We doubt not, however, that as soon as the colts and fillies began to grow up, their young riders, with or without leave, commenced to ascertain10 their relative speed.
Parramatta has, it is said, the honour of holding the first race meeting in 1810, the example being followed by the officers of the 73rd Regiment11, then in Sydney, who utilised the reserve now known as Hyde Park for the purpose. From that time annual races commenced to be held there. The country towns, as they arose, were only too eager to follow the example of the metropolis12. Favourites of the turf acquired fame which was trumpeted13 abroad through the restricted sporting circles of the day.
Sir John Jamison's Bennelong—named after a well-known aboriginal—was one of the early racing celebrities14. He ran against Mr. Lawson's Spring Gun in 1829 for a heavy wager15 as they went then; and the old-world system of heats finishing up Spring Gun, he won easily. He carried off the principal turf events in Parramatta in 1832. In the same 408year Mr. H. Bayley's imported colt, Whisker, won the great races at the Hawkesbury meeting. Trotting16 was not entirely17 overlooked. It appears that a Mr. Potter's horse trotted18 twelve miles within the hour for a bet of ￡30, winning by fifteen seconds.
In May 1834 the Sydney Subscription19 Races were held on the New Course, Botany Road, for the first time. This course was new as compared with Hyde Park, but came to be called 'the old Sandy Course,' in relation to Homebush, the next established convincing-ground. At this meeting, Mr. C. Smith's Chester, a son of Bay Camerton, won the Cup; Whisker the Ladies' Purse. This grand horse won the Town Plate of ￡50; also the Ladies' Purse, ￡25, again beating Chester. Whisker, for whom ￡1400 had been offered three days previously20, died within the week. I was present at that same old Sandy Course in the autumn of 1835, when Chester beat his half-brother Traveller—the latter fated to belong to my old friend and neighbour, Charles Macknight, at Dunmore, Victoria, in years to come. The well-known Emigrant21 mare22, Lady Godiva, ran at the same meeting, and won her race for the Ladies' Purse, containing the modest sum of ￡30. The Town Plate was ￡50.
The celebrated23 horse Jorrocks, 'clarum et venerabile nomen' in turf annals, belonged to that period. A son of Whisker from Lady Emily (imported), he inherited some of the best racing-blood in the world; the dry air and nutritive pasturage of his native land did the rest. A horse of astonishing speed, stoutness24, and courage, his record covers a longer list of victories than that of any other Australian racehorse. In those days of three-mile heats, he might not win the first, but rarely lost the succeeding ones. It used to be said that when the 'native' lads began to cheer, Jorrocks seemed to comprehend the situation, and would win on the post or die in the attempt. I saw him once, a retired25 veteran, and can never forget his shape, almost symmetrically perfect. A long forehand, with light, game head and full eye, grand sloping shoulders, cask-like back-rib, muscular quarter and Arab croupe, legs like iron, as indeed they needed to have been; a long, low horse, scarcely exceeding fifteen hands, I should say, in height—such was Jorrocks.
Intercolonial races began in 1849. Without railways there 409was a difficulty in transporting horses; but it was overcome. Petrel, the property of Mr. Colin Campbell, a popular Victorian squatter26, ran a great race on the Melbourne Course with Mr. Austin's Bessie Bedlam27, a beautiful daughter of Cornborough.
Dark brown, with tan muzzle28.
Gordon's description might have been written for her. She was, to my thinking, the handsomest mare ever stripped on an Australian course. Petrel won, and Mr. Campbell gave a ball at the Prince of Wales' Hotel in Melbourne on the strength of his winnings, at which I was a guest—and a very good ball it was. The same year saw Emerald and Tally-ho (from New South Wales), Coronet and Hollyoake (of Tasmania), beaten by the Victorian horse Bunyip, a big powerful bay. He won the Town Plate, Publicans' Purse, and Ladies' Purse at the same meeting; and starting for fourteen principal races that season, won them all—a truly phenomenal animal.
By this time the gold 'boom of booms' had occurred. There were no more ￡50 Town Plates. In 1856 Alice Hawthorn29 won ￡1000 for Mr. Chirnside, beating Mr. Warby's Cardinal30 Wiseman; in her turn losing the three-mile race with Veno—an intercolonial duel—for ￡2000. In 1859 I saw Flying Buck31 win the Champion Melbourne Sweepstakes for ￡1000, eighteen starters, and may have heard the late Mr. Goldsborough offer a thousand to thirty against him after the start, and Roger Kelsall call out 'taken.'
The pageant32 of Flemington on Cup day was yet a visionary forecast. Mr. Bagot had not appeared above the horizon. First King, Briseis, Archer33, and Glencoe—much less Carbine and Trenton—were in the dimmest futurity. I was to see Adam Lindsay Gordon win the steeplechase of '69 upon Viking, with Babbler half a length behind. Glencoe the same year bore the coveted34 Cup trophy35 to New South Wales.
What a wondrous36 change had taken place in a few short years between the primitive37 racing and rude surroundings of the old Botany Course and the shaven lawns, the flower-beds, the asphalt walks, the immense grand-stands, the order, comfort, and perfect organisation38 of Randwick and Flemington—exceeding 410indeed, in these respects, the race-courses of the old country! What a difference in the size and quality of the fields of running horses, in the amount of money wagered39, in the multitude that attends, in the facilities of rail and road by which the tens of thousands of spectators are safely, comfortably disposed of in transit40!
In these and other astounding41 developments of the era we cannot but mark the transition stage from a colony to a nation, from a collection of humble42 towns and hamlets to a cluster of cities commencing to take rank with the world's important centres. An Anglo-Saxon dominion43 unmatched, for the period of its existence, in wealth and culture, population and trade, in progress in all that constitutes true, steadfast44, abiding45 civilisation46.
With respect to sport other than horse-racing, the men who had left 'Merrie England' so far away across the Southern main, conscious that in many cases they had looked their last upon that earthly paradise of the angler, the huntsman, the fowler, and the deer-stalker, began to cast about for substitutes and compromises. Hares and rabbits there were none (did we catch a cheer, or was it a groan47?); but the active marsupials which then overspread the land afforded reasonable coursing, and led to the formation of a breed of greyhounds, stronger, fiercer, in some instances hardly less fleet, than those of the old country. Reynard was still absent, but Brer Dingo was fast across the open, and a good stayer, while his insatiable appetite for mutton and poultry48 rendered him beyond a doubt the fox's natural successor. Even as a 'bagman' he was fairly serviceable.
Thus at an early date in Tasmania, a land of farms and small enclosures, and later on in Sydney, the old-world rural recreation, with pinks and tops, horn and hound, huntsman and whipper-in, 'accoutred proper,' was welcomed and supported. In Victoria there are now home-grown foxes in abundance, with hares, and, alas49, rabbits in still greater proportion for them to subsist50 upon; while as to the fields, no straighter goers are to be found in Christendom—moi qui parle—than our young Australians, men and maidens51, married or single—let the stiff three-railers of Petersham and Ballarat, Geelong and Rooty-hill testify; no better horses—fast, well-bred, clever, and up to weight. It seems hard that 411distance, expense, and long voyage should stand in the way of members of Australian hunt clubs trying their own and their steeds' mettle52 in 'the Shires.'
Now for the gun. Wild-fowling has obtained always on the inland lakes and rivers, on marsh53 and lagoons54, with quail55 and snipe, more or less, still extant; yet it must be confessed that it has chiefly partaken of the nature of 'pot-hunting.' In marshy56 localities snipe are abundant in the season—I have known a bag made of twenty-five couple in Squattlesea Mere57 in old days; but the quail, the brown variety of which more nearly resembles the partridge, has a way of disappearing from haunts too much disturbed. Unlike the partridge, it will not return to the same cornfields year after year. The native pheasant is a shy bird, for the most part inhabiting the thickets58 of the interior and the forests of the main range—localities where sport can hardly be carried out under proper conditions. The wild turkey is a grand bird, both as to size and flavour, but wary59 and a dweller60 on plains. He is only to be approached by stratagem61.
