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  • CHAPTER III. THE CHRISTMAS HARP1

    Great was the excitement in the houses of King as Christmas drew nigh. The air was simply charged with secrets. Everybody was very penurious2 for weeks beforehand and hoards3 were counted scrutinizingly every day. Mysterious pieces of handiwork were smuggled4 in and out of sight, and whispered consultations5 were held, about which nobody thought of being jealous, as might have happened at any other time. Felicity was in her element, for she and her mother were deep in preparations for the day. Cecily and the Story Girl were excluded from these doings with indifference6 on Aunt Janet’s part and what seemed ostentatious complacency on Felicity’s. Cecily took this to heart and complained to me about it.

    “I’m one of this family just as much as Felicity is,” she said, with as much indignation as Cecily could feel, “and I don’t think she need shut me out of everything. When I wanted to stone the raisins7 for the mince-meat she said, no, she would do it herself, because Christmas mince-meat was very particular—as if I couldn’t stone raisins right! The airs Felicity puts on about her cooking just make me sick,” concluded Cecily wrathfully.

    “It’s a pity she doesn’t make a mistake in cooking once in a while herself,” I said. “Then maybe she wouldn’t think she knew so much more than other people.”

    All parcels that came in the mail from distant friends were taken charge of by Aunts Janet and Olivia, not to be opened until the great day of the feast itself. How slowly the last week passed! But even watched pots will boil in the fulness of time, and finally Christmas day came, gray and dour8 and frost-bitten without, but full of revelry and rose-red mirth within. Uncle Roger and Aunt Olivia and the Story Girl came over early for the day; and Peter came too, with his shining, morning face, to be hailed with joy, for we had been afraid that Peter would not be able to spend Christmas with us. His mother had wanted him home with her.

    “Of course I ought to go,” Peter had told me mournfully, “but we won’t have turkey for dinner, because ma can’t afford it. And ma always cries on holidays because she says they make her think of father. Of course she can’t help it, but it ain’t cheerful. Aunt Jane wouldn’t have cried. Aunt Jane used to say she never saw the man who was worth spoiling her eyes for. But I guess I’ll have to spend Christmas at home.”

    At the last moment, however, a cousin of Mrs. Craig’s in Charlottetown invited her for Christmas, and Peter, being given his choice of going or staying, joyfully9 elected to stay. So we were all together, except Sara Ray, who had been invited but whose mother wouldn’t let her come.

    “Sara Ray’s mother is a nuisance,” snapped the Story Girl. “She just lives to make that poor child miserable10, and she won’t let her go to the party tonight, either.”

    “It is just breaking Sara’s heart that she can’t,” said Cecily compassionately11. “I’m almost afraid I won’t enjoy myself for thinking of her, home there alone, most likely reading the Bible, while we’re at the party.”

    “She might be worse occupied than reading the Bible,” said Felicity rebukingly12.

    “But Mrs. Ray makes her read it as a punishment,” protested Cecily. “Whenever Sara cries to go anywhere—and of course she’ll cry tonight—Mrs. Ray makes her read seven chapters in the Bible. I wouldn’t think that would make her very fond of it. And I’ll not be able to talk the party over with Sara afterwards—and that’s half the fun gone.”

    “You can tell her all about it,” comforted Felix.

    “Telling isn’t a bit like talking it over,” retorted Cecily. “It’s too one-sided.”

    We had an exciting time opening our presents. Some of us had more than others, but we all received enough to make us feel comfortably that we were not unduly13 neglected in the matter. The contents of the box which the Story Girl’s father had sent her from Paris made our eyes stick out. It was full of beautiful things, among them another red silk dress—not the bright, flame-hued tint14 of her old one, but a rich, dark crimson15, with the most distracting flounces and bows and ruffles18; and with it were little red satin slippers19 with gold buckles20, and heels that made Aunt Janet hold up her hands in horror. Felicity remarked scornfully that she would have thought the Story Girl would get tired wearing red so much, and even Cecily commented apart to me that she thought when you got so many things all at once you didn’t appreciate them as much as when you only got a few.

    “I’d never get tired of red,” said the Story Girl. “I just love it—it’s so rich and glowing. When I’m dressed in red I always feel ever so much cleverer than in any other colour. Thoughts just crowd into my brain one after the other. Oh, you darling dress—you dear, sheeny, red-rosy, glistening21, silky thing!”

    She flung it over her shoulder and danced around the kitchen.

    “Don’t be silly, Sara,” said Aunt Janet, a little stiffly. She was a good soul, that Aunt Janet, and had a kind, loving heart in her ample bosom22. But I fancy there were times when she thought it rather hard that the daughter of a roving adventurer—as she considered him—like Blair Stanley should disport23 herself in silk dresses, while her own daughters must go clad in gingham and muslin—for those were the days when a feminine creature got one silk dress in her lifetime, and seldom more than one.

    The Story Girl also got a present from the Awkward Man—a little, shabby, worn volume with a great many marks on the leaves.

    “Why, it isn’t new—it’s an old book!” exclaimed Felicity. “I didn’t think the Awkward Man was mean, whatever else he was.”

    “Oh, you don’t understand, Felicity,” said the Story Girl patiently. “And I don’t suppose I can make you understand. But I’ll try. I’d ten times rather have this than a new book. It’s one of his own, don’t you see—one that he has read a hundred times and loved and made a friend of. A new book, just out of a shop, wouldn’t be the same thing at all. It wouldn’t MEAN anything. I consider it a great compliment that he has given me this book. I’m prouder of it than of anything else I’ve got.”

    “Well, you’re welcome to it,” said Felicity. “I don’t understand and I don’t want to. I wouldn’t give anybody a Christmas present that wasn’t new, and I wouldn’t thank anybody who gave me one.”

    Peter was in the seventh heaven because Felicity had given him a present—and, moreover, one that she had made herself. It was a bookmark of perforated cardboard, with a gorgeous red and yellow worsted goblet24 worked on it, and below, in green letters, the solemn warning, “Touch Not The Cup.” As Peter was not addicted25 to habits of intemperance26, not even to looking on dandelion wine when it was pale yellow, we did not exactly see why Felicity should have selected such a device. But Peter was perfectly27 satisfied, so nobody cast any blight28 on his happiness by carping criticism. Later on Felicity told me she had worked the bookmark for him because his father used to drink before he ran away.

    “I thought Peter ought to be warned in time,” she said.

    Even Pat had a ribbon of blue, which he clawed off and lost half an hour after it was tied on him. Pat did not care for vain adornments of the body.

    We had a glorious Christmas dinner, fit for the halls of Lucullus, and ate far more than was good for us, none daring to make us afraid on that one day of the year. And in the evening—oh, rapture29 and delight!—we went to Kitty Marr’s party.

    It was a fine December evening; the sharp air of morning had mellowed30 until it was as mild as autumn. There had been no snow, and the long fields, sloping down from the homestead, were brown and mellow31. A weird32, dreamy stillness had fallen on the purple earth, the dark fir woods, the valley rims17, the sere33 meadows. Nature seemed to have folded satisfied hands to rest, knowing that her long wintry slumber34 was coming upon her.

    At first, when the invitations to the party had come, Aunt Janet had said we could not go; but Uncle Alec interceded35 in our favour, perhaps influenced thereto by Cecily’s wistful eyes. If Uncle Alec had a favourite among his children it was Cecily, and he had grown even more indulgent towards her of late. Now and then I saw him looking at her intently, and, following his eyes and thought, I had, somehow, seen that Cecily was paler and thinner than she had been in the summer, and that her soft eyes seemed larger, and that over her little face in moments of repose36 there was a certain languor37 and weariness that made it very sweet and pathetic. And I heard him tell Aunt Janet that he did not like to see the child getting so much the look of her Aunt Felicity.

    “Cecily is perfectly well,” said Aunt Janet sharply. “She’s only growing very fast. Don’t be foolish, Alec.”

    But after that Cecily had cups of cream where the rest of us got only milk; and Aunt Janet was very particular to see that she had her rubbers on whenever she went out.

    On this merry Christmas evening, however, no fears or dim foreshadowings of any coming event clouded our hearts or faces. Cecily looked brighter and prettier than I had ever seen her, with her softly shining eyes and the nut brown gloss38 of her hair. Felicity was too beautiful for words; and even the Story Girl, between excitement and the crimson silk array, blossomed out with a charm and allurement39 more potent40 than any regular loveliness—and this in spite of the fact that Aunt Olivia had tabooed the red satin slippers and mercilessly decreed that stout41 shoes should be worn.

    “I know just how you feel about it, you daughter of Eve,” she said, with gay sympathy, “but December roads are damp, and if you are going to walk to Marrs’ you are not going to do it in those frivolous42 Parisian concoctions43, even with overboots on; so be brave, dear heart, and show that you have a soul above little red satin shoes.”

    “Anyhow,” said Uncle Roger, “that red silk dress will break the hearts of all the feminine small fry at the party. You’d break their spirits, too, if you wore the slippers. Don’t do it, Sara. Leave them one wee loophole of enjoyment.”

    “What does Uncle Roger mean?” whispered Felicity.

    “He means you girls are all dying of jealousy44 because of the Story Girl’s dress,” said Dan.

    “I am not of a jealous disposition,” said Felicity loftily, “and she’s entirely45 welcome to the dress—with a complexion46 like that.”

    But we enjoyed that party hugely, every one of us. And we enjoyed the walk home afterwards, through dim, enshadowed fields where silvery star-beams lay, while Orion trod his stately march above us, and a red moon climbed up the black horizon’s rim16. A brook47 went with us part of the way, singing to us through the dark—a gay, irresponsible vagabond of valley and wilderness48.

    Felicity and Peter walked not with us. Peter’s cup must surely have brimmed over that Christmas night. When we left the Marr house, he had boldly said to Felicity, “May I see you home?” And Felicity, much to our amazement49, had taken his arm and marched off with him. The primness50 of her was indescribable, and was not at all ruffled51 by Dan’s hoot52 of derision. As for me, I was consumed by a secret and burning desire to ask the Story Girl if I might see HER home; but I could not screw my courage to the sticking point. How I envied Peter his easy, insouciant53 manner! I could not emulate54 him, so Dan and Felix and Cecily and the Story Girl and I all walked hand in hand, huddling55 a little closer together as we went through James Frewen’s woods—for there are strange harps56 in a fir grove57, and who shall say what fingers sweep them? Mighty58 and sonorous59 was the music above our heads as the winds of the night stirred the great boughs60 tossing athwart the starlit sky. Perhaps it was that aeolian harmony which recalled to the Story Girl a legend of elder days.

    “I read such a pretty story in one of Aunt Olivia’s books last night,” she said. “It was called ‘The Christmas Harp.’ Would you like to hear it? It seems to me it would just suit this part of the road.”

    “There isn’t anything about—about ghosts in it, is there?” said Cecily timidly.

    “Oh, no, I wouldn’t tell a ghost story here for anything. I’d frighten myself too much. This story is about one of the shepherds who saw the angels on the first Christmas night. He was just a youth, and he loved music with all his heart, and he longed to be able to express the melody that was in his soul. But he could not; he had a harp and he often tried to play on it; but his clumsy fingers only made such discord61 that his companions laughed at him and mocked him, and called him a madman because he would not give it up, but would rather sit apart by himself, with his arms about his harp, looking up into the sky, while they gathered around their fire and told tales to wile62 away their long night vigils as they watched their sheep on the hills. But to him the thoughts that came out of the great silence were far sweeter than their mirth; and he never gave up the hope, which sometimes left his lips as a prayer, that some day he might be able to express those thoughts in music to the tired, weary, forgetful world. On the first Christmas night he was out with his fellow shepherds on the hills. It was chill and dark, and all, except him, were glad to gather around the fire. He sat, as usual, by himself, with his harp on his knee and a great longing63 in his heart. And there came a marvellous light in the sky and over the hills, as if the darkness of the night had suddenly blossomed into a wonderful meadow of flowery flame; and all the shepherds saw the angels and heard them sing. And as they sang, the harp that the young shepherd held began to play softly by itself, and as he listened to it he realized that it was playing the same music that the angels sang and that all his secret longings64 and aspirations65 and strivings were expressed in it. From that night, whenever he took the harp in his hands, it played the same music; and he wandered all over the world carrying it; wherever the sound of its music was heard hate and discord fled away and peace and good-will reigned66. No one who heard it could think an evil thought; no one could feel hopeless or despairing or bitter or angry. When a man had once heard that music it entered into his soul and heart and life and became a part of him for ever. Years went by; the shepherd grew old and bent67 and feeble; but still he roamed over land and sea, that his harp might carry the message of the Christmas night and the angel song to all mankind. At last his strength failed him and he fell by the wayside in the darkness; but his harp played as his spirit passed; and it seemed to him that a Shining One stood by him, with wonderful starry68 eyes, and said to him, ‘Lo, the music thy harp has played for so many years has been but the echo of the love and sympathy and purity and beauty in thine own soul; and if at any time in the wanderings thou hadst opened the door of that soul to evil or envy or selfishness thy harp would have ceased to play. Now thy life is ended; but what thou hast given to mankind has no end; and as long as the world lasts, so long will the heavenly music of the Christmas harp ring in the ears of men.’ When the sun rose the old shepherd lay dead by the roadside, with a smile on his face; and in his hands was a harp with all its strings69 broken.”

    We left the fir woods as the tale was ended, and on the opposite hill was home. A dim light in the kitchen window betokened70 that Aunt Janet had no idea of going to bed until all her young fry were safely housed for the night.

    “Ma’s waiting up for us,” said Dan. “I’d laugh if she happened to go to the door just as Felicity and Peter were strutting71 up. I guess she’ll be cross. It’s nearly twelve.”

    “Christmas will soon be over,” said Cecily, with a sigh. “Hasn’t it been a nice one? It’s the first we’ve all spent together. Do you suppose we’ll ever spend another together?”

    “Lots of ‘em,” said Dan cheerily. “Why not?”

    “Oh, I don’t know,” answered Cecily, her footsteps lagging somewhat. “Only things seem just a little too pleasant to last.”

    “If Willy Fraser had had as much spunk72 as Peter, Miss Cecily King mightn’t be so low spirited,” quoth Dan, significantly.

    Cecily tossed her head and disdained73 reply. There are really some remarks a self-respecting young lady must ignore.



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    1 harp [hɑ:p] UlEyQ   第9级
    n.竖琴;天琴座
    参考例句:
    • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp. 她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
    • He played an Irish melody on the harp. 他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
    2 penurious [pəˈnjʊəriəs] YMqxq   第11级
    adj.贫困的
    参考例句:
    • One penurious year, my parents used Swiss cheese plant for a Christmas tree. 经济拮据的一年,我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树。
    • Raised on a hog farm in Hunan Province, she laughs off the penurious ways of her parents and grandparents. 李小姐在湖南省的一家养猪场长大,她嘲笑祖父母及父母吝啬的生活方式。
    3 hoards [hɔ:dz] 0d9c33ecc74ae823deffd01d7aecff3a   第9级
    n.(钱财、食物或其他珍贵物品的)储藏,积存( hoard的名词复数 )v.积蓄并储藏(某物)( hoard的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • She hoards her money - she never spends it. 她积蓄钱,但从来不花钱。 来自辞典例句
    • A squirrel hoards nuts for the winter. 松鼠为过冬贮藏坚果。 来自辞典例句
    4 smuggled [ˈsmʌɡld] 3cb7c6ce5d6ead3b1e56eeccdabf595b   第7级
    水货
    参考例句:
    • The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
    5 consultations [ˌkɔnsəlˈteɪʃənz] bc61566a804b15898d05aff1e97f0341   第9级
    n.磋商(会议)( consultation的名词复数 );商讨会;协商会;查找
    参考例句:
    • Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    6 indifference [ɪnˈdɪfrəns] k8DxO   第8级
    n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
    参考例句:
    • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat. 他的漠不关心使我很失望。
    • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work. 他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
    7 raisins ['reɪzɪnz] f7a89b31fdf9255863139804963e88cf   第8级
    n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆,味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句
    8 dour [ˈdaʊə(r)] pkAzf   第12级
    adj.冷酷的,严厉的;(岩石)嶙峋的;顽强不屈
    参考例句:
    • They were exposed to dour resistance. 他们遭受到顽强的抵抗。
    • She always pretends to be dour, in fact, she's not. 她总表现的不爱讲话,事实却相反。
    9 joyfully ['dʒɔɪfəlɪ] joyfully   第8级
    adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地
    参考例句:
    • She tripped along joyfully as if treading on air. 她高兴地走着,脚底下轻飘飘的。
    • During these first weeks she slaved joyfully. 在最初的几周里,她干得很高兴。
    10 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。
    11 compassionately [kəm'pæʃənətlɪ] 40731999c58c9ac729f47f5865d2514f   第9级
    adv.表示怜悯地,有同情心地
    参考例句:
    • The man at her feet looked up at Scarlett compassionately. 那个躺在思嘉脚边的人同情地仰望着她。 来自飘(部分)
    • Then almost compassionately he said,"You should be greatly rewarded." 接着他几乎带些怜悯似地说:“你是应当得到重重酬报的。” 来自辞典例句
    12 rebukingly [] 4895f4487f702128d7bd9649f105aec8   第9级
    参考例句:
    • The assassin, gazing over the wizard's head, did not answer. GARETH smote Hugh rebukingly. 刺客没有应声,眼睛望向巫师头顶上方。盖利斯狠狠的抽了他一下以示惩戒。
    13 unduly [ˌʌnˈdju:li] Mp4ya   第9级
    adv.过度地,不适当地
    参考例句:
    • He did not sound unduly worried at the prospect.他的口气听上去对前景并不十分担忧。
    • He argued that the law was unduly restrictive.他辩称法律的约束性有些过分了。
    14 tint [tɪnt] ZJSzu   第9级
    n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色
    参考例句:
    • You can't get up that naturalness and artless rosy tint in after days. 你今后不再会有这种自然和朴实无华的红润脸色。
    • She gave me instructions on how to apply the tint. 她告诉我如何使用染发剂。
    15 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。
    16 rim [rɪm] RXSxl   第7级
    n.(圆物的)边,轮缘;边界
    参考例句:
    • The water was even with the rim of the basin. 盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
    • She looked at him over the rim of her glass. 她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。
    17 rims [rimz] e66f75a2103361e6e0762d187cf7c084   第7级
    n.(圆形物体的)边( rim的名词复数 );缘;轮辋;轮圈
    参考例句:
    • As she spoke, the rims of her eyes reddened a little. 说时,眼圈微红。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
    • Her eyes were a little hollow, and reddish about the rims. 她的眼睛微微凹陷,眼眶有些发红。 来自辞典例句
    18 ruffles [ˈrʌflz] 1b1aebf8d10c4fbd1fd40ac2983c3a32   第9级
    褶裥花边( ruffle的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • You will need 12 yards of ribbon facing for the ruffles. 你将需要12码丝带为衣服镶边之用。
    • It is impossible to live without some daily ruffles to our composure. 我们日常的平静生活免不了会遇到一些波折。
    19 slippers ['slɪpəz] oiPzHV   第7级
    n. 拖鞋
    参考例句:
    • a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
    • He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋,倒在床上。
    20 buckles [ˈbʌklz] 9b6f57ea84ab184d0a14e4f889795f56   第8级
    搭扣,扣环( buckle的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • She gazed proudly at the shiny buckles on her shoes. 她骄傲地注视着鞋上闪亮的扣环。
    • When the plate becomes unstable, it buckles laterally. 当板失去稳定时,就发生横向屈曲。
    21 glistening ['glɪstnɪŋ] glistening   第8级
    adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
    • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》
    22 bosom [ˈbʊzəm] Lt9zW   第7级
    n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
    参考例句:
    • She drew a little book from her bosom. 她从怀里取出一本小册子。
    • A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom. 他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。
    23 disport [dɪˈspɔ:t] AtSxD   第11级
    vi.嬉戏,玩;vt.使欢娱;使快乐
    参考例句:
    • Every Sunday, they disport themselves either in the parks or in the mountains. 每周日他们或去公园或去爬山娱乐玩耍。
    • A servant was washing the steps, and some crabs began to disport themselves in the little pools. 一个仆人正在清洗台阶,一些螃蟹开始在小渠里玩耍。
    24 goblet [ˈgɒblət] S66yI   第12级
    n.高脚酒杯
    参考例句:
    • He poured some wine into the goblet. 他向高脚酒杯里倒了一些葡萄酒。
    • He swirled the brandy around in the huge goblet. 他摇晃着高脚大玻璃杯使里面的白兰地酒旋动起来。
    25 addicted [əˈdɪktɪd] dzizmY   第8级
    adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的
    参考例句:
    • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17. 他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
    • She's become addicted to love stories. 她迷上了爱情小说。
    26 intemperance [ɪn'tempərəns] intemperance   第12级
    n.放纵
    参考例句:
    • Health does not consist with intemperance. 健康与纵欲[无节制]不能相容。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • She accepted his frequent intemperance as part of the climate. 对于他酗酒的恶习,她安之若素。 来自辞典例句
    27 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。
    28 blight [blaɪt] 0REye   第10级
    n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏,摧残
    参考例句:
    • The apple crop was wiped out by blight. 枯萎病使苹果全无收成。
    • There is a blight on all his efforts. 他的一切努力都遭到挫折。
    29 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。
    30 mellowed [ˈmeləud] 35508a1d6e45828f79a04d41a5d7bf83   第10级
    (使)成熟( mellow的过去式和过去分词 ); 使色彩更加柔和,使酒更加醇香
    参考例句:
    • She's mellowed over the years. 这些年来他变得成熟了。
    • The colours mellowed as the sun went down. 随着太阳的落去,色泽变得柔和了。
    31 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。
    32 weird [wɪəd] bghw8   第7级
    adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
    参考例句:
    • From his weird behaviour, he seems a bit of an oddity. 从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
    • His weird clothes really gas me. 他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
    33 sere [sɪə] Dz3w3   第11级
    adj.干枯的;n.演替系列
    参考例句:
    • The desert was edged with sere vegetation. 沙漠周围零星地长着一些干枯的植被。
    • A sere on uncovered rock is a lithosere. 在光秃岩石上的演替系列是岩生演替系列。
    34 slumber [ˈslʌmbə(r)] 8E7zT   第9级
    n.睡眠,沉睡状态
    参考例句:
    • All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber. 住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
    • Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest. 不要把他从睡眠中唤醒,因为他需要休息。
    35 interceded [ˌɪntəˈsi:did] a3ffa45c6c61752f29fff8f87d24e72a   第11级
    v.斡旋,调解( intercede的过去式和过去分词 );说情
    参考例句:
    • They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
    • He interceded with the teacher for me. 他为我向老师求情。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    36 repose [rɪˈpəʊz] KVGxQ   第11级
    vt.(使)休息;n.安息
    参考例句:
    • Don't disturb her repose. 不要打扰她休息。
    • Her mouth seemed always to be smiling, even in repose. 她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑,即使在睡眠时也是这样。
    37 languor [ˈlæŋgə(r)] V3wyb   第11级
    n.无精力,倦怠
    参考例句:
    • It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it. 天气是炎热的,然而却有一种惬意的懒洋洋的感觉。
    • She, in her languor, had not troubled to eat much. 她懒懒的,没吃多少东西。
    38 gloss [glɒs] gloss   第10级
    n.光泽,光滑;虚饰;注释;vt.加光泽于;掩饰
    参考例句:
    • John tried in vain to gloss over his faults. 约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点,但是没有用。
    • She rubbed up the silver plates to a high gloss. 她把银盘擦得很亮。
    39 allurement [ə'ljʊəmənt] GLpyq   第12级
    n.诱惑物
    参考例句:
    • Money is a kind of allurement for us. 对我们来说金钱是种诱惑物。
    • The big cities are full of allurements on which to spend money. 大城市充满形形色色诱人花钱的事物。
    40 potent [ˈpəʊtnt] C1uzk   第7级
    adj.强有力的,有权势的;有效力的
    参考例句:
    • The medicine had a potent effect on your disease. 这药物对你的病疗效很大。
    • We must account of his potent influence. 我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。
    41 stout [staʊt] PGuzF   第8级
    adj.强壮的,结实的,勇猛的,矮胖的
    参考例句:
    • He cut a stout stick to help him walk. 他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
    • The stout old man waddled across the road. 那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。
    42 frivolous [ˈfrɪvələs] YfWzi   第9级
    adj.轻薄的;轻率的;无聊的
    参考例句:
    • This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem. 这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
    • He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things. 他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。
    43 concoctions [kənˈkɒkʃ(ə)nz] 2ee2f48a3ae91fdb33f79ec1604d8d1b   第11级
    n.编造,捏造,混合物( concoction的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • We bearrived scientists and tested concoctions of milk, orange juice, and mouthwash. 咱们是科技家,尝试牛奶、橙汁和漱口水的混合物。 来自互联网
    • We became scientists and tested concoctions of milk, orange juice, and mouthwash. 我们是科学家,尝试牛奶、橙汁和漱口水的混合物。 来自互联网
    44 jealousy [ˈdʒeləsi] WaRz6   第7级
    n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
    参考例句:
    • Some women have a disposition to jealousy. 有些女人生性爱妒忌。
    • I can't support your jealousy any longer. 我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
    45 entirely [ɪnˈtaɪəli] entirely   第9级
    ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
    • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
    46 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。
    47 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。
    48 wilderness [ˈwɪldənəs] SgrwS   第8级
    n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠
    参考例句:
    • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness. 她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
    • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. 荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
    49 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。
    50 primness [p'rɪmnəs] 7c329d1640864ee5de1dac640806f8a2   第12级
    n.循规蹈矩,整洁
    参考例句:
    51 ruffled [ˈrʌfld] e4a3deb720feef0786be7d86b0004e86   第9级
    adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • She ruffled his hair affectionately. 她情意绵绵地拨弄着他的头发。
    • All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management's feathers. 所有这些关于罢工的闲言碎语显然让管理层很不高兴。
    52 hoot [hu:t] HdzzK   第11级
    n.鸟叫声,汽车的喇叭声; vt.使汽车鸣喇叭;vi.鸣响;大声叫嚣
    参考例句:
    • The sudden hoot of a whistle broke into my thoughts. 突然响起的汽笛声打断了我的思路。
    • In a string of shrill hoot of the horn sound, he quickly ran to her. 在一串尖声鸣叫的喇叭声中,他快速地跑向她。
    53 insouciant [ɪn'su:sɪənt] y6ixF   第12级
    adj.不在意的
    参考例句:
    • But not all central bankers are so insouciant. 然而,不是所有的央行人士都对此高枕无忧。
    • Americans are remarkably insouciant about this development. 美国人对这个数字漫无关心。
    54 emulate [ˈemjuleɪt] tpqx9   第7级
    vt.努力赶上或超越,与…竞争;效仿;n.仿真,仿效
    参考例句:
    • You must work hard to emulate your sister. 你必须努力工作,赶上你姐姐。
    • You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior. 你们必须观看这部电影,并尽力模仿他的动作。
    55 huddling [] d477c519a46df466cc3e427358e641d5   第7级
    n. 杂乱一团, 混乱, 拥挤 v. 推挤, 乱堆, 草率了事
    参考例句:
    • Twenty or thirty monkeys are huddling along the thick branch. 三十只猴子挤在粗大的树枝上。
    • The defenders are huddling down for cover. 捍卫者为了掩护缩成一团。
    56 harps [hɑ:ps] 43af3ccaaa52a4643b9e0a0261914c63   第9级
    abbr.harpsichord 拨弦古钢琴n.竖琴( harp的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • She continually harps on lack of money. 她总唠叨说缺钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He could turn on the harps of the blessed. 他能召来天使的竖琴为他奏乐。 来自辞典例句
    57 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。
    58 mighty [ˈmaɪti] YDWxl   第7级
    adj.强有力的;巨大的
    参考例句:
    • A mighty force was about to break loose. 一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
    • The mighty iceberg came into view. 巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
    59 sonorous [ˈsɒnərəs] qFMyv   第11级
    adj.响亮的,回响的;adv.圆润低沉地;感人地;n.感人,堂皇
    参考例句:
    • The sonorous voice of the speaker echoed round the room. 那位演讲人洪亮的声音在室内回荡。
    • He has a deep sonorous voice. 他的声音深沉而洪亮。
    60 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。
    61 discord [ˈdɪskɔ:d] iPmzl   第8级
    n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐
    参考例句:
    • These two answers are in discord. 这两个答案不一样。
    • The discord of his music was hard on the ear. 他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。
    62 wile [waɪl] PgcwT   第12级
    vt.诡计,引诱;n.欺骗,欺诈
    参考例句:
    • The music wiled him from his study. 诱人的音乐使他无心学习下去。
    • The sunshine wiled me from my work. 阳光引诱我放下了工作。
    63 longing [ˈlɒŋɪŋ] 98bzd   第8级
    n.(for)渴望
    参考例句:
    • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her. 再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
    • His heart burned with longing for revenge. 他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
    64 longings [ˈlɔ:ŋɪŋz] 093806503fd3e66647eab74915c055e7   第8级
    渴望,盼望( longing的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Ah, those foolish days of noble longings and of noble strivings! 啊,那些充满高贵憧憬和高尚奋斗的傻乎乎的时光!
    • I paint you and fashion you ever with my love longings. 我永远用爱恋的渴想来描画你。
    65 aspirations [æspɪ'reɪʃnz] a60ebedc36cdd304870aeab399069f9e   第7级
    强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音
    参考例句:
    • I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
    • The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
    66 reigned [] d99f19ecce82a94e1b24a320d3629de5   第7级
    vi.当政,统治(reign的过去式形式)
    参考例句:
    • Silence reigned in the hall. 全场肃静。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere. 夜深人静,一片死寂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    67 bent [bent] QQ8yD   第7级
    n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的;v.(使)弯曲,屈身(bend的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He was fully bent upon the project. 他一心扑在这项计划上。
    • We bent over backward to help them. 我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
    68 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。
    69 strings [strɪŋz] nh0zBe   第12级
    n.弦
    参考例句:
    • He sat on the bed, idly plucking the strings of his guitar. 他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
    • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp. 她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
    70 betokened [bɪˈtəʊkənd] 375655c690bd96db4a8d7f827433e1e3   第12级
    v.预示,表示( betoken的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Nothing betokened that the man know anything of what had occurred. 显然那个人还不知道已经发生了什么事。 来自互联网
    • He addressed a few angry words to her that betokened hostility. 他对她说了几句预示敌意的愤怒的话。 来自互联网
    71 strutting ['strʌtɪŋ] 2a28bf7fb89b582054410bf3c6bbde1a   第10级
    加固,支撑物
    参考例句:
    • He, too, was exceedingly arrogant, strutting about the castle. 他也是非常自大,在城堡里大摇大摆地走。
    • The pompous lecturer is strutting and forth across the stage. 这个演讲者在台上趾高气扬地来回走着。
    72 spunk [spʌŋk] YGozt   第12级
    n.勇气,胆量
    参考例句:
    • After his death, the soldier was cited for spunk. 那位士兵死后因作战勇敢而受到表彰。
    • I admired her independence and her spunk. 我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。
    73 disdained [disˈdeind] d5a61f4ef58e982cb206e243a1d9c102   第8级
    鄙视( disdain的过去式和过去分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做
    参考例句:
    • I disdained to answer his rude remarks. 我不屑回答他的粗话。
    • Jackie disdained the servants that her millions could buy. 杰姬鄙视那些她用钱就可以收买的奴仆。

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