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Chapter 23 Magic
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Dr. Craven had been waiting some time at the housewhen they returned to it. He had indeed begun to wonderif it might not be wise to send some one out to explorethe garden paths. When Colin was brought back to hisroom the poor man looked him over seriously.

  "You should not have stayed so long," he said. "You mustnot overexert yourself.""I am not tired at all," said Colin. "It has made me well.

  Tomorrow I am going out in the morning as well as inthe afternoon.""I am not sure that I can allow it," answered Dr. Craven.

  "I am afraid it would not be wise.""It would not be wise to try to stop me," said Colinquite seriously. "I am going."Even Mary had found out that one of Colin's chief peculiaritieswas that he did not know in the least what a rude littlebrute he was with his way of ordering people about.

  He had lived on a sort of desert island all his lifeand as he had been the king of it he had made his ownmanners and had had no one to compare himself with.

  Mary had indeed been rather like him herself and since shehad been at Misselthwaite had gradually discovered thather own manners had not been of the kind which is usualor popular. Having made this discovery she naturallythought it of enough interest to communicate to Colin.

  So she sat and looked at him curiously1 for a few minutesafter Dr. Craven had gone. She wanted to make him askher why she was doing it and of course she did.

  "What are you looking at me for?" he said.

  "I'm thinking that I am rather sorry for Dr. Craven.""So am I," said Colin calmly, but not without an airof some satisfaction. "He won't get Misselthwaiteat all now I'm not going to die.""I'm sorry for him because of that, of course," said Mary,"but I was thinking just then that it must have been veryhorrid to have had to be polite for ten years to a boywho was always rude. I would never have done it.""Am I rude?" Colin inquired undisturbedly.

  "If you had been his own boy and he had been a slappingsort of man," said Mary, "he would have slapped you.""But he daren't," said Colin.

  "No, he daren't," answered Mistress Mary, thinking thething out quite without prejudice. "Nobody ever daredto do anything you didn't like--because you were goingto die and things like that. You were such a poor thing.""But," announced Colin stubbornly, "I am not goingto be a poor thing. I won't let people think I'm one.

  I stood on my feet this afternoon.""It is always having your own way that has made youso queer," Mary went on, thinking aloud.

  Colin turned his head, frowning.

  "Am I queer?" he demanded.

  "Yes," answered Mary, "very. But you needn't be cross,"she added impartially2, "because so am I queer--and so isBen Weatherstaff. But I am not as queer as I was before Ibegan to like people and before I found the garden.""I don't want to be queer," said Colin. "I am not goingto be," and he frowned again with determination.

  He was a very proud boy. He lay thinking for a while andthen Mary saw his beautiful smile begin and graduallychange his whole face.

  "I shall stop being queer," he said, "if I go every dayto the garden. There is Magic in there--good Magic,you know, Mary. I am sure there is." "So am I,"said Mary.

  "Even if it isn't real Magic," Colin said, "we can pretendit is. Something is there--something!""It's Magic," said Mary, "but not black. It's as whiteas snow."They always called it Magic and indeed it seemed like itin the months that followed--the wonderful months--theradiant months--the amazing ones. Oh! the thingswhich happened in that garden! If you have never hada garden you cannot understand, and if you have hada garden you will know that it would take a whole bookto describe all that came to pass there. At first itseemed that green things would never cease pushingtheir way through the earth, in the grass, in the beds,even in the crevices3 of the walls. Then the green thingsbegan to show buds and the buds began to unfurl andshow color, every shade of blue, every shade of purple,every tint4 and hue5 of crimson6. In its happy days flowershad been tucked away into every inch and hole and corner.

  Ben Weatherstaff had seen it done and had himself scrapedout mortar7 from between the bricks of the wall and madepockets of earth for lovely clinging things to grow on.

  Iris and white lilies rose out of the grass in sheaves,and the green alcoves8 filled themselves with amazing armiesof the blue and white flower lances of tall delphiniumsor columbines or campanulas.

  "She was main fond o' them--she was," Ben Weatherstaff said.

  "She liked them things as was allus pointin' up to th'

  blue sky, she used to tell. Not as she was one o'

  them as looked down on th' earth--not her. She just lovedit but she said as th' blue sky allus looked so joyful9."The seeds Dickon and Mary had planted grew as if fairieshad tended them. Satiny poppies of all tints10 danced in thebreeze by the score, gaily11 defying flowers which had livedin the garden for years and which it might be confessedseemed rather to wonder how such new people had got there.

  And the roses--the roses! Rising out of the grass,tangled round the sun-dial, wreathing the tree trunksand hanging from their branches, climbing up the wallsand spreading over them with long garlands fallingin cascades12 --they came alive day by day, hour by hour.

  Fair fresh leaves, and buds--and buds--tiny at first butswelling and working Magic until they burst and uncurledinto cups of scent13 delicately spilling themselves overtheir brims and filling the garden air.

  Colin saw it all, watching each change as it took place.

  Every morning he was brought out and every hour of each daywhen it didn't rain he spent in the garden. Even graydays pleased him. He would lie on the grass "watchingthings growing," he said. If you watched long enough,he declared, you could see buds unsheath themselves.

  Also you could make the acquaintance of strange busy insectthings running about on various unknown but evidentlyserious errands, sometimes carrying tiny scraps14 of strawor feather or food, or climbing blades of grass as if theywere trees from whose tops one could look out to explorethe country. A mole15 throwing up its mound16 at the end of itsburrow and making its way out at last with the long-nailedpaws which looked so like elfish hands, had absorbed himone whole morning. Ants' ways, beetles17' ways, bees'

  ways, frogs' ways, birds' ways, plants' ways, gave hima new world to explore and when Dickon revealed themall and added foxes' ways, otters18' ways, ferrets' ways,squirrels' ways, and trout19' and water-rats' and badgers20'

  ways, there was no end to the things to talk about and thinkover.

  And this was not the half of the Magic. The fact that hehad really once stood on his feet had set Colin thinkingtremendously and when Mary told him of the spell shehad worked he was excited and approved of it greatly.

  He talked of it constantly.

  "Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world,"he said wisely one day, "but people don't know what it islike or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to saynice things are going to happen until you make them happen.

  I am going to try and experiment"The next morning when they went to the secret garden he sentat once for Ben Weatherstaff. Ben came as quickly as hecould and found the Rajah standing21 on his feet under a treeand looking very grand but also very beautifully smiling.

  "Good morning, Ben Weatherstaff," he said. "I want youand Dickon and Miss Mary to stand in a row and listen to mebecause I am going to tell you something very important.""Aye, aye, sir!" answered Ben Weatherstaff, touchinghis forehead. (One of the long concealed23 charms of BenWeatherstaff was that in his boyhood he had once run awayto sea and had made voyages. So he could reply like a sailor.)"I am going to try a scientific experiment," explained the Rajah.

  "When I grow up I am going to make great scientificdiscoveries and I am going to begin now with this experiment""Aye, aye, sir!" said Ben Weatherstaff promptly,though this was the first time he had heard of greatscientific discoveries.

  It was the first time Mary had heard of them, either,but even at this stage she had begun to realize that,queer as he was, Colin had read about a great many singularthings and was somehow a very convincing sort of boy.

  When he held up his head and fixed24 his strange eyes on youit seemed as if you believed him almost in spite of yourselfthough he was only ten years old--going on eleven.

  At this moment he was especially convincing because hesuddenly felt the fascination25 of actually making a sortof speech like a grown-up person.

  "The great scientific discoveries I am going to make,"he went on, "will be about Magic. Magic is a great thingand scarcely any one knows anything about it except a fewpeople in old books--and Mary a little, because she wasborn in India where there are fakirs. I believe Dickonknows some Magic, but perhaps he doesn't know he knows it.

  He charms animals and people. I would never have let himcome to see me if he had not been an animal charmer--whichis a boy charmer, too, because a boy is an animal.

  I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have notsense enough to get hold of it and make it do things forus--like electricity and horses and steam."This sounded so imposing26 that Ben Weatherstaff becamequite excited and really could not keep still. "Aye, aye,sir," he said and he began to stand up quite straight.

  "When Mary found this garden it looked quite dead,"the orator27 proceeded. "Then something began pushing thingsup out of the soil and making things out of nothing.

  One day things weren't there and another they were.

  I had never watched things before and it made me feelvery curious. Scientific people are always curious and Iam going to be scientific. I keep saying to myself,`What is it? What is it?' It's something. It can'tbe nothing! I don't know its name so I call it Magic.

  I have never seen the sun rise but Mary and Dickon haveand from what they tell me I am sure that is Magic too.

  Something pushes it up and draws it. Sometimes since I'vebeen in the garden I've looked up through the trees atthe sky and I have had a strange feeling of being happyas if something were pushing and drawing in my chestand making me breathe fast. Magic is always pushing anddrawing and making things out of nothing. Everything ismade out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds,badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it mustbe all around us. In this garden--in all the places.

  The Magic in this garden has made me stand up and knowI am going to live to be a man. I am going to make thescientific experiment of trying to get some and put itin myself and make it push and draw me and make me strong.

  I don't know how to do it but I think that if you keepthinking about it and calling it perhaps it will come.

  Perhaps that is the first baby way to get it.

  When I was going to try to stand that first time Marykept saying to herself as fast as she could, `You cando it! You can do it!' and I did. I had to try myselfat the same time, of course, but her Magic helped me--andso did Dickon's. Every morning and evening and as oftenin the daytime as I can remember I am going to say,'Magic is in me! Magic is making me well! I am goingto be as strong as Dickon, as strong as Dickon!' And youmust all do it, too. That is my experiment Will you help,Ben Weatherstaff?""Aye, aye, sir!" said Ben Weatherstaff. "Aye, aye!""If you keep doing it every day as regularly as soldiersgo through drill we shall see what will happen and findout if the experiment succeeds. You learn thingsby saying them over and over and thinking about themuntil they stay in your mind forever and I think itwill be the same with Magic. If you keep calling itto come to you and help you it will get to be partof you and it will stay and do things." "I once heardan officer in India tell my mother that there were fakirswho said words over and over thousands of times," said Mary.

  "I've heard Jem Fettleworth's wife say th' same thing overthousands o' times--callin' Jem a drunken brute," said BenWeatherstaff dryly. "Summat allus come o' that, sure enough.

  He gave her a good hidin' an' went to th' Blue Lion an'

  got as drunk as a lord."Colin drew his brows together and thought a few minutes.

  Then he cheered up.

  "Well," he said, "you see something did come of it.

  She used the wrong Magic until she made him beat her.

  If she'd used the right Magic and had said somethingnice perhaps he wouldn't have got as drunk as a lord andperhaps--perhaps he might have bought her a new bonnet28."Ben Weatherstaff chuckled29 and there was shrewd admirationin his little old eyes.

  "Tha'rt a clever lad as well as a straight-legged one,Mester Colin," he said. "Next time I see Bess FettleworthI'll give her a bit of a hint o' what Magic will do for her.

  She'd be rare an' pleased if th' sinetifik 'sperimentworked --an' so 'ud Jem."Dickon had stood listening to the lecture, his roundeyes shining with curious delight. Nut and Shell wereon his shoulders and he held a long-eared white rabbitin his arm and stroked and stroked it softly while itlaid its ears along its back and enjoyed itself.

  "Do you think the experiment will work?" Colin asked him,wondering what he was thinking. He so often wonderedwhat Dickon was thinking when he saw him looking at himor at one of his "creatures" with his happy wide smile.

  He smiled now and his smile was wider than usual.

  "Aye," he answered, "that I do. It'll work same as th'

  seeds do when th' sun shines on 'em. It'll work for sure.

  Shall us begin it now?"Colin was delighted and so was Mary. Fired by recollectionsof fakirs and devotees in illustrations Colin suggestedthat they should all sit cross-legged under the treewhich made a canopy30.

  "It will be like sitting in a sort of temple," said Colin.

  "I'm rather tired and I want to sit down.""Eh!" said Dickon, "tha' mustn't begin by sayin'

  tha'rt tired. Tha' might spoil th' Magic."Colin turned and looked at him--into his innocent round eyes.

  "That's true," he said slowly. "I must only think ofthe Magic." It all seemed most majestic31 and mysteriouswhen they sat down in their circle. Ben Weatherstafffelt as if he had somehow been led into appearingat a prayer-meeting. Ordinarily he was very fixed inbeing what he called "agen' prayer-meetin's" but thisbeing the Rajah's affair he did not resent it and wasindeed inclined to be gratified at being called uponto assist. Mistress Mary felt solemnly enraptured32.

  Dickon held his rabbit in his arm, and perhaps he madesome charmer's signal no one heard, for when he sat down,cross-legged like the rest, the crow, the fox, the squirrelsand the lamb slowly drew near and made part of the circle,settling each into a place of rest as if of their own desire.

  "The `creatures' have come," said Colin gravely.

  "They want to help us."Colin really looked quite beautiful, Mary thought.

  He held his head high as if he felt like a sort of priestand his strange eyes had a wonderful look in them.

  The light shone on him through the tree canopy.

  "Now we will begin," he said. "Shall we sway backwardand forward, Mary, as if we were dervishes?""I canna' do no swayin' back'ard and for'ard,"said Ben Weatherstaff. "I've got th' rheumatics.""The Magic will take them away," said Colin in a HighPriest tone, "but we won't sway until it has done it.

  We will only chant.""I canna' do no chantin'" said Ben Weatherstaff atrifle testily33. "They turned me out o' th' church choir34 th'

  only time I ever tried it."No one smiled. They were all too much in earnest.

  Colin's face was not even crossed by a shadow. He wasthinking only of the Magic.

  "Then I will chant," he said. And he began, looking likea strange boy spirit. "The sun is shining--the sunis shining. That is the Magic. The flowers are growing--theroots are stirring. That is the Magic. Being aliveis the Magic--being strong is the Magic. The Magic isin me--the Magic is in me. It is in me--it is in me.

  It's in every one of us. It's in Ben Weatherstaff's back.

  Magic! Magic! Come and help!"He said it a great many times--not a thousand timesbut quite a goodly number. Mary listened entranced.

  She felt as if it were at once queer and beautiful and shewanted him to go on and on. Ben Weatherstaff began to feelsoothed into a sort of dream which was quite agreeable.

  The humming of the bees in the blossoms mingled36 withthe chanting voice and drowsily37 melted into a doze38.

  Dickon sat cross-legged with his rabbit asleepon his arm and a hand resting on the lamb's back.

  Soot35 had pushed away a squirrel and huddled39 close to himon his shoulder, the gray film dropped over his eyes.

  At last Colin stopped.

  "Now I am going to walk round the garden," he announced.

  Ben Weatherstaff's head had just dropped forward and helifted it with a jerk.

  "You have been asleep," said Colin.

  "Nowt o' th' sort," mumbled40 Ben. "Th' sermon was goodenow--but I'm bound to get out afore th' collection."He was not quite awake yet.

  "You're not in church," said Colin.

  "Not me," said Ben, straightening himself. "Who said Iwere? I heard every bit of it. You said th' Magic wasin my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics."The Rajah waved his hand.

  "That was the wrong Magic," he said. "You will get better.

  You have my permission to go to your work. But comeback tomorrow.""I'd like to see thee walk round the garden," grunted41 Ben.

  It was not an unfriendly grunt42, but it was a grunt.

  In fact, being a stubborn old party and not having entirefaith in Magic he had made up his mind that if he were sentaway he would climb his ladder and look over the wallso that he might be ready to hobble back if there wereany stumbling.

  The Rajah did not object to his staying and so the processionwas formed. It really did look like a procession.

  Colin was at its head with Dickon on one side andMary on the other. Ben Weatherstaff walked behind,and the "creatures" trailed after them, the lamb andthe fox cub43 keeping close to Dickon, the white rabbithopping along or stopping to nibble44 and Soot followingwith the solemnity of a person who felt himself in charge.

  It was a procession which moved slowly but with dignity.

  Every few yards it stopped to rest. Colin leaned on Dickon'sarm and privately45 Ben Weatherstaff kept a sharp lookout,but now and then Colin took his hand from its supportand walked a few steps alone. His head was held up allthe time and he looked very grand.

  "The Magic is in me!" he kept saying. "The Magicis making me strong! I can feel it! I can feel it!"It seemed very certain that something was upholdingand uplifting him. He sat on the seats in the alcoves,and once or twice he sat down on the grass and severaltimes he paused in the path and leaned on Dickon, but hewould not give up until he had gone all round the garden.

  When he returned to the canopy tree his cheeks were flushedand he looked triumphant46.

  "I did it! The Magic worked!" he cried. "That is myfirst scientific discovery.".

  "What will Dr. Craven say?" broke out Mary.

  "He won't say anything," Colin answered, "because he willnot be told. This is to be the biggest secret of all.

  No one is to know anything about it until I have grownso strong that I can walk and run like any other boy.

  I shall come here every day in my chair and I shall betaken back in it. I won't have people whispering andasking questions and I won't let my father hear about ituntil the experiment has quite succeeded. Then sometimewhen he comes back to Misselthwaite I shall just walk intohis study and say `Here I am; I am like any other boy.

  I am quite well and I shall live to be a man. It has beendone by a scientific experiment.'""He will think he is in a dream," cried Mary. "He won'tbelieve his eyes."Colin flushed triumphantly47. He had made himself believethat he was going to get well, which was really morethan half the battle, if he had been aware of it.

  And the thought which stimulated48 him more than any otherwas this imagining what his father would look like when hesaw that he had a son who was as straight and strong asother fathers' sons. One of his darkest miseries49 in theunhealthy morbid50 past days had been his hatred51 of beinga sickly weak-backed boy whose father was afraid to look at him.

  "He'll be obliged to believe them," he said.

  "One of the things I am going to do, after the Magicworks and before I begin to make scientific discoveries,is to be an athlete.""We shall have thee takin' to boxin' in a week or so,"said Ben Weatherstaff. "Tha'lt end wi' winnin' th'

  Belt an' bein' champion prize-fighter of all England."Colin fixed his eyes on him sternly.

  "Weatherstaff," he said, "that is disrespectful.

  You must not take liberties because you are in the secret.

  However much the Magic works I shall not be a prize-fighter.

  I shall be a Scientific Discoverer.""Ax pardon--ax pardon, sir" answered Ben, touching22 hisforehead in salute52. "I ought to have seed it wasn'ta jokin' matter," but his eyes twinkled and secretly hewas immensely pleased. He really did not mind beingsnubbed since the snubbing meant that the lad was gainingstrength and spirit.


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1 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
2 impartially lqbzdy     
adv.公平地,无私地
参考例句:
  • Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
  • We hope that they're going to administer justice impartially. 我们希望他们能主持正义,不偏不倚。
3 crevices 268603b2b5d88d8a9cc5258e16a1c2f8     
n.(尤指岩石的)裂缝,缺口( crevice的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • It has bedded into the deepest crevices of the store. 它已钻进了店里最隐避的隙缝。 来自辞典例句
  • The wind whistled through the crevices in the rock. 风呼啸着吹过岩石的缝隙。 来自辞典例句
4 tint ZJSzu     
n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色
参考例句:
  • You can't get up that naturalness and artless rosy tint in after days.你今后不再会有这种自然和朴实无华的红润脸色。
  • She gave me instructions on how to apply the tint.她告诉我如何使用染发剂。
5 hue qdszS     
n.色度;色调;样子
参考例句:
  • The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
  • The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。
6 crimson AYwzH     
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
参考例句:
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
7 mortar 9EsxR     
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合
参考例句:
  • The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
  • The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
8 alcoves 632df89563b4b011276dc21bbd4e73dd     
n.凹室( alcove的名词复数 );(花园)凉亭;僻静处;壁龛
参考例句:
  • In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves. 火炉两边的凹室里是书架。 来自辞典例句
  • Tiny streams echo in enormous overhanging alcoves. 小溪流的回声在巨大而突出的凹壁中回荡。 来自互联网
9 joyful N3Fx0     
adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的
参考例句:
  • She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
  • They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。
10 tints 41fd51b51cf127789864a36f50ef24bf     
色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹
参考例句:
  • leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
  • The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints. 乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色。
11 gaily lfPzC     
adv.欢乐地,高兴地
参考例句:
  • The children sing gaily.孩子们欢唱着。
  • She waved goodbye very gaily.她欢快地挥手告别。
12 cascades 6a84598b241e2c2051459650eb88013f     
倾泻( cascade的名词复数 ); 小瀑布(尤指一连串瀑布中的一支); 瀑布状物; 倾泻(或涌出)的东西
参考例句:
  • The river fell in a series of cascades down towards the lake. 河形成阶梯状瀑布泻入湖中。
  • Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. 现在他朝着太阳驶去,开始了穿越喀斯喀特山脉的漫长而曲折的路程。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
13 scent WThzs     
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉
参考例句:
  • The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
  • The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。
14 scraps 737e4017931b7285cdd1fa3eb9dd77a3     
油渣
参考例句:
  • Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
  • A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
15 mole 26Nzn     
n.胎块;痣;克分子
参考例句:
  • She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
  • The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。
16 mound unCzhy     
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。
17 beetles e572d93f9d42d4fe5aa8171c39c86a16     
n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them. 甲壳虫把粪粒埋起来,然后在里面产卵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This kind of beetles have hard shell. 这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
18 otters c7b1b011f1aba54879393a220705a840     
n.(水)獭( otter的名词复数 );獭皮
参考例句:
  • An attempt is being made to entice otters back to the river. 人们正试图把水獭引诱回河里去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Otters are believed to have been on Earth for 90 million years. 水獭被认为存活在地球上已经9千多万年。 来自互联网
19 trout PKDzs     
n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
参考例句:
  • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
  • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
20 badgers d3dd4319dcd9ca0ba17c339a1b422326     
n.獾( badger的名词复数 );獾皮;(大写)獾州人(美国威斯康星州人的别称);毛鼻袋熊
参考例句:
  • Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church. 獾在这座教堂的地基处打了洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • And rams ' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood. 5染红的公羊皮,海狗皮,皂荚木。 来自互联网
21 standing 2hCzgo     
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。
22 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
23 concealed 0v3zxG     
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 fixed JsKzzj     
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。
25 fascination FlHxO     
n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋
参考例句:
  • He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
  • His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。
26 imposing 8q9zcB     
adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的
参考例句:
  • The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
  • He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
27 orator hJwxv     
n.演说者,演讲者,雄辩家
参考例句:
  • He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩,胜过最好的演说家。
  • The orator gestured vigorously while speaking.这位演讲者讲话时用力地做手势。
28 bonnet AtSzQ     
n.无边女帽;童帽
参考例句:
  • The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes.婴孩的帽子遮住阳光,使之不刺眼。
  • She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers.她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽,帽上缀着褪了色的假花。
29 chuckled 8ce1383c838073977a08258a1f3e30f8     
轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
  • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
30 canopy Rczya     
n.天篷,遮篷
参考例句:
  • The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
  • They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。
31 majestic GAZxK     
adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的
参考例句:
  • In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
  • He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。
32 enraptured ee087a216bd29ae170b10f093b9bf96a     
v.使狂喜( enrapture的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was enraptured that she had smiled at him. 她对他的微笑使他心荡神驰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were enraptured to meet the great singer. 他们和大名鼎鼎的歌手见面,欣喜若狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
33 testily df69641c1059630ead7b670d16775645     
adv. 易怒地, 暴躁地
参考例句:
  • He reacted testily to reports that he'd opposed military involvement. 有报道称他反对军队参与,对此他很是恼火。 来自柯林斯例句
34 choir sX0z5     
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱
参考例句:
  • The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
  • The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
35 soot ehryH     
n.煤烟,烟尘;vt.熏以煤烟
参考例句:
  • Soot is the product of the imperfect combustion of fuel.煤烟是燃料不完全燃烧的产物。
  • The chimney was choked with soot.烟囱被煤灰堵塞了。
36 mingled fdf34efd22095ed7e00f43ccc823abdf     
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
参考例句:
  • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
  • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
37 drowsily bcb5712d84853637a9778f81fc50d847     
adv.睡地,懒洋洋地,昏昏欲睡地
参考例句:
  • She turned drowsily on her side, a slow creeping blackness enveloping her mind. 她半睡半醒地翻了个身,一片缓缓蠕动的黑暗渐渐将她的心包围起来。 来自飘(部分)
  • I felt asleep drowsily before I knew it. 不知过了多久,我曚扙地睡着了。 来自互联网
38 doze IsoxV     
v.打瞌睡;n.打盹,假寐
参考例句:
  • He likes to have a doze after lunch.他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
  • While the adults doze,the young play.大人们在打瞌睡,而孩子们在玩耍。
39 huddled 39b87f9ca342d61fe478b5034beb4139     
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
  • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
40 mumbled 3855fd60b1f055fa928ebec8bcf3f539     
含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话,可我没太听清楚。
  • George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。
41 grunted f18a3a8ced1d857427f2252db2abbeaf     
(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说
参考例句:
  • She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声,继续看书,不屑抬起头来看一眼。
  • She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。
42 grunt eeazI     
v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝
参考例句:
  • He lifted the heavy suitcase with a grunt.他咕噜着把沉重的提箱拎了起来。
  • I ask him what he think,but he just grunt.我问他在想什麽,他只哼了一声。
43 cub ny5xt     
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
参考例句:
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
44 nibble DRZzG     
n.轻咬,啃;v.一点点地咬,慢慢啃,吹毛求疵
参考例句:
  • Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.通货膨胀开始蚕食他们的存款。
  • The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.鸟儿们紧贴在墙上,啄着砖缝。
45 privately IkpzwT     
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
参考例句:
  • Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
  • The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
46 triumphant JpQys     
adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的
参考例句:
  • The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
  • There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。
47 triumphantly 9fhzuv     
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地
参考例句:
  • The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
  • Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
48 stimulated Rhrz78     
a.刺激的
参考例句:
  • The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
  • The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。
49 miseries c95fd996533633d2e276d3dd66941888     
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人
参考例句:
  • They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
50 morbid u6qz3     
adj.病的;致病的;病态的;可怕的
参考例句:
  • Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。
  • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。
51 hatred T5Gyg     
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
参考例句:
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
52 salute rYzx4     
vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮
参考例句:
  • Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
  • The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。


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