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CHAPTER XXI.
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 Wolves attack the horses, and Cameron circumvents1 thewolves--A bear-hunt, in which Henri shinesconspicuous--Joe and the "Natter-list"--Analarm--A surprise and a capture.
We must now return to the camp where WalterCameron still guarded the goods, and the menpursued their trapping avocations2.
Here seven of the horses had been killed in one nightby wolves while grazing in a plain close to the camp,and on the night following a horse that had strayedwas also torn to pieces and devoured3. The prompt anddaring manner in which this had been done convincedthe trader that white wolves had unfortunately scentedthem out, and he set several traps in the hope of capturingthem.
White wolves are quite distinct from the ordinarywolves that prowl through woods and plains in largepacks. They are much larger, weighing sometimes asmuch as a hundred and thirty pounds; but they arecomparatively scarce, and move about alone, or in smallbands of three or four. Their strength is enormous,and they are so fierce that they do not hesitate, uponoccasions, to attack man himself. Their method ofkilling horses is very deliberate. Two wolves generallyundertake the cold-blooded murder. They approachtheir victim with the most innocent-looking and frolicsomegambols, lying down and rolling about, andfrisking presently, until the horse becomes a littleaccustomed to them. Then one approaches right infront, the other in rear, still frisking playfully, untilthey think themselves near enough, when they makea simultaneous rush. The wolf which approaches inrear is the true assailant; the rush of the other is amere feint. Then both fasten on the poor horse'shaunches, and never let go till the sinews are cut andhe is rolling on his side.
The horse makes comparatively little struggle inthis deadly assault; he seems paralyzed, and soon fallsto rise no more.
Cameron set his traps towards evening in a circlewith a bait in the centre, and then retired5 to rest.
Next morning he called Joe Blunt, and the two wentoff together.
"It is strange that these rascally6 white wolves shouldbe so bold when the smaller kinds are so cowardly,"remarked Cameron, as they walked along.
"So 'tis," replied Joe; "but I've seed them otherchaps bold enough too in the prairie when they werein large packs and starvin'.""I believe the small wolves follow the big fellows,and help them to eat what they kill, though theygenerally sit round and look on at the killing4.""Hist!" exclaimed Joe, cocking his gun; "there heis, an' no mistake."There he was, undoubtedly7. A wolf of the largestsize with one of his feet in the trap. He was a terrible-lookingobject, for, besides his immense size and naturallyferocious aspect, his white hair bristled8 on end andwas all covered with streaks9 and spots of blood fromhis bloody10 jaws11. In his efforts to escape he had bittenthe trap until he had broken his teeth and lacerated hisgums, so that his appearance was hideous12 in the extreme.
And when the two men came up he struggled with allhis might to fly at them.
Cameron and Joe stood looking at him in a sort ofwondering admiration13.
"We'd better put a ball in him," suggested Joe aftera time. "Mayhap the chain won't stand sich tugs14 long.""True, Joe; if it break, we might get an ugly nipbefore we killed him."So saying Cameron fired into the wolf's head andkilled it. It was found, on examination, that fourwolves had been in the traps, but the rest had escaped.
Two of them, however, had gnawed16 off their paws andleft them lying in the traps.
After this the big wolves did not trouble them again.
The same afternoon a bear-hunt was undertaken, whichwell-nigh cost one of the Iroquois his life. It happenedthus:--While Cameron and Joe were away after the whitewolves, Henri came floundering into camp tossing hisarms like a maniac17, and shouting that "seven bars wosbe down in de bush close by!" It chanced that thiswas an idle day with most of the men, so they all leapedon their horses, and taking guns and knives sallied forthto give battle to the bears.
Arrived at the scene of action, they found the sevenbears busily engaged in digging up roots, so the menseparated in order to surround them, and then closed in.
The place was partly open and partly covered withthick bushes into which a horseman could not penetrate18.
The moment the bears got wind of what was goingforward they made off as fast as possible, and then commenceda scene of firing, galloping19, and yelling thatdefies description! Four out of the seven were shotbefore they gained the bushes; the other three werewounded, but made good their retreat. As their placesof shelter, however, were like islands in the plain, theyhad no chance of escaping.
The horsemen now dismounted and dashed recklesslyinto the bushes, where they soon discovered and killedtwo of the bears; the third was not found for sometime. At last an Iroquois came upon it so suddenlythat he had not time to point his gun before the bearsprang upon him and struck him to the earth, where itheld him down.
Instantly the place was surrounded by eager men; butthe bushes were so thick, and the fallen trees amongwhich the bear stood were so numerous, that they couldnot use their guns without running the risk of shootingtheir companion. Most of them drew their knives andseemed about to rush on the bear with these; but themonster's aspect, as it glared around, was so terrible thatthey held back for a moment in hesitation20.
At this moment Henri, who had been at some distanceengaged in the killing of one of the other bears, camerushing forward after his own peculiar21 manner.
"Ah! fat is eet--hay? de bar no go under yit?"Just then his eye fell on the wounded Iroquois withthe bear above him, and he uttered a yell so intense intone that the bear himself seemed to feel that somethingdecisive was about to be done at last. Henridid not pause, but with a flying dash he sprang like aspread eagle, arms and legs extended, right into thebear's bosom22. At the same moment he sent his longhunting-knife down into its heart. But Bruin is proverbiallyhard to kill, and although mortally wounded,he had strength enough to open his jaws and close themon Henri's neck.
There was a cry of horror, and at the same momenta23 volley was fired at the bear's head; for the trappersfelt that it was better to risk shooting their comradesthan see them killed before their eyes. Fortunatelythe bullets took effect, and tumbled him over at oncewithout doing damage to either of the men, althoughseveral of the balls just grazed Henri's temple andcarried off his cap.
Although uninjured by the shot, the poor Iroquoishad not escaped scathless from the paw of the bear.
His scalp was torn almost off, and hung down over hiseyes, while blood streamed down his face. He wasconveyed by his comrades to the camp, where he laytwo days in a state of insensibility, at the end of whichtime he revived and recovered daily. Afterwards whenthe camp moved he had to be carried; but in the courseof two months he was as well as ever, and quite as fondof bear-hunting!
Among other trophies24 of this hunt there were twodeer and a buffalo25, which last had probably strayed fromthe herd26. Four or five Iroquois were round this animalwhetting their knives for the purpose of cutting it upwhen Henri passed, so he turned aside to watch themperform the operation, quite regardless of the fact thathis neck and face were covered with blood which flowedfrom one or two small punctures27 made by the bear.
The Indians began by taking off the skin, whichcertainly did not occupy them more than five minutes.
Then they cut up the meat and made a pack of it, andcut out the tongue, which is somewhat troublesome, asthat member requires to be cut out from under the jawof the animal, and not through the natural opening ofthe mouth. One of the fore15 legs was cut off at theknee joint28, and this was used as a hammer with whichto break the skull29 for the purpose of taking out thebrains, these being used in the process of dressing30 andsoftening the animal's skin. An axe31 would have beenof advantage to break the skull, but in the hurry ofrushing to the attack the Indians had forgotten theiraxes; so they adopted the common fashion of using thebuffalo's hoof32 as a hammer, the shank being the handle.
The whole operation of flaying33, cutting up, and packingthe meat did not occupy more than twenty minutes.
Before leaving the ground these expert butchers treatedthemselves to a little of the marrow34 and warm liver ina raw state!
Cameron and Joe walked up to the group while theywere indulging in this little feast.
"Well, I've often seen that eaten, but I never coulddo it myself," remarked the former.
"No!" cried Joe in surprise; "now that's oncommoncur'us. I've lived on raw liver an' marrow-bones fortwo or three days at a time, when we wos chased by theCamanchee Injuns an' didn't dare to make a fire; an' it'sra'al good, it is. Won't ye try it now?"Cameron shook his head.
"No, thankee; I'll not refuse when I can't help it,but until then I'll remain in happy ignorance of howgood it is.""Well, it is strange how some folk can't abide35 anythingin the meat way they ha'n't bin36 used to. D'yeknow I've actually knowed men from the cities aswouldn't eat a bit o' horseflesh for love or money.
Would ye believe it?""I can well believe that, Joe, for I have met withsuch persons myself; in fact, they are rather numerous.
What are you chuckling37 at, Joe?""Chucklin'? If ye mean be that 'larfin in to myself,'
it's because I'm thinkin' o' a chap as once comed out tothe prairies.""Let us walk back to the camp, Joe, and you cantell me about him as we go along.""I think," continued Joe, "he comed from Washington,but I never could make out right whether he wosa Government man or not. Anyhow, he wos a pheelosopher--anatter-list I think he call his-self--""A naturalist," suggested Cameron.
"Ay, that wos more like it. Well, he wos about sixfeet two in his moccasins, an' as thin as a ramrod, an' asblind as a bat--leastways he had weak eyes an' woregreen spectacles. He had on a gray shootin' coat an'
trousers an' vest an' cap, with rid whiskers an' a longnose as rid at the point as the whiskers wos.""Well, this gentleman engaged me an' another hunterto go a trip with him into the prairies, so off we sot onefine day on three hosses, with our blankets at our backs--wewos to depend on the rifle for victuals38. At first Ithought the natter-list one o' the cruellest beggars asiver went on two long legs, for he used to go abouteverywhere pokin' pins through all the beetles39 an' fliesan' creepin' things he could sot eyes on, an' stuck themin a box. But he told me he comed here a-purpose togit as many o' them as he could; so says I, 'If that's it,I'll fill yer box in no time.'
"'Will ye?' says he, quite pleased like.
"'I will,' says I, an' galloped40 off to a place as wasfilled wi' all sorts o' crawlin' things. So I sets to work,an' whenever I seed a thing crawlin' I sot my fut on itan' crushed it, an' soon filled my breast pocket. Icotched a lot o' butterflies too, an' stuffed them into myshot-pouch, an' went back in an hour or two an' showedhim the lot. He put on his green spectacles an' lookedat them as if he'd seen a rattlesnake.
"'My good man,' says he, 'you've crushed them allto pieces!'
"'They'll taste as good for all that,' says I; forsomehow I'd taken't in me head that he'd heard o' theway the Injuns make soup o' the grasshoppers41, an' woswantin' to try his hand at a new dish!
"He laughed when I said this, an' told me he woscollectin' them to take home to be looked at. But that'snot wot I was goin' to tell ye about him," continuedJoe; "I wos goin' to tell ye how we made him eathorseflesh. He carried a revolver, too, this natter-listdid, to load wi' shot as small as dust a'most, an' shootlittle birds with. I've seed him miss birds only threefeet away with it. An' one day he drew it all of a suddent an' let flyat abig bum-bee that wos passin',yellin' out that it wos the finest wot he had iver seed.
He missed the bee, of coorse, 'cause it wos a flyin' shot,he said, but he sent the whole charge right into Martin'sback--Martin was my comrade's name. By good luckMartin had on a thick leather coat, so the shot nivergot the length o' his skin.""One day I noticed that the natter-list had stuffedsmall corks42 into the muzzles43 of all the six barrels of hisrevolver. I wondered what they wos for, but he wosal'ays doin' sich queer things that I soon forgot it.
'Maybe,' thought I, jist before it went out o' my mind--'maybehe thinks that'll stop the pistol from goin'
off by accident;' for ye must know he'd let it off threetimes the first day by accident, an' well-nigh blowedoff his leg the last time, only the shot lodged44 in theback o' a big toad45 he'd jist stuffed into his breechespocket. Well, soon after we shot a buffalo bull, sowhen it fell, off he jumps from his horse an' runs up toit. So did I, for I wasn't sure the beast was dead,an' I had jist got up when it rose an' rushed at thenatter-list.
"'Out o' the way,' I yelled, for my rifle was empty;but he didn't move, so I rushed for'ard an' drew thepistol out o' his belt and let fly in the bull's ribs46 jistas it ran the poor man down. Martin came up thatmoment an' put a ball through its heart, an' then wewent to pick up the natter-list. He came to in alittle, an' the first thing he said was, 'Where's my revolver?'
When I gave it to him he looked at it, an' saidwith a solemcholy shake o' the head, 'There's a wholebarrel-full lost!' It turned out that he had taken tousin' the barrels for bottles to hold things in, but heforgot to draw the charges, so sure enough I had fireda charge o' bum-bees an' beetles an' small shot intothe buffalo!
"But that's not what I wos goin' to tell ye yit. Wecorned to a part o' the plains where we wos well-nighstarved for want o' game, an' the natter-list got sothin that ye could a'most see through him, so I offeredto kill my horse, an' cut it up for meat; but you niversaw sich a face he made. 'I'd rather die first,' says he,'than eat it;' so we didn't kill it. But that very dayMartin got a shot at a wild horse an' killed it. Thenatter-list was down in the bed o' a creek47 at the timegropin' for creepers, an' he didn't see it.
"'He'll niver eat it,' says Martin.
"'That's true,' says I.
"'Let's tell him it's a buffalo,' says he.
"'That would be tellin' a lie,' says I.
"So we stood lookin' at each other, not knowin' whatto do.
"'I'll tell ye what,' cries Martin; 'we'll cut it up,and take the meat into camp an' cook it without sayin'
a word.'
"'Done,' says I, 'that's it;' for ye must know thepoor critter wos no judge o' meat. He couldn't tell one kind fromanother,an' he niver axed questions.
In fact he niver a'most spoke48 to us all the trip. Well,we cut up the horse, an' carried the flesh an' marrowbonesinto camp, takin' care to leave the hoofs49 an' skinbehind, an' sot to work an' roasted steaks an' marrowbones.""When the natter-list came back ye should ha' seenthe joyful51 face he put on when he smelt52 the grub, forhe was all but starved out, poor critter.""'What have we got here?' cried he, rubbin' hishands an' sittin' down.""'Steaks an' marrow-bones,' says Martin.""'Capital!' says he. 'I'm so hungry.'""So he fell to work like a wolf. I niver seed a manpitch into anything like as that natter-list did into thathorseflesh.""'These are first-rate marrow-bones,' says he, squintin'
with one eye down the shin-bone o' the hind50 leg to see ifit was quite empty.""'Yes, sir, they is,' answered Martin, as grave as a judge.""'Take another, sir,' says I.""'No, thankee,' says he with a sigh, for he didn'tlike to leave off.""Well, we lived for a week on horseflesh, an' first-ratelivin' it wos; then we fell in with buffalo, an' niverran short again till we got to the settlements, whenhe paid us our money an' shook hands, sayin' we'd hada nice trip, an' he wished us well. Jist as we wospartin' I said, says I, 'D'ye know what it wos we livedon for a week arter we wos well-nigh starved in theprairies?'""'What,' says he, 'when we got yon capital marrowbones?'""'The same,' says I. 'Yon wos horse flesh,' says I;'an' I think ye'll surely niver say again that it isn'tfirst-rate livin'.'""'Ye're jokin',' says he, turnin' pale.""'It's true, sir; as true as ye're standin' there.'""Well, would ye believe it, he turned--that natter-listdid--as sick as a dog on the spot wot he wosstandin' on, an' didn't taste meat again for three days!"Shortly after the conclusion of Joe's story theyreached the camp, and here they found the women andchildren flying about in a state of terror, and the fewmen who had been left in charge arming themselves inthe greatest haste.
"Hallo! something wrong here," cried Cameron,hastening forward, followed by Joe. "What has happened,eh?""Injuns comin', monsieur; look dere," answered atrapper, pointing down the valley.
"Arm and mount at once, and come to the front ofthe camp," cried Cameron in a tone of voice that silencedevery other, and turned confusion into order.
The cause of all this outcry was a cloud of dust seenfar down the valley, which was raised by a band ofmounted Indians who approached the camp at fullspeed. Their numbers could not be made out, but theywere a sufficiently53 formidable band to cause muchanxiety to Cameron, whose men, at the time, werescattered to the various trapping-grounds, and only tenchanced to be within call of the camp. However, withthese ten he determined54 to show a bold front to thesavages, whether they came as friends or foes55. Hetherefore ordered the women and children within thecitadel formed of the goods and packs of furs piledupon each other, which point of retreat was to be defendedto the last extremity56. Then galloping to thefront he collected his men and swept down the valley atfull speed. In a few minutes they were near enough toobserve that the enemy only numbered four Indians,who were driving a band of about a hundred horsesbefore them, and so busy were they in keeping thetroop together that Cameron and his men were closeupon them before they were observed.
It was too late to escape. Joe Blunt and Henri hadalready swept round and cut off their retreat. In thisextremity the Indians slipped from the backs of theirsteeds and darted57 into the bushes, where they weresafe from pursuit, at least on horseback, while thetrappers got behind the horses and drove them towardsthe camp.
At this moment one of the horses sprang ahead ofthe others and made for the mountain, with its maneand tail flying wildly in the breeze.
"Marrow-bones and buttons!" shouted one of themen, "there goes Dick Varley's horse.""So it am!" cried Henri, and dashed off in pursuit,followed by Joe and two others.
"Why, these are our own horses," said Cameron insurprise, as they drove them into a corner of the hillsfrom which they could not escape.
This was true, but it was only half the truth, for,besides their own horses, they had secured upwards58 ofseventy Indian steeds; a most acceptable addition totheir stud, which, owing to casualties and wolves, hadbeen diminishing too much of late. The fact was thatthe Indians who had captured the horses belonging toPierre and his party were a small band of robbers whohad travelled, as was afterwards learned, a considerabledistance from the south, stealing horses from varioustribes as they went along. As we have seen, in an evilhour they fell in with Pierre's party and carried offtheir steeds, which they drove to a pass leading fromone valley to the other. Here they united them withthe main band of their ill-gotten gains, and while thegreater number of the robbers descended59 farther intothe plains in search of more booty, four of them weresent into the mountains with the horses already procured60.
These four, utterly61 ignorant of the presence ofwhite men in the valley, drove their charge, as we haveseen, almost into the camp.
Cameron immediately organized a party to go out insearch of Pierre and his companions, about whose fatehe became intensely anxious, and in the course of half-an-houras many men as he could spare with safety weredespatched in the direction of the Blue Mountains.

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1 circumvents 047f71dc6d1318a3aa717c71f1038448     
n.设法克服或避免(某事物),回避( circumvent的名词复数 );绕过,绕行,绕道旅行v.设法克服或避免(某事物),回避( circumvent的第三人称单数 );绕过,绕行,绕道旅行
参考例句:
  • It is a living, powerful river that easily circumvents all obstacles. 生活就是如此,强有力的激流才可以轻易的绕过所有的阻碍。 来自互联网
2 avocations ced84b6cc413c20155f985ee94d0e492     
n.业余爱好,嗜好( avocation的名词复数 );职业
参考例句:
  • Most seem to come from technical avocations, like engineering, computers and sciences. 绝大多数人原有技术方面的爱好,比如工程、计算机和科学。 来自互联网
  • In terms of avocations, there is hardly anything in common between Jenny and her younger sister. 就业余爱好而言,珍妮和她妹妹几乎没什么共同之处。 来自互联网
3 devoured af343afccf250213c6b0cadbf3a346a9     
吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光
参考例句:
  • She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志,还是报纸,只要能弄得到,她都看得津津有味。
  • The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
4 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
6 rascally rascally     
adj. 无赖的,恶棍的 adv. 无赖地,卑鄙地
参考例句:
  • They said Kelso got some rascally adventurer, some Belgian brute, to insult his son-in-law in public. 他们说是凯尔索指使某个下贱的冒险家,一个比利时恶棍,来当众侮辱他的女婿。
  • Ms Taiwan: Can't work at all, but still brag and quibble rascally. 台湾小姐:明明不行,还要硬拗、赖皮逞强。
7 undoubtedly Mfjz6l     
adv.确实地,无疑地
参考例句:
  • It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
  • He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
8 bristled bristled     
adj. 直立的,多刺毛的 动词bristle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • They bristled at his denigrating description of their activities. 听到他在污蔑他们的活动,他们都怒发冲冠。
  • All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先,大家都气得怒发冲冠。
9 streaks a961fa635c402b4952940a0218464c02     
n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹
参考例句:
  • streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
  • Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
10 bloody kWHza     
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
参考例句:
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
11 jaws cq9zZq     
n.口部;嘴
参考例句:
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
  • The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
12 hideous 65KyC     
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的
参考例句:
  • The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
  • They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗,是丑陋的畜牲。
13 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
14 tugs 629a65759ea19a2537f981373572d154     
n.猛拉( tug的名词复数 );猛拖;拖船v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The raucous sirens of the tugs came in from the river. 河上传来拖轮发出的沙哑的汽笛声。 来自辞典例句
  • As I near the North Tower, the wind tugs at my role. 当我接近北塔的时候,风牵动着我的平衡杆。 来自辞典例句
15 fore ri8xw     
adv.在前面;adj.先前的;在前部的;n.前部
参考例句:
  • Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飞机的前部。
  • I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能够未卜先知。
16 gnawed 85643b5b73cc74a08138f4534f41cef1     
咬( gnaw的过去式和过去分词 ); (长时间) 折磨某人; (使)苦恼; (长时间)危害某事物
参考例句:
  • His attitude towards her gnawed away at her confidence. 他对她的态度一直在削弱她的自尊心。
  • The root of this dead tree has been gnawed away by ants. 这棵死树根被蚂蚁唼了。
17 maniac QBexu     
n.精神癫狂的人;疯子
参考例句:
  • Be careful!That man is driving like a maniac!注意!那个人开车像个疯子一样!
  • You were acting like a maniac,and you threatened her with a bomb!你像一个疯子,你用炸弹恐吓她!
18 penetrate juSyv     
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解
参考例句:
  • Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
  • The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
19 galloping galloping     
adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The horse started galloping the moment I gave it a good dig. 我猛戳了马一下,它就奔驰起来了。
  • Japan is galloping ahead in the race to develop new technology. 日本在发展新技术的竞争中进展迅速,日新月异。
20 hesitation tdsz5     
n.犹豫,踌躇
参考例句:
  • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
  • There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。
21 peculiar cinyo     
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
参考例句:
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
22 bosom Lt9zW     
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
参考例句:
  • She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
  • A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。
23 momenta d3e8365592b44175fd2295c7858a159f     
动力,要素,动量(momentum的复数)
参考例句:
  • Each of the individual momenta may change in time. 每个单独的动量可能随时间而变化。
24 trophies e5e690ffd5b76ced5606f229288652f6     
n.(为竞赛获胜者颁发的)奖品( trophy的名词复数 );奖杯;(尤指狩猎或战争中获得的)纪念品;(用于比赛或赛跑名称)奖
参考例句:
  • His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
25 buffalo 1Sby4     
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
参考例句:
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
26 herd Pd8zb     
n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起
参考例句:
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见,只是人云亦云。
27 punctures f7bc2c2e87b7ff3e7e37325147106408     
n.(尖物刺成的)小孔( puncture的名词复数 );(尤指)轮胎穿孔;(尤指皮肤上被刺破的)扎孔;刺伤v.在(某物)上穿孔( puncture的第三人称单数 );刺穿(某物);削弱(某人的傲气、信心等);泄某人的气
参考例句:
  • My car has had two punctures this week. 这个星期我的汽车轮胎被戳破两次。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • SCULLY: Needle punctures, maybe. An animal bite. Electrocution of some kind. 针刺的,也许。动物的咬伤。某种电击。 来自互联网
28 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
29 skull CETyO     
n.头骨;颅骨
参考例句:
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
30 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
31 axe 2oVyI     
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减
参考例句:
  • Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利,你要当心。
  • The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。
32 hoof 55JyP     
n.(马,牛等的)蹄
参考例句:
  • Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间,他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
  • I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。
33 flaying 7ebb89b195c81add8ae51adefe2114b5     
v.痛打( flay的现在分词 );把…打得皮开肉绽;剥(通常指动物)的皮;严厉批评
参考例句:
  • Every tree doomed to the flaying process was first attacked by Upjohn. 每一棵决定要剥皮的树,首先由厄普约翰开始动手干。 来自辞典例句
  • Cannon rolled past, the drivers flaying the thin mules with lengths of rawhide. 后面是辚辚滚动的炮车,赶车的用长长的皮鞭狠狠抽打着羸弱的骡子。 来自飘(部分)
34 marrow M2myE     
n.骨髓;精华;活力
参考例句:
  • It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow. 天气太冷了,他感到寒冷刺骨。
  • He was tired to the marrow of his bones.他真是累得筋疲力尽了。
35 abide UfVyk     
vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受
参考例句:
  • You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
  • If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部,你就得遵守它的规章。
36 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。
37 chuckling e8dcb29f754603afc12d2f97771139ab     
轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. 他看书时,我能听见他的轻声发笑。
  • He couldn't help chuckling aloud. 他忍不住的笑了出来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
38 victuals reszxF     
n.食物;食品
参考例句:
  • A plateful of coarse broken victuals was set before him.一盘粗劣的剩余饭食放到了他的面前。
  • There are no more victuals for the pig.猪没有吃的啦。
39 beetles e572d93f9d42d4fe5aa8171c39c86a16     
n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them. 甲壳虫把粪粒埋起来,然后在里面产卵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This kind of beetles have hard shell. 这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
40 galloped 4411170e828312c33945e27bb9dce358     
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事
参考例句:
  • Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。
  • The children galloped home as soon as the class was over. 孩子们一下课便飞奔回家了。
41 grasshoppers 36b89ec2ea2ca37e7a20710c9662926c     
n.蚱蜢( grasshopper的名词复数 );蝗虫;蚂蚱;(孩子)矮小的
参考例句:
  • Grasshoppers die in fall. 蚱蜢在秋天死去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • There are usually a lot of grasshoppers in the rice fields. 稻田里通常有许多蚱蜢。 来自辞典例句
42 corks 54eade048ef5346c5fbcef6e5f857901     
n.脐梅衣;软木( cork的名词复数 );软木塞
参考例句:
  • Champagne corks were popping throughout the celebrations. 庆祝会上开香槟酒瓶塞的砰砰声不绝於耳。 来自辞典例句
  • Champagne corks popped, and on lace tablecloths seven-course dinners were laid. 桌上铺着带装饰图案的网织的桌布,上面是七道菜的晚餐。 来自飘(部分)
43 muzzles d375173b442f95950d8ee6dc01a3d5cf     
枪口( muzzle的名词复数 ); (防止动物咬人的)口套; (四足动物的)鼻口部; (狗)等凸出的鼻子和口
参考例句:
  • Several muzzles at once aimed at the fleeing birds in the air. 好几支猎枪的枪口,同时瞄准了这些空中猎物。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
  • All gun-ports were open and the muzzles peeped wickedly from them. 所有的炮眼都开着,炮口不怀好意地从炮眼里向外窥探。
44 lodged cbdc6941d382cc0a87d97853536fcd8d     
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属
参考例句:
  • The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
45 toad oJezr     
n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆
参考例句:
  • Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
  • Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。
46 ribs 24fc137444401001077773555802b280     
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹
参考例句:
  • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
  • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
47 creek 3orzL     
n.小溪,小河,小湾
参考例句:
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
48 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。
49 hoofs ffcc3c14b1369cfeb4617ce36882c891     
n.(兽的)蹄,马蹄( hoof的名词复数 )v.(兽的)蹄,马蹄( hoof的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The stamp of the horse's hoofs on the wooden floor was loud. 马蹄踏在木头地板上的声音很响。 来自辞典例句
  • The noise of hoofs called him back to the other window. 马蹄声把他又唤回那扇窗子口。 来自辞典例句
50 hind Cyoya     
adj.后面的,后部的
参考例句:
  • The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.这种动物能够用后肢站立。
  • Don't hind her in her studies.不要在学业上扯她后腿。
51 joyful N3Fx0     
adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的
参考例句:
  • She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
  • They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。
52 smelt tiuzKF     
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼
参考例句:
  • Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
  • Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法,他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼,而改用焦炭。
53 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
54 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
55 foes 4bc278ea3ab43d15b718ac742dc96914     
敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They steadily pushed their foes before them. 他们不停地追击敌人。
  • She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes. 她身经百战,挫败过很多对手。
56 extremity tlgxq     
n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度
参考例句:
  • I hope you will help them in their extremity.我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
  • What shall we do in this extremity?在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢?
57 darted d83f9716cd75da6af48046d29f4dd248     
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔
参考例句:
  • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
58 upwards lj5wR     
adv.向上,在更高处...以上
参考例句:
  • The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
  • The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
59 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
60 procured 493ee52a2e975a52c94933bb12ecc52b     
v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 );拉皮条
参考例句:
  • These cars are to be procured through open tender. 这些汽车要用公开招标的办法购买。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • A friend procured a position in the bank for my big brother. 一位朋友为我哥哥谋得了一个银行的职位。 来自《用法词典》
61 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。


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