In New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, the partridge and pheasant, though often imported—my old friend Mr. Yaldwyn brought out both to his station near Macedon early in the 'forties'—have never thriven in the bush proper. Edible62 seeds and berries are scarce, while natural enemies are plentiful63. In New Zealand, a virgin64 Britannia of the South, the converse65 obtains. There are in that priceless possession, obtained by pluck and luck (before we got into the habit of advertising66 for the colonisation of our territory by foreigners), no eagles, no crows, no dingoes or dasyures. Partridges or pheasants turned loose in the woods of the North Island multiply apace, and a tremendous bag of the former was made to my knowledge by a Sydney proprietor67 on a visit there, walking in breast-high fern, but a few years since. As to introduced game, a herd6 of red deer, led by a 'stag of ten,' may be seen on the grassy68 slopes of Laverton, within easy reach of Melbourne, and near enough for an occasional hunt, while fallow deer are plentiful, both there and in other Australian localities. Among the farms they have grown to be somewhat of a nuisance indeed; hence a trifle of justifiable69 poaching no doubt occasionally takes place. In a general way no great harm has been done by the introduction of 412European game. Hares have increased amazingly, while greyhounds of stainless70 pedigree, with coursing matches to suit all comers, are plentiful in every country district.
But the 'werry important and particlar' exception to this comfortable doctrine71 has been the rabbit. Alack! and alack! What evil genius, hostile to the good South Land, prompted the importation of that fiend in a fur-jacket? 'Brer Rabbit' has amply revenged upon us the sufferings of his kind in bygone ages, and left a balance yet unpaid72. What have we spent on him? What tens of thousands of pounds sterling73 are yet to be disbursed74 by suffering squatters, o'erburdened tax-payers, even by the humble 'retrenched75' civil servant, against whom appears to be the hand of every man in the hour of financial need!
But the subject is too painful. Far removed from any description of sport. Sport? Ha! ha! Death, indeed, is the closer designation. However we may have been deceived as to certain results 'on this behalf,' let us not forget that our enemy is, like most of his congeners, excellent eating—good alike on the table of the poor man and the rich. In time, as population advances and smaller enclosures become necessary, his doom76 of extermination77 will be fulfilled, while the more harmless ministers of sport will be protected and encouraged.
About cricket it seems unnecessary to dilate78. It has been taught sedulously79 to the Australian boy, by precept80 and example. No denominational bias81 has hindered that lesson being learned thoroughly—a fair argument, by the way, supposing the national reputation and existence to depend solely82 upon cricket, in favour of the secular83 system. How all our boys love it! Did I not see a youngster, of say seven or eight, yesterday, leading two small brothers, with one cry of 'Cricket match!' dash up to the engraving84 of the Gentlemen of England and 'Our Boys' in London, on the cricket-ground, now on view in a bookseller's window in George Street? How they gloated over it!
Many a good match have I seen in the old Hyde Park, when the Sydney College boys had a right of occupation there for a special purpose. His Honour Judge Forbes, then a crack bowler85 at one wicket, with Mr. William Roberts senior performing the part of the historic veteran of Dingley Dell with the bat. William Still looking out for a catch, George 413Hill or Geoffrey Eager, or Moule or Hovenden Hely, alert at cover-point or slip, mid-wicket or long-stop.
Ah me! those days have gone, and how many of those who then ran and shouted in all the glee of youthful spirits and health! Those who remain are growing old, if not in the 'serious and yellow' stage, and the young ones are coming on, doubtless to fill their places, 'in arms, in arts, in song.' When Hugh Hamon Massie made that 206 score for the Australian team against Oxford86, our British cousins were probably of the same opinion. His triumph on that occasion was by no means a solitary87 one, and successive teams have demonstrated that in Australians our kin1 beyond sea will always find foemen worthy88 of their steel. Long may the friendly rivalry89 last; and in the deadlier contests to come—as surely they must come—may they always stand, like Highlanders, 'shouther to shouther.'[3]
3. Written in 1885. A prophecy fulfilled in February 1900.
Next to the outside of a horse—even, perhaps, as regards the coast towns, before that instinctively90 natural position—your true Australian is most at home in a boat. Those who watch the appearance of Sydney Harbour on a holiday must come to the conclusion that as a nursery for seamen91 it is excelled by few sea-boards in the world. Gay is the sea-lake with every kind of sailing craft, from the fifty-ton yacht, brand new and not launched under a cost of ￡2000 or ￡3000, to the canvas dingy92 flying along, bows under, with a big sail, and the youthful crew perched like seagulls on the weather gunwale. When a capsize occurs, which with these craft is a matter 'quite frequent,' they dive like a brood of wild-ducks, as they right their frail93 craft, and are soon bowling94 along as reckless as ever.
