Descending1 to the boat they rowed round to the face of the great cliff which had been so suddenly laid bare when the Peak of Rakata was cleft4 from its summit to its foundations in the sea. It was a wonderful sight—a magnificent section, affording a marvellous view of the internal mechanism5 of a volcano.
But there was no time to spend in contemplation of this extraordinary sight, for evening approached and the hermit6's purpose had to be accomplished7.
High up near the top of the mighty8 cliff could be seen a small hole in the rock, which was all that remained of the observatory9.
"It will be impossible, I fear, to reach that spot," said Nigel; "there does not appear to be foothold for a goat."
"I will reach it," said the hermit in a low voice, as he scanned the precipice10 carefully.
"So will I," said the negro.
"No, Moses, I go alone. You will remain in the boat and watch. If I fall, you can pick me up."
"Pick you up!" echoed Moses. "If you tumbles a t'ousand feet into de water how much t'ink you will be lef to pick up?"
It was useless to attempt to dissuade12 Van der Kemp. Being well aware of this, they all held their peace while he landed on a spur of the riven cliff.
The first part of the ascent13 was easy enough, the ground having been irregularly broken, so that the climber disappeared behind masses of rock at times, while he kept as much as possible to the western edge of the mountain where the cleavage had occurred; but as he ascended14 he was forced to come out upon narrow ledges15 that had been left here and there on the face of the cliff, where he seemed, to those who were watching far below, like a mere17 black spot on the face of a gigantic wall. Still upward he went, slowly but steadily18, till he reached a spot nearly level with the observatory. Here he had to go out on the sheer precipice, where his footholds were invisible from below.
Winnie sat in the boat with blanched19 face and tightly clasped hands, panting with anxiety as she gazed upwards20.
"It looks much more dangerous from here than it is in reality," said Nigel to her in a reassuring21 tone.
"Das true, Massa Nadgel, das bery true," interposed Moses, endeavouring to comfort himself as well as the others by the intense earnestness of his manner. "De only danger, Miss Winnie, lies in your fadder losin' his head at sitch a t'riffic height, an' dar's no fear at all ob dat, for Massa neber loses his head—pooh! you might as well talk ob him losin' his heart. Look! look! he git close to de hole now—he put his foot—yes—next step—dar! he've done it!"
With the perspiration22 of anxiety streaming down his face the negro relieved his feelings by a wild prolonged cheer. Nigel obtained the same relief by means of a deep long-drawn sigh, but Winnie did not move; she seemed to realise her father's danger better than her companions, and remembered that the descent would be much more difficult than the ascent. They were not kept long in suspense23. In a few minutes the hermit reappeared and began to retrace24 his steps—slowly but steadily—and the watchers breathed more freely.
Moses was right; there was in reality little danger in the climb, for the ledges which appeared to them like mere threads, and the footholds that were almost invisible, were in reality from a foot to three feet wide. The only danger lay in the hermit's head being unable to stand the trial, but, as Moses had remarked, there was no fear of that.
The watchers were therefore beginning to feel somewhat relieved from the tension of their anxiety, when a huge mass of rock was seen to slip from the face of the cliff and descend2 with the thunderous roar of an avalanche25. The incident gave those in the boat a shock, for the landslip occurred not far from the spot which Van der Kemp had reached, but as he still stood there in apparent safety there seemed no cause for alarm till it was observed that the climber remained quite still for a long time and, seemed to have no intention of moving.
"God help him!" cried Nigel in sudden alarm, "the ledge16 has been carried away and he cannot advance! Stay by the boat, Moses, I will run to help him!"
"No, Massa Nadgel," returned the negro, "I go to die wid 'im. Boat kin26 look arter itself."
He sprang on shore as he spoke27, and dashed up the mountain-side like a hunted hare.
Our hero looked at Winnie for an instant in hesitation28.
"Go!" said the poor girl. "You know I can manage a boat—quick!"
Another moment and Nigel was following in the track of the negro. They gained the broken ledge together, and then found that the space between the point which they had reached and the spot on which the hermit stood was a smooth face of perpendicular29 rock—an absolutely impassable gulf31!
