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  • CHAPTER VIII. WE VISIT PEG1 BOWEN

    We left Cousin Mattie’s early, for it still looked like a storm, though no more so than it had in the morning. We intended to go home by a different path—one leading through cleared land overgrown with scrub maple2, which had the advantage of being farther away from Peg Bowen’s house. We hoped to be home before it began to storm, but we had hardly reached the hill above the village when a fine, driving snow began to fall. It would have been wiser to have turned back even then; but we had already come a mile and we thought we would have ample time to reach home before it became really bad. We were sadly mistaken; by the time we had gone another half-mile we were in the thick of a bewildering, blinding snowstorm. But it was by now just as far back to Cousin Mattie’s as it was to Uncle Alec’s, so we struggled on, growing more frightened at every step. We could hardly face the stinging snow, and we could not see ten feet ahead of us. It had turned bitterly cold and the tempest howled all around us in white desolation under the fast-darkening night. The narrow path we were trying to follow soon became entirely3 obliterated4 and we stumbled blindly on, holding to each other, and trying to peer through the furious whirl that filled the air. Our plight5 had come upon us so suddenly that we could not realize it. Presently Peter, who was leading the van because he was supposed to know the path best, stopped.

    “I can’t see the road any longer,” he shouted. “I don’t know where we are.”

    We all stopped and huddled6 together in a miserable7 group. Fear filled our hearts. It seemed ages ago that we had been snug8 and safe and warm at Cousin Mattie’s. Cecily began to cry with cold. Dan, in spite of her protests, dragged off his overcoat and made her put it on.

    “We can’t stay here,” he said. “We’ll all freeze to death if we do. Come on—we’ve got to keep moving. The snow ain’t so deep yet. Take hold of my hand, Cecily. We must all hold together. Come, now.”

    “It won’t be nice to be frozen to death, but if we get through alive think what a story we’ll have to tell,” said the Story Girl between her chattering9 teeth.

    In my heart I did not believe we would ever get through alive. It was almost pitch dark now, and the snow grew deeper every moment. We were chilled to the heart. I thought how nice it would be to lie down and rest; but I remembered hearing that that was fatal, and I endeavoured to stumble on with the others. It was wonderful how the girls kept up, even Cecily. It occurred to me to be thankful that Sara Ray was not with us.

    But we were wholly lost now. All around us was a horror of great darkness. Suddenly Felicity fell. We dragged her up, but she declared she could not go on—she was done out.

    “Have you any idea where we are?” shouted Dan to Peter.

    “No,” Peter shouted back, “the wind is blowing every which way. I haven’t any idea where home is.”

    Home! Would we ever see it again? We tried to urge Felicity on, but she only repeated drowsily10 that she must lie down and rest. Cecily, too, was reeling against me. The Story Girl still stood up staunchly and counselled struggling on, but she was numb11 with cold and her words were hardly distinguishable. Some wild idea was in my mind that we must dig a hole in the snow and all creep into it. I had read somewhere that people had thus saved their lives in snowstorms. Suddenly Felix gave a shout.

    “I see a light,” he cried.

    “Where? Where?” We all looked but could see nothing.

    “I don’t see it now but I saw it a moment ago,” shouted Felix. “I’m sure I did. Come on—over in this direction.”

    Inspired with fresh hope we hurried after him. Soon we all saw the light—and never shone a fairer beacon12. A few more steps and, coming into the shelter of the woodland on the further side, we realized where we were.

    “That’s Peg Bowen’s house,” exclaimed Peter, stopping short in dismay.

    “I don’t care whose house it is,” declared Dan. “We’ve got to go to it.”

    “I s’pose so,” acquiesced13 Peter ruefully. “We can’t freeze to death even if she is a witch.”

    “For goodness’ sake don’t say anything about witches so close to her house,” gasped14 Felicity. “I’ll be thankful to get in anywhere.”

    We reached the house, climbed the flight of steps that led to that mysterious second story door, and Dan rapped. The door opened promptly15 and Peg Bowen stood before us, in what seemed exactly the same costume she had worn on the memorable16 day when we had come, bearing gifts, to propitiate17 her in the matter of Paddy.

    “Behind her was a dim room scantly18 illumined by the one small candle that had guided us through the storm; but the old Waterloo stove was colouring the gloom with tremulous, rose-red whorls of light, and warm and cosy indeed seemed Peg’s retreat to us snow-covered, frost-chilled, benighted19 wanderers.

    “Gracious goodness, where did yez all come from?” exclaimed Peg. “Did they turn yez out?”

    “We’ve been over to Baywater, and we got lost in the storm coming back,” explained Dan. “We didn’t know where we were till we saw your light. I guess we’ll have to stay here till the storm is over—if you don’t mind.”

    “And if it won’t inconvenience you,” said Cecily timidly.

    “Oh, it’s no inconvenience to speak of. Come in. Well, yez HAVE got some snow on yez. Let me get a broom. You boys stomp20 your feet well and shake your coats. You girls give me your things and I’ll hang them up. Guess yez are most froze. Well, sit up to the stove and git het up.”

    Peg bustled21 away to gather up a dubious22 assortment23 of chairs, with backs and rungs missing, and in a few minutes we were in a circle around her roaring stove, getting dried and thawed24 out. In our wildest flights of fancy we had never pictured ourselves as guests at the witch’s hearth-stone. Yet here we were; and the witch herself was actually brewing27 a jorum of ginger28 tea for Cecily, who continued to shiver long after the rest of us were roasted to the marrow29. Poor Sis drank that scalding draught30, being in too great awe25 of Peg to do aught else.

    “That’ll soon fix your shivers,” said our hostess kindly31. “And now I’ll get yez all some tea.”

    “Oh, please don’t trouble,” said the Story Girl hastily.

    “‘Tain’t any trouble,” said Peg briskly; then, with one of the sudden changes to fierceness which made her such a terrifying personage, “Do yez think my vittels ain’t clean?”

    “Oh, no, no,” cried Felicity quickly, before the Story Girl could speak, “none of us would ever think THAT. Sara only meant she didn’t want you to go to any bother on our account.”

    “It ain’t any bother,” said Peg, mollified. “I’m spry as a cricket this winter, though I have the realagy sometimes. Many a good bite I’ve had in your ma’s kitchen. I owe yez a meal.”

    No more protests were made. We sat in awed26 silence, gazing with timid curiosity about the room, the stained, plastered walls of which were well-nigh covered with a motley assortment of pictures, chromos, and advertisements, pasted on without much regard for order or character.

    We had heard much of Peg’s pets and now we saw them. Six cats occupied various cosy corners; one of them, the black goblin which had so terrified us in the summer, blinked satirically at us from the centre of Peg’s bed. Another, a dilapidated, striped beastie, with both ears and one eye gone, glared at us from the sofa in the corner. A dog, with only three legs, lay behind the stove; a crow sat on a roost above our heads, in company with a matronly old hen; and on the clock shelf were a stuffed monkey and a grinning skull32. We had heard that a sailor had given Peg the monkey. But where had she got the skull? And whose was it? I could not help puzzling over these gruesome questions.

    Presently tea was ready and we gathered around the festal board—a board literally33 as well as figuratively, for Peg’s table was the work of her own unskilled hands. The less said about the viands34 of that meal, and the dishes they were served in, the better. But we ate them—bless you, yes!—as we would have eaten any witch’s banquet set before us. Peg might or might not be a witch—common sense said not; but we knew she was quite capable of turning every one of us out of doors in one of her sudden fierce fits if we offended her; and we had no mind to trust ourselves again to that wild forest where we had fought a losing fight with the demon35 forces of night and storm.

    But it was not an agreeable meal in more ways than one. Peg was not at all careful of anybody’s feelings. She hurt Felix’s cruelly as she passed him his cup of tea.

    “You’ve gone too much to flesh, boy. So the magic seed didn’t work, hey?”

    How in the world had Peg found out about that magic seed? Felix looked uncommonly36 foolish.

    “If you’d come to me in the first place I’d soon have told you how to get thin,” said Peg, nodding wisely.

    “Won’t you tell me now?” asked Felix eagerly, his desire to melt his too solid flesh overcoming his dread37 and shame.

    “No, I don’t like being second fiddle,” answered Peg with a crafty38 smile. “Sara, you’re too scrawny and pale—not much like your ma. I knew her well. She was counted a beauty, but she made no great things of a match. Your father had some money but he was a tramp like meself. Where is he now?”

    “In Rome,” said the Story Girl rather shortly.

    “People thought your ma was crazy when she took him. But she’d a right to please herself. Folks is too ready to call other folks crazy. There’s people who say I’M not in my right mind. Did yez ever”—Peg fixed39 Felicity with a piercing glance—“hear anything so ridiculous?”

    “Never,” said Felicity, white to the lips.

    “I wish everybody was as sane40 as I am,” said Peg scornfully. Then she looked poor Felicity over critically. “You’re good-looking but proud. And your complexion41 won’t wear. It’ll be like your ma’s yet—too much red in it.”

    “Well, that’s better than being the colour of mud,” muttered Peter, who wasn’t going to hear his lady traduced42, even by a witch. All the thanks he got was a furious look from Felicity, but Peg had not heard him and now she turned her attention to Cecily.

    “You look delicate. I daresay you’ll never live to grow up.”

    Cecily’s lip trembled and Dan’s face turned crimson43.

    “Shut up,” he said to Peg. “You’ve no business to say such things to people.”

    I think my jaw44 dropped. I know Peter’s and Felix’s did. Felicity broke in wildly.

    “Oh, don’t mind him, Miss Bowen. He’s got SUCH a temper—that’s just the way he talks to us all at home. PLEASE excuse him.”

    “Bless you, I don’t mind him,” said Peg, from whom the unexpected seemed to be the thing to expect. “I like a lad of spurrit. And so your father run away, did he, Peter? He used to be a beau of mine—he seen me home three times from singing school when we was young. Some folks said he did it for a dare. There’s such a lot of jealousy45 in the world, ain’t there? Do you know where he is now?”

    “No,” said Peter.

    “Well, he’s coming home before long,” said Peg mysteriously.

    “Who told you that?” cried Peter in amazement46.

    “Better not ask,” responded Peg, looking up at the skull.

    If she meant to make the flesh creep on our bones she succeeded. But now, much to our relief, the meal was over and Peg invited us to draw our chairs up to the stove again.

    “Make yourselves at home,” she said, producing her pipe from her pocket. “I ain’t one of the kind who thinks their houses too good to live in. Guess I won’t bother washing the dishes. They’ll do yez for breakfast if yez don’t forget your places. I s’pose none of yez smokes.”

    “No,” said Felicity, rather primly47.

    “Then yez don’t know what’s good for yez,” retorted Peg, rather grumpily. But a few whiffs of her pipe placated48 her and, observing Cecily sigh, she asked her kindly what was the matter.

    “I’m thinking how worried they’ll be at home about us,” explained Cecily.

    “Bless you, dearie, don’t be worrying over that. I’ll send them word that yez are all snug and safe here.”

    “But how can you?” cried amazed Cecily.

    “Better not ask,” said Peg again, with another glance at the skull.

    An uncomfortable silence followed, finally broken by Peg, who introduced her pets to us and told how she had come by them. The black cat was her favourite.

    “That cat knows more than I do, if yez’ll believe it,” she said proudly. “I’ve got a rat too, but he’s a bit shy when strangers is round. Your cat got all right again that time, didn’t he?”

    “Yes,” said the Story Girl.

    “Thought he would,” said Peg, nodding sagely49. “I seen to that. Now, don’t yez all be staring at the hole in my dress.”

    “We weren’t,” was our chorus of protest.

    “Looked as if yez were. I tore that yesterday but I didn’t mend it. I was brought up to believe that a hole was an accident but a patch was a disgrace. And so your Aunt Olivia is going to be married after all?”

    This was news to us. We felt and looked dazed.

    “I never heard anything of it,” said the Story Girl.

    “Oh, it’s true enough. She’s a great fool. I’ve no faith in husbands. But one good thing is she ain’t going to marry that Henry Jacobs of Markdale. He wants her bad enough. Just like his presumption,—thinking himself good enough for a King. His father is the worst man alive. He chased me off his place with his dog once. But I’ll get even with him yet.”

    Peg looked very savage50, and visions of burned barns floated through our minds.

    “He’ll be punished in hell, you know,” said Peter timidly.

    “But I won’t be there to see that,” rejoined Peg. “Some folks say I’ll go there because I don’t go to church oftener. But I don’t believe it.”

    “Why don’t you go?” asked Peter, with a temerity51 that bordered on rashness.

    “Well, I’ve got so sunburned I’m afraid folks might take me for an Injun,” explained Peg, quite seriously. “Besides, your minister makes such awful long prayers. Why does he do it?”

    “I suppose he finds it easier to talk to God than to people,” suggested Peter reflectively.

    “Well, anyway, I belong to the round church,” said Peg comfortably, “and so the devil can’t catch ME at the corners. I haven’t been to Carlisle church for over three years. I thought I’d a-died laughing the last time I was there. Old Elder Marr took up the collection that day. He’d on a pair of new boots and they squeaked52 all the way up and down the aisles53. And every time the boots squeaked the elder made a face, like he had toothache. It was awful funny. How’s your missionary54 quilt coming on, Cecily?”

    Was there anything Peg didn’t know?

    “Very well,” said Cecily.

    “You can put my name on it, if you want to.”

    “Oh, thank you. Which section—the five-cent one or the ten-cent one?” asked Cecily timidly.

    “The ten-cent one, of course. The best is none too good for me. I’ll give you the ten cents another time. I’m short of change just now—not being as rich as Queen Victory. There’s her picture up there—the one with the blue sash and diamint crown and the lace curting on her head. Can any of yez tell me this—is Queen Victory a married woman?”

    “Oh, yes, but her husband is dead,” answered the Story Girl.

    “Well, I s’pose they couldn’t have called her an old maid, seeing she was a queen, even if she’d never got married. Sometimes I sez to myself, ‘Peg, would you like to be Queen Victory?’ But I never know what to answer. In summer, when I can roam anywhere in the woods and the sunshine—I wouldn’t be Queen Victory for anything. But when it’s winter and cold and I can’t git nowheres—I feel as if I wouldn’t mind changing places with her.”

    Peg put her pipe back in her mouth and began to smoke fiercely. The candle wick burned long, and was topped by a little cap of fiery55 red that seemed to wink56 at us like an impish gnome57. The most grotesque58 shadow of Peg flickered59 over the wall behind her. The one-eyed cat remitted60 his grim watch and went to sleep. Outside the wind screamed like a ravening61 beast at the window. Suddenly Peg removed her pipe from her mouth, bent62 forward, gripped my wrist with her sinewy63 fingers until I almost cried out with pain, and gazed straight into my face. I felt horribly frightened of her. She seemed an entirely different creature. A wild light was in her eyes, a furtive64, animal-like expression was on her face. When she spoke65 it was in a different voice and in different language.

    “Do you hear the wind?” she asked in a thrilling whisper. “What IS the wind? What IS the wind?”

    “I—I—don’t know,” I stammered66.

    “No more do I,” said Peg, “and nobody knows. Nobody knows what the wind is. I wish I could find out. I mightn’t be so afraid of the wind if I knew what it was. I am afraid of it. When the blasts come like that I want to crouch67 down and hide me. But I can tell you one thing about the wind—it’s the only free thing in the world—THE—ONLY—FREE—THING. Everything else is subject to some law, but the wind is FREE. It bloweth where it listeth and no man can tame it. It’s free—that’s why I love it, though I’m afraid of it. It’s a grand thing to be free—free free—free!”

    Peg’s voice rose almost to a shriek68. We were dreadfully frightened, for we knew there were times when she was quite crazy and we feared one of her “spells” was coming on her. But with a swift movement she turned the man’s coat she wore up over her shoulders and head like a hood69, completely hiding her face. Then she crouched70 forward, elbows on knees, and relapsed into silence. None of us dared speak or move. We sat thus for half an hour. Then Peg jumped up and said briskly in her usual tone,

    “Well, I guess yez are all sleepy and ready for bed. You girls can sleep in my bed over there, and I’ll take the sofy. Yez can put the cat off if yez like, though he won’t hurt yez. You boys can go downstairs. There’s a big pile of straw there that’ll do yez for a bed, if yez put your coats on. I’ll light yez down, but I ain’t going to leave yez a light for fear yez’d set fire to the place.”

    Saying good-night to the girls, who looked as if they thought their last hour was come, we went to the lower room. It was quite empty, save for a pile of fire wood and another of clean straw. Casting a stealthy glance around, ere Peg withdrew the light, I was relieved to see that there were no skulls71 in sight. We four boys snuggled down in the straw. We did not expect to sleep, but we were very tired and before we knew it our eyes were shut, to open no more till morning. The poor girls were not so fortunate. They always averred72 they never closed an eye. Four things prevented them from sleeping. In the first place Peg snored loudly; in the second place the fitful gleams of firelight kept flickering73 over the skull for half the night and making gruesome effects on it; in the third place Peg’s pillows and bedclothes smelled rankly of tobacco smoke; and in the fourth place they were afraid the rat Peg had spoken of might come out to make their acquaintance. Indeed, they were sure they heard him skirmishing about several times.

    When we wakened in the morning the storm was over and a young morning was looking through rosy74 eyelids75 across a white world. The little clearing around Peg’s cabin was heaped with dazzling drifts, and we boys fell to and shovelled76 out a road to her well. She gave us breakfast—stiff oatmeal porridge without milk, and a boiled egg apiece. Cecily could NOT eat her porridge; she declared she had such a bad cold that she had no appetite; a cold she certainly had; the rest of us choked our messes down and after we had done so Peg asked us if we had noticed a soapy taste.

    “The soap fell into the porridge while I was making it,” she said. “But,”—smacking her lips,—“I’m going to make yez an Irish stew77 for dinner. It’ll be fine.”

    An Irish stew concocted78 by Peg! No wonder Dan said hastily,

    “You are very kind but we’ll have to go right home.”

    “Yez can’t walk,” said Peg.

    “Oh, yes, we can. The drifts are so hard they’ll carry, and the snow will be pretty well blown off the middle of the fields. It’s only three-quarters of a mile. We boys will go home and get a pung and come back for you girls.”

    But the girls wouldn’t listen to this. They must go with us, even Cecily.

    “Seems to me yez weren’t in such a hurry to leave last night,” observed Peg sarcastically79.

    “Oh, it’s only because they’ll be so anxious about us at home, and it’s Sunday and we don’t want to miss Sunday School,” explained Felicity.

    “Well, I hope your Sunday School will do yez good,” said Peg, rather grumpily. But she relented again at the last and gave Cecily a wishbone.

    “Whatever you wish on that will come true,” she said. “But you only have the one wish, so don’t waste it.”

    “We’re so much obliged to you for all your trouble,” said the Story Girl politely.

    “Never mind the trouble. The expense is the thing,” retorted Peg grimly.

    “Oh!” Felicity hesitated. “If you would let us pay you—give you something—”

    “No, thank yez,” responded Peg loftily. “There is people who take money for their hospitality, I’ve heerd, but I’m thankful to say I don’t associate with that class. Yez are welcome to all yez have had here, if yez ARE in a big hurry to get away.”

    She shut the door behind us with something of a slam, and her black cat followed us so far, with stealthy, furtive footsteps, that we were frightened of it. Eventually it turned back; then, and not till then, did we feel free to discuss our adventure.

    “Well, I’m thankful we’re out of THAT,” said Felicity, drawing a long breath. “Hasn’t it just been an awful experience?”

    “We might all have been found frozen stark80 and stiff this morning,” remarked the Story Girl with apparent relish81.

    “I tell you, it was a lucky thing we got to Peg Bowen’s,” said Dan.

    “Miss Marwood says there is no such thing as luck,” protested Cecily. “We ought to say it was Providence82 instead.”

    “Well, Peg and Providence don’t seem to go together very well, somehow,” retorted Dan. “If Peg is a witch it must be the Other One she’s in co. with.”

    “Dan, it’s getting to be simply scandalous the way you talk,” said Felicity. “I just wish ma could hear you.”

    “Is soap in porridge any worse than tooth-powder in rusks, lovely creature?” asked Dan.

    “Dan, Dan,” admonished83 Cecily, between her coughs, “remember it’s Sunday.”

    “It seems hard to remember that,” said Peter. “It doesn’t seem a mite84 like Sunday and it seems awful long since yesterday.”

    “Cecily, you’ve got a dreadful cold,” said the Story Girl anxiously.

    “In spite of Peg’s ginger tea,” added Felix.

    “Oh, that ginger tea was AWFUL,” exclaimed poor Cecily. “I thought I’d never get it down—it was so hot with ginger—and there was so much of it! But I was so frightened of offending Peg I’d have tried to drink it all if there had been a bucketful. Oh, yes, it’s very easy for you all to laugh! You didn’t have to drink it.”

    “We had to eat two meals, though,” said Felicity with a shiver. “And I don’t know when those dishes of hers were washed. I just shut my eyes and took gulps85.”

    “Did you notice the soapy taste in the porridge?” asked the Story Girl.

    “Oh, there were so many queer tastes about it I didn’t notice one more than another,” answered Felicity wearily.

    “What bothers me,” remarked Peter absently, “is that skull. Do you suppose Peg really finds things out by it?”

    “Nonsense! How could she?” scoffed86 Felix, bold as a lion in daylight.

    “She didn’t SAY she did, you know,” I said cautiously.

    “Well, we’ll know in time if the things she said were going to happen do,” mused87 Peter.

    “Do you suppose your father is really coming home?” queried88 Felicity.

    “I hope not,” answered Peter decidedly.

    “You ought to be ashamed of yourself,” said Felicity severely89.

    “No, I oughtn’t. Father got drunk all the time he was home, and wouldn’t work and was bad to mother,” said Peter defiantly90. “She had to support him as well as herself and me. I don’t want to see any father coming home, and you’d better believe it. Of course, if he was the right sort of a father it’d be different.”

    “What I would like to know is if Aunt Olivia is going to be married,” said the Story Girl absently. “I can hardly believe it. But now that I think of it—Uncle Roger has been teasing her ever since she was in Halifax last summer.”

    “If she does get married you’ll have to come and live with us,” said Cecily delightedly.

    Felicity did not betray so much delight and the Story Girl remarked with a weary little sigh that she hoped Aunt Olivia wouldn’t. We all felt rather weary, somehow. Peg’s predictions had been unsettling, and our nerves had all been more or less strained during our sojourn91 under her roof. We were glad when we found ourselves at home.

    The folks had not been at all troubled about us, but it was because they were sure the storm had come up before we would think of leaving Cousin Mattie’s and not because they had received any mysterious message from Peg’s skull. We were relieved at this, but on the whole, our adventure had not done much towards clearing up the vexed92 question of Peg’s witchcraft93.



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    1 peg [peg] p3Fzi   第8级
    n.木栓,木钉;vt.用木钉钉,用短桩固定
    参考例句:
    • Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall. 把你的大衣挂在门厅的挂衣钩上。
    • He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet. 他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。
    2 maple [ˈmeɪpl] BBpxj   第7级
    n.槭树,枫树,槭木
    参考例句:
    • Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees. 枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
    • The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red. 枫叶染上了秋天的红色。
    3 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。
    4 obliterated [ə'blɪtəreɪtɪd] 5b21c854b61847047948152f774a0c94   第8级
    v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭
    参考例句:
    • The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
    • He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝,喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    5 plight [plaɪt] 820zI   第7级
    n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
    参考例句:
    • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees. 那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
    • She was in a most helpless plight. 她真不知如何是好。
    6 huddled [] 39b87f9ca342d61fe478b5034beb4139   第7级
    挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
    • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
    7 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。
    8 snug [snʌg] 3TvzG   第10级
    adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房
    参考例句:
    • He showed us into a snug little sitting room. 他领我们走进了一间温暖而舒适的小客厅。
    • She had a small but snug home. 她有个小小的但很舒适的家。
    9 chattering [t'ʃætərɪŋ] chattering   第7级
    n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The teacher told the children to stop chattering in class. 老师叫孩子们在课堂上不要叽叽喳喳讲话。
    • I was so cold that my teeth were chattering. 我冷得牙齿直打战。
    10 drowsily ['draʊzɪlɪ] bcb5712d84853637a9778f81fc50d847   第10级
    adv.睡地,懒洋洋地,昏昏欲睡地
    参考例句:
    • She turned drowsily on her side, a slow creeping blackness enveloping her mind. 她半睡半醒地翻了个身,一片缓缓蠕动的黑暗渐渐将她的心包围起来。 来自飘(部分)
    • I felt asleep drowsily before I knew it. 不知过了多久,我曚扙地睡着了。 来自互联网
    11 numb [nʌm] 0RIzK   第7级
    adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;vt.使麻木
    参考例句:
    • His fingers were numb with cold. 他的手冻得发麻。
    • Numb with cold, we urged the weary horses forward. 我们冻得发僵,催着疲惫的马继续往前走。
    12 beacon [ˈbi:kən] KQays   第8级
    n.烽火,(警告用的)闪火灯,灯塔
    参考例句:
    • The blink of beacon could be seen for miles. 灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
    • The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon. 黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。
    13 acquiesced [ˌækwi:ˈest] 03acb9bc789f7d2955424223e0a45f1b   第10级
    v.默认,默许( acquiesce的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
    • After a lot of persuasion,he finally acquiesced. 经过多次劝说,他最终默许了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    14 gasped [ɡɑ:spt] e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80   第7级
    v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
    参考例句:
    • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
    • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    15 promptly [ˈprɒmptli] LRMxm   第8级
    adv.及时地,敏捷地
    参考例句:
    • He paid the money back promptly. 他立即还了钱。
    • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her. 她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
    16 memorable [ˈmemərəbl] K2XyQ   第8级
    adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的
    参考例句:
    • This was indeed the most memorable day of my life. 这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
    • The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles. 这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
    17 propitiate [prəˈpɪʃieɪt] 1RNxa   第11级
    vt.慰解,劝解
    参考例句:
    • They offer a sacrifice to propitiate the god. 他们供奉祭品以慰诸神。
    • I tried to propitiate gods and to dispel demons. 我试着取悦众神,驱赶恶魔。
    18 scantly ['skæntlɪ] 326b30f3b5925da6dd10c8e18518d986   第10级
    缺乏地,仅仅
    参考例句:
    • Spending Scarlet, like a Woman, Yellow she affords Only scantly and selectly Like a Lover's Words. 自然女神鲜用黄,较之其它色。省下都付与夕阳。——大片泼蓝色,又似女人好鲜红。启用黄色时,千挑万选尤慎重,如爱人措辞。
    19 benighted [bɪˈnaɪtɪd] rQcyD   第12级
    adj.蒙昧的
    参考例句:
    • Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, heed only one side and you will be benighted. 兼听则明,偏信则暗。
    • Famine hit that benighted country once more. 饥荒再次席卷了那个蒙昧的国家。
    20 stomp [stɒmp] stomp   第12级
    vt.跺(脚),重踩,重踏
    参考例句:
    • And you go to france, and you go to stomp! 你去法国,你去看跺脚舞!
    • How hard did she stomp? 她跺得有多狠?
    21 bustled [ˈbʌsld] 9467abd9ace0cff070d56f0196327c70   第9级
    闹哄哄地忙乱,奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 ); 催促
    参考例句:
    • She bustled around in the kitchen. 她在厨房里忙得团团转。
    • The hostress bustled about with an assumption of authority. 女主人摆出一副权威的样子忙来忙去。
    22 dubious [ˈdju:biəs] Akqz1   第7级
    adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
    参考例句:
    • What he said yesterday was dubious. 他昨天说的话很含糊。
    • He uses some dubious shifts to get money. 他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
    23 assortment [əˈsɔ:tmənt] FVDzT   第8级
    n.分类,各色俱备之物,聚集
    参考例句:
    • This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from. 该店各色货物俱全,任君选择。
    • She was wearing an odd assortment of clothes. 她穿着奇装异服。
    24 thawed [θɔ:d] fbd380b792ac01e07423c2dd9206dd21   第8级
    解冻
    参考例句:
    • The little girl's smile thawed the angry old man. 小姑娘的微笑使发怒的老头缓和下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He thawed after sitting at a fire for a while. 在火堆旁坐了一会儿,他觉得暖和起来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    25 awe [ɔ:] WNqzC   第7级
    n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧
    参考例句:
    • The sight filled us with awe. 这景色使我们大为惊叹。
    • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts. 正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
    26 awed [ɔ:d] a0ab9008d911a954b6ce264ddc63f5c8   第7级
    adj.充满敬畏的,表示敬畏的v.使敬畏,使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. 观众席上鸦雀无声,人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • I was awed by the huge gorilla. 那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    27 brewing ['bru:ɪŋ] eaabd83324a59add9a6769131bdf81b5   第8级
    n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然,一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
    • She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。
    28 ginger [ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)] bzryX   第7级
    n.姜,精力,淡赤黄色;adj.淡赤黄色的;vt.使活泼,使有生气
    参考例句:
    • Ginger shall be hot in the mouth. 生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。
    • There is no ginger in the young man. 这个年轻人没有精神。
    29 marrow [ˈmærəʊ] M2myE   第9级
    n.骨髓;精华;活力
    参考例句:
    • It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow. 天气太冷了,他感到寒冷刺骨。
    • He was tired to the marrow of his bones. 他真是累得筋疲力尽了。
    30 draught [drɑ:ft] 7uyzIH   第10级
    n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计
    参考例句:
    • He emptied his glass at one draught. 他将杯中物一饮而尽。
    • It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught. 可惜这房间没北窗,没有过堂风。
    31 kindly [ˈkaɪndli] tpUzhQ   第8级
    adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
    参考例句:
    • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable. 她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
    • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman. 一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
    32 skull [skʌl] CETyO   第7级
    n.头骨;颅骨
    参考例句:
    • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. 头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
    • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull. 他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
    33 literally [ˈlɪtərəli] 28Wzv   第7级
    adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
    参考例句:
    • He translated the passage literally. 他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
    • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint. 有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
    34 viands ['vaɪəndz] viands   第12级
    n.食品,食物
    参考例句:
    • Greek slaves supplied them with exquisite viands at the slightest nod. 只要他们轻轻点点头希腊奴隶就会供奉给他们精美的食品。
    • The family sat down to table, and a frugal meal of cold viands was deposited beforethem. 一家老少,都围着桌子坐下,几样简单的冷食,摆在他们面前。
    35 demon [ˈdi:mən] Wmdyj   第10级
    n.魔鬼,恶魔
    参考例句:
    • The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness. 贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
    • He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years. 他多年来病魔缠身。
    36 uncommonly [ʌnˈkɒmənli] 9ca651a5ba9c3bff93403147b14d37e2   第8级
    adv. 稀罕(极,非常)
    参考例句:
    • an uncommonly gifted child 一个天赋异禀的儿童
    • My little Mary was feeling uncommonly empty. 我肚子当时正饿得厉害。
    37 dread [dred] Ekpz8   第7级
    vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
    参考例句:
    • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes. 我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
    • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread. 她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
    38 crafty [ˈkrɑ:fti] qzWxC   第10级
    adj.狡猾的,诡诈的
    参考例句:
    • He admired the old man for his crafty plan. 他敬佩老者的神机妙算。
    • He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat. 他是个有造诣的政治家,也是个狡黠的独裁者。
    39 fixed [fɪkst] JsKzzj   第8级
    adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
    参考例句:
    • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet? 你们俩选定婚期了吗?
    • Once the aim is fixed, we should not change it arbitrarily. 目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
    40 sane [seɪn] 9YZxB   第8级
    adj.心智健全的,神志清醒的,明智的,稳健的
    参考例句:
    • He was sane at the time of the murder. 在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
    • He is a very sane person. 他是一个很有头脑的人。
    41 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。
    42 traduced [trəˈdu:st] f9fa6dc58fa71f7a9a91084e1169aa50   第11级
    v.诋毁( traduce的过去式和过去分词 );诽谤;违反;背叛
    参考例句:
    • We have been traduced in the press as xenophobic bigots. 我们被新闻界诋毁为仇外的偏狭之徒。 来自辞典例句
    43 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。
    44 jaw [dʒɔ:] 5xgy9   第7级
    n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
    参考例句:
    • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw. 他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
    • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character. 强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
    45 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。
    46 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。
    47 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
    48 placated [ˈpleɪˌkeɪtid] aad5c227885cab1ea521cf966e551f16   第10级
    v.安抚,抚慰,使平静( placate的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She hardly knew how to answer this, and yet her wrath was not placated. 她几乎不知道该如何来回答他,然而她的怒气并没有气息。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    49 sagely [seɪdʒlɪ] sagely   第10级
    adv. 贤能地,贤明地
    参考例句:
    • Even the ones who understand may nod sagely. 即使对方知道这一点,也会一本正经地点头同意。
    • Well, that's about all of the sagely advice this old grey head can come up with. 好了,以上就是我这个满头银发的老头儿给你们的充满睿智的忠告。
    50 savage [ˈsævɪdʒ] ECxzR   第7级
    adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
    参考例句:
    • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs. 那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
    • He has a savage temper. 他脾气粗暴。
    51 temerity [təˈmerəti] PGmyk   第11级
    n.鲁莽,冒失
    参考例句:
    • He had the temerity to ask for higher wages after only a day's work. 只工作了一天,他就蛮不讲理地要求增加工资。
    • Tins took some temerity, but it was fruitless. 这件事做得有点莽撞,但结果还是无用。
    52 squeaked [skwi:kt] edcf2299d227f1137981c7570482c7f7   第9级
    v.短促地尖叫( squeak的过去式和过去分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者
    参考例句:
    • The radio squeaked five. 收音机里嘟嘟地发出五点钟报时讯号。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Amy's shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor. 埃米走过走廊时,鞋子踩在地砖上嘎吱作响。 来自辞典例句
    53 aisles [ailz] aisles   第8级
    n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
    参考例句:
    • Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期,原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
    • They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近,并且很快就坐了下来。
    54 missionary [ˈmɪʃənri] ID8xX   第7级
    adj.教会的,传教(士)的;n.传教士
    参考例句:
    • She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years. 她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
    • I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
    55 fiery [ˈfaɪəri] ElEye   第9级
    adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的
    参考例句:
    • She has fiery red hair. 她有一头火红的头发。
    • His fiery speech agitated the crowd. 他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。
    56 wink [wɪŋk] 4MGz3   第7级
    n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;vi.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁;vt.眨眼
    参考例句:
    • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price. 他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
    • The satellite disappeared in a wink. 瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
    57 gnome [nəʊm] gnome   第12级
    n.土地神;侏儒,地精
    参考例句:
    • The Swedes do not have Santa Claus. What they have is Christmas Gnome. 瑞典人的圣诞节里没有圣诞老人,但他们却有一个圣诞守护神。
    • Susan bought a garden gnome to decorate her garden. 苏珊买了一个土地神像来装饰她的花园。
    58 grotesque [grəʊˈtesk] O6ryZ   第8级
    adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物)
    参考例句:
    • His face has a grotesque appearance. 他的面部表情十分怪。
    • Her account of the incident was a grotesque distortion of the truth. 她对这件事的陈述是荒诞地歪曲了事实。
    59 flickered [ˈflikəd] 93ec527d68268e88777d6ca26683cc82   第9级
    (通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The lights flickered and went out. 灯光闪了闪就熄了。
    • These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. 这些灯象发狂的交通灯一样不停地闪动着。
    60 remitted [rɪˈmɪtid] 3b25982348d6e76e4dd90de3cf8d6ad3   第8级
    v.免除(债务),宽恕( remit的过去式和过去分词 );使某事缓和;寄回,传送
    参考例句:
    • She has had part of her sentence remitted. 她被免去部分刑期。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The fever has remitted. 退烧了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    61 ravening ['rævəniŋ] DTCxF   第11级
    a.贪婪而饥饿的
    参考例句:
    • He says the media are ravening wolves. 他说媒体就如同饿狼一般。
    • If he could get a fare nothing else mattered-he was like a ravening beast. 他只管拉上买卖,不管别的,像一只饿疯的野兽。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
    62 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。
    63 sinewy [ˈsɪnju:i] oyIwZ   第12级
    adj.多腱的,强壮有力的
    参考例句:
    • When muscles are exercised often and properly, they keep the arms firm and sinewy. 如果能经常正确地锻炼肌肉的话,双臂就会一直结实而强健。
    • His hard hands and sinewy sunburned limbs told of labor and endurance. 他粗糙的双手,被太阳哂得发黑的健壮四肢,均表明他十分辛勤,非常耐劳。
    64 furtive [ˈfɜ:tɪv] kz9yJ   第9级
    adj.鬼鬼崇崇的,偷偷摸摸的
    参考例句:
    • The teacher was suspicious of the student's furtive behaviour during the exam. 老师怀疑这个学生在考试时有偷偷摸摸的行为。
    • His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion. 他鬼鬼祟祟的行为引起了我们的怀疑。
    65 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    66 stammered [ˈstæməd] 76088bc9384c91d5745fd550a9d81721   第8级
    v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He stammered most when he was nervous. 他一紧张往往口吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, \"What do you mean?\" 巴萨往椅背上一靠,结结巴巴地说,“你是什么意思?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
    67 crouch [kraʊtʃ] Oz4xX   第8级
    vi. 蹲伏,蜷伏;卑躬屈膝 vt. 低头;屈膝 n. 蹲伏
    参考例句:
    • I crouched on the ground. 我蹲在地上。
    • He crouched down beside him. 他在他的旁边蹲下来。
    68 shriek [ʃri:k] fEgya   第7级
    v./n.尖叫,叫喊
    参考例句:
    • Suddenly he began to shriek loudly. 突然他开始大声尖叫起来。
    • People sometimes shriek because of terror, anger, or pain. 人们有时会因为恐惧,气愤或疼痛而尖叫。
    69 hood [hʊd] ddwzJ   第8级
    n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖
    参考例句:
    • She is wearing a red cloak with a hood. 她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
    • The car hood was dented in. 汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
    70 crouched [krautʃt] 62634c7e8c15b8a61068e36aaed563ab   第8级
    v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He crouched down beside her. 他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
    • The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身,准备猛扑。
    71 skulls [skʌlz] d44073bc27628272fdd5bac11adb1ab5   第7级
    颅骨( skull的名词复数 ); 脑袋; 脑子; 脑瓜
    参考例句:
    • One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中,其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
    • We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白,遍布白色的骷髅!
    72 averred ['əvɜ:d] 4a3546c562d3f5b618f0024b711ffe27   第10级
    v.断言( aver的过去式和过去分词 );证实;证明…属实;作为事实提出
    参考例句:
    • She averred that she had never seen the man before. 她斩钉截铁地说以前从未见过这个男人。
    • The prosecutor averred that the prisoner killed Lois. 检察官称被拘犯杀害洛伊丝属实。 来自互联网
    73 flickering ['flikəriŋ] wjLxa   第9级
    adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的
    参考例句:
    • The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
    • The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。
    74 rosy [ˈrəʊzi] kDAy9   第8级
    adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的
    参考例句:
    • She got a new job and her life looks rosy. 她找到一份新工作,生活看上去很美好。
    • She always takes a rosy view of life. 她总是对生活持乐观态度。
    75 eyelids ['aɪlɪds] 86ece0ca18a95664f58bda5de252f4e7   第8级
    n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 );眼睛也不眨一下;不露声色;面不改色
    参考例句:
    • She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop. 她太疲倦了,眼睑开始往下垂。
    • Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    76 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
    77 stew [stju:] 0GTz5   第8级
    n.炖汤,焖,烦恼;v.炖汤,焖,忧虑
    参考例句:
    • The stew must be boiled up before serving. 炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
    • There's no need to get in a stew. 没有必要烦恼。
    78 concocted [kənˈkɔktid] 35ea2e5fba55c150ec3250ef12828dd2   第10级
    v.将(尤指通常不相配合的)成分混合成某物( concoct的过去式和过去分词 );调制;编造;捏造
    参考例句:
    • The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish. 这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。
    • Between them they concocted a letter. 他们共同策划写了一封信。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    79 sarcastically [sɑ:'kæstɪklɪ] sarcastically   第12级
    adv.挖苦地,讽刺地
    参考例句:
    • What a surprise! ' Caroline murmured sarcastically. “太神奇了!”卡罗琳轻声挖苦道。
    • Pierce mocked her and bowed sarcastically. 皮尔斯嘲笑她,讽刺地鞠了一躬。
    80 stark [stɑ:k] lGszd   第10级
    adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
    参考例句:
    • The young man is faced with a stark choice. 这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
    • He gave a stark denial to the rumor. 他对谣言加以完全的否认。
    81 relish [ˈrelɪʃ] wBkzs   第7级
    n.滋味,享受,爱好,调味品;vt.加调味料,享受,品味;vi.有滋味
    参考例句:
    • I have no relish for pop music. 我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
    • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down. 我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。
    82 providence [ˈprɒvɪdəns] 8tdyh   第12级
    n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝
    参考例句:
    • It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat. 乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
    • To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence. 照你的所作所为那样去行事,是违背上帝的意志的。
    83 admonished [ædˈmɔnɪʃt] b089a95ea05b3889a72a1d5e33963966   第9级
    v.劝告( admonish的过去式和过去分词 );训诫;(温和地)责备;轻责
    参考例句:
    • She was admonished for chewing gum in class. 她在课堂上嚼口香糖,受到了告诫。
    • The teacher admonished the child for coming late to school. 那个孩子迟到,老师批评了他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    84 mite [maɪt] 4Epxw   第12级
    n.极小的东西;小铜币
    参考例句:
    • The poor mite was so ill. 可怜的孩子病得这么重。
    • He is a mite taller than I. 他比我高一点点。
    85 gulps [ɡʌlps] e43037bffa62a52065f6c7f91e4ef158   第8级
    n.一大口(尤指液体)( gulp的名词复数 )v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的第三人称单数 );大口地吸(气);哽住
    参考例句:
    • He often gulps down a sob. 他经常忍气吞声地生活。 来自辞典例句
    • JERRY: Why don't you make a point with your own doctor? (George gulps) What's wrong? 杰瑞:你为啥不对你自个儿的医生表明立场?有啥问题吗? 来自互联网
    86 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。
    87 mused [m'ju:zd] 0affe9d5c3a243690cca6d4248d41a85   第8级
    v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事)
    参考例句:
    • \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们,”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道:‘我们这是在干什么?” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
    88 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)
    89 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。
    90 defiantly [dɪ'faɪəntlɪ] defiantly   第10级
    adv.挑战地,大胆对抗地
    参考例句:
    • Braving snow and frost, the plum trees blossomed defiantly. 红梅傲雪凌霜开。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    91 sojourn [ˈsɒdʒən] orDyb   第10级
    vi./n.旅居,寄居;逗留
    参考例句:
    • It would be cruel to begrudge your sojourn among flowers and fields. 如果嫉妒你逗留在鲜花与田野之间,那将是太不近人情的。
    • I am already feeling better for my sojourn here. 我在此逗留期间,觉得体力日渐恢复。
    92 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》
    93 witchcraft [ˈwɪtʃkrɑ:ft] pe7zD7   第10级
    n.魔法,巫术
    参考例句:
    • The woman practising witchcraft claimed that she could conjure up the spirits of the dead. 那个女巫说她能用魔法召唤亡灵。
    • All these things that you call witchcraft are capable of a natural explanation. 被你们统统叫做巫术的那些东西都可以得到合情合理的解释。

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