Chapter 66

Papa and Ben hoorawed him about it all the way to the house and back. And you know, when we get back, what do you think? Down at the bottom of that hole there’s this old blind horse, sure enough, dead as hell.” When I finished telling little Lee that tale about the horse I had expected him to laugh, or call me a liar¹, or something. But he didn’t twitch² a muscle. And I’d expected him to be scared stiff when I got him out of that dune³ hole, but he’d fooled me there too. He didn’t act scared at all. He was limp and relaxed—peaceful, kind of. ...I would ask him if he was okay and he’d say he was fine. I asked him if he was scared down there and he said for a while, and then he wasn’t. I asked him how come? I said, “Boy, I was scared from the second I went down that hole on that pine ladder to the second I come out.” And he thought for a while and said, “That canary I had? I was always scared somebody would leave a window open and a cold wind would kill it. And then the wind did kill it and I wasn’t scared any more of that.” And he sounded darn near happy about it. And now, when I ask him if he wasn’t scared of them punks that was giving him a hard time there on the beach, he acts the same way, giddy, like he’d been drinking. I ask him, “Didn’t them fool kids know that car could roll on you out in the surf that way?” “I don’t know. Perhaps. They weren’t exactly worried about it.” “Well, weren’t you?” I ask him. “Not as much as you were,” he says and sits there grinning with his teeth rattling⁴ together from the cold while I drive to Joe’s place; he looks pretty pleased about something. But for all his grins and good humor I can’t shake this nagging⁵ notion that he’d come to the ocean for the same reason he was headed across them dunes⁶ as a kid, and that I maybe had something to do with it this time too. Maybe the fuss I had with him last night after the hunt, maybe something else. Lord knows. I fill him in a little on what’s happened since this morning, how Evenwrite has come back with another report, so that people all know where the bone is buried now. “That’s probably one of the reasons them punks was giving you a tough time.” “And that explains their change of attitude,” he says. “They gave me a ride earlier this afternoon and they weren’t exactly pleasant, but neither were they trying to drown me—they must have heard the news at the root-beer dive. Maybe that’s even why they came driving down on the beach, to find me.” I tell him that could well be. “We’re none too popular around town right now. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised but what somebody on Main Street starts taking pot shots at us just for general purposes,” I say, only half kidding. “So naturally that’s right where we are going: to Main Street.” “That’s right,” I tell him. “To Main Street quick as we finish over at Joe Ben’s.” “May I ask why?” “Why? Because I’m goddamned if I’m gonna let a bunch of niggers tell me whether I can come into town or not, I don’t care how hacked⁷ they are at me—tell me whether I can have a Saturday-night drink in a public bar.” “Even if you weren’t planning to have that Saturday-night drink in the first place?” “Yeah,” I tell him; I can tell by the way he starts using his prissy tone that he can’t see my real thinking on it, no more than I can see his thinking on wanting to take a long swim in the cold ocean “—that is right.” “Curious,” he says. “And is that why Joe Ben called you? Because he knew you wouldn’t want to miss a chance to come into town and take advantage of the public hostility⁸?” “That’s right,” I tell him, getting a little hacked. “There ain’t nothin’ I like better than walkin’ into a room knowin’ everybody there would like to take a pot shot at me. You bet. I like to take advantage is exactly right,” I tell him, knowing he ain’t going to see it anyhow. “I understand perfectly⁹; it’s like the madman who goes over Niagara Falls in a coffee can because that’s as good a way as any to get dead.” “That’s right,” I tell him, knowing he don’t understand it at all—that it’s more because it’s as good a way as any to stay alive. . . . And as they hurry across the dunes toward town, matching steps in their haste—Hank in front with Lee close behind (and silent lightning fluttering softly out ahead of both of them)— the first drops of rain, like a thousand eyeholes opening on the white mask of sand, come winking¹⁰ down, and the eelgrass sways to a soundless tune¹¹.... Which brings to mind one more notion to add to the bit about Singers of echoes and Echoers of songs: the notion of Dance. Not the weekend dance in the Saturday-night sense, where you two-step to music you’ve heard before and always know—even if only in a cellular¹² way—just about where your two-step is headed . . . but the Daily Dance with the wilder step, to a tune as soundless as the eelgrass tune, to an echo of a song or a song still unechoed. A dance where you can never really have much notion where you are headed. You can trip off to places so wild and so wiggy that you don’t know where you are until you get back. And sometimes not even know you tripped off at all because you never get back to know that you’ve left . . . And when Brother Walker had unplugged the organ and turned off the current of his wife’s electric guitar and finally brought his roaring sermon to a sweaty stop, all the dancing tripped-out congregation blinked and sighed and ruefully returned to the world of their weekday selves . . . except Joe Ben, wild-stepping and still sky-bound, with eyes that showed white all the way around the green iris¹³ and a soul that soared to a currentless music Sunday through Saturday. And never knew he was tripped-off at all. When he left the tent with his family in tow he walked to the pick-up and found Lee’s note, but before he had time to decide what to think about it one of the fellow followers¹⁴ of the faith had been so swept up by the services that he had felt called upon to put aside his natural antagonism¹⁵ toward the Stampers and bring it to Brother Joe Ben’s attention that a certain meeting was to be held shortly at the grange hall: “A meetin’ I bet is due to really affect you sonofabitching Stampers, too...this afternoon, with Evenwrite an’ the Strike Committee an’ Mr. Jonathan  B. Draeger hisself!” he wanted Joe to know. “An’ if what comes to light in the course of this meeting is what we all expeck to come to light, Brother Stamper, then you heartless sonofabitches better be prepared to suffer the conch-aquences!” After the man stalked off, Joe stood for a time considering the information. If the conch-aquences of what come to light in that grange-hall meeting could affect him and the family so, well then maybe he just should observe that meeting person-ally....It seemed the least he could do, after that church brother’d had the common decency¹⁶ to tell him about it. He looked about briefly¹⁷ for Lee, then piled Jan and the kids into the pick-up and drove them out to the new house, where he left them with instructions for painting, then headed back to town. He returned to Wakonda by a wonderfully devious¹⁸ and roundabout route, angling closer and closer with meticulous¹⁹ caution until he had slipped up on the bayward side of Main Street without a soul the wiser. He parked the pick-up in the great banks of seeding Scotch²⁰ broom behind the cannery and had a final cigarette while the bursting pods fired rattling shots at the windshield. He finished his cigarette, stepped out into the sunless afternoon, flipped²¹ up the collar of his leather jacket, and began sneaking²² up on Main Street as if he were stalking a wild and wounded beast and afraid of its turning and charging. The Scotch broom gave him cover until he reached the fishbone-strewn dock beneath the cannery. This concealed²³ him up to the corner where the fire station was. After that it was clearing; the open stretch of Main yawned before him. He hitched²⁴ up his trousers and struck up a merry whistle and stepped onto the walk, trying to affect an air of casual and purposeless strolling. He even found a beer can to kick along. He strolled safely past the Sea Breeze Cafe, past the soaped window of the real-estate office, past the five-and-dime, where a pasted display of black cats made of construction paper and pipe-cleaner whiskers observed his nonchalant stealth with respectful orange eyes. He cut across the street so he was opposite the Snag and walked on, his hands in the chest pockets of the cracked leather coat and his scarred face bent²⁵ toward the cracked walk. He walked with a forced slowness that emphasized more than concealed his urgency. When he had passed and was out of sight of the Snag’s front windows he looked furtively²⁶ up and down the block, then broke into a run back across the street. He settled again into his slow, casual walk, his back hunched²⁷ and slanted²⁸ slightly and his bowed legs taut²⁹ with restraint. When he reached the place where the alley³⁰ ran back beside the grange hall, he stopped, stepped completely off the sidewalk out into the gutter³¹, squinted³² a casual eye down that alley like a town-league pitcher³³ looking to a catcher for signals ...looked over his shoulder left, and over his shoulder right, checking the Snag up the street at third and the clouds leading off of first base down the street, then practically leaped out of sight into the narrow alleyway, as though the pitcher had suddenly decided³⁴ he could dash unnoticed past the batter³⁵, ball in hand. All in all, he could not have drawn³⁶ more attention to his actions with flags and cannonfire, but it was fortunately nearing dinnertime, with the Saturday ball game on TV and the sky dim and nobody on the streets to care about his actions anyway. Still, he stood with his back against the plank³⁷ siding of the grange hall for a moment and listened for footsteps. The only sound came from the whistle buoy³⁸ in the bay and the famished³⁹ wind scratching in the garbage. Satisfied, Joe hurried on to the rear of the hall and leaped silently to the top of a woodbox and walked along it to a window. He looked through the window at the dim rows of folding chairs, then raised the pane⁴⁰ a few inches, carefully. He tried for a moment to squat⁴¹ comfortably under the open window, gave up, and jumped down from the woodbox and heaved a great chopping stump⁴² up. It hit with the sound of a bass⁴³ drum, and the open window banged shut. He climbed back on the woodbox, reopened the window, pushed the stump beneath it, and sat down to wait, with his leather elbows on his knees and his chin in his hands. He sighed and for the first time wondered why for the love of God in Heaven was he doing this, sitting here waiting to hear what he and Hank had both known for months was due to be said? Why? And why worry about how to tell Hank? or what Hank would do? Hank’ll just have to pull himself together and tell them, “Up yours,” like he knew already he would. Like Hank knows already he will have to tell them when they finish all the bullshooting and horseplaying that they are going to have to do in there. Like Hank has always had to do when all’s said and when all’s done, on account of that’s his place, no matter how he don’t like it. So why does Hank waste his time stewing⁴⁴ about it? I always say to him it is our lot to accept our lot and the best way to accept that lot is back off and see what a ball it is, I tell him, back off and see what a boot in the rear it is! Because it is, it is, if you just back off and look at it with your mouth held right. And Hank could be gassed by this lot, he could, just like he likes having to milk the cow sometimes. Don’t I tell him so about a thousand times a day? Be gassed and happy and running around and loving every bit of it and even the bad stuff like this if you just hold your mouth right, Hankus. Now I don’t expect you to know the Redeemer liveth like I do, but you do know what’s coming up right here on earth, because I can always see in your eyes how you see already. So how come, when you can see already what’s coming up ahead and know already what you’re gonna have to do about it, why don’t you save yourself all this fretting⁴⁵ and cut across to what you see coming and do what you already know has to be done...? But, then, I don’t know about that neither. Maybe not being able to cut across to what he sees already is part of that lot he’s got to accept. Because I recall what almost happened the one time, when we was sixteen or seventeen in high school, and he almost cut across to what he could see already, instead of going all the way around. Seventeen. Right the first few days when we’re enrolling⁴⁶ for our senior year. We drive up and park his cycle in front of the front steps where everybody hangs around waiting for the eight-o’clock bell to ring. The guys are there, in blue and white lettermen’s sweaters, thick-weaved wool all messed up with initials and numbers and badges and golden-ball emblems⁴⁷ and any other decoration they can sew or pin on. Standing⁴⁸ there, they look like generals in some kind of slouchy army, leaning back to watch, reviewing the troops passing by. And a new guy on the steps too, a visiting general, with a yellow and red Lebanon High letterman’s sweater with just one decoration, just one, just a pair of tiny brass⁴⁹ boxing gloves. There’s no boxing allowed at Wakonda, so he stands out with that one decoration. Hank isn’t wearing his sweater. He says it make him feel rinkydink. Guy Wieland gives Hank a corny wave he learned from pictures in Life about teen-agers. They don’t wave to me. They don’t know why Hank troubles with me. Guy waves. Watcha say, Hank? Not a whole lot, Guy. Oooh, feel that rubber tire there; pretty soft, ain’t it. Might be, Guy. Oooh, can’t have that. How was the summer, Hank? How? You felt, didn’t you? Pretty soft. ...I bet it was, Hank; oooh, feel that rubber tire; I bet you didn’t do anything all summer. I bet you didn’t do anything all summer except you and that hot-britches stepmama of yours all the time— Hank looks up into Guy’s face and smiles at him. Just a little smile and nothing mad or threatening about it. Just the littlest smile, pleading, to tell the truth, with Guy to lay off because he’s tired, the smile says, after a whole summer of just that sort of thing and fighting about it. Soft and pleading. But, pleading or no, there’s threat enough in that smile to shut old Guy Wieland off stone cold. And Guy fades back out of the way. There’s a minute with nobody talking and Hank smiling down again, like he was so embarrassed he could die, then, all of a sudden, the new guy from Lebanon steps forward to fill in the place Guy just emptied. So you’re Hank Stamper? Smiling himself, just like in the Westerns. Hank looks up and says yeah, like in the Westerns. Yeah, Hank says, and I say to myself right at that instant that Hank knows already what’s going to one of these days have to happen. Hank grins at the new guy. And his grin is just as tired and pleading and bashful as it was for Guy Wieland but I see he knows already, too. We stand around. Behind us, out on the playground, this year’s yell squad⁵⁰ is practicing.

1 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

2 twitch   

v.急拉，抽动，痉挛，抽搐；n.扯，阵痛，痉挛

参考例句：

• The smell made my dog's nose twitch.那股气味使我的狗的鼻子抽动着。
• I felt a twitch at my sleeve.我觉得有人扯了一下我的袖子。

3 dune   

n.(由风吹积而成的)沙丘

参考例句：

• The sand massed to form a dune.沙积集起来成了沙丘。
• Cute Jim sat on the dune eating a prune in June.可爱的吉姆在六月天坐在沙丘上吃着话梅。

4 rattling   

adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词

参考例句：

• This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
• At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时，一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来，把窗玻璃震得当当地响。

5 nagging   

adj.唠叨的，挑剔的；使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评（某人）( nag的现在分词 )；不断地烦扰或伤害（某人）；无休止地抱怨；不断指责

参考例句：

• Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
• I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 dunes   

沙丘( dune的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot. 那男孩光着脚在沙丘间飞跑。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat. 将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

7 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

8 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

9 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。

10 winking   

n.瞬眼，目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮

参考例句：

• Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking. 这谁都办得到，简直易如反掌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The stars were winking in the clear sky. 星星在明亮的天空中闪烁。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

12 cellular   

adj.移动的；细胞的，由细胞组成的

参考例句：

• She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。
• Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。

13 iris   

n.虹膜，彩虹

参考例句：

• The opening of the iris is called the pupil.虹膜的开口处叫做瞳孔。
• This incredible human eye,complete with retina and iris,can be found in the Maldives.又是在马尔代夫，有这样一只难以置信的眼睛，连视网膜和虹膜都刻画齐全了。

14 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

15 antagonism   

n.对抗，敌对，对立

参考例句：

• People did not feel a strong antagonism for established policy.人们没有对既定方针产生强烈反应。
• There is still much antagonism between trades unions and the oil companies.工会和石油公司之间仍然存在着相当大的敌意。

16 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

17 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

18 devious   

adj.不坦率的，狡猾的；迂回的，曲折的

参考例句：

• Susan is a devious person and we can't depend on her.苏姗是个狡猾的人，我们不能依赖她。
• He is a man who achieves success by devious means.他这个人通过不正当手段获取成功。

19 meticulous   

adj.极其仔细的，一丝不苟的

参考例句：

• We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
• She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。

20 scotch   

n.伤口，刻痕；苏格兰威士忌酒；v.粉碎，消灭，阻止；adj.苏格兰(人)的

参考例句：

• Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
• Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景，真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。

21 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

22 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

23 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

24 hitched   

（免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上

参考例句：

• They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
• We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。

25 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。

26 furtively   

adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地

参考例句：

• At this some of the others furtively exchanged significant glances. 听他这样说，有几个人心照不宣地彼此对望了一眼。
• Remembering my presence, he furtively dropped it under his chair. 后来想起我在，他便偷偷地把书丢在椅子下。

27 hunched   

（常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦）耸肩弓身的，伏首前倾的

参考例句：

• He sat with his shoulders hunched up. 他耸起双肩坐着。
• Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette. 斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。

28 slanted   

有偏见的； 倾斜的

参考例句：

• The sun slanted through the window. 太阳斜照进窗户。
• She had slanted brown eyes. 她有一双棕色的丹凤眼。

29 taut   

adj.拉紧的，绷紧的，紧张的

参考例句：

• The bowstring is stretched taut.弓弦绷得很紧。
• Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了，因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。

30 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

31 gutter   

n.沟，街沟，水槽，檐槽，贫民窟

参考例句：

• There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.阴沟里有个香烟盒。
• He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.他使她脱离贫苦生活，并成为贵妇。

32 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。

33 pitcher   

n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手

参考例句：

• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

34 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。

35 batter   

v.接连重击；磨损；n.牛奶面糊；击球员

参考例句：

• The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
• Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。

36 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

37 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

38 buoy   

n.浮标；救生圈；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The party did little to buoy up her spirits.这次聚会并没有让她振作多少。
• The buoy floated back and forth in the shallow water.这个浮标在浅水里漂来漂去。

39 famished   

adj.饥饿的

参考例句：

• When's lunch?I'm famished!什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！
• My feet are now killing me and I'm absolutely famished.我的脚现在筋疲力尽，我绝对是极饿了。

40 pane   

n.窗格玻璃，长方块

参考例句：

• He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。
• Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

41 squat   

v.蹲坐，蹲下；n.蹲下；adj.矮胖的，粗矮的

参考例句：

• For this exercise you need to get into a squat.在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。
• He is a squat man.他是一个矮胖的男人。

42 stump   

n.残株，烟蒂，讲演台；v.砍断，蹒跚而走

参考例句：

• He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
• He used the stump as a table.他把树桩用作桌子。

43 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。

44 stewing   

炖

参考例句：

• The meat was stewing in the pan. 肉正炖在锅里。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The cashier was stewing herself over the sum of 1, 000 which was missing. 钱短了一千美元，出纳员着急得要命。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

45 fretting   

n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的

参考例句：

• Fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
• The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。

46 enrolling   

v.招收( enrol的现在分词 )；吸收；入学；加入；[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。 来自辞典例句
• You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。 来自辞典例句

47 emblems   

n.象征，标记( emblem的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His emblems are the spear and the burning torch. 他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬。 来自辞典例句
• Crystal prize, Crystal gift, Crystal trophy, Champion cup, Emblems. 水晶奖牌、水晶礼品、水晶纪念品、奖杯、金属奖牌。 来自互联网

48 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。

49 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

50 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。