Van der Kemp was standing32 with his back flat against the precipice and his feet resting on a little piece of projecting rock not more than three inches wide. This was all that lay between him and the hideous33 depth below, for Nigel found on carefully drawing nearer that the avalanche had been more extensive than was apparent from below, and that the ledge beyond the hermit had been also carried away—thus cutting off his retreat as well as his advance.
"I can make no effort to help myself," said Van der Kemp in a low but calm voice, when our hero's foot rested on the last projecting point that he could gain, and found that with the utmost reach of his arm he could not get within six inches of his friend's outstretched hand. Besides, Nigel himself stood on so narrow a ledge, and against so steep a cliff, that he could not have acted with his wonted power even if the hand could have been grasped. Moses stood immediately behind Nigel, where the ledge was broader and where a shallow recess34 in the rock enabled him to stand with comparative ease. The poor fellow seemed to realise the situation more fully11 than his companion, for despair was written on every feature of his expressive35 face.
"What is to be done?" said Nigel, looking back.
"De boat-rope," suggested the negro.
"Useless," said Van der Kemp, in a voice as calm and steady as if he were in perfect safety, though the unusual pallor of his grave countenance36 showed that he was fully alive to the terrible situation. "I am resting on little more than my heels, and the strain is almost too much for me even now. I could not hold on till you went to the boat and returned. No, it seems to be God's will—and," added he humbly37, "His will be done."
"O God, send us help!" cried Nigel in an agony of feeling that he could not master.
"If I had better foothold I might spring towards you and catch hold of you," said the hermit, "but I cannot spring off my heels. Besides, I doubt if you could bear my weight."
"Try, try!" cried Nigel, eagerly extending his hand. "Don't fear for my strength—I've got plenty of it, thank God! and see, I have my right arm wedged into a crevice38 so firmly that nothing could haul it out."
But Van der Kemp shook his head. "I cannot even make the attempt," he said. "The slightest move would plunge39 me down. Dear boy! I know that you and your father and Moses will care for my Winnie, and—"
"Massa!" gasped40 Moses, who while the hermit was speaking had been working his body with mysterious and violent energy; "massa! couldn't you fall dis way, an' Nadgel could kitch your hand, an' I's got my leg shoved into a hole as nuffin' 'll haul it out ob. Dere's a holler place here. If Nadgel swings you into dat, an' I only once grab you by de hair—you're safe!"
"It might be done—tried at least," said the hermit, looking anxiously at his young friend.
"Try it!" cried Nigel, "I won't fail you."
It is not possible for any except those who have gone through a somewhat similar ordeal41 to understand fully the test of cool courage which Van der Kemp had to undergo on that occasion.
Shutting his eyes for a moment in silent prayer, he deliberately42 worked with his shoulders upon the cliff against which he leaned until he felt himself to be on the point of falling towards his friend, and the two outstretched hands almost touched.
"Now, are you ready?" he asked.
"Ready," replied Nigel, while Moses wound both his powerful arms round his comrade's waist and held on.
Another moment and the hands clasped, Nigel uttered an irrepressible shout as the hermit swung off, and, coming round with great violence to the spot where the negro had fixed43 himself, just succeeded in catching44 the edge of the cliff with his free hand.
"Let go, Nigel," he shouted;—"safe!"
The poor youth was only too glad to obey, for the tremendous pull had wrenched45 his arm out of the crevice in which he had fixed it, and for a moment he swayed helplessly over the awful abyss.
"Don't let me go, Moses!" he yelled, as he made a frantic46 but futile47 effort to regain48 his hold,—for he felt that the negro had loosened one of his arms though the other was still round him like a hoop49 of iron.
"No fear, Nadgel," said Moses, "I's got you tight—only don' wriggle50. Now, massa, up you come."
Moses had grasped his master's hair with a grip: that well-nigh scalped him, and he held on until the hermit had got a secure hold of the ledge with both hands. Then he let the hair go, for he knew that to an athlete like his master the raising himself by his arms on to the ledge would be the Work of a few seconds. Van der Kemp was thus able to assist in rescuing Nigel from his position of danger.
But the expressions of heartfelt thankfulness for this deliverance which naturally broke from them were abruptly51 checked when it was found that Moses could by no means extract his leg out of the hole into which he had thrust it, and that he was suffering great pain.
After some time, and a good deal of violent wrenching52, during which our sable30 hero mingled53 a few groans54 in strange fashion with his congratulations, he was got free, and then it was found that the strain had been too much for even his powerful bones and sinews, for the leg was broken.
"My poor fellow!" murmured Van der Kemp, as he went down on his knees to examine the limb.
"Don' care a buttin for dat, massa. You're safe, an' Nadgel's safe—an' it only cost a broken leg! Pooh! das nuffin'!" said Moses, unable to repress a few tears in the excess of his joy and pain!
With considerable difficulty they carried the poor negro down to the boat, where they found Winnie, as might be supposed, in a half-fainting condition from the strain of prolonged anxiety and terror to which she had been subjected; but the necessity of attending to the case of the injured Moses was an antidote55 which speedily restored her.
Do you think, good reader, that Nigel and Winnie had much difficulty in coming to an understanding after that, or that the hermit was disposed to throw any obstacles in the way of true love? If you do, let us assure you that you are mistaken. Surely this is information enough for any intelligent reader.
Still, it may be interesting to add, difficulties did not all at once disappear. The perplexities that had already assailed56 Nigel more than once assailed him again—perplexities about a negro man-servant, and a household monkey, and a hermit father-in-law, and a small income—to say nothing of a disconsolate57 mother-poetess in England and a father roving on the high seas! How to overcome these difficulties gave him much thought and trouble; but they were overcome at last. That which seemed impossible to man proved to be child's-play in the hands of woman. Winnie solved the difficulty by suggesting that they should all return to the Cocos-Keeling Islands and dwell together there for evermore!
Let us drop in on them, good reader, at a later period, have a look at them, and bid them all good-bye.
On a green knoll58 by the margin59 of the lagoon60 stands a beautiful cottage with a garden around it, and a pleasure-boat resting on the white coral sand in front. From the windows of that cottage there is a most magnificent view of the lagoon with its numerous islets and its picturesque61 palm-trees. Within that cottage dwell Nigel and Winnie, and a brown-eyed, brown-haired, fair-skinned baby girl who is "the most extraordinary angel that ever was born." It has a nurse of its own, but is chiefly waited on and attended to by an antique poetess, who dwells in another cottage, a stone's-cast off, on the same green knoll. There she inspires an ancient mariner62 with poetical63 sentiments—not your up-in-the-clouds, reef-point-pattering nonsense, observe; but the real genuine article, superior to "that other fellow's," you know—when not actively64 engaged with the baby.
The first cottage is named Rakata, in honour of our hermit, who is one of its inhabitants. The second is named Krakatoa by its eccentric owner, Captain Roy.
It must not be imagined, however, that our friends have settled down there to spend their lives in idleness. By no means. This probably would not be permitted by the "King of the Cocos Islands" even if they wished to do so. But they do not wish that. There is no such condition as idleness in the lives of good men and women.
Nigel has taken to general superintendence of the flourishing community in the midst of which he has cast his lot. He may be almost regarded as the prime minister of the islands, in addition to which he has started an extensive boat-building business and a considerable trade in cocoa-nuts, etc., with the numerous islands of the Java Sea; also a saw-mill, and a forge, and a Sunday-school—in which last the pretty, humble-minded Winnie lends most efficient aid. Indeed it is said that she is the chief manager as well as the life and soul of that business, though Nigel gets all the credit.
Captain Roy sometimes sails his son's vessels65, and sometimes looks after the secular66 education of the Sunday-school children—the said education being conducted on the principle of unlimited67 story-telling with illimitable play of fancy. But his occupations are irregular—undertaken by fits and starts, and never to be counted on. His evenings he usually devotes to poetry and pipes—for the captain is obstinate68, and sticks—like most of us—to his failings as well as his fancies.
There is a certain eccentric individual with an enthusiastic temperament69 and blue binoculars70 who pays frequent and prolonged visits to the Keeling Islands. It need scarcely be said that his name is Verkimier. There is no accounting71 for the tastes of human beings. Notwithstanding all his escapes and experiences, that indomitable man of science still ranges, like a mad philosopher, far and wide over the archipelago in pursuit of "booterflies ant ozer specimens72 of zee insect vorld." It is observed, however, even by the most obtuse73 among his friends, that whereas in former times the professor's nights were centrifugal they have now become centripetal—the Keeling Islands being the great centre towards which he flies. Verkimier is, and probably will always be, a subject of wonder and of profound speculation74 to the youthful inhabitants of the islands. They don't understand him and he does not understand them. If they were insects he would take deep and intelligent interest in them. As they are merely human beings, he regards them with that peculiar75 kind of interest with which men regard the unknown and unknowable. He is by no means indifferent to them. He is too kindly76 for that. He studies them deeply, though hopelessly, and when he enters the Sunday-school with his binoculars—which he often does, to listen—a degree of awe77 settles down on the little ones which it is impossible to evoke78 by the most solemn appeals to their spiritual natures.
Nigel and Winnie have a gardener, and that gardener is black—as black as the Ace3 of Spades or the King of Ashantee. He dwells in a corner of the Rakata Cottage, but is addicted79 to spending much of his spare time in the Krakatoa one. He is as strong and powerful as ever, but limps slightly on his right leg—his "game" leg, as he styles it. He is, of course, an immense favourite with the young people—not less than with the old. He has been known to say, with a solemnity that might tickle80 the humorous and horrify81 the timid, that he wouldn't "hab dat game leg made straight agin! no, not for a hundred t'ousand pounds. 'Cause why? —it was an eber-present visible reminder82 dat once upon a time he had de libes ob massa and Nadgel in his arms ahangin' on to his game leg, an' dat, t'rough Gracious Goodness, he sabe dem bof!"
Ha! You may smile at Moses if you will, but he can return the smile with kindly interest, for he is actuated by that grand principle which will sooner or later transform even the scoffers of earth, and which is embodied83 in the words—"Love is the fulfilling of the law."
Even the lower animals testify to this fact when the dog licks the hand that smites84 it and accords instant forgiveness on the slightest encouragement. Does not Spinkie prove it also, when, issuing at call, from its own pagoda85 in the sunniest corner of the Rakata garden, it forsakes86 cocoa-nuts, sugar-cane, fruits, and other delights, to lay its little head in joyful87 consecration88 on the black bosom89 of its benignant friend?
And what of Moses' opinion of the new home? It may be shortly expressed in his own words-"It's heaben upon eart', an' de most happiest time as eber occurred to me was dat time when Sunda Straits went into cumbusti'n an' Krakatoa was Blown to Bits."
THE END
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
descending
|
|
| n. 下行 adj. 下降的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
descend
|
|
| vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
ace
|
|
| n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
cleft
|
|
| n.裂缝；adj.裂开的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
mechanism
|
|
| n.机械装置；机构，结构 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
hermit
|
|
| n.隐士，修道者；隐居 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
accomplished
|
|
| adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
mighty
|
|
| adj.强有力的；巨大的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
observatory
|
|
| n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
precipice
|
|
| n.悬崖，危急的处境 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
fully
|
|
| adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
dissuade
|
|
| v.劝阻，阻止 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
ascent
|
|
| n.(声望或地位)提高；上升，升高；登高 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
ascended
|
|
| v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
ledges
|
|
| n.（墙壁，悬崖等）突出的狭长部分( ledge的名词复数 )；（平窄的）壁架；横档；（尤指）窗台 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
ledge
|
|
| n.壁架，架状突出物；岩架，岩礁 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
mere
|
|
| adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
steadily
|
|
| adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
blanched
|
|
| v.使变白( blanch的过去式 )；使（植物）不见阳光而变白；酸洗（金属）使有光泽；用沸水烫（杏仁等）以便去皮 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
upwards
|
|
| adv.向上，在更高处...以上 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
reassuring
|
|
| a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的，使人放心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
perspiration
|
|
| n.汗水；出汗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
suspense
|
|
| n.（对可能发生的事）紧张感，担心，挂虑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
retrace
|
|
| v.折回；追溯，探源 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
avalanche
|
|
| n.雪崩，大量涌来 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
kin
|
|
| n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
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： |
|
|
|
|
28
hesitation
|
|
| n.犹豫，踌躇 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
perpendicular
|
|
| adj.垂直的，直立的；n.垂直线，垂直的位置 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
sable
|
|
| n.黑貂；adj.黑色的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
gulf
|
|
| n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
standing
|
|
| n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
hideous
|
|
| adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
recess
|
|
| n.短期休息，壁凹（墙上装架子，柜子等凹处） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
expressive
|
|
| adj.表现的，表达…的，富于表情的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
countenance
|
|
| n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
humbly
|
|
| adv. 恭顺地，谦卑地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
crevice
|
|
| n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝；缺口 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
plunge
|
|
| v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
gasped
|
|
| v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
ordeal
|
|
| n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
deliberately
|
|
| adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
fixed
|
|
| adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
catching
|
|
| adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
wrenched
|
|
| v.（猛力地）扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 )；扭伤；使感到痛苦；使悲痛 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
frantic
|
|
| adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
futile
|
|
| adj.无效的，无用的，无希望的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
regain
|
|
| vt.重新获得，收复，恢复 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
hoop
|
|
| n.（篮球）篮圈，篮 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
wriggle
|
|
| v./n.蠕动，扭动；蜿蜒 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
abruptly
|
|
| adv.突然地，出其不意地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
wrenching
|
|
| n.修截苗根，苗木铲根（铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土）v.（猛力地）扭( wrench的现在分词 )；扭伤；使感到痛苦；使悲痛 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
mingled
|
|
| 混合，混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 )； 混进，与…交往[联系] | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
groans
|
|
| n.呻吟，叹息( groan的名词复数 )；呻吟般的声音v.呻吟( groan的第三人称单数 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
antidote
|
|
| n.解毒药，解毒剂 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
assailed
|
|
| v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 )；困扰；质问；毅然应对 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
disconsolate
|
|
| adj.忧郁的，不快的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
knoll
|
|
| n.小山，小丘 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
margin
|
|
| n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
lagoon
|
|
| n.泻湖，咸水湖 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
picturesque
|
|
| adj.美丽如画的，（语言）生动的，绘声绘色的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
mariner
|
|
| n.水手号不载人航天探测器，海员，航海者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
poetical
|
|
| adj.似诗人的；诗一般的；韵文的；富有诗意的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
actively
|
|
| adv.积极地，勤奋地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
vessels
|
|
| n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
secular
|
|
| n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
unlimited
|
|
| adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
obstinate
|
|
| adj.顽固的，倔强的，不易屈服的，较难治愈的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
temperament
|
|
| n.气质，性格，性情 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
binoculars
|
|
| n.双筒望远镜 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
accounting
|
|
| n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
specimens
|
|
| n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
obtuse
|
|
| adj.钝的；愚钝的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
speculation
|
|
| n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
peculiar
|
|
| adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
kindly
|
|
| adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
awe
|
|
| n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
evoke
|
|
| vt.唤起，引起，使人想起 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
addicted
|
|
| adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
tickle
|
|
| v.搔痒，胳肢；使高兴；发痒；n.搔痒，发痒 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
horrify
|
|
| vt.使恐怖，使恐惧，使惊骇 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
reminder
|
|
| n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
embodied
|
|
| v.表现( embody的过去式和过去分词 )；象征；包括；包含 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
smites
|
|
| v.猛打，重击，打击( smite的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
85
pagoda
|
|
| n.宝塔（尤指印度和远东的多层宝塔），（印度教或佛教的）塔式庙宇 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
forsakes
|
|
| 放弃( forsake的第三人称单数 )； 弃绝； 抛弃； 摒弃 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
joyful
|
|
| adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
consecration
|
|
| n.供献，奉献，献祭仪式 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
bosom
|
|
| n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |