"You're wanted in the senior recreation room," said a brisk voice. "Rachel has convened6 a general meeting and told me to tell you. So hurry up and don't keep folks waiting. We want to get off to tennis."
Marveling why her actions should hinder the tennis of the rest of the community, Irene obeyed the message, and presented herself in the room where she had been introduced on her arrival. It was now full of girls of all ages, some sitting, some standing7, and some squatting8 on the floor. Rachel Moseley, the owner of the long dark pigtail, seemed in a position of command, for she motioned Irene to a vacant chair, then rapped on the table with a ruler to ensure silence. She had to tap not once but several times, and finally called:
"When you've all done talking I'll begin." There was an instant hush10 at that, and, though a few faint snickers were heard, most of the audience composed itself decently to listen to the voice of authority.
"I've called this meeting," began Rachel, "because to-day an unusual thing has happened. Three new girls have arrived, although the term is well under way. By the rules of our society they must give some account of themselves, and we must explain what is required from them. Will they kindly11 stand up?"[29]
Blushing considerably12 Irene rose to her feet, in company with the dark-eyed damsel who had crossed in the same steamer with her from Naples, and the fair-haired child whom she had privately13 christened Little Flaxen.
"Name and nationality?" demanded Rachel, pencil and note-book in hand. She wrote down Irene Beverley, British, without further comment; the fact was evidently too obvious for discussion. At "Mabel Hughes, Australian, born in Patagonia," she demurred14 slightly, and she hesitated altogether at "Désirée Legrand."
"That's not English!" she objected. "We don't reckon to take Frenchies here, you know!"
"But I'm not French," came the high-pitched voice of the little, fair-haired girl. "I'm as English as anybody. I am indeed!"
"Then why have you got a French name?"
"Legrand isn't French—we come from Jersey15."
"Very much on the borderland," sniffed16 Rachel. "What about Désirée? Not much wholesome17 Anglo-Saxon there at any rate."
"I was called Désirée because I was so very much desired. Mother says it just fits me."
An indignant titter went round the room and Rachel frowned.
"I'm afraid you won't find yourself so much desired here," she said sarcastically18. "I'll enter you British, though I have my doubts. Now come along, all three of you, and lay your hands on this[30] book. You've got to take an oath of allegiance. I'll repeat the words, and you must say them after me:
"'I hereby promise and vow19 that being of Anglo-Saxon birth I will uphold the integrity of Great Britain and her colonies and of the United States of America, and strive my utmost to maintain their credit in a foreign land.' Now then, do you understand what your oath means?"
Her eyes rested on Irene as she asked the question. That much embarrassed damsel stuttered hesitatingly:
"We're not to trouble our heads about learning foreign languages?"
A delighted chuckle20 came from several members of the audience at this interpretation21 of the vow. Rachel hastily condescended22 to explain.
"Oh, no! You'll have to study French and Italian, but what we mean is for goodness' sake don't stick on all the airs and graces that some of these foreign girls do. Remember we're plain, wholesome, straightforward23 Anglo-Saxons, who play games and say what we mean, and call a spade a spade and have done with it. Whatever Italian friends you may make during the holidays please forget them during term-time, and try and imagine that the Villa24 Camellia stands in Kent or Massachusetts. Do you understand my drift now?"
"Oh, yes!" sighed Mabel languidly. "Anglo-American patriotism25, crystallized in a nutshell, I[31] suppose! I'm not going to offend your prejudices, I'm sure!"
"You'd better not, or you'll hear about it," said Rachel, looking at her sharply. "Well, girls, that's the wind-up. The three freshies are admitted and you've witnessed their vows26. Just jolly well take care they keep them, that's all. Juniors are due now at netball practice, and any seniors who want the tennis courts——"
But Rachel's sentence went unfinished for her listeners were tired of sitting still, and the second they found themselves dismissed had jumped up and fled from the room.
"Now that that ordeal's over I guess you may smooth out the kinks in your forehead, honey!" said a serene27 voice at Irene's elbow.
Turning quickly she saw the short girl who had braved Rachel's possible wrath28 and had offered her coffee on her arrival. It was a pleasant face that gazed into hers, not exactly beautiful, but with a charm that eclipsed all mere29 ordinary prettiness; the sparkling gray eyes were dark-fringed, the cheeks were like wild roses under their freckles30, the tip-tilted little nose held an element of audacious sauciness31, and dimples lay at the corners of the wide, smiling mouth.
"I'm Priscilla Proctor, called Peachy for short. Oh, yes, I knew all about you beforehand, although you happen to be the newest girl. Dad wrote me a whole page—wonderful for him!—and said he'd[32] stayed at your house in London, and I was to tack32 myself on to you and show you round, and see you didn't fret33 and all the rest of it. Are you wanting a crony, temporary or otherwise? Then here I am at your service. Link an arm and we'll parade the place. I guess by the time we've finished there's not much you won't know about the Villa Camellia."
"Have you been here long?" asked Irene, accepting the proffered34 arm with alacrity35, and submitting to be led away by her cicerone.
"Just a year. Cried myself to a puddle36 when I first came, but I like it now. I didn't realize who you were when you first arrived, or I'd have given you a tip or two straight away. Thank goodness you're fairly in favor with Rachel at any rate. Any one who starts by offending her has a bad term. I don't envy Mabel Hughes. That girl will get a few eye-openers before she's much older, and serve her right. She rooms with you? Well, I'm sorry for you. I wish there was a spare bed in our dormitory, but we're full up to overflowing37. Now then, I've brought you out by the side door to show you what we consider the best view of the garden. Ah, I thought it would make your eyes pop out! It's some view, isn't it?"
The garden of the Villa Camellia was certainly one of the greatest assets of the school, and to Irene, who had been transported straight from the desolation of a London suburb in January, it seemed like a vision of a different world. The long terrace,[33] with its marble balustrade, edged a high cliff that overtopped the sea, while at present the setting sun was lighting38 up the white houses of the distant outline of Naples, and was touching39 the purple slopes of Vesuvius with gold. Pillars and archways formed a pergola, from which hung roses and festoons of the trumpetflower; from the groves40 near at hand came the sweet strong scent41 of orange blossoms, and the little favorites of an English spring, forget-me-nots, pink daisies, and pansies, lifted contented42 heads from the border below. In the basin of the great marble fountain white arum lilies were blooming, geraniums trailed from tall vases, and palms, bamboos, and other exotics backed the row of lemon trees at the end of the paved walk. Here and there marble benches were arranged round tables in specially43 constructed arbors.
"These are our summer classrooms," explained Peachy. "When it's blazingly hot we do lessons here early in the mornings, and it's ripping. No, we don't use them at this time of the year, because the marble is cold to sit upon, and the garden is damp really, although it looks so jolly. You should see it in a sirocco wind! You wouldn't want to have classes outside then, you bet! It's luck you're in the Transition form. If you'd been one of Miss Rodger's elect eleven, or one of Miss Brewster's lambs, I'd have had to chum with you by stealth. I'd have managed it somehow, of course, to please Dad, but it isn't done here openly. School etiquette44 is like[34] the law of the Medes and Persians. We keep to our own forms. Hello! There's Sheila Yonge. Sheila! If you can find any Camellia Buds that aren't playing tennis bring them along right here for a little powwow with Irene."
"Is she a 'buddy45' yet?" whispered Sheila.
"Of course not! She's only been here a few hours. What a dear old silly you are. Hunt up some of that crew all the same, and I'm yours forever. Don't you understand the situation? Well, Irene's folks entertained Dad in London and were just lovely to him—nursed him when he was sick and took him round the shows when he got well. He's been bursting with gratitude46 ever since, and he wrote and told me Irene was coming here and I must pay her out—no, pay her back—pour coals of fire on her head—Great Scott, I'm getting my similes47 mixed! I mean give her a right down good time as far as I can, and make her think the Villa Camellia is a dandy place. Twiggez-vous, chérie?"
"I twig48!" laughed Sheila. "I'll beat up all I can muster," and she ran lightly away along the terrace.
"A decent girl, though a little hard of comprehension," Peachy nodded after her. "Doesn't she look adorable in that blue tam-o'-shanter?"
"She's awfully49 pretty!" agreed Irene readily.
"She'd be the beauty of the school if she'd any idea how to use her advantages," sighed Peachy. "Give me her complexion50 and that classical nose and—well, I guess I'd blaze out into a cinema star[35] before I'd done with life. I hope she won't be all day raking a few girls together. She's not what you'd call quick. I've misjudged her. Here she comes with half a dozen at least—and, oh, no, Sheila! You don't mean to say you've brought candy? Well, you are a sport! Let's squat9 under the mimosa tree and hand it round."
The little group of Peachy's favorite friends who settled themselves under the yellow mimosa bush to suck taffy and watch the flaming sunset were all afterwards intimately bound up with Irene's school career. Each was such a distinct personality that she sorted them out fairly accurately51 on that first evening, and decided52 the particular order in which they would rank in her affections.
There was Jess Cameron, a jolly Scottish lassie. She rolled her r's when she spoke53, and was a trifle matter-of-fact and practical, but was evidently the dependable anchor of the rest of the scatter-brained crew, the one who made the most sensible suggestions, and to whom—though they teased her a little and called her "Grannie"—they all turned in the end for help and advice. Jess was slightly out of her element in a southern setting. Her appropriate background was moorland and heather and gray loch, and driving clouds and a breeze with fine mist in it, that would make you want to wrap a plaid round your shoulders and turn to the luxury of a peat fire. Quite unconsciously she suggested all these things. Peachy once described her as a living in[36]carnation of one of Scott's novels, for she was steeped in old traditions and legends and superstitions54, and could tell tales in the gloaming that sent eerie55 shivers down the spines56 of her listeners, or would recite ballads57 with a swing that took one back to the days of wandering minstrels. She was not a girl to make a fuss over anybody, and she did not greet Irene with the least effusion, but her plain "If you're a friend of Peachy's I'm glad to see you," was genuine, and better than any amount of gush58. Jess undoubtedly59 had her faults; she was what her chums called "too cock-sure," and she was apt to be severe in her judgments60, flashing into the righteous wrath of one whose standards are high, but her very imperfections were "virtues61 gane a-gley," and she was a considerable force in the molding of public opinion at the Villa Camellia.
If Jess, calm, canny62, and reliable, stood for the spirit of the North, attractive, persuasive63, fascinating little Delia Watts64 represented the South. She came from California, and was as quick and bright as a humming-bird, constantly in harmless mischief65, but seldom getting into any serious trouble. Her highly strung temperament66 found school restrictions67 irksome, and she was apt to blaze out into odd pranks68 which in other girls might have met with sterner punishment. But Miss Morley had a soft corner for Delia, and, though she did not exactly favor her, she certainly made allowances for her excitability and her strongly emotional disposition69.[37]
"Delia's like a marionette—always dancing to some hidden string," the teacher remarked once to Miss Rodgers. "She mayn't be strong-minded but she's immensely warm-hearted, and if we can only pull the love-string she'll act the part we want. You can't force her into prim70 behavior; she's as much a child of nature as the birds, and if you clip her wings altogether you take away from her the very gift that perhaps God meant her to use. Let me have the handling of the little sky-rocket, and I'll do my best to keep her within bounds, but she's not the disposition to 'be made an example of' or to be set on the 'stool of repentance71.' Five minutes with Delia in private is worth more than a long public admonition. You've only to look at her face to know her type."
And Miss Rodgers, who stood no nonsense from really naughty and turbulent girls, yielded in this case, and left the exclusive management of Delia in the hands of her partner.
Of the seven damsels who sat under the yellow feathery flowers of the mimosa bush, three of them—Peachy, Jess, and Delia—talked so hard and continuously that none of the others had a chance to chip in with anything more than an occasional yes or no. Irene realized in a vague way that Esther Cartmel was plain and stodgy72 looking, but that every now and then a world of light suddenly flashed into her eyes, and transfigured her for the brief moment; that Sheila Yonge giggled74 at all Peachy's remarks,[38] and that Mary Fergusson was a pale and weak copy of Jess, and slavishly followed her lead in everything. It was the seventh member of the little party, however, who particularly attracted her attention. Lorna Carson was quiet, probably from sheer lack of opportunity to speak, but her pale face was interesting and her dark eyes met Irene's with a curious questioning glance. It was almost as if she were asking "Have we known each other before?" Irene could not help looking at her, and ransacking75 the side cupboards of her memory to try to light upon some forgotten clew as to why the face should seem half familiar.
"Have I seen her in London? Or is she like some one else? No, I can't fix her at all. Surely I must have dreamed about her," mused76 Irene, while aloud she said, almost as if compelled to speak:
"Have you been long at school here? Are you English, or American, or colonial, or what?"
"A little bit of anything you like," smiled Lorna. "Rachel gets very muddled77 about me. I've such a sneaking78 weakness for Naples that I believe she thinks I'm an Italian at heart. That's a crime Rachel absolutely can't forgive. 'Foreign' is the last word in her vocabulary."
"So I gathered when she made me take that oath. I suppose she's head girl and that's why she rules the roost? Is she decent or does she keep you petrified79? I don't know whether I'm expected to[39] say 'Bow-wow,' or to listen in respectful humility80 when she deigns81 to notice me."
"You'd better not have any 'bow-wows' with Rachel," broke in Peachy, "though you just jolly well have to wag your tail the way she wants. She's not bad on the whole, but rather a tyrant82, and it would do her all the good in the world if some day somebody had the courage to knock sparks out of her. We do what we can in a mild way," (here the other chuckled) "but she's got the ears of both Miss Rodgers and Miss Morley, and if you go on the rampage against her you only land yourself in a scrape. Of course, for purposes of protection the Transition girls have to unite and——"
"Peachy! Take care!" exclaimed Jess warningly.
Peachy blushed crimson83 under her freckles.
"I wasn't telling anything!" she retorted. "I suppose Irene——"
"Do shut up!"
"Well Agnes said herself——"
"It doesn't matter what Agnes said."
"She's fixed——"
"Peachy Proctor, if you blab like this you'll be tarred and feathered. Girl alive, can't you keep a still tongue in your head? If you'd lived in the Middle Ages you'd have ended your days in a dungeon84!"
Jess spoke hotly, and, by the general scandalized look on the faces of the others, Irene judged that luckless Peachy must have been on the verge85 of betraying some secret. She tactfully turned the conver[40]sation with a remark upon the beauty of the sunset, and the clanging of the garden bell opportunely86 broke up the gathering87, and sent the girls hurrying helter-skelter along the terrace in the direction of the house. Irene paused for a moment to look back at the sea and the sky, and the distant twinkling lights, and to curtsy to the crescent moon that hung like a good omen73 in the dome88 of blue. There was a scent of fragrant89 lemon blossoms in the air, and she trod fallen rose petals90 under her feet. Suddenly a remembrance of the desolation of Miss Gordon's garden in a February fog swept across her mental vision. Whatever trials she might encounter here—and she did not expect her new life to be absolute Paradise—the environment of this school in the south was perfect and would make up for many disadvantages.
"Give me sunshine and flowers and I'll always worry on somehow," she murmured, plucking a little crimson rose, and tucking it into her dress for a mascot91, then ran with flying footsteps under the orange trees to catch up with her companions, who were already mounting the marble steps that led to the Villa Camellia.
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
unfamiliar
|
|
| adj.陌生的，不熟悉的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
utterly
|
|
| adv.完全地，绝对地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
diligently
|
|
| ad.industriously;carefully | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
insulator
|
|
| n.隔离者；绝缘体 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
depressed
|
|
| adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
convened
|
|
| 召开( convene的过去式 )； 召集； （为正式会议而）聚集； 集合 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
standing
|
|
| n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
squatting
|
|
| v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
squat
|
|
| v.蹲坐，蹲下；n.蹲下；adj.矮胖的，粗矮的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
hush
|
|
| int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
kindly
|
|
| adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
considerably
|
|
| adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
privately
|
|
| adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
demurred
|
|
| v.表示异议，反对( demur的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
jersey
|
|
| n.运动衫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
sniffed
|
|
| v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
wholesome
|
|
| adj.适合；卫生的；有益健康的；显示身心健康的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
sarcastically
|
|
| adv.挖苦地，讽刺地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
vow
|
|
| n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
chuckle
|
|
| vi.／n.轻声笑，咯咯笑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
interpretation
|
|
| n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
condescended
|
|
| 屈尊，俯就( condescend的过去式和过去分词 )； 故意表示和蔼可亲 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
straightforward
|
|
| adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
villa
|
|
| n.别墅，城郊小屋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
patriotism
|
|
| n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
vows
|
|
| 誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
serene
|
|
| adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
28
wrath
|
|
| n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
mere
|
|
| adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
freckles
|
|
| n.雀斑，斑点( freckle的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
sauciness
|
|
| n.傲慢，鲁莽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
32
tack
|
|
| n.大头钉；假缝，粗缝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
fret
|
|
| v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
proffered
|
|
| v.提供，贡献，提出( proffer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
alacrity
|
|
| n.敏捷，轻快，乐意 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
puddle
|
|
| n.(雨)水坑，泥潭 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
overflowing
|
|
| n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
lighting
|
|
| n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
touching
|
|
| adj.动人的，使人感伤的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
groves
|
|
| 树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
scent
|
|
| n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
contented
|
|
| adj.满意的，安心的，知足的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
specially
|
|
| adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
etiquette
|
|
| n.礼仪，礼节；规矩 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
buddy
|
|
| n.（美口）密友，伙伴 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
gratitude
|
|
| adj.感激，感谢 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
similes
|
|
| （使用like或as等词语的）明喻( simile的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
twig
|
|
| n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
awfully
|
|
| adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
complexion
|
|
| n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
accurately
|
|
| adv.准确地，精确地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
decided
|
|
| adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
spoke
|
|
| 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： |
|
|
|
|
54
superstitions
|
|
| 迷信，迷信行为( superstition的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
eerie
|
|
| adj.怪诞的；奇异的；可怕的；胆怯的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
spines
|
|
| n.脊柱( spine的名词复数 )；脊椎；（动植物的）刺；书脊 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
ballads
|
|
| 民歌，民谣，特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 )； 讴 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
gush
|
|
| v.喷，涌；滔滔不绝(说话)；n.喷，涌流；迸发 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
undoubtedly
|
|
| adv.确实地，无疑地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
judgments
|
|
| 判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
virtues
|
|
| 美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
canny
|
|
| adj.谨慎的，节俭的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
persuasive
|
|
| adj.有说服力的，能说得使人相信的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
watts
|
|
| （电力计量单位）瓦，瓦特( watt的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
mischief
|
|
| n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
temperament
|
|
| n.气质，性格，性情 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
restrictions
|
|
| 约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
pranks
|
|
| n.玩笑，恶作剧( prank的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
disposition
|
|
| n.性情，性格；意向，倾向；排列，部署 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
prim
|
|
| adj.拘泥形式的，一本正经的；n.循规蹈矩，整洁；adv.循规蹈矩地，整洁地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
repentance
|
|
| n.懊悔 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
stodgy
|
|
| adj.易饱的；笨重的；滞涩的；古板的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
omen
|
|
| n.征兆，预兆；vt.预示 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
giggled
|
|
| v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
ransacking
|
|
| v.彻底搜查( ransack的现在分词 )；抢劫，掠夺 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
mused
|
|
| v.沉思，冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 )；沉思自语说（某事） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
muddled
|
|
| adj.混乱的；糊涂的；头脑昏昏然的v.弄乱，弄糟( muddle的过去式)；使糊涂；对付，混日子 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
sneaking
|
|
| a.秘密的，不公开的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
petrified
|
|
| adj.惊呆的；目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆，使惊呆；变僵硬；使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
humility
|
|
| n.谦逊，谦恭 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
deigns
|
|
| v.屈尊，俯就( deign的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
tyrant
|
|
| n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
crimson
|
|
| n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
dungeon
|
|
| n.地牢，土牢 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
85
verge
|
|
| n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
opportunely
|
|
| adv.恰好地，适时地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
gathering
|
|
| n.集会，聚会，聚集 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
dome
|
|
| n.圆屋顶，拱顶 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
fragrant
|
|
| adj.芬香的，馥郁的，愉快的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
petals
|
|
| n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
mascot
|
|
| n.福神，吉祥的东西 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |