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露西·莫德·蒙哥马利:《黄金之路2》
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  • CHAPTER II. A WILL, A WAY AND A WOMAN

    “One day, over a hundred years ago, Ursula Townley was waiting for Kenneth MacNair in a great beechwood, where brown nuts were falling and an October wind was making the leaves dance on the ground like pixy-people.”

    “What are pixy-people?” demanded Peter, forgetting the Story Girl’s dislike of interruptions.

    “Hush,” whispered Cecily. “That is only one of the Awkward Man’s poetical1 touches, I guess.”

    “There were cultivated fields between the grove2 and the dark blue gulf3; but far behind and on each side were woods, for Prince Edward Island a hundred years ago was not what it is today. The settlements were few and scattered4, and the population so scanty5 that old Hugh Townley boasted that he knew every man, woman and child in it.

    “Old Hugh was quite a noted6 man in his day. He was noted for several things—he was rich, he was hospitable7, he was proud, he was masterful—and he had for daughter the handsomest young woman in Prince Edward Island.

    “Of course, the young men were not blind to her good looks, and she had so many lovers that all the other girls hated her—”

    “You bet!” said Dan, aside—

    “But the only one who found favour in her eyes was the very last man she should have pitched her fancy on, at least if old Hugh were the judge. Kenneth MacNair was a dark-eyed young sea-captain of the next settlement, and it was to meet him that Ursula stole to the beechwood on that autumn day of crisp wind and ripe sunshine. Old Hugh had forbidden his house to the young man, making such a scene of fury about it that even Ursula’s high spirit quailed8. Old Hugh had really nothing against Kenneth himself; but years before either Kenneth or Ursula was born, Kenneth’s father had beaten Hugh Townley in a hotly contested election. Political feeling ran high in those days, and old Hugh had never forgiven the MacNair his victory. The feud9 between the families dated from that tempest in the provincial10 teapot, and the surplus of votes on the wrong side was the reason why, thirty years after, Ursula had to meet her lover by stealth if she met him at all.”

    “Was the MacNair a Conservative or a Grit11?” asked Felicity.

    “It doesn’t make any difference what he was,” said the Story Girl impatiently. “Even a Tory would be romantic a hundred years ago. Well, Ursula couldn’t see Kenneth very often, for Kenneth lived fifteen miles away and was often absent from home in his vessel12. On this particular day it was nearly three months since they had met.

    “The Sunday before, young Sandy MacNair had been in Carlyle church. He had risen at dawn that morning, walked bare-footed for eight miles along the shore, carrying his shoes, hired a harbour fisherman to row him over the channel, and then walked eight miles more to the church at Carlyle, less, it is to be feared, from a zeal13 for holy things than that he might do an errand for his adored brother, Kenneth. He carried a letter which he contrived14 to pass into Ursula’s hand in the crowd as the people came out. This letter asked Ursula to meet Kenneth in the beechwood the next afternoon, and so she stole away there when suspicious father and watchful15 stepmother thought she was spinning in the granary loft16.”

    “It was very wrong of her to deceive her parents,” said Felicity primly17.

    The Story Girl couldn’t deny this, so she evaded18 the ethical19 side of the question skilfully20.

    “I am not telling you what Ursula Townley ought to have done,” she said loftily. “I am only telling you what she DID do. If you don’t want to hear it you needn’t listen, of course. There wouldn’t be many stories to tell if nobody ever did anything she shouldn’t do.

    “Well, when Kenneth came, the meeting was just what might have been expected between two lovers who had taken their last kiss three months before. So it was a good half-hour before Ursula said,

    “‘Oh, Kenneth, I cannot stay long—I shall be missed. You said in your letter that you had something important to talk of. What is it?’

    “‘My news is this, Ursula. Next Saturday morning my vessel, The Fair Lady, with her captain on board, sails at dawn from Charlottetown harbour, bound for Buenos Ayres. At this season this means a safe and sure return—next May.’

    “‘Kenneth!’ cried Ursula. She turned pale and burst into tears. ‘How can you think of leaving me? Oh, you are cruel!’

    “‘Why, no, sweetheart,’ laughed Kenneth. ‘The captain of The Fair Lady will take his bride with him. We’ll spend our honeymoon21 on the high seas, Ursula, and the cold Canadian winter under southern palms.’

    “‘You want me to run away with you, Kenneth?’ exclaimed Ursula.

    “‘Indeed, dear girl, there’s nothing else to do!’

    “‘Oh, I cannot!’ she protested. ‘My father would—’

    “‘We’ll not consult him—until afterward22. Come, Ursula, you know there’s no other way. We’ve always known it must come to this. YOUR father will never forgive me for MY father. You won’t fail me now. Think of the long parting if you send me away alone on such a voyage. Pluck up your courage, and we’ll let Townleys and MacNairs whistle their mouldy feuds23 down the wind while we sail southward in The Fair Lady. I have a plan.’

    “‘Let me hear it,’ said Ursula, beginning to get back her breath.

    “‘There is to be a dance at The Springs Friday night. Are you invited, Ursula?’

    “‘Yes.’

    “‘Good. I am not—but I shall be there—in the fir grove behind the house, with two horses. When the dancing is at its height you’ll steal out to meet me. Then ‘tis but a fifteen mile ride to Charlottetown, where a good minister, who is a friend of mine, will be ready to marry us. By the time the dancers have tired their heels you and I will be on our vessel, able to snap our fingers at fate.’

    “‘And what if I do not meet you in the fir grove?’ said Ursula, a little impertinently.

    “‘If you do not, I’ll sail for South America the next morning, and many a long year will pass ere Kenneth MacNair comes home again.’

    “Perhaps Kenneth didn’t mean that, but Ursula thought he did, and it decided24 her. She agreed to run away with him. Yes, of course that was wrong, too, Felicity. She ought to have said, ‘No, I shall be married respectably from home, and have a wedding and a silk dress and bridesmaids and lots of presents.’ But she didn’t. She wasn’t as prudent25 as Felicity King would have been.”

    “She was a shameless hussy,” said Felicity, venting26 on the long-dead Ursula that anger she dare not visit on the Story Girl.

    “Oh, no, Felicity dear, she was just a lass of spirit. I’d have done the same. And when Friday night came she began to dress for the dance with a brave heart. She was to go to The Springs with her uncle and aunt, who were coming on horseback that afternoon, and would then go on to The Springs in old Hugh’s carriage, which was the only one in Carlyle then. They were to leave in time to reach The Springs before nightfall, for the October nights were dark and the wooded roads rough for travelling.

    “When Ursula was ready she looked at herself in the glass with a good deal of satisfaction. Yes, Felicity, she was a vain baggage, that same Ursula, but that kind didn’t all die out a hundred years ago. And she had good reason for being vain. She wore the sea-green silk which had been brought out from England a year before and worn but once—at the Christmas ball at Government House. A fine, stiff, rustling27 silk it was, and over it shone Ursula’s crimson28 cheeks and gleaming eyes, and masses of nut brown hair.

    “As she turned from the glass she heard her father’s voice below, loud and angry. Growing very pale, she ran out into the hall. Her father was already half way upstairs, his face red with fury. In the hall below Ursula saw her step-mother, looking troubled and vexed29. At the door stood Malcolm Ramsay, a homely30 neighbour youth who had been courting Ursula in his clumsy way ever since she grew up. Ursula had always hated him.

    “‘Ursula!’ shouted old Hugh, ‘come here and tell this scoundrel he lies. He says that you met Kenneth MacNair in the beechgrove last Tuesday. Tell him he lies! Tell him he lies!’

    “Ursula was no coward. She looked scornfully at poor Ramsay.

    “‘The creature is a spy and a tale-bearer,’ she said, ‘but in this he does not lie. I DID meet Kenneth MacNair last Tuesday.’

    “‘And you dare to tell me this to my face!’ roared old Hugh. ‘Back to your room, girl! Back to your room and stay there! Take off that finery. You go to no more dances. You shall stay in that room until I choose to let you out. No, not a word! I’ll put you there if you don’t go. In with you—ay, and take your knitting with you. Occupy yourself with that this evening instead of kicking your heels at The Springs!’

    “He snatched a roll of gray stocking from the hall table and flung it into Ursula’s room. Ursula knew she would have to follow it, or be picked up and carried in like a naughty child. So she gave the miserable31 Ramsay a look that made him cringe, and swept into her room with her head in the air. The next moment she heard the door locked behind her. Her first proceeding32 was to have a cry of anger and shame and disappointment. That did no good, and then she took to marching up and down her room. It did not calm her to hear the rumble33 of the carriage out of the gate as her uncle and aunt departed.

    “‘Oh, what’s to be done?’ she sobbed34. ‘Kenneth will be furious. He will think I have failed him and he will go away hot with anger against me. If I could only send a word of explanation I know he would not leave me. But there seems to be no way at all—though I have heard that there’s always a way when there’s a will. Oh, I shall go mad! If the window were not so high I would jump out of it. But to break my legs or my neck would not mend the matter.’

    “The afternoon passed on. At sunset Ursula heard hoof-beats and ran to the window. Andrew Kinnear of The Springs was tying his horse at the door. He was a dashing young fellow, and a political crony of old Hugh. No doubt he would be at the dance that night. Oh, if she could get speech for but a moment with him!

    “When he had gone into the house, Ursula, turning impatiently from the window, tripped and almost fell over the big ball of homespun yarn35 her father had flung on the floor. For a moment she gazed at it resentfully—then, with a gay little laugh, she pounced36 on it. The next moment she was at her table, writing a brief note to Kenneth MacNair. When it was written, Ursula unwound the gray ball to a considerable depth, pinned the note on it, and rewound the yarn over it. A gray ball, the color of the twilight37, might escape observation, where a white missive fluttering down from an upper window would surely be seen by someone. Then she softly opened her window and waited.

    “It was dusk when Andrew went away. Fortunately old Hugh did not come to the door with him. As Andrew untied38 his horse Ursula threw the ball with such good aim that it struck him, as she had meant it to do, squarely on the head. Andrew looked up at her window. She leaned out, put her finger warningly on her lips, pointed39 to the ball, and nodded. Andrew, looking somewhat puzzled, picked up the ball, sprang to his saddle, and galloped41 off.

    “So far, well, thought Ursula. But would Andrew understand? Would he have wit enough to think of exploring the big, knobby ball for its delicate secret? And would he be at the dance after all?

    “The evening dragged by. Time had never seemed so long to Ursula. She could not rest or sleep. It was midnight before she heard the patter of a handful of gravel42 on her window-panes. In a trice she was leaning out. Below in the darkness stood Kenneth MacNair.

    “‘Oh, Kenneth, did you get my letter? And is it safe for you to be here?’

    “‘Safe enough. Your father is in bed. I’ve waited two hours down the road for his light to go out, and an extra half-hour to put him to sleep. The horses are there. Slip down and out, Ursula. We’ll make Charlottetown by dawn yet.’

    “‘That’s easier said than done, lad. I’m locked in. But do you go out behind the new barn and bring the ladder you will find there.’

    “Five minutes later, Miss Ursula, hooded43 and cloaked, scrambled44 soundlessly down the ladder, and in five more minutes she and Kenneth were riding along the road.

    “‘There’s a stiff gallop40 before us, Ursula,’ said Kenneth.

    “‘I would ride to the world’s end with you, Kenneth MacNair,’ said Ursula. Oh, of course she shouldn’t have said anything of the sort, Felicity. But you see people had no etiquette45 departments in those days. And when the red sunlight of a fair October dawn was shining over the gray sea The Fair Lady sailed out of Charlottetown harbour. On her deck stood Kenneth and Ursula MacNair, and in her hand, as a most precious treasure, the bride carried a ball of gray homespun yarn.”

    “Well,” said Dan, yawning, “I like that kind of a story. Nobody goes and dies in it, that’s one good thing.”

    “Did old Hugh forgive Ursula?” I asked.

    “The story stopped there in the brown book,” said the Story Girl, “but the Awkward Man says he did, after awhile.”

    “It must be rather romantic to be run away with,” remarked Cecily, wistfully.

    “Don’t you get such silly notions in your head, Cecily King,” said Felicity, severely46.



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    1 poetical [pəʊ'etɪkl] 7c9cba40bd406e674afef9ffe64babcd   第10级
    adj.似诗人的;诗一般的;韵文的;富有诗意的
    参考例句:
    • This is a poetical picture of the landscape. 这是一幅富有诗意的风景画。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion. 约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。 来自辞典例句
    2 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。
    3 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。
    4 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。
    5 scanty [ˈskænti] ZDPzx   第9级
    adj.缺乏的,仅有的,节省的,狭小的,不够的
    参考例句:
    • There is scanty evidence to support their accusations. 他们的指控证据不足。
    • The rainfall was rather scanty this month. 这个月的雨量不足。
    6 noted [ˈnəʊtɪd] 5n4zXc   第8级
    adj.著名的,知名的
    参考例句:
    • The local hotel is noted for its good table. 当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
    • Jim is noted for arriving late for work. 吉姆上班迟到出了名。
    7 hospitable [hɒˈspɪtəbl] CcHxA   第9级
    adj.好客的;宽容的;有利的,适宜的
    参考例句:
    • The man is very hospitable. He keeps open house for his friends and fellow-workers. 那人十分好客,无论是他的朋友还是同事,他都盛情接待。
    • The locals are hospitable and welcoming. 当地人热情好客。
    8 quailed [kweɪld] 6b883b0b92140de4bde03901043d6acd   第10级
    害怕,发抖,畏缩( quail的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • I quailed at the danger. 我一遇到危险,心里就发毛。
    • His heart quailed before the enormous pyramidal shape. 面对这金字塔般的庞然大物,他的心不由得一阵畏缩。 来自英汉文学
    9 feud [fju:d] UgMzr   第9级
    n.长期不和;世仇;vi.长期争斗;世代结仇
    参考例句:
    • How did he start his feud with his neighbor? 他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的?
    • The two tribes were long at feud with each other. 这两个部族长期不和。
    10 provincial [prəˈvɪnʃl] Nt8ye   第8级
    adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
    参考例句:
    • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
    • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday. 昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
    11 grit [grɪt] LlMyH   第9级
    n.沙粒,决心,勇气;vt.下定决心,咬紧牙关; 研磨;vi. 摩擦作声
    参考例句:
    • The soldiers showed that they had plenty of grit. 士兵们表现得很有勇气。
    • I've got some grit in my shoe. 我的鞋子里弄进了一些砂子。
    12 vessel [ˈvesl] 4L1zi   第7级
    n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
    参考例句:
    • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai. 这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
    • You should put the water into a vessel. 你应该把水装入容器中。
    13 zeal [zi:l] mMqzR   第7级
    n.热心,热情,热忱
    参考例句:
    • Revolutionary zeal caught them up, and they joined the army. 革命热情激励他们,于是他们从军了。
    • They worked with great zeal to finish the project. 他们热情高涨地工作,以期完成这个项目。
    14 contrived [kənˈtraɪvd] ivBzmO   第12级
    adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的
    参考例句:
    • There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said. 他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
    • The plot seems contrived. 情节看起来不真实。
    15 watchful [ˈwɒtʃfl] tH9yX   第8级
    adj.注意的,警惕的
    参考例句:
    • The children played under the watchful eye of their father. 孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
    • It is important that health organizations remain watchful. 卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。
    16 loft [lɒft] VkhyQ   第10级
    n.阁楼,顶楼
    参考例句:
    • We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs. 我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
    • By converting the loft, they were able to have two extra bedrooms. 把阁楼改造一下,他们就可以多出两间卧室。
    17 primly [prɪmlɪ] b3917c4e7c2256e99d2f93609f8d0c55   第12级
    adv.循规蹈矩地,整洁地
    参考例句:
    • He didn't reply, but just smiled primly. 他没回答,只是拘谨地笑了笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts. 他穿着整洁的外套,领结紧贴着白色衬衫领口的钮扣。 来自互联网
    18 evaded [iˈveidid] 4b636015da21a66943b43217559e0131   第7级
    逃避( evade的过去式和过去分词 ); 避开; 回避; 想不出
    参考例句:
    • For two weeks they evaded the press. 他们有两周一直避而不见记者。
    • The lion evaded the hunter. 那狮子躲开了猎人。
    19 ethical [ˈeθɪkl] diIz4   第8级
    adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的
    参考例句:
    • It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept. 必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
    • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments. 那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
    20 skilfully ['skɪlfəlɪ] 5a560b70e7a5ad739d1e69a929fed271   第8级
    adv. (美skillfully)熟练地
    参考例句:
    • Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative. 霍尔巧妙地把历史研究揉进了扣人心弦的故事叙述。
    • Enthusiasm alone won't do. You've got to work skilfully. 不能光靠傻劲儿,得找窍门。
    21 honeymoon [ˈhʌnimu:n] ucnxc   第8级
    n.蜜月(假期);vi.度蜜月
    参考例句:
    • While on honeymoon in Bali, she learned to scuba dive. 她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
    • The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon. 这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。
    22 afterward ['ɑ:ftəwəd] fK6y3   第7级
    adv.后来;以后
    参考例句:
    • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
    • Afterward, the boy became a very famous artist. 后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
    23 feuds [fju:dz] 7bdb739907464aa302e14a39815b23c0   第9级
    n.长期不和,世仇( feud的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Quarrels and feuds between tribes became incessant. 部落间的争吵、反目成仇的事件接连不断。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
    • There were feuds in the palace, no one can deny. 宫里也有斗争,这是无可否认的。 来自辞典例句
    24 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。
    25 prudent [ˈpru:dnt] M0Yzg   第7级
    adj.谨慎的,有远见的,精打细算的
    参考例句:
    • A prudent traveller never disparages his own country. 聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
    • You must school yourself to be modest and prudent. 你要学会谦虚谨慎。
    26 venting ['ventɪŋ] bfb798c258dda800004b5c1d9ebef748   第7级
    消除; 泄去; 排去; 通风
    参考例句:
    • But, unexpectedly, he started venting his spleen on her. 哪知道,老头子说着说着绕到她身上来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
    • So now he's venting his anger on me. 哦,我这才知道原来还是怄我的气。
    27 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
    28 crimson [ˈkrɪmzn] AYwzH   第10级
    n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
    参考例句:
    • She went crimson with embarrassment. 她羞得满脸通红。
    • Maple leaves have turned crimson. 枫叶已经红了。
    29 vexed [vekst] fd1a5654154eed3c0a0820ab54fb90a7   第8级
    adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
    参考例句:
    • The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
    • He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    30 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?
    31 miserable [ˈmɪzrəbl] g18yk   第7级
    adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
    参考例句:
    • It was miserable of you to make fun of him. 你取笑他,这是可耻的。
    • Her past life was miserable. 她过去的生活很苦。
    32 proceeding [prəˈsi:dɪŋ] Vktzvu   第7级
    n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
    参考例句:
    • This train is now proceeding from Paris to London. 这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
    • The work is proceeding briskly. 工作很有生气地进展着。
    33 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。
    34 sobbed ['sɒbd] 4a153e2bbe39eef90bf6a4beb2dba759   第7级
    哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
    参考例句:
    • She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
    • She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。
    35 yarn [jɑ:n] LMpzM   第9级
    n.纱,纱线,纺线;奇闻漫谈,旅行轶事
    参考例句:
    • I stopped to have a yarn with him. 我停下来跟他聊天。
    • The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber. 纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
    36 pounced [paʊnst] 431de836b7c19167052c79f53bdf3b61   第10级
    v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击)
    参考例句:
    • As soon as I opened my mouth, the teacher pounced on me. 我一张嘴就被老师抓住呵斥了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The police pounced upon the thief. 警察向小偷扑了过去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    37 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。
    38 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。
    39 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。
    40 gallop [ˈgæləp] MQdzn   第7级
    v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展
    参考例句:
    • They are coming at a gallop towards us. 他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
    • The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop. 那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。
    41 galloped [ˈɡæləpt] 4411170e828312c33945e27bb9dce358   第7级
    (使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事
    参考例句:
    • Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。
    • The children galloped home as soon as the class was over. 孩子们一下课便飞奔回家了。
    42 gravel [ˈgrævl] s6hyT   第7级
    n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
    参考例句:
    • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path. 我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
    • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive. 需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
    43 hooded [ˈhʊdɪd] hooded   第8级
    adj.戴头巾的;有罩盖的;颈部因肋骨运动而膨胀的
    参考例句:
    • A hooded figure waited in the doorway. 一个戴兜帽的人在门口等候。
    • Black-eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes. 黑眼睛的吉卜赛姑娘,用华丽的手巾包着头,突然地闯了进来替人算命。 来自辞典例句
    44 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》
    45 etiquette [ˈetɪket] Xiyz0   第7级
    n.礼仪,礼节;规矩
    参考例句:
    • The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays. 如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
    • According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest. 按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
    46 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。

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