Chapter 8

Whoops¹! Dan turned quickly around and strode across the pier² and up Eleventh Street. Maybe when he got home tonight, he'd look online and locate the nearest post office to theRed Letter headquarters. How important could that one letter have been, anyway? He shoved his hands in his pockets, felt the crinkle of the hundred-dollar bill, and remembered the caviar.  ?Fuck.? Inside Gourmet³ Garage, there were stacks of tinned black caviar and about eight different kinds with blue labels. Dan grabbed the most expensive one and headed over to the register.  ?Dan?? He turned around. It was Elise, Jenny's friend. She was carrying a baguette that was about three feet long, and she had flour on her face. She looked sort of cute, actually, except that Dan suddenly noticed she was much taller than he was, by like a foot. ?What are you doing here? Jenny said you were starting your new job today.? Dan pointed⁴ to the little tin of caviar motoring along on the black rubber conveyor belt toward the cashier. How could anything that small cost seventy-four dollars? ?My boss sent me out to buy some stuff.? Elise watched as he paid for the caviar with the hundred-dollar bill and then tucked it and the change into his APC storm coat pocket. ?Wow,? she breathed, impressed. ?Well, anyway, I just went over to your new office to bring you some cookies. I was bored, and I thought maybe you'd like a treat on your first day.? She smiled shyly as she paid for her baguette. ?I always write better when I have something good to munch⁵ on.? Dan wasn't quite sure what to make of this. ?I have to get back,? he told her, and pushed open the door to the street. ?Okay.? She walked with him to the corner with the baguette tucked under her arm. There was flour all over her black wool pea coat. ?I need a cab. I was just buying my mom some bread. Our family practically lives on Coke and French bread. My dad calls it the Wells Diet.? Dan smiled. The diet worked. Elise was pretty skinny. He squinted⁶ up at her in the cold noon sun. Elise had brought him cookies. She had cute freckles⁷ and was gangly and tall and had a baguette under her arm. Standing⁸ there in her black pea coat and black ballet flats, she looked extremely French and poetic⁹. He could definitely write a poem about her. She waved the baguette at a passing cab. ?Hey!? The cab stopped, and she turned to say good-bye. ?Jenny and I might watch movies or something later. Maybe I'll see you at your house?? Dan took a step toward her. ?You have flour on your cheek.? He daubed at it with his thumb and then kissed the spot. ?There.? The corners of Elise's lips turned up in a tentative smile. ?Thanks.? The cabbie honked¹⁰ his horn. She tucked the baguette more snugly¹¹ under her arm. ?I left the cookies on your desk. They're good, I think. Okay, see you,? she added before hopping¹² into the backseat of the taxi. Petite mignonette,Dan began to write in his head as he walked back toward the office.Sweet coquette. He wasn't even sure if those were real French words, but they sounded like a flirty¹³ little French girl who carried bread under her arm and brought you cookies. The kind you wrote songs and poems about and kissed on the cheek. Elise was only fourteen, after all. She was no Mystery Craze, but she obviously adored him, and at least she wasaround. He lit another cigarette and walked back to the office at a leisurely¹⁴ pace. So far this work thing wasn't so bad. As long as he stayed out of the office. V helps her parents find art ?Look, dad, an old sled,? Vanessa called. She'd made the mistake of mentioning how much old stuff people in New York leave out on the sidewalk?she'd actually found a pair of perfectly¹⁵ good old-fashioned roller skates that way?and now she was patrolling the streets of Williamsburg, helping¹⁶ them hunt for found-art treasures. Arlo shuffled¹⁷ over to the red plastic sled and picked it up. It was cracked down the middle and covered with puffy stickers of turtles. The bottom of it was stained and discolored from the days of dog pee it had endured. ?It might smell,? Vanessa warned. Arlo shrugged¹⁸ and dropped it into Ruby¹⁹'s black metal shopping cart. Already they'd found a blue plastic fishbowl, a white chef's hat, and an ashtray²⁰ made out of thumbtacks. ?What we really need is something big,? Gabriela said as they continued on. ?Something profound.? Vanessa trailed them grudgingly²¹, wondering what her mother meant. Another horse? A supersized cheese grater? She kicked a crushed empty juice box away with her foot and sat down on a stoop while her mom and dad conversed²² with the owner of an ancient pickup²³ truck parked outside what looked like a fisherman's shack²⁴ in the midst of a block of warehouses²⁵. Then her mom walked over and sat down next to her. ?Arlo's found a kindred spirit,? she remarked, smiling at her husband from afar. ?I think he's going to be a while.? Today Arlo was wearing his wool poncho²⁶ over Bermuda shorts and tennis shoes with no socks. His knees were bluish white and knobby, and his shins were bruised²⁷ from knocking around in his forge up in Vermont, making mobiles out of old wheelbarrow carcasses or deer antlers. Vanessa marveled that her dad had ever found someone who could look at him the way her mom did. Talk about kindred spirits! ?So what happened to that wonderful shaggy little boyfriend of yours?? Gabriela asked. She pulled the rubber band out of the end of her long gray braid and combed her paint-stained fingers through her hair. Vanessa grimaced²⁸. Part of the reason she kept her head shaved was that her mother's hair grossed her out. ?You mean Dan?? Gabriela reached up and began to massage²⁹ the back of Vanessa's neck. Vanessa winced³⁰?she hated to be touched without an invitation?but her mother didn't notice her discomfort³¹. ?I always thought you two would wind up getting married or something. You reminded me of Arlo and me.? Vanessa hugged her knees, enduring the massage. ?Dan's joined the police force,? she said, knowing how much her parents resented law enforcement. ?No kidding.? Gabriela let go of Vanessa's neck. She divided her gray hair into three thick clumps³² and began to braid it again. ?He was such a marvelous talent. Such a rare, keen eye for beauty. And so loyal.?  Loyal? Maybe not. ?Ha!? Vanessa fumed³³. Dan would be nowhere if she hadn't recognized how good his poem was and submitted it toThe New Yorker . ?Actually, Dan's not becoming a cop,? she admitted. ?He just stopped being nice. Like, it's okay to walk all over people as long as he can get a good poem out of it.? She glanced at her mother to see if the comment had registered. ?He's an asshole,? she added. ?True artists are forever accused of being assholes,? Gabriela sighed. ?You mustn't be so hard on us.? She fastened the end of her ponytail with the elastic³⁴ band from the bunch of broccoli³⁵ Ruby had cooked last night. ?You know who the real assholes are?? ?Who?? Vanessa asked, standing up. Her father was walking toward them now with a stinky old fishing net in his hands, grinning eagerly, like he couldn't wait for show-and-tell. ?The Rosenfelds,? her mother replied. ?That comment Pilar made the other night about how she doesn't even recycle? What kind of person doesn't recycle?!? Um, lots of us. ?Jordy's nice,? Vanessa ventured quietly. ?But those glasses he was wearing? They probably cost as much as our car! If you ask me, he should have spent the money on a nose job.? See, even peace-loving hippie freaks can't resist a little nasty gossip. Vanessa snorted. Considering the fact that her parents drove a Subaru wagon³⁶ that was older than she was, Jordy's glasses probably costway more than their car. And if her mom really detested³⁷ the Rosenfelds so much, Vanessa couldn't wait for her mom to find out whom she'd invited to Ruby's gig later that night. A certain expensive-glasses-wearing, long-nosed boy, perhaps? Stroke of brilliance³⁸ found on intern's desk! When Dan finally made it back to the office, he was buzzed in again only to find the place completely deserted³⁹. He deposited the change for the caviar on Siegfried Castle's desk and continued past the row of desks and down a short hallway. At the end of the hallway was a closed door. Dan could hear voices on the other side of the door. He knocked softly. ?Come in,? Siegfried Castle commanded. Dan pushed open the door. TheRed Letter staff was seated around a conference table, eating cookies and sipping⁴⁰ San Pellegrino water out of those little green bottles they all seemed to like so much. A printed copy of Mystery Craze's brand-new memoir⁴¹ translated into German was lying in the middle of the table. The cover was white with a picture of a flamingo⁴² on it. Not the whole bird, just the legs, with one leg folded up at the knee. ?We zought if you didn't come back with zee caviar, we could still enjoy your cookies,? Siegfried Castle explained. He nodded at the petite, middle-aged⁴³ woman seated next to him. ?This is Betsy. Zat's Charles. Zat's Thomas. Zat's Rebecca. Bill, another Bill, und Randolph,? he said, continuing around the room and introducing everyone at a ridiculously rapid pace. Randolph was also Dan's middle name, and he despised it. He nodded and smiled politely. Everyone was dressed exactly like Mr. Castle, in pressed white shirts with French cuffs⁴⁴. It was like they were in some sort of cult⁴⁵. ?Sorry I took so long. There was a really big line at the post office,? he lied. Normally he wasn't into lying or throwing out people's mail, but something about having a job made him want to rebel. ?Anyway, here it is.? He set the tin of caviar down on the table in front of Mr. Castle. The famous editor peeled the label off the tin and stuck it on the table. Then he tossed the caviar into the wastepaper bin⁴⁶ near the door. Hello? Dan wasn't sure whether to sit down or not. Obviously they were having some sort of meeting, and obviously he'd bought the wrong kind of caviar so? ?So tell us vhat you tink of Mystewy Cwaze,? Mr. Castle interrupted his thoughts. ?Everyvun here tinks she's some sort of prophet, even zee vimmen!? The guys around the table laughed lasciviously⁴⁷. ?She's a freaking sex goddess,? Randolph called out, chomping⁴⁸ on his cookies. Dan was still standing, suffocating⁴⁹ in his coat. He sat down in the empty seat next to Mr. Castle and stared at the empty plate where Elise's cookies had been. ?Mystery and I are pretty good friends,? he said quietly. ?She's very ?accomplished⁵⁰ .? The guys in the room laughed loudly again. All of a sudden Dan had a feeling he wasn't the only one there who'd slept with Mystery. ?She's a pretty good poet, too,? Rebecca remarked. She had pointy ears, like an elf's. ?I can't believe she's never been to school.? ?An orphan⁵¹ zat's never been to school, raised by wolves, vill do anything and zen write about it later. No vonder she's already famous,? Siegfried Castle remarked dreamily. He jotted⁵² something down on the purple pad lying in front of him on the table. Dan fiddled⁵³ with the threads sewn across his suit pants pocket. He wasn't really sure what this meeting was about. What he really needed was a cigarette and a cup of coffee, and to write down the poem about Elise before he forgot what he wanted to say. He gestured toward the German version of Mystery's memoir. ?I haven't read her book yet, but I'm sure it's good.? Siegfried Castle picked up a pile of papers from off the floor and tossed them on the table in front of Dan. ?Zat's all cwap?vee warely take anything from submissions⁵⁴. But I vant to read it, anyway.? Dan looked at the pile. He'd always thought everything inRed Letter came from submissions. ?How do you do it, then?? Everyone laughed. ?Silly boy. Vee just ask our friends to write tings, or maybe vee find something vee like written on zee bathroom wall,? Mr. Castle declared, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Dan picked up the pile of papers. ?Do you want me to set aside the ones I think are good?? he asked, confused. ?Just read zem and zen trow dem away!? Siegfried Castle yelled, his face red and angry-looking. ?Out! Out!? he cried, pointing at the door. He swiped the empty cookie plate from off the table and shoved it at Dan. ?Out!? Dan hurried out of the room, carrying the plate and the poems back to his empty desk. His entire body was shaking, and he was worried he might cry.

1 whoops   

int.呼喊声

参考例句：

• Whoops! Careful, you almost spilt coffee everywhere. 哎哟！小心点，你差点把咖啡洒得到处都是。
• We were awakened by the whoops of the sick baby. 生病婴儿的喘息声把我们弄醒了。

2 pier   

n.码头；桥墩，桥柱；[建]窗间壁，支柱

参考例句：

• The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害，专家担心它已不能负重。
• The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。

3 gourmet   

n.食物品尝家；adj.出于美食家之手的

参考例句：

• What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么？
• A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。

4 pointed   

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。

5 munch   

v.用力嚼，大声咀嚼

参考例句：

• We watched her munch through two packets of peanuts.我们看她津津有味地嚼了两包花生米。
• Getting them to munch on vegetable dishes was more difficult.使他们吃素菜就比较困难了。

6 squinted   

斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 )； 眯着眼睛； 瞟； 从小孔或缝隙里看

参考例句：

• Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel. 他把枪顶肩，眯起眼睛瞄准。
• I squinted through the keyhole. 我从锁眼窥看。

7 freckles   

n.雀斑，斑点( freckle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• When she lies in the sun, her face gets covered in freckles. 她躺在阳光下时，脸上布满了斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

10 honked   

v.（使）发出雁叫似的声音，鸣（喇叭），按（喇叭）( honk的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I drove up in front of the house and honked. 我将车开到屋子前面然后按喇叭。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He honked his horn as he went past. 他经过时按响了汽车喇叭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 snugly   

adv.紧贴地；贴身地；暖和舒适地；安适地

参考例句：

• Jamie was snugly wrapped in a white woolen scarf. 杰米围着一条白色羊毛围巾舒适而暖和。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The farmyard was snugly sheltered with buildings on three sides. 这个农家院三面都有楼房，遮得很严实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

13 flirty   

adj.爱调戏的，轻浮的

参考例句：

• Add a flirty blouse and cardigan for a super chic weekend look. 再穿一件风情万种的衬衫，搭配开襟羊毛衫，就是超级有型的周末装了。 来自互联网

14 leisurely   

adj.悠闲的；从容的，慢慢的

参考例句：

• We walked in a leisurely manner,looking in all the windows.我们慢悠悠地走着，看遍所有的橱窗。
• He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.他从容的吃了早餐，高兴的开车去工作。

15 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

16 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

17 shuffled   

v.洗（纸牌）( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 )；拖着脚步走；粗心地做；摆脱尘世的烦恼

参考例句：

• He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
• Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

20 ashtray   

n.烟灰缸

参考例句：

• He knocked out his pipe in the big glass ashtray.他在大玻璃烟灰缸里磕净烟斗。
• She threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray.她把烟头扔进烟灰缸。

21 grudgingly   

参考例句：

• He grudgingly acknowledged having made a mistake. 他勉强承认他做错了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Their parents unwillingly [grudgingly] consented to the marriage. 他们的父母无可奈何地应允了这门亲事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

22 conversed   

v.交谈，谈话( converse的过去式 )

参考例句：

• I conversed with her on a certain problem. 我与她讨论某一问题。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She was cheerful and polite, and conversed with me pleasantly. 她十分高兴，也很客气，而且愉快地同我交谈。 来自辞典例句

23 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

24 shack   

adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚

参考例句：

• He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
• The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。

25 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

26 poncho   

n.斗篷，雨衣

参考例句：

• He yawned and curled his body down farther beneath the poncho.他打了个呵欠，把身子再蜷拢点儿，往雨披里缩了缩。
• The poncho is made of nylon.这雨披是用尼龙制造的。

27 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

28 grimaced   

v.扮鬼相，做鬼脸( grimace的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He grimaced at the bitter taste. 他一尝那苦味，做了个怪相。
• She grimaced at the sight of all the work. 她一看到这么多的工作就皱起了眉头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

29 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

30 winced   

赶紧避开，畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He winced as the dog nipped his ankle. 狗咬了他的脚腕子，疼得他龇牙咧嘴。
• He winced as a sharp pain shot through his left leg. 他左腿一阵剧痛疼得他直龇牙咧嘴。

31 discomfort   

n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便

参考例句：

• One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
• She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。

32 clumps   

n.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的名词复数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声v.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声

参考例句：

• These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了，剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

33 fumed   

愤怒( fume的过去式和过去分词 )； 大怒； 发怒； 冒烟

参考例句：

• He fumed with rage because she did not appear. 因为她没出现，所以他大发雷霆。
• He fumed and fretted and did not know what was the matter. 他烦躁，气恼，不知是怎么回事。

34 elastic   

n.橡皮圈，松紧带；adj.有弹性的；灵活的

参考例句：

• Rubber is an elastic material.橡胶是一种弹性材料。
• These regulations are elastic.这些规定是有弹性的。

35 broccoli   

n.绿菜花，花椰菜

参考例句：

• She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.这些花椰菜都是她用种子培育出来的。
• They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他们认为西兰花只有绿色的，而菜花都是白色的。

36 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。

37 detested   

v.憎恶，嫌恶，痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They detested each other on sight. 他们互相看着就不顺眼。
• The freethinker hated the formalist; the lover of liberty detested the disciplinarian. 自由思想者总是不喜欢拘泥形式者，爱好自由者总是憎恶清规戒律者。 来自辞典例句

38 brilliance   

n.光辉，辉煌，壮丽，（卓越的）才华，才智

参考例句：

• I was totally amazed by the brilliance of her paintings.她的绘画才能令我惊歎不已。
• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。

39 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

40 sipping   

v.小口喝，呷，抿( sip的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink. 她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。
• She sat there, sipping at her tea. 她坐在那儿抿着茶。

41 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

42 flamingo   

n.红鹳，火烈鸟

参考例句：

• This is the only species of flamingo in the region,easily recognized by its pink plumage.这是那个地区唯一一种火烈鸟，很容易凭粉红色的羽毛辨认出来。
• In my family,I am flamingo in the flock of pigeons.在家里，我就像一只被困在鸽笼里的火烈鸟。

43 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

44 cuffs   

n.袖口( cuff的名词复数 )v.掌打，拳打( cuff的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• a collar and cuffs of white lace 带白色蕾丝花边的衣领和袖口
• The cuffs of his shirt were fraying. 他衬衣的袖口磨破了。

45 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

46 bin   

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。

47 lasciviously   

参考例句：

• He always stares lasciviously at beautiful girls passing by. 他总是用色迷迷的眼神看身边走过的漂亮女孩。 来自互联网

48 chomping   

v.切齿，格格地咬牙，咬响牙齿( chomp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Elizabeth and Lawrence are chomping at the bit to go on vacation. 伊莉莎白和劳伦斯迫不及待要去度假了。 来自互联网
• She was chomping away on a bagel. 她在嘎蹦嘎嘣地啃着一个硬面包圈。 来自互联网

49 suffocating   

a.使人窒息的

参考例句：

• After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
• That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

50 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

51 orphan   

n.孤儿；adj.无父母的

参考例句：

• He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
• The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

52 jotted   

v.匆忙记下( jot的过去式和过去分词 )；草草记下，匆匆记下

参考例句：

• I jotted down her name. 我匆忙记下了她的名字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The policeman jotted down my address. 警察匆匆地将我的地址记下。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

53 fiddled   

v.伪造( fiddle的过去式和过去分词 )；篡改；骗取；修理或稍作改动

参考例句：

• He fiddled the company's accounts. 他篡改了公司的账目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He began with Palestrina, and fiddled all the way through Bartok. 他从帕勒斯春纳的作品一直演奏到巴塔克的作品。 来自辞典例句

54 submissions   

n.提交( submission的名词复数 )；屈从；归顺；向法官或陪审团提出的意见或论据

参考例句：

• The deadline for submissions to the competition will be Easter 1994. 递交参赛申请的截止时间为1994年的复活节。 来自辞典例句
• Section 556(d) allows the agency to substitute written submissions for oral direct testimony in rulemaking. 第五百五十六条第（四）款准允行政机关在规则制定中用书面提交材料替代口头的直接证言。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法