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CHAPTER III RIPOGENUS DAM.
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 “It’s a good thing your mother and I are worry proof.”
 
Mr. Richard Golden laughed as he pushed his chair back from the table and looked across at his two sons. During the meal they had acquainted the family with the story of their adventure on the way home, and the remark had followed its conclusion.
 
“Which same takes a big load off my mind,” Bob declared with a sly wink1 at his mother.
 
“I think I shall put you both in a glass case this summer and never let you out of my sight,” Mrs. Golden smiled.
 
“Then someone would be sure to throw a rock and break the glass and we’d be certain to get all cut up,” Jack2 laughed.
 
“By the way, what’s on the program for the summer?” Mr. Golden asked. “Are you going to capture bootleggers, or hunt for buried treasure or some other simple little thing of the sort?”
 
“We’re going to hunt ghosts,” Jack replied pulling a long face.
 
“Hunt what?” Mrs. Golden cried.
 
“Ghosts.”
 
“Where did you lose them?” their sister, Edna, asked.
 
“Trying to be funny, ah,” Jack said with mock severity.
 
“Not at all,” Edna assured him. “You don’t hunt for a thing unless it’s lost, do you?”
 
“Fooling aside,” Mr. Golden asked. “Just what do you mean, Jack?”
 
“Just what I said. Your elder son and I have taken a contract to free the big Maine woods of ghosts.”
 
“Big or little ones?” Edna gibed3.
 
“We do not go after small things,” Jack replied sternly.
 
“Promise to bring me home the first one you catch. I’ve always wanted a nice little ghost to play with,” Edna laughed.
 
“But I told you that we are after only big ones.”
 
“Bob, will you kindly4 tell us what he is raving6 about?” Mr. Golden asked, making a great effort to keep his face straight.
 
So Bob explained about the offer Mr. Stokes had made them.
 
“Well, I don’t suppose you’ll be in any more danger than usual,” his father sighed when he had finished. “When do you start?”
 
“Tuesday morning, if you are willing.”
 
“And if I’m not?”
 
“Then we don’t start at all, sir.”
 
“Thanks, son, but it seems like a worthy7 object, only I want you to promise that you’ll both be careful and not take unnecessary chances.”
 
“We’ll do that,” both boys replied together.
 
Tuesday morning came in due time and, after an early breakfast, they were ready to start, having packed what things they would be apt to need the night before.
 
“Don’t forget your promise,” Mr. Golden cautioned as they jumped into the saddles of their motorcycles.
 
“We won’t,” both shouted back, waving their hands.
 
“And don’t forget my little ghost,” Edna called after them.
 
But they were too far away for her to catch their answer.
 
Moosehead Lake, the largest body of water in Maine, lies about sixty miles to the north of Skowhegan. Their way was by a dirt road but as it was in fairly good shape and there was but little traffic they made excellent time and it was but a few minutes after nine o’clock when they rode into Greenville, a small town at the foot of the lake.
 
“Two hours flat,” Bob glanced at his watch as they stopped in front of the general store where, he had often declared you could buy anything from a toothpick to a second hand pulpit.
 
Entering the store they made a few purchases and in a few minutes were again on their way. After making a sharp turn to the left on the outskirts8 of the town they climbed a long hill and at its top Bob, who was slightly ahead, held up his hand as a signal that he was about to stop.
 
“That’s what I call a view,” he declared pointing toward the north.
 
“I’ll say it is,” Jack agreed enthusiastically.
 
Before them stretched the broad expanse of Moosehead Lake, its surface dotted with many small islands and bordered with rugged9 mountains whose tops lost themselves in the blue haze10 thirty miles away. Half way up the lake Mount Kineo reared its rocky head while the Kineo House, one of the finest summer hotels in the country, nestled at its foot.
 
“I’ll bet Europe has got nothing on this,” Jack declared.
 
“If it has I’d sure like to see it. But that reminds me of a story.”
 
“Go ahead if it isn’t too long,” Jack told him. “But make it snappy.”
 
“Once upon a time,” Bob began, “an American was travelling in Europe and turning up his nose at everything his companion, an Englishman, showed him. ‘We’ve got a bigger one than that in America,’ he would say. Finally they came to Mount Vesuvius, which, at the time was belching11 out volumes of smoke. ‘There,’ asked the Englishman, ‘have you got a bigger volcano than that in America?’ The American hesitated a moment then said, ‘Mebby not but we’ve got a waterfall that would put the blamed thing out in two minutes.’”
 
“Three cheers for that guy,” Jack laughed. “He had the right spirit.”
 
Leaving the town behind they struck into the forest.
 
“Say good bye to civilization,” Bob cried. “We won’t pass another house except three summer camps and a log cabin for forty miles.”
 
The road was an excellent one having been constructed by the Great Northern Paper Company and opened to the public only a short time before.
 
“Any speed limit up here?” Jack asked as he increased his pace.
 
“Not unless you see a cop,” Bob laughed.
 
Faster and faster the wheels sped until Bob’s speedometer registered fifty miles an hour.
 
“This is fast enough,” he shouted.
 
“Righto,” Jack shouted back. “Keep her steady.”
 
A few minutes later they flew past the Lilley Bay House and then for miles only the unbroken forest lined the road, until about twelve miles further on they came to a small log cabin, the headquarters of the Maine forester. On the left side of the road was a small spring house and they stopped for a drink of water.
 
“Seems as though there must be ice in that water,” Jack declared after he had taken a good drink.
 
“It’s not much above freezing for a fact,” Bob agreed.
 
“Thirty-six degrees all der time.”
 
The boys jumped at the sound of the voice and saw a man evidently about thirty years old, standing13 by the edge of the road. His face, though dark as an Indian’s was pleasant of mien14 and, although he was evidently a half-breed, the feeling was instinctive15 that here was a man one could trust.
 
“And it’s as good as it is cold,” Bob smiled.
 
“Oui, eet ver’ bon. But what dem bike you ride? Me no hear sound.”
 
Bob explained the construction of the wheels and the man showed great interest.
 
“Dem ver’ fine bikes,” he declared as he finished.
 
“Are you the forester?” Jack asked.
 
“Oui, dat me, Pierre Beaumont.”
 
“But I thought the state always appointed an American.”
 
“Me American. Geet papers, oui,” the man drew himself up proudly. “Me een big war.”
 
“Shake,” and Jack held out his hand and Bob quickly did the same.
 
“Don’t you get lonesome here all by yourself?” Jack asked after they had talked of the war for several minutes.
 
“Non, no geet lonesome. Plenty work most all time. But whar you two go?”
 
“We’re going up to Chesuncook to Jacques Bolduc’s camp to catch trout17,” Bob explained.
 
Instantly a strange look came to the man’s eyes and he quickly shook his head.
 
“You no go to dat camp.”
 
“Why not?” Jack asked.
 
“She one ver’ bad camp,” he answered still shaking his head.
 
“But what’s bad about it?” Bob asked. “I thought he kept a good camp.”
 
“Oui, Jacques, heem keep bon camp. Heem frien’ to me. Heem fine feller, but you no go to heem camp. Heem got ghost dar.”
 
The man spoke18 rapidly and the boys could see that he was very much excited.
 
“Maybe we’ll catch the ghost,” Bob laughed.
 
“No catch heem ghost. No can shoot heem.”
 
“What do you know about it?” Bob asked. “We’ve heard there was a ghost up there.”
 
“My brudder, Baptist, heem work up dar for Jacques two-tree year, but heem no work dar no more. Heem come here two-tree week ago an’ heem tell me ’bout dat ghost. Heem see heem one dark night. Heem big, ten feet mebby twelve, all white an’ fire. Heem say heem ver’ bad ghost, oui. You no go that camp.”
 
“But did you ever hear of a ghost hurting anyone?” Bob asked.
 
The man scratched his head slowly as if thinking deeply.
 
“My fader, heem see ghost an’ heem die one week after.”
 
“What did he die of?” Jack asked.
 
“Heem geet ver’ bad fever, heem die. You no go, eh?”
 
Neither of the boys laughed. They had too much respect for the man to let him see that they thought him foolish in his fear of ghosts. It is a common belief among the half-breeds and cannucks of northern Maine and very few of them are free of it. So Bob was perfectly19 sober as he told him that they were not afraid of the ghost and would go. The forester showed deep concern and again shook his head as he said:
 
“You ver’ brave boys, but you no stay dar long. You see heem ghost you come away ver’ queek, oui.”
 
After another hour’s ride through the deep forest broken only by two summer camps they reached the huge Ripogenus Dam, a mighty20 structure of cement, the third largest in the United States, also built by The Great Northern Paper Company. The dam, at the foot of Chesuncook Lake, 308 feet long and 78 feet high, is so wide that three automobiles21 can be driven abreast22 across it. At one end is a chute down which the logs are sluiced23 in the spring following the winter’s cut.
 
It was not their first visit to the dam, but they never tired of gazing down into the deep gorge24 where now only a small stream of water leaped from rock to rock.
 
In the distance, but seemingly so near that it appeared to be guarding the entrance to the gorge, rose Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in the state, its sides heavily wooded almost to the top.
 
“This is almost as grand a view as that other one,” Bob declared as he leaned his wheel against the wall of the dam.
 
“In a way it’s greater,” Jack insisted and Bob did not dispute him.
 
“Do you know how far it is to Katahdin?” Jack asked.
 
“A little over seven miles, I believe.”
 
“It doesn’t look more than a mile at the most.”
 
“Distances are very deceptive25 in this clear air,” Bob told him.
 
“Guess I know that. But this isn’t getting up to camp. I wonder where the dam keeper is.”
 
“What kind of a keeper did you say?” Bob almost shouted.
 
“I said the dam keeper, why?”
 
“Nothing only it sounded kind of funny coming from you.”
 
“Oh, I see,” Jack laughed. “But I didn’t put an N on the word.”
 
While talking they were walking slowly toward the end of the dam where there was a small house. Bob knocked on the door and it was opened almost immediately by an old Irishman.
 
“Good morning, sir,” Bob began.
 
“The top uv the mornin’ ter yess,” the old man grinned holding out his hand which Bob was quick to grasp. “An’ whot kin5 I be after doin’ fer yess?”
 
“We want to get up to Jacques Bolduc’s camp.”
 
“Ye don’t say. Don’t believe thar’s bin12 a blessed soul up thar fer over a week. Whot wid all the talk aboot ghosts it’s scared ’em all away, an’ it’s a shame so it is.”
 
“I was wondering if there was a canoe we could hire around here.”
 
“Thar is not, but it’s meself as has one thot ye’re welcome to.”
 
“That’s very kind—” Bob began but the old man interrupted.
 
“Tut, tut me bye, it’s welcome I said ye was.”
 
After a few minutes during which the old man told much the same story concerning the camp as the forester had related, with the exception that he made it plain that he did not believe in ghosts, he led the way down around the end of the dam to a small boat house.
 
“Thar ye be,” he said as he threw open the door. “An’ it’s a good one.”
 
“We’ll be very careful of it and bring it back this afternoon,” Bob assured him.
 
“Not a bit uv it. Iny time widin a week’ll do. I don’t use it once in a dog’s age.”
 
“Would you mind if we leave our wheels here in the boat house?” Bob asked.
 
“Niver a bit.”
 
“There’s a genuine gentleman for you,” Bob declared a little later as they were paddling up the lake.
 
“You said it,” Jack agreed.
 
There was only a light wind blowing and the canoe moved rapidly through the water as they dug deep with the paddles, anxious to reach the camp where they hoped excitement awaited them.
 
“If we get time while we’re up here we must climb Katahdin,” Bob said after they had gone a couple of miles.
 
“We’ll do that thing,” Jack agreed.
 
Chesuncook Lake is about twenty miles long and for the most part narrow, the distance across being not more than two miles in the widest place, so they were never very far from land. The shore is heavily wooded, the giant spruces growing almost to the water’s edge except where huge rocks gave their roots no chance. It is a wild country, the camp to which they were going, being the only one within many miles.
 
“I’ll say this looks like a good haunting ground for ghosts,” Jack laughed as he rested for the moment.
 
“And a place where they’re apt to be pretty hard to find,” Bob added.
 
“I reckon that must be the camp,” Bob cried a little later, pointing with his paddle.
 
“Must be since it’s the only one on the lake,” Jack agreed as he swung the canoe toward the shore.
 
It was a place of surpassing beauty. The large central building, built of unpeeled logs, occupied the highest point of a large knoll27 which was surrounded by trees so large that their branches almost met over the roof. Nestled among the pines and spruces but a short distance away were the small log cabins containing the sleeping quarters and sitting-rooms.
 
“The place seems deserted,” Bob declared as the canoe slowly approached the shore where a small wharf28 reached out a few feet into the lake.
 
“Well, you didn’t expect a crowd to meet us after what we’ve been told, did you?”
 
“No, but somehow it doesn’t seem natural not to see a soul about.”
 
The canoe touched the wharf and the boys sprang out, and dragged the craft from the water.
 
The light breeze had failed entirely29 and not a sound broke the vast silence as they stood looking up at the large cabin.
 
“Well, let’s not stand here and moon,” Jack said after several minutes had passed.
 
They walked slowly up the narrow path which led from the wharf to the central house about a hundred yards distant.
 
“Be careful that you don’t let slip something that might give us away,” Bob cautioned as they approached the house.
 
“Mum’s the word. But do you suppose there’s anybody here?”
 
“That man Jacques must be somewhere about, I should suppose.”
 
They were about to step onto the porch when the door suddenly opened and a man came out. He was a large man, one of the largest the boys had ever seen standing all of six feet four and built in proportion. That he was powerful was plainly to be seen. His face was dark and a scowl30 which seemed permanent gave to it a most unpleasant cast. He was dressed in corduroy trousers and a dark blue shirt open at the neck revealing a hairy chest. On his feet were a pair of Indian moccasins.
 
“We are looking for Jacques Bolduc,” Bob announced.
 
A deep rumble31, which seemed to start away down in the man’s throat, ended with the words:
 
“Me heem.”
 
“Then—then you have charge of the camp?” Bob asked almost too surprised to speak.
 
“Oui. Me boss here.”
 
The two boys looked at each other before Bob spoke again. Each was wondering why Mr. Stokes had not told them more about the sort of man they would find in Jacques Bolduc.
 
“Can we get board here for awhile?” Bob asked.
 
“Oui. Dis camp she open for business.”
 
“You don’t seem to have many guests,” Jack declared before Bob could nudge him.
 
“Non. No guests now.”
 
The man’s face was a study as he spoke the words. Whether anger or sorrow caused the expression Bob was unable to determine.
 
“How long you stay?”
 
“Why, er I hardly know. Maybe a few days, maybe a few weeks. Is the fishing good?”
 
Instantly the man’s face lighted up although the scowl did not entirely disappear.
 
“Oui, she be bon. Come back an’ me show you.”
 
They followed him around to the back of the house and into a small shed like structure which evidently served as the kitchen. He pointed16 to a table in the middle of the room and they saw three of the largest trout they had ever seen.
 
“They’re sure beauties,” Jack declared, lifting the largest up by the gills. “This fellow must weigh all of twelve pounds.”
 
“Heem fourteen pounds.”
 
“I don’t doubt it.”
 
“Me catch um dees morning.”
 
“Can we have some for dinner?” Bob asked.
 
“Oui. Me cook um. No geet cook now. Heem geet scared, run off. Me have do all work.”
 
“That’s too bad,” Bob assured him. “But you won’t find us hard to suit so long as the fishing is good.”
 
“Me bon cook.” There was no hint of braggadocia in the man’s voice. He was simply stating what, the boys were soon to learn, was a fact.
 
“Come an’ me show you whar you sleep.”
 
He led the way down a path to the right of the house and threw open the door of a small cabin built under the spreading branches of a giant spruce.
 
“Dees suit, oui?”
 
“Fine.” Both boys spoke the word at the same time.
 
“Bon. Me go geet dinner. Blow horn when she ready.”
 
He left them and they looked about the rooms, two in number.
 
“They’re good and clean,” Jack declared passing into the tiny bedroom which held two single beds and nothing else.
 
However, the living-room was very comfortably furnished with three large easy chairs, a table and a sofa in one corner. A fire place of rough stones occupied nearly the whole of one end of the room while the other was taken up by a broad seat on which were lying a couple of bear skins.
 
“What do you think of our host?” Bob asked in a low voice as he sat down in one of the chairs.
 
“He’s not much for looks except for his size. Goodness knows he’s big enough.”
 
“He’s no dwarf32 for a fact. But his face?”
 
“Not exactly pleasantly featured. Still he must be all right or Mr. Stokes wouldn’t have praised him up so.”
 
“And we have that forester’s testimony33 to boot. Still it’s funny that neither of them said anything about his looks.”
 
They had brought their bags with them and for a time were busy getting settled although, as Jack laughingly declared, it wasn’t a very long job as they were travelling light.
 
It was just an hour later that they heard the welcome sound of the dinner horn.
 
“Be careful what you say,” Bob cautioned, as they started for the big cabin. “We want to find out what he knows about the business without having him suspect that we know anything about it. I’m not at all sure that he’s so innocent in spite of Mr. Stokes’ belief in him.”
 
“I wouldn’t trust him with a plugged nickle so far as his looks go,” Jack agreed.
 
“One thing’s sure,” Bob declared a little later as he reached for another helping34 of trout, “he told the truth when he said he could cook.”
 
Jacques, who at their invitation, had been eating with them, had gone to the kitchen for something and it was while he was absent that the boys found opportunity to exchange a few words.
 
“You’re right about that,” Jack agreed. “But you haven’t got very far in finding out what he knows about the funny business.”
 
“Well, I didn’t want to be in too much of a hurry. It might arouse his suspicion but I’ll say something pretty soon.”
 
Jacques returned just then bearing an immense apple pie.
 
“My, but that looks good enough to eat,” Bob laughed.
 
“If he can cook as good pie as he can fish we’ve got a treat ahead of us,” Jack declared as he passed his plate for a helping.
 
The breed seemed pleased at the words of praise and the scowl lightened, but did not entirely vanish.
 
“Business seems kind of quiet, doesn’t it?” Bob ventured as he passed his plate for a second piece of pie.
 
“Beesiness heem rotten,” Jacques scowled35.
 
“Is it because your place is so far north?”
 
“Non. She no too far away.”
 
Bob was feeling his way carefully to avoid arousing the breed’s suspicion.
 
“Fishing been good all the time?”
 
“Oui.”
 
“You’ve got a fine place here.”
 
“Oui.”
 
By this time Bob was sure that the man was undecided whether or not to tell them of his trouble.
 
“I’m sure no one could find any fault with the board,” he encouraged him.
 
“No kick ’bout grub.”
 
“Then I don’t see—”
 
“It’s dat ghost,” Jacques interrupted suddenly. “Heem scare all people away.”
 
“What do you mean, ghost?” Jack asked.
 
“Dees camp, heem haunted.”
 
Both boys laughed and Bob said:
 
“But you don’t believe in ghosts?”
 
For a moment the man made no reply, but looked steadily36 at his plate.
 
“Me no used to,” he declared finally. “Now me no know. You no believe um, eh?”
 
“Not on your life,” Bob laughed.
 
“There ain’t no such animal,” Jack added.
 
Jacques shook his head sadly it seemed to the boys.
 
“Mebby you stay here some time you change mind, oui.”
 
“Maybe, but I doubt it,” Bob declared as the man got up and began to clear away the dishes.
 
It was evident that enough had been said on the subject for the present and they returned to their cabin after telling their host that they would try fishing later in the day.
 
“Well?”
 
“Well?”
 
“I spoke first,” Jack laughed.
 
“All right. I suppose you want to know what I think of him now.”
 
“You guessed it.”
 
“Well, I think he’s all right.”
 
“You mean you don’t think he’s in it?”
 
“Exactly.”
 
“But why? What did he say to change your opinion?”
 
“Nothing. But I never said I thought he was guilty.”
 
“But you did all the same. I mean you thought so.”
 
“I won’t deny that I did have a sneaking37 impression that way, but something in the way he spoke made me change my mind. Oh, I know he’s not very prepossessing so far as looks go but, son, there’s something in his face when he talks that tells me he’s honest. Of course, I may be wrong, but that’s the way things stand in my mind just now.”
 
“Well, I’m neutral,” Jack said after a moment’s thought. “But what shall we do now, take a walk or a nap? I’m not sleepy.”
 
“Nor I, so I vote for the walk.”
 
They were gone a little over two hours during which time they made a pretty thorough canvass38 of the immediate26 neighborhood.

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1 wink 4MGz3     
n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
参考例句:
  • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
  • The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
2 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
3 gibed 83958b701eaaa0d09f19f81999274a8f     
v.嘲笑,嘲弄( gibe的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • One of the other officers at the table gibed. 桌上有个军官挖苦他。 来自辞典例句
  • They gibed at my mistakes. 他们嘲笑我的错误。 来自辞典例句
4 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
5 kin 22Zxv     
n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的
参考例句:
  • He comes of good kin.他出身好。
  • She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
6 raving c42d0882009d28726dc86bae11d3aaa7     
adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地
参考例句:
  • The man's a raving lunatic. 那个男子是个语无伦次的疯子。
  • When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers. 我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时,她暴跳如雷。
7 worthy vftwB     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
8 outskirts gmDz7W     
n.郊外,郊区
参考例句:
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
9 rugged yXVxX     
adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的
参考例句:
  • Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
  • The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
10 haze O5wyb     
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊
参考例句:
  • I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中,我看不见她。
  • He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。
11 belching belching     
n. 喷出,打嗝 动词belch的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The Tartars employed another weapon, the so-called Chinese dragon belching fire. 鞑靼人使用了另一种武器,所谓中国龙喷火器。
  • Billows of smoke were belching from the chimney. 巨浪似的烟正从烟囱里喷出来。
12 bin yR2yz     
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句:
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
13 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
14 mien oDOxl     
n.风采;态度
参考例句:
  • He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien.他是个越战老兵,举止总有些惶然。
  • It was impossible to tell from his mien whether he was offended.从他的神态中难以看出他是否生气了。
15 instinctive c6jxT     
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。
16 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
17 trout PKDzs     
n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
参考例句:
  • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
  • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
18 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。
19 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
20 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
21 automobiles 760a1b7b6ea4a07c12e5f64cc766962b     
n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后,就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上,汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
22 abreast Zf3yi     
adv.并排地;跟上(时代)的步伐,与…并进地
参考例句:
  • She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.她及时回复如雪片般飞来的大批信件。
  • We can't keep abreast of the developing situation unless we study harder.我们如果不加强学习,就会跟不上形势。
23 sluiced 63b3c180c65d5edf6da5cdc579d7dab7     
v.冲洗( sluice的过去式和过去分词 );(指水)喷涌而出;漂净;给…安装水闸
参考例句:
  • The sailors sluiced the deck with hoses. 水手们用水龙带冲洗甲板。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He sluiced the bath and filled it with water. 他冲洗了浴缸,然后放满了一缸水。 来自辞典例句
24 gorge Zf1xm     
n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃
参考例句:
  • East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
  • It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。
25 deceptive CnMzO     
adj.骗人的,造成假象的,靠不住的
参考例句:
  • His appearance was deceptive.他的外表带有欺骗性。
  • The storyline is deceptively simple.故事情节看似简单,其实不然。
26 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
27 knoll X3nyd     
n.小山,小丘
参考例句:
  • Silver had terrible hard work getting up the knoll.对于希尔弗来说,爬上那小山丘真不是件容易事。
  • He crawled up a small knoll and surveyed the prospect.他慢腾腾地登上一个小丘,看了看周围的地形。
28 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。
29 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。
30 scowl HDNyX     
vi.(at)生气地皱眉,沉下脸,怒视;n.怒容
参考例句:
  • I wonder why he is wearing an angry scowl.我不知道他为何面带怒容。
  • The boss manifested his disgust with a scowl.老板面带怒色,清楚表示出他的厌恶之感。
31 rumble PCXzd     
n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说
参考例句:
  • I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
  • We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定,天要下雨了。
32 dwarf EkjzH     
n.矮子,侏儒,矮小的动植物;vt.使…矮小
参考例句:
  • The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。
  • The dwarf shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. 矮子耸耸肩膀,摇摇头。
33 testimony zpbwO     
n.证词;见证,证明
参考例句:
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
34 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
35 scowled b83aa6db95e414d3ef876bc7fd16d80d     
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
  • The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。
36 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
参考例句:
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
37 sneaking iibzMu     
a.秘密的,不公开的
参考例句:
  • She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
  • She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走,躲开采访者。
38 canvass FsHzY     
v.招徕顾客,兜售;游说;详细检查,讨论
参考例句:
  • Mr. Airey Neave volunteered to set up an organisation to canvass votes.艾雷·尼夫先生自告奋勇建立了一个拉票组织。
  • I will canvass the floors before I start painting the walls.开始粉刷墙壁之前,我会详细检查地板。


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