The common seamen3 in a large frigate4 are divided into some thirty or forty messes, put down on the purser's books as Mess No. 1, Mess No. 2, Mess No. 3, etc. The members of each mess club, their rations5 of provisions, and breakfast, dine, and sup together in allotted6 intervals7 between the guns on the main-deck. In undeviating rotation8, the members of each mess (excepting the petty-officers) take their turn in performing the functions of cook and steward9. And for the time being, all the affairs of the club are subject to their inspection10 and control.
It is the cook's business, also, to have an eye to the general interests of his mess; to see that, when the aggregated11 allowances of beef, bread, etc., are served out by one of the master's mates, the mess over which he presides receives its full share, without stint12 or subtraction13. Upon the berth-deck he has a chest, in which to keep his pots, pans, spoons, and small stores of sugar, molasses, tea, and flour.
But though entitled a cook, strictly14 speaking, the head of the mess is no cook at all; for the cooking for the crew is all done by a high and mighty15 functionary16, officially called the "ship's cook," assisted by several deputies. In our frigate, this personage was a dignified17 coloured gentleman, whom the men dubbed18 "Old Coffee;" and his assistants, negroes also, went by the poetical19 appellations20 of "Sunshine," "Rose-water," and "May-day."
Now the ship's cooking required very little science, though old Coffee often assured us that he had graduated at the New York Astor House, under the immediate21 eye of the celebrated22 Coleman and Stetson. All he had to do was, in the first place, to keep bright and clean the three huge coppers23, or caldrons, in which many hundred pounds of beef were daily boiled. To this end, Rose-water, Sunshine, and May-day every morning sprang into their respective apartments, stripped to the waist, and well provided with bits of soap-stone and sand. By exercising these in a very vigorous manner, they threw themselves into a violent perspiration25, and put a fine polish upon the interior of the coppers.
Sunshine was the bard26 of the trio; and while all three would be busily employed clattering27 their soap-stones against the metal, he would exhilarate them with some remarkable28 St. Domingo melodies; one of which was the following:
"Oh! I los' my shoe in an old canoe,
Johnio! come Winum so!
Oh! I los' my boot in a pilot-boat,
Johnio! come Winum so!
Oh! copper rub-a-dub-a-oh!"
When I listened to these jolly Africans, thus making gleeful their toil30 by their cheering songs, I could not help murmuring against that immemorial rule of men-of-war, which forbids the sailors to sing out, as in merchant-vessels, when pulling ropes, or occupied at any other ship's duty. Your only music, at such times, is the shrill31 pipe of the boatswain's mate, which is almost worse than no music at all. And if the boatswain's mate is not by, you must pull the ropes, like convicts, in profound silence; or else endeavour to impart unity32 to the exertions33 of all hands, by singing out mechanically, one, two, three, and then pulling all together.
Now, when Sunshine, Rose-water, and May-day have so polished the ship's coppers, that a white kid glove might be drawn34 along the inside and show no stain, they leap out of their holes, and the water is poured in for the coffee. And the coffee being boiled, and decanted35 off in bucketfuls, the cooks of the messes march up with their salt beef for dinner, strung upon strings36 and tallied37 with labels; all of which are plunged38 together into the self-same coppers, and there boiled. When, upon the beef being fished out with a huge pitch-fork, the water for the evening's tea is poured in; which, consequently possesses a flavour not unlike that of shank-soup.
From this it will be seen, that, so far as cooking is concerned, a "cook of the mess" has very little to do; merely carrying his provisions to and from the grand democratic cookery. Still, in some things, his office involves many annoyances39. Twice a week butter and cheese are served out—so much to each man—and the mess-cook has the sole charge of these delicacies40. The great difficulty consists in so catering41 for the mess, touching42 these luxuries, as to satisfy all. Some guzzlers are for devouring43 the butter at a meal, and finishing off with the cheese the same day; others contend for saving it up against Banyan44 Day, when there is nothing but beef and bread; and others, again, are for taking a very small bit of butter and cheese, by way of dessert, to each and every meal through the week. All this gives rise to endless disputes, debates, and altercations45.
Sometimes, with his mess-cloth—a square of painted canvas—set out on deck between the guns, garnished46 with pots, and pans, and kids, you see the mess-cook seated on a matchtub at its head, his trowser legs rolled up and arms bared, presiding over the convivial47 party.
"Now, men, you can't have any butter to-day. I'm saving it up for to-morrow. You don't know the value of butter, men. You, Jim, take your hoof48 off the cloth! Devil take me, if some of you chaps haven't no more manners than so many swines! Quick, men, quick; bear a hand, and 'scoff49' (eat) away.—I've got my to-morrow's duff to make yet, and some of you fellows keep scoffing50 as if I had nothing to do but sit still here on this here tub here, and look on. There, there, men, you've all had enough: so sail away out of this, and let me clear up the wreck51."
In this strain would one of the periodical cooks of mess No. 15 talk to us. He was a tall, resolute52 fellow, who had once been a brakeman on a railroad, and he kept us all pretty straight; from his fiat53 there was no appeal.
But it was not thus when the turn came to others among us. Then it was look out for squalls. The business of dining became a bore, and digestion54 was seriously impaired55 by the unamiable discourse56 we had over our salt horse.
I sometimes thought that the junks of lean pork—which were boiled in their own bristles57, and looked gaunt and grim, like pickled chins of half-famished, unwashed Cossacks—had something to do with creating the bristling58 bitterness at times prevailing59 in our mess. The men tore off the tough hide from their pork, as if they were Indians scalping Christians60.
Some cursed the cook for a rogue61, who kept from us our butter and cheese, in order to make away with it himself in an underhand manner; selling it at a premium62 to other messes, and thus accumulating a princely fortune at our expense. Others anthematised him for his slovenliness63, casting hypercritical glances into their pots and pans, and scraping them with their knives. Then he would be railed at for his miserable64 "duffs," and other shortcoming preparations.
Marking all this from the beginning, I, White-Jacket, was sorely troubled with the idea, that, in the course of time, my own turn would come round to undergo the same objurgations. How to escape, I knew not. However, when the dreaded67 period arrived, I received the keys of office (the keys of the mess-chest) with a resigned temper, and offered up a devout68 ejaculation for fortitude69 under the trial. I resolved, please Heaven, to approve myself an unexceptionable caterer70, and the most impartial71 of stewards72.
The first day there was "duff" to make—a business which devolved upon the mess-cooks, though the boiling of it pertained73 to Old Coffee and his deputies. I made up my mind to lay myself out on that duff; to centre all my energies upon it; to put the very soul of art into it, and achieve an unrivalled duff—a duff that should put out of conceit all other duffs, and for ever make my administration memorable74.
From the proper functionary the flour was obtained, and the raisins75; the beef-fat, or "slush," from Old Coffee; and the requisite76 supply of water from the scuttle-butt. I then went among the various cooks, to compare their receipts for making "duffs:" and having well weighed them all, and gathered from each a choice item to make an original receipt of my own, with due deliberation and solemnity I proceeded to business. Placing the component77 parts in a tin pan, I kneaded them together for an hour, entirely78 reckless as to pulmonary considerations, touching the ruinous expenditure79 of breath; and having decanted the semi-liquid dough80 into a canvas-bag, secured the muzzle81, tied on the tally82, and delivered it to Rose-water, who dropped the precious bag into the coppers, along with a score or two of others.
Eight bells had struck. The boatswain and his mates had piped the hands to dinner; my mess-cloth was set out, and my messmates were assembled, knife in hand, all ready to precipitate83 themselves upon the devoted84 duff: Waiting at the grand cookery till my turn came, I received the bag of pudding, and gallanting it into the mess, proceeded to loosen the string.
It was an anxious, I may say, a fearful moment. My hands trembled; every eye was upon me; my reputation and credit were at stake. Slowly I undressed the duff, dandling it upon my knee, much as a nurse does a baby about bed-time. The excitement increased, as I curled down the bag from the pudding; it became intense, when at last I plumped it into the pan, held up to receive it by an eager hand. Bim! it fell like a man shot down in a riot. Distraction85! It was harder than a sinner's heart; yea, tough as the cock that crowed on the morn that Peter told a lie.
"Gentlemen of the mess, for heaven's sake! permit me one word. I have done my duty by that duff—I have——"
But they beat down my excuses with a storm of criminations. One present proposed that the fatal pudding should be tied round my neck, like a mill-stone, and myself pushed overboard. No use, no use; I had failed; ever after, that duff lay heavy at my stomach and my heart.
After this, I grew desperate; despised popularity; returned scorn for scorn; till at length my week expired, and in the duff-bag I transferred the keys of office to the next man on the roll.
Somehow, there had never been a very cordial feeling between this mess and me; all along they had nourished a prejudice against my white jacket. They must have harbored the silly fancy that in it I gave myself airs, and wore it in order to look consequential86; perhaps, as a cloak to cover pilferings of tit-bits from the mess. But to out with the plain truth, they themselves were not a very irreproachable87 set. Considering the sequel I am coming to, this avowal88 may be deemed sheer malice89; but for all that, I cannot avoid speaking my mind.
After my week of office, the mess gradually changed their behaviour to me; they cut me to the heart; they became cold and reserved; seldom or never addressed me at meal-times without invidious allusions90 to my duff, and also to my jacket, and its dripping in wet weather upon the mess-cloth. However, I had no idea that anything serious, on their part, was brewing91; but alas92! so it turned out.
We were assembled at supper one evening when I noticed certain winks93 and silent hints tipped to the cook, who presided. He was a little, oily fellow, who had once kept an oyster-cellar ashore94; he bore me a grudge95. Looking down on the mess-cloth, he observed that some fellows never knew when their room was better than their company. This being a maxim96 of indiscriminate application, of course I silently assented97 to it, as any other reasonable man would have done. But this remark was followed up by another, to the effect that, not only did some fellows never know when their room was better than their company, but they persisted in staying when their company wasn't wanted; and by so doing disturbed the serenity98 of society at large. But this, also, was a general observation that could not be gainsaid99. A long and ominous100 pause ensued; during which I perceived every eye upon me, and my white jacket; while the cook went on to enlarge upon the disagreeableness of a perpetually damp garment in the mess, especially when that garment was white. This was coming nearer home.
Yes, they were going to black-ball me; but I resolved to sit it out a little longer; never dreaming that my moralist would proceed to extremities101, while all hands were present. But bethinking him that by going this roundabout way he would never get at his object, he went off on another tack102; apprising103 me, in substance, that he was instructed by the whole mess, then and there assembled, to give me warning to seek out another club, as they did not longer fancy the society either of myself or my jacket.
I was shocked. Such a want of tact104 and delicacy! Common propriety105 suggested that a point-blank intimation of that nature should be conveyed in a private interview; or, still better, by note. I immediately rose, tucked my jacket about me, bowed, and departed.
And now, to do myself justice, I must add that, the next day, I was received with open arms by a glorious set of fellows—Mess No. 1!—numbering, among the rest, my noble Captain Jack65 Chase.
This mess was principally composed of the headmost men of the gun-deck; and, out of a pardonable self-conceit, they called themselves the "Forty-two-pounder Club;" meaning that they were, one and all, fellows of large intellectual and corporeal107 calibre. Their mess-cloth was well located. On their starboard hand was Mess No. 2, embracing sundry108 rare jokers and high livers, who waxed gay and epicurean over their salt fare, and were known as the "Society for the Destruction of Beef and Pork." On the larboard hand was Mess No. 31, made up entirely of fore-top-men, a dashing, blaze-away set of men-of-war's-men, who called themselves the "Cape66 Horn Snorters and Neversink Invincibles." Opposite, was one of the marine109 messes, mustering110 the aristocracy of the marine corps—the two corporals, the drummer and fifer, and some six or eight rather gentlemanly privates, native-born Americans, who had served in the Seminole campaigns of Florida; and they now enlivened their salt fare with stories of wild ambushes111 in the Everglades; and one of them related a surprising tale of his hand-to-hand encounter with Osceola, the Indian chief, whom he fought one morning from daybreak till breakfast time. This slashing112 private also boasted that he could take a chip from between your teeth at twenty paces; he offered to bet any amount on it; and as he could get no one to hold the chip, his boast remained for ever good.
Besides many other attractions which the Forty-two-pounder Club furnished, it had this one special advantage, that, owing to there being so many petty officers in it, all the members of the mess were exempt113 from doing duty as cooks and stewards. A fellow called a steady-cook, attended to that business during the entire cruise. He was a long, lank106, pallid114 varlet, going by the name of Shanks. In very warm weather this Shanks would sit at the foot of the mess-cloth, fanning himself with the front flap of his frock or shirt, which he inelegantly wore over his trousers. Jack Chase, the President of the Club, frequently remonstrated115 against this breach116 of good manners; but the steady-cook had somehow contracted the habit, and it proved incurable117.
For a time, Jack Chase, out of a polite nervousness touching myself, as a newly-elected member of the club, would frequently endeavour to excuse to me the vulgarity of Shanks. One day he wound up his remarks by the philosophic118 reflection—"But, White-Jacket, my dear fellow, what can you expect of him? Our real misfortune is, that our noble club should be obliged to dine with its cook."
There were several of these steady-cooks on board; men of no mark or consideration whatever in the ship; lost to all noble promptings; sighing for no worlds to conquer, and perfectly119 contented120 with mixing their duff's, and spreading their mess-cloths, and mustering their pots and pans together three times every day for a three years' cruise. They were very seldom to be seen on the spar-deck, but kept below out of sight.
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
conceit
|
|
| n.自负，自高自大 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
delicacy
|
|
| n.精致，细微，微妙，精良；美味，佳肴 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
seamen
|
|
| n.海员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
frigate
|
|
| n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
rations
|
|
| 定量( ration的名词复数 )； 配给量； 正常量； 合理的量 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
allotted
|
|
| 分配，拨给，摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
intervals
|
|
| n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
rotation
|
|
| n.旋转；循环，轮流 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
steward
|
|
| n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
inspection
|
|
| n.检查，审查，检阅 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
aggregated
|
|
| a.聚合的，合计的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
stint
|
|
| v.节省，限制，停止；n.舍不得化，节约，限制；连续不断的一段时间从事某件事 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
subtraction
|
|
| n.减法，减去 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
strictly
|
|
| adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
mighty
|
|
| adj.强有力的；巨大的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
functionary
|
|
| n.官员；公职人员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
dignified
|
|
| a.可敬的，高贵的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
dubbed
|
|
| v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
poetical
|
|
| adj.似诗人的；诗一般的；韵文的；富有诗意的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
appellations
|
|
| n.名称，称号( appellation的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
immediate
|
|
| adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
celebrated
|
|
| adj.有名的，声誉卓著的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
coppers
|
|
| 铜( copper的名词复数 )； 铜币 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
copper
|
|
| n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
perspiration
|
|
| n.汗水；出汗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
bard
|
|
| n.吟游诗人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
clattering
|
|
| 发出咔哒声（clatter的现在分词形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
28
remarkable
|
|
| adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
den
|
|
| n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
toil
|
|
| vi.辛劳工作，艰难地行动；n.苦工，难事 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
shrill
|
|
| adj.尖声的；刺耳的；v尖叫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
unity
|
|
| n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
exertions
|
|
| n.努力( exertion的名词复数 )；费力；（能力、权力等的）运用；行使 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
drawn
|
|
| v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
decanted
|
|
| v.将（酒等）自瓶中倒入另一容器( decant的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
strings
|
|
| n.弦 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
tallied
|
|
| v.计算，清点( tally的过去式和过去分词 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
plunged
|
|
| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
annoyances
|
|
| n.恼怒( annoyance的名词复数 )；烦恼；打扰；使人烦恼的事 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
delicacies
|
|
| n.棘手( delicacy的名词复数 )；精致；精美的食物；周到 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
catering
|
|
| n. 给养 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
touching
|
|
| adj.动人的，使人感伤的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
devouring
|
|
| 吞没( devour的现在分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
banyan
|
|
| n.菩提树，榕树 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
altercations
|
|
| n.争辩，争吵( altercation的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
garnished
|
|
| v.给（上餐桌的食物）加装饰( garnish的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
convivial
|
|
| adj.狂欢的，欢乐的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
hoof
|
|
| n.(马，牛等的)蹄 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
scoff
|
|
| n.嘲笑，笑柄，愚弄；v.嘲笑，嘲弄，愚弄，狼吞虎咽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
scoffing
|
|
| n. 嘲笑, 笑柄, 愚弄 v. 嘲笑, 嘲弄, 愚弄, 狼吞虎咽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
wreck
|
|
| n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
resolute
|
|
| adj.坚决的，果敢的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
fiat
|
|
| n.命令，法令，批准；vt.批准，颁布 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
digestion
|
|
| n.消化，吸收 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
impaired
|
|
| adj.受损的；出毛病的；有（身体或智力）缺陷的v.损害，削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
discourse
|
|
| n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
bristles
|
|
| 短而硬的毛发，刷子毛( bristle的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
bristling
|
|
| a.竖立的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
prevailing
|
|
| adj.盛行的；占优势的；主要的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
Christians
|
|
| n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
rogue
|
|
| n.流氓；v.游手好闲 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
premium
|
|
| n.加付款；赠品；adj.高级的；售价高的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
slovenliness
|
|
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
miserable
|
|
| adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
jack
|
|
| n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
cape
|
|
| n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
dreaded
|
|
| adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
devout
|
|
| adj.虔诚的，虔敬的，衷心的 (n.devoutness) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
fortitude
|
|
| n.坚忍不拔；刚毅 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
caterer
|
|
| n. 备办食物者，备办宴席者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
impartial
|
|
| adj.(in,to)公正的，无偏见的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
stewards
|
|
| （轮船、飞机等的）乘务员( steward的名词复数 )； （俱乐部、旅馆、工会等的）管理员； （大型活动的）组织者； （私人家中的）管家 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
pertained
|
|
| 关于( pertain的过去式和过去分词 )； 有关； 存在； 适用 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
memorable
|
|
| adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
raisins
|
|
| n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
requisite
|
|
| adj.需要的，必不可少的；n.必需品 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
component
|
|
| n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
entirely
|
|
| ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
expenditure
|
|
| n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
dough
|
|
| n.生面团；钱，现款 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
muzzle
|
|
| n.鼻口部；口套；枪(炮)口；vt.使缄默 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
tally
|
|
| n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
precipitate
|
|
| adj.突如其来的；vt.使突然发生；n.沉淀物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
devoted
|
|
| adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
85
distraction
|
|
| n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
consequential
|
|
| adj.作为结果的，间接的；重要的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
irreproachable
|
|
| adj.不可指责的，无过失的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
avowal
|
|
| n.公开宣称，坦白承认 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
malice
|
|
| n.恶意，怨恨，蓄意；[律]预谋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
allusions
|
|
| 暗指，间接提到( allusion的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
brewing
|
|
| n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
92
alas
|
|
| int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
93
winks
|
|
| v.使眼色( wink的第三人称单数 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
94
ashore
|
|
| adv.在(向)岸上，上岸 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
95
grudge
|
|
| n.不满，怨恨，妒嫉；vt.勉强给，不情愿做 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
96
maxim
|
|
| n.格言，箴言 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
97
assented
|
|
| 同意，赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
98
serenity
|
|
| n.宁静，沉着，晴朗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
99
gainsaid
|
|
| v.否认，反驳( gainsay的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
100
ominous
|
|
| adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
101
extremities
|
|
| n.端点( extremity的名词复数 )；尽头；手和足；极窘迫的境地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
102
tack
|
|
| n.大头钉；假缝，粗缝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
103
apprising
|
|
| v.告知，通知( apprise的现在分词 )；评价 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
104
tact
|
|
| n.机敏，圆滑，得体 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
105
propriety
|
|
| n.正当行为；正当；适当 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
106
lank
|
|
| adj.瘦削的；稀疏的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
107
corporeal
|
|
| adj.肉体的，身体的；物质的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
108
sundry
|
|
| adj.各式各样的，种种的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
109
marine
|
|
| adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
110
mustering
|
|
| v.集合，召集，集结（尤指部队）( muster的现在分词 )；（自他人处）搜集某事物；聚集；激发 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
111
ambushes
|
|
| n.埋伏( ambush的名词复数 )；伏击；埋伏着的人；设埋伏点v.埋伏( ambush的第三人称单数 )；埋伏着 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
112
slashing
|
|
| adj.尖锐的；苛刻的；鲜明的；乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
113
exempt
|
|
| adj.免除的；v.使免除；n.免税者，被免除义务者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
114
pallid
|
|
| adj.苍白的，呆板的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
115
remonstrated
|
|
| v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 )；告诫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
116
breach
|
|
| n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
117
incurable
|
|
| adj.不能医治的，不能矫正的，无救的；n.不治的病人，无救的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
118
philosophic
|
|
| adj.哲学的，贤明的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
119
perfectly
|
|
| adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
120
contented
|
|
| adj.满意的，安心的，知足的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |