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Chapter 26 Sharpshooters
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Wintry morning, looking with dull eyes and sallow face upon theneighbourhood of Leicester Square, finds its inhabitants unwillingto get out of bed. Many of them are not early risers at thebrightest of times, being birds of night who roost when the sun ishigh and are wide awake and keen for prey1 when the stars shine out.

  Behind dingy2 blind and curtain, in upper story and garret, skulkingmore or less under false names, false hair, false titles, falsejewellery, and false histories, a colony of brigands3 lie in theirfirst sleep. Gentlemen of the green-baize road who could discoursefrom personal experience of foreign galleys4 and home treadmills;spies of strong governments that eternally quake with weakness andmiserable fear, broken traitors5, cowards, bullies6, gamesters,shufflers, swindlers, and false witnesses; some not unmarked by thebranding-iron beneath their dirty braid; all with more cruelty inthem than was in Nero, and more crime than is in Newgate. Forhowsoever bad the devil can be in fustian7 or smock-frock (and hecan be very bad in both), he is a more designing, callous8, andintolerable devil when he sticks a pin in his shirt-front, callshimself a gentleman, backs a card or colour, plays a game or so ofbilliards, and knows a little about bills and promissory notes thanin any other form he wears. And in such form Mr. Bucket shall findhim, when he will, still pervading9 the tributary10 channels ofLeicester Square.

  But the wintry morning wants him not and wakes him not. It wakesMr. George of the shooting gallery and his familiar. They arise,roll up and stow away their mattresses11. Mr. George, having shavedhimself before a looking-glass of minute proportions, then marchesout, bare-headed and bare-chested, to the pump in the little yardand anon comes back shining with yellow soap, friction12, driftingrain, and exceedingly cold water. As he rubs himself upon a largejack-towel, blowing like a military sort of diver just come up, hishair curling tighter and tighter on his sunburnt temples the morehe rubs it so that it looks as if it never could be loosened by anyless coercive instrument than an iron rake or a curry-comb--as herubs, and puffs13, and polishes, and blows, turning his head fromside to side the more conveniently to excoriate14 his throat, andstanding with his body well bent16 forward to keep the wet from hismartial legs, Phil, on his knees lighting17 a fire, looks round as ifit were enough washing for him to see all that done, and sufficientrenovation for one day to take in the superfluous18 health his masterthrows off.

  When Mr. George is dry, he goes to work to brush his head with twohard brushes at once, to that unmerciful degree that Phil,shouldering his way round the gallery in the act of sweeping19 it,winks with sympathy. This chafing20 over, the ornamental21 part of Mr.

  George's toilet is soon performed. He fills his pipe, lights it,and marches up and down smoking, as his custom is, while Phil,raising a powerful odour of hot rolls and coffee, preparesbreakfast. He smokes gravely and marches in slow time. Perhapsthis morning's pipe is devoted22 to the memory of Gridley in hisgrave.

  "And so, Phil," says George of the shooting gallery after severalturns in silence, "you were dreaming of the country last night?"Phil, by the by, said as much in a tone of surprise as he scrambledout of bed.

  "Yes, guv'ner.""What was it like?""I hardly know what it was like, guv'ner," said Phil, considering.

  "How did you know it was the country?""On account of the grass, I think. And the swans upon it," saysPhil after further consideration.

  "What were the swans doing on the grass?""They was a-eating of it, I expect," says Phil.

  The master resumes his march, and the man resumes his preparationof breakfast. It is not necessarily a lengthened23 preparation,being limited to the setting forth24 of very simple breakfastrequisites for two and the broiling25 of a rasher of bacon at thefire in the rusty26 grate; but as Phil has to sidle round aconsiderable part of the gallery for every object he wants, andnever brings two objects at once, it takes time under thecircumstances. At length the breakfast is ready. Phil announcingit, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, standshis pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal.

  When he has helped himself, Phil follows suit, sitting at theextreme end of the little oblong table and taking his plate on hisknees. Either in humility27, or to hide his blackened hands, orbecause it is his natural manner of eating.

  "The country," says Mr. George, plying28 his knife and fork; "why, Isuppose you never clapped your eyes on the country, Phil?""I see the marshes29 once," says Phil, contentedly30 eating hisbreakfast.

  "What marshes?""THE marshes, commander," returns Phil.

  "Where are they?""I don't know where they are," says Phil; "but I see 'em, guv'ner.

  They was flat. And miste."Governor and commander are interchangeable terms with Phil,expressive31 of the same respect and deference32 and applicable tonobody but Mr. George.

  "I was born in the country, Phil.""Was you indeed, commander?""Yes. And bred there."Phil elevates his one eyebrow33, and after respectfully staring athis master to express interest, swallows a great gulp34 of coffee,still staring at him.

  "There's not a bird's note that I don't know," says Mr. George.

  "Not many an English leaf or berry that I couldn't name. Not manya tree that I couldn't climb yet if I was put to it. I was a realcountry boy, once. My good mother lived in the country.""She must have been a fine old lady, guv'ner," Phil observes.

  "Aye! And not so old either, five and thirty years ago," says Mr.

  George. "But I'll wager35 that at ninety she would be near asupright as me, and near as broad across the shoulders.""Did she die at ninety, guv'ner?" inquires Phil.

  "No. Bosh! Let her rest in peace, God bless her!" says thetrooper. "What set me on about country boys, and runaways36, andgood-for-nothings? You, to be sure! So you never clapped youreyes upon the country--marshes and dreams excepted. Eh?"Phil shakes his head.

  "Do you want to see it?""N-no, I don't know as I do, particular," says Phil.

  "The town's enough for you, eh?""Why, you see, commander," says Phil, "I ain't acquainted withanythink else, and I doubt if I ain't a-getting too old to take tonovelties.""How old ARE you, Phil?" asks the trooper, pausing as he conveyshis smoking saucer to his lips.

  "I'm something with a eight in it," says Phil. "It can't beeighty. Nor yet eighteen. It's betwixt 'em, somewheres."Mr. George, slowly putting down his saucer without tasting itscontents, is laughingly beginning, "Why, what the deuce, Phil--"when he stops, seeing that Phil is counting on his dirty fingers.

  "I was just eight," says Phil, "agreeable to the parishcalculation, when I went with the tinker. I was sent on a errand,and I see him a-sittin under a old buildin with a fire all tohimself wery comfortable, and he says, 'Would you like to comealong a me, my man?' I says 'Yes,' and him and me and the firegoes home to Clerkenwell together. That was April Fool Day. I wasable to count up to ten; and when April Fool Day come round again,I says to myself, 'Now, old chap, you're one and a eight in it.'

  April Fool Day after that, I says, 'Now, old chap, you're two and aeight in it.' In course of time, I come to ten and a eight in it;two tens and a eight in it. When it got so high, it got the upperhand of me, but this is how I always know there's a eight in it.""Ah!" says Mr. George, resuming his breakfast. "And where's thetinker?""Drink put him in the hospital, guv'ner, and the hospital put him--in a glass-case, I HAVE heerd," Phil replies mysteriously.

  "By that means you got promotion37? Took the business, Phil?""Yes, commander, I took the business. Such as it was. It wasn'tmuch of a beat--round Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Clerkenwell,Smiffeld, and there--poor neighbourhood, where they uses up thekettles till they're past mending. Most of the tramping tinkersused to come and lodge38 at our place; that was the best part of mymaster's earnings39. But they didn't come to me. I warn't like him.

  He could sing 'em a good song. I couldn't! He could play 'em atune on any sort of pot you please, so as it was iron or block tin.

  I never could do nothing with a pot but mend it or bile it--neverhad a note of music in me. Besides, I was too ill-looking, andtheir wives complained of me.""They were mighty40 particular. You would pass muster41 in a crowd,Phil!" says the trooper with a pleasant smile.

  "No, guv'ner," returns Phil, shaking his head. "No, I shouldn't.

  I was passable enough when I went with the tinker, though nothingto boast of then; but what with blowing the fire with my mouth whenI was young, and spileing my complexion42, and singeing43 my hair off,and swallering the smoke, and what with being nat'rally unfort'natein the way of running against hot metal and marking myself by sichmeans, and what with having turn-ups with the tinker as I gotolder, almost whenever he was too far gone in drink--which wasalmost always--my beauty was queer, wery queer, even at that time.

  As to since, what with a dozen years in a dark forge where the menwas given to larking44, and what with being scorched45 in a accident ata gas-works, and what with being blowed out of winder case-fillingat the firework business, I am ugly enough to be made a show on!"Resigning himself to which condition with a perfectly46 satisfiedmanner, Phil begs the favour of another cup of coffee. Whiledrinking it, he says, "It was after the case-filling blow-up when Ifirst see you, commander. You remember?""I remember, Phil. You were walking along in the sun.""Crawling, guv'ner, again a wall--""True, Phil--shouldering your way on--""In a night-cap!" exclaims Phil, excited.

  "In a night-cap--""And hobbling with a couple of sticks!" cries Phil, still moreexcited.

  "With a couple of sticks. When--""When you stops, you know," cries Phil, putting down his cup andsaucer and hastily removing his plate from his knees, "and says tome, 'What, comrade! You have been in the wars!' I didn't say muchto you, commander, then, for I was took by surprise that a personso strong and healthy and bold as you was should stop to speak tosuch a limping bag of bones as I was. But you says to me, saysyou, delivering it out of your chest as hearty47 as possible, so thatit was like a glass of something hot, 'What accident have you metwith? You have been badly hurt. What's amiss, old boy? Cheer up,and tell us about it!' Cheer up! I was cheered already! I saysas much to you, you says more to me, I says more to you, you saysmore to me, and here I am, commander! Here I am, commander!" criesPhil, who has started from his chair and unaccountably begun tosidle away. "If a mark's wanted, or if it will improve thebusiness, let the customers take aim at me. They can't spoil MYbeauty. I'M all right. Come on! If they want a man to box at,let 'em box at me. Let 'em knock me well about the head. I don'tmind. If they want a light-weight to be throwed for practice,Cornwall, Devonshire, or Lancashire, let 'em throw me. They won'thurt ME. I have been throwed, all sorts of styles, all my life!"With this unexpected speech, energetically delivered andaccompanied by action illustrative of the various exercisesreferred to, Phil Squod shoulders his way round three sides of thegallery, and abruptly48 tacking49 off at his commander, makes a butt50 athim with his head, intended to express devotion to his service. Hethen begins to clear away the breakfast.

  Mr. George, after laughing cheerfully and clapping him on theshoulder, assists in these arrangements and helps to get thegallery into business order. That done, he takes a turn at thedumb-bells, and afterwards weighing himself and opining that he isgetting "too fleshy," engages with great gravity in solitarybroadsword practice. Meanwhile Phil has fallen to work at hisusual table, where he screws and unscrews, and cleans, and files,and whistles into small apertures51, and blackens himself more andmore, and seems to do and undo52 everything that can be done andundone about a gun.

  Master and man are at length disturbed by footsteps in the passage,where they make an unusual sound, denoting the arrival of unusualcompany. These steps, advancing nearer and nearer to the gallery,bring into it a group at first sight scarcely reconcilable with anyday in the year but the fifth of November.

  It consists of a limp and ugly figure carried in a chair by twobearers and attended by a lean female with a face like a pinchedmask, who might be expected immediately to recite the popularverses commemorative of the time when they did contrive53 to blow OldEngland up alive but for her keeping her lips tightly and defiantlyclosed as the chair is put down. At which point the figure in itgasping, "O Lord! Oh, dear me! I am shaken!" adds, "How de do, mydear friend, how de do?" Mr. George then descries54, in theprocession, the venerable Mr. Smallweed out for an airing, attendedby his granddaughter Judy as body-guard.

  "Mr. George, my dear friend," says Grandfather Smallweed, removinghis right arm from the neck of one of his bearers, whom he hasnearly throttled55 coming along, "how de do? You're surprised to seeme, my dear friend.""I should hardly have been more surprised to have seen your friendin the city," returns Mr. George.

  "I am very seldom out," pants Mr. Smallweed. "I haven't been outfor many months. It's inconvenient--and it comes expensive. But Ilonged so much to see you, my dear Mr. George. How de do, sir?""I am well enough," says Mr. George. "I hope you are the same.""You can't be too well, my dear friend." Mr. Smallweed takes himby both hands. "I have brought my granddaughter Judy. I couldn'tkeep her away. She longed so much to see you.""Hum! She hears it calmly!" mutters Mr. George.

  "So we got a hackney-cab, and put a chair in it, and just round thecorner they lifted me out of the cab and into the chair, andcarried me here that I might see my dear friend in his ownestablishment! This," says Grandfather Smallweed, alluding56 to thebearer, who has been in danger of strangulation and who withdrawsadjusting his windpipe, "is the driver of the cab. He has nothingextra. It is by agreement included in his fare. This person," theother bearer, "we engaged in the street outside for a pint57 of beer.

  Which is twopence. Judy, give the person twopence. I was not sureyou had a workman of your own here, my dear friend, or we needn'thave employed this person."Grandfather Smallweed refers to Phil with a glance of considerableterror and a half-subdued "O Lord! Oh, dear me!" Nor in hisapprehension, on the surface of things, without some reason, forPhil, who has never beheld58 the apparition59 in the black-velvet60 capbefore, has stopped short with a gun in his hand with much of theair of a dead shot intent on picking Mr. Smallweed off as an uglyold bird of the crow species.

  "Judy, my child," says Grandfather Smallweed, "give the person histwopence. It's a great deal for what he has done."The person, who is one of those extraordinary specimens61 of humanfungus that spring up spontaneously in the western streets ofLondon, ready dressed in an old red jacket, with a "mission" forholding horses and calling coaches, received his twopence withanything but transport, tosses the money into the air, catches itover-handed, and retires.

  "My dear Mr. George," says Grandfather Smallweed, "would you be sokind as help to carry me to the fire? I am accustomed to a fire,and I am an old man, and I soon chill. Oh, dear me!"His closing exclamation62 is jerked out of the venerable gentleman bythe suddenness with which Mr. Squod, like a genie63, catches him up,chair and all, and deposits him on the hearth-stone.

  "O Lord!" says Mr. Smallweed, panting. "Oh, dear me! Oh, mystars! My dear friend, your workman is very strong--and veryprompt. O Lord, he is very prompt! Judy, draw me back a little.

  I'm being scorched in the legs," which indeed is testified to thenoses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings.

  The gentle Judy, having backed her grandfather a little way fromthe fire, and having shaken him up as usual, and having releasedhis overshadowed eye from its black-velvet extinguisher, Mr.

  Smallweed again says, "Oh, dear me! O Lord!" and looking about andmeeting Mr. George's glance, again stretches out both hands.

  "My dear friend! So happy in this meeting! And this is yourestablishment? It's a delightful64 place. It's a picture! Younever find that anything goes off here accidentally, do you, mydear friend?" adds Grandfather Smallweed, very ill at ease.

  "No, no. No fear of that.""And your workman. He--Oh, dear me!--he never lets anything offwithout meaning it, does he, my dear friend?""He has never hurt anybody but himself," says Mr. George, smiling.

  "But he might, you know. He seems to have hurt himself a gooddeal, and he might hurt somebody else," the old gentleman returns.

  "He mightn't mean it--or he even might. Mr. George, will you orderhim to leave his infernal firearms alone and go away?"Obedient to a nod from the trooper, Phil retires, empty-handed, tothe other end of the gallery. Mr. Smallweed, reassured65, falls torubbing his legs.

  "And you're doing well, Mr. George?" he says to the trooper,squarely standing15 faced about towards him with his broadsword inhis hand. "You are prospering66, please the Powers?"Mr. George answers with a cool nod, adding, "Go on. You have notcome to say that, I know.""You are so sprightly67, Mr. George," returns the venerablegrandfather. "You are such good company.""Ha ha! Go on!" says Mr. George.

  "My dear friend! But that sword looks awful gleaming and sharp.

  It might cut somebody, by accident. It makes me shiver, Mr.

  George. Curse him!" says the excellent old gentleman apart to Judyas the trooper takes a step or two away to lay it aside. "He owesme money, and might think of paying off old scores in thismurdering place. I wish your brimstone grandmother was here, andhe'd shave her head off."Mr. George, returning, folds his arms, and looking down at the oldman, sliding every moment lower and lower in his chair, saysquietly, "Now for it!""Ho!" cries Mr. Smallweed, rubbing his hands with an artfulchuckle. "Yes. Now for it. Now for what, my dear friend?""For a pipe," says Mr. George, who with great composure sets hischair in the chimney-corner, takes his pipe from the grate, fillsit and lights it, and falls to smoking peacefully.

  This tends to the discomfiture68 of Mr. Smallweed, who finds it sodifficult to resume his object, whatever it may be, that he becomesexasperated and secretly claws the air with an impotentvindictiveness expressive of an intense desire to tear and rend69 thevisage of Mr. George. As the excellent old gentleman's nails arelong and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous, and his eyes greenand watery70; and, over and above this, as he continues, while heclaws, to slide down in his chair and to collapse71 into a shapelessbundle, he becomes such a ghastly spectacle, even in the accustomedeyes of Judy, that that young virgin72 pounces73 at him with somethingmore than the ardour of affection and so shakes him up and pats andpokes him in divers76 parts of his body, but particularly in thatpart which the science of self-defence would call his wind, that inhis grievous distress77 he utters enforced sounds like a paviour'srammer.

  When Judy has by these means set him up again in his chair, with awhite face and a frosty nose (but still clawing), she stretches outher weazen forefinger78 and gives Mr. George one poke75 in the back.

  The trooper raising his head, she makes another poke at heresteemed grandfather, and having thus brought them together, staresrigidly at the fire.

  "Aye, aye! Ho, ho! U--u--u--ugh!" chatters79 Grandfather Smallweed,swallowing his rage. "My dear friend!" (still clawing).

  "I tell you what," says Mr. George. "If you want to converse80 withme, you must speak out. I am one of the roughs, and I can't goabout and about. I haven't the art to do it. I am not cleverenough. It don't suit me. When you go winding81 round and roundme," says the trooper, putting his pipe between his lips again,"damme, if I don't feel as if I was being smothered82!"And he inflates83 his broad chest to its utmost extent as if toassure himself that he is not smothered yet.

  "If you have come to give me a friendly call," continues Mr.

  George, "I am obliged to you; how are you? If you have come to seewhether there's any property on the premises84, look about you; youare welcome. If you want to out with something, out with it!"The blooming Judy, without removing her gaze from the fire, givesher grandfather one ghostly poke.

  "You see! It's her opinion too. And why the devil that youngwoman won't sit down like a Christian," says Mr. George with hiseyes musingly85 fixed86 on Judy, "I can't comprehend.""She keeps at my side to attend to me, sir," says GrandfatherSmallweed. "I am an old man, my dear Mr. George, and I need someattention. I can carry my years; I am not a brimstone poll-parrot"(snarling and looking unconsciously for the cushion), "but I needattention, my dear friend.""Well!" returns the trooper, wheeling his chair to face the oldman. "Now then?""My friend in the city, Mr. George, has done a little business witha pupil of yours.""Has he?" says Mr. George. "I am sorry to hear it.""Yes, sir." Grandfather Smallweed rubs his legs. "He is a fineyoung soldier now, Mr. George, by the name of Carstone. Friendscame forward and paid it all up, honourable87.""Did they?" returns Mr. George. "Do you think your friend in thecity would like a piece of advice?""I think he would, my dear friend. From you.""I advise him, then, to do no more business in that quarter.

  There's no more to be got by it. The young gentleman, to myknowledge, is brought to a dead halt.""No, no, my dear friend. No, no, Mr. George. No, no, no, sir,"remonstrates Grandfather Smallweed, cunningly rubbing his sparelegs. "Not quite a dead halt, I think. He has good friends, andhe is good for his pay, and he is good for the selling price of hiscommission, and he is good for his chance in a lawsuit88, and he isgood for his chance in a wife, and--oh, do you know, Mr. George, Ithink my friend would consider the young gentleman good forsomething yet?" says Grandfather Smallweed, turning up his velvetcap and scratching his ear like a monkey.

  Mr. George, who has put aside his pipe and sits with an arm on hischair-back, beats a tattoo89 on the ground with his right foot as ifhe were not particularly pleased with the turn the conversation hastaken.

  "But to pass from one subject to another," resumes Mr. Smallweed.

  "'To promote the conversation, as a joker might say. To pass, Mr.

  George, from the ensign to the captain.""What are you up to, now?" asks Mr. George, pausing with a frown instroking the recollection of his moustache. "What captain?""Our captain. The captain we know of. Captain Hawdon.""Oh! That's it, is it?" says Mr. George with a low whistle as hesees both grandfather and granddaughter looking hard at him. "Youare there! Well? What about it? Come, I won't be smothered anymore. Speak!""My dear friend," returns the old man, "I was applied90--Judy, shakeme up a little!--I was applied to yesterday about the captain, andmy opinion still is that the captain is not dead.""Bosh!" observes Mr. George.

  "What was your remark, my dear friend?" inquires the old man withhis hand to his ear.

  "Bosh!""Ho!" says Grandfather Smallweed. "Mr. George, of my opinion youcan judge for yourself according to the questions asked of me andthe reasons given for asking 'em. Now, what do you think thelawyer making the inquiries91 wants?""A job," says Mr. George.

  "Nothing of the kind!""Can't be a lawyer, then," says Mr. George, folding his arms withan air of confirmed resolution.

  "My dear friend, he is a lawyer, and a famous one. He wants to seesome fragment in Captain Hawdon's writing. He don't want to keepit. He only wants to see it and compare it with a writing in hispossession.""Well?""Well, Mr. George. Happening to remember the advertisementconcerning Captain Hawdon and any information that could be givenrespecting him, he looked it up and came to me--just as you did, mydear friend. WILL you shake hands? So glad you came that day! Ishould have missed forming such a friendship if you hadn't come!""Well, Mr. Smallweed?" says Mr. George again after going throughthe ceremony with some stiffness.

  "I had no such thing. I have nothing but his signature. Plaguepestilence and famine, battle murder and sudden death upon him,"says the old man, making a curse out of one of his few remembrancesof a prayer and squeezing up his velvet cap between his angryhands, "I have half a million of his signatures, I think! Butyou," breathlessly recovering his mildness of speech as Judy re-adjusts the cap on his skittle-ball of a head, "you, my dear Mr.

  George, are likely to have some letter or paper that would suit thepurpose. Anything would suit the purpose, written in the hand.""Some writing in that hand," says the trooper, pondering; "may be,I have.""My dearest friend!""May be, I have not.""Ho!" says Grandfather Smallweed, crest-fallen.

  "But if I had bushels of it, I would not show as much as would makea cartridge92 without knowing why.""Sir, I have told you why. My dear Mr. George, I have told youwhy.""Not enough," says the trooper, shaking his head. "I must knowmore, and approve it.""Then, will you come to the lawyer? My dear friend, will you comeand see the gentleman?" urges Grandfather Smallweed, pulling out alean old silver watch with hands like the leg of a skeleton. "Itold him it was probable I might call upon him between ten andeleven this forenoon, and it's now half after ten. Will you comeand see the gentleman, Mr. George?""Hum!" says he gravely. "I don't mind that. Though why thisshould concern you so much, I don't know.""Everything concerns me that has a chance in it of bringinganything to light about him. Didn't he take us all in? Didn't heowe us immense sums, all round? Concern me? Who can anythingabout him concern more than me? Not, my dear friend," saysGrandfather Smallweed, lowering his tone, "that I want YOU tobetray anything. Far from it. Are you ready to come, my dearfriend?""Aye! I'll come in a moment. I promise nothing, you know.""No, my dear Mr. George; no.""And you mean to say you're going to give me a lift to this place,wherever it is, without charging for it?" Mr. George inquires,getting his hat and thick wash-leather gloves.

  This pleasantry so tickles93 Mr. Smallweed that he laughs, long andlow, before the fire. But ever while he laughs, he glances overhis paralytic94 shoulder at Mr. George and eagerly watches him as heunlocks the padlock of a homely95 cupboard at the distant end of thegallery, looks here and there upon the higher shelves, andultimately takes something out with a rustling96 of paper, folds it,and puts it in his breast. Then Judy pokes74 Mr. Smallweed once, andMr. Smallweed pokes Judy once.

  "I am ready," says the trooper, coming back. "Phil, you can carrythis old gentleman to his coach, and make nothing of him.""Oh, dear me! O Lord! Stop a moment!" says Mr. Smallweed. "He'sso very prompt! Are you sure you can do it carefully, my worthyman?"Phil makes no reply, but seizing the chair and its load, sidlesaway, tightly bugged97 by the now speechless Mr. Smallweed, and boltsalong the passage as if he had an acceptable commission to carrythe old gentleman to the nearest volcano. His shorter trust,however, terminating at the cab, he deposits him there; and thefair Judy takes her place beside him, and the chair embellishes98 theroof, and Mr. George takes the vacant place upon the box.

  Mr. George is quite confounded by the spectacle he beholds99 fromtime to time as he peeps into the cab through the window behindhim, where the grim Judy is always motionless, and the oldgentleman with his cap over one eye is always sliding off the seatinto the straw and looking upward at him out of his other eye witha helpless expression of being jolted100 in the back.


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1 prey g1czH     
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
参考例句:
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
2 dingy iu8xq     
adj.昏暗的,肮脏的
参考例句:
  • It was a street of dingy houses huddled together. 这是一条挤满了破旧房子的街巷。
  • The dingy cottage was converted into a neat tasteful residence.那间脏黑的小屋已变成一个整洁雅致的住宅。
3 brigands 17b2f48a43a67f049e43fd94c8de854b     
n.土匪,强盗( brigand的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They say there are brigands hiding along the way. 他们说沿路隐藏着土匪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The brigands demanded tribute from passing vehicles. 土匪向过往车辆勒索钱财。 来自辞典例句
4 galleys 9509adeb47bfb725eba763ad8ff68194     
n.平底大船,战舰( galley的名词复数 );(船上或航空器上的)厨房
参考例句:
  • Other people had drowned at sea since galleys swarmed with painted sails. 自从布满彩帆的大船下海以来,别的人曾淹死在海里。 来自辞典例句
  • He sighed for the galleys, with their infamous costume. 他羡慕那些穿着囚衣的苦工。 来自辞典例句
5 traitors 123f90461d74091a96637955d14a1401     
卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人
参考例句:
  • Traitors are held in infamy. 叛徒为人所不齿。
  • Traitors have always been treated with contempt. 叛徒永被人们唾弃。
6 bullies bullies     
n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负
参考例句:
  • Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
  • Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。
7 fustian Zhnx2     
n.浮夸的;厚粗棉布
参考例句:
  • Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot.浮夸的文章掩饰不住这个作者的贫乏情节。
  • His fustian shirt,sanguineflowered,trembles its Spanish tassels at his secrets.他身上穿的是件印有血红色大花的粗斜纹布衬衫,每当他吐露秘密时,西班牙式的流苏就颤悠。
8 callous Yn9yl     
adj.无情的,冷淡的,硬结的,起老茧的
参考例句:
  • He is callous about the safety of his workers.他对他工人的安全毫不关心。
  • She was selfish,arrogant and often callous.她自私傲慢,而且往往冷酷无情。
9 pervading f19a78c99ea6b1c2e0fcd2aa3e8a8501     
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • an all-pervading sense of gloom 无处不在的沮丧感
  • a pervading mood of fear 普遍的恐惧情绪
10 tributary lJ1zW     
n.支流;纳贡国;adj.附庸的;辅助的;支流的
参考例句:
  • There was a tributary road near the end of the village.村的尽头有条岔道。
  • As the largest tributary of Jinsha river,Yalong river is abundant in hydropower resources.雅砻江是金沙江的最大支流,水力资源十分丰富。
11 mattresses 985a5c9b3722b68c7f8529dc80173637     
褥垫,床垫( mattress的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The straw mattresses are airing there. 草垫子正在那里晾着。
  • The researchers tested more than 20 mattresses of various materials. 研究人员试验了二十多个不同材料的床垫。
12 friction JQMzr     
n.摩擦,摩擦力
参考例句:
  • When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后,他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
  • Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体,并使其停止。
13 puffs cb3699ccb6e175dfc305ea6255d392d6     
n.吸( puff的名词复数 );(烟斗或香烟的)一吸;一缕(烟、蒸汽等);(呼吸或风的)呼v.使喷出( puff的第三人称单数 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
参考例句:
  • We sat exchanging puffs from that wild pipe of his. 我们坐在那里,轮番抽着他那支野里野气的烟斗。 来自辞典例句
  • Puffs of steam and smoke came from the engine. 一股股蒸汽和烟雾从那火车头里冒出来。 来自辞典例句
14 excoriate sh1zw     
v.使磨破皮;剥皮
参考例句:
  • He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses.他开始在护士面前痛斥我。
  • His palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.他的手掌因干挖土的活儿而磨破了皮。
15 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。
16 bent QQ8yD     
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。
17 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
参考例句:
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
18 superfluous EU6zf     
adj.过多的,过剩的,多余的
参考例句:
  • She fined away superfluous matter in the design. 她删去了这图案中多余的东西。
  • That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.我这样写的时候觉得这个请求似乎是多此一举。
19 sweeping ihCzZ4     
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
参考例句:
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
20 chafing 2078d37ab4faf318d3e2bbd9f603afdd     
n.皮肤发炎v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的现在分词 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒
参考例句:
  • My shorts were chafing my thighs. 我的短裤把大腿磨得生疼。 来自辞典例句
  • We made coffee in a chafing dish. 我们用暖锅烧咖啡。 来自辞典例句
21 ornamental B43zn     
adj.装饰的;作装饰用的;n.装饰品;观赏植物
参考例句:
  • The stream was dammed up to form ornamental lakes.溪流用水坝拦挡起来,形成了装饰性的湖泊。
  • The ornamental ironwork lends a touch of elegance to the house.铁艺饰件为房子略添雅致。
22 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
23 lengthened 4c0dbc9eb35481502947898d5e9f0a54     
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
  • He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。
24 forth Hzdz2     
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。
25 broiling 267fee918d109c7efe5cf783cbe078f8     
adj.酷热的,炽热的,似烧的v.(用火)烤(焙、炙等)( broil的现在分词 );使卷入争吵;使混乱;被烤(或炙)
参考例句:
  • They lay broiling in the sun. 他们躺在太阳底下几乎要晒熟了。
  • I'm broiling in this hot sun. 在太阳底下,我感到热极了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
26 rusty hYlxq     
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
参考例句:
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
27 humility 8d6zX     
n.谦逊,谦恭
参考例句:
  • Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
  • His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和,甚至有点谦卑。
28 plying b2836f18a4e99062f56b2ed29640d9cf     
v.使用(工具)( ply的现在分词 );经常供应(食物、饮料);固定往来;经营生意
参考例句:
  • All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It was rather Mrs. Wang who led the conversation, plying Miss Liu with questions. 倒是汪太太谈锋甚健,向刘小姐问长问短。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
29 marshes 9fb6b97bc2685c7033fce33dc84acded     
n.沼泽,湿地( marsh的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Cows were grazing on the marshes. 牛群在湿地上吃草。
  • We had to cross the marshes. 我们不得不穿过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
30 contentedly a0af12176ca79b27d4028fdbaf1b5f64     
adv.心满意足地
参考例句:
  • My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
  • "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.
31 expressive shwz4     
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
参考例句:
  • Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
  • He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
32 deference mmKzz     
n.尊重,顺从;敬意
参考例句:
  • Do you treat your parents and teachers with deference?你对父母师长尊敬吗?
  • The major defect of their work was deference to authority.他们的主要缺陷是趋从权威。
33 eyebrow vlOxk     
n.眉毛,眉
参考例句:
  • Her eyebrow is well penciled.她的眉毛画得很好。
  • With an eyebrow raised,he seemed divided between surprise and amusement.他一只眉毛扬了扬,似乎既感到吃惊,又觉有趣。
34 gulp yQ0z6     
vt.吞咽,大口地吸(气);vi.哽住;n.吞咽
参考例句:
  • She took down the tablets in one gulp.她把那些药片一口吞了下去。
  • Don't gulp your food,chew it before you swallow it.吃东西不要狼吞虎咽,要嚼碎了再咽下去。
35 wager IH2yT     
n.赌注;vt.押注,打赌
参考例句:
  • They laid a wager on the result of the race.他们以竞赛的结果打赌。
  • I made a wager that our team would win.我打赌我们的队会赢。
36 runaways cb2e13541d486b9539de7fb01264251f     
(轻而易举的)胜利( runaway的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They failed to find any trace of the runaways. 他们未能找到逃跑者的任何踪迹。
  • Unmanageable complexity can result in massive foul-ups or spectacular budget "runaways. " 这种失控的复杂性会造成大量的故障或惊人的预算“失控”。
37 promotion eRLxn     
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
参考例句:
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
38 lodge q8nzj     
v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
参考例句:
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗?
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
39 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
参考例句:
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
40 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
41 muster i6czT     
v.集合,收集,鼓起,激起;n.集合,检阅,集合人员,点名册
参考例句:
  • Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
  • I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。
42 complexion IOsz4     
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
参考例句:
  • Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
  • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
43 singeing ee19567bc448215bb94d4902ddd1149b     
v.浅表烧焦( singe的现在分词 );(毛发)燎,烧焦尖端[边儿];烧毛
参考例句:
  • The smell of the singeing clothes and burning leather was horrible. 衣服烧焦和皮革燃烧的味儿十分浓烈。 来自辞典例句
  • I can smell something singeing. 有东西烧焦了。 来自互联网
44 larking 0eeff3babcdef927cc59a862bb65be38     
v.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的现在分词 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了
参考例句:
  • Stop larking about and get on with your work. 不要只贪玩,去做你的工作。 来自辞典例句
  • The boys are larking about behind the house. 男孩们在屋子后面嬉耍。 来自辞典例句
45 scorched a5fdd52977662c80951e2b41c31587a0     
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦
参考例句:
  • I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
  • The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。
46 perfectly 8Mzxb     
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。
47 hearty Od1zn     
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的
参考例句:
  • After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
  • We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。
48 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地,出其不意地
参考例句:
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
49 tacking 12c7a2e773ac7a9d4a10e74ad4fdbf4b     
(帆船)抢风行驶,定位焊[铆]紧钉
参考例句:
  • He was tacking about on this daily though perilous voyage. 他在进行这种日常的、惊险的航行。
  • He spent the afternoon tacking the pictures. 他花了一个下午的时间用图钉固定那些图片。
50 butt uSjyM     
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
参考例句:
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
51 apertures a53910b852b03c52d9f7712620c25058     
n.孔( aperture的名词复数 );隙缝;(照相机的)光圈;孔径
参考例句:
  • These apertures restrict the amount of light that can reach the detector. 这些光阑将会限制到达探测器的光线的总量。 来自互联网
  • The virtual anode formation time and propagation velocity at different pressure with different apertures are investigated. 比较了在不同气压和空心阴极孔径下虚阳极的形成时间和扩展速度。 来自互联网
52 undo Ok5wj     
vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销
参考例句:
  • His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
  • I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。
53 contrive GpqzY     
vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出
参考例句:
  • Can you contrive to be here a little earlier?你能不能早一点来?
  • How could you contrive to make such a mess of things?你怎么把事情弄得一团糟呢?
54 descries 614475803ae96d53aaac9e21023170bb     
v.被看到的,被发现的,被注意到的( descried的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Looking out over the sea, she descries an indistinct object floating in the water. 她向海面望去发现水面上模模糊糊漂着一样东西。 来自辞典例句
55 throttled 1be2c244a7b85bf921df7bf52074492b     
v.扼杀( throttle的过去式和过去分词 );勒死;使窒息;压制
参考例句:
  • He throttled the guard with his bare hands. 他徒手掐死了卫兵。
  • The pilot got very low before he throttled back. 飞行员减速之前下降得很低。 来自《简明英汉词典》
56 alluding ac37fbbc50fb32efa49891d205aa5a0a     
提及,暗指( allude的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He didn't mention your name but I was sure he was alluding to you. 他没提你的名字,但是我确信他是暗指你的。
  • But in fact I was alluding to my physical deficiencies. 可我实在是为自己的容貌寒心。
57 pint 1NNxL     
n.品脱
参考例句:
  • I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
  • In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
58 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
59 apparition rM3yR     
n.幽灵,神奇的现象
参考例句:
  • He saw the apparition of his dead wife.他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。
  • But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。
60 velvet 5gqyO     
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
参考例句:
  • This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
  • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。
61 specimens 91fc365099a256001af897127174fcce     
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人
参考例句:
  • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
  • The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
62 exclamation onBxZ     
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
参考例句:
  • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
  • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。
63 genie xstzLd     
n.妖怪,神怪
参考例句:
  • Now the genie of his darkest and weakest side was speaking.他心灵中最阴暗最软弱的部分有一个精灵在说话。
  • He had to turn to the Genie of the Ring for help.他不得不向戒指神求助。
64 delightful 6xzxT     
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
参考例句:
  • We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
  • Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。
65 reassured ff7466d942d18e727fb4d5473e62a235     
adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
66 prospering b1bc062044f12a5281fbe25a1132df04     
成功,兴旺( prosper的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Our country is thriving and prospering day by day. 祖国日益繁荣昌盛。
  • His business is prospering. 他生意兴隆。
67 sprightly 4GQzv     
adj.愉快的,活泼的
参考例句:
  • She is as sprightly as a woman half her age.她跟比她年轻一半的妇女一样活泼。
  • He's surprisingly sprightly for an old man.他这把年纪了,还这么精神,真了不起。
68 discomfiture MlUz6     
n.崩溃;大败;挫败;困惑
参考例句:
  • I laughed my head off when I heard of his discomfiture. 听到别人说起他的狼狈相,我放声大笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Without experiencing discomfiture and setbacks,one can never find truth. 不经过失败和挫折,便找不到真理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
69 rend 3Blzj     
vt.把…撕开,割裂;把…揪下来,强行夺取
参考例句:
  • Her scrams would rend the heart of any man.她的喊叫声会撕碎任何人的心。
  • Will they rend the child from his mother?他们会不会把这个孩子从他的母亲身边夺走呢?
70 watery bU5zW     
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
参考例句:
  • In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
  • Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏,她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
71 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
参考例句:
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
72 virgin phPwj     
n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的
参考例句:
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗?
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
73 pounces 1c31b96a619c33a776721f5cb9501060     
v.突然袭击( pounce的第三人称单数 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击)
参考例句:
  • The attacker thinks it's still part of the lizard and pounces on it. 攻击者认为那仍然是蜥蜴身体的一部分,向它猛扑过去。 来自互联网
74 pokes 6cad7252d0877616449883a0e703407d     
v.伸出( poke的第三人称单数 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交
参考例句:
  • He pokes his nose into everything. 他这人好管闲事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Only the tip of an iceberg pokes up above water. 只有冰山的尖端突出于水面。 来自辞典例句
75 poke 5SFz9     
n.刺,戳,袋;vt.拨开,刺,戳;vi.戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢
参考例句:
  • We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
  • Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。
76 divers hu9z23     
adj.不同的;种种的
参考例句:
  • He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
  • Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
77 distress 3llzX     
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
参考例句:
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
78 forefinger pihxt     
n.食指
参考例句:
  • He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.他将叶子捏在拇指和食指之间。
  • He held it between the tips of his thumb and forefinger.他用他大拇指和食指尖拿着它。
79 chatters 3e10eddd42ff8f8d32ae97ce9fcb298a     
(人)喋喋不休( chatter的第三人称单数 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤
参考例句:
  • The dabbler in knowledge chatters away; the wise man stays silent. 一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡。
  • An improperly adjusted tool chatters. 未调好的工具震颤作响。
80 converse 7ZwyI     
vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反
参考例句:
  • He can converse in three languages.他可以用3种语言谈话。
  • I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but I think I gave the converse impression.我想显得友好、平易近人些,却发觉给人的印象恰恰相反。
81 winding Ue7z09     
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
参考例句:
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
82 smothered b9bebf478c8f7045d977e80734a8ed1d     
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制
参考例句:
  • He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
  • The fire is smothered by ashes. 火被灰闷熄了。
83 inflates ad94ef1beb7a2e124456b1879e423c7c     
v.使充气(于轮胎、气球等)( inflate的第三人称单数 );(使)膨胀;(使)通货膨胀;物价上涨
参考例句:
  • Mass advertising often inflates prices rather than reducing them. 大宗广告常常是抬高物价而不是降低。 来自辞典例句
  • The device periodically inflates the cuff and takes a blood pressure reading. 定期气囊打气及进行血压读数。 来自互联网
84 premises 6l1zWN     
n.建筑物,房屋
参考例句:
  • According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定,场内不准饮酒。
  • All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行,不用送到外面去做。
85 musingly ddec53b7ea68b079ee6cb62ac6c95bf9     
adv.沉思地,冥想地
参考例句:
86 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。
87 honourable honourable     
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
参考例句:
  • I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号,我可担当不起。
  • I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。
88 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼,控诉
参考例句:
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
89 tattoo LIDzk     
n.纹身,(皮肤上的)刺花纹;vt.刺花纹于
参考例句:
  • I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
  • He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。
90 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
91 inquiries 86a54c7f2b27c02acf9fcb16a31c4b57     
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释,等候进一步调查。
  • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
92 cartridge fXizt     
n.弹壳,弹药筒;(装磁带等的)盒子
参考例句:
  • Unfortunately the 2G cartridge design is very difficult to set accurately.不幸地2G弹药筒设计非常难正确地设定。
  • This rifle only holds one cartridge.这支来复枪只能装一发子弹。
93 tickles b3378a1317ba9a2cef2e9e262649d607     
(使)发痒( tickle的第三人称单数 ); (使)愉快,逗乐
参考例句:
  • My foot [nose] tickles. 我的脚[鼻子]痒。
  • My nose tickles from the dust and I want to scratch it. 我的鼻子受灰尘的刺激发痒,很想搔它。
94 paralytic LmDzKM     
adj. 瘫痪的 n. 瘫痪病人
参考例句:
  • She was completely paralytic last night.她昨天晚上喝得酩酊大醉。
  • She rose and hobbled to me on her paralytic legs and kissed me.她站起来,拖着她那麻痹的双腿一瘸一拐地走到我身边,吻了吻我。
95 homely Ecdxo     
adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的
参考例句:
  • We had a homely meal of bread and cheese.我们吃了一顿面包加乳酪的家常便餐。
  • Come and have a homely meal with us,will you?来和我们一起吃顿家常便饭,好吗?
96 rustling c6f5c8086fbaf68296f60e8adb292798     
n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的
参考例句:
  • the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
  • the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声
97 bugged 095d0607cfa5a1564b7697311dda3c5c     
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》
98 embellishes e660ac6e0983d3b69a8d052a94c68478     
v.美化( embellish的第三人称单数 );装饰;修饰;润色
参考例句:
  • At the side of the husband who embellishes his existence with hetaerism stands the neglected wife. 同靠杂婚制来使自己的生活更美好的丈夫并存的还有一个被遗弃的妻子。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • Easily shapes and embellishes the eyebrows for more attractive look. 方便勾画、修饰眉型,使柳眉更完美、更有型。 来自互联网
99 beholds f506ef99b71fdc543862c35b5d46fd71     
v.看,注视( behold的第三人称单数 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • He who beholds the gods against their will, shall atone for it by a heavy penalty. 谁违背神的意志看见了神,就要受到重罚以赎罪。 来自辞典例句
  • All mankind has gazed on it; Man beholds it from afar. 25?所行的,万人都看见;世人都从远处观看。 来自互联网
100 jolted 80f01236aafe424846e5be1e17f52ec9     
(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 )
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。
  • She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。


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