Now it fell on a day that the calm surface of that bright sea was broken by the sudden upheaval13 of a compact troop of sperm14 whales from the inscrutable depths wherein they had been roaming and recruiting their gigantic energies upon the abundant molluscs, hideous15 of mien16 and insatiable of maw, that, like creations of a diseased mind, lurked17 far below the sunshine. The school consisted of seven cows and one mighty18 bull, who was unique in appearance, for instead of being in colour the unrelieved sepia[2] common to his kind he was curiously20 mottled with creamy white, making the immense oblong cube of his head look like a weather-worn monolith of Siena marble. Easeful as any Arabian khalif, he lolled supine upon the glittering folds of his couch, the welcoming wavelets caressing21 his vast form with gentlest touch, and murmuring softly as by their united efforts they rocked him in rhythm with their melodic22 lullaby. Around him glided23 his faithful harem—gentle timid creatures, no one of them a third of their lord’s huge bulk, but still majestic24 in their proportions, being each some forty-five feet in length by thirty in girth. Unquestionably the monarch25 of the flood, their great chief accepted in complacent26 dignity their unremitting attentions, nor did their playful gambols27 stir him in the least from his attitude of complete repose28.
But while the busy seven were thus disporting29 themselves in happy security there suddenly appeared among them a delightful30 companion in the shape of a newly-born calf31, elegantly dappled like his sire, the first-born son of the youngest mother in the group. It is not the habit of the cachalot to show that intense self-effacing devotion to its young which is evinced by other mammals, especially whales of the mysticetæ. Nevertheless, as the expectation of this latest addition to the family had been the reason of their visit to these quiet latitudes, his coming made a pleasant little ripple4 of satisfaction vibrate throughout the group. Even the apparently32 impenetrable stolidity33 of the head of the school was aroused into some faint tokens of interest in the new-comer, who clung leech-like to[3] his mother’s side, vigorously draining the enormous convexity of her bosom34 of its bounteous35 flood of milk. So well did he thrive, that at the end of a week the youngster was able to hold his own with the school in a race, and competent also to remain under water quite as long as his mother. Then the stately leader signified to his dependants36 that the time was now at hand when they must change their pleasant quarters. Food was less plentiful37 than it had been, which was but natural, remembering the ravages38 necessarily made by such a company of monsters. Moreover, a life of continual ease and slothful luxury such as of late had been theirs was not only favourable39 to the growth of a hampering40 investiture of parasites42—barnacles, limpets, and weed—all over their bodies, but it completely unfitted them for the stern struggle awaiting them, when in their periodical progress round the world they should arrive on the borders of the fierce Antarctic Zone. And besides all these, had they forgotten that they were liable to meet with man! A sympathetic shudder43 ran through every member of the school at that dreaded45 name, under the influence of which they all drew closer around their chief, sweeping46 their broad flukes restlessly from side to side and breathing inaudibly.
The outcome of the conference, decided47, as human meetings of the kind are apt to be, by the commanding influence of one master will, was that on the next day they would depart for the south by easy stages through the teeming48 “off-shore” waters of South America. All through that quiet night the[4] mighty creatures lay almost motionless on the surface, each the opaque49 centre of a halo of dazzling emerald light, an occasional drowsy50 spout51 from their capacious lungs sliding through the primeval stillness like the sigh of some weary Titan. When at last the steel-blue dome52 above, with its myriad53 diamond spangles, began to throb54 and glow with tremulous waves of lovely vari-coloured light flowing before the conquering squadrons of the sun, the whole troop, in open order about their guide, turned their heads steadfastly55 to the south-west, steering56 an absolutely undeviating course for their destination by their innate57 sense of direction alone. Up sprang the flaming sun, a vast globe of fervent58 fire that even at the horizon’s edge seemed to glow with meridian59 strength. And right in the centre of his blazing disc appeared three tiny lines, recognisable even at that distance by the human eye as the masts of a ship whose hull60 was as yet below the apparent meeting-place of sea and sky. This apparition61 lay fairly in the path of the advancing whales, who, unhappily for them, possessed62 but feeble vision, and that only at its best straight behind them. So on they went in leisurely63 fashion, occasionally pausing for a dignified64 descent in search of food, followed by an equally stately reappearance and resumption of their journey. Nearer and nearer they drew to the fatal area wherein they would become visible to the keen-eyed watchers at the mast-head of that lonely ship, still in perfect ignorance of any possible danger being at hand. Suddenly that mysterious sense owned by them, which is more than hearing, gave warning of approaching[5] peril65. All lay still, though quivering through every sinew of their huge bodies with the apprehension66 of unknown enemies, their heads half raised from the sparkling sea-surface and their fins67 and flukes testing the vibrations69 of the mobile element like the diaphragm of a phonograph. Even the youngling clung to his mother’s side as if glued thereto under the influence of a terror that, while it effectually stilled his sportiveness, gave him no hint of what was coming. At the instance of the Head all sank silently and stone-like without any of those preliminary tail-flourishings and arching of the back that always distinguish the unworried whale from one that has received alarming news in the curious manner already spoken of. They remained below so long and went to so great a depth, that all except the huge leader were quite exhausted70 when they returned again to the necessary air, not only from privation of breath, but from the incalculable pressure of the superincumbent sea. So for a brief space they lay almost motionless, the valves of their spiracles deeply depressed72 as they drew in great volumes of revivifying breath, and their great frames limply yielding to the heave of the gliding73 swell74. They had scarcely recovered their normal energy when into their midst rushed the destroyers, bringing with them the realisation of all those paralysing fears. First to be attacked was the noble bull, and once the first bewildering shock and smart had passed he gallantly75 maintained the reputation of his giant race. Every device that sagacity could conceive or fearlessness execute was tried by him, until the troubled[6] ocean around the combatants was all a-boil, and its so recently unsullied surface was littered with tangled76 wreaths of blood-streaked foam77. Whether from affection or for protection is uncertain, but the rest of the family did not attempt to flee. All seven of the cows kept close to their lord, often appearing as if they would shield him with their own bodies from the invisible death-darts that continually pierced him to the very seat of his vast vitality78. And this attachment79 proved their own destruction, for their assailants, hovering80 around them with the easy mobility81 of birds, slew82 them at their leisure, not even needing to hamper41 themselves by harpooning84 another individual. Instead, they wielded85 their long lances upon the unresisting females, leaving the ocean monarch to his imminent86 death. So successful were these tactics that before an hour had flown, while yet the violet tint87 of departing night lingered on the western edge of the sea, the last one of those mighty mammals had groaned88 out the dregs of her life. Flushed with conquest and breathless from their great exertions89, the victors lolled restfully back in their boats, while all around them upon the incarnadined waters the massy bodies of their prey90 lay gently swaying to the slumberous91 roll of the silent swell.
Meanwhile, throughout that stark92 battle, what of the youngling’s fate? By almost a miracle, he had passed without scathe93. What manner of dread44 convulsion of Nature was in progress he could not know—he was blind and deaf and almost lifeless with terror. With all that wide ocean around him he[7] knew not whither to flee from this day of wrath94. Of all those who had been to him so brief a space ago the living embodiment of invincible95 might, not one remained to help or shield him, none but were involved in this cataclysm96 of blood. His kindred were cut off from him, he was overlooked by his enemies, and when he came to himself he was alone. A sudden frantic97 impulse seized him, and under its influence he fled, fled as the bee flies, but without the homing instinct to guide him, southward through the calm blue silences of that sleeping ocean. On, on, he fled untiring, until behind him the emerald sheen of his passage through the now starlit waters broadened into a wide blaze of softest light. Before him lay the dark, its profound depths just manifested by the occasional transient gleam of a palpitating medusa or the swift flight of a terrified shark. When compelled to break the glassy surface for breath there was a sudden splash, and amid the deep sigh from his labouring lungs came the musical fall of the sparkling spray. When morning dawned again on his long objectless flight, unfailing instinct warned him of his approach to shallower waters, and with slackening speed he went on, through the tender diffused98 sunlight of those dreamy depths, until he came to an enormous submarine forest, where the trees were fantastic abutments of living coral, the leaves and fronds99 of dull-hued fucus or algæ, the blossoms of orchid-like sea-anemones or zoophytes, and the birds were darting101, gliding fish, whose myriad splendid tints102 blazed like illuminated103 jewels.
Here, surely, he might be at peace and find some[8] solace104 for his loneliness, some suitable food to replace that which he had hitherto always found awaiting him, and now would find nevermore. Moving gently through the interminably intricate avenues of this submarine world of stillness and beauty, his small lower jaw105 hanging down as usual, he found abundant store of sapid molluscs that glided down his gaping106 gullet with a pleasant tickling107, and were soon followed by a soothing108 sense of hunger satisfied. When he rose to spout he was in the midst of a weltering turmoil109 of broken water, where the majestic swell fretted110 and roared in wrath around the hindering peaks of a great reef—a group of islands in the making. Here, at any rate, he was safe, for no land was in sight whence might come a band of his hereditary111 foes113, while into that network of jagged rocks no vessel114 would ever dare to venture. After a few days of placid enjoyment115 of this secure existence he began to feel courage and independence, although still pining for the companionship of his kind. Thus he might have gone on for long, but that an adventure befell him which raised him at once to his rightful position among the sea-folk. During his rambles116 through the mazes118 and glades119 of this subaqueous paradise he had once or twice noticed between two stupendous columns of coral a black space where the water was apparently of fathomless120 depth. Curiosity, one of the strongest influences actuating the animate121 creation, impelled122 him to investigate this chasm123, but something, he knew not what, probably inherited caution, had hitherto held him back. At last, having met with no creature[9] nearly his own size, and grown bold by reason of plenteous food, he became venturesome, and made for that gloomy abyss, bent71 upon searching its recesses124 thoroughly125. Boldly he swept between the immense bastions that guarded it, and with a swift upward thrust of his broad horizontal tail went headlong down, down, down. Presently he saw amidst the outer darkness a web of palely gleaming lines incessantly126 changing their patterns and extending over an area of a thousand square yards. They centred upon a dull ghastly glare that was motionless, formless, indescribable. In its midst there was a blackness deeper, if possible, than that of the surrounding pit. Suddenly all that writhing127 entanglement128 wrapped him round, each clutching snare129 fastening upon him with innumerable gnawing130 mouths as if to devour131 him all over at once. With a new and even pleasant sensation thrilling along his spine132 the young leviathan hurled133 himself forward at that midmost gap, his powerful jaws134 clashing and his whole lithe135 frame upstrung with nervous energy. Right through the glutinous136 musky mass of that unthinkable chimæra he hewed137 his way, heeding138 not in the least the wrenching139, sucking coils winding140 about him, and covering every inch of his body. Absolute silence reigned141 as the great fight went on. Its inequality was curiously abnormal. For while the vast amorphous142 bulk of the mollusc completely dwarfed143 the comparatively puny144 size of the young cachalot, there was on the side of the latter all the innate superiority of the vertebrate carnivorous mammal with warrior145 instincts transmitted[10] unimpaired through a thousand generations of ocean royalty146. Gradually the grip of those clinging tentacles147 relaxed as he felt the succulent gelatinousness divide, and with a bound he ascended148 from that befouled abysmal149 gloom into the light and loveliness of the upper air. Behind him trailed sundry150 long fragments, disjecta membra of his late antagonist151, and upon these, after filling his lungs again and again with the keen pure air of heaven, he feasted grandly.
But in spite of the new inspiring sense of conscious might and ability to do even as his forefathers152 had done, his loneliness was heavy upon him. For, like all mammals, the cachalot loves the fellowship of his kin19 during the days of his strength; and only when advancing age renders him unable to hold his own against jealous rivals, or makes him a laggard153 in the united chase, does he forsake154 the school and wander solitary and morose155 about the infinite solitude156 of his limitless abode157. And so, surrounded by the abundant evidences of his prowess, the young giant meditated158, while a hungry host of sharks, like jackals at the lion’s kill, came prowling up out of the surrounding silence, and with shrill159 cries of delight the hovering bird-folk gathered in myriads160 to take tithe161 of his enormous spoil. Unheeding the accumulating multitudes, who gave him ample room and verge162 enough, and full of flesh, he lay almost motionless, when suddenly that subtle sense which, attuned163 to the faintest vibrations of the mobile sea, kept him warned, informed him that some more than ordinary commotion164 was in progress not many miles away. Instantly every sinew set taut165, every nerve tingled166 with[11] receptivity, while, quivering like some fucus frond100 in a tide rip, his broad tail swayed silently to and fro, but so easily as not to stir his body from its attitude of intense expectation. A gannet swept over him close down, startling him so that with one fierce lunge of his flukes he sprang forward twenty yards; but recovering himself he paused again, though the impetus167 still bore him noiselessly ahead, the soothing wash of the waves eddying168 gently around his blunt bow. Shortly after, to his unbounded joy, a noble company of his own folk hove in sight, two score of them in goodliest array. They glided around him in graceful169 curves, wonderingly saluting170 him by touching171 his small body with fin68, nose, and tail, and puzzled beyond measure as to how so young a fellow-citizen came to be inhabiting these vast wastes alone. His tale was soon told, for the whale-people waste no interchange of ideas, and the company solemnly received him into their midst as a comrade who had well earned the right to be one of their band by providing for them so great a feast. Swiftly the spoil of that gigantic mollusc was rescued from the marauding sharks, and devoured172; and thorough was the subsequent search among those deep-lying darknesses for any other monsters of the same breed that might lie brooding in their depths. None were to be found, although for two days and nights the questing leviathans pursued their keen investigations173. When there remained no longer a cave unfathomed or a maze117 unexplored, the leader of the school, a huge black bull of unrivalled fame, gave the signal for departure, and away they went in double columns, line ahead, due south, their splendid chief about a cable’s length in advance. The happy youngster, no longer astray from his kind, gambolled174 about the school in unrestrained delight at the rising tide of life that surged tumultuously through his vigorous frame. Ah; it was so good to be alive, glorious to speed, with body bending bow-wise, and broad fan-like flukes spurning175 the brilliant waves behind him, ecstasy176 to exert all the power he felt in one mad upward rush until out into the sunlight high through the warm air he sprang, a living embodiment of irresistible177 force, and fell with a joyous178 crash back into the welcoming bosom of his native deep. The sedate179 patriarch of the school looked on these youthful freaks indulgently, until, fired by the sight of his young follower’s energy, he too put forth180 all his incredible strength, launching his hundred tons or so of solid weight clear of the embracing sea, and returning to it again with a shock as of some Polyphemus-hurled mountain.
Thus our orphan181 grew and waxed great. Together, without mishap182 of any kind, these lords of the flood skirted the southern slopes of the globe. In serene2 security they ranged the stormy seas from Kerguelen to Cape183 Horn, from the Falklands to Table Bay. Up through the scent-laden straits between Madagascar and Mozambique, loitering along the burning shores of Zanzibar and Pemba, dallying184 with the eddies185 around the lonely Seychelles and idling away the pleasant north-east monsoon186 in the Arabian Sea. By the Bab-el-Mandeb they entered the Red Sea, their majestic array scaring the nomad187 fishermen at[13] their lonely labour along the reef-besprinkled margins188 thereof, remote from the straight-ruled track down its centre along which the unwearied slaves of the West, the great steamships189, steadily190 thrust their undeviating way. Here, in richest abundance, they found their favourite food, cuttlefish191 of many kinds, although none so large as those haunting the middle depths of the outer ocean. And threading the deep channels between the reefs great shoals of delicately flavoured fish, beguiled192 by the pearly whitenesses of those gaping throats, rushed fearlessly down them to oblivion. So quiet were these haunts, so free from even the remotest chance of interference by man, their only enemy, that they remained for many months, even penetrating193 well up the Gulf194 of Akaba, that sea of sleep whose waters even now retain the same primitive195 seclusion196 they enjoyed when their shores were the cradle of mankind.
But now a time was fast approaching when our hero must needs meet his compeers in battle, if haply he might justify197 his claim to be a leader in his turn. For such is the custom of the cachalot. The young bulls each seek to form a harem among the younger cows of the school, and having done so, they break off from the main band and pursue their own independent way. This crisis in the career of the orphan had been imminent for some time, but now, in these untroubled seas, it could no longer be delayed. Already several preliminary skirmishes had taken place with no definite results, and at last, one morning when the sea was like oil for smoothness, and blazing like burnished198 gold under the fervent glare of the sun, two out of the four young bulls attacked the orphan at once. All around lay the expectant brides ready to welcome the conqueror199, while in solitary state the mighty leader held aloof200, doubtless meditating201 on the coming time when a mightier202 than he should arise and drive him from his proud position into lifelong exile. Straight for our hero’s massive head came his rivals, charging along the foaming203 surface like bluff-bowed torpedo204 rams205. But as they converged206 upon him he also charged to meet them, settling slightly at the same time. Whether by accident or design I know not, but certainly the consequence of this move was that instead of their striking him they met one another over his back, the shock of their impact throwing their great heads out of the sea with a dull boom that might have been heard for a mile. Swiftly and gracefully207 the orphan turned head over flukes, rising on his back and clutching the nearest of his opponents by his pendulous208 under-jaw. The fury of that assault was so great that the attacked one’s jaw was wrenched209 sideways, until it remained at right angles to his body, leaving him for the rest of his life sorely hampered210 in even the getting of food, but utterly211 incapable212 of ever again giving battle to one of his own species. Then rushing towards the other aggressor the victorious213 warrior inverted214 his body in the sea, and brandishing215 his lethal216 flukes smote217 so doughtily218 upon his foe112 that the noise of those tremendous blows reverberated219 for leagues over the calm sea, while around the combatants the troubled waters were lashed220 into ridges221 and[15] islets of snowy foam. Very soon was the battle over. Disheartened, sick, and exhausted, the disabled rival essayed to escape, settling stone-like until he lay like some sunken wreck222 on the boulder-bestrewn sea-bed a hundred fathoms223 down. Slowly, but full of triumph, the conqueror returned to the waiting school and, selecting six of the submissive cows, led them away without any attempt at hindrance224 on the part of the other two young bulls who had not joined in the fray225.
In stately march the new family travelled southward out of the Red Sea, along the Somali Coast, past the frowning cliffs of Sokotra, and crossing the Arabian Sea, skirted at their ease the pleasant Malabar littoral226. Unerring instinct guided them across the Indian Ocean and through the Sunda Straits, until amid the intricacies of Celebes they ended their journey for a season. Here, with richest food in overflowing227 abundance, among undisturbed reef-beds swept by constantly changing currents, where they might chafe228 their irritated skins clean from the many parasites they had accumulated during their long Red Sea sojourn229, they remained for several seasons. Then, suddenly, as calamities230 usually come, they were attacked by a whaler as they were calmly coasting along Timor. But never till their dying day did those whale-fishers forget that fight. True, they secured two half-grown cows, but at what a cost to themselves! For the young leader, now in the full flush of vigorous life, seemed not only to have inherited the fighting instincts of his ancestors, but also to possess a fund of wily ferocity that made him a truly terrible foe. No sooner did he feel the first keen thrust of the harpoon83 than, instead of expending231 his strength for naught232 by a series of aimless flounderings, he rolled his huge bulk swiftly towards his aggressors, who were busily engaged in clearing their boat of the hampering sail, and perforce helpless for a time. Right down upon them came the writhing mass of living flesh, overwhelming them as completely as if they had suddenly fallen under Niagara. From out of that roaring vortex only two of the six men forming the boat’s crew emerged alive, poor fragments of humanity tossing like chips upon the tormented233 sea. Then changing his tactics, the triumphant234 cachalot glided stealthily about just beneath the surface, feeling with his sensitive flukes for anything still remaining afloat upon which to wreak235 his newly aroused thirst for vengeance236. As often as he touched a floating portion of the shattered boat, up flew his mighty flukes in a moment, and, with a reflex blow that would have stove in the side of a ship, he smote it into still smaller splinters. This attention to his first set of enemies saved the other boats from destruction, for they, using all expedition, managed to despatch237 the two cows they had harpooned238, and when they returned to the scene of disaster, the bull, unable to find anything more to destroy, had departed with the remnant of his family, and they saw him no more. Gloomily they traversed the battle-field until they found the two exhausted survivors239 just feebly clinging to a couple of oars240, and with them mournfully regained241 their ship.
Meanwhile the triumphant bull was slowly making his way eastward242, sorely irritated by the galling243 harpoon[17] which was buried deep in his shoulders, and wondering what the hundreds of fathoms of trailing rope behind him could be. At last coming to a well-known reef he managed to get the line entangled244 around some of its coral pillars, and a strenuous245 effort on his part tore out the barbed weapon, leaving in its place a ragged246 rent in his blubber four feet long. Such a trifle as that, a mere247 superficial scratch, gave him little trouble, and with the wonderful recuperative power possessed by all the sea-folk the ugly tear was completely healed in a few days. Henceforth he was to be reckoned among the most dangerous of all enemies to any of mankind daring to attack him, for he knew his power. This the whalemen found to their cost. Within the next few years his fame had spread from Cape Cod248 to Chelyushkin, and wherever two whaleships met for a spell of “gamming,” his prowess was sure to be an absorbing topic of conversation. In fact, he became the terror of the tortuous249 passages of Malaysia, and though often attacked always managed to make good his escape, as well as to leave behind him some direful testimony250 to his ferocious251 cunning. At last he fell in with a ship off Palawan, whose crew were justly reputed to be the smartest whale-fishers from “Down East.” Two of her boats attacked him one lovely evening just before sunset, but the iron drew. Immediately he felt the wound he dived perpendicularly252, but describing a complete vertical253 circle beneath the boat he rose again, striking her almost amidships with the front of his head. This, of course, hurled the crew everywhere, besides shattering the boat. But reversing himself again on the instant, he brandished254 those awful flukes in the air, bringing them down upon the helpless men and crushing three of them into dead pieces. Apparently satisfied, he disappeared in the gathering255 darkness.
When the extent of the disaster became known on board the ship, the skipper was speechless with rage and grief, for the mate who had been killed was his brother, and very dear to him. And he swore that if it cost him a season’s work and the loss of his ship, he would slay256 that man-killing whale. From that day he cruised about those narrow seas offering large rewards to any of his men who should first sight his enemy again. Several weeks went by, during which not a solitary spout was seen, until one morning in Banda Strait the skipper himself “raised” a whale close in to the western verge of the island. Instantly all hands were alert, hoping against hope that this might prove to be their long-sought foe at last. Soon the welcome news came from aloft that it was a sperm whale, and an hour later two boats left the ship, the foremost of them commanded by the skipper. With him he took four small barrels tightly bunged, and an extra supply of bomb-lances, in the use of which he was an acknowledged expert. As they drew near the unconscious leviathan they scarcely dared breathe, and, their oars carefully peaked, they propelled the boats by paddles as silently as the gliding approach of a shark. Hurrah257! fast; first iron. “Starn all, men! it’s him, d—n him, ’n I’ll slaughter258 him ’r he shall me.” Backward flew the boat, not a second too soon, for with that superhuman cunning expected of him, the terrible monster had spun259 round and was rushing straight for them. The men pulled for dear life, the steersman swinging the boat round as if she were on a pivot260, while the skipper pitched over the first of his barrels. Out flashed the sinewy261 flukes, and before that tremendous blow the buoyant barrico spun through the air like a football. The skipper’s eyes flashed with delight at the success of his stratagem262, and over went another decoy. This seemed to puzzle the whale, but it did not hinder him, and he seemed to keep instinctively263 heading towards the boat, thus exposing only his invulnerable head. The skipper, however, had no idea of rashly risking himself, so heaving over his remaining barrel he kept well clear of the furious animal’s rushes, knowing well that the waiting game was the best. All through that bright day the great battle raged. Many were the hair-breadth escapes of the men, but the skipper never lost his cool, calculating attitude. Finally the now exhausted leviathan “sounded” in reality, remaining down for half-an-hour. When he reappeared, he was so sluggish264 in his movements that the exultant265 skipper shouted, “Naow, boys, in on him! he’s our whale.” Forward darted266 the beautiful craft under the practised sweep of the six oars, and as soon as she was within range the skipper fired his first bomb. It reached the whale, but, buried in the flesh, its explosion was not disabling. Still it did not spur the huge creature into activity, for at last his strength had failed him. Another rush in and another bomb, this time taking effect just abaft267 the starboard fin. There was a momentary268 accession of energy as the frightful269 wound caused by the bursting iron tube among the monster’s viscera set all his masses of muscle a-quiver. But this spurt270 was short-lived. And as a third bomb was fired a torrent271 of blood foamed272 from the whale’s distended273 spiracle, a few fierce convulsions distorted his enormous frame, and that puissant274 ocean monarch passed peacefully into the passiveness of death.
When they got the great carcass alongside, they found embedded275 in the blubber no fewer than fourteen harpoons276, besides sundry fragments of exploded bombs, each bearing mute but eloquent277 testimony to the warlike career of the vanquished278 Titan who began his career as an orphan.
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
serenely
|
|
| adv.安详地，宁静地，平静地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
serene
|
|
| adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
solitary
|
|
| adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
ripple
|
|
| n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
placid
|
|
| adj.安静的，平和的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
latitudes
|
|
| 纬度 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
ruffled
|
|
| adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
molestation
|
|
| n.骚扰，干扰，调戏；折磨 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
denizens
|
|
| n.居民，住户( denizen的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
warfare
|
|
| n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
11
dreary
|
|
| adj.令人沮丧的，沉闷的，单调乏味的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
anticipations
|
|
| 预期( anticipation的名词复数 )； 预测； （信托财产收益的）预支； 预期的事物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
upheaval
|
|
| n.胀起，(地壳)的隆起；剧变，动乱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
sperm
|
|
| n.精子，精液 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
hideous
|
|
| adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
mien
|
|
| n.风采；态度 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
lurked
|
|
| vi.潜伏，埋伏（lurk的过去式与过去分词形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
mighty
|
|
| adj.强有力的；巨大的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
kin
|
|
| n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
curiously
|
|
| adv.有求知欲地；好问地；奇特地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
caressing
|
|
| 爱抚的，表现爱情的，亲切的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
melodic
|
|
| adj.有旋律的，调子美妙的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
glided
|
|
| v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
majestic
|
|
| adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
monarch
|
|
| n.帝王，君主，最高统治者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
complacent
|
|
| adj.自满的；自鸣得意的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
gambols
|
|
| v.蹦跳，跳跃，嬉戏( gambol的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
28
repose
|
|
| v.(使)休息；n.安息 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
disporting
|
|
| v.嬉戏，玩乐，自娱( disport的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
delightful
|
|
| adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
calf
|
|
| n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
apparently
|
|
| adv.显然地；表面上，似乎 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
stolidity
|
|
| n.迟钝，感觉麻木 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
bosom
|
|
| n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
bounteous
|
|
| adj.丰富的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
dependants
|
|
| 受赡养者，受扶养的家属( dependant的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
plentiful
|
|
| adj.富裕的，丰富的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
ravages
|
|
| 劫掠后的残迹，破坏的结果，毁坏后的残迹 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
favourable
|
|
| adj.赞成的，称赞的，有利的，良好的，顺利的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
hampering
|
|
| 妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
hamper
|
|
| vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
parasites
|
|
| 寄生物( parasite的名词复数 )； 靠他人为生的人； 诸虫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
shudder
|
|
| v.战粟，震动，剧烈地摇晃；n.战粟，抖动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
dread
|
|
| vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
dreaded
|
|
| adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
sweeping
|
|
| adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
decided
|
|
| adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
teeming
|
|
| adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 )；到处都是；（指水、雨等）暴降；倾注 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
opaque
|
|
| adj.不透光的；不反光的，不传导的；晦涩的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
drowsy
|
|
| adj.昏昏欲睡的，令人发困的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
spout
|
|
| v.喷出，涌出；滔滔不绝地讲；n.喷管；水柱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
dome
|
|
| n.圆屋顶，拱顶 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
myriad
|
|
| adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
throb
|
|
| v.震颤，颤动；(急速强烈地)跳动，搏动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
steadfastly
|
|
| adv.踏实地，不变地；岿然；坚定不渝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
steering
|
|
| n.操舵装置 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
innate
|
|
| adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
fervent
|
|
| adj.热的，热烈的，热情的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
meridian
|
|
| adj.子午线的；全盛期的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
hull
|
|
| n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
apparition
|
|
| n.幽灵，神奇的现象 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
possessed
|
|
| adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
leisurely
|
|
| adj.悠闲的；从容的，慢慢的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
dignified
|
|
| a.可敬的，高贵的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
peril
|
|
| n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
apprehension
|
|
| n.理解，领悟；逮捕，拘捕；忧虑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
fins
|
|
| [医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
fin
|
|
| n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
vibrations
|
|
| n.摆动( vibration的名词复数 )；震动；感受；（偏离平衡位置的）一次性往复振动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
exhausted
|
|
| adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
bent
|
|
| n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
depressed
|
|
| adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
gliding
|
|
| v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
swell
|
|
| vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
gallantly
|
|
| adv. 漂亮地，勇敢地，献殷勤地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
tangled
|
|
| adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
foam
|
|
| v./n.泡沫，起泡沫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
vitality
|
|
| n.活力，生命力，效力 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
attachment
|
|
| n.附属物，附件；依恋；依附 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
hovering
|
|
| 鸟( hover的现在分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
mobility
|
|
| n.可动性，变动性，情感不定 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
slew
|
|
| v.（使）旋转；n.大量，许多 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
harpoon
|
|
| n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
harpooning
|
|
| v.鱼镖，鱼叉( harpoon的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
85
wielded
|
|
| 手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的过去式和过去分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
imminent
|
|
| adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
tint
|
|
| n.淡色，浅色；染发剂；vt.着以淡淡的颜色 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
groaned
|
|
| v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
exertions
|
|
| n.努力( exertion的名词复数 )；费力；（能力、权力等的）运用；行使 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
prey
|
|
| n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
slumberous
|
|
| a.昏昏欲睡的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
92
stark
|
|
| adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
93
scathe
|
|
| v.损伤；n.伤害 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
94
wrath
|
|
| n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
95
invincible
|
|
| adj.不可征服的，难以制服的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
96
cataclysm
|
|
| n.洪水，剧变，大灾难 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
97
frantic
|
|
| adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
98
diffused
|
|
| 散布的，普及的，扩散的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
99
fronds
|
|
| n.蕨类或棕榈类植物的叶子( frond的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
100
frond
|
|
| n.棕榈类植物的叶子 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
101
darting
|
|
| v.投掷，投射( dart的现在分词 )；向前冲，飞奔 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
102
tints
|
|
| 色彩( tint的名词复数 )； 带白的颜色； （淡色）染发剂； 痕迹 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
103
illuminated
|
|
| adj.被照明的；受启迪的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
104
solace
|
|
| n.安慰；v.使快乐；vt.安慰(物)，缓和 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
105
jaw
|
|
| n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
106
gaping
|
|
| adj.口的；张口的；敞口的；多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 )；张开，张大 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
107
tickling
|
|
| 反馈，回授，自旋挠痒法 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
108
soothing
|
|
| adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
109
turmoil
|
|
| n.骚乱，混乱，动乱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
110
fretted
|
|
| 焦躁的，附有弦马的，腐蚀的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
111
hereditary
|
|
| adj.遗传的，遗传性的，可继承的，世袭的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
112
foe
|
|
| n.敌人，仇敌 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
113
foes
|
|
| 敌人，仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
114
vessel
|
|
| n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
115
enjoyment
|
|
| n.乐趣；享有；享用 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
116
rambles
|
|
| （无目的地）漫游( ramble的第三人称单数 )； （喻）漫谈； 扯淡； 长篇大论 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
117
maze
|
|
| n.迷宫，八阵图，混乱，迷惑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
118
mazes
|
|
| 迷宫( maze的名词复数 )； 纷繁复杂的规则； 复杂难懂的细节； 迷宫图 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
119
glades
|
|
| n.林中空地( glade的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
120
fathomless
|
|
| a.深不可测的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
121
animate
|
|
| v.赋于生命，鼓励；adj.有生命的，有生气的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
122
impelled
|
|
| v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
123
chasm
|
|
| n.深坑，断层，裂口，大分岐，利害冲突 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
124
recesses
|
|
| n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 )；（工作或业务活动的）中止或暂停期间；学校的课间休息；某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 )；将（墙）做成凹形，在（墙）上做壁龛；休息，休会，休庭 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
125
thoroughly
|
|
| adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
126
incessantly
|
|
| ad.不停地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
127
writhing
|
|
| （因极度痛苦而）扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
128
entanglement
|
|
| n.纠缠，牵累 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
129
snare
|
|
| n.陷阱，诱惑，圈套；（去除息肉或者肿瘤的）勒除器；响弦，小军鼓；vt.以陷阱捕获，诱惑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
130
gnawing
|
|
| a.痛苦的，折磨人的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
131
devour
|
|
| v.吞没；贪婪地注视或谛听，贪读；使着迷 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
132
spine
|
|
| n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
133
hurled
|
|
| v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
134
jaws
|
|
| n.口部；嘴 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
135
lithe
|
|
| adj.(指人、身体)柔软的，易弯的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
136
glutinous
|
|
| adj.粘的，胶状的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
137
hewed
|
|
| v.（用斧、刀等）砍、劈( hew的过去式和过去分词 )；砍成；劈出；开辟 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
138
heeding
|
|
| v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
139
wrenching
|
|
| n.修截苗根，苗木铲根（铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土）v.（猛力地）扭( wrench的现在分词 )；扭伤；使感到痛苦；使悲痛 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
140
winding
|
|
| n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
141
reigned
|
|
| vi.当政，统治（reign的过去式形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
142
amorphous
|
|
| adj.无定形的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
143
dwarfed
|
|
| vt.（使）显得矮小（dwarf的过去式与过去分词形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
144
puny
|
|
| adj.微不足道的，弱小的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
145
warrior
|
|
| n.勇士，武士，斗士 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
146
royalty
|
|
| n.皇家，皇族 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
147
tentacles
|
|
| n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 )；触角；触须；触毛 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
148
ascended
|
|
| v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
149
abysmal
|
|
| adj.无底的，深不可测的，极深的；糟透的，极坏的；完全的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
150
sundry
|
|
| adj.各式各样的，种种的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
151
antagonist
|
|
| n.敌人，对抗者，对手 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
152
forefathers
|
|
| n.祖先，先人；祖先，祖宗( forefather的名词复数 )；列祖列宗；前人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
153
laggard
|
|
| n.落后者；adj.缓慢的，落后的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
154
forsake
|
|
| vt.遗弃，抛弃；舍弃，放弃 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
155
morose
|
|
| adj.脾气坏的，不高兴的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
156
solitude
|
|
| n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
157
abode
|
|
| n.住处，住所 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
158
meditated
|
|
| 深思，沉思，冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 )； 内心策划，考虑 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
159
shrill
|
|
| adj.尖声的；刺耳的；v尖叫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
160
myriads
|
|
| n.无数，极大数量( myriad的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
161
tithe
|
|
| n.十分之一税；v.课什一税，缴什一税 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
162
verge
|
|
| n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
163
attuned
|
|
| v.使协调( attune的过去式和过去分词 )；调音 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
164
commotion
|
|
| n.骚动，动乱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
165
taut
|
|
| adj.拉紧的，绷紧的，紧张的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
166
tingled
|
|
| v.有刺痛感( tingle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
167
impetus
|
|
| n.推动，促进，刺激；推动力 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
168
eddying
|
|
| 涡流，涡流的形成 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
169
graceful
|
|
| adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
170
saluting
|
|
| v.欢迎，致敬( salute的现在分词 )；赞扬，赞颂 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
171
touching
|
|
| adj.动人的，使人感伤的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
172
devoured
|
|
| 吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
173
investigations
|
|
| （正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
174
gambolled
|
|
| v.蹦跳，跳跃，嬉戏( gambol的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
175
spurning
|
|
| v.一脚踢开，拒绝接受( spurn的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
176
ecstasy
|
|
| n.狂喜，心醉神怡，入迷 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
177
irresistible
|
|
| adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
178
joyous
|
|
| adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
179
sedate
|
|
| adj.沉着的，镇静的，安静的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
180
forth
|
|
| adv.向前；向外，往外 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
181
orphan
|
|
| n.孤儿；adj.无父母的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
182
mishap
|
|
| n.不幸的事，不幸；灾祸 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
183
cape
|
|
| n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
184
dallying
|
|
| v.随随便便地对待( dally的现在分词 )；不很认真地考虑；浪费时间；调情 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
185
eddies
|
|
| （水、烟等的）漩涡，涡流( eddy的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
186
monsoon
|
|
| n.季雨，季风，大雨 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
187
nomad
|
|
| n.游牧部落的人，流浪者，游牧民 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
188
margins
|
|
| 边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
189
steamships
|
|
| n.汽船，大轮船( steamship的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
190
steadily
|
|
| adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
191
cuttlefish
|
|
| n.乌贼，墨鱼 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
192
beguiled
|
|
| v.欺骗( beguile的过去式和过去分词 )；使陶醉；使高兴；消磨（时间等） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
193
penetrating
|
|
| adj.（声音）响亮的，尖锐的adj.（气味）刺激的adj.（思想）敏锐的，有洞察力的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
194
gulf
|
|
| n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
195
primitive
|
|
| adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
196
seclusion
|
|
| n.隐遁，隔离 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
197
justify
|
|
| vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
198
burnished
|
|
| adj.抛光的，光亮的v.擦亮（金属等），磨光( burnish的过去式和过去分词 )；被擦亮，磨光 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
199
conqueror
|
|
| n.征服者，胜利者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
200
aloof
|
|
| adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
201
meditating
|
|
| a.沉思的，冥想的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
202
mightier
|
|
| adj. 强有力的，强大的，巨大的 adv. 很，极其 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
203
foaming
|
|
| adj.布满泡沫的；发泡 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
204
torpedo
|
|
| n.水雷，地雷；v.用鱼雷破坏 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
205
rams
|
|
| n.公羊( ram的名词复数 )；(R-)白羊（星）座；夯；攻城槌v.夯实（土等）( ram的第三人称单数 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
206
converged
|
|
| v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
207
gracefully
|
|
| ad.大大方方地；优美地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
208
pendulous
|
|
| adj.下垂的；摆动的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
209
wrenched
|
|
| v.（猛力地）扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 )；扭伤；使感到痛苦；使悲痛 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
210
hampered
|
|
| 妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
211
utterly
|
|
| adv.完全地，绝对地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
212
incapable
|
|
| adj.无能力的，不能做某事的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
213
victorious
|
|
| adj.胜利的，得胜的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
214
inverted
|
|
| adj.反向的，倒转的v.使倒置，使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
215
brandishing
|
|
| v.挥舞( brandish的现在分词 )；炫耀 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
216
lethal
|
|
| adj.致死的；毁灭性的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
217
smote
|
|
| v.猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去式 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
218
doughtily
|
|
| adv.强地，勇敢地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
219
reverberated
|
|
| 回响，回荡( reverberate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使反响，使回荡，使反射 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
220
lashed
|
|
| adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
221
ridges
|
|
| n.脊( ridge的名词复数 )；山脊；脊状突起；大气层的)高压脊 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
222
wreck
|
|
| n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
223
fathoms
|
|
| 英寻( fathom的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
224
hindrance
|
|
| n.妨碍，障碍 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
225
fray
|
|
| v.争吵；打斗；磨损，磨破；n.吵架；打斗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
226
littoral
|
|
| adj.海岸的；湖岸的；n.沿（海）岸地区 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
227
overflowing
|
|
| n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
228
chafe
|
|
| v.擦伤；冲洗；惹怒 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
229
sojourn
|
|
| v./n.旅居，寄居；逗留 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
230
calamities
|
|
| n.灾祸，灾难( calamity的名词复数 )；不幸之事 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
231
expending
|
|
| v.花费( expend的现在分词 )；使用（钱等）做某事；用光；耗尽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
232
naught
|
|
| n.无，零 [=nought] | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
233
tormented
|
|
| 饱受折磨的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
234
triumphant
|
|
| adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
235
wreak
|
|
| v.发泄；报复 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
236
vengeance
|
|
| n.报复，报仇，复仇 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
237
despatch
|
|
| n./v.(dispatch)派遣；发送；n.急件；新闻报道 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
238
harpooned
|
|
| v.鱼镖，鱼叉( harpoon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
239
survivors
|
|
| 幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
240
oars
|
|
| n.桨，橹( oar的名词复数 )；划手v.划（行）( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
241
regained
|
|
| 复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )； 赢回； 重回； 复至某地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
242
eastward
|
|
| adv.向东；adj.向东的；n.东方，东部 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
243
galling
|
|
| adj.难堪的,使烦恼的,使焦躁的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
244
entangled
|
|
| adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
245
strenuous
|
|
| adj.奋发的，使劲的；紧张的；热烈的，狂热的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
246
ragged
|
|
| adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
247
mere
|
|
| adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
248
cod
|
|
| n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
249
tortuous
|
|
| adj.弯弯曲曲的，蜿蜒的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
250
testimony
|
|
| n.证词；见证，证明 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
251
ferocious
|
|
| adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
252
perpendicularly
|
|
| adv. 垂直地, 笔直地, 纵向地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
253
vertical
|
|
| adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
254
brandished
|
|
| v.挥舞( brandish的过去式和过去分词 )；炫耀 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
255
gathering
|
|
| n.集会，聚会，聚集 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
256
slay
|
|
| v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
257
hurrah
|
|
| int.好哇，万岁，乌拉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
258
slaughter
|
|
| n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
259
spun
|
|
| v.纺，杜撰，急转身 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
260
pivot
|
|
| v.在枢轴上转动；装枢轴，枢轴；adj.枢轴的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
261
sinewy
|
|
| adj.多腱的，强壮有力的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
262
stratagem
|
|
| n.诡计，计谋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
263
instinctively
|
|
| adv.本能地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
264
sluggish
|
|
| adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
265
exultant
|
|
| adj.欢腾的，狂欢的，大喜的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
266
darted
|
|
| v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
267
abaft
|
|
| prep.在…之后；adv.在船尾，向船尾 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
268
momentary
|
|
| adj.片刻的，瞬息的；短暂的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
269
frightful
|
|
| adj.可怕的；讨厌的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
270
spurt
|
|
| v.喷出；突然进发；突然兴隆 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
271
torrent
|
|
| n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
272
foamed
|
|
| 泡沫的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
273
distended
|
|
| v.（使）膨胀，肿胀( distend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
274
puissant
|
|
| adj.强有力的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
275
embedded
|
|
| a.扎牢的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
276
harpoons
|
|
| n.鱼镖，鱼叉( harpoon的名词复数 )v.鱼镖，鱼叉( harpoon的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
277
eloquent
|
|
| adj.雄辩的，口才流利的；明白显示出的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
278
vanquished
|
|
| v.征服( vanquish的过去式和过去分词 )；战胜；克服；抑制 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |