例句:
    • The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。
    • After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持续炮轰数日后,该城终于屈服了。
    61 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。
    62 gasped [ɡɑ:spt] e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80   第7级
    v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
    参考例句:
    • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
    • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    63 utterance [ˈʌtərəns] dKczL   第11级
    n.用言语表达,话语,言语
    参考例句:
    • This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter. 他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
    • My voice cleaves to my throat, and sob chokes my utterance. 我的噪子哽咽,泣不成声。
    64 momentary [ˈməʊməntri] hj3ya   第7级
    adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的
    参考例句:
    • We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of you. 我们无时无刻不在盼望你的到来。
    • I caught a momentary glimpse of them. 我瞥了他们一眼。
    65 presentiment [prɪˈzentɪmənt] Z18zB   第12级
    n.预感,预觉
    参考例句:
    • He had a presentiment of disaster. 他预感会有灾难降临。
    • I have a presentiment that something bad will happen. 我有某种不祥事要发生的预感。
    66 presentiments [priˈzentimənts] 94142b6676e2096d7e26ee0241976c93   第12级
    n.(对不祥事物的)预感( presentiment的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • His presentiments of what the future holds for all are plainly not cheering. 则是应和了很多美国人的种种担心,他对各方未来的预感显然是不令人振奋的。 来自互联网
    67 consternation [ˌkɒnstəˈneɪʃn] 8OfzB   第11级
    n.大为吃惊,惊骇
    参考例句:
    • He was filled with consternation to hear that his friend was so ill. 他听说朋友病得那么厉害,感到非常震惊。
    • Sam stared at him in consternation. 萨姆惊恐不安地注视着他。
    68 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》
    69 solitude [ˈsɒlɪtju:d] xF9yw   第7级
    n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
    参考例句:
    • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
    • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
    70 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》
    71 prospects ['prɔspekts] fkVzpY   第7级
    n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
    参考例句:
    • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
    • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
    72 amethyst [ˈæməθɪst] ee0yu   第12级
    n.紫水晶
    参考例句:
    • She pinned a large amethyst brooch to her lapel. 她在翻领上别了一枚大大的紫水晶饰针。
    • The exquisite flowers come alive in shades of amethyst. 那些漂亮的花儿在紫水晶的映衬下显得格外夺目。
    73 meddling [ˈmedlɪŋ] meddling   第8级
    v.干涉,干预(他人事务)( meddle的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
    • They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野,因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

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