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VI. BORROWED SCENES
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 “It cannot be done.  People really would not stand it.  I know because I have tried.”—Extract from an unpublished paper upon George Borrow and his writings.
 
Yes, I tried and my experience may interest other people.  You must imagine, then, that I am soaked in George Borrow, especially in his Lavengro and his Romany Rye, that I have modelled both my thoughts, my speech and my style very carefully upon those of the master, and that finally I set forth1 one summer day actually to lead the life of which I had read.  Behold2 me, then, upon the country road which leads from the railway-station to the Sussex village of Swinehurst.
 
As I walked, I entertained myself by recollections of the founders3 of Sussex, of Cerdic that mighty4 sea-rover, and of Ella his son, said by the bard5 to be taller by the length of a spear-head than the tallest of his fellows.  I mentioned the matter twice to peasants whom I met upon the road.  One, a tallish man with a freckled6 face, sidled past me and ran swiftly towards the p. 128station.  The other, a smaller and older man, stood entranced while I recited to him that passage of the Saxon Chronicle which begins, “Then came Leija with longships forty-four, and the fyrd went out against him.”  I was pointing out to him that the Chronicle had been written partly by the monks7 of Saint Albans and afterwards by those of Peterborough, but the fellow sprang suddenly over a gate and disappeared.
 
The village of Swinehurst is a straggling line of half-timbered houses of the early English pattern.  One of these houses stood, as I observed, somewhat taller than the rest, and seeing by its appearance and by the sign which hung before it that it was the village inn, I approached it, for indeed I had not broken my fast since I had left London.  A stoutish8 man, five foot eight perhaps in height, with black coat and trousers of a greyish shade, stood outside, and to him I talked in the fashion of the master.
 
“Why a rose and why a crown?” I asked as I pointed10 upwards11.
 
He looked at me in a strange manner.  The man’s whole appearance was strange.  “Why not?” he answered, and shrank a little backwards12.
 
“The sign of a king,” said I.
 
“Surely,” said he.  “What else should we understand from a crown?”
 
p. 129“And which king?” I asked.
 
“You will excuse me,” said he, and tried to pass.
 
“Which king?” I repeated.
 
“How should I know?” he asked.
 
“You should know by the rose,” said I, “which is the symbol of that Tudor-ap-Tudor, who, coming from the mountains of Wales, yet seated his posterity13 upon the English throne.  Tudor,” I continued, getting between the stranger and the door of the inn, through which he appeared to be desirous of passing, “was of the same blood as Owen Glendower, the famous chieftain, who is by no means to be confused with Owen Gwynedd, the father of Madoc of the Sea, of whom the bard made the famous cnylyn, which runs in the Welsh as follows:—”
 
I was about to repeat the famous stanza14 of Dafydd-ap-Gwilyn when the man, who had looked very fixedly16 and strangely at me as I spoke17, pushed past me and entered the inn.  “Truly,” said I aloud, “it is surely Swinehurst to which I have come, since the same means the grove18 of the hogs19.”  So saying I followed the fellow into the bar parlour, where I perceived him seated in a corner with a large chair in front of him.  Four persons of various degrees were drinking beer at a central table, whilst a small man of active build, in a black, shiny suit, which seemed to have seen much service, stood p. 130before the empty fireplace.  Him I took to be the landlord, and I asked him what I should have for my dinner.
 
He smiled, and said that he could not tell.
 
“But surely, my friend,” said I, “you can tell me what is ready?”
 
“Even that I cannot do,” he answered; “but I doubt not that the landlord can inform us.”  On this he rang the bell, and a fellow answered, to whom I put the same question.
 
“What would you have?” he asked.
 
I thought of the master, and I ordered a cold leg of pork to be washed down with tea and beer.
 
“Did you say tea and beer?” asked the landlord.
 
“I did.”
 
“For twenty-five years have I been in business,” said the landlord, “and never before have I been asked for tea and beer.”
 
“The gentleman is joking,” said the man with the shining coat.
 
“Or else—” said the elderly man in the corner.
 
“Or what, sir?” I asked.
 
“Nothing,” said he—“nothing.”  There was something very strange in this man in the corner—him to whom I had spoken of Dafydd-ap-Gwilyn.
 
“Then you are joking,” said the landlord.
 
I asked him if he had read the works of my master, George Borrow.  He said that he had not.  I told him that in those five volumes he would not, from cover to cover, find one trace of any sort of a joke.  He would also find that my master drank tea and beer together.  Now it happens that about tea I have read nothing either in the sagas20 or in the bardic22 cnylynions, but, whilst the landlord had departed to prepare my meal, I recited to the company those Icelandic stanzas23 which praise the beer of Gunnar, the long-haired son of Harold the Bear.  Then, lest the language should be unknown to some of them, I recited my own translation, ending with the line—
 
If the beer be small, then let the mug be large.
 
I then asked the company whether they went to church or to chapel24.  The question surprised them, and especially the strange man in the corner, upon whom I now fixed15 my eye.  I had read his secret, and as I looked at him he tried to shrink behind the clock-case.
 
“The church or the chapel?” I asked him.
 
“The church,” he gasped25.
 
“Which church?” I asked.
 
He shrank farther behind the clock.  “I have never been so questioned,” he cried.
 
I showed him that I knew his secret, “Rome was not built in a day,” said I.
 
“He! He!” he cried.  Then, as I turned away, he put his head from behind the clock-case and tapped his forehead with his forefinger26.  So also did the man with the shiny coat, who stood before the empty fireplace.
 
Having eaten the cold leg of pork—where is there a better dish, save only boiled mutton with capers27?—and having drunk both the tea and the beer, I told the company that such a meal had been called “to box Harry” by the master, who had observed it to be in great favour with commercial gentlemen out of Liverpool.  With this information and a stanza or two from Lopez de Vega I left the Inn of the Rose and Crown behind me, having first paid my reckoning.  At the door the landlord asked me for my name and address.
 
“And why?” I asked.
 
“Lest there should be inquiry28 for you,” said the landlord.
 
“But why should they inquire for me?”
 
“Ah, who knows?” said the landlord, musing29.  And so I left him at the door of the Inn of the Rose and Crown, whence came, I observed, a great tumult30 of laughter.  “Assuredly,” thought I, “Rome was not built in a day.”
 
Having walked down the main street of Swinehurst, which, as I have observed, consists of half-timbered buildings in the ancient style, I came out upon the country road, and proceeded p. 133to look for those wayside adventures, which are, according to the master, as thick as blackberries for those who seek them upon an English highway.  I had already received some boxing lessons before leaving London, so it seemed to me that if I should chance to meet some traveller whose size and age seemed such as to encourage the venture I would ask him to strip off his coat and settle any differences which we could find in the old English fashion.  I waited, therefore, by a stile for any one who should chance to pass, and it was while I stood there that the screaming horror came upon me, even as it came upon the master in the dingle.  I gripped the bar of the stile, which was of good British oak.  Oh, who can tell the terrors of the screaming horror!  That was what I thought as I grasped the oaken bar of the stile.  Was it the beer—or was it the tea?  Or was it that the landlord was right and that other, the man with the black, shiny coat, he who had answered the sign of the strange man in the corner?  But the master drank tea with beer.  Yes, but the master also had the screaming horror.  All this I thought as I grasped the bar of British oak, which was the top of the stile.  For half an hour the horror was upon me.  Then it passed, and I was left feeling very weak and still grasping the oaken bar.
 
I had not moved from the stile, where I had been seized by the screaming horror, when I heard the sound of steps behind me, and turning round I perceived that a pathway led across the field upon the farther side of the stile.  A woman was coming towards me along this pathway, and it was evident to me that she was one of those gipsy Rias, of whom the master has said so much.  Looking beyond her, I could see the smoke of a fire from a small dingle, which showed where her tribe were camping.  The woman herself was of a moderate height, neither tall nor short, with a face which was much sunburned and freckled.  I must confess that she was not beautiful, but I do not think that anyone, save the master, has found very beautiful women walking about upon the high-roads of England.  Such as she was I must make the best of her, and well I knew how to address her, for many times had I admired the mixture of politeness and audacity31 which should be used in such a case.  Therefore, when the woman had come to the stile, I held out my hand and helped her over.
 
“What says the Spanish poet Calderon?” said I.  “I doubt not that you have read the couplet which has been thus Englished:
 
Oh, maiden32, may I humbly33 pray
That I may help you on your way.”
 
The woman blushed, but said nothing.
 
p. 135“Where,” I asked, “are the Romany chals and the Romany chis?”
 
She turned her head away and was silent.
 
“Though I am a gorgio,” said I, “I know something of the Romany lil,” and to prove it I sang the stanza—
 
Coliko, coliko saulo wer
Apopli to the farming ker
Will wel and mang him mullo,
Will wel and mang his truppo.
 
The girl laughed, but said nothing.  It appeared to me from her appearance that she might be one of those who make a living at telling fortunes or “dukkering,” as the master calls it, at racecourses and other gatherings34 of the sort.
 
“Do you dukker?” I asked.
 
She slapped me on the arm.  “Well, you are a pot of ginger35!” said she.
 
I was pleased at the slap, for it put me in mind of the peerless Belle36.  “You can use Long Melford,” said I, an expression which, with the master, meant fighting.
 
“Get along with your sauce!” said she, and struck me again.
 
“You are a very fine young woman,” said I, “and remind me of Grunelda, the daughter of Hjalmar, who stole the golden bowl from the King of the Islands.”
 
p. 136She seemed annoyed at this.  “You keep a civil tongue, young man,” said she.
 
“I meant no harm, Belle.  I was but comparing you to one of whom the saga21 says her eyes were like the shine of sun upon icebergs37.”
 
This seemed to please her, for she smiled.  “My name ain’t Belle,” she said at last.
 
“What is your name?”
 
“Henrietta.”
 
“The name of a queen,” I said aloud.
 
“Go on,” said the girl.
 
“Of Charles’s queen,” said I, “of whom Waller the poet (for the English also have their poets, though in this respect far inferior to the Basques)—of whom, I say, Waller the poet said:
 
That she was Queen was the Creator’s act,
Belated man could but endorse38 the fact.”
 
“I say!” cried the girl.  “How you do go on!”
 
“So now,” said I, “since I have shown you that you are a queen you will surely give me a choomer”—this being a kiss in Romany talk.
 
“I’ll give you one on the ear-hole,” she cried.
 
“Then I will wrestle39 with you,” said I.  “If you should chance to put me down, I will do penance40 by teaching you the Armenian alphabet—the very word alphabet, as you will perceive, shows us that our letters came from Greece.  If, on the other hand, I should chance to put you down, you will give me a choomer.”
 
I had got so far, and she was climbing the stile with some pretence41 of getting away from me, when there came a van along the road, belonging, as I discovered, to a baker42 in Swinehurst.  The horse, which was of a brown colour, was such as is bred in the New Forest, being somewhat under fifteen hands and of a hairy, ill-kempt variety.  As I know less than the master about horses, I will say no more of this horse, save to repeat that its colour was brown—nor indeed had the horse or the horse’s colour anything to do with my narrative43.  I might add, however, that it could either be taken as a small horse or as a large pony44, being somewhat tall for the one, but undersized for the other.  I have now said enough about this horse, which has nothing to do with my story, and I will turn my attention to the driver.
 
This was a man with a broad, florid face and brown side-whiskers.  He was of a stout9 build and had rounded shoulders, with a small mole45 of a reddish colour over his left eyebrow46.  His jacket was of velveteen, and he had large, iron-shod boots, which were perched upon the splashboard in front of him.  He pulled up the van as he came up to the stile near which I was standing47 with the maiden who had come from the dingle, and in a civil fashion he asked me if I could oblige him with a light for his pipe.  Then, as I drew a matchbox from my pocket, he threw his reins48 over the splashboard, and removing his large, iron-shod boots he descended49 on to the road.  He was a burly man, but inclined to fat and scant50 of breath.  It seemed to me that it was a chance for one of those wayside boxing adventures which were so common in the olden times.  It was my intention that I should fight the man, and that the maiden from the dingle standing by me should tell me when to use my right or my left, as the case might be, picking me up also in case I should be so unfortunate as to be knocked down by the man with the iron-shod boots and the small mole of a reddish colour over his left eyebrow.
 
“Do you use Long Melford?” I asked.
 
He looked at me in some surprise, and said that any mixture was good enough for him.
 
“By Long Melford,” said I, “I do not mean, as you seem to think, some form of tobacco, but I mean that art and science of boxing which was held in such high esteem51 by our ancestors, that some famous professors of it, such as the great Gully, have been elected to the highest offices of the State.  There were men of the highest character amongst the bruisers of England, of whom I would particularly mention Tom of Hereford, better known as Tom Spring, though his father’s name, as I have been given to understand, was Winter.  This, however, has nothing to do with the matter in hand, which is that you must fight me.”
 
The man with the florid face seemed very much surprised at my words, so that I cannot think that adventures of this sort were as common as I had been led by the master to expect.
 
“Fight!” said he.  “What about?”
 
“It is a good old English custom,” said I, “by which we may determine which is the better man.”
 
“I’ve nothing against you,” said he.
 
“Nor I against you,” I answered.  “So that we will fight for love, which was an expression much used in olden days.  It is narrated52 by Harold Sygvynson that among the Danes it was usual to do so even with battle-axes, as is told in his second set of runes.  Therefore you will take off your coat and fight.”  As I spoke, I stripped off my own.
 
The man’s face was less florid than before.  “I’m not going to fight,” said he.
 
“Indeed you are,” I answered, “and this young woman will doubtless do you the service to hold your coat.”
 
“You’re clean balmy,” said Henrietta.
 
“Besides,” said I, “if you will not fight me for love, perhaps you will fight me for this,” p. 140and I held out a sovereign.  “Will you hold his coat?” I said to Henrietta.
 
“I’ll hold the thick ’un,” said she.
 
“No, you don’t,” said the man, and put the sovereign into the pocket of his trousers, which were of a corduroy material.  “Now,” said he, “what am I to do to earn this?”
 
“Fight,” said I.
 
“How do you do it?” he asked.
 
“Put up your hands,” I answered.
 
He put them up as I had said, and stood there in a sheepish manner with no idea of anything further.  It seemed to me that if I could make him angry he would do better, so I knocked off his hat, which was black and hard, of the kind which is called billy-cock.
 
“Heh, guv’nor!” he cried, “what are you up to?”
 
“That was to make you angry,” said I.
 
“Well, I am angry,” said he.
 
“Then here is your hat,” said I, “and afterwards we shall fight.”
 
I turned as I spoke to pick up his hat, which had rolled behind where I was standing.  As I stooped to reach it, I received such a blow that I could neither rise erect53 nor yet sit down.  This blow which I received as I stooped for his billy-cock hat was not from his fist, but from his iron-shod boot, the same which I had observed upon the splashboard.  Being unable either to rise erect or yet to sit down, I leaned upon the oaken bar of the stile and groaned54 loudly on account of the pain of the blow which I had received.  Even the screaming horror had given me less pain than this blow from the iron-shod boot.  When at last I was able to stand erect, I found that the florid-faced man had driven away with his cart, which could no longer be seen.  The maiden from the dingle was standing at the other side of the stile, and a ragged55 man was running across the field from the direction of the fire.
 
“Why did you not warn me, Henrietta?” I asked.
 
“I hadn’t time,” said she.  “Why were you such a chump as to turn your back on him like that?”
 
The ragged man had reached us, where I stood talking to Henrietta by the stile.  I will not try to write his conversation as he said it, because I have observed that the master never condescends56 to dialect, but prefers by a word introduced here and there to show the fashion of a man’s speech.  I will only say that the man from the dingle spoke as did the Anglo-Saxons, who were wont57, as is clearly shown by the venerable Bede, to call their leaders ’Enjist and ’Orsa, two words which in their proper meaning signify a horse and a mare58.
 
“What did he hit you for?” asked the man from the dingle.  He was exceedingly ragged, with a powerful frame, a lean brown face, and an oaken cudgel in his hand.  His voice was very hoarse59 and rough, as is the case with those who live in the open air.  “The bloke hit you,” said he.  “What did the bloke hit you for?”
 
“He asked him to,” said Henrietta.
 
“Asked him to—asked him what?”
 
“Why, he asked him to hit him.  Gave him a thick ’un to do it.”
 
The ragged man seemed surprised.  “See here, gov’nor,” said he.  “If you’re collectin’, I could let you have one half-price.”
 
“He took me unawares,” said I.
 
“What else would the bloke do when you bashed his hat?” said the maiden from the dingle.
 
By this time I was able to straighten myself up by the aid of the oaken bar which formed the top of the stile.  Having quoted a few lines of the Chinese poet Lo-tun-an to the effect that, however hard a knock might be, it might always conceivably be harder, I looked about for my coat, but could by no means find it.
 
“Henrietta,” I said, “what have you done with my coat?”
 
“Look here, gov’nor,” said the man from the dingle, “not so much Henrietta, if it’s the same to you.  This woman’s my wife.  Who are you to call her Henrietta?”
 
I assured the man from the dingle that I had meant no disrespect to his wife.  “I had thought she was a mort,” said I; “but the ria of a Romany chal is always sacred to me.”
 
“Clean balmy,” said the woman.
 
“Some other day,” said I, “I may visit you in your camp in the dingle and read you the master’s book about the Romanys.”
 
“What’s Romanys?” asked the man.
 
Myself.  Romanys are gipsies.
 
The Man.  We ain’t gipsies.
 
Myself.  What are you then?
 
The Man.  We are hoppers.
 
Myself (to Henrietta).  Then how did you understand all I have said to you about gipsies?
 
Henrietta.  I didn’t.
 
I again asked for my coat, but it was clear now that before offering to fight the florid-faced man with the mole over his left eyebrow I must have hung my coat upon the splashboard of his van.  I therefore recited a verse from Ferideddin-Atar, the Persian poet, which signifies that it is more important to preserve your skin than your clothes, and bidding farewell to the man from the dingle and his wife I returned into the old English village of Swinehurst, where I was able to buy a second-hand60 coat, which enabled me to make my way to the station, where I should start for London.  I could not but remark with some surprise that I was followed to the station p. 144by many of the villagers, together with the man with the shiny coat, and that other, the strange man, he who had slunk behind the clock-case.  From time to time I turned and approached them, hoping to fall into conversation with them; but as I did so they would break and hasten down the road.  Only the village constable61 came on, and he walked by my side and listened while I told him the history of Hunyadi Janos and the events which occurred during the wars between that hero, known also as Corvinus or the crow-like, and Mahommed the second, he who captured Constantinople, better known as Byzantium, before the Christian62 epoch63.  Together with the constable I entered the station, and seating myself in a carriage I took paper from my pocket and I began to write upon the paper all that had occurred to me, in order that I might show that it was not easy in these days to follow the example of the master.  As I wrote, I heard the constable talk to the station-master, a stout, middle-sized man with a red neck-tie, and tell him of my own adventures in the old English village of Swinehurst.
 
“He is a gentleman too,” said the constable, “and I doubt not that he lives in a big house in London town.”
 
“A very big house if every man had his rights,” said the station-master, and waving his hand he signalled that the train should proceed.

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1 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。
2 behold jQKy9     
v.看,注视,看到
参考例句:
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
3 founders 863257b2606659efe292a0bf3114782c     
n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
  • The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句
4 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。
5 bard QPCyM     
n.吟游诗人
参考例句:
  • I'll use my bard song to help you concentrate!我会用我的吟游诗人歌曲帮你集中精神!
  • I find him,the wandering grey bard.我发现了正在徘徊的衰老游唱诗人。
6 freckled 1f563e624a978af5e5981f5e9d3a4687     
adj.雀斑;斑点;晒斑;(使)生雀斑v.雀斑,斑点( freckle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her face was freckled all over. 她的脸长满雀斑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Her freckled skin glowed with health again. 她长有雀斑的皮肤又泛出了健康的红光。 来自辞典例句
7 monks 218362e2c5f963a82756748713baf661     
n.修道士,僧侣( monk的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
  • He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 stoutish d8877d21cc2a1d6febe8fdd65163c0cf     
略胖的
参考例句:
  • There was a knock on the door and a large stoutish man stepped in. 门上敲了一下,一个身材魁梧、略为发胖的男人走了进来。
10 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
11 upwards lj5wR     
adv.向上,在更高处...以上
参考例句:
  • The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
  • The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
12 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
13 posterity D1Lzn     
n.后裔,子孙,后代
参考例句:
  • Few of his works will go down to posterity.他的作品没有几件会流传到后世。
  • The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a tablet at the back of the church.死者姓名都刻在教堂后面的一块石匾上以便后人铭记。
14 stanza RFoyc     
n.(诗)节,段
参考例句:
  • We omitted to sing the second stanza.我们漏唱了第二节。
  • One young reporter wrote a review with a stanza that contained some offensive content.一个年轻的记者就歌词中包含有攻击性内容的一节写了评论。
15 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。
16 fixedly 71be829f2724164d2521d0b5bee4e2cc     
adv.固定地;不屈地,坚定不移地
参考例句:
  • He stared fixedly at the woman in white. 他一直凝视着那穿白衣裳的女人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The great majority were silent and still, looking fixedly at the ground. 绝大部分的人都不闹不动,呆呆地望着地面。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
17 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
18 grove v5wyy     
n.林子,小树林,园林
参考例句:
  • On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
  • The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。
19 hogs 8a3a45e519faa1400d338afba4494209     
n.(尤指喂肥供食用的)猪( hog的名词复数 );(供食用的)阉公猪;彻底地做某事;自私的或贪婪的人
参考例句:
  • 'sounds like -- like hogs grunting. “像——像是猪发出的声音。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
  • I hate the way he hogs down his food. 我讨厌他那副狼吞虎咽的吃相。 来自辞典例句
20 sagas e8dca32d4d34a71e9adfd36b93ebca41     
n.萨迦(尤指古代挪威或冰岛讲述冒险经历和英雄业绩的长篇故事)( saga的名词复数 );(讲述许多年间发生的事情的)长篇故事;一连串的事件(或经历);一连串经历的讲述(或记述)
参考例句:
  • Artwork depicted the historical sagas and biblical tales for the illiterate faithful. 墙上的插图为不识字的信徒描绘了历史传说和圣经故事。 来自互联网
  • It will complete one of the most remarkable transfer sagas in English football. 到时候,英格兰史上最有名的转会传奇故事之一将落下帷幕。 来自互联网
21 saga aCez4     
n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事,英雄传奇
参考例句:
  • The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
  • The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。
22 bardic 7e46151defcadb5742c1bc7c2db75775     
adj.吟游诗人的
参考例句:
  • It encourages the would-be American poet to rely too exclusively on a rapt and bardic intuition. 它鼓励未来的美国诗人完全依靠发狂似的诗人的直觉。 来自辞典例句
  • They began to write for record, to help and fix their bardic tradition. 他们开始为记事而书写,助长并固定了他们的诗歌传统。 来自辞典例句
23 stanzas 1e39fe34fae422643886648813bd6ab1     
节,段( stanza的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The poem has six stanzas. 这首诗有六小节。
  • Stanzas are different from each other in one poem. 诗中节与节差异颇大。
24 chapel UXNzg     
n.小教堂,殡仪馆
参考例句:
  • The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
  • She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
25 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
26 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。
27 capers 9b20f1771fa4f79c48a1bb65205dba5b     
n.开玩笑( caper的名词复数 );刺山柑v.跳跃,雀跃( caper的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • I like to fly about and cut capers. 我喜欢跳跳蹦蹦闹着玩儿。 来自辞典例句
  • He always leads in pranks and capers. 他老是带头胡闹和开玩笑。 来自辞典例句
28 inquiry nbgzF     
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
参考例句:
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
29 musing musing     
n. 沉思,冥想 adj. 沉思的, 冥想的 动词muse的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • "At Tellson's banking-house at nine," he said, with a musing face. “九点在台尔森银行大厦见面,”他想道。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
  • She put the jacket away, and stood by musing a minute. 她把那件上衣放到一边,站着沉思了一会儿。
30 tumult LKrzm     
n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹
参考例句:
  • The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house.街上的喧哗吵醒了屋子里的每一个人。
  • His voice disappeared under growing tumult.他的声音消失在越来越响的喧哗声中。
31 audacity LepyV     
n.大胆,卤莽,无礼
参考例句:
  • He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。
  • He had the audacity to pick pockets in broad daylight.他竟敢在光天化日之下掏包。
32 maiden yRpz7     
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
参考例句:
  • The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
  • The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。
33 humbly humbly     
adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地
参考例句:
  • We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy. 我们恳请陛下发发慈悲。
  • "You must be right, Sir,'said John humbly. “你一定是对的,先生,”约翰恭顺地说道。
34 gatherings 400b026348cc2270e0046708acff2352     
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
参考例句:
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
35 ginger bzryX     
n.姜,精力,淡赤黄色;adj.淡赤黄色的;vt.使活泼,使有生气
参考例句:
  • There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
  • Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。
36 belle MQly5     
n.靓女
参考例句:
  • She was the belle of her Sunday School class.在主日学校她是她们班的班花。
  • She was the belle of the ball.她是那个舞会中的美女。
37 icebergs 71cdbb120fe8de8e449c16eaeca8d8a8     
n.冰山,流冰( iceberg的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships. 海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The icebergs towered above them. 冰山高耸于他们上方。 来自辞典例句
38 endorse rpxxK     
vt.(支票、汇票等)背书,背署;批注;同意
参考例句:
  • No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
  • I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。
39 wrestle XfLwD     
vi.摔跤,角力;搏斗;全力对付
参考例句:
  • He taught his little brother how to wrestle.他教他小弟弟如何摔跤。
  • We have to wrestle with difficulties.我们必须同困难作斗争。
40 penance Uulyx     
n.(赎罪的)惩罪
参考例句:
  • They had confessed their sins and done their penance.他们已经告罪并做了补赎。
  • She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。
41 pretence pretence     
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰
参考例句:
  • The government abandoned any pretence of reform. 政府不再装模作样地进行改革。
  • He made a pretence of being happy at the party.晚会上他假装很高兴。
42 baker wyTz62     
n.面包师
参考例句:
  • The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
  • The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。
43 narrative CFmxS     
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
参考例句:
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
44 pony Au5yJ     
adj.小型的;n.小马
参考例句:
  • His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
  • They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。
45 mole 26Nzn     
n.胎块;痣;克分子
参考例句:
  • She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
  • The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。
46 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。
47 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。
48 reins 370afc7786679703b82ccfca58610c98     
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带
参考例句:
  • She pulled gently on the reins. 她轻轻地拉着缰绳。
  • The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods. 政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。
49 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
50 scant 2Dwzx     
adj.不充分的,不足的;v.减缩,限制,忽略
参考例句:
  • Don't scant the butter when you make a cake.做糕饼时不要吝惜奶油。
  • Many mothers pay scant attention to their own needs when their children are small.孩子们小的时候,许多母亲都忽视自己的需求。
51 esteem imhyZ     
n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • The veteran worker ranks high in public love and esteem.那位老工人深受大伙的爱戴。
52 narrated 41d1c5fe7dace3e43c38e40bfeb85fe5     
v.故事( narrate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Some of the story was narrated in the film. 该电影叙述了这个故事的部分情节。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island. 笛福生动地叙述了鲁滨逊·克鲁索在荒岛上的冒险故事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
53 erect 4iLzm     
n./v.树立,建立,使竖立;adj.直立的,垂直的
参考例句:
  • She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头,把背挺得笔直。
  • Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。
54 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
55 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
56 condescends 9d55a56ceff23bc1ca1ee9eabb8ba64a     
屈尊,俯就( condescend的第三人称单数 ); 故意表示和蔼可亲
参考例句:
  • Our teacher rarely condescends to speak with us outside of class. 我们老师很少在课堂外屈尊与我们轻松地谈话。
  • He always condescends to his inferiors. 他对下属总是摆出施惠于人的态度。
57 wont peXzFP     
adj.习惯于;v.习惯;n.习惯
参考例句:
  • He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
  • It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。
58 mare Y24y3     
n.母马,母驴
参考例句:
  • The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable.那匹母马刚刚在马厩里产下了一只小马驹。
  • The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road.那母马因负载过重而倒在路上。
59 hoarse 5dqzA     
adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的
参考例句:
  • He asked me a question in a hoarse voice.他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
  • He was too excited and roared himself hoarse.他过于激动,嗓子都喊哑了。
60 second-hand second-hand     
adj.用过的,旧的,二手的
参考例句:
  • I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
  • They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。
61 constable wppzG     
n.(英国)警察,警官
参考例句:
  • The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所。
  • The constable kept his temper,and would not be provoked.那警察压制着自己的怒气,不肯冒起火来。
62 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
63 epoch riTzw     
n.(新)时代;历元
参考例句:
  • The epoch of revolution creates great figures.革命时代造就伟大的人物。
  • We're at the end of the historical epoch,and at the dawn of another.我们正处在一个历史时代的末期,另一个历史时代的开端。


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