Two Blighted1 Beings, haggard, lachrymose2, and detested3, met on a blasted heath in the light of a struggling moon.
“I wish you a merry Christmas,” said the First Blighted Being, in a voice like that of a singing tomb.
“And I you a happy New Year,” responded the Second Blighted Being, with the accent of a penitent4 accordeon.
They then fell upon each other’s neck and wept scalding rills down each other’s spine5 in token of their banishment6 to the Realm of Ineffable7 Bosh. For one of these accursed creatures was the First of January, and the other the Twenty-fifth of December.
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1 blighted | |
adj.枯萎的,摧毁的 | |
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2 lachrymose | |
adj.好流泪的,引人落泪的;adv.眼泪地,哭泣地 | |
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3 detested | |
v.憎恶,嫌恶,痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 penitent | |
adj.后悔的;n.后悔者;忏悔者 | |
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5 spine | |
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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6 banishment | |
n.放逐,驱逐 | |
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7 ineffable | |
adj.无法表达的,不可言喻的 | |
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