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  • CHAPTER VI. GREAT-AUNT ELIZA’S VISIT

    It was a diamond winter day in February—clear, cold, hard, brilliant. The sharp blue sky shone, the white fields and hills glittered, the fringe of icicles around the eaves of Uncle Alec’s house sparkled. Keen was the frost and crisp the snow over our world; and we young fry of the King households were all agog1 to enjoy life—for was it not Saturday, and were we not left all alone to keep house?

    Aunt Janet and Aunt Olivia had had their last big “kill” of market poultry2 the day before; and early in the morning all our grown-ups set forth3 to Charlottetown, to be gone the whole day. They left us many charges as usual, some of which we remembered and some of which we forgot; but with Felicity in command none of us dared stray far out of line. The Story Girl and Peter came over, of course, and we all agreed that we would haste and get the work done in the forenoon, that we might have an afternoon of uninterrupted enjoyment. A taffy-pull after dinner and then a jolly hour of coasting on the hill field before supper were on our programme. But disappointment was our portion. We did manage to get the taffy made but before we could sample the result satisfactorily, and just as the girls were finishing with the washing of the dishes, Felicity glanced out of the window and exclaimed in tones of dismay,

    “Oh, dear me, here’s Great-aunt Eliza coming up the lane! Now, isn’t that too mean?”

    We all looked out to see a tall, gray-haired lady approaching the house, looking about her with the slightly puzzled air of a stranger. We had been expecting Great-aunt Eliza’s advent4 for some weeks, for she was visiting relatives in Markdale. We knew she was liable to pounce5 down on us any time, being one of those delightful6 folk who like to “surprise” people, but we had never thought of her coming that particular day. It must be confessed that we did not look forward to her visit with any pleasure. None of us had ever seen her, but we knew she was very deaf, and had very decided7 opinions as to the way in which children should behave.

    “Whew!” whistled Dan. “We’re in for a jolly afternoon. She’s deaf as a post and we’ll have to split our throats to make her hear at all. I’ve a notion to skin out.”

    “Oh, don’t talk like that, Dan,” said Cecily reproachfully. “She’s old and lonely and has had a great deal of trouble. She has buried three husbands. We must be kind to her and do the best we can to make her visit pleasant.”

    “She’s coming to the back door,” said Felicity, with an agitated8 glance around the kitchen. “I told you, Dan, that you should have shovelled9 the snow away from the front door this morning. Cecily, set those pots in the pantry quick—hide those boots, Felix—shut the cupboard door, Peter—Sara, straighten up the lounge. She’s awfully10 particular and ma says her house is always as neat as wax.”

    To do Felicity justice, while she issued orders to the rest of us, she was flying busily about herself, and it was amazing how much was accomplished11 in the way of putting the kitchen in perfect order during the two minutes in which Great-aunt Eliza was crossing the yard.

    “Fortunately the sitting-room12 is tidy and there’s plenty in the pantry,” said Felicity, who could face anything undauntedly with a well-stocked larder13 behind her.

    Further conversation was cut short by a decided rap at the door. Felicity opened it.

    “Why, how do you do, Aunt Eliza?” she said loudly.

    A slightly bewildered look appeared on Aunt Eliza’s face. Felicity perceived she had not spoken loudly enough.

    “How do you do, Aunt Eliza,” she repeated at the top of her voice. “Come in—we are glad to see you. We’ve been looking for you for ever so long.”

    “Are your father and mother at home?” asked Aunt Eliza, slowly.

    “No, they went to town today. But they’ll be home this evening.”

    “I’m sorry they’re away,” said Aunt Eliza, coming in, “because I can stay only a few hours.”

    “Oh, that’s too bad,” shouted poor Felicity, darting15 an angry glance at the rest of us, as if to demand why we didn’t help her out. “Why, we’ve been thinking you’d stay a week with us anyway. You MUST stay over Sunday.”

    “I really can’t. I have to go to Charlottetown tonight,” returned Aunt Eliza.

    “Well, you’ll take off your things and stay to tea, at least,” urged Felicity, as hospitably16 as her strained vocal17 chords would admit.

    “Yes, I think I’ll do that. I want to get acquainted with my—my nephews and nieces,” said Aunt Eliza, with a rather pleasant glance around our group. If I could have associated the thought of such a thing with my preconception of Great-aunt Eliza I could have sworn there was a twinkle in her eye. But of course it was impossible. “Won’t you introduce yourselves, please?”

    Felicity shouted our names and Great-aunt Eliza shook hands all round. She performed the duty grimly and I concluded I must have been mistaken about the twinkle. She was certainly very tall and dignified18 and imposing—altogether a great-aunt to be respected.

    Felicity and Cecily took her to the spare room and then left her in the sitting-room while they returned to the kitchen, to discuss the matter in family conclave19.

    “Well, and what do you think of dear Aunt Eliza?” asked Dan.

    “S-s-s-sh,” warned Cecily, with a glance at the half-open hall door.

    “Pshaw,” scoffed20 Dan, “she can’t hear us. There ought to be a law against anyone being as deaf as that.”

    “She’s not so old-looking as I expected,” said Felix. “If her hair wasn’t so white she wouldn’t look much older than your mother.”

    “You don’t have to be very old to be a great-aunt,” said Cecily. “Kitty Marr has a great-aunt who is just the same age as her mother. I expect it was burying so many husbands turned her hair white. But Aunt Eliza doesn’t look just as I expected she would either.”

    “She’s dressed more stylishly21 than I expected,” said Felicity. “I thought she’d be real old-fashioned, but her clothes aren’t too bad at all.”

    “She wouldn’t be bad-looking if ‘tweren’t for her nose,” said Peter. “It’s too long, and crooked22 besides.”

    “You needn’t criticize our relations like that,” said Felicity tartly23.

    “Well, aren’t you doing it yourselves?” expostulated Peter.

    “That’s different,” retorted Felicity. “Never you mind Great-aunt Eliza’s nose.”

    “Well, don’t expect me to talk to her,” said Dan, “‘cause I won’t.”

    “I’m going to be very polite to her,” said Felicity. “She’s rich. But how are we to entertain her, that’s the question.”

    “What does the Family Guide say about entertaining your rich, deaf old aunt?” queried24 Dan ironically.

    “The Family Guide says we should be polite to EVERYBODY,” said Cecily, with a reproachful look at Dan.

    “The worst of it is,” said Felicity, looking worried, “that there isn’t a bit of old bread in the house and she can’t eat new, I’ve heard father say. It gives her indigestion. What will we do?”

    “Make a pan of rusks and apologize for having no old bread,” suggested the Story Girl, probably by way of teasing Felicity. The latter, however, took it in all good faith.

    “The Family Guide says we should never apologize for things we can’t help. It says it’s adding insult to injury to do it. But you run over home for a loaf of stale bread, Sara, and it’s a good idea about the rusks. I’ll make a panful.”

    “Let me make them,” said the Story Girl, eagerly. “I can make real good rusks now.”

    “No, it wouldn’t do to trust you,” said Felicity mercilessly. “You might make some queer mistake and Aunt Eliza would tell it all over the country. She’s a fearful old gossip. I’ll make the rusks myself. She hates cats, so we mustn’t let Paddy be seen. And she’s a Methodist, so mind nobody says anything against Methodists to her.”

    “Who’s going to say anything, anyhow?” asked Peter belligerently25.

    “I wonder if I might ask her for her name for my quilt square?” speculated Cecily. “I believe I will. She looks so much friendlier than I expected. Of course she’ll choose the five-cent section. She’s an estimable old lady, but very economical.”

    “Why don’t you say she’s so mean she’d skin a flea26 for its hide and tallow?” said Dan. “That’s the plain truth.”

    “Well, I’m going to see about getting tea,” said Felicity, “so the rest of you will have to entertain her. You better go in and show her the photographs in the album. Dan, you do it.”

    “Thank you, that’s a girl’s job,” said Dan. “I’d look nice sitting up to Aunt Eliza and yelling out that this was Uncle Jim and ‘tother Cousin Sarah’s twins, wouldn’t I? Cecily or the Story Girl can do it.”

    “I don’t know all the pictures in your album,” said the Story Girl hastily.

    “I s’pose I’ll have to do it, though I don’t like to,” sighed Cecily. “But we ought to go in. We’ve left her alone too long now. She’ll think we have no manners.”

    Accordingly we all filed in rather reluctantly. Great-aunt Eliza was toasting her toes—clad, as we noted27, in very smart and shapely shoes—at the stove and looking quite at her ease. Cecily, determined28 to do her duty even in the face of such fearful odds29 as Great-aunt Eliza’s deafness, dragged a ponderous30, plush-covered album from its corner and proceeded to display and explain the family photographs. She did her brave best but she could not shout like Felicity, and half the time, as she confided31 to me later on, she felt that Great-aunt Eliza did not hear one word she said, because she didn’t seem to take in who the people were, though, just like all deaf folks, she wouldn’t let on. Great-aunt Eliza certainly didn’t talk much; she looked at the photographs in silence, but she smiled now and then. That smile bothered me. It was so twinkly and so very un-great-aunt-Elizaish. But I felt indignant with her. I thought she might have shown a little more appreciation32 of Cecily’s gallant33 efforts to entertain.

    It was very dull for the rest of us. The Story Girl sat rather sulkily in her corner; she was angry because Felicity would not let her make the rusks, and also, perhaps, a little vexed34 because she could not charm Great-aunt Eliza with her golden voice and story-telling gift. Felix and I looked at each other and wished ourselves out in the hill field, careering gloriously adown its gleaming crust.

    But presently a little amusement came our way. Dan, who was sitting behind Great-aunt Eliza, and consequently out of her view, began making comments on Cecily’s explanation of this one and that one among the photographs. In vain Cecily implored35 him to stop. It was too good fun to give up. For the next half-hour the dialogue ran after this fashion, while Peter and Felix and I, and even the Story Girl, suffered agonies trying to smother36 our bursts of laughter—for Great-aunt Eliza could see if she couldn’t hear:

    CECILY, SHOUTING:—“That is Mr. Joseph Elliott of Markdale, a second cousin of mother’s.”

    DAN:—“Don’t brag37 of it, Sis. He’s the man who was asked if somebody else said something in sincerity38 and old Joe said ‘No, he said it in my cellar.’”

    CECILY:—“This isn’t anybody in our family. It’s little Xavy Gautier who used to be hired with Uncle Roger.”

    DAN:—“Uncle Roger sent him to fix a gate one day and scolded him because he didn’t do it right, and Xavy was mad as hops39 and said ‘How you ‘spect me to fix dat gate? I never learned jogerfy.’”

    CECILY, WITH AN ANGUISHED40 GLANCE AT DAN:—“This is Great-uncle Robert King.”

    DAN:—“He’s been married four times. Don’t you think that’s often enough, dear great-aunty?”

    CECILY:—“(Dan!!) This is a nephew of Mr. Ambrose Marr’s. He lives out west and teaches school.”

    DAN:—“Yes, and Uncle Roger says he doesn’t know enough not to sleep in a field with the gate open.”

    CECILY:—“This is Miss Julia Stanley, who used to teach in Carlisle a few years ago.”

    DAN:—“When she resigned the trustees had a meeting to see if they’d ask her to stay and raise her supplement. Old Highland41 Sandy was alive then and he got up and said, ‘If she for go let her for went. Perhaps she for marry.’”

    CECILY, WITH THE AIR OF A MARTYR:—“This is Mr. Layton, who used to travel around selling Bibles and hymn42 books and Talmage’s sermons.”

    DAN:—“He was so thin Uncle Roger used to say he always mistook him for a crack in the atmosphere. One time he stayed here all night and went to prayer meeting and Mr. Marwood asked him to lead in prayer. It had been raining ‘most every day for three weeks, and it was just in haymaking time, and everybody thought the hay was going to be ruined, and old Layton got up and prayed that God would send gentle showers on the growing crops, and I heard Uncle Roger whisper to a fellow behind me, ‘If somebody don’t choke him off we won’t get the hay made this summer.’”

    CECILY, IN EXASPERATION:—“(Dan, shame on you for telling such irreverent stories.) This is Mrs. Alexander Scott of Markdale. She has been very sick for a long time.”

    DAN:—“Uncle Roger says all that keeps her alive is that she’s scared her husband will marry again.”

    CECILY:—“This is old Mr. James MacPherson who used to live behind the graveyard44.”

    DAN:—“He’s the man who told mother once that he always made his own iodine45 out of strong tea and baking soda.”

    CECILY:—“This is Cousin Ebenezer MacPherson on the Markdale road.”

    DAN:—“Great temperance man! He never tasted rum in his life. He took the measles46 when he was forty-five and was crazy as a loon47 with them, and the doctor ordered them to give him a dose of brandy. When he swallowed it he looked up and says, solemn as an owl14, ‘Give it to me oftener and more at a time.’”

    CECILY, IMPLORINGLY:—“(Dan, do stop. You make me so nervous I don’t know what I’m doing.) This is Mr. Lemuel Goodridge. He is a minister.”

    DAN:—“You ought to see his mouth. Uncle Roger says the drawing string has fell out of it. It just hangs loose—so fashion.”

    Dan, whose own mouth was far from being beautiful, here gave an imitation of the Rev43. Lemuel’s, to the utter undoing48 of Peter, Felix, and myself. Our wild guffaws49 of laughter penetrated50 even Great-aunt Eliza’s deafness, and she glanced up with a startled face. What we would have done I do not know had not Felicity at that moment appeared in the doorway with panic-stricken eyes and exclaimed,

    “Cecily, come here for a moment.”

    Cecily, glad of even a temporary respite51, fled to the kitchen and we heard her demanding what was the matter.

    “Matter!” exclaimed Felicity, tragically52. “Matter enough! Some of you left a soup plate with molasses in it on the pantry table and Pat got into it and what do you think? He went into the spare room and walked all over Aunt Eliza’s things on the bed. You can see his tracks plain as plain. What in the world can we do? She’ll be simply furious.”

    I looked apprehensively54 at Great-aunt Eliza; but she was gazing intently at a picture of Aunt Janet’s sister’s twins, a most stolid55, uninteresting pair; but evidently Great-aunt Eliza found them amusing for she was smiling widely over them.

    “Let us take a little clean water and a soft bit of cotton,” came Cecily’s clear voice from the kitchen, “and see if we can’t clean the molasses off. The coat and hat are both cloth, and molasses isn’t like grease.”

    “Well, we can try, but I wish the Story Girl would keep her cat home,” grumbled56 Felicity.

    The Story Girl here flew out to defend her pet, and we four boys sat on, miserably57 conscious of Great-aunt Eliza, who never said a word to us, despite her previously58 expressed desire to become acquainted with us. She kept on looking at the photographs and seemed quite oblivious59 of our presence.

    Presently the girls returned, having, as transpired60 later, been so successful in removing the traces of Paddy’s mischief61 that it was not deemed necessary to worry Great-aunt Eliza with any account of it. Felicity announced tea and, while Cecily conveyed Great-aunt Eliza out to the dining-room, lingered behind to consult with us for a moment.

    “Ought we to ask her to say grace?” she wanted to know.

    “I know a story,” said the Story Girl, “about Uncle Roger when he was just a young man. He went to the house of a very deaf old lady and when they sat down to the table she asked him to say grace. Uncle Roger had never done such a thing in his life and he turned as red as a beet62 and looked down and muttered, ‘E-r-r, please excuse me—I—I’m not accustomed to doing that.’ Then he looked up and the old lady said ‘Amen,’ loudly and cheerfully. She thought Uncle Roger was saying grace all the time.”

    “I don’t think it’s right to tell funny stories about such things,” said Felicity coldly. “And I asked for your opinion, not for a story.”

    “If we don’t ask her, Felix must say it, for he’s the only one who can, and we must have it, or she’d be shocked.”

    “Oh, ask her—ask her,” advised Felix hastily.

    She was asked accordingly and said grace without any hesitation63, after which she proceeded to eat heartily64 of the excellent supper Felicity had provided. The rusks were especially good and Great-aunt Eliza ate three of them and praised them. Apart from that she said little and during the first part of the meal we sat in embarrassed silence. Towards the last, however, our tongues were loosened, and the Story Girl told us a tragic53 tale of old Charlottetown and a governor’s wife who had died of a broken heart in the early days of the colony.

    “They say that story isn’t true,” said Felicity. “They say what she really died of was indigestion. The Governor’s wife who lives there now is a relation of our own. She is a second cousin of father’s but we’ve never seen her. Her name was Agnes Clark. And mind you, when father was a young man he was dead in love with her and so was she with him.”

    “Who ever told you that?” exclaimed Dan.

    “Aunt Olivia. And I’ve heard ma teasing father about it, too. Of course, it was before father got acquainted with mother.”

    “Why didn’t your father marry her?” I asked.

    “Well, she just simply wouldn’t marry him in the end. She got over being in love with him. I guess she was pretty fickle65. Aunt Olivia said father felt awful about it for awhile, but he got over it when he met ma. Ma was twice as good-looking as Agnes Clark. Agnes was a sight for freckles66, so Aunt Olivia says. But she and father remained real good friends. Just think, if she had married him we would have been the children of the Governor’s wife.”

    “But she wouldn’t have been the Governor’s wife then,” said Dan.

    “I guess it’s just as good being father’s wife,” declared Cecily loyally.

    “You might think so if you saw the Governor,” chuckled67 Dan. “Uncle Roger says it would be no harm to worship him because he doesn’t look like anything in the heavens above or on the earth beneath or the waters under the earth.”

    “Oh, Uncle Roger just says that because he’s on the opposite side of politics,” said Cecily. “The Governor isn’t really so very ugly. I saw him at the Markdale picnic two years ago. He’s very fat and bald and red-faced, but I’ve seen far worse looking men.”

    “I’m afraid your seat is too near the stove, Aunt Eliza,” shouted Felicity.

    Our guest, whose face was certainly very much flushed, shook her head.

    “Oh, no, I’m very comfortable,” she said. But her voice had the effect of making us uncomfortable. There was a queer, uncertain little sound in it. Was Great-aunt Eliza laughing at us? We looked at her sharply but her face was very solemn. Only her eyes had a suspicious appearance. Somehow, we did not talk much more the rest of the meal.

    When it was over Great-aunt Eliza said she was very sorry but she must really go. Felicity politely urged her to stay, but was much relieved when Great-aunt Eliza adhered to her intention of going. When Felicity took her to the spare room Cecily slipped upstairs and presently came back with a little parcel in her hand.

    “What have you got there?” demanded Felicity suspiciously.

    “A—a little bag of rose-leaves,” faltered68 Cecily. “I thought I’d give them to Aunt Eliza.”

    “The idea! Don’t you do such a thing,” said Felicity contemptuously. “She’d think you were crazy.”

    “She was awfully nice when I asked her for her name for the quilt,” protested Cecily, “and she took a ten-cent section after all. So I’d like to give her the rose-leaves—and I’m going to, too, Miss Felicity.”

    Great-aunt Eliza accepted the little gift quite graciously, bade us all good-bye, said she had enjoyed herself very much, left messages for father and mother, and finally betook herself away. We watched her cross the yard, tall, stately, erect69, and disappear down the lane. Then, as often aforetime, we gathered together in the cheer of the red hearth-flame, while outside the wind of a winter twilight70 sang through fair white valleys brimmed with a reddening sunset, and a faint, serene71, silver-cold star glimmered72 over the willow73 at the gate.

    “Well,” said Felicity, drawing a relieved breath, “I’m glad she’s gone. She certainly is queer, just as mother said.”

    “It’s a different kind of queerness from what I expected, though,” said the Story Girl meditatively74. “There’s something I can’t quite make out about Aunt Eliza. I don’t think I altogether like her.”

    “I’m precious sure I don’t,” said Dan.

    “Oh, well, never mind. She’s gone now and that’s the last of it,” said Cecily comfortingly.

    But it wasn’t the last of it—not by any manner of means was it! When our grown-ups returned almost the first words Aunt Janet said were,

    “And so you had the Governor’s wife to tea?”

    We all stared at her.

    “I don’t know what you mean,” said Felicity. “We had nobody to tea except Great-aunt Eliza. She came this afternoon and—”

    “Great-aunt Eliza? Nonsense,” said Aunt Janet. “Aunt Eliza was in town today. She had tea with us at Aunt Louisa’s. But wasn’t Mrs. Governor Lesley here? We met her on her way back to Charlottetown and she told us she was. She said she was visiting a friend in Carlisle and thought she’d call to see father for old acquaintance sake. What in the world are all you children staring like that for? Your eyes are like saucers.”

    “There was a lady here to tea,” said Felicity miserably, “but we thought it was Great-aunt Eliza—she never SAID she wasn’t—I thought she acted queer—and we all yelled at her as if she was deaf—and said things to each other about her nose—and Pat running over her clothes—”

    “She must have heard all you said while I was showing her the photographs, Dan,” cried Cecily.

    “And about the Governor at tea time,” chuckled unrepentant Dan.

    “I want to know what all this means,” said Aunt Janet sternly.

    She knew in due time, after she had pieced the story together from our disjointed accounts. She was horrified75, and Uncle Alec was mildly disturbed, but Uncle Roger roared with laughter and Aunt Olivia echoed it.

    “To think you should have so little sense!” said Aunt Janet in a disgusted tone.

    “I think it was real mean of her to pretend she was deaf,” said Felicity, almost on the verge76 of tears.

    “That was Agnes Clark all over,” chuckled Uncle Roger. “How she must have enjoyed this afternoon!”

    She had enjoyed it, as we learned the next day, when a letter came from her.

    “Dear Cecily and all the rest of you,” wrote the Governor’s wife, “I want to ask you to forgive me for pretending to be Aunt Eliza. I suspect it was a little horrid77 of me, but really I couldn’t resist the temptation, and if you will forgive me for it I will forgive you for the things you said about the Governor, and we will all be good friends. You know the Governor is a very nice man, though he has the misfortune not to be handsome.

    “I had just a splendid time at your place, and I envy your Aunt Eliza her nephews and nieces. You were all so nice to me, and I didn’t dare to be a bit nice to you lest I should give myself away. But I’ll make up for that when you come to see me at Government House, as you all must the very next time you come to town. I’m so sorry I didn’t see Paddy, for I love pussy78 cats, even if they do track molasses over my clothes. And, Cecily, thank you ever so much for that little bag of pot-pourri. It smells like a hundred rose gardens, and I have put it between the sheets for my very sparest room bed, where you shall sleep when you come to see me, you dear thing. And the Governor wants you to put his name on the quilt square, too, in the ten-cent section.

    “Tell Dan I enjoyed his comments on the photographs very much. They were quite a refreshing79 contrast to the usual explanations of ‘who’s who.’ And Felicity, your rusks were perfection. Do send me your recipe for them, there’s a darling.

    “Yours most cordially,

    AGNES CLARK LESLEY.

    “Well, it was decent of her to apologize, anyhow,” commented Dan.

    “If we only hadn’t said that about the Governor,” moaned Felicity.

    “How did you make your rusks?” asked Aunt Janet. “There was no baking-powder in the house, and I never could get them right with soda and cream of tartar.”

    “There was plenty of baking-powder in the pantry,” said Felicity.

    “No, there wasn’t a particle. I used the last making those cookies Thursday morning.”

    “But I found another can nearly full, away back on the top shelf, ma,—the one with the yellow label. I guess you forgot it was there.”

    Aunt Janet stared at her pretty daughter blankly. Then amazement80 gave place to horror.

    “Felicity King!” she exclaimed. “You don’t mean to tell me that you raised those rusks with the stuff that was in that old yellow can?”

    “Yes, I did,” faltered Felicity, beginning to look scared. “Why, ma, what was the matter with it?”

    “Matter! That stuff was TOOTH-POWDER, that’s what it was. Your Cousin Myra broke the bottle her tooth-powder was in when she was here last winter and I gave her that old can to keep it in. She forgot to take it when she went away and I put it on that top shelf. I declare you must all have been bewitched yesterday.”

    Poor, poor Felicity! If she had not always been so horribly vain over her cooking and so scornfully contemptuous of other people’s aspirations81 and mistakes along that line, I could have found it in my heart to pity her.

    The Story Girl would have been more than human if she had not betrayed a little triumphant82 amusement, but Peter stood up for his lady manfully.

    “The rusks were splendid, anyhow, so what difference does it make what they were raised with?”

    Dan, however, began to taunt83 Felicity with her tooth-powder rusks, and kept it up for the rest of his natural life.

    “Don’t forget to send the Governor’s wife the recipe for them,” he said.

    Felicity, with eyes tearful and cheeks crimson84 from mortification85, rushed from the room, but never, never did the Governor’s wife get the recipe for those rusks.



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    1 agog [əˈgɒg] efayI   第12级
    adj.兴奋的,有强烈兴趣的; adv.渴望地
    参考例句:
    • The children were all agog to hear the story. 孩子们都渴望着要听这个故事。
    • The city was agog with rumors last night that the two had been executed. 那两人已被处决的传言昨晚搞得全城沸沸扬扬。
    2 poultry [ˈpəʊltri] GPQxh   第7级
    n.家禽,禽肉
    参考例句:
    • There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
    • What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
    3 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。
    4 advent [ˈædvent] iKKyo   第7级
    n.(重要事件等的)到来,来临
    参考例句:
    • Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
    • The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe. 欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。
    5 pounce [paʊns] 4uAyU   第10级
    n.猛扑;v.猛扑,突然袭击,欣然同意
    参考例句:
    • Why do you pounce on every single thing I say? 干吗我说的每句话你都要找麻烦?
    • We saw the tiger about to pounce on the goat. 我们看见老虎要向那只山羊扑过去。
    6 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。
    7 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。
    8 agitated [ˈædʒɪteɪtɪd] dzgzc2   第11级
    adj.被鼓动的,不安的
    参考例句:
    • His answers were all mixed up, so agitated was he. 他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
    • She was agitated because her train was an hour late. 她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
    9 shovelled [ˈʃʌvld] c80a960e1cd1fc9dd624b12ab4d38f62   第8级
    v.铲子( shovel的过去式和过去分词 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份
    参考例句:
    • They shovelled a path through the snow. 他们用铲子在积雪中铲出一条路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The hungry man greedily shovelled the food into his mouth. 那个饿汉贪婪地把食物投入口中。 来自辞典例句
    10 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。
    11 accomplished [əˈkʌmplɪʃt] UzwztZ   第8级
    adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
    参考例句:
    • Thanks to your help, we accomplished the task ahead of schedule. 亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
    • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator. 通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
    12 sitting-room ['sɪtɪŋrʊm] sitting-room   第8级
    n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
    参考例句:
    • The sitting-room is clean. 起居室很清洁。
    • Each villa has a separate sitting-room. 每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
    13 larder [ˈlɑ:də(r)] m9tzb   第12级
    n.食物贮藏室,食品橱
    参考例句:
    • Please put the food into the larder. 请将食物放进食物柜内。
    • They promised never to raid the larder again. 他们答应不再随便开食橱拿东西吃了。
    14 owl [aʊl] 7KFxk   第7级
    n.猫头鹰,枭
    参考例句:
    • Her new glasses make her look like an owl. 她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
    • I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight. 我睡得很晚,经常半夜后才睡觉。
    15 darting [dɑ:tɪŋ] darting   第8级
    v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔
    参考例句:
    • Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句
    16 hospitably ['hɒspɪtəblɪ] 2cccc8bd2e0d8b1720a33145cbff3993   第9级
    亲切地,招待周到地,善于款待地
    参考例句:
    • At Peking was the Great Khan, and they were hospitably entertained. 忽必烈汗在北京,他们受到了盛情款待。
    • She was received hospitably by her new family. 她的新家人热情地接待了她。
    17 vocal [ˈvəʊkl] vhOwA   第7级
    adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
    参考例句:
    • The tongue is a vocal organ. 舌头是一个发音器官。
    • Public opinion at last became vocal. 终于舆论哗然。
    18 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。
    19 conclave [ˈkɒŋkleɪv] eY9yw   第12级
    n.秘密会议,红衣主教团
    参考例句:
    • Signore, I ask and I prey, that you break this conclave. 各位阁下,我请求,并祈祷,你们能停止这次秘密会议。
    • I met my partner at that conclave and my life moved into a huge shift. 我就是在那次大会上遇到了我的伴侣的,而我的生活就转向了一个巨大的改变。
    20 scoffed [skɔft] b366539caba659eacba33b0867b6de2f   第7级
    嘲笑,嘲弄( scoff的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He scoffed at our amateurish attempts. 他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。
    • A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea. 一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法。
    21 stylishly ['staɪlɪʃlɪ] 72e312749d6cde40dfb023485f81b700   第9级
    adv.时髦地,新式地
    参考例句:
    • Her stylishly short auburn hair was streaked naturally with gray. 她时髦的金棕色短发里自然地夹着几丝灰发。 来自辞典例句
    • She was dressed very stylishly. 她穿着很时髦。 来自互联网
    22 crooked [ˈkrʊkɪd] xvazAv   第7级
    adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的;v.弯成钩形(crook的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him. 他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
    • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads. 在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
    23 tartly [tɑ:tlɪ] 0gtzl5   第10级
    adv.辛辣地,刻薄地
    参考例句:
    • She finished by tartly pointing out that he owed her some money. 她最后刻薄地指出他欠她一些钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Kay said tartly, "And you're more Yankee than Italian. 恺酸溜溜他说:“可你哪,与其说是意大利人,还不如说是新英格兰人。 来自教父部分
    24 queried [ˈkwiərid] 5c2c5662d89da782d75e74125d6f6932   第8级
    v.质疑,对…表示疑问( query的过去式和过去分词 );询问
    参考例句:
    • She queried what he said. 她对他说的话表示怀疑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • \"What does he have to do?\" queried Chin dubiously. “他有什么心事?”琴向觉民问道,她的脸上现出疑惑不解的神情。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
    25 belligerently [] 217a53853325c5cc2e667748673ad9b7   第11级
    参考例句:
    • Cars zoomed helter-skelter, honking belligerently. 大街上来往车辆穿梭不停,喇叭声刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Harass, threaten, insult, or behave belligerently towards others. 向其它交战地折磨,威胁,侮辱,或表现。 来自互联网
    26 flea [fli:] dgSz3   第10级
    n.跳蚤
    参考例句:
    • I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more. 如果他再来打扰的话,我就要对他不客气了。
    • Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market. 亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。
    27 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。
    28 determined [dɪˈtɜ:mɪnd] duszmP   第7级
    adj.坚定的;有决心的;v.决定;断定(determine的过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation. 我已决定毕业后去西藏。
    • He determined to view the rooms behind the office. 他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
    29 odds [ɒdz] n5czT   第7级
    n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
    参考例句:
    • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win. 她获胜的机会是五比一。
    • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once? 你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
    30 ponderous [ˈpɒndərəs] pOCxR   第11级
    adj.沉重的,笨重的,(文章)冗长的
    参考例句:
    • His steps were heavy and ponderous. 他的步伐沉重缓慢。
    • It was easy to underestimate him because of his occasionally ponderous manner. 由于他偶尔现出的沉闷的姿态,很容易使人小看了他。
    31 confided [kənˈfaidid] 724f3f12e93e38bec4dda1e47c06c3b1   第7级
    v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)
    参考例句:
    • She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
    • He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露,他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    32 appreciation [əˌpri:ʃiˈeɪʃn] Pv9zs   第7级
    n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
    参考例句:
    • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all. 我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
    • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help. 我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
    33 gallant [ˈgælənt] 66Myb   第9级
    adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的
    参考例句:
    • Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men. 黄继光的英勇事迹尽人皆知。
    • These gallant soldiers will protect our country. 这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。
    34 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》
    35 implored [ɪmˈplɔ:d] 0b089ebf3591e554caa381773b194ff1   第9级
    恳求或乞求(某人)( implore的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She implored him to stay. 她恳求他留下。
    • She implored him with tears in her eyes to forgive her. 她含泪哀求他原谅她。
    36 smother [ˈsmʌðə(r)] yxlwO   第9级
    vt./vi.使窒息;抑制;闷死;n.浓烟;窒息
    参考例句:
    • They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket. 他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火。
    • We tried to smother our laughter. 我们强忍住笑。
    37 brag [bræg] brag   第8级
    n. 吹牛,自夸 vi. 吹牛,自夸 vt. 吹牛,吹嘘
    参考例句:
    • He made brag of his skill. 他夸耀自己技术高明。
    • His wealth is his brag. 他夸张他的财富。
    38 sincerity [sɪn'serətɪ] zyZwY   第7级
    n.真诚,诚意;真实
    参考例句:
    • His sincerity added much more authority to the story. 他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
    • He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity. 他竭力让我了解他的诚意。
    39 hops [hɒps] a6b9236bf6c7a3dfafdbc0709208acc0   第7级
    跳上[下]( hop的第三人称单数 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花
    参考例句:
    • The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops. 那麻雀一蹦一跳地穿过草坪。
    • It is brewed from malt and hops. 它用麦精和蛇麻草酿成。
    40 anguished ['æŋɡwɪʃd] WzezLl   第7级
    adj.极其痛苦的v.使极度痛苦(anguish的过去式)
    参考例句:
    • Desmond eyed her anguished face with sympathy. 看着她痛苦的脸,德斯蒙德觉得理解。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The loss of her husband anguished her deeply. 她丈夫的死亡使她悲痛万分。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    41 highland [ˈhaɪlənd] sdpxR   第7级
    n.(pl.)高地,山地
    参考例句:
    • The highland game is part of Scotland's cultural heritage. 苏格兰高地游戏是苏格兰文化遗产的一部分。
    • The highland forests where few hunters venture have long been the bear's sanctuary. 这片只有少数猎人涉险的高山森林,一直都是黑熊的避难所。
    42 hymn [hɪm] m4Wyw   第8级
    n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌
    参考例句:
    • They sang a hymn of praise to God. 他们唱着圣歌,赞美上帝。
    • The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn. 合唱团只唱了最后一首赞美诗的两个段落。
    43 rev [rev] njvzwS   第11级
    vi.发动机旋转,加快速度;vt.使加速;增加
    参考例句:
    • It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts. 他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
    • Don't rev the engine so hard. 别让发动机转得太快。
    44 graveyard [ˈgreɪvjɑ:d] 9rFztV   第10级
    n.坟场
    参考例句:
    • All the town was drifting toward the graveyard. 全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
    • Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps. 居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。
    45 iodine [ˈaɪədi:n] Da6zr   第10级
    n.碘,碘酒
    参考例句:
    • The doctor painted iodine on the cut. 医生在伤口上涂点碘酒。
    • Iodine tends to localize in the thyroid. 碘容易集于甲状腺。
    46 measles [ˈmi:zlz] Bw8y9   第9级
    n.麻疹,风疹,包虫病,痧子
    参考例句:
    • The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles. 医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
    • The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles. 医生让她注意麻疹出现的症状。
    47 loon [lu:n] UkPyS   第12级
    n.狂人
    参考例句:
    • That guy's a real loon. 那个人是个真正的疯子。
    • Everyone thought he was a loon. 每个人都骂他神经。
    48 undoing [ʌn'du:iŋ] Ifdz6a   第7级
    n.毁灭的原因,祸根;破坏,毁灭
    参考例句:
    • That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
    • This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。
    49 guffaws [gəˈfɔ:z] 323b230bde1fddc299e98f6b97b99a88   第11级
    n.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的名词复数 )v.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • Harry even had to cover his face duck out of view to hide his uncontrolled guffaws. 哈里王子更是一发不可收拾,捂住脸,狂笑起来。 来自互联网
    50 penetrated ['penɪtreɪtɪd] 61c8e5905df30b8828694a7dc4c3a3e0   第7级
    adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The knife had penetrated his chest. 刀子刺入了他的胸膛。
    • They penetrated into territory where no man had ever gone before. 他们已进入先前没人去过的地区。
    51 respite [ˈrespaɪt] BWaxa   第10级
    n.休息,中止,暂缓
    参考例句:
    • She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours. 她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
    • Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite. 贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
    52 tragically ['trædʒɪklɪ] 7bc94e82e1e513c38f4a9dea83dc8681   第7级
    adv. 悲剧地,悲惨地
    参考例句:
    • Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
    • Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。
    53 tragic [ˈtrædʒɪk] inaw2   第7级
    adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
    参考例句:
    • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic. 污染海滩后果可悲。
    • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues. 查理是个注定不得善终的人。
    54 apprehensively [ˌæprɪ'hensɪvlɪ] lzKzYF   第9级
    adv.担心地
    参考例句:
    • He glanced a trifle apprehensively towards the crowded ballroom. 他敏捷地朝挤满了人的舞厅瞟了一眼。 来自辞典例句
    • Then it passed, leaving everything in a state of suspense, even the willow branches waiting apprehensively. 一阵这样的风过去,一切都不知怎好似的,连柳树都惊疑不定的等着点什么。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
    55 stolid [ˈstɒlɪd] VGFzC   第9级
    adj.无动于衷的,感情麻木的
    参考例句:
    • Her face showed nothing but stolid indifference. 她的脸上毫无表情,只有麻木的无动于衷。
    • He conceals his feelings behind a rather stolid manner. 他装作无动于衷的样子以掩盖自己的感情。
    56 grumbled [ˈɡrʌmbld] ed735a7f7af37489d7db1a9ef3b64f91   第7级
    抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声
    参考例句:
    • He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
    • The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏,水手们边干活边发着牢骚。
    57 miserably ['mɪzrəblɪ] zDtxL   第7级
    adv.痛苦地;悲惨地;糟糕地;极度地
    参考例句:
    • The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。
    • It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp. 外面下着毛毛细雨,天气又冷又湿,令人难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    58 previously ['pri:vɪəslɪ] bkzzzC   第8级
    adv.以前,先前(地)
    参考例句:
    • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point. 自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
    • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously. 让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
    59 oblivious [əˈblɪviəs] Y0Byc   第8级
    adj.易忘的,遗忘的,忘却的,健忘的
    参考例句:
    • Mother has become quite oblivious after the illness. 这次病后,妈妈变得特别健忘。
    • He was quite oblivious of the danger. 他完全没有察觉到危险。
    60 transpired [trænˈspaɪəd] eb74de9fe1bf6f220d412ce7c111e413   第10级
    (事实,秘密等)被人知道( transpire的过去式和过去分词 ); 泄露; 显露; 发生
    参考例句:
    • It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. 据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。
    • It later transpired that he hadn't been telling the truth. 他当时没说真话,这在后来显露出来了。
    61 mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] jDgxH   第7级
    n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
    参考例句:
    • Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
    • He seems to intend mischief. 看来他想捣蛋。
    62 beet [bi:t] 9uXzV   第10级
    n.甜菜;甜菜根
    参考例句:
    • He farmed his pickers to work in the beet fields. 他出租他的摘棉工去甜菜地里干活。
    • The sugar beet is an entirely different kind of plant. 糖用甜菜是一种完全不同的作物。
    63 hesitation [ˌhezɪ'teɪʃn] tdsz5   第7级
    n.犹豫,踌躇
    参考例句:
    • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last. 踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
    • There was a certain hesitation in her manner. 她的态度有些犹豫不决。
    64 heartily [ˈhɑ:tɪli] Ld3xp   第8级
    adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
    参考例句:
    • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse. 他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
    • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily. 主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
    65 fickle [ˈfɪkl] Lg9zn   第9级
    adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的,不坚定的
    参考例句:
    • Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand. 物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。
    • The weather is so fickle in summer. 夏日的天气如此多变。
    66 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》
    67 chuckled [ˈtʃʌkld] 8ce1383c838073977a08258a1f3e30f8   第9级
    轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
    • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
    68 faltered [ˈfɔ:ltəd] d034d50ce5a8004ff403ab402f79ec8d   第8级
    (嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃
    参考例句:
    • He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
    • "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着:“这孩子脑袋真长。”
    69 erect [ɪˈrekt] 4iLzm   第7级
    vt.树立,建立,使竖立;vi.直立;勃起;adj.直立的,垂直的
    参考例句:
    • She held her head erect and her back straight. 她昂着头,把背挺得笔直。
    • Soldiers are trained to stand erect. 士兵们训练站得笔直。
    70 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。
    71 serene [səˈri:n] PD2zZ   第8级
    adj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的
    参考例句:
    • He has entered the serene autumn of his life. 他已进入了美好的中年时期。
    • He didn't speak much, he just smiled with that serene smile of his. 他话不多,只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。
    72 glimmered [ˈglɪməd] 8dea896181075b2b225f0bf960cf3afd   第8级
    v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • "There glimmered the embroidered letter, with comfort in its unearthly ray." 她胸前绣着的字母闪着的非凡的光辉,将温暖舒适带给他人。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
    • The moon glimmered faintly through the mists. 月亮透过薄雾洒下微光。 来自辞典例句
    73 willow [ˈwɪləʊ] bMFz6   第8级
    n.柳树
    参考例句:
    • The river was sparsely lined with willow trees. 河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
    • The willow's shadow falls on the lake. 垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。
    74 meditatively ['medɪtətɪvlɪ] 1840c96c2541871bf074763dc24f786a   第12级
    adv.冥想地
    参考例句:
    • The old man looked meditatively at the darts board. 老头儿沉思不语,看着那投镖板。 来自英汉文学
    • "Well,'said the foreman, scratching his ear meditatively, "we do need a stitcher. “这--"工头沉思地搔了搔耳朵。 "我们确实需要一个缝纫工。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    75 horrified ['hɔrifaid] 8rUzZU   第8级
    a.(表现出)恐惧的
    参考例句:
    • The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
    • We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
    76 verge [vɜ:dʒ] gUtzQ   第7级
    n.边,边缘;vi.接近,濒临
    参考例句:
    • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse. 国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
    • She was on the verge of bursting into tears. 她快要哭出来了。
    77 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。
    78 pussy [ˈpʊsi] x0dzA   第11级
    n.(儿语)小猫,猫咪
    参考例句:
    • Why can't they leave my pussy alone? 为什么他们就不能离我小猫咪远一点?
    • The baby was playing with his pussy. 孩子正和他的猫嬉戏。
    79 refreshing [rɪˈfreʃɪŋ] HkozPQ   第8级
    adj.使精神振作的,使人清爽的,使人喜欢的
    参考例句:
    • I find it so refreshing to work with young people in this department. 我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
    • The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing. 水很涼,特别解乏提神。
    80 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。
    81 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。
    82 triumphant [traɪˈʌmfənt] JpQys   第9级
    adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的
    参考例句:
    • The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital. 部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
    • There was a positively triumphant note in her voice. 她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。
    83 taunt [tɔ:nt] nIJzj   第10级
    n.辱骂,嘲弄;v.嘲弄
    参考例句:
    • He became a taunt to his neighbours. 他成了邻居们嘲讽的对象。
    • Why do the other children taunt him with having red hair? 为什么别的小孩子讥笑他有红头发?
    84 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。
    85 mortification ['mɔ:tifi'keiʃən] mwIyN   第11级
    n.耻辱,屈辱
    参考例句:
    • To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected. 使我感到失面子的是:我的稿件被退了回来。
    • The chairman tried to disguise his mortification. 主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。

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