Chapter 88

Peaceful. And simple. (And I ain’t thinking about the kid, not in hours I ain’t wondered where he is.)...And Joe Ben handled most of the screwjack work, rushing back and forth² from jack¹ to jack, a little twist here, a little shove there, and whup! she’s turnin’, tip-pin’, heading out downhill! Okay—get down there an’ set the jacks³ again, crank and uncrank right back an’ over again. Oh yeah, that’s the one’ll do it. Shooooom, all the way, an’ here comes another one, Andy old buddy⁴, big as the ark... feeling a mounting of joyous⁵ power collecting in his back muscles, an exhilaration of faith rising with the crash of each log into the river. Whosoever believes in his heart shall cast mountains into the sea an’ Lord knows what other stuff ...then heading back up to the next log—running, leaping, a wingless bird feathered in leather and aluminum⁶ and mud, with a transistor⁷ radio bouncing and shrill⁸ beneath his throat: Leaning on Jee-zus, leaning on Jee-zus Safe an’ secure from all alarms . . . Until the three of them meshed⁹, dovetailed . . . into one of the rare and beautiful units of effort sometimes seen when a jazz group is making it completely, swinging together completely, or when a home-town basketball squad¹⁰, already playing over its head, begins to rally to overtake a superior opponent in a game’s last minute...and the home boys can’t miss; because everything—the passing, the dribbling¹², the plays—every tiny piece is clicking perfectly¹³. When this happens everyone watching sometimes a great notion knows . . . that, be it five guys playing basketball, or four blowing jazz, or three cutting timber, that this bunch—right now, right this moment—is the best of its kind in the world! But to become this kind of perfect group a team must use all its components¹⁴, and use them in the slots best suited, and use them all with the pitiless dedication¹⁵ to victory that drives them up to their absolute peak, and past it. Joe felt this meshing¹⁶. And old Henry. And Hank, watching his team function, was aware only of the beauty of the team and of the free-wheeling thrill of being part of it. Not of the pitiless drive. Not of the three of them building toward a peak the way a machine running too fast too long accelerates without actually speeding up as it reaches a breaking point that it can’t be aware of, and goes on past that breaking point, accelerating past it and toward it at the same time and at the same immutable¹⁷ rate. As the trees fell and the radio filled in between their falling: Leaning on Jee-zus, leaning on Jee-zus, Leaning on the everlasting¹⁸ arms. The fogged glass door of the Sea Breeze Cafe and Grill¹⁹ swung open and a pimpled²⁰ Adonis came in out of the rain and seated himself down the counter from me, openly contemplating²¹ the heist of one of the three-week-old Hersheys beside the cash register—could get him two months for petty theft, and more acne. “Mrs. Carleson ...I’m thinkin’ on drivin’ up river to Swedes-gap to see Lily and I’ll be goin’ past Montgomery’s house if you’d care to visit your mama”—one eye on the stale chocolate, the other on the staler waitress. “No, I guess not right now, Larkin; but I thank you for the offer.” “ ’S okay.” Snatch! “Well, I’ll see you later.” Our eyes met as he turned from the counter, and we each grinned sheepishly, sharing our mutual²² secret guilts. He hurried on to his car, where he hesitated outside the café for a few minutes, worrying about my discretion²³, wondering if he should come back in and pay for the snatched Hershey before I 570 ken²⁴ kesey snitched. And the trees fall, in the forest, and the rain slices the sky . . . while I hesitated inside the café, worrying about my own discretion, wondering why I kidded myself about waiting for my long-lost father . . . In the forest, bent²⁶ over a log, old Henry skillfully wedges a screwjack between stump²⁷ and log that’s just exactly by god how I useta do it even if I maybe ain’t so spry as back in them days . . . and wondering also why I didn’t get up and go outside and ask the pimpled thief for a ride. Why not? He’s going to the Montgomery place, right past our house; he would have to oblige me, with all I have on him! Joe Ben runs downhill, leaping the ferns, right on the heels of a sliding log, setting his jack almost before it stops, because there ain’t no sense lettin’ up if you don’t doubt, because if you don’t doubt you are already in God’s fur-lined pocket . . . So I slid from the leatherette stool, dug a handful of change from my pocket to pay my bill, and hurried toward the door— determined²⁸ to make the move before the heat of my decision cooled . . . And Hank rips his saw free from a huge moss-covered trunk just as it starts to tip, steps back to watch the top far above him lean, wave, faster, gasping²⁹ and whistle, sucking gray rain after it just the way I like to see it, simple and straight and whomp! Who knows a better life? . . . thinking as I hurried out, Viv, here I come, ready or not! “What?” Viv says, but it’s just the dogs at the porch door wanting dinner. She puts down her broom, wiping back her hair. Lee flips³¹ up his collar as he steps into the rain. The pimpled boy panics at his approach and spins away with the car. Hank kills his saw to refuel it. Lights a new cigarette, starts the little quarterhorse motor again. Old Henry juggles³² at his snuff can, his hands cold and stiff. Joe jumps, trips, falls and takes a strip of hide off his chin with the grooved³³ dial of his little radio, switching off the music. A moment’s hush³⁴ runs like a fuse through the wet sky. They each pause and notice the pressing silence, then make ready to move again, forgetting it. Lee starts walking along the gravel³⁵, east. Viv feeding the hounds. Hank thumbing the chain oil button on the saw. Henry packing his charge of snuff, wheezing³⁶ and spitting. Joe Ben turning his radio back on, convinced that the fall has by golly improved the reception ...to Burl Ives: sometimes a great notion When you walk the streets you will have no cares If you walk the lines and not the squares. Then, as though the fuse had burned away, the forest ended its brief hush. And a wind, heavy with rain, came up from the river through the fern and huckleberry like a deep-drawn breath; and “as you go through life make this your goal . . .” and Hank feels the air about him swell³⁷ with that wind, gathering³⁸ with it, just as he rocks the saw free from a limb he is bucking³⁹ off the fallen fir, looking up, frowning to himself before he even hears it listen! the maddened snapping of bark someplace else moving, he turns back to the log in time to see a bright yellow-white row of teeth appear splintering over the mossy lips to gnash the saw from his hands fling it furiously to the ground it claws screaming machine frenzy⁴⁰ and terror trying to dig escape from the vengeful wood just above where old Henry drops his screwjack Gaw when mud and pine needles spray over him like black damn! rain an’ even if I don’t see so clear as I used to there’s still time to get down the hill Joe Ben hears the metal scream behind a curtain of fern but if you never doubt in your mind where’s Hank spins away leaving his log and turn me on and aim me is all I want still peaceful, relaxed like sleep from eight to five without thinking or I’d said Nothing doing to see the log springing suddenly massive upright pivots⁴¹ on Henry’s ARM GOD my good one goddammit GOD GOD just leave the old nigger enough to whup it enough arm that he’d been using to fix his screwjack it waves limp then disappears a second beneath the row of teeth before the log springs on downhill massive upright like the bastard⁴² is trying to stand up again and find its stump! a swinging green fist slams Hank’s shoulder goes somersaulting past upright like the bastard is so mad getting chopped down it jumps up chews off the old man’s arm clubs me one now tearing off downhill after “Joe! Joby!” the last of us and Joe Ben’s hand parts the fern there’s this blunted white circle fanged⁴³ jagged spreading toward him larger and larger down the mud-trough oop springs backward from the fern over the bank not really scared or startled or anything but light like 572 ken kesey the mud on my boots turned to wings . . . and hangs in the air over the bank for an instant...a jack-in-the-box, bobbling . . . sprung up from his box and dangling⁴⁴ backward above the tangle⁴⁵ of vines ...face sudden clown red the color of the old man’s arm now crushed flowing all the way to the boogerin’ bone . . . hangs, sprung up, for an instant, with that ugly little goblin face red and still merry grinning to me that it’s okay Hankus okay that you couldn’t of been thinkin’ that limb you cut off would of done this then falls cut loose slapping back to the muddy bank outa the way if it wasn’t “Look out!” for that screwjack “Look out!” don’t worry Hankus face still red like the old man’s GOD you booger, leave me somethin’ to fight with the ARM GOD my one good ARM Look out! just don’t worry Hankus just never doubt slaps against the muddy bank right in the path LOOK OUT JOBY slaps and rolls as the runaway⁴⁶ log thunks the log he’d been working with his screwjack jolts⁴⁷ sideways rearing above ROLL rolls still light-feeling confident almost safe half into the river almost but slamming down, the log, across both legs, and stopping. As you walk through life you will have no cares If you walk the lines and not the squares. . . . There was again the near, the more than silence: the radio; the hiss⁴⁸ of the rain on the conifer leaves, the river sucking at its banks. ...Hank stood, reeling, the only movement in the fern, dizzy from the blow—waiting—that he’d received in his back. Everything was still now—waiting—crystallized and set in dead soundless calm, like a dream stone set in a dream ring. “When you go through life make this your goal.” (Except it wasn’t a dream, just crystallized calm. For I’m wide awake, so wide awake my brain has run off and left time behind. Time will start in a minute; time, will start, in a minute. . . .) The thought continued to echo softly. “Watch the doughnut, not the hole.” (In a minute, in a minute. I been asleep. I just woke but time ain’t started yet. In a minute that branch there’ll spring back and those mallards froze in the air’ll go on flying and the old man’s arm will bleed and I’ll holler my ass¹¹ off. In a minute. If sometimes a great notion I can just break loose, then in a minute I’ll) “Joe!” (in a minute I’ll) “Joby! Hang on, I’m comin’!” He ran down the gouged⁵⁰ rut of mud and leaped the bank of berry vine and saw Joe Ben sitting in water to his shoulders, looking as though he were holding the log on his lap. His narrow back was toward the rutted bank, and he smiled out across the river toward the mountains. He was resting his chin on the bark, in no apparent pain. “Man oh man, she really came barrelin’ after me, didn’t she?” He laughed softly, strangely calm. Like me, Hank thought; time hasn’t started for him yet. He don’t know yet he’s in trouble. . . . “You bad off, Joby?” “I don’t think too bad. She lit on my legs, but the mud under me there’s soft. I don’t feel like I broke anything. Didn’t even bust⁵¹ my radio.” He twisted the dial; Burl Ives still strummed out across the water: . . . in golden letters three foot high Is this phil-os-o-fee. There was—waiting together—an odd and honest moment before either of them spoke⁵² again. When you walk the streets you will have no cares If you walk the lines and not the squares. . . . Then...Hank moved suddenly. “Hang on,” he said. “Let me get up there after the saw.” “What about the old man? I heard him yell.” “It mashed⁵³ hell outa one arm. He’s passed out. Let me get the saw.” “Go on and see to him, Hank. I’m not hurtin’. Don’t get in a stew⁵⁴ about me; you know what I told you? I been promised to live till eighty and have twenty-five kids. See to the old man while you’re gettin’ that saw. And be careful.” “Be careful?” Listen to the crazy outfit⁵⁵. “Five kids he’s got and he tells me to be careful. You bet,” I told him and headed back up the slope. I was gasping so I almost conked out by the 574 ken kesey time I made it back up to Henry. “Whew; too frantic⁵⁶ . . .” I told myself to ease off, that we was in a little tight but we’d make it. Ease off and be calm about it like Joe. I forced my lungs to breathe deep and slow and tried to make my hands stop trembling. “Whew lordy . . .” Cool, cool and slow. Just don’t sweat it. Go slow.... While his head rang and his heart rattled⁵⁷ out a code he was still—waiting—trying to pass off as nonsense, as panicked nonsense. On a mound⁵⁸ of pine needles and mud the old man lay like a broken gull⁵⁹. I knelt and looked at the crushed arm. Well ...it was in bad shape but not bleeding too hard. I took my handkerchief out of my pocket and put a tourniquet⁶⁰ at the armpit and the blood stopped gushing⁶¹ so big. That would hold till I could get him up the hill to the pick-up. Be a job, toting him up. But then maybe Joby’s legs are all right and we can rig up a stretcher and we can both carry him as soon as I saw that log off. “That log.” In a minute I’ll go back down and saw through that—“but that log!” In a minute I’ll—“That log on Joe . . . in the water!” Hank’s head jerked up. That rattling⁶² was like a frantic telegraph. The message crystallized everything—the waiting over—before his eyes once more: That’s why I couldn’t ease off! I knew, back down there. I knew. Just like I knew before that log sprung in the air that there was trouble. Just like I knew clear back last night that I’ll—Oh, Christ, that log, the way it’s laid! With a cry he grabbed the chain saw and once again ran stumbling down the gouged trough, charging through the vines and springing fern down toward the bank, where Joe Ben lay trapped... Walking the roadside gravel from the restaurant east toward the old house, resolved to make my own way now that I was in motion, even if it meant walking the whole eight miles, I found myself enjoying a satisfying symbiosis⁶⁴ with the rain: I was walking from the rain, along with it. This meager⁶⁵ assistance of water blowing against my neck piqued⁶⁶ my determination: I can make it, I grimly told myself, I shall make it. And this way I didn’t have to think about the ordeal⁶⁷ ahead, only the struggle sometimes a great notion getting there. I trudged⁶⁸ onward⁶⁹ and up-river-ward, resolute⁷⁰ and relentless⁷¹, never even once sticking up my thumb to hitch⁷² a ride: I can make it, by gosh, and—if you don’t count the rain—by myself by gosh. . . . Hank bounded through the bank brush, right out onto the log; he could see the water had already risen a few inches up Joe’s back. “Glad to see you,” Joby said. “Gettin’ a little deep all of—” “Joe! I can’t! The log here!” I fumbled⁷³ with the starting rope of my saw, damn near raving⁷⁴. My hands are shaking again. “I mean I won’t be able to cut—I mean look at the goddam waterline where I have to—” The saw whirred. Joe’s face darkened when he saw what I meant. The log was deep enough in the water that I wouldn’t be able to cut through it without submerging the saw’s motor. That’s why I couldn’t make myself cool down. I knew, before, up the hill, that I couldn’t cut it. Maybe before then. “Look out,” I said anyway. “I’ll see what we—” Again Hank jabbed the guard prongs of the saw into the bark and tipped the whirring teeth. Joe clinched⁷⁵ his eyes as the chips and sawdust flew past him into the berry vines over his shoulder. He felt the chips of bark sting his cheek briefly⁷⁶, then heard the saw sput and gurgle, then stop. It was quiet again; the rain and radio—As you go through life make this your goal . . . Joe opened his eyes; out across the river he could see Mary’s Peak blurred⁷⁷ by rain and the fast-falling dusk. But anyway. Whosoever don’t doubt...don’t hafta worry. Hank tried to jerk the saw free to start it again, but it was stuck. “No good anyway. Never do it, Joe.” “Look, Hankus, it’s okay.” Whosoever knows in his heart. “I know it’s okay ...because look: all we got to do is wait. An’ have a little faith. Because look, man: things is already seen to. Ain’t this tide coming up gonna float this thing offn me in a minute? Oh yeah, now ain’t it?” Hank looked at the log. “I don’t know...the way it’s sitting. It’s got to do some rising before it’ll lift.” “Then we’ll do some waiting,” Joe Ben said confidently. “I just wish I’d waited one day to swear off smoking. But I can stand it.” 576 ken kesey “Sure,” Hank said. “Sure. We’ll just wait.” And waited. While the sky before them, over the river, thickened with rain, and the forest behind shushed the wind to listen to the tinny music reeling out below. While freshets gushed⁷⁸ icy mud into gullies, gullies into creeks⁷⁹, along banks wattled by erosion. While the waves, back up the coast at the Devil’s Jailhouse, thudded higher and higher toward escape up the cancered rock wall, and the clouds combed overhead, in from the sea over the surf, and broke against the high slopes to rake back the way they had come. While Viv rose from a hot tub of water and hummed herself dry before an electric heater in a room that smelled of rose oil. And while the distance between the old house and my rain-soaked and relentless shoes clicked steadily⁸⁰ away, my resolution mounted: Eight miles through this rain, eight miserable⁸¹ miles . . . why, if I can make that, I can make anything . . . Hank tried to set the screwjacks to move the log, but they only twisted into the mud. “What we need is a horse,” Hank said, cursing the jacks. “An’ then how?” Joe asked, amused by Hank’s frustration⁸² at the log. “Hook on and drag it over me up the hill? No, what you need is a whale in the river yonder to pull it off that way. You bet. Know where we can rent a good stout⁸³ whale broke to harness?” “How you doin’? You feel it lightenin’ any yet?” “Maybe some. I can’t tell. Because I’m cold as a witch’s tit, if you got to know. How much has it come up?” “Only another couple inches,” Hank lied and lit another cigarette. He offered Joe a drag, but Joe, after eying the smoke, allowed as how he’d best keep his promises to the Lord, things being the way they were. Hank smoked in silence. The kingfishers waited ceremoniously on the branches over the river. . . . watch the doughnut, not the hole. When the water reached Joe Ben’s neck Hank dived under the surface and braced⁸⁴ his shoulder against the bark and tried to sometimes a great notion budge⁸⁵ the log. But it would have taken a two-hundred-horse Diesel⁸⁶ to move that weight and he knew it. He also knew that the way the log lay, slanting⁸⁷ up the bank, it was going to take considerable water to float it off. And when it did move it was likely to roll up bank, more onto Joe. Occasionally a kingfisher would dive, then return to the branch without chancing the water. Joe had turned down the radio and they talked some now. About the old man lying up the hill under Hank’s parka, about the job and how they’d call J. J. Bismarck, the head man at Wakonda Pacific, first thing they got to a phone and score some non-union help for the run tomorrow. “Maybe get old Jerome Bismarck hisself out there in corks⁸⁸ doin’ the river-run twist—wouldn’t that be a sight to behold⁸⁹? J. J. Bismarck floppin’ around in the water, all four hundred pounds of him? Lord, Lord...” Hank laughed at the thought. “Okay, buster, but let me call to your attention the first time you tried to pond-monkey. Remember? Right in the middle of January, and there was ice all around the logs?” “No. No, I don’t recall nothing about that. Not a thing.” “No? Why, I guess I should refresh your memory. You’d put on about a dozen sweat shirts and a set of rain pants and a big mackinaw—” “Nope. That wasn’t me. I never owned no mackinaw. Some other boy . . .” “And first jack outa the box you fell in and went down like a rock. Just one little whoop⁹⁰. And it took half the mill crew to haul you out, you weighed so much. I like to died laughing.” “Somebody else. I’m always light and agile⁹¹. And, anyhow, what about you the time you was wearin’ that scarf that Barbara knitted for you and it got caught in the chain saw—for a while there we didn’t know whether you was goin’ out by hanging or decapitation! How ’bout that?” “You remember that time the wrestling team drove to Bend for a dual⁹² match—talkin’ about clothes—and big old Bruce Shaw brought along a tuxedo⁹³ because the coach told him to dress?” 578 ken kesey “Lord, Lord—Bruce Shaw...” “Bruce the moose—he just kept growing.” “Ain’t that the truth! Oh yeah. He was in our congregation for a while, did I tell you that? Falling down and talking in tongues. Dangerous to get too close; he was bigger’n he was in high school.” “Lordy that was pretty big. He was two-eighty or -ninety then....” “After he quit comin’ to services I lost track of him. What come of him, hear tell?” “He got in a bad car wreck⁹⁴ seven or so years ago ...Hey, I ever tell you? I run into him, not long after that very wreck, I guess, over in Eugene at Melody Ranch⁴⁹. I saw him at the dance and said hiya Bruce, friendly enough, but he was salty as hell about something, just scowled⁹⁵ at me like he’d break me in half. And—listen to this, I never told you this—I got a real skinful that night, one of the fullest ever. That summer, home from the service. Really bombed. I shoulda passed out, but I made the mistake of thinking I was up to maneuvering⁹⁶ around, you see. So I left the dance and went out and started walking, see, and this tree accosted⁹⁷ me, man, kept me pinned down for hours. Because I’m really loaded and...it’s dark and late...and I’m walking along and I come up to this tree—with sap running down on it, just standing⁹⁸ there. It’s old Shaw, big as life and twice as ugly. Shaw, I’m certain of it; old Bruce the moose . . . and man, he looks bad! He’s got his shirt off and his arms all spread out and he’s got scabs all down the front of him. I stand there and say, ‘Hey there, Shaw, how’s it hangin’?’ Nothing. ‘What’s happening lately, Shaw boy?’ He still don’t say nothing, but man he looks bad. I ask him how things are up at the dam where he was working and how is his girl, and his mom, and I don’t know what all, and he just stands there—big and bad-looking. So finally—after I’ve been shivering in front o’ him, thinking he’s after me for some business I can’t even recall—I go to sliding around him. I sorta put myself in my pocket and slide away around him and on down the street, and I don’t know old Shaw’s a tree till I see he’s still standing there in the morning.” sometimes a great notion “Oh yeah? You never told me that.” “Swear to God.” “Jesus. Pinned down by a tree.” While they were laughing the squeak⁹⁹ of the radio suddenly stopped. “Oh dadgum; I forgot to take my radio from around my neck. Dadgum . . . it’s ruint. Now don’t you laugh, dang you. I thought a lot of that little outfit.” Then broke into giggles¹⁰⁰ himself. But without his radio Joe’s laughter gave to chattering¹⁰¹. Hank’s laughter only increased. “Whoee. After you braggin’ about not breaking it when a log rolled over you; now you dunk it . . . oh lord, oh me. . . .” Joe tried to join him. Their laughter stretched out across the water. The kingfishers watched from between solemnly hunched¹⁰² shoulders. As they were laughing a sudden gust¹⁰³ of wind blew a small wave into Joe Ben’s mouth. Joe choked and spat¹⁰⁴ and laughed some more ...then turned to ask Hank, in a voice too full of kidding, “Now you ain’t about to let this here old river just up and drown me, are you?” “This river? Why, by gosh; is Joe Ben Stamper worryin’ this old river? Sounds screwy. Because man, I thought all you had to do was call your Big Buddy and He’d just aim His finger an’ the water’d just hallelujah snap back away from you.” “Yeah, but I’ve explained this: I hate to bother Him if some of us can handle it. Hate to call anybody out in this stuff, especially Him.” “Okay; I can see that; He’s probably got a lot on His mind.” “You bet. It’s a busy season, Christmas coming. Then all them trouble spots. Laos, Vietnam . . .” “And lots of goiters to tend to in Oklahoma. Oh, I can see how you’d hesitate...” “That’s right. That’s right. Oklahoma needs Him special this year. I believe Oral Roberts has got Him signed on down there right now, shooting a TV series. But the thing is”—Joe raised his chin to avoid another small wave—“this dang water keeps getting’ up my nose. I’ll tell you what, Hankus: maybe you better hustle¹⁰⁵ up to the pick-up after a length of hose . . . it might just be a while before this log begins to float.” 580 ken kesey You’d never thought it possible, but Joby was commencing to sound worried. “What is this noise?” I ask him. “Is this the boy who says, ‘Accept your lot and hold your mouth right!’ . . . scared of a little wet? Besides, Joby, it’s a good three-fourths mile up hill to that pick-up; you want to be alone all that time?” “No,” he says very fast, and quotes: “ ‘It ain’t so good that man should be alone.’ Genesis. Just before He whopped up Eve. But, still and all, maybe you oughta run get that hose. . . .” I splashed into the water beside Joe and stood with my hand resting on his shoulder. “No,” I told him. “It’s a fifteen-minute run up to that pickup¹⁰⁶ and a fifteen-minute run back and at the rate the—well, one thing; I’m just too wore out to go runnin’ around here and there, this way and that, at your every little whim-wham. An’ you can’t run your neck out like you are much longer neither. You remember that leatherback terrapin¹⁰⁷ we caught in the slough¹⁰⁸ bottom once? An’ put in a tub with too much water— two, three inches—and nothing for him to climb up on? He didn’t drown, you remember? He stood on the bottom of the tub and stretched his neck for so long and out so far to breathe that he stretched himself to death. ...And, where I ain’t worried that you’ll drown, there is some chance you might stretch yourself to death.” Joe tried to laugh, then shut his mouth before another wave got him. “Anyhow, that log should come up from there right away. An’, if worst comes to worst, I can always give you mouth-to-mouth till it rises.” “Well, sure; sure, that’s the truth,” he said. “I hadn’t thought of that.” He brought his lips together for a bit as the water lapped up to his face. “Oh yeah; you can always give me mouth-to-mouth.” “Just so long as you don’t get worried under there . . .” “Worried? I ain’t worried. Just cold. I know you’ll do somethin’.” “Sure.” “Just like we used to trade off with one aqualung under water.” “Sure. It’s no different.” “Just like it.” sometimes a great notion I stood there in the water beside the log, shivering. “All a man is ever got to do is hold his mouth right an’ keep his faith. An’ wait . . .” He clamped his mouth. “Sure,” I finished for him while the wave passed. “Just wait. And think about good times ahead.” “Right! And—boy oh boy—Thanksgiving in a few days,” Joe remembered, smacking¹⁰⁹ his lips. “That’s something, that’s good times. ’N’ this business will be all over. We’ll have to really do something full-size for Thanksgiving.” “Damn right.” Just stood there and shivered, feeling like maybe the time for doing something full-size had long gone. . . . The kingfishers waited. ...The rain buzzed pensively¹¹⁰ against the river, adding drop after drop... while Hank spent the last darkening hours of that day clinging to the bark of the log, the sharp brown fingers of the current dragging at his legs—shivering at first, then cold beyond cold and no longer shivering—carrying lungs full of air to a face invisible beneath the water....All Joe has to do, he told himself, is keep from panicking, keep up his spirits. Joe seemed in the best of spirits. Even after his little scarred face had been submerged Hank could still hear sputtering¹¹¹ giggles, and when he ducked his face under still feel that goofy, half-wit grin against Joe’s lips. The situation seemed so bizarre to them both that for a time they felt silly and foolish and made the job of transferring the air more difficult and dangerous with their laughing, both realizing it, but unable to stop. For a time they were unable to think of anything except sonofagun I bet we look like fools; I bet if old Henry up there came to an’ saw this we’d never be shut of him kidding us, not in the next hundred years. And, for a time, even after all the situation’s ludicrous humor was exhausted¹¹² for Hank, he still could feel the amusement beneath the water. This kept his hopes alive; as long’s the little fart is laughing under there we’ll make out. I can carry him air all night if it comes to it. As long as he’s got faith enough to see it’s funny. As long as I still feel him grinning. That’s what’ll save his ass, him still getting a boot out of being in a bad fix; him still holding his mouth right. . . . 582 ken kesey But beneath the water, in the close, cold dark, the fix was as bad as it was above. And as humorless. More so, actually. Still ...there was something funny happening. Not funny the way Joe liked, but funny like it was somebody else’s joke. And the laughter was no more his laughter than the grin was his grin. They came from someplace else. They had started coming over him right after the water completely covered his face. Black and cold. Shock and horror, then...this funny thing swimming up out of the dark. Like something’d been there all along and just waiting for it to get dark enough. Now, in tight silence beneath the water, Joe feels it trying to fit into the skin of him, trying to eat away the thing he is inside, and fit into his skin. A black, laughing cancer trying to take over the shell of him. He doesn’t like it. He fights to stop it by trying to think of brighter sides. Like Thanksgiving just a couple days off. One of the best of all times, any time, and this time due to be one of the best of the best of all times. Because this WP deal will be finished; we’ll be able to take a breather. With smells all morning. Sage⁶³ and onion dressing¹¹³ in the turkey. Punkin pie with allspice. Watch the doughnut. Then sit around the stove in the living room, fart and belch¹¹⁴, fart and belch like it used to be. Watching the ballgames on TV and drinking beer and smoking cigars. No, no beer or cigars. I forgot. Not the hole. No coffee neither. Don’t laugh. Because a man, Brother Walker says, builds his mansion¹¹⁵ in the sky out of the lumber¹¹⁶ of Good Living as you walk the streets that he saws here on earth. Lays up his treasures in Heaven by not partaking in—don’t laugh now you will have no cares—by not indulging in—don’t you laugh because you start laughing pretty quick I choke then I never catch up . . . Besides. There’s nothing funny. Not under here. Look: I’m a little worried—and not the squares—and I’m cold; and I hurt. That’s not funny. I want to go home. I want to go to my new home and put on the clean suntans Jan’s ironing for me and have the twins sit on my belly¹¹⁷ and Squeaky show us what she drew today in drawing. And all them things. I want . . . cranberries¹¹⁸ and mincemeat. Oh yeah! And sweet potatoes with marshmallows—don’t laugh—with marshmallows baked on top and turkey . . . Don’t laugh I want it again! Don’t you sometimes a great notion laugh it ain’t funny never to taste sweet potatoes baked with marshmallows on top again! But don’t you want watch the doughnut that cigar too? Yes! but dang it a man’s got to build his mansion out of! Sure but you tell me—don’t get me laughing!—wouldn’t you rather have that cup of hot coffee now that you didn’t—don’t, dang you!—didn’t have this morning? No! Not the hole. And don’t laugh I know you now get outa here—or that Judy girl who was always—get outa here, Devil!—putting the ray on you in math class? Satan! Satan! I know you and don’t laugh—you know me—you black Devil— you know better than that now Devil! The Good Lord in His goodness He leadeth me through the valley of the shadow! Come on now, sonny, don’t make me laugh; you know better than that bullshit. It ain’t funny! Or bullshit. I’ll hack¹¹⁹ it out if I just don’t go to doubting. Oh yeah, sure you will . . . I will! Whosoever believe that he don’t laugh! Sure you will just like you hacked¹²⁰ me out with a brush knife it ain’t funny no but it still gives a fellow amusement don’t laugh you you cheated me no you cheated me no no they yeah yeah that’s what I mean it was Him and them yeah that’s what’s so don’t do it! baloney what’s the Oh oh oh no difference? See? See? If we all got cheated? But the cigars! Oh yeah, I missed the smokes but And o my god I liked coffee oh yeah me too but that’s what’s so goddam funny so blessed funny so oh oh ...oh... A bubbling of hysterical¹²¹ mirth erupted in Hank’s face just as he was bending to deliver another breath to Joe. It startled him so he lost his lungful of air. He stared, frowning, at the now placid¹²² spot where the strange laughter had exploded. Then gulped¹²³ another lungful of air and plunged¹²⁴ his face into the water, feeling with his lips until he found Joby’s mouth...open in the dark there, open and round with laughing. And huge; like an underwater cave, it’s so huge, like a drain hole at the world’s deepest bottom, rimmed¹²⁵ with cold flesh...so huge it could empty seas. And the current swirling¹²⁶ down in a black spiral, filling it to laugh again. He did not attempt to force his cargo¹²⁷ of air into that lifeless hole. He withdrew his face slowly and stared again at the surface 584 ken kesey of water that lay featureless and unruffled over Joe. No different from any of the rest of the surface, all the way across the river, all the way out to sea. (But Joe Ben is dead, don’t you realize?) The clicking was going again—waiting—louder and harder. And a fuzziness, too, and nausea¹²⁸. (The little sonofabitch is dead. And yet, the little goblin is dead don’t you see? in spite of the sudden rolling pitch of nausea, above that ballooning sense of loss that you always feel right after somebody close dies but he’s dead, Joe Ben is dead, don’t you understand, I experienced a sort of feeling of relief. I was tired, and it was almost over, and I was relieved to know I would be able to rest before much longer. Waiting. Tired for a long time. Just a little bit more, just get the old man up to the pick-up and in town to some help, and maybe then it will be over. Finally finished. After going on now for Christ how long? after going on now for at least . . . since I saw the old man coming down the hill from the pick-up this morning, looking all worried. No. Before that. Since earlier this morning, or last night waking up and seeing my reflection. No. Before that, too. Since Joby first got me out for football and made me his hero. Since he first jumped into the ocean that time to make me outswim him. Since the old man nailed that plaque¹²⁹ on my wall. Since Boney Stokes bugged¹³⁰ old Henry about his old man. Since, since, since . . .) until— standing there, waiting, still looking at that spot of water—his burning lungs broke the backrushing stream of thoughts, “But you’re dead, Joby, you bastard oh damn you you’re dead”— and he blew out the stale air in a loud, gasping sob¹³¹ . . . As it grew darker along the highway more and more kindred souls motoring in my direction up river pulled over to ask if they mightn’t give me a lift. I refused politely and continued stoically on with a delicious air of martyrdom about me. The walk had become more and more religious to me; a pilgrimage with built-in penance¹³², taking me to my mosque¹³³, my shrine¹³⁴ of salvation¹³⁵, and at the same time punishing me with rain and cold for the sin I planned to commit when I got there. And, believe it or not, the closer I got to the house the slower fell the rain and the warmer felt the air. Quite a change, I thought, from streets filled with sleet¹³⁶ and demonic doctors... sometimes a great notion (After climbing up onto the end of the log still sticking out of the water, I noticed for the first time since the accident that the weather was clearing off a little; the wind had died down almost complete, and the rain was beginning to ease off. I rested a minute or so on the log there; then I got out of my back pocket some big cable staples¹³⁷ and a crescent wrench¹³⁸ I was carrying. I found Joe Ben’s hand floating in the dark. I pulled the sleeve up over the limp hand and rolled it back into a thick cuff¹³⁹. Then I nailed it to the log. I found the other hand and did the same; it was clumsy work, hammering the big staples through the heavy fabric¹⁴⁰ with a crescent wrench, about half under water to boot. I took out my hanky and tied it to that branch, the one that had whacked¹⁴¹ me. When I was finished I stood up, and already I could feel a little movement beneath my feet as the rising current lifted at the log. “If Joe could have hung on another twenty minutes or so . . .” Then I jumped from the log into the tangle of vines and made my way through the forest toward the place I had left the old man. The climb up the hill to the pick-up shook the old man to consciousness. He rolled his poor old head back and forth in the dark while I was starting the motor, asking, “What? What, dammit all?” and, “You got the cast on the wrong ruttin’ side er somethin’?” I felt I should say something to reassure¹⁴² him but somehow couldn’t make myself speak. I just kept saying, “Hang tough, hang tough.” I drove the pick-up back down the hill, listening to the whimpered questions like they were coming from a long ways off. When I reached the highway the questions stopped and I could tell by the breathing that he had passed out again. I said thank the Lord for small favors and tore out west. I reached into my breast pocket after my smokes and it wasn’t cigarettes at all: it scared me; it was that damned little transistor radio and it had dried out enough to peep a little when I touched it. I throwed it from me and it landed next to the door, going off and on with pieces of Western music. “Keep movin’ on—” it played. “When they get you goin’ they really keep at you,” I said out loud. The old man answered, “Grab a root an’ 586 ken kesey dig,”—and I really tromped down on her. I didn’t want any more of that than necessary. The rain slowed to a mist and had quit altogether by the time I swung the pick-up into the mill yard. The clouds above were beginning to break up and in the pale moonlight I could see Andy leaning on his peavey like a sleeping heron. I got out and handed him the two candy bars I’d found in the jockey box. “You got to stay out here all night,” I told him. My voice sounded like it was coming from someone standing in the shadow beside me. “Most of the logs rode the current up. You won’t see no more probably for three or four hours, till the tides change again. And get every log that comes past, all of them. Every one, you hear me? And watch for one flagged. Joe Ben’s nailed onto that one, drowned.” Andy nodded, wide-eyed, but he didn’t say anything. I stood there a minute. The overcast¹⁴³ had thinned and split above us and was beginning to curl up and pull apart into dark clots¹⁴⁴; the full white circle of the moon came out now and then between the clots. The dripping berry vines that grew along the plank¹⁴⁵ walk from the mill to the moorage¹⁴⁶ looked like banks of crumpled¹⁴⁷ foil. I saw Andy look at the blood-drenched¹⁴⁸ arms of my sweat shirt, wanting to be told what had happened, but there again— just like back at the slope—I couldn’t bring myself to speak. I turned, going back along the planks¹⁴⁹ toward the idling pick-up without saying anything else. I just wanted to be away from people. I didn’t want to have to avoid answering questions about what happened. I didn’t want the questions. I barely slowed down as I approached the house. Just enough to glance over and see that the light was still on in Viv’s room. I better call her when I get into town, I figured. Jan, too; call them from the hospital. But I knew I wouldn’t. The little radio had finally stopped playing. It was warm in the cab now, and quiet; just the tires ripping along the pavement as I passed our garage, and a sound beside me from the old man like a wind going back and forth over old dead leaves. I was tired. Too tired to mourn or care about what had happened. I’ll mourn later, I figured, I’ll—“What!” I’ll mourn later when I get time—“What?”—after a rest I’ll—“What! It’s him!” sometimes a great notion Then I saw the kid, just as I went past the garage. Walking along the highway headed for the house, not at the hospital, not in town, but here, now, there, back there at the garage, back there getting ready to go down to the launch and across to the house! Damn. They really keep at you. When they get you going they really keep right at you. . . .) By the time my damp pilgrimage ended and the garage came into sight it had stopped raining, my nose no longer ran, and a wind had sprung up and showed signs of blowing the skies clear. Yet my old anxiety was returning, barking WATCH OUT WATCH OUT over and over, and this time giving as a reason to hesitate the dangerous lateness of the hour: THEY WILL BE RETURNING; THEY WILL CATCH YOU. ...But, where I might have procrastinated¹⁵⁰ another hour away haggling¹⁵¹ with this thought, the reason eliminated itself for me: just as I stepped from the highway to the graveled drive I caught sight of brother Hank himself zooming¹⁵² past in the pick-up, face fixed¹⁵³ with the obvious intention of going all the way into town—to look for the old man, I was certain. That sight scuttled¹⁵⁴ my new excuse; and, never once wondering how Hank had acquired the pick-up without old Henry’s driving it to him, I made for the launch, unable to come up with any reasons not to. “Here’s your chance to get into the game,” I told myself, “with security insured and no tricky¹⁵⁵ grounders or pricky needles.” And tried to convince myself that I was pleased that events had laid the way so open for me. Indeed, the way seemed to be becoming more open, and more lovely, by the moment. The clouds, suddenly shriveled and empty, were returning on the wind over the treetops back to sea to reload, leaving the land to frost and the boat motor dry when I removed the tarp covering. The moon ran like quicksilver on the motor, guiding my hands to the right instruments; the rope pulled smoothly¹⁵⁶; the motor started the first try and held, even and full-throated; the mooring¹⁵⁷ rope came loose with a single flip³⁰ and the prow¹⁵⁸ swung pointing at the house, as sure as a compass needle. And from the glisten¹⁵⁹ of frozen forest across the river I could hear the bugle¹⁶⁰ of an elk¹⁶¹, possessed¹⁶² by 588 ken kesey lust¹⁶³ or a cold bed, I didn’t know which, but I know those high skirling notes marshaled me forward like a tune¹⁶⁴ from a satyr’s pipe. The light from Viv’s upstairs window rolled a glowing carpet out across the water to me...ushered¹⁶⁵ me dimly up the stairs... seeped¹⁶⁶ warmly from beneath her door. Everything was perfect; I will be a veritable stallion, I told myself, Casanova personified ...and had already knocked when a new fear smote¹⁶⁷ me: but what if I can’t make it! I TOLD YOU TO WATCH OUT what if I start to come on like a stallion and can’t get it up! I was petrified¹⁶⁸ by the prospect¹⁶⁹; with no luck along that line since way back before Mother’s suicide, and months even since my last painful attempt, what reason had I to expect success this time? perhaps that’s why I have been holding back so long; perhaps it is this pain I have been warned to WATCH OUT for; perhaps I should— But when a voice called, “Come in, Lee,” from the other side of the door, I knew it was too late to use this reason to run, even if the reason had been real. I opened the door and poked¹⁷⁰ in my head—“Just for a quick hello,” I said, and added matter-of-factly, “I walked out from town, now I—” “I’m glad you did,” she said, then added in a lighter¹⁷¹ tone, “It was getting a little scary out here all by myself so long. Boy! Are you drenched! Come sit by the heater.” “I became separated from Henry at the hospital,” I offered lamely¹⁷². “Oh? Where do you suppose he went?” “Where can one ever suppose old Henry goes? Maybe after more of the balm of Gilead. . . .” She smiled. She was seated on the floor before the humming orange heat of her coiled heater with a book, wearing a pair of tight green capris and one of Hank’s plaid woolen¹⁷³ shirts that itched²⁵ itched itched against her skin, I was positive. And the glow of the electric coils made her face and hair shimmer¹⁷⁴ with a deep fluid opulence¹⁷⁵. “Yes,” I said, “I suppose he must have stopped by Gilead for more balm. . . .” After our initial howdy-do’s and what-do-you-supposes, and sometimes a great notion that stretched instant of silence, I indicated her book. “I see you’re still bent on improving your mind.” She smiled at the volume. “It’s the Wallace Stevens.” She looked back up, asking forgiveness. “I don’t know that I’m getting all of it—” “I don’t know that anybody is.” “—but I like it. It—well, even when I don’t get it, I still feel certain ways when I read it. Some places I feel happy, some places I feel all funny. And then”—she dropped her eyes again to the book resting in her hands—“sometimes I feel pretty awful.” “Then you are most certainly getting it!” My enthusiasm hung there for another silence with egg on its face; she looked back up. “Oh say, what did they say to you at the doctor’s?” “They said”—I tried to change from enthusiasm to comedy again—“in so many words: ‘drop your pants and bend over.’ And the next thing I knew they were pumping my lungs full of smelling salts.” “You passed out?” “Cold.” She laughed softly at me, then became confidential¹⁷⁶, lowering her voice. “Hey now; I’ll tell you a little something, if you promise not to plague him about it.” “Cross my heart. Plague who about what?” “Old Henry. After his fall off those rocks. See, when they brought him in from the show he cussed and carried on just terrible while he was around here, then, when we got him to the doctor, he went tough as nails. You know the way he can be. He didn’t make a peep while they were lookin’ him over—except for joking with the nurses and kidding them about being so antsy with him. ‘Ain’t nothin’ but a busted¹⁷⁷ wing,’ he kept saying.

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 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。

3 jacks   

n.抓子游戏；千斤顶( jack的名词复数 )；（电）插孔；[电子学]插座；放弃

参考例句：

• Hydraulic jacks under the machine produce the movement. 是机器下面的液压千斤顶造成的移动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The front end is equipped with hydraulic jacks used for grade adjustment. 前瑞安装有液压千斤顶用来调整坡度。 来自辞典例句

4 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

5 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

6 aluminum   

n.(aluminium)铝

参考例句：

• The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
• During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。

7 transistor   

n.晶体管，晶体管收音机

参考例句：

• This make of transistor radio is small and beautifully designed.这半导体收音机小巧玲珑。
• Every transistor has at least three electrodes.每个晶体管至少有三个电极。

8 shrill   

adj.尖声的；刺耳的；v尖叫

参考例句：

• Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
• The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。

9 meshed   

有孔的，有孔眼的，啮合的

参考例句：

• The wheels meshed well. 机轮啮合良好。
• Their senses of humor meshed perfectly. 他们的幽默感配合得天衣无缝。

10 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。

11 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。

12 dribbling   

n.（燃料或油从系统内）漏泄v.流口水( dribble的现在分词 )；（使液体）滴下或作细流；运球，带球

参考例句：

• Basic skills include swimming, dribbling, passing, marking, tackling, throwing, catching and shooting. 个人基本技术包括游泳、带球、传球、盯人、抢截、抛球、接球和射门。 来自互联网
• Carol: [Laurie starts dribbling again] Now do that for ten minutes. 卡罗：（萝莉开始再度运球）现在那样做十分钟。 来自互联网

13 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。

14 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

15 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。

16 meshing   

结网，啮合

参考例句：

• The modification of gear is a principal method for improving performance meshing. 齿面修形是提高齿轮副啮合性能的重要手段。
• Exact modeling of gear teeth is based on meshing theory. 摘要根据齿轮啮合原理，建立了轮齿的精确齿形。

17 immutable   

adj.不可改变的，永恒的

参考例句：

• Nothing in the world is immutable.世界没有一成不变的东西。
• They free our minds from considering our world as fixed and immutable.它们改变着人们将世界看作是永恒不变的观点。

18 everlasting   

adj.永恒的，持久的，无止境的

参考例句：

• These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
• He believes in everlasting life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。

19 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

20 pimpled   

adj.有丘疹的，多粉刺的

参考例句：

• How do you like your pimpled rubber-turned outside or inside? 您喜欢颗料海绵胶是正贴还是反贴的？ 来自互联网
• It is inward pimpled rubber. 这是反贴海锦（拍）。 来自互联网

21 contemplating   

深思，细想，仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 )； 注视，凝视； 考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）； 深思熟虑，沉思，苦思冥想

参考例句：

• You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
• She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。

22 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

23 discretion   

n.谨慎；随意处理

参考例句：

• You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
• Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。

24 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

25 itched   

v.发痒( itch的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Seeing the children playing ping-pong, he itched to have a go. 他看到孩子们打乒乓，不觉技痒。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He could hardly sIt'still and itched to have a go. 他再也坐不住了，心里跃跃欲试。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

26 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。

27 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。

28 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

29 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！”

30 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

31 flips   

轻弹( flip的第三人称单数 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• Larry flips on the TV while he is on vacation in Budapest. 赖瑞在布达佩斯渡假时，打开电视收看节目。
• He flips through a book before making a decision. 他在决定买下一本书前总要先草草翻阅一下。

32 juggles   

v.歪曲( juggle的第三人称单数 )；耍弄；有效地组织；尽力同时应付（两个或两个以上的重要工作或活动）

参考例句：

• They brought back to my mind, in a flash, the three juggles. 他们顿时使我回想起那三个变戏法的。 来自辞典例句
• Our juggles are essentially built from relationships ─with our partners alz, coworkers and friends. 我们的事业和家庭实际上都是建立于各种关系之上的──与伴侣、孩子、同事和朋友的关系。 来自互联网

33 grooved   

v.沟( groove的过去式和过去分词 )；槽；老一套；（某种）音乐节奏

参考例句：

• He was grooved in running errands for his neighbors. 他已习惯于为邻居跑腿。 来自辞典例句
• The carpenter grooved the board. 木匠在木板上开槽。 来自辞典例句

34 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！

35 gravel   

n.砂跞；砂砾层；结石

参考例句：

• We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
• More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。

36 wheezing   

v.喘息，发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声( wheeze的现在分词 )；哮鸣

参考例句：

• He was coughing and wheezing all night. 他整夜又咳嗽又喘。
• A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune. 一架手摇风琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏着一首古老的曲子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

37 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

38 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。

39 bucking   

v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的现在分词 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• a bucking bronco in the rodeo 牛仔竞技表演中一匹弓背跳跃的野马
• That means we'll be bucking grain bags, bustin's gut. 那就是说咱们要背这一袋袋的谷子，得把五脏都累坏。 来自辞典例句

40 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

41 pivots   

n.枢( pivot的名词复数 )；最重要的人（或事物）；中心；核心v.（似）在枢轴上转动( pivot的第三人称单数 )；把…放在枢轴上；以…为核心，围绕（主旨）展开

参考例句：

• The success of the project pivots on investment from abroad. 这个工程的成功主要依靠外来投资。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The novel pivots around a long conversation between two characters. 这部小说是以两个人物的对话为中心展开的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

42 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

43 fanged   

adj.有尖牙的，有牙根的，有毒牙的

参考例句：

• The piercing wind fanged his ears. 刺骨的寒风吹得他耳朵疼痛。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The fanged dagger, with spikes protruding from the handle. 手柄有突出尖状物的有尖牙状的匕首。 来自互联网

44 dangling   

悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 )； 摆动不定； 用某事物诱惑…； 吊胃口

参考例句：

• The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
• The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。

45 tangle   

n.纠缠；缠结；混乱；v.(使)缠绕；变乱

参考例句：

• I shouldn't tangle with Peter.He is bigger than me.我不应该与彼特吵架。他的块头比我大。
• If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them.我要是你，我就不跟他们争吵。

46 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

47 jolts   

（使）摇动， （使）震惊( jolt的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He found that out when he got a few terrific jolts, but he wouldn't give up. 被狠狠地撞回来几次后，他发觉了这一点，但他决不因此罢休。
• Some power bars are loaded with carbohydrates or caffeine for quick jolts. 有些能量条中包含大量的碳水化合物和咖啡因，以达到快速提神的效果。

48 hiss   

v.发出嘶嘶声；发嘘声表示不满

参考例句：

• We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
• Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。

49 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

50 gouged   

v.凿( gouge的过去式和过去分词 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…

参考例句：

• The lion's claws had gouged a wound in the horse's side. 狮爪在马身一侧抓了一道深口。
• The lovers gouged out their names on the tree. 情人们把他们的名字刻在树上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

51 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

52 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

53 mashed   

a.捣烂的

参考例句：

• two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
• Just one scoop of mashed potato for me, please. 请给我盛一勺土豆泥。

54 stew   

n.炖汤，焖，烦恼；v.炖汤，焖，忧虑

参考例句：

• The stew must be boiled up before serving.炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
• There's no need to get in a stew.没有必要烦恼。

55 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

56 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

57 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

58 mound   

n.土墩，堤，小山；v.筑堤，用土堆防卫

参考例句：

• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
• The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。

59 gull   

n.鸥；受骗的人；v.欺诈

参考例句：

• The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.象牙海鸥经常跟在北极熊的后面吃剩下的海豹尸体。
• You are not supposed to gull your friends.你不应该欺骗你的朋友。

60 tourniquet   

n.止血器，绞压器，驱血带

参考例句：

• Twist the tourniquet tighter.把止血带扎紧点。
• The tourniquet should occlude venous and lymphatic return.止血带应阻断静脉及淋巴回流。

61 gushing   

adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
• The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

62 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。

63 sage   

n.圣人，哲人；adj.贤明的，明智的

参考例句：

• I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
• The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。

64 symbiosis   

n.共生（关系），共栖

参考例句：

• They live in a symbiosis with governments that they are financing.他们与他们服务的政府互利共存。
• The symbiosis between social values and political structure has produced extraordinary achievement.社会价值观念和政治结构的共生现象带来了非凡的成就。

65 meager   

adj.缺乏的，不足的，瘦的

参考例句：

• He could not support his family on his meager salary.他靠微薄的工资无法养家。
• The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal.两个男人同一个女人围着火，开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。

66 piqued   

v.伤害…的自尊心( pique的过去式和过去分词 )；激起（好奇心）

参考例句：

• Their curiosity piqued, they stopped writing. 他们的好奇心被挑起，停下了手中的笔。 来自辞典例句
• This phenomenon piqued Dr Morris' interest. 这一现象激起了莫里斯医生的兴趣。 来自辞典例句

67 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

68 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

69 onward   

adj.向前的，前进的；adv.向前，前进，在先

参考例句：

• The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。
• He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。

70 resolute   

adj.坚决的，果敢的

参考例句：

• He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
• The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。

71 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

72 hitch   

v.免费搭(车旅行)；系住；急提；n.故障；急拉

参考例句：

• They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程，最后决定搭便车。
• All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。

73 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。

74 raving   

adj.说胡话的；疯狂的，怒吼的；非常漂亮的；令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话；疯话adv.胡言乱语地；疯狂地

参考例句：

• The man's a raving lunatic. 那个男子是个语无伦次的疯子。
• When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers. 我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时，她暴跳如雷。

75 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

76 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。

77 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》

78 gushed   

v.喷，涌( gush的过去式和过去分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• Oil gushed from the well. 石油从井口喷了出来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Clear water gushed into the irrigational channel. 清澈的水涌进了灌溉渠道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

79 creeks   

n.小湾( creek的名词复数 )；小港；小河；小溪

参考例句：

• The prospect lies between two creeks. 矿区位于两条溪流之间。 来自辞典例句
• There was the excitement of fishing in country creeks with my grandpa on cloudy days. 有在阴雨天和姥爷一起到乡村河湾钓鱼的喜悦。 来自辞典例句

80 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

81 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。

82 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

84 braced   

adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来

参考例句：

• They braced up the old house with balks of timber. 他们用梁木加固旧房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick. 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房。 来自《简明英汉词典》

85 budge   

v.移动一点儿；改变立场

参考例句：

• We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.我们试图把大石头抬起来，但它连动都没动一下。
• She wouldn't budge on the issue.她在这个问题上不肯让步。

86 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

87 slanting   

倾斜的，歪斜的

参考例句：

• The rain is driving [slanting] in from the south. 南边潲雨。
• The line is slanting to the left. 这根线向左斜了。

88 corks   

n.脐梅衣；软木( cork的名词复数 )；软木塞

参考例句：

• Champagne corks were popping throughout the celebrations. 庆祝会上开香槟酒瓶塞的砰砰声不绝於耳。 来自辞典例句
• Champagne corks popped, and on lace tablecloths seven-course dinners were laid. 桌上铺着带装饰图案的网织的桌布，上面是七道菜的晚餐。 来自飘（部分）

89 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

90 whoop   

n.大叫，呐喊，喘息声；v.叫喊，喘息

参考例句：

• He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.他看到自己的新自行车时，高兴得叫了起来。
• Everybody is planning to whoop it up this weekend.大家都打算在这个周末好好欢闹一番。

91 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

92 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

93 tuxedo   

n.礼服，无尾礼服

参考例句：

• Well,you have your own tuxedo.噢，你有自己的燕尾服。
• Have I told you how amazing you look in this tuxedo?我告诉过你穿这件燕尾服看起来很棒吗？

94 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

95 scowled   

怒视，生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
• The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。

96 maneuvering   

v.移动，用策略( maneuver的现在分词 )；操纵

参考例句：

• This Manstein did, with some brilliant maneuvering under the worse winter conditions. 曼施坦因在最恶劣的严冬条件下，出色地施展了灵活机动的战术，终于完成了任务。 来自辞典例句
• In short, large goals required farsighted policies, not tactical maneuvering. 一句话，大的目标需要有高瞻远瞩的政策，玩弄策略是不行的。 来自辞典例句

97 accosted   

v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 )；跟…搭讪；（乞丐等）上前向…乞讨；（妓女等）勾搭

参考例句：

• She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger. 在街上，一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
• His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。 来自《简明英汉词典》

98 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。

99 squeak   

n.吱吱声，逃脱；v.（发出）吱吱叫，侥幸通过；（俚）告密

参考例句：

• I don't want to hear another squeak out of you!我不想再听到你出声！
• We won the game,but it was a narrow squeak.我们打赢了这场球赛，不过是侥幸取胜。

100 giggles   

n.咯咯的笑( giggle的名词复数 )；傻笑；玩笑；the giggles 止不住的格格笑v.咯咯地笑( giggle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Her nervous giggles annoyed me. 她神经质的傻笑把我惹火了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I had to rush to the loo to avoid an attack of hysterical giggles. 我不得不冲向卫生间，以免遭到别人的疯狂嘲笑。 来自辞典例句

101 chattering   

n. （机器振动发出的）咔嗒声，(鸟等)鸣，啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的，啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The teacher told the children to stop chattering in class. 老师叫孩子们在课堂上不要叽叽喳喳讲话。
• I was so cold that my teeth were chattering. 我冷得牙齿直打战。

102 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。

103 gust   

n.阵风，突然一阵（雨、烟等），（感情的）迸发

参考例句：

• A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
• A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。

104 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。

105 hustle   

v.推搡；竭力兜售或获取；催促；n.奔忙(碌)

参考例句：

• It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
• I had to hustle through the crowded street.我不得不挤过拥挤的街道。

106 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

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

107 terrapin   

n.泥龟；鳖

参考例句：

• The diamondback terrapin in this undated photo has two heads.这张未标日期的图片上的钻纹龟有两个头。
• He also owns a two-headed goat,a two-headed terrapin and the world's only living three-headed turtle.他还拥有双头山羊、淡水龟，以及世上现存唯一的三头乌龟。

108 slough   

v.蜕皮，脱落，抛弃

参考例句：

• He was not able to slough off the memories of the past.他无法忘记过去。
• A cicada throws its slough.蝉是要蜕皮的。

109 smacking   

活泼的，发出响声的，精力充沛的

参考例句：

• He gave both of the children a good smacking. 他把两个孩子都狠揍了一顿。
• She inclined her cheek,and John gave it a smacking kiss. 她把头低下，约翰在她的脸上响亮的一吻。

110 pensively   

adv.沉思地，焦虑地

参考例句：

• Garton pensively stirred the hotchpotch of his hair. 加顿沉思着搅动自己的乱发。 来自辞典例句
• "Oh, me,'said Carrie, pensively. "I wish I could live in such a place." “唉，真的，"嘉莉幽幽地说，"我真想住在那种房子里。” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

111 sputtering   

n.反应溅射法；飞溅；阴极真空喷镀；喷射v.唾沫飞溅( sputter的现在分词 )；发劈啪声；喷出；飞溅出

参考例句：

• A wick was sputtering feebly in a dish of oil. 瓦油灯上结了一个大灯花，使微弱的灯光变得更加阴暗。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• Jack ran up to the referee, sputtering protest. 贾克跑到裁判跟前，唾沫飞溅地提出抗议。 来自辞典例句

112 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

113 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

114 belch   

v.打嗝，喷出

参考例句：

• Cucumber makes me belch.黃瓜吃得我打嗝。
• Plant chimneys belch out dense smoke.工厂的烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟。

115 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。

116 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

117 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

118 cranberries   

n.越橘( cranberry的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tart flavour of the cranberries adds piquancy. 越橘的酸味很可口。
• Look at the fresh cranberries. 你看这些新鲜的蔓越橘。 来自无师自通 校园英语会话

119 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

120 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。

121 hysterical   

adj.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的

参考例句：

• He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
• His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。

122 placid   

adj.安静的，平和的

参考例句：

• He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.八年来他一直过着平静的生活。
• You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to- heart talk with her.你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。

123 gulped   

v.狼吞虎咽地吃，吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 )；大口地吸（气）；哽住

参考例句：

• He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out. 他把剩下的茶一饮而尽便出去了。
• She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her. 她紧张地咽了一下，似乎那问题把她难住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

124 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

125 rimmed   

adj.有边缘的，有框的v.沿…边缘滚动；给…镶边

参考例句：

• Gold rimmed spectacles bit deep into the bridge of his nose. 金边眼镜深深嵌入他的鼻梁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Trees rimmed the pool. 水池的四周树木环绕。 来自《简明英汉词典》

126 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句

127 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

128 nausea   

n.作呕，恶心；极端的憎恶(或厌恶)

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。

129 plaque   

n.饰板，匾，(医)血小板

参考例句：

• There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
• Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。

130 bugged   

vt.在…装窃听器（bug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The police have bugged his office. 警察在他的办公室装了窃听器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had bugged off before I had a chance to get a word in. 我还没来得及讲话，他已经走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

131 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。

132 penance   

n.（赎罪的）惩罪

参考例句：

• They had confessed their sins and done their penance.他们已经告罪并做了补赎。
• She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。

133 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

134 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

135 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

136 sleet   

n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹

参考例句：

• There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
• When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。

137 staples   

n.（某国的）主要产品( staple的名词复数 )；钉书钉；U 形钉；主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly. 订书机上的铁砧安装错位。 来自辞典例句
• I'm trying to make an analysis of the staples of his talk. 我在试行分析他的谈话的要旨。 来自辞典例句

138 wrench   

v.猛拧；挣脱；使扭伤；n.扳手；痛苦，难受

参考例句：

• He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down.他跳下去的时候扭伤了足踝。
• It was a wrench to leave the old home.离开这个老家非常痛苦。

139 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？

140 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

141 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。

142 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

143 overcast   

adj.阴天的，阴暗的，愁闷的；v.遮盖，（使）变暗，包边缝；n.覆盖，阴天

参考例句：

• The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
• The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。

144 clots   

n.凝块( clot的名词复数 )；血块；蠢人；傻瓜v.凝固( clot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• When you cut yourself, blood clots and forms a scab. 你割破了，血会凝固、结痂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Milk clots when it turns sour. 奶变酸就凝块。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

145 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。

146 moorage   

n.系泊，系泊处，系泊费

参考例句：

147 crumpled   

adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. 她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。
• She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk. 她在写字台上把皱巴巴的信展平。

148 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》

149 planks   

（厚）木板( plank的名词复数 )； 政纲条目，政策要点

参考例句：

• The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
• We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。

150 procrastinated   

拖延，耽搁( procrastinate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She procrastinated her return. 她拖延了归期。
• He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all. 他因循坐误，一事无成。

151 haggling   

v.讨价还价( haggle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt. 我扔下他自己在市场上就一件衬衫讨价还价。
• Some were haggling loudly with traders as they hawked their wares. 有些人正在大声同兜售货物的商贩讲价钱。 来自辞典例句

152 zooming   

adj.快速上升的v.（飞机、汽车等）急速移动( zoom的过去分词 )；（价格、费用等）急升，猛涨

参考例句：

• Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Panning and zooming, especially when paired together, create navigation difficulties for users. 对于用户来说，平移和缩放一起使用时，产生了更多的导航困难。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

153 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

154 scuttled   

v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 )；快跑，急走

参考例句：

• She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
• The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

155 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

156 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

157 mooring   

n.停泊处；系泊用具，系船具；下锚v.停泊，系泊（船只）(moor的现在分词)

参考例句：

• However, all the best mooring were occupied by local fishing boats. 凡是可以泊船的地方早已被当地渔船占去了。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• Her mind was shaken loose from the little mooring of logic that it had. 就像小船失去了锚，她的思绪毫无逻辑地四处漂浮，一会为这个想法难受，一会为那个念头生气。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

158 prow   

n.(飞机)机头，船头

参考例句：

• The prow of the motor-boat cut through the water like a knife.汽艇的船头像一把刀子劈开水面向前行驶。
• He stands on the prow looking at the seadj.他站在船首看着大海。

159 glisten   

vi.（光洁或湿润表面等）闪闪发光，闪闪发亮

参考例句：

• Dewdrops glisten in the morning sun.露珠在晨光下闪闪发光。
• His sunken eyes glistened with delight.他凹陷的眼睛闪现出喜悦的光芒。

160 bugle   

n.军号，号角，喇叭；v.吹号，吹号召集

参考例句：

• When he heard the bugle call, he caught up his gun and dashed out.他一听到军号声就抓起枪冲了出去。
• As the bugle sounded we ran to the sports ground and fell in.军号一响，我们就跑到运动场集合站队。

161 elk   

n.麋鹿

参考例句：

• I was close enough to the elk to hear its labored breathing.我离那头麋鹿非常近，能听见它吃力的呼吸声。
• The refuge contains the largest wintering population of elk in the world.这座庇护所有着世界上数量最大的冬季麋鹿群。

162 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

163 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。

164 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。

165 ushered   

v.引，领，陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。
• A round of parties ushered in the New Year. 一系列的晚会迎来了新年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

166 seeped   

v.（液体）渗( seep的过去式和过去分词 )；渗透；渗出；漏出

参考例句：

• The rain seeped through the roof. 雨水透过房顶渗透。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Icy air seeped in through the paper and the room became cold. 寒气透过了糊窗纸。屋里骤然冷起来。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

167 smote   

v.猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去式 )

参考例句：

• Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him. 打个比方说，他是不能认敌为友。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• \"Whom Pearl smote down and uprooted, most unmercifully.\" 珠儿会毫不留情地将这些\"儿童\"踩倒，再连根拔起。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学

168 petrified   

adj.惊呆的；目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆，使惊呆；变僵硬；使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• I'm petrified of snakes. 我特别怕蛇。
• The poor child was petrified with fear. 这可怜的孩子被吓呆了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

169 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

170 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

171 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

172 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。

173 woolen   

adj.羊毛(制)的；毛纺的

参考例句：

• She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.冬天她喜欢穿羊毛袜。
• There is one bar of woolen blanket on that bed.那张床上有一条毛毯。

174 shimmer   

v./n.发微光，发闪光；微光

参考例句：

• The room was dark,but there was a shimmer of moonlight at the window.屋子里很黑，但靠近窗户的地方有点微光。
• Nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage.没有什么比新叶的微光更纯洁无瑕了。

175 opulence   

n.财富，富裕

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence.他从未见过这样的财富。
• He owes his opulence to work hard.他的财富乃辛勤工作得来。

176 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

177 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。