Part 3 In The Shadow Chapter 6

"Old Yvonne's tipsy!" was the cry.

　　She had fallen, and the street children ran after her. It was just atthe boundary of the parish of Ploubazlanec, where many houses stragglealong the roadside. But she had the strength to rise and hobble alongon her stick.

　　"Old Yvonne's tipsy!"The bold little creatures stared her full in the face, laughing. Her/coiffe/ was all awry¹. Some of these little ones were not reallywicked, and these, when they scanned her closer and saw the senilegrimace of bitter despair, turned aside, surprised and saddened,daring to say nothing more.

　　At home, with the door tightly closed, she gave vent² to the deepscream of despair that choked her, and fell down in a corner, her headagainst the wall. Her cap had fallen over her eyes; she threw offroughly what formerly³ had been so well taken care of. Her Sunday dresswas soiled, and a thin mesh⁴ of yellowish white hair strayed frombeneath her cap, completing her pitiful, poverty-stricken disorder⁵.

1 awry   

adj.扭曲的，错的

参考例句：

• She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry. 计划出了问题，她很愤怒。
• Something has gone awry in our plans.我们的计划出差错了。

2 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

3 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

4 mesh   

n.网孔，网丝，陷阱；vt.以网捕捉，啮合，匹配；vi.适合； [计算机]网络

参考例句：

• Their characters just don't mesh.他们的性格就是合不来。
• This is the net having half inch mesh.这是有半英寸网眼的网。

5 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。