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CHAPTER XII
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On their way to the hall on the Bowery Gerrit Smith and John Brownpassed through dimly lighted streets along which were drifting scores ofboys and girls, ragged1, friendless, homeless, shelterless in the chillnight. The strange old man's eyes were fixed2 on space. He saw nothing,heard nothing of the city's roaring life or the call of its fathomlessmisery.
He saw nothing even when they passed a house with a red light beforewhich little girls of twelve were selling flowers. Neither of the men,living for a single fixed idea, caught the accent of evil in the child'svoice as she stepped squarely in front of them and said:
"What's ye hurry?"When they turned aside she piped again:
"Won't ye come in?"They merely passed on. The infinite pathos3 of the scene had made noimpression. That this child's presence on the streets was enough todamn the whole system of society to the lowest hell never dawned on thephilanthropist or the man of Action.
The crowd in the hall was not large. The place was about half full andit seated barely five hundred. The masses of the North as yet took nostock in the Abolition4 Crusade.
They felt the terrific pressure of the problem of life at home tookeenly to go into hysterics over the evils of Negro Slavery in theSouth. William Lloyd Garrison5 had been preaching his denunciations fortwenty-one years and its fruits were small. The masses of the peoplewere indifferent.
But a man was pushing his way to the platform of the little hallto-night who was destined7 to do a deed that would accomplish what allthe books and all the magazines and all the newspapers of the Crusadershad tried in vain to do.
Small as the crowd was, there was something sinister8 in its composition.
Half of them were foreigners. It was the first wave of the flood ofdegradation for our racial stock in the North--the racial stock of JohnAdams and John Hancock.
A few workingmen were scattered9 among them. Fifty or sixty negroesoccupied the front rows. Sam had secured a seat on the aisle10. GerritSmith rose without ceremony and introduced Brown. There were no womenpresent. He used the formal address to the American voter:
"Fellow Citizens:
"I have the honor to present to you to-night a man chosen of God to leadour people out of the darkness of sin, my fellow worker in the Kingdom,the friend of the downtrodden and the oppressed, John Brown."Faint applause greeted the old man as he moved briskly to the littletable with his quick, springing step.
He fixed the people with his brilliant eyes and they were silent. He wasslow of speech, awkward in gesture, and without skill in the building ofideas to hold the imagination of the typical crowd.
It was not a typical crowd of American freemen. It was something newunder the sun in our history. It was the beginning of the coming mobmind destined to use Direct Action in defiance11 of the Laws on which theRepublic had been built.
There was no mistaking the message Brown bore. He proclaimed that thenegro is the blood brother of the white man. The color of his skin wasan accident. This white man with a black skin was now being beaten andground into the dust by the infamy12 of his masters. Their crimes criedto God for vengeance13. All the negro needed was freedom to transform himinto a white man--your equal and mine. At present, our brothers andsisters are groaning14 in chains on Southern plantations15. His vaultingmetallic tones throbbed16 with a strange, cold passion as he called forAction.
The vibrant17 call for bloodshed in this cry melted the crowd into a newpersonality. The mildest spirit among them was merged18 into the mobmind of the speaker. And every man within the sound of his voice was amurderer.
The final leap of the speaker's soul into an expression of supreme19 hatefor the Southern white man found its instant echo in the mob whichhe had created. They demanded no facts. They asked no reasons. Theyaccepted his statements as the oracle20 of God. They were opinions,beliefs, dogmas, the cries of propaganda only--precisely the food neededfor developing the mob mind to its full strength. Envy, jealousy21, hatredruled supreme. Liberty was a catchword. Blood lust22 was the motive23 powerdriving each heart beat.
Brown suddenly stopped. His speech had reached no climax24. It had rambledinto repetition. Its power consisted in the repetition of a fixedthought. He knew the power of this repeated hammering on the mind. Anidea can be repeated until it is believed, true or false. He had poundedhis message into his hearers until they were incapable25 of resistance. Itwas unnecessary for him to continue. He stopped so suddenly, they waitedin silence for him to go on after he had taken his seat.
A faint applause again swept the front of the house. There was somethinguncanny about the man that hushed applause. They knew that he wasindifferent to it. Hidden fires burned within him that lighted the wayof life. He needed no torches held on high. He asked no honors.
He expected no applause and he got little. What he did demand wassubmission to his will and obedience26 as followers27.
Gerrit Smith rose with this thought gripping his gentle spirit. Hiswords came automatically as if driven by another's mind.
"Our friend and leader has dedicated28 his life to the service ofsuffering humanity. It is our duty to follow. The first step is tosacrifice our money in his cause."The ushers30 passed the baskets and Sam's heart warmed as he heard thecoin rattle32. His eyes bulged33 when he saw that one of them had a pile ofbills in it that covered the coin. He heard the great and good man saythat it was for the poor brother in black. He saw visions of a warmroom, of clean food and plenty of it.
He was glad he'd come, although he didn't like the look in John Brown'seyes while he spoke34. Their fierce light seemed to bore through him andhurt. Now that he was seated and his eyes half closed, uplifted towardthe ceiling, he wasn't so formidable. He rather liked him sitting down.
The ushers poured the money on the table and counted it. Sam had notseen so much money together since he piled his five hundred dollars ingold in a stack and looked at it. He watched the count with fascination35.
There must be a thousand at least.
He was shocked when the head usher31 leaned over the edge of the platform,and whispered to Smith the total.
"Eighty-five dollars."Sam glanced sadly at the two rows of negroes in front. There wouldn'tbe much for each. He took courage in the thought, however, that some ofthem were well-to-do and wouldn't ask their share. He was sure of thisbecause he had seen three or four put something in the baskets.
Gerrit Smith announced the amount of the collection with someembarrassment and heartily36 added:
"My check for a hundred and fifteen dollars makes the sum an even twohundred."That was something worth while. Smith and Brown held a conference aboutthe announcement of another meeting as Sam whispered to the head usher:
"Could ye des gimme mine now an' lemme go?""Yours?""Yassah.""Your share of the collection?"The usher eyed him in scorn.
"To be sho," Sam answered confidently. "Yer tuk it up fer de po' blackman. I'se black, an' God knows I'se po'.""You're a poor fool!""What ye take hit up fer den6?""To support John Brown, not to feed lazy, good-for-nothing, freenegroes."Sam turned from the man in disgust. He was about to rise and shambleback to his miserable37 pallet when a sudden craning of necks and movingof feet drew his eye toward the door.
He saw a man stalking down the aisle. He carried on his left arm alittle bundle of filthy38 rags. He mounted the platform and spoke to theChairman:
"Mr. Smith, may I say just a word to this meeting?"The Philanthropist Congressman39 recognized him instantly as the mosteloquent orator40 in the labor41 movement in America. He had met him at aReform Convention. He rose at once.
"Certainly.""Fellow Citizens, Mr. George Evans, the leading advocate of OrganizedLabor in America, wishes to speak to you. Will you hear him?""Yes! Yes! Yes!" came from all parts of the house.
The man began in quivering tones that held Sam and gripped the unwillingmind of the crowd:
"My friends: Just a few words. I have in my arms the still breathingskeleton of a little girl. I found her in a street behind this buildingwithin the sound of the voice of your speaker."He paused and waved to John Brown.
"She was fighting with a stray cat for a crust of bread in a garbagepail. I hold her on high."With both hands he lifted the dazed thing above his head.
"Look at her. This bundle of rags God made in the form of a woman to bethe mother of the race. She has been thrown into your streets to starve.
Her father is a workingman whom I know. For six months, out of work,he fought with death and hell, and hell won. He is now in prison. Hermother, unable to support herself and child, sought oblivion in drink.
She's in the gutter42 to-night. Her brother has joined a gang on the EastSide. Her sister is a girl of the streets.
"You talk to me of Negro Slavery in the South? Behold43 the child of theWhite Wage Slave of the North! Why are you crying over the poor negro?
In the South the master owns the slave. Here the master owns the job.
Down there the master feeds, clothes and houses his man with care. Blackchildren laugh and play. Here the master who owns the job buys labor inthe open market. He can get it from a man for 75 cents a day. From awoman for 30 cents a day. When he has bought the last ounce of strengththey can give, the master of the wage slave kicks him out to freeze orstarve or sink into crime.
"You tell me of the white master's lust down South? I tell you of thewhite master's lust for the daughters of our own race.
"I see a foreman of a factory sitting in this crowd. I've known him forten years. I've talked with a score of his victims. He has the powerto employ or discharge girls of all ages ranging from twelve totwenty-five. Do you think a girl can pass his bead44 eyes and not pay forthe job the price he sees fit to demand?
"If you think so, you don't know the man. I do!"He paused and the stillness of death followed. Necks were craned to findthe figure of the foreman crouching45 in the crowd. The speaker was notafter the individual. His soul was aflame with the cause of millions.
"I see also a man in the crowd who owns a row of tenements46 so filthy,so dark, so reeking47 with disease that no Southern master would allow abeast to live in them. This hypocrite has given to John Brown to-nighta contribution of money for the downtrodden black man. He coined thismoney out of the blood of white men and women who pay the rent for thedirty holes in which they die."A moment of silence that was pain as he paused and a hundred eyes sweptthe room in search of the man. Again the speaker stood without a sign.
He merely paused to let his message sink in the hearts of his hearers.
"My eyes have found another man in this crowd who is an employer of wageslaves. He is here to denounce Chattel48 Slavery in the South as the sumof all villainies while he practices a system of wage slavery more cruelwithout a thought morally wrong.
"I say this in justice to the man because I know him. He hasn'tintelligence enough to realize what he is doing. If he had he wouldbegin by abolishing slavery in his own household. This reformer isn'ta bad man at heart. He is simply an honest fool. These same fools inEngland have given millions to abolish black slavery in the Coloniesand leave their own slaves in the Spittalfield slums to breed a race ofpaupers and criminals. Why don't a Buxton or a Wilberforce complainof the White Slavery at home? Because it is indispensable to theircivilization. They lose nothing in freeing negroes in distant Colonies.
They would lose their fortunes if they dared free their own whitebrethren.
"The master of the wage slave employs his victim only when he needs him.
The Southern master supports his man whether he needs him or not. Andcares for him when ill. The Abolitionist proposes to free the blackslave from the whip. Noble work. But to what end if he deprives him offood? He escapes the lash50 and lands in a felon's cell or climbs thesteps of a gallows51.
"Your inspired leader, the speaker of this evening, has found his mostenthusiastic support in New England.
"No doubt.
"In Lowell, Massachusetts, able-bodied men in the cotton mills arereceiving 80 cents a day for ten hours' work. Women are receiving 32cents a day for the same. At no period of the history of this republichas it been possible for a human being to live in a city and reproducehis kind on such wages. What is the result? The racial stock that madethe Commonwealth52 of Massachusetts a civilized53 state is perishing. It isbeing replaced from the slums of Europe. The standard of life is draggedlower with each generation.
"The negro, you tell me, must work for others or be flogged. The poorwhite man at your door must work for others or be starved. The negro issubject to a single master. He learns to know him, if not to like him.
There is something human in the touch of their lives. The poor white manhere is the slave of many masters. The negro may lead the life of a farmhorse. Your wage slave is a horse that hasn't even a stable. He roamsthe street in the snows of winter. He is ridden by anybody who wishes aride. He is cared for by nobody. Our rich will do anything for the poorexcept to get off their backs. The negro has a master in sickness andhealth. The wage slave is honored with the privilege of slavery only solong as he can work ten hours a day. He is a pauper49 when he can toil54 nomore.
"Your Abolitionist has fixed his eye on Chattel Slavery in the South. Itinvolves but three million five-hundred thousand negroes. The system ofwage slavery involves the lives of twenty-five million white men andwomen.
"Slavery was not abolished in the North on moral grounds, but because,as a system of labor it was old-fashioned, sentimental55, extravagant,inefficient. It was abolished by the masters of men, not by the men.
"The North abolished slavery for economy in production. There was nosentiment in it. Wage slavery has proven itself ten times more cruel,more merciless, more efficient. The Captain of Industry has seen thevision of an empire of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice56. He has seenthat the master who cares for the aged57, the infirm, the sick, the lame,the halt is a fool who must lag behind in the march of the Juggernaut.
Only a fool stops to build a shelter for his slave when he can kick himout in the cold and find hundreds of fresh men to take his place.
"Two years ago the Chief of Police of the City of New York took thecensus of the poor who were compelled to live in cellars. He found thateighteen thousand five hundred and eighty-six white wage slaves lived inthese pest holes under the earth. One-thirteenth of the population ofthe city lives thus underground to-day. Hundreds of these cellars arenear the river. They are not waterproof58. Their floors are mud. Whenthe tides rise the water floods these noisome59 holes. The bedding andfurniture float. Fierce wharf60 rats, rising from their dens61, dispute withmen, women and children the right to the shelves above the water line.
"There are cellars devoted62 entirely63 to lodging64 where working men andwomen can find a bed of straw for two cents a night--the bare dirt forone cent. Black and white men, women and children, are mixed in onedirty mass. These rooms are without light, without air, filled with thedamp vapors65 of mildewed66 wood and clothing. They swarm67 with every speciesof vermin that infest68 the animal and human body. The scenes of depravitythat nightly occur in these lairs69 of beasts are beyond words.
"These are the homes provided by the master who has established 'Free'
Labor as the economic weapon with which he has set out to conquer theworld.
"And he is conquering with it. The superior, merciless power of thissystem as an economic weapon is bound to do in America what it has donethroughout the world. The days of Chattel Slavery are numbered. TheAbolitionist is wasting his breath, or worse. He is raising a feud70 thatmay drench71 this nation in blood in a senseless war over an issue that issettled before it's raised.
"Long ago the economist72 discovered that there was no vice29 under thesystem of Chattel Slavery that could not be more freely gratified underthe new system of wage slavery.
"You weep because the negro slave must serve one master. He has no powerto choose a new one. Do not forget that the power to _choose_ a newmaster carries with it power to discharge the wage slave and hire a newone. This power to discharge is the most merciless and cruel tyrannyever developed in the struggle of man from savagery73 to civilization.
This awful right places in the hand of the master the power of life anddeath. He can deprive his wage slave of fuel, food, clothes, shelter.
Life is the only right worth having if its exercise is put intoquestion. A starving man has no liberty. The word can have no meaning.
He must live first or he cannot be a man.
"The wage slave is producing more than the chattel slaves ever produced,man for man, and is receiving less than the negro slave of the South isgetting for his labor to-day.
"Your system of wage slavery is the cunning trick by which the cruelmaster finds that he can deny to the worker all rights he ever had as aslave.
"If you doubt its power, look at this bundle of rags in my hands andremember that there are five thousand half-starved children homeless andabandoned in the streets of this city to-night.
"Find for me one ragged, freezing, starving, black baby in the South andI will buy a musket74 to equip an army for its invasion--"He paused a moment, turned and gazed at the men on the platform and thenfaced the crowd in a final burst of triumphant75 scorn.
"Fools, liars76, hypocrites, clean your own filthy house before you weepover the woes77 of negroes who are singing while they toil--"A man on an end seat of the middle aisle suddenly sprang to his feet andyelled:
"Put him out!"Before Gerrit Smith could reach Evans with a gift of five dollars forthe sick child which he still held in his arms the crowd had become amob.
They hustled78 the labor leader into the street and told him to go back tohell where he came from.
Through it all John Brown sat on the platform with his blue-gray eyesfixed in space. He had seen, heard or realized nothing that had passed.
His mind was brooding over the plains of Kansas.

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1 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
2 fixed JsKzzj     
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。
3 pathos dLkx2     
n.哀婉,悲怆
参考例句:
  • The pathos of the situation brought tears to our eyes.情况令人怜悯,看得我们不禁流泪。
  • There is abundant pathos in her words.她的话里富有动人哀怜的力量。
4 abolition PIpyA     
n.废除,取消
参考例句:
  • They declared for the abolition of slavery.他们声明赞成废除奴隶制度。
  • The abolition of the monarchy was part of their price.废除君主制是他们的其中一部分条件。
5 garrison uhNxT     
n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防
参考例句:
  • The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.军队来援救被围的守备军。
  • The German was moving to stiffen up the garrison in Sicily.德军正在加强西西里守军之力量。
6 den 5w9xk     
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室
参考例句:
  • There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
  • The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
7 destined Dunznz     
adj.命中注定的;(for)以…为目的地的
参考例句:
  • It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
  • The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
8 sinister 6ETz6     
adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的
参考例句:
  • There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
  • Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值,而且包藏祸心。
9 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
10 aisle qxPz3     
n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道
参考例句:
  • The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
  • The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
11 defiance RmSzx     
n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗
参考例句:
  • He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
  • He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。
12 infamy j71x2     
n.声名狼藉,出丑,恶行
参考例句:
  • They may grant you power,honour,and riches but afflict you with servitude,infamy,and poverty.他们可以给你权力、荣誉和财富,但却用奴役、耻辱和贫穷来折磨你。
  • Traitors are held in infamy.叛徒为人所不齿。
13 vengeance wL6zs     
n.报复,报仇,复仇
参考例句:
  • He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
  • For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。
14 groaning groaning     
adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • She's always groaning on about how much she has to do. 她总抱怨自己干很多活儿。
  • The wounded man lay there groaning, with no one to help him. 受伤者躺在那里呻吟着,无人救助。
15 plantations ee6ea2c72cc24bed200cd75cf6fbf861     
n.种植园,大农场( plantation的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园,使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后,那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句
16 throbbed 14605449969d973d4b21b9356ce6b3ec     
抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动
参考例句:
  • His head throbbed painfully. 他的头一抽一跳地痛。
  • The pulse throbbed steadily. 脉搏跳得平稳。
17 vibrant CL5zc     
adj.震颤的,响亮的,充满活力的,精力充沛的,(色彩)鲜明的
参考例句:
  • He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
  • She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。
18 merged d33b2d33223e1272c8bbe02180876e6f     
(使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中
参考例句:
  • Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
  • The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。
19 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
参考例句:
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
20 oracle jJuxy     
n.神谕,神谕处,预言
参考例句:
  • In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候,她祈祷神谕来指引她。
  • It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕,常常能预言最重要的事情。
21 jealousy WaRz6     
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。
22 lust N8rz1     
n.性(淫)欲;渴(欲)望;vi.对…有强烈的欲望
参考例句:
  • He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
  • Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念,就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。
23 motive GFzxz     
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。
24 climax yqyzc     
n.顶点;高潮;v.(使)达到顶点
参考例句:
  • The fifth scene was the climax of the play.第五场是全剧的高潮。
  • His quarrel with his father brought matters to a climax.他与他父亲的争吵使得事态发展到了顶点。
25 incapable w9ZxK     
adj.无能力的,不能做某事的
参考例句:
  • He would be incapable of committing such a cruel deed.他不会做出这么残忍的事。
  • Computers are incapable of creative thought.计算机不会创造性地思维。
26 obedience 8vryb     
n.服从,顺从
参考例句:
  • Society has a right to expect obedience of the law.社会有权要求人人遵守法律。
  • Soldiers act in obedience to the orders of their superior officers.士兵们遵照上级军官的命令行动。
27 followers 5c342ee9ce1bf07932a1f66af2be7652     
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
参考例句:
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
28 dedicated duHzy2     
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
参考例句:
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
29 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
参考例句:
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
30 ushers 4d39dce0f047e8d64962e1a6e93054d1     
n.引座员( usher的名词复数 );招待员;门房;助理教员v.引,领,陪同( usher的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Seats clicked, ushers bowed while he looked blandly on. 座位发出啪啦啪啦的声响,领座员朝客人们鞠躬,而他在一边温和殷勤地看着。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • The minister then offers a brief prayer of dedication, and the ushers return to their seats. 于是牧师又做了一个简短的奉献的祈祷,各招待员也各自回座位。 来自辞典例句
31 usher sK2zJ     
n.带位员,招待员;vt.引导,护送;vi.做招待,担任引座员
参考例句:
  • The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
  • They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。
32 rattle 5Alzb     
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
参考例句:
  • The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
  • She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。
33 bulged e37e49e09d3bc9d896341f6270381181     
凸出( bulge的过去式和过去分词 ); 充满; 塞满(某物)
参考例句:
  • His pockets bulged with apples and candy. 他的口袋鼓鼓地装满了苹果和糖。
  • The oranges bulged his pocket. 桔子使得他的衣袋胀得鼓鼓的。
34 spoke XryyC     
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。
35 fascination FlHxO     
n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋
参考例句:
  • He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
  • His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。
36 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
37 miserable g18yk     
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。
38 filthy ZgOzj     
adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的
参考例句:
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
  • You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发,然后再去买张新的。
39 Congressman TvMzt7     
n.(美)国会议员
参考例句:
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
40 orator hJwxv     
n.演说者,演讲者,雄辩家
参考例句:
  • He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩,胜过最好的演说家。
  • The orator gestured vigorously while speaking.这位演讲者讲话时用力地做手势。
41 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
42 gutter lexxk     
n.沟,街沟,水槽,檐槽,贫民窟
参考例句:
  • There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.阴沟里有个香烟盒。
  • He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.他使她脱离贫苦生活,并成为贵妇。
43 behold jQKy9     
v.看,注视,看到
参考例句:
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
44 bead hdbyl     
n.念珠;(pl.)珠子项链;水珠
参考例句:
  • She accidentally swallowed a glass bead.她不小心吞下了一颗玻璃珠。
  • She has a beautiful glass bead and a bracelet in the box.盒子里有一颗美丽的玻璃珠和手镯。
45 crouching crouching     
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
  • A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
46 tenements 307ebb75cdd759d238f5844ec35f9e27     
n.房屋,住户,租房子( tenement的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Here were crumbling tenements, squalid courtyards and stinking alleys. 随处可见破烂的住房、肮脏的庭院和臭气熏天的小胡同。 来自辞典例句
  • The tenements are in a poor section of the city. 共同住宅是在城中较贫苦的区域里。 来自辞典例句
47 reeking 31102d5a8b9377cf0b0942c887792736     
v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象)
参考例句:
  • I won't have you reeking with sweat in my bed! 我就不许你混身臭汗,臭烘烘的上我的炕! 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
  • This is a novel reeking with sentimentalism. 这是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。 来自辞典例句
48 chattel jUYyN     
n.动产;奴隶
参考例句:
  • They were slaves,to be bought and sold as chattels.他们是奴隶,将被作为财产买卖。
  • A house is not a chattel.房子不是动产。
49 pauper iLwxF     
n.贫民,被救济者,穷人
参考例句:
  • You lived like a pauper when you had plenty of money.你有大把钱的时候,也活得像个乞丐。
  • If you work conscientiously you'll only die a pauper.你按部就班地干,做到老也是穷死。
50 lash a2oxR     
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
参考例句:
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
51 gallows UfLzE     
n.绞刑架,绞台
参考例句:
  • The murderer was sent to the gallows for his crimes.谋杀犯由于罪大恶极被处以绞刑。
  • Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。
52 commonwealth XXzyp     
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
参考例句:
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
53 civilized UwRzDg     
a.有教养的,文雅的
参考例句:
  • Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
  • rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为
54 toil WJezp     
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事
参考例句:
  • The wealth comes from the toil of the masses.财富来自大众的辛勤劳动。
  • Every single grain is the result of toil.每一粒粮食都来之不易。
55 sentimental dDuzS     
adj.多愁善感的,感伤的
参考例句:
  • She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人,她相信姻缘命中注定。
  • We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。
56 avarice KeHyX     
n.贪婪;贪心
参考例句:
  • Avarice is the bane to happiness.贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根。
  • Their avarice knows no bounds and you can never satisfy them.他们贪得无厌,你永远无法满足他们。
57 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的,陈年的
参考例句:
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
58 waterproof Ogvwp     
n.防水材料;adj.防水的;v.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。
59 noisome nHPxy     
adj.有害的,可厌的
参考例句:
  • The air is infected with noisome gases.空气受到了有害气体的污染。
  • I destroy all noisome and rank weeds ,I keep down all pestilent vapours.我摧毁了一切丛生的毒草,控制一切有害的烟雾。
60 wharf RMGzd     
n.码头,停泊处
参考例句:
  • We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.我们准时到达码头。
  • We reached the wharf gasping for breath.我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。
61 dens 10262f677bcb72a856e3e1317093cf28     
n.牙齿,齿状部分;兽窝( den的名词复数 );窝点;休息室;书斋
参考例句:
  • Female bears tend to line their dens with leaves or grass. 母熊往往会在洞穴里垫些树叶或草。 来自辞典例句
  • In winter bears usually hibernate in their dens. 冬天熊通常在穴里冬眠。 来自辞典例句
62 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
63 entirely entirely     
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 lodging wRgz9     
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
参考例句:
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
  • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
65 vapors 94a2c1cb72b6aa4cb43b8fb8f61653d4     
n.水汽,水蒸气,无实质之物( vapor的名词复数 );自夸者;幻想 [药]吸入剂 [古]忧郁(症)v.自夸,(使)蒸发( vapor的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • His emotions became vague and shifted about like vapors. 他的心情则如同一团雾气,变幻无常,捉摸不定。 来自辞典例句
  • They have hysterics, they weep, they have the vapors. 他们歇斯底里,他们哭泣,他们精神忧郁。 来自辞典例句
66 mildewed 943a82aed272bf2f3bdac9d10eefab9c     
adj.发了霉的,陈腐的,长了霉花的v.(使)发霉,(使)长霉( mildew的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Things easily get mildewed in the rainy season. 梅雨季节东西容易发霉。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The colonel was gorgeous, he had a cavernous mouth, cavernous cheeks, cavernous, sad, mildewed eyes. 这位上校样子挺神气,他的嘴巴、双颊和两眼都深深地凹进去,目光黯淡,象发了霉似的。 来自辞典例句
67 swarm dqlyj     
n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入
参考例句:
  • There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
  • A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。
68 infest t7pxF     
v.大批出没于;侵扰;寄生于
参考例句:
  • Several animals in sea water can infest wood.海水中有好多动物能侵害木材。
  • A lame cat is better than a swift horse when rats infest the palace.宫殿有鼠患,瘸猫比快马强。
69 lairs 076807659073d002b6b533684986a2a6     
n.(野兽的)巢穴,窝( lair的名词复数 );(人的)藏身处
参考例句:
  • Beholders usually carve out underground lairs for themselves using their disintegrate rays. 眼魔经常用它们的解离射线雕刻自己的地底巢穴。 来自互联网
  • All animals are smothered in their lairs. 所有的小生灵都躲在巢穴里冬眠。 来自互联网
70 feud UgMzr     
n.长期不和;世仇;v.长期争斗;世代结仇
参考例句:
  • How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的?
  • The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。
71 drench 1kEz6     
v.使淋透,使湿透
参考例句:
  • He met a drench of rain.他遇上一场倾盆大雨。
  • They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.他们将消防水管对着人们,把他们浇了个透。
72 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
参考例句:
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
73 savagery pCozS     
n.野性
参考例句:
  • The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。
  • They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。
74 musket 46jzO     
n.滑膛枪
参考例句:
  • I hunted with a musket two years ago.两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。
  • So some seconds passed,till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired.又过了几秒钟,突然,乔伊斯端起枪来开了火。
75 triumphant JpQys     
adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的
参考例句:
  • The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
  • There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。
76 liars ba6a2311efe2dc9a6d844c9711cd0fff     
说谎者( liar的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
  • Honest boys despise lies and liars. 诚实的孩子鄙视谎言和说谎者。
77 woes 887656d87afcd3df018215107a0daaab     
困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉
参考例句:
  • Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
  • She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。
78 hustled 463e6eb3bbb1480ba4bfbe23c0484460     
催促(hustle的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room. 他抓住她的胳膊把她推出房间。
  • The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater. 特务机关的代理人把演讲者驱逐出竞技场。


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