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  • XVI

    SEASONS OF GROWTH

    The days flew by; as summer had melted into autumn so autumn had given place to winter. Life in the brick house had gone on more placidly1 of late, for Rebecca was honestly trying to be more careful in the performance of her tasks and duties as well as more quiet in her plays, and she was slowly learning the power of the soft answer in turning away wrath2.

    Miranda had not had, perhaps, quite as many opportunities in which to lose her temper, but it is only just to say that she had not fully availed herself of all that had offered themselves.

    There had been one outburst of righteous wrath occasioned by Rebecca's over-hospitable habits, which were later shown in a still more dramatic and unexpected fashion.

    On a certain Friday afternoon she asked her aunt Miranda if she might take half her bread and milk upstairs to a friend.

    "What friend have you got up there, for pity's sake?" demanded aunt Miranda.

    "The Simpson baby, come to stay over Sunday; that is, if you're willing, Mrs. Simpson says she is. Shall I bring her down and show her? She's dressed in an old dress of Emma Jane's and she looks sweet."

    "You can bring her down, but you can't show her to me! You can smuggle3 her out the way you smuggled4 her in and take her back to her mother. Where on earth do you get your notions, borrowing a baby for Sunday!"

    "You're so used to a house without a baby you don't know how dull it is," sighed Rebecca resignedly, as she moved towards the door; "but at the farm there was always a nice fresh one to play with and cuddle. There were too many, but that's not half as bad as none at all. Well, I'll take her back. She'll be dreadfully disappointed and so will Mrs. Simpson. She was planning to go to Milltown."

    "She can un-plan then," observed Miss Miranda.

    "Perhaps I can go up there and take care of the baby?" suggested Rebecca. "I brought her home so 't I could do my Saturday work just the same."

    "You've got enough to do right here, without any borrowed babies to make more steps. Now, no answering back, just give the child some supper and carry it home where it belongs."

    "You don't want me to go down the front way, hadn't I better just come through this room and let you look at her? She has yellow hair and big blue eyes! Mrs. Simpson says she takes after her father."

    Miss Miranda smiled acidly as she said she couldn't take after her father, for he'd take any thing there was before she got there!

    Aunt Jane was in the linen5 closet upstairs, sorting out the clean sheets and pillow cases for Saturday, and Rebecca sought comfort from her.

    "I brought the Simpson baby home, aunt Jane, thinking it would help us over a dull Sunday, but aunt Miranda won't let her stay. Emma Jane has the promise of her next Sunday and Alice Robinson the next. Mrs. Simpson wanted I should have her first because I've had so much experience in babies. Come in and look at her sitting up in my bed, aunt Jane! Isn't she lovely? She's the fat, gurgly kind, not thin and fussy6 like some babies, and I thought I was going to have her to undress and dress twice each day. Oh dear! I wish I could have a printed book with everything set down in it that I COULD do, and then I wouldn't get disappointed so often."

    "No book could be printed that would fit you, Rebecca," answered aunt Jane, "for nobody could imagine beforehand the things you'd want to do. Are you going to carry that heavy child home in your arms?"

    "No, I'm going to drag her in the little soap-wagon. Come, baby! Take your thumb out of your mouth and come to ride with Becky in your go-cart." She stretched out her strong young arms to the crowing baby, sat down in a chair with the child, turned her upside down unceremoniously, took from her waistband and scornfully flung away a crooked7 pin, walked with her (still in a highly reversed position) to the bureau, selected a large safety pin, and proceeded to attach her brief red flannel8 petticoat to a sort of shirt that she wore. Whether flat on her stomach, or head down, heels in the air, the Simpson baby knew she was in the hands of an expert, and continued gurgling placidly while aunt Jane regarded the pantomime with a kind of dazed awe9.

    "Bless my soul, Rebecca," she ejaculated, "it beats all how handy you are with babies!"

    "I ought to be; I've brought up three and a half of 'em," Rebecca responded cheerfully, pulling up the infant Simpson's stockings.

    "I should think you'd be fonder of dolls than you are," said Jane.

    "I do like them, but there's never any change in a doll; it's always the same everlasting10 old doll, and you have to make believe it's cross or sick, or it loves you, or can't bear you. Babies are more trouble, but nicer."

    Miss Jane stretched out a thin hand with a slender, worn band of gold on the finger, and the baby curled her dimpled fingers round it and held it fast.

    "You wear a ring on your engagement finger, don't you, aunt Jane? Did you ever think about getting married?"

    "Yes, dear, long ago."

    "What happened, aunt Jane?"

    "He died—just before."

    "Oh!" And Rebecca's eyes grew misty11.

    "He was a soldier and he died of a gunshot wound, in a hospital, down South."

    "Oh! aunt Jane!" softly. "Away from you?"

    "No, I was with him."

    "Was he young?"

    "Yes; young and brave and handsome, Rebecca; he was Mr. Carter's brother Tom."

    "Oh! I'm so glad you were with him! Wasn't he glad, aunt Jane?"

    Jane looked back across the half-forgotten years, and the vision of Tom's gladness flashed upon her: his haggard smile, the tears in his tired eyes, his outstretched arms, his weak voice saying, "Oh, Jenny! Dear Jenny! I've wanted you so, Jenny!" It was too much! She had never breathed a word of it before to a human creature, for there was no one who would have understood. Now, in a shamefaced way, to hide her brimming eyes, she put her head down on the young shoulder beside her, saying, "It was hard, Rebecca!"

    The Simpson baby had cuddled down sleepily in Rebecca's lap, leaning her head back and sucking her thumb contentedly12. Rebecca put her cheek down until it touched her aunt's gray hair and softly patted her, as she said, "I'm sorry, aunt Jane!"

    The girl's eyes were soft and tender and the heart within her stretched a little and grew; grew in sweetness and intuition and depth of feeling. It had looked into another heart, felt it beat, and heard it sigh; and that is how all hearts grow.

    Episodes like these enlivened the quiet course of every-day existence, made more quiet by the departure of Dick Carter, Living Perkins, and Huldah Meserve for Wareham, and the small attendance at the winter school, from which the younger children of the place stayed away during the cold weather.

    Life, however, could never be thoroughly13 dull or lacking in adventure to a child of Rebecca's temperament14. Her nature was full of adaptability15, fluidity, receptivity. She made friends everywhere she went, and snatched up acquaintances in every corner.

    It was she who ran to the shed door to take the dish to the "meat man" or "fish man;" she who knew the family histories of the itinerant17 fruit venders and tin peddlers; she who was asked to take supper or pass the night with children in neighboring villages—children of whose parents her aunts had never so much as heard. As to the nature of these friendships, which seemed so many to the eye of the superficial observer, they were of various kinds, and while the girl pursued them with enthusiasm and ardor18, they left her unsatisfied and heart-hungry; they were never intimacies19 such as are so readily made by shallow natures. She loved Emma Jane, but it was a friendship born of propinquity and circumstance, not of true affinity20. It was her neighbor's amiability21, constancy, and devotion that she loved, and although she rated these qualities at their true value, she was always searching beyond them for intellectual treasures; searching and never finding, for although Emma Jane had the advantage in years she was still immature22. Huldah Meserve had an instinctive23 love of fun which appealed to Rebecca; she also had a fascinating knowledge of the world, from having visited her married sisters in Milltown and Portland; but on the other hand there was a certain sharpness and lack of sympathy in Huldah which repelled24 rather than attracted. With Dick Carter she could at least talk intelligently about lessons. He was a very ambitious boy, full of plans for his future, which he discussed quite freely with Rebecca, but when she broached25 the subject of her future his interest sensibly lessened26. Into the world of the ideal, Emma Jane, Huldah, and Dick alike never seemed to have peeped, and the consciousness of this was always a fixed27 gulf28 between them and Rebecca.

    "Uncle Jerry" and "aunt Sarah" Cobb were dear friends of quite another sort, a very satisfying and perhaps a somewhat dangerous one. A visit from Rebecca always sent them into a twitter of delight. Her merry conversation and quaint16 comments on life in general fairly dazzled the old couple, who hung on her lightest word as if it had been a prophet's utterance29; and Rebecca, though she had had no previous experience, owned to herself a perilous30 pleasure in being dazzling, even to a couple of dear humdrum31 old people like Mr. and Mrs. Cobb. Aunt Sarah flew to the pantry or cellar whenever Rebecca's slim little shape first appeared on the crest32 of the hill, and a jelly tart33 or a frosted cake was sure to be forthcoming. The sight of old uncle Jerry's spare figure in its clean white shirt sleeves, whatever the weather, always made Rebecca's heart warm when she saw him peer longingly34 from the kitchen window. Before the snow came, many was the time he had come out to sit on a pile of boards at the gate, to see if by any chance she was mounting the hill that led to their house. In the autumn Rebecca was often the old man's companion while he was digging potatoes or shelling beans, and now in the winter, when a younger man was driving the stage, she sometimes stayed with him while he did his evening milking. It is safe to say that he was the only creature in Riverboro who possessed35 Rebecca's entire confidence; the only being to whom she poured out her whole heart, with its wealth of hopes, and dreams, and vague ambitions. At the brick house she practiced scales and exercises, but at the Cobbs' cabinet organ she sang like a bird, improvising36 simple accompaniments that seemed to her ignorant auditors37 nothing short of marvelous. Here she was happy, here she was loved, here she was drawn38 out of herself and admired and made much of. But, she thought, if there were somebody who not only loved but understood; who spoke39 her language, comprehended her desires, and responded to her mysterious longings40! Perhaps in the big world of Wareham there would be people who thought and dreamed and wondered as she did.

    In reality Jane did not understand her niece very much better than Miranda; the difference between the sisters was, that while Jane was puzzled, she was also attracted, and when she was quite in the dark for an explanation of some quaint or unusual action she was sympathetic as to its possible motive41 and believed the best. A greater change had come over Jane than over any other person in the brick house, but it had been wrought42 so secretly, and concealed43 so religiously, that it scarcely appeared to the ordinary observer. Life had now a motive utterly44 lacking before. Breakfast was not eaten in the kitchen, because it seemed worth while, now that there were three persons, to lay the cloth in the dining-room; it was also a more bountiful meal than of yore, when there was no child to consider. The morning was made cheerful by Rebecca's start for school, the packing of the luncheon45 basket, the final word about umbrella, waterproof46, or rubbers; the parting admonition and the unconscious waiting at the window for the last wave of the hand. She found herself taking pride in Rebecca's improved appearance, her rounder throat and cheeks, and her better color; she was wont47 to mention the length of Rebecca's hair and add a word as to its remarkable48 evenness and lustre49, at times when Mrs. Perkins grew too diffuse50 about Emma Jane's complexion51. She threw herself wholeheartedly on her niece's side when it became a question between a crimson52 or a brown linsey-woolsey dress, and went through a memorable53 struggle with her sister concerning the purchase of a red bird for Rebecca's black felt hat. No one guessed the quiet pleasure that lay hidden in her heart when she watched the girl's dark head bent54 over her lessons at night, nor dreamed of her joy in, certain quiet evenings when Miranda went to prayer meeting; evenings when Rebecca would read aloud Hiawatha or Barbara Frietchie, The Bugle55 Song, or The Brook56. Her narrow, humdrum existence bloomed under the dews that fell from this fresh spirit; her dullness brightened under the kindling57 touch of the younger mind, took fire from the "vital spark of heavenly flame" that seemed always to radiate from Rebecca's presence.

    Rebecca's idea of being a painter like her friend Miss Ross was gradually receding58, owing to the apparently59 insuperable difficulties in securing any instruction. Her aunt Miranda saw no wisdom in cultivating such a talent, and could not conceive that any money could ever be earned by its exercise, "Hand painted pictures" were held in little esteem60 in Riverboro, where the cheerful chromo or the dignified61 steel engraving62 were respected and valued. There was a slight, a very slight hope, that Rebecca might be allowed a few music lessons from Miss Morton, who played the church cabinet organ, but this depended entirely63 upon whether Mrs. Morton would decide to accept a hayrack in return for a year's instruction from her daughter. She had the matter under advisement, but a doubt as to whether or not she would sell or rent her hayfields kept her from coming to a conclusion. Music, in common with all other accomplishments64, was viewed by Miss Miranda as a trivial, useless, and foolish amusement, but she allowed Rebecca an hour a day for practice on the old piano, and a little extra time for lessons, if Jane could secure them without payment of actual cash.

    The news from Sunnybrook Farm was hopeful rather than otherwise. Cousin Ann's husband had died, and John, Rebecca's favorite brother, had gone to be the man of the house to the widowed cousin. He was to have good schooling65 in return for his care of the horse and cow and barn, and what was still more dazzling, the use of the old doctor's medical library of two or three dozen volumes. John's whole heart was set on becoming a country doctor, with Rebecca to keep house for him, and the vision seemed now so true, so near, that he could almost imagine his horse ploughing through snowdrifts on errands of mercy, or, less dramatic but none the less attractive, could see a physician's neat turncut trundling along the shady country roads, a medicine case between his, Dr. Randall's, feet, and Miss Rebecca Randall sitting in a black silk dress by his side.

    Hannah now wore her hair in a coil and her dresses a trifle below her ankles, these concessions66 being due to her extreme height. Mark had broken his collar bone, but it was healing well. Little Mira was growing very pretty. There was even a rumor67 that the projected railroad from Temperance to Plumville might go near the Randall farm, in which case land would rise in value from nothing-at-all an acre to something at least resembling a price. Mrs. Randall refused to consider any improvement in their financial condition as a possibility. Content to work from sunrise to sunset to gain a mere68 subsistence for her children, she lived in their future, not in her own present, as a mother is wont to do when her own lot seems hard and cheerless.



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    1 placidly ['plæsɪdlɪ] c0c28951cb36e0d70b9b64b1d177906e   第9级
    adv.平稳地,平静地
    参考例句:
    • Hurstwood stood placidly by, while the car rolled back into the yard. 当车子开回场地时,赫斯渥沉着地站在一边。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    • The water chestnut floated placidly there, where it would grow. 那棵菱角就又安安稳稳浮在水面上生长去了。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
    2 wrath [rɒθ] nVNzv   第7级
    n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒
    参考例句:
    • His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
    • The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。
    3 smuggle [ˈsmʌgl] 5FNzy   第7级
    vt.私运;vi.走私
    参考例句:
    • Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country. 朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
    • She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught. 她成功将古董走私出境,没有被逮捕。
    4 smuggled [ˈsmʌɡld] 3cb7c6ce5d6ead3b1e56eeccdabf595b   第7级
    水货
    参考例句:
    • The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
    5 linen [ˈlɪnɪn] W3LyK   第7级
    n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的
    参考例句:
    • The worker is starching the linen. 这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
    • Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool. 精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。
    6 fussy [ˈfʌsi] Ff5z3   第8级
    adj.为琐事担忧的,过分装饰的,爱挑剔的
    参考例句:
    • He is fussy about the way his food's cooked. 他过分计较食物的烹调。
    • The little girl dislikes her fussy parents. 小女孩讨厌她那过分操心的父母。
    7 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。
    8 flannel [ˈflænl] S7dyQ   第9级
    n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服
    参考例句:
    • She always wears a grey flannel trousers. 她总是穿一条灰色法兰绒长裤。
    • She was looking luscious in a flannel shirt. 她穿着法兰绒裙子,看上去楚楚动人。
    9 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。
    10 everlasting [ˌevəˈlɑ:stɪŋ] Insx7   第7级
    adj.永恒的,持久的,无止境的
    参考例句:
    • These tyres are advertised as being everlasting. 广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
    • He believes in everlasting life after death. 他相信死后有不朽的生命。
    11 misty [ˈmɪsti] l6mzx   第9级
    adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的
    参考例句:
    • He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty. 他走到窗户那儿,看看是不是还有雾霭。
    • The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it. 雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。
    12 contentedly [kən'tentɪdlɪ] a0af12176ca79b27d4028fdbaf1b5f64   第8级
    adv.心满意足地
    参考例句:
    • My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
    • "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.
    13 thoroughly [ˈθʌrəli] sgmz0J   第8级
    adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
    参考例句:
    • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting. 一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
    • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons. 士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
    14 temperament [ˈtemprəmənt] 7INzf   第7级
    n.气质,性格,性情
    参考例句:
    • The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital. 分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的。
    • Success often depends on temperament. 成功常常取决于一个人的性格。
    15 adaptability [ə'dæptə'biliti] 6J9yH   第8级
    n.适应性
    参考例句:
    • It has a wide range of adaptability.它的应用性广。
    16 quaint [kweɪnt] 7tqy2   第8级
    adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
    参考例句:
    • There were many small lanes in the quaint village. 在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷。
    • They still keep some quaint old customs. 他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
    17 itinerant [aɪˈtɪnərənt] m3jyu   第10级
    adj.巡回的;流动的
    参考例句:
    • He is starting itinerant performance all over the world. 他正在世界各地巡回演出。
    • There is a general debate nowadays about the problem of itinerant workers. 目前,针对流动工人的问题展开了普遍的争论。
    18 ardor ['ɑ:də] 5NQy8   第10级
    n.热情,狂热
    参考例句:
    • His political ardor led him into many arguments. 他的政治狂热使他多次卷入争论中。
    • He took up his pursuit with ardor. 他满腔热忱地从事工作。
    19 intimacies [ˈɪntəməsi:z] 9fa125f68d20eba1de1ddb9d215b31cd   第8级
    亲密( intimacy的名词复数 ); 密切; 亲昵的言行; 性行为
    参考例句:
    • He is exchanging intimacies with his friends. 他正在和密友们亲切地交谈。
    • The stiffness of the meeting soon gave way before their popular manners and more diffused intimacies. 他们的洒脱不羁和亲密气氛的增加很快驱散了会场上的拘谨。
    20 affinity [əˈfɪnəti] affinity   第8级
    n.亲和力,密切关系
    参考例句:
    • I felt a great affinity with the people of the Highlands. 我被苏格兰高地人民深深地吸引。
    • It's important that you share an affinity with your husband. 和丈夫有共同的爱好是十分重要的。
    21 amiability [ˌeɪmɪə'bɪlətɪ] e665b35f160dba0dedc4c13e04c87c32   第7级
    n.和蔼可亲的,亲切的,友善的
    参考例句:
    • His amiability condemns him to being a constant advisor to other people's troubles. 他那和蔼可亲的性格使他成为经常为他人排忧解难的开导者。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • I watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness. 我瞧着老师的脸上从和蔼变成严峻。 来自辞典例句
    22 immature [ˌɪməˈtjʊə(r)] Saaxj   第8级
    adj.未成熟的,发育未全的,未充分发展的
    参考例句:
    • Tony seemed very shallow and immature. 托尼看起来好像很肤浅,不夠成熟。
    • The birds were in immature plumage. 这些鸟儿羽翅未全。
    23 instinctive [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv] c6jxT   第9级
    adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的
    参考例句:
    • He tried to conceal his instinctive revulsion at the idea. 他试图饰盖自己对这一想法本能的厌恶。
    • Animals have an instinctive fear of fire. 动物本能地怕火。
    24 repelled [rɪ'peld] 1f6f5c5c87abe7bd26a5c5deddd88c92   第7级
    v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 );使厌恶;排斥;推开
    参考例句:
    • They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
    25 broached [brəʊtʃt] 6e5998583239ddcf6fbeee2824e41081   第10级
    v.谈起( broach的过去式和过去分词 );打开并开始用;用凿子扩大(或修光);(在桶上)钻孔取液体
    参考例句:
    • She broached the subject of a picnic to her mother. 她向母亲提起野餐的问题。 来自辞典例句
    • He broached the subject to the stranger. 他对陌生人提起那话题。 来自辞典例句
    26 lessened ['lesnd] 6351a909991322c8a53dc9baa69dda6f   第7级
    减少的,减弱的
    参考例句:
    • Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat. 演讲辞通过翻译的嘴说出来,多少削弱了演讲的力量。
    • The flight to suburbia lessened the number of middle-class families living within the city. 随着迁往郊外的风行,住在城内的中产家庭减少了。
    27 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。
    28 gulf [gʌlf] 1e0xp   第7级
    n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
    参考例句:
    • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged. 两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
    • There is a gulf between the two cities. 这两座城市间有个海湾。
    29 utterance [ˈʌtərəns] dKczL   第11级
    n.用言语表达,话语,言语
    参考例句:
    • This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter. 他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
    • My voice cleaves to my throat, and sob chokes my utterance. 我的噪子哽咽,泣不成声。
    30 perilous [ˈperələs] E3xz6   第10级
    adj.危险的,冒险的
    参考例句:
    • The journey through the jungle was perilous. 穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
    • We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis. 历经一连串危机,我们如今已安然无恙。
    31 humdrum [ˈhʌmdrʌm] ic4xU   第10级
    adj.单调的,乏味的
    参考例句:
    • Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence. 他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。
    • The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed. 会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天。
    32 crest [krest] raqyA   第9级
    n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖
    参考例句:
    • The rooster bristled his crest. 公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
    • He reached the crest of the hill before dawn. 他于黎明前到达山顶。
    33 tart [tɑ:t] 0qIwH   第10级
    adj.酸的;尖酸的,刻薄的;n.果馅饼;淫妇
    参考例句:
    • She was learning how to make a fruit tart in class. 她正在课上学习如何制作水果馅饼。
    • She replied in her usual tart and offhand way. 她开口回答了,用她平常那种尖酸刻薄的声调随口说道。
    34 longingly ['lɒŋɪŋlɪ] 2015a05d76baba3c9d884d5f144fac69   第8级
    adv. 渴望地 热望地
    参考例句:
    • He looked longingly at the food on the table. 他眼巴巴地盯着桌上的食物。
    • Over drinks,he speaks longingly of his trip to Latin America. 他带着留恋的心情,一边喝酒一边叙述他的拉丁美洲之行。
    35 possessed [pəˈzest] xuyyQ   第12级
    adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
    参考例句:
    • He flew out of the room like a man possessed. 他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
    • He behaved like someone possessed. 他行为举止像是魔怔了。
    36 improvising [] 2fbebc2a95625e75b19effa2f436466c   第9级
    即兴创作(improvise的现在分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • I knew he was improvising, an old habit of his. 我知道他是在即兴发挥,这是他的老习惯。
    • A few lecturers have been improvising to catch up. 部分讲师被临时抽调以救急。
    37 auditors ['ɔ:dɪtəz] 7c9d6c4703cbc39f1ec2b27542bc5d1a   第9级
    n.审计员,稽核员( auditor的名词复数 );(大学课程的)旁听生
    参考例句:
    • The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year. 那家公司与前任审计员已打了整整一年的官司。
    • a meeting to discuss the annual accounts and the auditors' report thereon 讨论年度报表及其审计报告的会议
    38 drawn [drɔ:n] MuXzIi   第11级
    v.(draw的过去式)拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
    参考例句:
    • All the characters in the story are drawn from life. 故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
    • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside. 她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
    39 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。
    40 longings [ˈlɔ:ŋɪŋz] 093806503fd3e66647eab74915c055e7   第8级
    渴望,盼望( longing的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Ah, those foolish days of noble longings and of noble strivings! 啊,那些充满高贵憧憬和高尚奋斗的傻乎乎的时光!
    • I paint you and fashion you ever with my love longings. 我永远用爱恋的渴想来描画你。
    41 motive [ˈməʊtɪv] GFzxz   第7级
    n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
    参考例句:
    • The police could not find a motive for the murder. 警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
    • He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
    42 wrought [rɔ:t] EoZyr   第11级
    v.(wreak的过去分词)引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的
    参考例句:
    • Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany. 巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
    • It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower. 那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。
    43 concealed [kən'si:ld] 0v3zxG   第7级
    a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
    参考例句:
    • The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
    • I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。
    44 utterly ['ʌtəli:] ZfpzM1   第9级
    adv.完全地,绝对地
    参考例句:
    • Utterly devoted to the people, he gave his life in saving his patients. 他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
    • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled. 她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
    45 luncheon [ˈlʌntʃən] V8az4   第8级
    n.午宴,午餐,便宴
    参考例句:
    • We have luncheon at twelve o'clock. 我们十二点钟用午餐。
    • I have a luncheon engagement. 我午饭有约。
    46 waterproof [ˈwɔ:təpru:f] Ogvwp   第7级
    n.防水材料;adj.防水的;vt.使...能防水
    参考例句:
    • My mother bought me a waterproof watch. 我妈妈给我买了一块防水手表。
    • All the electronics are housed in a waterproof box. 所有电子设备都储放在一个防水盒中。
    47 wont [wəʊnt] peXzFP   第11级
    adj.习惯于;vi.习惯;vt.使习惯于;n.习惯
    参考例句:
    • He was wont to say that children are lazy. 他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
    • It is his wont to get up early. 早起是他的习惯。
    48 remarkable [rɪˈmɑ:kəbl] 8Vbx6   第7级
    adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
    参考例句:
    • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills. 她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
    • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines. 这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
    49 lustre [ˈlʌstə(r)] hAhxg   第11级
    n.光亮,光泽;荣誉;vi.有光泽,发亮;vt.使有光泽
    参考例句:
    • The sun was shining with uncommon lustre. 太阳放射出异常的光彩。
    • A good name keeps its lustre in the dark. 一个好的名誉在黑暗中也保持它的光辉。
    50 diffuse [dɪˈfju:s] Al0zo   第7级
    vt.&vi.扩散;传播;adj.冗长的;四散的,弥漫的
    参考例句:
    • Direct light is better for reading than diffuse light. 直射光比漫射光更有利于阅读。
    • His talk was so diffuse that I missed his point. 他的谈话漫无边际,我抓不住他的要点。
    51 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。
    52 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。
    53 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。
    54 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。
    55 bugle [ˈbju:gl] RSFy3   第9级
    n.军号,号角,喇叭;vt.&vi.吹号,吹号召集
    参考例句:
    • When he heard the bugle call, he caught up his gun and dashed out. 他一听到军号声就抓起枪冲了出去。
    • As the bugle sounded we ran to the sports ground and fell in. 军号一响,我们就跑到运动场集合站队。
    56 brook [brʊk] PSIyg   第7级
    n.小河,溪;vt.忍受,容让
    参考例句:
    • In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook. 在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
    • The brook trickled through the valley. 小溪涓涓流过峡谷。
    57 kindling [ˈkɪndlɪŋ] kindling   第9级
    n. 点火, 可燃物 动词kindle的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 墙边整齐地放着几堆引火柴。
    • "Coal and kindling all in the shed in the backyard." “煤,劈柴,都在后院小屋里。” 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
    58 receding [riˈsi:dɪŋ] c22972dfbef8589fece6affb72f431d1   第7级
    v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
    参考例句:
    • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
    • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
    59 apparently [əˈpærəntli] tMmyQ   第7级
    adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
    参考例句:
    • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space. 山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
    • He was apparently much surprised at the news. 他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
    60 esteem [ɪˈsti:m] imhyZ   第7级
    n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • The veteran worker ranks high in public love and esteem. 那位老工人深受大伙的爱戴。
    61 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。
    62 engraving [ɪn'ɡreɪvɪŋ] 4tyzmn   第8级
    n.版画;雕刻(作品);雕刻艺术;镌版术v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的现在分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
    参考例句:
    • He collected an old engraving of London Bridge. 他收藏了一张古老的伦敦桥版画。 来自辞典例句
    • Some writing has the precision of a steel engraving. 有的字体严谨如同钢刻。 来自辞典例句
    63 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。
    64 accomplishments [ə'kʌmplɪʃmənts] 1c15077db46e4d6425b6f78720939d54   第8级
    n.造诣;完成( accomplishment的名词复数 );技能;成绩;成就
    参考例句:
    • It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
    • Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    65 schooling [ˈsku:lɪŋ] AjAzM6   第7级
    n.教育;正规学校教育
    参考例句:
    • A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area. 孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
    • Backward children need a special kind of schooling. 天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。
    66 concessions [kən'seʃənz] 6b6f497aa80aaf810133260337506fa9   第7级
    n.(尤指由政府或雇主给予的)特许权( concession的名词复数 );承认;减价;(在某地的)特许经营权
    参考例句:
    • The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工,公司将不得不作出一些让步。
    • The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
    67 rumor ['ru:mə] qS0zZ   第8级
    n.谣言,谣传,传说
    参考例句:
    • The rumor has been traced back to a bad man. 那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
    • The rumor has taken air. 谣言流传开了。
    68 mere [mɪə(r)] rC1xE   第7级
    adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
    参考例句:
    • That is a mere repetition of what you said before. 那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
    • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer. 再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

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