With such aquatic95 habits, small wonder if we have bred or trained the men who have beaten with the sculls not only old England but the world—ay, the world!—at this particular sport. Not only is it now demonstrated that we possess equal skill in all the manlier96 exercises—the boast of the island Briton, and at which he was long held to be unrivalled—but that in strength, stature97, and the desperate courage which prolongs the contest to the last dangerous degree of exhaustion98 and afterwards, our men, Australian-born or reared, are equal to the best Briton that ever trod a plank99, or to the best 414transatlantic colonist100, himself superior in that special section of sport to his British kinsmen101.
All Sydney boys, of whatever degree, take naturally to the boat. And when I saw a young friend but the other day, in a Masaniello rig, expand his broad chest and glide102 into stroke with one stretch of his bronzed muscular arms, I hummed instinctively as I watched the retreating skiff, 'Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves.'
The 'incomplete angler' necessarily commenced by deep-line fishing in Botany Bay, where he discovered the highly-edible schnapper, that moderately-boned fish of comfortable size and toothsome flavour. To him all honour therefor. Also the rock and other cod103-fish, whiting, bream, mullet, trumpeter, flounder, sole, and many others (not forgetting yellow-tail for bait)—all these for sea-fish are not to be surpassed. It was some years before the lordly Murray Cod was handled with the help of rod and line, by reason of the Murray, our Australian Mississippi, not being then discovered.
Since then we have made piscatorial104 advance, and doubtless shall make more. If we have not finally settled the question as to the acclimatisation of Salmo ferox in Tasmania, we have the best of all evidences of the existence of trout105 of exceptional size in Australian waters. Fly-fishing is still in its infancy106, though the thymallus of the Yarra Falls rises eagerly, and gives good sport. Trout and herring furnish many an hour's enjoyment107 to the disciple108 of Izaak Walton in Tasmania. Huge lake-trout are to be found in the erstwhile eel-tenanted deeps of New Zealand. A salmo-appearing fish, weight 27 lbs., was killed in Tasmania in 1893.
In time—only give us time—and rest assured, my Australian brethren and English kinsfolk, that we shall have such sport in the South Land generally as shall do no discredit109 to our race—the best all-round sportsmen in the world. And so, fully110 aware that this is a bald and incomplete sketch111 of the rise and progress of sport in Australia, but promising112 to do better (if spared) at the next Centennial, and wishing us all good fun and fortune at this, one Australian hunter's horn must cease 'blowing' and sound the recall.
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
kin
|
|
| n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
forth
|
|
| adv.向前；向外，往外 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
burgeoned
|
|
| v.发芽，抽枝( burgeon的过去式和过去分词 )；迅速发展；发（芽），抽（枝） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
racing
|
|
| n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
herded
|
|
| 群集，纠结( herd的过去式和过去分词 )； 放牧； （使）向…移动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
herd
|
|
| n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
thereby
|
|
| adv.因此，从而 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
rife
|
|
| adj.(指坏事情)充斥的，流行的，普遍的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
astonishment
|
|
| n.惊奇，惊异 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
ascertain
|
|
| vt.发现，确定，查明，弄清 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
regiment
|
|
| n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
metropolis
|
|
| n.首府；大城市 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
trumpeted
|
|
| 大声说出或宣告（trumpet的过去式与过去分词形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
celebrities
|
|
| n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
wager
|
|
| n.赌注；vt.押注，打赌 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
trotting
|
|
| 小跑，急走( trot的现在分词 )； 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
entirely
|
|
| ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
trotted
|
|
| 小跑，急走( trot的过去分词 )； 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
subscription
|
|
| n.预订，预订费，亲笔签名，调配法，下标（处方） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
previously
|
|
| adv.以前，先前（地） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
emigrant
|
|
| adj.移居的，移民的；n.移居外国的人，移民 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
mare
|
|
| n.母马，母驴 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
celebrated
|
|
| adj.有名的，声誉卓著的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
stoutness
|
|
| 坚固，刚毅 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
retired
|
|
| adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
squatter
|
|
| n.擅自占地者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
bedlam
|
|
| n.混乱，骚乱；疯人院 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
28
muzzle
|
|
| n.鼻口部；口套；枪(炮)口；vt.使缄默 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
hawthorn
|
|
| 山楂 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
cardinal
|
|
| n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
buck
|
|
| n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
pageant
|
|
| n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
archer
|
|
| n.射手，弓箭手 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
coveted
|
|
| adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
trophy
|
|
| n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
wondrous
|
|
| adj.令人惊奇的，奇妙的；adv.惊人地；异乎寻常地；令人惊叹地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
primitive
|
|
| adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
organisation
|
|
| n.组织，安排，团体，有机休 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
wagered
|
|
| v.在（某物）上赌钱，打赌( wager的过去式和过去分词 )；保证，担保 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
transit
|
|
| n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
astounding
|
|
| adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
humble
|
|
| adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
dominion
|
|
| n.统治，管辖，支配权；领土，版图 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
steadfast
|
|
| adj.固定的，不变的，不动摇的；忠实的；坚贞不移的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
abiding
|
|
| adj.永久的，持久的，不变的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
civilisation
|
|
| n.文明，文化，开化，教化 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
groan
|
|
| vi./n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
poultry
|
|
| n.家禽，禽肉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
alas
|
|
| int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
subsist
|
|
| vi.生存，存在，供养 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
maidens
|
|
| 处女( maiden的名词复数 )； 少女； 未婚女子； （板球运动）未得分的一轮投球 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
mettle
|
|
| n.勇气，精神 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
marsh
|
|
| n.沼泽，湿地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
lagoons
|
|
| n.污水池( lagoon的名词复数 )；潟湖；（大湖或江河附近的）小而浅的淡水湖；温泉形成的池塘 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
quail
|
|
| n.鹌鹑；vi.畏惧，颤抖 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
marshy
|
|
| adj.沼泽的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
mere
|
|
| adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
thickets
|
|
| n.灌木丛( thicket的名词复数 )；丛状物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
wary
|
|
| adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
dweller
|
|
| n.居住者，住客 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
stratagem
|
|
| n.诡计，计谋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
edible
|
|
| n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
plentiful
|
|
| adj.富裕的，丰富的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
virgin
|
|
| n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
converse
|
|
| vi.谈话，谈天，闲聊；adv.相反的，相反 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
advertising
|
|
| n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
proprietor
|
|
| n.所有人；业主；经营者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
grassy
|
|
| adj.盖满草的；长满草的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
justifiable
|
|
| adj.有理由的，无可非议的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
stainless
|
|
| adj.无瑕疵的，不锈的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
doctrine
|
|
| n.教义；主义；学说 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
unpaid
|
|
| adj.未付款的，无报酬的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
sterling
|
|
| adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
disbursed
|
|
| v.支出，付出( disburse的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
retrenched
|
|
| v.紧缩开支( retrench的过去式和过去分词 )；削减（费用）；节省 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
doom
|
|
| n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
extermination
|
|
| n.消灭，根绝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
dilate
|
|
| vt.使膨胀，使扩大 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
sedulously
|
|
| ad.孜孜不倦地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
precept
|
|
| n.戒律；格言 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
bias
|
|
| n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
solely
|
|
| adv.仅仅，唯一地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
secular
|
|
| n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
engraving
|
|
| 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： |
|
|
|
|
85
bowler
|
|
| n.打保龄球的人，（板球的）投（球）手 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
Oxford
|
|
| n.牛津（英国城市） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
solitary
|
|
| adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
worthy
|
|
| adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
rivalry
|
|
| n.竞争，竞赛，对抗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
instinctively
|
|
| adv.本能地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
seamen
|
|
| n.海员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
92
dingy
|
|
| adj.昏暗的，肮脏的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
93
frail
|
|
| adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
94
bowling
|
|
| n.保龄球运动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
95
aquatic
|
|
| adj.水生的，水栖的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
96
manlier
|
|
| manly（有男子气概的）的比较级形式 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
97
stature
|
|
| n.（高度）水平，（高度）境界，身高，身材 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
98
exhaustion
|
|
| n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
99
plank
|
|
| n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
100
colonist
|
|
| n.殖民者，移民 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
101
kinsmen
|
|
| n.家属，亲属( kinsman的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
102
glide
|
|
| n./v.溜，滑行；(时间)消逝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
103
cod
|
|
| n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
104
piscatorial
|
|
| adj.鱼的；渔业的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
105
trout
|
|
| n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
106
infancy
|
|
| n.婴儿期；幼年期；初期 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
107
enjoyment
|
|
| n.乐趣；享有；享用 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
108
disciple
|
|
| n.信徒，门徒，追随者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
109
discredit
|
|
| vt.使不可置信；n.丧失信义；不信，怀疑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
110
fully
|
|
| adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
111
sketch
|
|
| n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
112
promising
|
|
| adj.有希望的，有前途的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |