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BOOK I—THE TWO LADS CHAPTER I—AT THE SIGN OF THE SUN IN KETTLEY
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 Sir Daniel and his men lay in and about Kettley that night, warmly quartered and well patrolled.  But the Knight1 of Tunstall was one who never rested from money-getting; and even now, when he was on the brink2 of an adventure which should make or mar3 him, he was up an hour after midnight to squeeze poor neighbours.  He was one who trafficked greatly in disputed inheritances; it was his way to buy out the most unlikely claimant, and then, by the favour he curried4 with great lords about the king, procure5 unjust decisions in his favour; or, if that was too roundabout, to seize the disputed manor6 by force of arms, and rely on his influence and Sir Oliver’s cunning in the law to hold what he had snatched.  Kettley was one such place; it had come very lately into his clutches; he still met with opposition7 from the tenants8; and it was to overawe discontent that he had led his troops that way.
 
By two in the morning, Sir Daniel sat in the inn room, close by the fireside, for it was cold at that hour among the fens11 of Kettley.  By his elbow stood a pottle of spiced ale.  He had taken off his visored headpiece, and sat with his bald head and thin, dark visage resting on one hand, wrapped warmly in a sanguine-coloured cloak.  At the lower end of the room about a dozen of his men stood sentry12 over the door or lay asleep on benches; and somewhat nearer hand, a young lad, apparently13 of twelve or thirteen, was stretched in a mantle14 on the floor.  The host of the Sun stood before the great man.
 
“Now, mark me, mine host,” Sir Daniel said, “follow but mine orders, and I shall be your good lord ever.  I must have good men for head boroughs15, and I will have Adam-a-More high constable16; see to it narrowly.  If other men be chosen, it shall avail you nothing; rather it shall be found to your sore cost.  For those that have paid rent to Walsingham I shall take good measure—you among the rest, mine host.”
 
“Good knight,” said the host, “I will swear upon the cross of Holywood I did but pay to Walsingham upon compulsion.  Nay17, bully18 knight, I love not the rogue19 Walsinghams; they were as poor as thieves, bully knight.  Give me a great lord like you.  Nay; ask me among the neighbours, I am stout20 for Brackley.”
 
“It may be,” said Sir Daniel, dryly.  “Ye shall then pay twice.”
 
The innkeeper made a horrid21 grimace22; but this was a piece of bad luck that might readily befall a tenant9 in these unruly times, and he was perhaps glad to make his peace so easily.
 
“Bring up yon fellow, Selden!” cried the knight.
 
And one of his retainers led up a poor, cringing23 old man, as pale as a candle, and all shaking with the fen10 fever.
 
“Sirrah,” said Sir Daniel, “your name?”
 
“An’t please your worship,” replied the man, “my name is Condall—Condall of Shoreby, at your good worship’s pleasure.”
 
“I have heard you ill reported on,” returned the knight.  “Ye deal in treason, rogue; ye trudge24 the country leasing; y’ are heavily suspicioned of the death of severals.  How, fellow, are ye so bold?  But I will bring you down.”
 
“Right honourable25 and my reverend lord,” the man cried, “here is some hodge-podge, saving your good presence.  I am but a poor private man, and have hurt none.”
 
“The under-sheriff did report of you most vilely,” said the knight.  “‘Seize me,’ saith he, ‘that Tyndal of Shoreby.’”
 
“Condall, my good lord; Condall is my poor name,” said the unfortunate.
 
“Condall or Tyndal, it is all one,” replied Sir Daniel, coolly.  “For, by my sooth, y’ are here and I do mightily26 suspect your honesty.  If ye would save your neck, write me swiftly an obligation for twenty pound.”
 
“For twenty pound, my good lord!” cried Condall.  “Here is midsummer madness!  My whole estate amounteth not to seventy shillings.”
 
“Condall or Tyndal,” returned Sir Daniel, grinning, “I will run my peril27 of that loss.  Write me down twenty, and when I have recovered all I may, I will be good lord to you, and pardon you the rest.”
 
“Alas! my good lord, it may not be; I have no skill to write,” said Condall.
 
“Well-a-day!” returned the knight.  “Here, then, is no remedy.  Yet I would fain have spared you, Tyndal, had my conscience suffered.  Selden, take me this old shrew softly to the nearest elm, and hang me him tenderly by the neck, where I may see him at my riding.  Fare ye well, good Master Condall, dear Master Tyndal; y’ are post-haste for Paradise; fare ye then well!”
 
“Nay, my right pleasant lord,” replied Condall, forcing an obsequious28 smile, “an ye be so masterful, as doth right well become you, I will even, with all my poor skill, do your good bidding.”
 
“Friend,” quoth Sir Daniel, “ye will now write two score.  Go to! y’ are too cunning for a livelihood29 of seventy shillings.  Selden, see him write me this in good form, and have it duly witnessed.”
 
And Sir Daniel, who was a very merry knight, none merrier in England, took a drink of his mulled ale, and lay back, smiling.
 
Meanwhile, the boy upon the floor began to stir, and presently sat up and looked about him with a scare.
 
“Hither,” said Sir Daniel; and as the other rose at his command and came slowly towards him, he leaned back and laughed outright31.  “By the rood!” he cried, “a sturdy boy!”
 
The lad flushed crimson32 with anger, and darted33 a look of hate out of his dark eyes.  Now that he was on his legs, it was more difficult to make certain of his age.  His face looked somewhat older in expression, but it was as smooth as a young child’s; and in bone and body he was unusually slender, and somewhat awkward of gait.
 
“Ye have called me, Sir Daniel,” he said.  “Was it to laugh at my poor plight34?”
 
“Nay, now, let laugh,” said the knight.  “Good shrew, let laugh, I pray you.  An ye could see yourself, I warrant ye would laugh the first.”
 
“Well,” cried the lad, flushing, “ye shall answer this when ye answer for the other.  Laugh while yet ye may!”
 
“Nay, now, good cousin,” replied Sir Daniel, with some earnestness, “think not that I mock at you, except in mirth, as between kinsfolk and singular friends.  I will make you a marriage of a thousand pounds, go to! and cherish you exceedingly.  I took you, indeed, roughly, as the time demanded; but from henceforth I shall ungrudgingly maintain and cheerfully serve you.  Ye shall be Mrs. Shelton—Lady Shelton, by my troth! for the lad promiseth bravely.  Tut! ye will not shy for honest laughter; it purgeth melancholy38.  They are no rogues39 who laugh, good cousin.  Good mine host, lay me a meal now for my cousin, Master John.  Sit ye down, sweetheart, and eat.”
 
“Nay,” said Master John, “I will break no bread.  Since ye force me to this sin, I will fast for my soul’s interest.  But, good mine host, I pray you of courtesy give me a cup of fair water; I shall be much beholden to your courtesy indeed.”
 
“Ye shall have a dispensation, go to!” cried the knight.  “Shalt be well shriven, by my faith!  Content you, then, and eat.”
 
But the lad was obstinate40, drank a cup of water, and, once more wrapping himself closely in his mantle, sat in a far corner, brooding.
 
In an hour or two, there rose a stir in the village of sentries41 challenging and the clatter42 of arms and horses; and then a troop drew up by the inn door, and Richard Shelton, splashed with mud, presented himself upon the threshold.
 
“Save you, Sir Daniel,” he said.
 
“How!  Dickie Shelton!” cried the knight; and at the mention of Dick’s name the other lad looked curiously43 across.  “What maketh Bennet Hatch?”
 
“Please you, sir knight, to take cognisance of this packet from Sir Oliver, wherein are all things fully36 stated,” answered Richard, presenting the priest’s letter.  “And please you farther, ye were best make all speed to Risingham; for on the way hither we encountered one riding furiously with letters, and by his report, my Lord of Risingham was sore bested, and lacked exceedingly your presence.”
 
“How say you?  Sore bested?” returned the knight.  “Nay, then, we will make speed sitting down, good Richard.  As the world goes in this poor realm of England, he that rides softliest rides surest.  Delay, they say, begetteth peril; but it is rather this itch44 of doing that undoes45 men; mark it, Dick.  But let me see, first, what cattle ye have brought.  Selden, a link here at the door!”
 
And Sir Daniel strode forth35 into the village street, and, by the red glow of a torch, inspected his new troops.  He was an unpopular neighbour and an unpopular master; but as a leader in war he was well-beloved by those who rode behind his pennant46.  His dash, his proved courage, his forethought for the soldiers’ comfort, even his rough gibes47, were all to the taste of the bold blades in jack48 and salet.
 
“Nay, by the rood!” he cried, “what poor dogs are these?  Here be some as crooked49 as a bow, and some as lean as a spear.  Friends, ye shall ride in the front of the battle; I can spare you, friends.  Mark me this old villain50 on the piebald!  A two-year mutton riding on a hog51 would look more soldierly!  Ha!  Clipsby, are ye there, old rat?  Y’ are a man I could lose with a good heart; ye shall go in front of all, with a bull’s eye painted on your jack, to be the better butt52 for archery; sirrah, ye shall show me the way.”
 
“I will show you any way, Sir Daniel, but the way to change sides,” returned Clipsby, sturdily.
 
Sir Daniel laughed a guffaw53.
 
“Why, well said!” he cried.  “Hast a shrewd tongue in thy mouth, go to!  I will forgive you for that merry word.  Selden, see them fed, both man and brute54.”
 
The knight re-entered the inn.
 
“Now, friend Dick,” he said, “fall to.  Here is good ale and bacon.  Eat, while that I read.”
 
Sir Daniel opened the packet, and as he read his brow darkened.  When he had done he sat a little, musing55.  Then he looked sharply at his ward30.
 
“Dick,” said he, “Y’ have seen this penny rhyme?”
 
The lad replied in the affirmative.
 
“It bears your father’s name,” continued the knight; “and our poor shrew of a parson is, by some mad soul, accused of slaying56 him.”
 
“He did most eagerly deny it,” answered Dick.
 
“He did?” cried the knight, very sharply.  “Heed him not.  He has a loose tongue; he babbles57 like a jack-sparrow.  Some day, when I may find the leisure, Dick, I will myself more fully inform you of these matters.  There was one Duckworth shrewdly blamed for it; but the times were troubled, and there was no justice to be got.”
 
“It befell at the Moat House?” Dick ventured, with a beating at his heart.
 
“It befell between the Moat House and Holywood,” replied Sir Daniel, calmly; but he shot a covert58 glance, black with suspicion, at Dick’s face.  “And now,” added the knight, “speed you with your meal; ye shall return to Tunstall with a line from me.”
 
Dick’s face fell sorely.
 
“Prithee, Sir Daniel,” he cried, “send one of the villains59!  I beseech60 you let me to the battle.  I can strike a stroke, I promise you.”
 
“I misdoubt it not,” replied Sir Daniel, sitting down to write.  “But here, Dick, is no honour to be won.  I lie in Kettley till I have sure tidings of the war, and then ride to join me with the conqueror61.  Cry not on cowardice62; it is but wisdom, Dick; for this poor realm so tosseth with rebellion, and the king’s name and custody63 so changeth hands, that no man may be certain of the morrow.  Toss-pot and Shuttle-wit run in, but my Lord Good-Counsel sits o’ one side, waiting.”
 
With that, Sir Daniel, turning his back to Dick, and quite at the farther end of the long table, began to write his letter, with his mouth on one side, for this business of the Black Arrow stuck sorely in his throat.
 
Meanwhile, young Shelton was going on heartily64 enough with his breakfast, when he felt a touch upon his arm, and a very soft voice whispering in his ear.
 
“Make not a sign, I do beseech you,” said the voice, “but of your charity tell me the straight way to Holywood.  Beseech you, now, good boy, comfort a poor soul in peril and extreme distress65, and set me so far forth upon the way to my repose66.”
 
“Take the path by the windmill,” answered Dick, in the same tone; “it will bring you to Till Ferry; there inquire again.”
 
And without turning his head, he fell again to eating.  But with the tail of his eye he caught a glimpse of the young lad called Master John stealthily creeping from the room.
 
“Why,” thought Dick, “he is a young as I.  ‘Good boy’ doth he call me?  An I had known, I should have seen the varlet hanged ere I had told him.  Well, if he goes through the fen, I may come up with him and pull his ears.”
 
Half an hour later, Sir Daniel gave Dick the letter, and bade him speed to the Moat House.  And, again, some half an hour after Dick’s departure, a messenger came, in hot haste, from my Lord of Risingham.
 
“Sir Daniel,” the messenger said, “ye lose great honour, by my sooth!  The fight began again this morning ere the dawn, and we have beaten their van and scattered67 their right wing.  Only the main battle standeth fast.  An we had your fresh men, we should tilt68 you them all into the river.  What, sir knight!  Will ye be the last?  It stands not with your good credit.”
 
“Nay,” cried the knight, “I was but now upon the march.  Selden, sound me the tucket.  Sir, I am with you on the instant.  It is not two hours since the more part of my command came in, sir messenger.  What would ye have?  Spurring is good meat, but yet it killed the charger.  Bustle69, boys!”
 
By this time the tucket was sounding cheerily in the morning, and from all sides Sir Daniel’s men poured into the main street and formed before the inn.  They had slept upon their arms, with chargers saddled, and in ten minutes five-score men-at-arms and archers70, cleanly equipped and briskly disciplined, stood ranked and ready.  The chief part were in Sir Daniel’s livery, murrey and blue, which gave the greater show to their array.  The best armed rode first; and away out of sight, at the tail of the column, came the sorry reinforcement of the night before.  Sir Daniel looked with pride along the line.
 
“Here be the lads to serve you in a pinch,” he said.
 
“They are pretty men, indeed,” replied the messenger.  “It but augments71 my sorrow that ye had not marched the earlier.”
 
“Well,” said the knight, “what would ye?  The beginning of a feast and the end of a fray72, sir messenger;” and he mounted into his saddle.  “Why! how now!” he cried.  “John!  Joanna!  Nay, by the sacred rood! where is she?  Host, where is that girl?”
 
“Girl, Sir Daniel?” cried the landlord.  “Nay, sir, I saw no girl.”
 
“Boy, then, dotard!” cried the knight.  “Could ye not see it was a wench?  She in the murrey-coloured mantle—she that broke her fast with water, rogue—where is she?”
 
“Nay, the saints bless us!  Master John, ye called him,” said the host.  “Well, I thought none evil.  He is gone.  I saw him—her—I saw her in the stable a good hour agone; ’a was saddling a grey horse.”
 
“Now, by the rood!” cried Sir Daniel, “the wench was worth five hundred pound to me and more.”
 
“Sir knight,” observed the messenger, with bitterness, “while that ye are here, roaring for five hundred pounds, the realm of England is elsewhere being lost and won.”
 
“It is well said,” replied Sir Daniel.  “Selden, fall me out with six cross-bowmen; hunt me her down.  I care not what it cost; but, at my returning, let me find her at the Moat House.  Be it upon your head.  And now, sir messenger, we march.”
 
And the troop broke into a good trot37, and Selden and his six men were left behind upon the street of Kettley, with the staring villagers.

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1 knight W2Hxk     
n.骑士,武士;爵士
参考例句:
  • He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
  • A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
2 brink OWazM     
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿
参考例句:
  • The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
  • The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
3 mar f7Kzq     
vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟
参考例句:
  • It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
  • Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
4 curried 359c0f70c2fd9dd3cd8145ea5ee03f37     
adj.加了咖喱(或咖喱粉的),用咖哩粉调理的
参考例句:
  • She curried favor with the leader by contemptible means. 她用卑鄙的手段博取领导的欢心。 来自互联网
  • Fresh ham, curried beef? 鲜火腿?咖喱牛肉? 来自互联网
5 procure A1GzN     
vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条
参考例句:
  • Can you procure some specimens for me?你能替我弄到一些标本吗?
  • I'll try my best to procure you that original French novel.我将尽全力给你搞到那本原版法国小说。
6 manor d2Gy4     
n.庄园,领地
参考例句:
  • The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.建造这幢庄园的人就是它现在主人的一个直系祖先。
  • I am not lord of the manor,but its lady.我并非此地的领主,而是这儿的女主人。
7 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
8 tenants 05662236fc7e630999509804dd634b69     
n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者
参考例句:
  • A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
9 tenant 0pbwd     
n.承租人;房客;佃户;v.租借,租用
参考例句:
  • The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.那名房客因未付房租而被赶走。
  • The tenant is responsible for all repairs to the building.租户负责对房屋的所有修理。
10 fen CtczNj     
n.沼泽,沼池
参考例句:
  • The willows over all the fen rippled and whitened like a field of wheat.沼泽上的柳树,随风一起一伏,泛出白光,就象一片麦田一样。
  • There is a fen around each island.每个岛屿周围有一个沼泽。
11 fens 8c73bc5ee207e1f20857f7b0bfc584ef     
n.(尤指英格兰东部的)沼泽地带( fen的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Most of the landscape in the Fens is as flat as a pancake. 菲恩斯的大部分地形都是极平坦的。 来自互联网
  • He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. 它伏在莲叶之下,卧在芦苇隐密处和水洼子里。 来自互联网
12 sentry TDPzV     
n.哨兵,警卫
参考例句:
  • They often stood sentry on snowy nights.他们常常在雪夜放哨。
  • The sentry challenged anyone approaching the tent.哨兵查问任一接近帐篷的人。
13 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
14 mantle Y7tzs     
n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红
参考例句:
  • The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
  • The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆盖着一层雪。
15 boroughs 26e1dcec7122379b4ccbdae7d6030dba     
(尤指大伦敦的)行政区( borough的名词复数 ); 议会中有代表的市镇
参考例句:
  • London is made up of 32 boroughs. 伦敦由三十二个行政区组成。
  • Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City. 布鲁克林区是纽约市的五个行政区之一。
16 constable wppzG     
n.(英国)警察,警官
参考例句:
  • The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所。
  • The constable kept his temper,and would not be provoked.那警察压制着自己的怒气,不肯冒起火来。
17 nay unjzAQ     
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者
参考例句:
  • He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的,不,应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
  • Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章,不,应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
18 bully bully     
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
参考例句:
  • A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
  • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
19 rogue qCfzo     
n.流氓;v.游手好闲
参考例句:
  • The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
  • They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。
21 horrid arozZj     
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的
参考例句:
  • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
  • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃,她咽不下去。
22 grimace XQVza     
v.做鬼脸,面部歪扭
参考例句:
  • The boy stole a look at his father with grimace.那男孩扮着鬼脸偷看了他父亲一眼。
  • Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine.托马斯尝了那葡萄酒后做了个鬼脸。
23 cringing Pvbz1O     
adj.谄媚,奉承
参考例句:
  • He had a cringing manner but a very harsh voice.他有卑屈谄媚的神情,但是声音却十分粗沙。
  • She stepped towards him with a movement that was horribly cringing.她冲他走了一步,做出一个低三下四,令人作呕的动作。
24 trudge uK2zq     
v.步履艰难地走;n.跋涉,费力艰难的步行
参考例句:
  • It was a hard trudge up the hill.这趟上山是一次艰难的跋涉。
  • The trudge through the forest will be tiresome.长途跋涉穿越森林会令人疲惫不堪。
25 honourable honourable     
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
参考例句:
  • I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号,我可担当不起。
  • I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。
26 mightily ZoXzT6     
ad.强烈地;非常地
参考例句:
  • He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet. 他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。
  • This seemed mightily to relieve him. 干完这件事后,他似乎轻松了许多。
27 peril l3Dz6     
n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物
参考例句:
  • The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
  • The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。
28 obsequious tR5zM     
adj.谄媚的,奉承的,顺从的
参考例句:
  • He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air.他看着两位太太,满脸谄媚的神情。
  • He was obsequious to his superiors,but he didn't get any favor.他巴结上司,但没得到任何好处。
29 livelihood sppzWF     
n.生计,谋生之道
参考例句:
  • Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
  • My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。
30 ward LhbwY     
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
参考例句:
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
31 outright Qj7yY     
adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的
参考例句:
  • If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事,你应该直率地对我说。
  • You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。
32 crimson AYwzH     
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
参考例句:
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
33 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》
34 plight 820zI     
n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
参考例句:
  • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
  • She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
35 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
36 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
37 trot aKBzt     
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
参考例句:
  • They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
  • The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。
38 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
39 rogues dacf8618aed467521e2383308f5bb4d9     
n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽
参考例句:
  • 'I'll show these rogues that I'm an honest woman,'said my mother. “我要让那些恶棍知道,我是个诚实的女人。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
  • The rogues looked at each other, but swallowed the home-thrust in silence. 那些恶棍面面相觑,但只好默默咽下这正中要害的话。 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
40 obstinate m0dy6     
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的
参考例句:
  • She's too obstinate to let anyone help her.她太倔强了,不会让任何人帮她的。
  • The trader was obstinate in the negotiation.这个商人在谈判中拗强固执。
41 sentries abf2b0a58d9af441f9cfde2e380ae112     
哨兵,步兵( sentry的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We posted sentries at the gates of the camp. 我们在军营的大门口布置哨兵。
  • We were guarded by sentries against surprise attack. 我们由哨兵守卫,以免遭受突袭。
42 clatter 3bay7     
v./n.(使)发出连续而清脆的撞击声
参考例句:
  • The dishes and bowls slid together with a clatter.碟子碗碰得丁丁当当的。
  • Don't clatter your knives and forks.别把刀叉碰得咔哒响。
43 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
44 itch 9aczc     
n.痒,渴望,疥癣;vi.发痒,渴望
参考例句:
  • Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
  • He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。
45 undoes c530e6768a5f61fc848e387b1edf419a     
松开( undo的第三人称单数 ); 解开; 毁灭; 败坏
参考例句:
  • Undoes the last action or a sequence of actions, which are displayed in the Undo list. 撤消上一个操作或者一系列操作,这些操作显示在“撤消”列表中。
46 pennant viuym     
n.三角旗;锦标旗
参考例句:
  • The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。
  • The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant.该队重整旗鼓,从最后一名一跃而赢得冠军奖旗。
47 gibes 567002f0407483fede43c24d9d1ad3a7     
vi.嘲笑,嘲弄(gibe的第三人称单数形式)
参考例句:
  • He smarted under the gibes of his fellows. 他因受同伴的嘲笑而苦恼。 来自辞典例句
  • Don' t make gibes about her behavior. 别嘲笑她的行为。 来自辞典例句
48 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。
49 crooked xvazAv     
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
参考例句:
  • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
  • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
50 villain ZL1zA     
n.反派演员,反面人物;恶棍;问题的起因
参考例句:
  • He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
  • The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。
51 hog TrYzRg     
n.猪;馋嘴贪吃的人;vt.把…占为己有,独占
参考例句:
  • He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
  • Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。
52 butt uSjyM     
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
参考例句:
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
53 guffaw XyUyr     
n.哄笑;突然的大笑
参考例句:
  • All the boys burst out into a guffaw at the joke.听到这个笑话,男孩子们发出一阵哄笑。
  • As they guffawed loudly,the ticket collector arrived.他们正哈哈大笑的时候,检票员到了。
54 brute GSjya     
n.野兽,兽性
参考例句:
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
55 musing musing     
n. 沉思,冥想 adj. 沉思的, 冥想的 动词muse的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • "At Tellson's banking-house at nine," he said, with a musing face. “九点在台尔森银行大厦见面,”他想道。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
  • She put the jacket away, and stood by musing a minute. 她把那件上衣放到一边,站着沉思了一会儿。
56 slaying 4ce8e7b4134fbeb566658660b6a9b0a9     
杀戮。
参考例句:
  • The man mimed the slaying of an enemy. 此人比手划脚地表演砍死一个敌人的情况。
  • He is suspected of having been an accomplice in the slaying,butthey can't pin it on him. 他有嫌疑曾参与该杀人案,但他们找不到证据来指控他。
57 babbles 678b079d6c7dd90a95630e6179ed2c69     
n.胡言乱语( babble的名词复数 );听不清的声音;乱哄哄的说话声v.喋喋不休( babble的第三人称单数 );作潺潺声(如流水);含糊不清地说话;泄漏秘密
参考例句:
  • She always babbles about trifles. 她总是为一点小事唠叨个没完。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Nobody likes a chatterbox who babbles about every little thing they do. 没有人喜欢一个爱唠叨的人整天对一些所做的小事胡言乱语。 来自互联网
58 covert voxz0     
adj.隐藏的;暗地里的
参考例句:
  • We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
  • The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。
59 villains ffdac080b5dbc5c53d28520b93dbf399     
n.恶棍( villain的名词复数 );罪犯;(小说、戏剧等中的)反面人物;淘气鬼
参考例句:
  • The impression of villains was inescapable. 留下恶棍的印象是不可避免的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some villains robbed the widow of the savings. 有几个歹徒将寡妇的积蓄劫走了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
60 beseech aQzyF     
v.祈求,恳求
参考例句:
  • I beseech you to do this before it is too late.我恳求你做做这件事吧,趁现在还来得及。
  • I beseech your favor.我恳求您帮忙。
61 conqueror PY3yI     
n.征服者,胜利者
参考例句:
  • We shall never yield to a conqueror.我们永远不会向征服者低头。
  • They abandoned the city to the conqueror.他们把那个城市丢弃给征服者。
62 cowardice norzB     
n.胆小,怯懦
参考例句:
  • His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
  • His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
63 custody Qntzd     
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
参考例句:
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
64 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
65 distress 3llzX     
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
参考例句:
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
66 repose KVGxQ     
v.(使)休息;n.安息
参考例句:
  • Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。
  • Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑,即使在睡眠时也是这样。
67 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
68 tilt aG3y0     
v.(使)倾侧;(使)倾斜;n.倾侧;倾斜
参考例句:
  • She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
  • The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平,有点儿歪.
69 bustle esazC     
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹
参考例句:
  • The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深,喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
  • There is a lot of hustle and bustle in the railway station.火车站里非常拥挤。
70 archers 79516825059e33df150af52884504ced     
n.弓箭手,射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The next evening old Mr. Sillerton Jackson came to dine with the Archers. 第二天晚上,西勒顿?杰克逊老先生来和阿切尔家人一起吃饭。 来自辞典例句
  • Week of Archer: Double growth for Archers and Marksmen. 射手周:弓箭手与弩手(人类)产量加倍。 来自互联网
71 augments 7dad42046a1910949abc6a04e0804c15     
增加,提高,扩大( augment的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He augments his income by teaching in the evening. 他通过晚上教书来增加收入。
  • Neostigmine augments the motor activity of the small and large bowel. 新斯的明增强小肠和大肠的运动功能。
72 fray NfDzp     
v.争吵;打斗;磨损,磨破;n.吵架;打斗
参考例句:
  • Why should you get involved in their fray?你为什么要介入他们的争吵呢?
  • Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.大热天脾气烦燥。


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