Chapter 12

and he didn't think anyonewouldcom e "Happy birthday." Dan handed Vanessa the poem he'd written for her and leaned against the door frame. "I wanted to give you this before anyone gets here." "Don't say, 'If anyone is coming,'" Vanessa warned. "They'll come." She leaned over the bathroom sink, squinting¹ at her reflection as she applied² Tiphany's purpley-black lipstick³ to her lips. Then she sat down on the toilet and began to read the poem out loud. a list of things you love: black steel-toed boots dead pigeons dirty rain irony⁴ me a list of things I love: cigarettes coffee you and your apple-white arms but the thing about lists is they tend to get lost "Thanks," Vanessa said. She folded the piece of paper and nicked it into the drawer in the vanity under the sink where Kuby kept all her hair goop and makeup⁶. It was kind of a weird⁷ response to a poem that was supposed to be bittersweet. "Jesus, dude, you need to start taking happy pills," Tiphany muttered from out in the hall. "How can you write your girlfriend a birthday poem that sounds so melancholy⁸?" She nudged Dan out of the way, grabbed the tube of lipstick from off the sink, and smeared⁹ some on her lips. "Roses are red, violets are blue." She pulled Vanessa upright and kissed her on the cheek, leaving a smudgy, purpley-black imprint¹⁰. Then she kissed her on the other cheek. "Babe, you look hot with lips all over you!" The two girls giggled¹¹ and checked each other out in the mirror. Tiphany was wearing a black silk camisole borrowed from Ruby¹³'s closet. "Nice shirt," Vanessa noted¹⁴. "Nice pants," Tiphany said back. Vanessa had borrowed Ruby's zebra-striped pajama bottoms and they actually kind of worked with a black denim¹⁵ miniskirt, a black T-shirt, and combat boots. Very Blondie meets the Sex Pistols. Dan wandered away, wishing Tiphany hadn't been her usual rude self and eavesdropped¹⁶ on his poem. So what if it wasn't all happy and cheerful and fun? It was still a love poem. And there was a message in it, if only Vanessa had taken the time to listen. "I was thinking tonight might be a good night for a little piercing," Tiphany announced. Vanessa glanced at her in the mirror. Tiphany's ears weren't even pierced. "Really? Like where?" Tiphany grinned and wiggled her eyebrows¹⁷ ominously¹⁸. "Not me, silly. You!" The downstairs buzzer¹⁹ rang repeatedly and Tiphany grabbed Vanessa's arm and tugged²⁰ her out of the bathroom. "I invited some people. You don't mind, do you?" "Of course not," Vanessa said, glad to get away from the topic of piercing. Dan buzzed them in and a moment later a troop of enormous guys in dusty, paint-smeared coveralls stomped²¹ into the apartment in their work boots. "Hey boys." Tiphany dragged her army-issue duffel bag across the living room and opened it up. It was full of pint²² bottles of Grey Goose vodka. "This is my construction team. They don't speak much English." She handed each guy a bottle and then cracked one open herself. "Time to get happy!" Dan went into the kitchen to make himself a cup of bad coffee. The construction guys smelled like paint thinner and were probably all psychopaths, just like Tiphany. But if they didn't speak English, he wouldn't have to talk to them, which was a good thing. like paint thinner and were probably all psychopaths, just like Tiphany. But if they didn't speak English, he wouldn't have to talk to them, which was a good thing. "'Prick²³ my finger, kiss my ass²⁴!'" Ruby's voice howled from out of the speakers. "Serena! I just met a girl named Serena!" a more melodic²⁵ group of voices echoed from outside the apartment. The front door was still open. Out in the hall stood a boyish blond boy followed by nine other guys, all wearing navy blue suits and Yale ties, with red roses in their buttonholes. "Is Serena here yet?" the blond boy asked. Actually, he didn't ask the question so much as sing it. "Noooot yeeeet" Tiphany sang back. "But cooommmme oonnn innnnn!" She handed each boy a bottle of Grey Goose. "Do you guys dance, too, or just sing?" Dan stood in the kitchen, chain-smoking and gulping²⁶ coffee. The party was turning into something out of West Side Story—the construction workers versus²⁷ the singers. Maybe there'd even be a rumble²⁸. Vanessa perched on the windowsill, filming people. The party was already so random²⁹, she couldn't imagine what would happen next. Then the front door edged open a crack and a white monkey wearing a little red monogrammed S T-shirt scampered³⁰ in. "Sweetie!" Tiphany cried, scooping³¹ the monkey up in her arms. "Tooter's asleep in the closet. But if he knew you were here, I bet he'd come out and play." "Anyone want a cigar?" Chuck Bass³² asked, brandishing³³ a handful of them. "My dad's footman just brought back a whole suitcaseful from Cuba." His footman? The Whiffenpoofs and Tiphany's construction team helped themselves to cigars. Tiphany carried Chuck's monkey over to the closet where Tooter was sleeping on the floor, curled up on top of Dan's favorite gray sweater. "No monkey business in there, okay, kids?" she said, closing the door partway to give them some privacy. She turned to Vanessa. "Now how 'bout⁵ that piercing?" Vanessa smiled nervously³⁴. "I always kind of wanted one on my lip." "Done!" Tiphany grabbed one of .her burly construction guys by the shirt. "Ice, needles, vodka, matches. In the bathroom. Go," she ordered, pushing him away again. Suddenly four blond girls wearing gray Georgetown sweatshirts appeared at the door, holding hands. "Is Blair Waldorf here yet?" one of them asked. "Not yet," Tiphany replied, as if she'd known Blair all her life. She doled³⁶ a bottle of vodka out to each girl. "But I'm giving piercings in the bathroom if you want to come." The four girls glanced giddily at one another, their shining. They'd always wanted matching tattoos³⁸. Matching navel pierces would be even better. "Let's do it!" they cried in unison³⁹. Vanessa put down her camera and followed them down the hall to the bathroom. After all, it was her birthday. Why shouldn't she? Because it was going to hurt like hell? b&n Yale had a full-time⁴⁰ baby-nurse who was sharing Myrtle's room, but whenever Blair heard the baby fuss, she'd dash into the room before the baby-nurse even got there and stroke Yale's bald head until she settled down again. She'd been doing it so regularly, the baby-nurse didn't even bother to get up when she heard Yale cry through the baby monitor, for soon enough she'd hear Blair croon, "Who's my little princess?" in a voice no one knew Blair was capable of. Tonight, though, the baby-nurse would actually have to do her job, because Blair was going out. "I'll be back in two hours," she promised her tiny sister. The cab let her off on a scrap⁴¹ of Broadway in Williamsburg that could only be described as miserable⁴². Garbage was strewn all over the sidewalk and every doorway⁴³ was scrawled⁴⁴ with graffiti. She supposed that shaven-headed freak Vanessa and her sister thought it was urban and tough and cool to live in a place like this, but Blair could live without urban and tough and cool, thank you very much. Fifth Avenue suited her just fine. The cab let her off on a scrap of Broadway in Williamsburg that could only be described as miserable. Garbage was strewn all over the sidewalk and every doorway was scrawled with graffiti. She supposed that shaven-headed freak Vanessa and her sister thought it was urban and tough and cool to live in a place like this, but Blair could live without urban and tough and cool, thank you very much. Fifth Avenue suited her just fine. "I think they left it open," said a familiar voice. Blair whipped around to find Nate standing⁴⁵ below her on the sidewalk. There they were, together, in Brooklyn. It was most unexpected. As if he wasn't the reason she'd come to the party in the first place. "I only came by to see who was here. I can't stay for long," she told him hastily. Nate looked kind of tired and unkempt, but in a cute way. Like he'd taken a nap in his clothes. Actually, he looked exactly the way she felt. "Me too," he said, shyly checking her out with those glittering green eyes of his. "You look pretty. I—I like your hair." Blair touched her hair. He was the only person in the entire universe who'd noticed that it was slightly darker than before. "Thanks." "So how's everything at home with the baby and all?" Nate asked. He shoved his hands in his pockets as though he wasn't sure what to do with them. Someone threw a bottle of vodka out of an upstairs window and it splintered on the sidewalk only twenty feet away. Blair stepped down off the cement slab⁴⁶. She wasn't going upstairs, not now. "Yale is . . ." Her voice trailed off as she struggled to find the right words to describe her little sister. "Perfect," she said finally. There was a happy sheen in Blair's eyes that hadn't been there before. "I'd really like to meet her sometime," Nate added. Blair reached for his arm. What were they doing at a party in Brooklyn that neither of them wanted to go to? "Let's go now." Just then a taxi pulled up and Serena, Jenny, Elisc, and tow guys dressed in matching banana yellow Dolce & Gabbana suits stepped out. Then another cab pulled up and out came four models in Carmen Miranda outfits⁴⁷ complete with fruit bowl headdresses. Then another cabload of models, and then the Raves⁴⁸—yes, the entire band, minus the lead singer, who had just quit—pulled up in yet another cab. "Our Hummer limo broke down so we had to get cabs," Jenny explained to Blair and Nate with a happy giggle¹². Blair tightened⁴⁹ her grip on Nate's arm and pulled him toward the first empty taxi. "Come on." Serena winked⁵⁰ as they climbed into the backseat. "Be good, you two!" Blair smiled and let her head fall back against the cab's fake-leather upholstery. Nate's leg was touching⁵¹ hers and her whole body was burning with the warmth of it. She felt kind of like Sandy at the end of the original Grease movie, when she and Danny ride off into the sky in that souped-up car, leaving everyone else at the school carnival⁵². It was always pretty obvious to Blair what Sandy and Danny were about to do next, what with Sandy wearing those black vinyl hot pants and everything. He couldn't keep his hands off her. "You're the one that I want—ooh, ooh, ooh, honey!" Nate slipped his hand between Blair's knees and left it there. Oh, she'd be good all right. j travels with an entourage Dan hardly recognized his sister. She and Serena burst into the party looking like movie stars in matching turquoise⁵³-and-black-striped leggings, white pointy ankle boots, and turquoise leather vests. matching turquoise-and-black-striped leggings, white pointy ankle boots, and turquoise leather vests. Very eighties biker bitch meets the Mod Squad⁵⁴. .Better still, they were followed by a whole crew of models and fashion people from their photo shoot, and the members of a very hot new band called the Raves. Elise was there, too, wearing the bright orange jumpsuit that Jonathan Joyce had given her as a gift for being such a doll on the shoot. Jenny sashayed up to Dan and kissed him on the cheek. "Happy birthday!" she squealed⁵⁵, even though she knew perfectly⁵⁶ well it wasn't his birthday. She'd had the time of her life today and she was brimming with adrenaline. "Where's Vanessa?" Dan tucked his ninetieth cigarette of the evening between his lips and lit it quickly. "In the bathroom, getting pierced," he answered bitterly. "Wow!" Jenny kissed him on the cheek again. "What a great party!" The band began to set up their equipment in the mom. Elise came over to drag Jenny away. "If you'll excuse us, Daniel, there's something I'd like to show Jennifer." She grabbed Jenny's elbow. "You've got to see this. It's in the closet." Would that be two little animals making fuzzy whoopee, perhaps? Dan didn't know what he'd been so worried about. Jenny was fine. Maybe that was the difference between fourteen and eighteen. When you were fourteen, something that seemed like the end of the world today could be completely forgotten tomorrow. When you were eighteen, your life was that much closer to being over. Oh, please. He's not even eighteen yet! The band began to play and immediately people started throwing their bodies around. In the last hour a steady stream of people had trickled⁵⁸ in and the apartment was packed with kids from every private school in Manhattan. Now that they were second-semester seniors, it didn't matter whether they knew Vanessa or not. Give them a reason to get crazy and people would turn up. Dan didn't much feel like dancing or getting crazy. Instead he decided⁵⁹ to get drunk. Wandering into the living room, he grabbed a bottle of Grey Goose from Tiphany's half-empty sack and then hunkered by the wall to drink and watch the band play. Chuck Bass was dancing with one of the girls from Georgetown. The girl's newly pierced navel was covered with a Band-Aid and the metal whistle hanging from a chain around her neck kept bobbing up and slapping her in her seriously pugged nose. Considering her dance partner, that whistle just might come in handy. A girl in army fatigues⁶⁰, complete with helmet and dog tags, walked up to Dan and saluted⁶². "Have you seen Blair Waldorf?" she asked. Dan shook his head and took a giant swig of vodka. He wasn't exactly sure how it would manifest itself, but his own brand of craziness was not far off. s can't keep her boys straight Serena danced with the two gay stylists from the shoot, their banana yellow suits clashing with her turquoise-and-black leggings in a garish⁶³ eighties way she just couldn't get enough of. "Serena?" A tall boy with silver-rimmed spectacles bobbed into her line of vision and took her hand. Serena stopped dancing, her heart all aflutter. It was Drew, from Harvard. Or was it Brown? "Hi," she said slowly, batting her fake eyelashes at him. She pointed⁶⁴ at her crazy striped leggings and pointy white boots. "You see, this is the way I normally dress." She was struggling now to place Drew. Already the boys had blurred⁶⁵ together. Was he the xylophone player or the painter? Drew smiled tightly. He looked sort of uncomfortable in his neatly⁶⁶ pressed J. Crew ensemble⁶⁷ and brown suede⁶⁸ shoes. It was as if he couldn't wait for her to say, Let's blow this joint⁶⁹ and go have an intimate cup of coffee someplace nice and quiet. Serena hesitated. She wanted to be that girl, she really did. The girl who drank coffee with her boyfriend. A couple. But she didn't want it badly enough to miss the party. All of a sudden someone grabbed her around the waist and lowered her into an exaggerated dip. Serena's breath caught in her throat as she gazed up into the square-jawed-jock face of Drew's meathead roommate. "Whoa!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide. All of a sudden someone grabbed her around the waist and lowered her into an exaggerated dip. Serena's breath caught in her throat as she gazed up into the square-jawed-jock face of Drew's meathead roommate. "Whoa!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide. Wade⁷⁰ pulled her close and kissed her on the lips. Smack⁷¹! "Aren't you glad?" he demanded. Serena didn't want to appear easy, but she had to admit that she was glad. The more the merrier, as far as she was concerned. A petite strawberry blond woman with a tidy black Kate Spade purse tapped her on the shoulder. "Do you know Nate Archibald?" the woman asked. Serena nodded. "He already left." Drew was still standing next to her, hands in his pockets, looking as if he needed something to do. "This is my friend Drew," Serena told the strawberry blond woman. "He goes to— "Harvard," Drew said, holding out his hand in that geekily charming way of his. On the other side of the room the Whiffenpoofs began singing backup for the Raves. They sounded fantastic. Serena stood on tiptoe to wave at them and all ten boys blew her a kiss. But wasn't there somebody missing? The artist from Brown. Didn't he love her as much as the others? Oh, did he ever. People were huddled⁷² by the windows, looking out at something happening down on the street. "Put me on your shoulders?" she asked Wade sweetly. Wade carried Serena over to the windows and she gazed over the tops of the onlookers⁷³' heads to see what all the fuss was about. Down on the street, someone was spray-painting a mural in shades of green and gold. It was Christian⁷⁴. His dark head bent⁷⁵ seriously over his work. As the mural took shape it became apparent that it was a portrait of Serena, with fluorescent⁷⁶ green butterflies in her hair and gold wings sprouting⁷⁷ out of her shoulders, like some sort of glorious angel. Serena giggled, embarrassed by Christian's gaudy⁷⁸ adoration⁷⁹, but reveling in it just the same. Maybe it wasn't true love she wanted after all. Maybe it was just . . . love. And that was all around her. b's teething rattle⁸⁰ turns n on "Walk on this side of the room," Blair whispered. "The floorboards creak over there." Nate followed her across the nursery, lit only by a paper moon nightlight, to where Yale lay sleeping in her white lace-covered bassinet. In the corner by the window, the life-size dappled gray pony⁸¹ he'd had sent over from FAO Schwarz stood watching them like a sentry⁸². The baby was swaddled in a pink blanket and was lying on her back, her face puckered⁸³ and red and new-looking. "See how her eyes are moving underneath⁸⁴ the lids," Blair whispered. "She's dreaming." Nate couldn't imagine what somebody so new to the world could be dreaming about, but he supposed it must be kind of like one of those dreams he had when he was severely⁸⁵ stoned. Nothing happened, he just felt stuff. And he always woke up hungry. Blair reached into the bassinet and retrieved⁸⁶ a little silver rattle. It looked like a tiny barbell. "This was mine when I was a baby." She turned it over. "See all the little bite marks?" She handed the rattle to Nate. At first glance it appeared smooth, but when he looked closely he could see hundreds of indentations. It was no surprise that Blair had been a various teether, obsessive⁸⁷ and aggressive right from the start. But there was something calm about her now, as if through soothing⁸⁸ the baby she'd learned to soothe⁸⁹ herself. Nate handed the rattle back and it shook noisily. Instantly, Yale began to fuss and whimper, her arms and legs lucking out in all directions and her face puckering⁹⁰ like a dried apricot. Blair leaned over the bassinet and picked her sister up. "Shhh," she whispered. "It was nothing. Go back to sleep." She rocked back and forth⁹¹ until Yale stopped fussing. Then she put the baby down and tucked the blanket up around her. "There. Go to sleep," she said again, and then looked up at Nate. and tucked the blanket up around her. "There. Go to sleep," she said again, and then looked up at Nate. The penthouse was so hushed, Blair could practically hear her own heart beating. Tyler and Aaron were watching movies in the library, and her mom and Cyrus were out. But she couldn't exactly have sex with Nate while Yale lay sleeping innocently in the next room. She closed her eyes and kissed him again before whispering, "Okay, I'm ready." Finally. J looks forward to a scandalous Mure Jenny had never been a big dancer, but how could she not dance in those crazy white pointy boots? And the amazing thing about her turquoise leather vest was it held everything in place. No boob whiplash. No accidental groping. No wiggly-wobbly. Even without the vest, though, she would have been okay. Better than okay. The Raves stopped playing and announced that they were taking a short break. The Whiffenpoofs, however, were just getting going. "One, two, a one, two, three—"they began to sing in their traditional a cappella harmony. " Jenny, oh, Jennifer," they began to serenade her. "Serena's little sister, Jennifer. They don't look alike. One's tall, one's short, but they're the craziest gals⁹³ in any pan." Serena came and draped her arm around Jenny's shoulders, swaying back and forth to the song. The other party-goers drifted back and forth across the room, not paying much attention now that the real music had cut out. "Jennifer, she's got big huge bazongas!" Chuck Bass sang loudly as he staggered past the two girls, shaking his ass drunkenly with his monkey on his shoulders and his military school beret on his head. A few titters echoed throughout the room. Uh-oh. "You know they did it once, right?" a girl from Seaton Arms whispered to her friend. "Got caught at a party in October, in the bathroom. She was, like, totally naked and Chuck was giving it to her on the toilet." "I thought he was gay," said a girl wearing a brand-new Vassar T-shirt. "Everyone wants to squeeze Jenny's great big boobeez!" Chuck carried on obnoxiously⁹⁴. "Chuck Bass has a hairy ass!" Serena countered loudly. "Just ignore him," she told Jenny. But instead of turning purple with outrage⁹⁵ and utter shame, Jenny couldn't stop giggling⁹⁶. Two weeks ago Chuck's little performance would have been devastating⁹⁷. Now everyone was laughing at him, not with him. And now that she'd been through a scandal—or two or three—and come out ahead, she was more resilient. She had a past, a history. She was the girl no one would be able to stop talking about. Big bazongas and all, she, Jennifer, was destined⁹⁸ for success. And if life took a crappy turn and things went irreparably wrong, she could always get sent to boarding school like her father had threatened. There she could reinvent herself. Maybe she'd even come back from boarding school and reinvent herself again, just like Serena had done. She might even have as many boyfriends as Serena. One day. d explores a new talent "Could I borrow a smoke, bro?" Damian Polk, the lead guitarist of the Raves and one of Dan's musical favorites, asked him. Dan was too drunk to be starstruck. He held up the rumpled⁹⁹ half-empty pack of Camels he'd opened only a half hour ago, then Damian lit his cigarette with Dan's yellow plastic Bic. Damian was wearing a sort of brown canvas military, coat with words in Finnish or some other random language painted on it in black. It was the type of coat only a famous person could get away with. "Don't happen to know who lives here, do you?" he asked. Bic. Damian was wearing a sort of brown canvas military, coat with words in Finnish or some other random language painted on it in black. It was the type of coat only a famous person could get away with. "Don't happen to know who lives here, do you?" he asked. Damian nodded thoughtfully. "Any idea who wrote all those songs in those black leather books in the other room?" Dan wondered suddenly if he hadn't passed out and was dreaming this entire conversation. "Poems," he corrected, blinking away the happy melodic notes of the Whiffenpoofs, who were still serenading his sister. A tall guy with wire-rimmed glasses and a short woman with strawberry blond hair tangoed across the floor. "Those are my poems." He tried to stand up but his ankles buckled¹⁰¹ and he slumped¹⁰² against the wall again. If he didn't move soon, he was going to piss himself. Damian tucked his coat behind him and squatted¹⁰³ down in front of Dan. "I'm telling you, man, they're songs." Dan stared woodenly at the famous five-inch-long scar that cut across Damian's famous forehead. It was supposedly from a BMX bike accident. Was he brain damaged or something? "Dude," he insisted. "I wrote them. They're poems." "Songs. Songs, songs, songs." Damian held out his hand and coaxed¹⁰⁴ Dan into a standing position. "Come on, I'll show you." Dan stumbled along after Damian, bumping into people and slurring¹⁰⁵ his sorrys. "When you guys gonna start playing again?" someone yelled. "Soon, asshole," Damian muttered, giving them the finger. Vanessa's room was just as crowded as the living room. The other members of the Raves were gathered on her bed, sorting through Dan's notebooks. "Did you see this one? It's called 'Sluts,'" the bass player told Damian, holding up the poem. "It'd be the perfect, like, pissed-off love ballad¹⁰⁶, you know? Like the perfect middle song for a show. Especially after this funny one, 'Killing¹⁰⁷ Tooter.'" Dan stared at them. There was still a very good chance he was dreaming or had died after being stepped on by one of Tiphany's huge construction-worker friends. Damian nudged him forward. "I found the guy who wrote them. He's good-looking enough to be a front man." Dan swayed in front of the others. Front man? "But can he sing?" the drummer asked, giving Dan the once-over and pulling on his weird, scary mustache. The Raves had a mixed-bag kind of style. Part cool older brother, part serial¹⁰⁸ killer¹⁰⁹. Sing? Damian clapped Dan on the back. "You'll give it a try, won't you? They're your songs, after all. Sing 'em however you want to. We play pretty loud, so you'll feel like you're shouting." He patted Dan's back again. "Just make it sound good, yeah?" "Yeah." As he followed the band into the living room, Dan felt like his body was in the hands of some maniacal¹¹⁰ puppeteer¹¹¹ with a very twisted sense of humor. Next thing he knew, he'd be taking his shirt off. Well, he is the front man, after all. The drummer whacked¹¹² his drums a few times and a hush⁹² of anticipation¹¹³ fell over the room. "We'll do 'Killing Tooter' first, yeah?" he asked Dan. Dan nodded. He barely knew the words, but he was so drunk anyway, it wasn't like he'd be enunciating. The band broke into a frenetic, rhythmic¹¹⁴, slamming beat with an undulating bass line. It was perfect for the poem, or song, or whatever the fuck anyone wanted to call it. '"You hungry? I made you something! Die, Tooter, die!'" Dan screamed into the microphone. " 'You tired? I'll put you to sleep! Die, Tooter, die!'" 'You tired? I'll put you to sleep! Die, Tooter, die!'" The room was packed and immediately people picked up on the craziness of the moment, slam dancing and taking their clothes off. Dan ripped off his shirt. What the hell? He gave everyone the finger. '"You want some more? Come and get it! Die, Tooter, die!'" Okay, so maybe he was completely shit-faced, but this was still better than wallowing in self-pity and dust bunnies back in the corner. And at least he knew now, after all these years, that he'd been writing twisted, morbid¹¹⁵ songs, not poems. v gets a kick in the ass "Yo, is there somebody named Vanessa in there?" a guy yelled from outside the bathroom. "Yeah?" Vanessa called back, and opened the door a crack. For the last half hour she'd been bent over the bathroom sink, running her lip under cold water, but it was still bleeding. The guy shoved the phone into her hand. He was shirtless, and had a tattoo³⁷ of a snake on his chest. "Same bitch called like five hundred times. Doesn't she get we're trying to listen to music out here?" Vanessa took the phone and cradled it between her chin and shoulder while Tiphany applied ice to her lip. "Hello?" "Hey, it's your sister, remember me?" Ruby shouted on the other end of the line. "What the fuck is going on over there?" "I'm having a party," Vanessa explained, although it hardly explained anything. Ruby knew perfectly well that, other than Dan, Vanessa had exactly zero friends. "Oh, yes, Miss Birthday Girl? And who might be attending this party?" Vanessa glanced at Tiphany. "Is that your sister?" Tiphany mouthed. Vanessa nodded, and Tiphany pressed a fistful of Ice into her hand. "Catch you later." She kicked away the blood-soaked towels littering the bathroom floor, leaving the door open behind her as she left. The cacophony¹¹⁶ of music and shouting and the smell of smoke and vodka almost knocked Vanessa over. "Is that the Raves—live? What, did MTV like hire you to film their video or something?" Ruby demanded. "I'm not sure," Vanessa answered honestly. She knew the party had swelled¹¹⁷ tremendously since she'd disappeared into the bathroom, but she hadn't realized to what extent. "So anyway, Tiphany has been staying here." "Tiphany who?" "Tiphany. You gave her the key. She said you told her she could crash here for as long as she wanted. She's been sleeping on your bed." Ruby was silent for a moment. "Wait, I think I know who you're talking about. She has a ferret, right? And she comes with this whole story about how she's traveled the world and done all these things and she just needs a place to crash for a while?" Check. "I can't believe she still has the key. Don't you remember the story about the girl who was, like, squatting¹¹⁸ in the apartment when I moved in? I finally got the landlord to get rid of her, and the whole time she acted like we were best friends." That did kind of sound like Tiphany. "But she's not even from here," Vanessa faltered¹¹⁹. "She's from all over. She's got wanderlust." It was one of Tiphany's favorite words, but boy did it sound idiotic¹²⁰ when Vanessa said it. "She's a fuckup," Ruby corrected. "And a user. I bet she hasn't paid for any food or anything since she's been there. Except maybe alcohol." Vanessa didn't know what to say. It was true. She and Dan had basically been feeding Tiphany for over a week. for over a week. Vanessa was on the verge¹²¹ of tears. How could she have been so stupid and let this girl she didn't even know takeover her life? It was like Poison Ivy¹²², that awful Drew Barrymore movie Vanessa was embarrassed to admit she'd rented, where bad girl Drew moves in with a nice innocent girl and totally ruins her life. "I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" Ruby promised. "Okay." Vanessa hung up. Her hands were shaking. She tossed the phone into the sink and stormed into the living room, forgetting all about her bleeding lip. Christ. The apartment was mobbed. Girls from Constance Billard and Seaton Arms and all the other schools Vanessa wished she had nothing to do with were slam dancing and gyrating their asses¹⁰⁰ against the pelvises of boys from St. Jude's and Riverside Prep. The members of Tiphany's "construction team," who Vanessa now suspected were probably professional burglars or worse, were attacking the living room wall with Tiphany's pick-axe; Tiphany's ferret and Chuck Bass's monkey were chasing each other and humping on Ruby's futon; and Tiphany herself was parked in front of the TV, playing one of the films Vanessa had made a few months back for all to see. But where was Dan? Had she been ignoring him or was he ignoring her? Pushing through the crowd, Vanessa lunged at Tiphany and yanked the remote out of her hand. "That's private!" she yelled, snapping the TV off. Little by little she could feel her old outraged¹²³, pissed-off self coming back . . . and it felt great. What made her even more angry was that Tiphany had stolen it away from her. Atta girl. Tiphany laughed her goofy, loud, ain't-we-just-the-bestest-friends laugh. "Dan's a boring poet, and a really bad actor." She pointed across the living room. "But mix them together and look what you get!" Vanessa glared at her, and then turned to see what she was pointing at. She didn't know how she could have missed it. There was Dan, standing on top of an overturned milk crate¹²⁴, shirtless and sweaty, biting the microphone as he spat¹²⁵ out the words to his poems, pretending they were songs. She turned away again. She'd deal with him later. "That's my sister's shirt," she told Tiphany levelly. "Put it back." Tiphany's mouth opened slightly. "You're wearing her pants." "She's my sister. Give it back," Vanessa ordered. "And then find your friends and your goddamned ferret and get the fuck out of here." The rage that had been building since her conversation with Ruby in the bathroom suddenly consumed her. It was her birthday and no one seemed to give a flying fuck that they were trashing her house. She didn't even know most of these people. "Fuck everybody!" she shouted. "I want you all fucking out!!" Of course no one could hear her, not over the din³⁵ of Dan's drunken howl. Vanessa had one thing going for her, though. It was her apartment and she knew where the fuse box was. Shoving her way past a half-naked sweaty boy and his teetering- drunk girlfriend, she tore into the kitchen, climbed up on the counter, and opened the metal box above the stove. With a flick¹²⁶ of a few switches, the music went dead and the only light left on was the one above her head. "EVERYBODY OUT!" she shouted again, her mouth opening inhumanly¹²⁷ wide, like Lucy on Peanuts when she's seriously pissed off at Charlie Brown, which hurt like hell with such a newly pierced lip. "What the fuck?" a guy wearing nothing but a pair of orange Princeton boxer¹²⁸ shorts demanded. "Who the hell is she?" his girlfriend whined¹²⁹. But these were well-bred kids, and no one likes to stick around at a party when they're not welcome. Slowly, people began to trickle⁵⁷ out the door and down the stairs. Vanessa even thought she heard the distinct sound of a pick-axe clattering¹³⁰ to the floor. heard the distinct sound of a pick-axe clattering to the floor. "Why didn't she just ask us to keep it down or something?" somebody grumbled¹³¹. "What are we supposed to do now? It's only midnight," someone else complained. Of course Chuck Bass had the perfect solution. "We'll move the party to my house!!" he cried, gathering¹³² up his monkey and tucking it into his shirt. He put his arm around two of the blond Georgetown girls. "You can even sleep over if you want." Tiphany stalked past the kitchen wearing only a black bra, which was probably Ruby's too. She tossed something at Vanessa. "There's her goddamned shirt." Vanessa didn't think that sort of behavior warranted a response. She watched with smug satisfaction as Tiphany grabbed her ferret by the scruff of the neck and dragged her army duffel bag across the living room and out the door. It wasn't like she'd be homeless. Chuck had plenty of mom. d and v do it with words There were only a few stragglers left now. Vanessa turned the fuses back on and surveyed the damage. She would have to hire a cleaning service to help her deal with it. Maybe she could find some way to charge it to Tiphany. Dan was on his hands and knees, looking for his shirt and shoes. His scraggly brown hair was matted over his eyes and he, could barely see. Vanessa hopped¹³³ off the stove. "You can stay," she told him gently. What had happened was her fault, after all. If she hadn't been so swept up in Tiphany's bullshit, she and Dan would be living together and getting along fine instead of drowning in disaster. Dan found one Puma¹³⁴ sneaker and shoved it on. One was better than none. He stood up. Vanessa's upper lip was crusty with blood but she still looked better than he felt. "Gotta catch up with the band. They want me to be their front man," he slurred¹³⁵ with drunken urgency. Vanessa had no idea what he was talking about. Maybe if they just sat down and talked to each other like they always used to, things would go back to normal. "It's my birthday," she reminded him, trying to keep her voice from breaking. "Will you read me the poem you wrote for me?" Dan shook his head. Nearly everything he'd ever written was for Vanessa. "It's a song. They're all songs." "Whatever." Vanessa retrieved the piece of paper from the bathroom drawer, grateful that some nosy¹³⁶ girl hadn't rummaged¹³⁷ around in there for some hair gel or something and taken the poem with her. She handed it to Dan and sat down in front of him. It was such a relief just to be alone together again, even if the walls were crumbling¹³⁸ down around them. Dan's heart was still pumping wildly, but the rest of his body had slowed way down. He read the poem carefully, his tongue heavy with liquor and fatigue⁶¹. a list of things you love: black steel-toed boots dead pigeons dirty rain irony me a list of things I love: cigarettes coffee you and your apple-white arms but the thing about lists is they tend to get lost "They are lyrics¹³⁹, aren't they?" Dan observed. "I mean, that would be so much better with music." He tried to reread the poem again to himself, but the words began to dance around the page and he couldn't make sense of them anymore. He knew he'd written them for a reason, but he couldn't remember what the reason was. Vanessa made a funny little gasping¹⁴⁰ sound and he looked up to find her crying the gaspy, chokey sort of crying of someone who doesn't cry very often. Only a moment ago Dan had been having a ball, shouting his lungs out into u microphone. How had everything gotten so serious all of a sudden? Vanessa took his hand. Her face was wet and blotchy¹⁴¹, her nose was running, and there was a bloody¹⁴² silver ring in her upper lip. "Look, I know everything is all messed up, but it's still gonna be okay. I mean, it's just like in your poem. I like ugly things. We both like it when things aren't perfect, right?" Dan's hand hung limply in hers. He knew what Vanessa was saying was important, but he couldn't concentrate. What he needed was a cigarette, and as far as he could remember he was all out. Or maybe his cigarettes were with his other shoe. "I need to find my shoe," he told her. The tears kept falling. Vanessa gripped his hand tightly, desperate to finish what she'd started, to explain what she thought Dan's poem meant and how true she thought it was. "We don't have to go to the same school or even live together. We can just be." She wiped her nose on the back of her free hand. There were little spots of blood on her zebra-striped pants from her piercing. She rubbed at them angrily. "No matter what we do, we'll always sort of be together, right?" Dan nodded. "Right," he agreed robotically. It wasn't that he didn't feel her pain, he just couldn't have such an intense conversation right now. Vanessa's shoulders shook with a silent sob¹⁴³. She wiped her nose again, leaned forward, and kissed him on the lips. Dan tried to kiss her back, but he was afraid of hurting her lip. "All right." She let go of his hand and attempted a smile. "Get out of here. Go be a rock star or whatever." Dan stared at her. She was letting him go? Duh. "Would you just leave already?!" Vanessa gave his chest a nudge as she fought back another round of sobs¹⁴⁴. Dan scrambled¹⁴⁵ to his feet. He could barely see the floor, it was so littered with cigarette butts¹⁴⁶, empty bottles, left-behind clothes, and destroyed crap. "I can come back tomorrow and help clean up," he offered lamely¹⁴⁷ as he limped away through the mess. Like tomorrow he was going to be all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and ready to put on rubber gloves and mop up with the Mr. Clean? b and n do it for real "You still have this?" Blair pulled the moss-green cashmere V-neck she'd given Nate over a year ago off the back of his desk chair, where he'd left it the night before. She turned it inside out, checking to see if the tiny gold heart pendant she'd sewn inside one of the sleeves was still there. It was. Nate stood in the middle of the room, watching her. He wanted to whip his clothes off, grab her, and throw her on the bed, but he knew from experience that Blair liked to do things her way, so he would have to try and wait. Blair put the sweater down and ran her hand over the model sailboat on Nate's desk. Beside it was a picture of him and his buddies¹⁴⁸ from St. Jude's, holding up the two big fish they'd caught on a fishing trip up in Maine. With his strong, tanned arms, broad white smile, golden brown hair, and glittering green eyes, Nate was the cutest of them all. Not that she hadn't always known that. was a picture of him and his buddies from St. Jude's, holding up the two big fish they'd caught on a fishing trip up in Maine. With his strong, tanned arms, broad white smile, golden brown hair, and glittering green eyes, Nate was the cutest of them all. Not that she hadn't always known that. "Do you want to listen to some music or put a movie on or something?" Nate asked, wondering if he needed to enhance the mood. If only he had some candles or incense¹⁴⁹ or something. Massage¹⁵⁰ oil? Handcuffs? Okay, let's not get carried away. Blair walked over to the bookshelf and turned on the ridiculous globe lamp that Nate had had since he was five. Then she switched off the overhead light. Light from the globe mingled¹⁵¹ with the moonlight shining through the skylight overhead, casting the room in a soft blue glow. "There." She kicked off her black Kate Spade flats. Her toes were painted dark red and looked sexy even to her. She grinned at Nate. "Come here." He did as he was told, tucking his hands up under her shirt and helping¹⁵² her off with it while she practically tore his head off removing his. Her bra was filmy, white, and wireless¹⁵³, and when she unhooked it, it fell away like tissue paper to the floor. Nate stood his ground. He'd gotten this far so many times before, it wouldn't have surprised him if Blair's mom knocked on the door and told them that she was actually having triplets and the other two babies were arriving just this minute. Blair wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her body into his. All the times she'd imagined doing it, she'd put herself and Nate in place of the actors in a love scene in some old movie. Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper in Love in the Afternoon. Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in Body Heat. But this was so much better, because it was real, and it felt so nice. He couldn't stop kissing her. She guided his hand down to the waistband of her jeans and then reached for his. Okay, maybe no one was going to knock on the door and the sky wasn't going to fall in. Maybe this time it was really going to happen. She pulled him backwards¹⁵⁴ onto the bed and they shimmied out of their pants and underwear. Then there was nothing left but them. They kissed again in every kissable spot, until it became obvious that certain measures needed to be taken. Nate fumbled¹⁵⁵ in his bedside bureau drawer for a condom. Now for the awkward part. Only it wasn't awkward. Without a word, Blair took the condom, kissed her way down his body, and carefully rolled it on. There. All better. Nate had forgotten what it was like being with Blair. How touching her wasn't a haunted-house experience, where he blindly had to guess where things were and what they were, and wound up bumping into walls. With Blair, he just knew. And everything seemed to fit just right. Blair didn't even have to tell Nate to slow down. They were so in sync, all she had to do was close her eyes and wrap her arms around him, arch her back a little, and feel it happening. Toda! When it was over, they lay on their backs, holding hands and smiling up at the ceiling, because they knew that in a few minutes they could do it again. They could spend the rest of their lives doing it if they wanted to. Have food sent up to Nate's wing of the town house. Take their finals online. "Maybe I won't even go to college," Nate mused¹⁵⁶. Why should he, when there was so much pleasure to be had? He kissed her hand. "We could sail around the world together. Have adventures." Blair closed her eyes and tried to imagine sailing around the world with Nate on the yacht he'd build especially for them. "I'd wear a different Missoni bikini every day and have the best tan," she whispered out loud. In her head the fantasy continued. Their bodies would be all strong and wiry from working on the yacht and from their diet of raw fish, seaweed, and champagne¹⁵⁷. At night they'd make love under the stars and in the morning they'd make love to the sound of the seagulls' caws. They'd have beautiful, tan, blond, green-eyed babies who swam like dolphins and never wore clothes. They'd stop in exotic ports, where the natives would dance for them and give them gifts of rare jewels and furs. Eventually, they'd amass¹⁵⁸ such a collection of treasure, they'd be known around the world as the richest seafarers in the universe, and pirates would come after them to plunder¹⁵⁹ their booty and steal their impossibly beautiful Ralph Lauren model-type children. By then, having nothing better to do with all those hours on the boat, she and Nate would have their black belts in karate¹⁶⁰, and they would fight off the pirates, sending them plunging¹⁶¹ to their deaths in the shark-infested seas. Then they would sail off into the moonlight, unharmed, and more in love than ever. and in the morning they'd make love to the sound of the seagulls' caws. They'd have beautiful, tan, blond, green-eyed babies who swam like dolphins and never wore clothes. They'd stop in exotic ports, where the natives would dance for them and give them gifts of rare jewels and furs. Eventually, they'd amass such a collection of treasure, they'd be known around the world as the richest seafarers in the universe, and pirates would come after them to plunder their booty and steal their impossibly beautiful Ralph Lauren model-type children. By then, having nothing better to do with all those hours on the boat, she and Nate would have their black belts in karate, and they would fight off the pirates, sending them plunging to their deaths in the shark-infested seas. Then they would sail off into the moonlight, unharmed, and more in love than ever. "Or maybe we'll both go to Yale," she said hopefully. Some doctor at her mom's hospital had left a note with her doorman today saying he wanted to write her a recommendation to Yale's premed program. She'd never considered becoming a doctor, but if it was going to get her into Yale, why not? "I'll play lacrosse and major in geology," Nate murmured into her hair. "Yes," Blair agreed dreamily. Nate would excavate¹⁶² the Connecticut woods looking for rocks and wearing the beautiful Aran sweaters she'd knit for him during her lengthy¹⁶³ premed lectures. All the female premed students would be in love with a brilliant young biologist who also happened to be Blair's advisor¹⁶⁴, but she would pay him no mind—she'd only have eyes for Nate. "And we'll live together," she added aloud. In a ramshackle old Victorian house right near campus. They'd make hot cider on the wood stove and cook s'mores in the fireplace. Nate grinned happily. "We'll get a Great Dane." "No, two great Danes and two cats," Blair corrected. And they'd be so involved in their studies and making love on their antique bed in their creaky Victorian bedroom that they'd forget to cut their hair or buy new clothes and they'd look like hippies, but they'd still graduate magna cum laude. "And we'll get married," he whispered. "Yes." Blair squeezed his hand beneath the sheets. They'd have a gigantic wedding in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and when they returned from their yearlong honeymoon¹⁶⁵ in the south of France, they'd live in a Fifth Avenue penthouse overlooking the park. She'd be the surgeon general of New York, and he'd stay home with their four golden-haired, green-eyed children, building sailboats in the living room. And he'd always pack a Hershey's Kiss in her lunch to show that he loved her. Blair turned over and rested her head on Nate's chest. The possibilities were endless, but they didn't have to decide now. The only decision they had to make right now was whether to do it again, or wait a few minutes and then do it. His heartbeat rang in her ears, an urgent, vibrate sound. She lifted her head and kissed him. Why wait? gossipgirl.co.uk topics previous next post a question reply Disclaimer: All the real names of places, people, and events have been altered or abbreviated¹⁶⁶ to protect the innocent. Namely, me. HEY, PEOPLE! A movable feast Last I checked, everyone was still breathing, barely. Would last night—which wound up carrying on until late this afternoon—count as one party or two? Were those really the Raves, or just some geeky Williamsburg bar band impersonating them? And was our own favorite Upper West Side poet really so drunk that he couldn't find his other shoe? Not that it affected¹⁶⁷ his singing. He almost sounded better in Manhattan than he did in Brooklyn, but maybe that's because we were all so merry by then. My favorite part of the evening was when those blond girls with the matching Georgetown sweatshirts and the whistles and tummy Band-Aids did a little cheerleader cheer to the music and then invited all the guys into the bedroom to play spin-the-bottle. And I'd heard Georgetown girls were all so chaste¹⁶⁸. Two notably¹⁶⁹ missing persons remained missing throughout the evening, and are still reported missing. Word has it they are missing together and that for the remainder of the school year we will have to watch them being sappy together because love is a beautiful thing and blah, blah, blah. But I'm sure we can drum up a few surprises to make their lives more interesting— right? Your e-mail Dear GG, I'm just worried about my sister. She had a huge party in Brooklyn last night and a lot of shit went down. Chances are you were there. Is she okay? —rb Dear rb, She looked too pissed off when she kicked us all out to be permanently¹⁷⁰ scarred. We girls are pretty resilient. Although her lip may take some time to heal, and she could definitely use some help with the cleanup. —GG Dear GG, Okay, so we go all the way up to New York to recruit this girl to go to our school and then she totally disappears. THEN we wind up, like, almost breaking this pact¹⁷¹ that has basically been our mission in life for two years. It's all her fault, and we really don't want her to go to our school or be in our sisterhood anyway. —bees Dear bees, I'm not sure what I can do to help you out at this point. You've still got each other—right? —GG Sightings S hosting a small all-male brunch¹⁷² at her Fifth Avenue apartment. Last the staff checked, the table was set for fourteen. J and D signing autographs outside MTV studios. They may not be famous yet, but if you act famous, the world is your oyster¹⁷³. V putting upROOMMATE wanted signs throughout Williamsburg. C and his black-and-purple-haired girl chum pushing their pets in a doll carriage through the Central Park Zoo. Looks like he's found the perfect nanny for his monkey while he's away at West Point next year. Missing persons: B and N. Last seen sprinting¹⁷⁴ from her building on Seventy-second Street and Fifth to his town house on Eighty-second Street off Park around eleven-thirty last night. My head is still spinning with visions of monkeys and ferrets and girls in turquoise leather vests, but I'm not too hungover to throw out more questions: Are D and V still together, or is it a just-friends thing now? What kind of "roommate" is she looking for exactly? Will D become an internationally famous rock god? Will B finally get into Yale? Will she have to join the army or become a doctor to do it? Will B and N and S all go to Yale together? Is that really a good idea? Will J become a famous and untouchable supermodel or will she mess up again and have to go to boarding school to escape the burning stares of passersby¹⁷⁵? Will N ever be unfaithful to B again? If so, will he consider doing it with me?
I know you're dying to find out. But first, please, go home and get some rest. You know you love me, gossip girl

The End

1 squinting   

斜视( squint的现在分词 )； 眯着眼睛； 瞟； 从小孔或缝隙里看

参考例句：

• "More company," he said, squinting in the sun. "那边来人了，"他在阳光中眨巴着眼睛说。
• Squinting against the morning sun, Faulcon examined the boy carefully. 对着早晨的太阳斜起眼睛，富尔康仔细地打量着那个年轻人。

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

4 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。

5 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

6 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

7 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

8 melancholy   

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。

9 smeared   

弄脏； 玷污； 涂抹； 擦上

参考例句：

• The children had smeared mud on the walls. 那几个孩子往墙上抹了泥巴。
• A few words were smeared. 有写字被涂模糊了。

10 imprint   

n.印痕，痕迹；深刻的印象；vt.压印，牢记

参考例句：

• That dictionary is published under the Longman imprint.那本词典以朗曼公司的名义出版。
• Her speech left its imprint on me.她的演讲给我留下了深刻印象。

11 giggled   

v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
• The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 giggle   

n.痴笑，咯咯地笑；v.咯咯地笑着说

参考例句：

• Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
• All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。

13 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。

14 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

15 denim   

n.斜纹棉布；斜纹棉布裤，牛仔裤

参考例句：

• She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
• Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。

16 eavesdropped   

偷听（别人的谈话）( eavesdrop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He eavesdropped on our conversation. 他偷听了我们的谈话。
• He has just eavesdropped two sweethearts. 他刚刚偷听了两个情人的谈话。

17 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

18 ominously   

adv.恶兆地，不吉利地；预示地

参考例句：

• The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块，在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mammy shook her head ominously. 嬷嬷不祥地摇着头。 来自飘（部分）

19 buzzer   

n.蜂鸣器；汽笛

参考例句：

• The buzzer went off at eight o'clock.蜂鸣器在8点钟时响了。
• Press the buzzer when you want to talk.你想讲话的时候就按蜂鸣器。

20 tugged   

v.用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
• A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 stomped   

v.跺脚，践踏，重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲，重步走出办公室。
• She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门，暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句

22 pint   

n.品脱

参考例句：

• I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
• In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前，花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。

23 prick   

v.刺伤，刺痛，刺孔；n.刺伤，刺痛

参考例句：

• He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时，他感到剧烈的疼痛。
• He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳，气球就爆了。

24 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

25 melodic   

adj.有旋律的，调子美妙的

参考例句：

• His voice had a rich melodic quality.他的音色浑厚而优美。
• He spoke with a soft husky voice in a melodic accent.他微微沙哑的声音带着一种悠扬的口音。

26 gulping   

v.狼吞虎咽地吃，吞咽( gulp的现在分词 )；大口地吸（气）；哽住

参考例句：

• She crawled onto the river bank and lay there gulping in air. 她爬上河岸，躺在那里喘着粗气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• And you'll even feel excited gulping down a glass. 你甚至可以感觉到激动下一杯。 来自互联网

27 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

28 rumble   

n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说

参考例句：

• I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
• We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。

29 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

30 scampered   

v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑，惊惶奔跑( scamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The cat scampered away. 猫刺棱一下跑了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The rabbIt'scampered off. 兔子迅速跑掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

31 scooping   

n.捞球v.抢先报道( scoop的现在分词 )；（敏捷地）抱起；抢先获得；用铲[勺]等挖（洞等）

参考例句：

• Heated ice cream scoop is used for scooping really cold ice cream. 加热的冰淇淋勺是用来舀非常凉的冰淇淋的。 来自互联网
• The scoop-up was the key phase during a scooping cycle. 3个区间中，铲取区间是整个作业循环的关键。 来自互联网

32 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

33 brandishing   

v.挥舞( brandish的现在分词 )；炫耀

参考例句：

• The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword. 那个骑士挥舞着剑，来到罗宾汉面前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife. 他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。 来自辞典例句

34 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

35 din   

n.喧闹声，嘈杂声

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。
• They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd.他们力图让自己的声音盖过人群的喧闹声。

36 doled   

救济物( dole的过去式和过去分词 )； 失业救济金

参考例句：

• The food was doled out to the poor. 食品分发给了穷人。
• Sisco briskly doled out the United States positions on the key issues. 西斯科轻快地把美国在重大问题上的立场放了出去。

37 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

38 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》

39 unison   

n.步调一致，行动一致

参考例句：

• The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
• My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。

40 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

41 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

42 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

43 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

44 scrawled   

乱涂，潦草地写( scrawl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我尽量弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。
• Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it -- I got more." 汤姆在他的写字板上写了几个字：“请你收下吧，我多得是哩。”

45 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。

46 slab   

n.平板，厚的切片；v.切成厚板，以平板盖上

参考例句：

• This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
• The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成，它们共同支撑着一块平板。

47 outfits   

n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 )；一套服装；集体；组织v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
• Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have a puncture. 有些骑自行车的人带修理工具，因为他们车胎可能小孔。 来自辞典例句

48 raves   

n.狂欢晚会( rave的名词复数 )v.胡言乱语( rave的第三人称单数 )；愤怒地说；咆哮；痴心地说

参考例句：

• She raves about that singer. 她醉心地谈论那位歌手。 来自辞典例句
• His new play received raves in the paper. 他的新剧本在报纸上受到赞扬。 来自辞典例句

49 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

50 winked   

v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮

参考例句：

• He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼，她便知道他的想法和她一样。
• He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

51 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

52 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

53 turquoise   

n.绿宝石；adj.蓝绿色的

参考例句：

• She wore a string of turquoise round her neck.她脖子上戴着一串绿宝石。
• The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise.那些女人戴着由绿松石制成的精美项链。

54 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

55 squealed   

v.长声尖叫，用长而尖锐的声音说( squeal的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He squealed the words out. 他吼叫着说出那些话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The brakes of the car squealed. 汽车的刹车发出吱吱声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

56 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。

57 trickle   

vi.淌，滴，流出，慢慢移动，逐渐消散

参考例句：

• The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
• The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

58 trickled   

v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Blood trickled down his face. 血从他脸上一滴滴流下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tears trickled down her cheeks. 热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

59 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

60 fatigues   

n.疲劳( fatigue的名词复数 )；杂役；厌倦；（士兵穿的）工作服

参考例句：

• The patient fatigues easily. 病人容易疲劳。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Instead of training the men were put on fatigues/fatigue duty. 那些士兵没有接受训练，而是派去做杂务。 来自辞典例句

61 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

62 saluted   

v.欢迎，致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• The sergeant stood to attention and saluted. 中士立正敬礼。
• He saluted his friends with a wave of the hand. 他挥手向他的朋友致意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

63 garish   

adj.华丽而俗气的，华而不实的

参考例句：

• This colour is bright but not garish.这颜色艳而不俗。
• They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。

64 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。

65 blurred   

v.（使）变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）难以区分；模模糊糊；迷离

参考例句：

• She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她饱受头晕目眩之苦。
• Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他们那种慢吞吞、含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

66 neatly   

adv.整洁地，干净地，灵巧地，熟练地

参考例句：

• Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
• The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。

67 ensemble   

n.合奏(唱)组；全套服装；整体，总效果

参考例句：

• We should consider the buildings as an ensemble.我们应把那些建筑物视作一个整体。
• It is ensemble music for up to about ten players,with one player to a part.它是最多十人演奏的合奏音乐，每人担任一部分。

68 suede   

n.表面粗糙的软皮革

参考例句：

• I'm looking for a suede jacket.我想买一件皮制茄克。
• Her newly bought suede shoes look very fashionable.她新买的翻毛皮鞋看上去非常时尚。

69 joint   

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。

70 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

71 smack   

vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍

参考例句：

• She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
• I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。

72 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

73 onlookers   

n.旁观者，观看者( onlooker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
• The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外，以示尊敬。

74 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

75 bent   

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。

76 fluorescent   

adj.荧光的，发出荧光的

参考例句：

• They observed the deflections of the particles by allowing them to fall on a fluorescent screen.他们让粒子落在荧光屏上以观察他们的偏移。
• This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color.这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩。

77 sprouting   

v.发芽( sprout的现在分词 )；抽芽；出现；（使）涌现出

参考例句：

• new leaves sprouting from the trees 树上长出的新叶
• They were putting fresh earth around sprouting potato stalks. 他们在往绽出新芽的土豆秧周围培新土。 来自名作英译部分

78 gaudy   

adj.华而不实的；俗丽的

参考例句：

• She was tricked out in gaudy dress.她穿得华丽而俗气。
• The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.浮华的蝴蝶却相信花是应该向它道谢的。

79 adoration   

n.爱慕，崇拜

参考例句：

• He gazed at her with pure adoration.他一往情深地注视着她。
• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。

80 rattle   

v.飞奔，碰响；激怒；n.碰撞声；拨浪鼓

参考例句：

• The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
• She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。

81 pony   

adj.小型的；n.小马

参考例句：

• His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
• They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。

82 sentry   

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。

83 puckered   

v.（使某物）起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His face puckered , and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱，像要哭了。
• His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. 他皱着脸，眼泪夺眶而出。 来自《简明英汉词典》

84 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

85 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

86 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

87 obsessive   

adj. 着迷的, 强迫性的, 分神的

参考例句：

• Some people are obsessive about cleanliness.有些人有洁癖。
• He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.他对守时要求越来越过分了。

88 soothing   

adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的

参考例句：

• Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
• His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。

89 soothe   

v.安慰；使平静；使减轻；缓和；奉承

参考例句：

• I've managed to soothe him down a bit.我想方设法使他平静了一点。
• This medicine should soothe your sore throat.这种药会减轻你的喉痛。

90 puckering   

v.（使某物）起褶子或皱纹( pucker的现在分词 )；小褶纹；小褶皱

参考例句：

• Puckering her lips, she replied, "You really are being silly! 苏小姐努嘴道：“你真不爽气！ 来自汉英文学 - 围城
• Astringent: Mouth-puckering sensation; the result of tannin being present in the wine. 麻辣：由于丹宁在葡萄酒中的作用而使喉间受到强烈刺激的感觉。 来自互联网

91 forth   

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。

92 hush   

int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静

参考例句：

• A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
• Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去！

93 gals   

abbr.gallons （复数）加仑（液量单位）n.女孩，少女( gal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals. 这时，吉姆手里提着一个锡皮桶，嘴中唱着“布法罗的女娃们”蹦蹦跳跳地从大门口跑出来。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• An' dey thinks dey wants mousy lil gals wid bird's tastes an' no sense at all. 他们想要的是耗子般的小姑娘，胃口小得像雀子，一点儿见识也没有。 来自飘（部分）

94 obnoxiously   

adv. 可憎地 讨厌地

参考例句：

95 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

96 giggling   

v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• We just sat there giggling like naughty schoolchildren. 我们只是坐在那儿像调皮的小学生一样的咯咯地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I can't stand her giggling, she's so silly. 她吃吃地笑，叫我真受不了，那样子傻透了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

97 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

98 destined   

adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的

参考例句：

• It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
• The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。

99 rumpled   

v.弄皱，使凌乱( rumple的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She rumpled his hair playfully. 她顽皮地弄乱他的头发。
• The bed was rumpled and strewn with phonograph records. 那张床上凌乱不堪，散放着一些唱片。 来自辞典例句

100 asses   

n. 驴，愚蠢的人，臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人

参考例句：

• Sometimes I got to kick asses to make this place run right. 有时我为了把这个地方搞得像个样子，也不得不踢踢别人的屁股。 来自教父部分
• Those were wild asses maybe, or zebras flying around in herds. 那些也许是野驴或斑马在成群地奔跑。

101 buckled   

a. 有带扣的

参考例句：

• She buckled her belt. 她扣上了腰带。
• The accident buckled the wheel of my bicycle. 我自行车的轮子在事故中弄弯了。

102 slumped   

大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

参考例句：

• Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
• The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。

103 squatted   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

104 coaxed   

v.哄，用好话劝说( coax的过去式和过去分词 )；巧言骗取；哄劝，劝诱

参考例句：

• She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
• I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

105 slurring   

含糊地说出( slur的现在分词 )； 含糊地发…的声； 侮辱； 连唱

参考例句：

• She was slumped in the saddle and slurring her words. 她从马鞍上掉了下去，嘴里含糊不清地说着什么。
• Your comments are slurring your co-workers. 你的话诋毁了你的同事。

106 ballad   

n.歌谣，民谣，流行爱情歌曲

参考例句：

• This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
• This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。

107 killing   

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。

108 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

109 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

110 maniacal   

adj.发疯的

参考例句：

• He was almost maniacal in his pursuit of sporting records.他近乎发疯般地追求着打破体育纪录。
• She is hunched forward over the wheel with a maniacal expression.她弓身伏在方向盘前，表情像疯了一样。

111 puppeteer   

n.操纵木偶的人，操纵傀儡

参考例句：

• Mr. Sullivan is a professional puppeteer.沙利文先生是一位专业的木偶戏表演者。
• One puppeteer controls the doll's head,face,and right hand.一个表演者控制木偶的头部，面部和右手。

112 whacked   

a.精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• She whacked him with her handbag. 她用手提包狠狠地打他。
• He whacked me on the back and I held both his arms. 他用力拍拍我的背，我抱住他的双臂。

113 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

114 rhythmic   

adj.有节奏的，有韵律的

参考例句：

• Her breathing became more rhythmic.她的呼吸变得更有规律了。
• Good breathing is slow,rhythmic and deep.健康的呼吸方式缓慢深沉而有节奏。

115 morbid   

adj.病的；致病的；病态的；可怕的

参考例句：

• Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。
• It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。

116 cacophony   

n.刺耳的声音

参考例句：

• All around was bubbling a cacophony of voices.周围人声嘈杂。
• The drivers behind him honked,and the cacophony grew louder.后面的司机还在按喇叭，且那刺耳的声音越来越大。

117 swelled   

增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
• After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。

118 squatting   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. 他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
• They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years. 他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

119 faltered   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
• "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着：“这孩子脑袋真长。”

120 idiotic   

adj.白痴的

参考例句：

• It is idiotic to go shopping with no money.去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
• The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble.那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。

121 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

122 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

123 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

124 crate   

vt.(up)把…装入箱中；n.板条箱，装货箱

参考例句：

• We broke open the crate with a blow from the chopper.我们用斧头一敲就打开了板条箱。
• The workers tightly packed the goods in the crate.工人们把货物严紧地包装在箱子里。

125 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

126 flick   

n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动

参考例句：

• He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
• By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

127 inhumanly   

adv.无人情味地，残忍地

参考例句：

128 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

129 whined   

v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The dog whined at the door, asking to be let out. 狗在门前嚎叫着要出去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. 他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。 来自辞典例句

130 clattering   

发出咔哒声（clatter的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Typewriters keep clattering away. 打字机在不停地嗒嗒作响。
• The typewriter was clattering away. 打字机啪嗒啪嗒地响着。

131 grumbled   

抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 发牢骚； 咕哝； 发哼声

参考例句：

• He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
• The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏，水手们边干活边发着牢骚。

132 gathering   

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。

133 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

134 puma   

美洲豹

参考例句：

• The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the lost puma from the zoo.警察和志愿者们在森林里到处寻找动物园迷失的美洲狮。
• A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。

135 slurred   

含糊地说出( slur的过去式和过去分词 )； 含糊地发…的声； 侮辱； 连唱

参考例句：

• She had drunk too much and her speech was slurred. 她喝得太多了，话都说不利索了。
• You could tell from his slurred speech that he was drunk. 从他那含糊不清的话语中你就知道他喝醉了。

136 nosy   

adj.鼻子大的，好管闲事的，爱追问的；n.大鼻者

参考例句：

• Our nosy neighbours are always looking in through our windows.好管闲事的邻居总是从我们的窗口望进来。
• My landlord is so nosy.He comes by twice a month to inspect my apartment.我的房东很烦人，他每个月都要到我公寓视察两次。

137 rummaged   

翻找，搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 )； 已经海关检查

参考例句：

• I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. 几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。
• The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods. 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。

138 crumbling   

adj.摇摇欲坠的

参考例句：

• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
• The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。

139 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

140 gasping   

adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词

参考例句：

• He was gasping for breath. 他在喘气。
• "Did you need a drink?""Yes, I'm gasping!” “你要喝点什么吗？”“我巴不得能喝点！”

141 blotchy   

adj.有斑点的，有污渍的；斑污

参考例句：

• her blotchy and swollen face 她的布满斑点的浮肿的脸
• Blotchy skin is a symptom of many skin diseases. 皮肤上出现污斑是许多皮肤病的症状。 来自互联网

142 bloody   

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。

143 sob   

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。

144 sobs   

啜泣（声），呜咽（声）( sob的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
• She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。

145 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

146 butts   

笑柄( butt的名词复数 )； （武器或工具的）粗大的一端； 屁股； 烟蒂

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
• The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。

147 lamely   

一瘸一拐地，不完全地

参考例句：

• I replied lamely that I hope to justify his confidence. 我漫不经心地回答说，我希望我能不辜负他对我的信任。
• The wolf leaped lamely back, losing its footing and falling in its weakness. 那只狼一跛一跛地跳回去，它因为身体虚弱，一失足摔了一跤。

148 buddies   

n.密友( buddy的名词复数 )；同伴；弟兄；（用于称呼男子，常带怒气）家伙v.（如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般）交往( buddy的第三人称单数 )；做朋友；亲近（…）；伴护艾滋病人

参考例句：

• We became great buddies. 我们成了非常好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
• The two of them have become great buddies. 他们俩成了要好的朋友。 来自辞典例句

149 incense   

v.激怒；n.香，焚香时的烟，香气

参考例句：

• This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.这项提议会激怒环保人士。
• In summer,they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。

150 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。

151 mingled   

混合，混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 )； 混进，与…交往[联系]

参考例句：

• The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
• The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候，这一男一女就开始交往了。

152 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。

153 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

154 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

155 fumbled   

（笨拙地）摸索或处理（某事物）( fumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱摸，笨拙地弄； 使落下

参考例句：

• She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief. 她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
• He fumbled about in his pockets for the ticket. 他（瞎）摸着衣兜找票。

156 mused   

v.沉思，冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 )；沉思自语说（某事）

参考例句：

• \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们，”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道：‘我们这是在干什么？” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

157 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

158 amass   

vt.积累，积聚

参考例句：

• How had he amassed his fortune?他是如何积累财富的呢？
• The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.资本家剥削工人而积累了巨额财富。

159 plunder   

vt.劫掠财物，掠夺；n.劫掠物，赃物；劫掠

参考例句：

• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。

160 karate   

n.空手道(日本的一种徒手武术)

参考例句：

• Alice's boyfriend knew a little karate.艾丽斯的男朋友懂一点儿空手道。
• The black belt is the highest level in karate.黑腰带级是空手道的最高级别。

161 plunging   

adj.跳进的，突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》

162 excavate   

vt.挖掘，挖出

参考例句：

• They plan to excavate a large hole.他们计划挖个大洞。
• A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.一支新的丹麦探险队又在那个遗址上进行一年一度的夏季挖掘。

163 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

164 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

165 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

166 abbreviated   

adj. 简短的，省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article. 他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
• The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A.. 美利坚合众国常被缩略为U.S.A.。

167 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

168 chaste   

adj.贞洁的；有道德的；善良的；简朴的

参考例句：

• Comparatively speaking,I like chaste poetry better.相比较而言，我更喜欢朴实无华的诗。
• Tess was a chaste young girl.苔丝是一个善良的少女。

169 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

170 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

171 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

172 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

173 oyster   

n.牡蛎；沉默寡言的人

参考例句：

• I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎，它味道真美。
• I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时，我发现我相当喜欢吃。

174 sprinting   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stride length and frequency are the most important elements of sprinting. 步长和步频是短跑最重要的因素。 来自互联网
• Xiaoming won the gold medal for sprinting in the school sports meeting. 小明在学校运动会上夺得了短跑金牌。 来自互联网

175 passersby   

n. 过路人(行人,经过者)

参考例句：

• He had terrorized Oxford Street,where passersby had seen only his footprints. 他曾使牛津街笼罩了一片恐怖气氛，因为那儿的行人只能看到他的脚印，看不到他的人。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• A person is marceling on a street, watching passersby passing. 街边烫发者打量着匆匆行人。