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CHAPTER V—“BLOODY AS THE HUNTER”
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 The lads lay quiet till the last footstep had melted on the wind.  Then they arose, and with many an ache, for they were weary with constraint1, clambered through the ruins, and recrossed the ditch upon the rafter.  Matcham had picked up the windac and went first, Dick following stiffly, with his cross-bow on his arm.
 
“And now,” said Matcham, “forth to Holywood.”
 
“To Holywood!” cried Dick, “when good fellows stand shot?  Not I!  I would see you hanged first, Jack2!”
 
“Ye would leave me, would ye?” Matcham asked.
 
“Ay, by my sooth!” returned Dick.  “An I be not in time to warn these lads, I will go die with them.  What! would ye have me leave my own men that I have lived among.  I trow not!  Give me my windac.”
 
But there was nothing further from Matcham’s mind.
 
“Dick,” he said, “ye sware before the saints that ye would see me safe to Holywood.  Would ye be forsworn?  Would you desert me—a perjurer3?”
 
Nay4, I sware for the best,” returned Dick.  “I meant it too; but now!  But look ye, Jack, turn again with me.  Let me but warn these men, and, if needs must, stand shot with them; then shall all be clear, and I will on again to Holywood and purge5 mine oath.”
 
“Ye but deride6 me,” answered Matcham.  “These men ye go to succour are the I same that hunt me to my ruin.”
 
Dick scratched his head.
 
“I cannot help it, Jack,” he said.  “Here is no remedy.  What would ye?  Ye run no great peril7, man; and these are in the way of death.  Death!” he added.  “Think of it!  What a murrain do ye keep me here for?  Give me the windac.  Saint George! shall they all die?”
 
“Richard Shelton,” said Matcham, looking him squarely in the face, “would ye, then, join party with Sir Daniel?  Have ye not ears?  Heard ye not this Ellis, what he said? or have ye no heart for your own kindly8 blood and the father that men slew9?  ‘Harry10 Shelton,’ he said; and Sir Harry Shelton was your father, as the sun shines in heaven.”
 
“What would ye?” Dick cried again.  “Would ye have me credit thieves?”
 
“Nay, I have heard it before now,” returned Matcham.  “The fame goeth currently, it was Sir Daniel slew him.  He slew him under oath; in his own house he shed the innocent blood.  Heaven wearies for the avenging11 on’t; and you—the man’s son—ye go about to comfort and defend the murderer!”
 
“Jack,” cried the lad “I know not.  It may be; what know I?  But, see here: This man hath bred me up and fostered me, and his men I have hunted with and played among; and to leave them in the hour of peril—O, man, if I did that, I were stark12 dead to honour!  Nay, Jack, ye would not ask it; ye would not wish me to be base.”
 
“But your father, Dick?” said Matcham, somewhat wavering.  “Your father? and your oath to me?  Ye took the saints to witness.”
 
“My father?” cried Shelton.  “Nay, he would have me go!  If Sir Daniel slew him, when the hour comes this hand shall slay13 Sir Daniel; but neither him nor his will I desert in peril.  And for mine oath, good Jack, ye shall absolve14 me of it here.  For the lives’ sake of many men that hurt you not, and for mine honour, ye shall set me free.”
 
“I, Dick?  Never!” returned Matcham.  “An ye leave me, y’ are forsworn, and so I shall declare it.”
 
“My blood heats,” said Dick.  “Give me the windac!  Give it me!”
 
“I’ll not,” said Matcham.  “I’ll save you in your teeth.”
 
“Not?” cried Dick.  “I’ll make you!”
 
“Try it,” said the other.
 
They stood, looking in each other’s eyes, each ready for a spring.  Then Dick leaped; and though Matcham turned instantly and fled, in two bounds he was over-taken, the windac was twisted from his grasp, he was thrown roughly to the ground, and Dick stood across him, flushed and menacing, with doubled fist.  Matcham lay where he had fallen, with his face in the grass, not thinking of resistance.
 
Dick bent15 his bow.
 
“I’ll teach you!” he cried, fiercely.  “Oath or no oath, ye may go hang for me!”
 
And he turned and began to run.  Matcham was on his feet at once, and began running after him.
 
“What d’ye want?” cried Dick, stopping.  “What make ye after me?  Stand off!”
 
“Will follow an I please,” said Matcham.  “This wood is free to me.”
 
“Stand back, by ’r Lady!” returned Dick, raising his bow.
 
“Ah, y’ are a brave boy!” retorted Matcham.  “Shoot!”
 
Dick lowered his weapon in some confusion.
 
“See here,” he said.  “Y’ have done me ill enough.  Go, then.  Go your way in fair wise; or, whether I will or not, I must even drive you to it.”
 
“Well,” said Matcham, doggedly16, “y’ are the stronger.  Do your worst.  I shall not leave to follow thee, Dick, unless thou makest me,” he added.
 
Dick was almost beside himself.  It went against his heart to beat a creature so defenceless; and, for the life of him, he knew no other way to rid himself of this unwelcome and, as he began to think, perhaps untrue companion.
 
“Y’ are mad, I think,” he cried.  “Fool-fellow, I am hasting to your foes17; as fast as foot can carry me, go I thither18.”
 
“I care not, Dick,” replied the lad.  “If y’ are bound to die, Dick, I’ll die too.  I would liever go with you to prison than to go free without you.”
 
“Well,” returned the other, “I may stand no longer prating19.  Follow me, if ye must; but if ye play me false, it shall but little advance you, mark ye that.  Shalt have a quarrel in thine inwards, boy.”
 
So saying, Dick took once more to his heels, keeping in the margin20 of the thicket21 and looking briskly about him as he went.  At a good pace he rattled22 out of the dell, and came again into the more open quarters of the wood.  To the left a little eminence23 appeared, spotted24 with golden gorse, and crowned with a black tuft of firs.
 
“I shall see from there,” he thought, and struck for it across a heathy clearing.
 
He had gone but a few yards, when Matcham touched him on the arm, and pointed25.  To the eastward26 of the summit there was a dip, and, as it were, a valley passing to the other side; the heath was not yet out; all the ground was rusty27, like an unscoured buckler, and dotted sparingly with yews29; and there, one following another, Dick saw half a score green jerkins mounting the ascent30, and marching at their head, conspicuous31 by his boar-spear, Ellis Duckworth in person.  One after another gained the top, showed for a moment against the sky, and then dipped upon the further side, until the last was gone.
 
Dick looked at Matcham with a kindlier eye.
 
“So y’ are to be true to me, Jack?” he asked.  “I thought ye were of the other party.”
 
Matcham began to sob32.
 
“What cheer!” cried Dick.  “Now the saints behold33 us! would ye snivel for a word?”
 
“Ye hurt me,” sobbed34 Matcham.  “Ye hurt me when ye threw me down.  Y’ are a coward to abuse your strength.”
 
“Nay, that is fool’s talk,” said Dick, roughly.  “Y’ had no title to my windac, Master John.  I would ’a’ done right to have well basted35 you.  If ye go with me, ye must obey me; and so, come.”
 
Matcham had half a thought to stay behind; but, seeing that Dick continued to scour28 full-tilt towards the eminence and not so much as looked across his shoulder, he soon thought better of that, and began to run in turn.  But the ground was very difficult and steep; Dick had already a long start, and had, at any rate, the lighter36 heels, and he had long since come to the summit, crawled forward through the firs, and ensconced himself in a thick tuft of gorse, before Matcham, panting like a deer, rejoined him, and lay down in silence by his side.
 
Below, in the bottom of a considerable valley, the short cut from Tunstall hamlet wound downwards37 to the ferry.  It was well beaten, and the eye followed it easily from point to point.  Here it was bordered by open glades39; there the forest closed upon it; every hundred yards it ran beside an ambush40.  Far down the path, the sun shone on seven steel salets, and from time to time, as the trees opened, Selden and his men could be seen riding briskly, still bent upon Sir Daniel’s mission.  The wind had somewhat fallen, but still tussled merrily with the trees, and, perhaps, had Appleyard been there, he would have drawn41 a warning from the troubled conduct of the birds.
 
“Now, mark,” Dick whispered.  “They be already well advanced into the wood; their safety lieth rather in continuing forward.  But see ye where this wide glade38 runneth down before us, and in the midst of it, these two score trees make like an island?  There were their safety.  An they but come sound as far as that, I will make shift to warn them.  But my heart misgiveth me; they are but seven against so many, and they but carry cross-bows.  The long-bow, Jack, will have the uppermost ever.”
 
Meanwhile, Selden and his men still wound up the path, ignorant of their danger, and momently drew nearer hand.  Once, indeed, they paused, drew into a group, and seemed to point and listen.  But it was something from far away across the plain that had arrested their attention—a hollow growl42 of cannon43 that came, from time to time, upon the wind, and told of the great battle.  It was worth a thought, to be sure; for if the voice of the big guns were thus become audible in Tunstall Forest, the fight must have rolled ever eastward, and the day, by consequence, gone sore against Sir Daniel and the lords of the dark rose.
 
But presently the little troop began again to move forward, and came next to a very open, heathy portion of the way, where but a single tongue of forest ran down to join the road.  They were but just abreast44 of this, when an arrow shone flying.  One of the men threw up his arms, his horse reared, and both fell and struggled together in a mass.  Even from where the boys lay they could hear the rumour45 of the men’s voices crying out; they could see the startled horses prancing46, and, presently, as the troop began to recover from their first surprise, one fellow beginning to dismount.  A second arrow from somewhat farther off glanced in a wide arch; a second rider bit the dust.  The man who was dismounting lost hold upon the rein47, and his horse fled galloping48, and dragged him by the foot along the road, bumping from stone to stone, and battered49 by the fleeing hoofs50.  The four who still kept the saddle instantly broke and scattered51; one wheeled and rode, shrieking52, towards the ferry; the other three, with loose rein and flying raiment, came galloping up the road from Tunstall.  From every clump53 they passed an arrow sped.  Soon a horse fell, but the rider found his feet and continued to pursue his comrades till a second shot despatched him.  Another man fell; then another horse; out of the whole troop there was but one fellow left, and he on foot; only, in different directions, the noise of the galloping of three riderless horses was dying fast into the distance.
 
All this time not one of the assailants had for a moment shown himself.  Here and there along the path, horse or man rolled, undespatched, in his agony; but no merciful enemy broke cover to put them from their pain.
 
The solitary54 survivor55 stood bewildered in the road beside his fallen charger.  He had come the length of that broad glade, with the island of timber, pointed out by Dick.  He was not, perhaps, five hundred yards from where the boys lay hidden; and they could see him plainly, looking to and fro in deadly expectation.  But nothing came; and the man began to pluck up his courage, and suddenly unslung and bent his bow.  At the same time, by something in his action, Dick recognised Selden.
 
At this offer of resistance, from all about him in the covert56 of the woods there went up the sound of laughter.  A score of men, at least, for this was the very thickest of the ambush, joined in this cruel and untimely mirth.  Then an arrow glanced over Selden’s shoulder; and he leaped and ran a little back.  Another dart57 struck quivering at his heel.  He made for the cover.  A third shaft58 leaped out right in his face, and fell short in front of him.  And then the laughter was repeated loudly, rising and reechoing from different thickets59.
 
It was plain that his assailants were but baiting him, as men, in those days, baited the poor bull, or as the cat still trifles with the mouse.  The skirmish was well over; farther down the road, a fellow in green was already calmly gathering60 the arrows; and now, in the evil pleasure of their hearts, they gave themselves the spectacle of their poor fellow-sinner in his torture.
 
Selden began to understand; he uttered a roar of anger, shouldered his cross-bow, and sent a quarrel at a venture into the wood.  Chance favoured him, for a slight cry responded.  Then, throwing down his weapon, Selden began to run before him up the glade, and almost in a straight line for Dick and Matcham.
 
The companions of the Black Arrow now began to shoot in earnest.  But they were properly served; their chance had past; most of them had now to shoot against the sun; and Selden, as he ran, bounded from side to side to baffle and deceive their aim.  Best of all, by turning up the glade he had defeated their preparations; there were no marksmen posted higher up than the one whom he had just killed or wounded; and the confusion of the foresters’ counsels soon became apparent.  A whistle sounded thrice, and then again twice.  It was repeated from another quarter.  The woods on either side became full of the sound of people bursting through the underwood; and a bewildered deer ran out into the open, stood for a second on three feet, with nose in air, and then plunged61 again into the thicket.
 
Selden still ran, bounding; ever and again an arrow followed him, but still would miss.  It began to appear as if he might escape.  Dick had his bow armed, ready to support him; even Matcham, forgetful of his interest, took sides at heart for the poor fugitive62; and both lads glowed and trembled in the ardour of their hearts.
 
He was within fifty yards of them, when an arrow struck him and he fell.  He was up again, indeed, upon the instant; but now he ran staggering, and, like a blind man, turned aside from his direction.
 
Dick leaped to his feet and waved to him.
 
“Here!” he cried.  “This way! here is help!  Nay, run, fellow—run!”
 
But just then a second arrow struck Selden in the shoulder, between the plates of his brigandine, and, piercing through his jack, brought him, like a stone, to earth.
 
“O, the poor heart!” cried Matcham, with clasped hands.
 
And Dick stood petrified63 upon the hill, a mark for archery.
 
Ten to one he had speedily been shot—for the foresters were furious with themselves, and taken unawares by Dick’s appearance in the rear of their position—but instantly, out of a quarter of the wood surprisingly near to the two lads, a stentorian64 voice arose, the voice of Ellis Duckworth.
 
“Hold!” it roared.  “Shoot not!  Take him alive!  It is young Shelton—Harry’s son.”
 
And immediately after a shrill65 whistle sounded several times, and was again taken up and repeated farther off.  The whistle, it appeared, was John Amend-All’s battle trumpet66, by which he published his directions.
 
“Ah, foul67 fortune!” cried Dick.  “We are undone68.  Swiftly, Jack, come swiftly!”
 
And the pair turned and ran back through the open pine clump that covered the summit of the hill.

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1 constraint rYnzo     
n.(on)约束,限制;限制(或约束)性的事物
参考例句:
  • The boy felt constraint in her presence.那男孩在她面前感到局促不安。
  • The lack of capital is major constraint on activities in the informal sector.资本短缺也是影响非正规部门生产经营的一个重要制约因素。
2 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
3 perjurer a223ac9c1c036570f055b44b46856583     
n.伪誓者,伪证者
参考例句:
  • Look upon the Infamous Perjurer! 看看这位声名狼藉的伪证犯! 来自互联网
4 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。
5 purge QS1xf     
n.整肃,清除,泻药,净化;vt.净化,清除,摆脱;vi.清除,通便,腹泻,变得清洁
参考例句:
  • The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.新总统对不忠诚的军官进行了清洗。
  • The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.市长候选人答应清洗警察部门。
6 deride NmwzE     
v.嘲弄,愚弄
参考例句:
  • Some critics deride the group as self - appointed food police.一些批评人士嘲讽这个组织为“自封的食品警察”。
  • They deride his effort as childish.他们嘲笑他的努力,认为太孩子气。
7 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。
8 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
9 slew 8TMz0     
v.(使)旋转;n.大量,许多
参考例句:
  • He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧,抵住了。
  • They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。
10 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
11 avenging 4c436498f794cbaf30fc9a4ef601cf7b     
adj.报仇的,复仇的v.为…复仇,报…之仇( avenge的现在分词 );为…报复
参考例句:
  • He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter's death. 他过去5年一心报丧女之仇。 来自辞典例句
  • His disfigured face was like some avenging nemesis of gargoyle design. 他那张破了相的脸,活象面目狰狞的复仇之神。 来自辞典例句
12 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
参考例句:
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
13 slay 1EtzI     
v.杀死,宰杀,杀戮
参考例句:
  • He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
  • She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。
14 absolve LIeyN     
v.赦免,解除(责任等)
参考例句:
  • I absolve you,on the ground of invincible ignorance.鉴于你不可救药的无知,我原谅你。
  • They agree to absolve you from your obligation.他们同意免除你的责任。
15 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
16 doggedly 6upzAY     
adv.顽强地,固执地
参考例句:
  • He was still doggedly pursuing his studies.他仍然顽强地进行着自己的研究。
  • He trudged doggedly on until he reached the flat.他顽强地、步履艰难地走着,一直走回了公寓。
17 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。
18 thither cgRz1o     
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
参考例句:
  • He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
  • He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。
19 prating d35e72093ace1d26fcb521107ef19592     
v.(古时用语)唠叨,啰唆( prate的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Listen to him prating on about nothing. 听他瞎唠叨。 来自辞典例句
  • He is always prating about her wealthy relations, if anybody cared. 他总是对别人炫耀她的阔亲戚,好像别人对此感兴趣似的。 来自互联网
20 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
参考例句:
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
21 thicket So0wm     
n.灌木丛,树林
参考例句:
  • A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。
  • We were now at the margin of the thicket.我们现在已经来到了丛林的边缘。
22 rattled b4606e4247aadf3467575ffedf66305b     
慌乱的,恼火的
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里,窗户都格格作响。
23 eminence VpLxo     
n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家
参考例句:
  • He is a statesman of great eminence.他是个声名显赫的政治家。
  • Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world.这些飞行员中很多人将会在航空界声名显赫。
24 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
25 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
26 eastward CrjxP     
adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部
参考例句:
  • The river here tends eastward.这条河从这里向东流。
  • The crowd is heading eastward,believing that they can find gold there.人群正在向东移去,他们认为在那里可以找到黄金。
27 rusty hYlxq     
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
参考例句:
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
28 scour oDvzj     
v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷
参考例句:
  • Mother made me scour the family silver.母亲让我擦洗家里的银器。
  • We scoured the telephone directory for clues.我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
29 yews 4ff1e5ea2e4894eca6763d1b2d3157a8     
n.紫杉( yew的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We hedged our yard with yews. 我们用紫杉把院子围起。 来自辞典例句
  • The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林,还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。 来自辞典例句
30 ascent TvFzD     
n.(声望或地位)提高;上升,升高;登高
参考例句:
  • His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。
  • Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.伯克按动电钮,电梯开始缓慢上升。
31 conspicuous spszE     
adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的
参考例句:
  • It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显,抽烟对健康有害。
  • Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。
32 sob HwMwx     
n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣
参考例句:
  • The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
  • The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答,也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。
33 behold jQKy9     
v.看,注视,看到
参考例句:
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
34 sobbed 4a153e2bbe39eef90bf6a4beb2dba759     
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
参考例句:
  • She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
  • She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。
35 basted 87bfdf6905a5c84b5ebdaa0ff333f45a     
v.打( baste的过去式和过去分词 );粗缝;痛斥;(烤肉等时)往上抹[浇]油
参考例句:
  • The turkey is basted to keep it from drying out. 烤火鸡时润以油脂以免烤干。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Meat is basted to keep it from drying out and to improve its flavour. 烤肉时润以脂油使不致烤焦并可增加香味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
36 lighter 5pPzPR     
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
参考例句:
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
37 downwards MsDxU     
adj./adv.向下的(地),下行的(地)
参考例句:
  • He lay face downwards on his bed.他脸向下伏在床上。
  • As the river flows downwards,it widens.这条河愈到下游愈宽。
38 glade kgTxM     
n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地
参考例句:
  • In the midst of a glade were several huts.林中的空地中间有几间小木屋。
  • The family had their lunch in the glade.全家在林中的空地上吃了午饭。
39 glades 7d2e2c7f386182f71c8d4c993b22846c     
n.林中空地( glade的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Maggie and Philip had been meeting secretly in the glades near the mill. 玛吉和菲利曾经常在磨坊附近的林中空地幽会。 来自辞典例句
  • Still the outlaw band throve in Sherwood, and hunted the deer in its glades. 当他在沉思中变老了,世界还是照样走它的路,亡命之徒仍然在修武德日渐壮大,在空地里猎鹿。 来自互联网
40 ambush DNPzg     
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击
参考例句:
  • Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
  • Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。
41 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
42 growl VeHzE     
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣
参考例句:
  • The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫,尾巴也跟着摇摆。
  • The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
43 cannon 3T8yc     
n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮
参考例句:
  • The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
  • The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。
44 abreast Zf3yi     
adv.并排地;跟上(时代)的步伐,与…并进地
参考例句:
  • She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.她及时回复如雪片般飞来的大批信件。
  • We can't keep abreast of the developing situation unless we study harder.我们如果不加强学习,就会跟不上形势。
45 rumour 1SYzZ     
n.谣言,谣传,传闻
参考例句:
  • I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
  • There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来,一直有谣言产生,对他进行中伤。
46 prancing 9906a4f0d8b1d61913c1d44e88e901b8     
v.(马)腾跃( prance的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The lead singer was prancing around with the microphone. 首席歌手手执麦克风,神气地走来走去。
  • The King lifted Gretel on to his prancing horse and they rode to his palace. 国王把格雷特尔扶上腾跃着的马,他们骑马向天宫走去。 来自辞典例句
47 rein xVsxs     
n.疆绳,统治,支配;vt.以僵绳控制,统治
参考例句:
  • The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
  • He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。
48 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。
49 battered NyezEM     
adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损
参考例句:
  • He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
  • The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
50 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
51 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。
52 shrieking abc59c5a22d7db02751db32b27b25dbb     
v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were all shrieking with laughter. 他们都发出了尖锐的笑声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
53 clump xXfzH     
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走
参考例句:
  • A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
  • It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
54 solitary 7FUyx     
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
参考例句:
  • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
  • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
55 survivor hrIw8     
n.生存者,残存者,幸存者
参考例句:
  • The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
  • There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
56 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。
57 dart oydxK     
v.猛冲,投掷;n.飞镖,猛冲
参考例句:
  • The child made a sudden dart across the road.那小孩突然冲过马路。
  • Markov died after being struck by a poison dart.马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。
58 shaft YEtzp     
n.(工具的)柄,杆状物
参考例句:
  • He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
  • This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。
59 thickets bed30e7ce303e7462a732c3ca71b2a76     
n.灌木丛( thicket的名词复数 );丛状物
参考例句:
  • Small trees became thinly scattered among less dense thickets. 小树稀稀朗朗地立在树林里。 来自辞典例句
  • The entire surface is covered with dense thickets. 所有的地面盖满了密密层层的灌木丛。 来自辞典例句
60 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
61 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
62 fugitive bhHxh     
adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者
参考例句:
  • The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
  • The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
63 petrified 2e51222789ae4ecee6134eb89ed9998d     
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:
  • I'm petrified of snakes. 我特别怕蛇。
  • The poor child was petrified with fear. 这可怜的孩子被吓呆了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
64 stentorian 1uCwA     
adj.大声的,响亮的
参考例句:
  • Now all joined in solemn stentorian accord.现在,在这庄严的响彻云霄的和声中大家都联合在一起了。
  • The stentorian tones of auctioneer,calling out to clear,now announced that the sale to commence.拍卖人用洪亮的声音招呼大家闪开一点,然后宣布拍卖即将开始。
65 shrill EEize     
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫
参考例句:
  • Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
  • The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。
66 trumpet AUczL     
n.喇叭,喇叭声;v.吹喇叭,吹嘘
参考例句:
  • He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴,我吹喇叭。
  • The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。
67 foul Sfnzy     
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
参考例句:
  • Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
  • What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
68 undone JfJz6l     
a.未做完的,未完成的
参考例句:
  • He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。


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