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IV—THE LEATHERSKIN TRIBE
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 “Daddy!” said the elder boy.  “Have you seen wild Indians?”
 
“Yes, boy.”
 
“Have you ever scalped one?”
 
“Good gracious, no.”
 
“Has one ever scalped you?” asked Dimples.
 
“Silly!” said Laddie.  “If Daddy had been scalped he wouldn’t have all that hair on his head—unless perhaps it grew again!”
 
“He has none hair on the very top,” said Dimples, hovering1 over the low chair in which Daddy was sitting.
 
“They didn’t scalp you, did they, Daddy?” asked Laddie, with some anxiety.
 
“I expect Nature will scalp me some of these days.”
 
Both boys were keenly interested.  Nature presented itself as some rival chief.
 
“When?” asked Dimples, eagerly, with the evident intention of being present.
 
Daddy passed his fingers ruefully through his thinning locks.  “Pretty soon, I expect,” said he.
 
“Oo!” said the three children.  Laddie was resentful and defiant3, but the two younger ones were obviously delighted.
 
“But I say, Daddy, you said we should have an Indian game after tea.  You said it when you wanted us to be so quiet after breakfast.  You promised, you know.”
 
It doesn’t do to break a promise to children.  Daddy rose somewhat wearily from his comfortable chair and put his pipe on the mantelpiece.  First he held a conference in secret with Uncle Pat, the most ingenious of playmates.  Then he returned to the children.  “Collect the tribe,” said he.  “There is a Council in a quarter of an hour in the big room.  Put on your Indian dresses and arm yourselves.  The great Chief will be there!”
 
Sure enough when he entered the big room a quarter of an hour later the tribe of the Leatherskins had assembled.  There were four of them, for little rosy4 Cousin John from next door always came in for an Indian game.  They had all Indian dresses with high feathers and wooden clubs or tomahawks.  Daddy was in his usual untidy tweeds, but carried a rifle.  He was very serious when he entered the room, for one should be very serious in a real good Indian game.  Then he raised his rifle slowly over his head in greeting and the four childish voices rang out in the war-cry.  It was a prolonged wolfish howl which Dimples had been known to offer to teach elderly ladies in hotel corridors.  “You can’t be in our tribe without it, you know.  There is none body about.  Now just try once if you can do it.”  At this moment there are half-a-dozen elderly people wandering about England who have been made children once more by Laddie and Dimples.
 
“Hail to the tribe!” cried Daddy.
 
“Hail, Chief!” answered the voices.
 
“Red Buffalo6!”
 
“Here!” cried Laddie.
 
“Black Bear!”
 
“Here!” cried Dimples.
 
“White Butterfly!”
 
“Go on, you silly squaw!” growled7 Dimples.
 
“Here,” said Baby.
 
“Prairie Wolf!”
 
“Here,” said little four-year-old John.
 
“The muster8 is complete.  Make a circle p. 239round the camp-fire and we shall drink the firewater of the Palefaces and smoke the pipe of peace.”
 
That was a fearsome joy.  The fire-water was ginger-ale drunk out of the bottle, which was gravely passed from hand to hand.  At no other time had they ever drunk like that, and it made an occasion of it which was increased by the owlish gravity of Daddy.  Then he lit his pipe and it was passed also from one tiny hand to another, Laddie taking a hearty9 suck at it, which set him coughing, while Baby only touched the end of the amber10 with her little pink lips.  There was dead silence until it had gone round and returned to its owner.
 
Warriors11 of the Leatherskins, why have we come here?” asked Daddy, fingering his rifle.
 
“Humpty Dumpty,” said little John, and the children all began to laugh, but the portentous13 gravity of Daddy brought them back to the warrior12 mood.
 
“The Prairie Wolf has spoken truly,” said Daddy.  “A wicked Paleface called Humpty Dumpty has taken the prairies which once belonged to the Leatherskins and is now camped upon them and hunting our buffaloes14.  What shall be his fate?  Let each warrior speak in turn.”
 
“Tell him he has jolly well got to clear out,” said Laddie.
 
“That’s not Indian talk,” cried Dimples, with all his soul in the game.  “Kill him, great Chief—him and his squaw, too.”  The two younger warriors merely laughed and little John repeated “Humpty Dumpty!”
 
“Quite right!  Remember the villain’s name!” said Daddy.  “Now, then, the whole tribe follows me on the war-trail and we shall teach this Paleface to shoot our buffaloes.”
 
“Look here, we don’t want squaws,” cried Dimples, as Baby toddled15 at the rear of the procession.  “You stay in the wigwam and cook.”
 
A piteous cry greeted the suggestion.
 
“The White Butterfly will come with us and bind16 up the wounds,” said Daddy.
 
“The squaws are jolly good as torturers,” remarked Laddie.
 
“Really, Daddy, this strikes me as a most immoral17 game,” said the Lady, who had been a sympathetic spectator from a corner, doubtful of the ginger-ale, horrified18 at the pipe, and delighted at the complete absorption of the children.
 
“Rather!” said the great Chief, with a sad relapse into the normal.  “I suppose that is why they love it so.  Now, then, warriors, we go forth19 on the war-trail.  One whoop20 all together before we start.  Capital!  Follow me, now, one behind the other.  Not a sound!  If one gets separated from the others let him give the cry of a night owl5 and the others will answer with the squeak21 of the prairie lizard22.”
 
“What sort of a squeak, please?”
 
“Oh, any old squeak will do.  You don’t walk.  Indians trot23 on the war-path.  If you see any man hiding in a bush kill him at once, but don’t stop to scalp him—”
 
“Really, dear!” from the corner.
 
“The great Queen would rather that you scalp him.  Now, then!  All ready!  Start!”
 
Away went the line of figures, Daddy stooping with his rifle at the trail, Laddie and Dimples armed with axes and toy pistols, as tense and serious as any Redskins could be.  The other two rather more irresponsible but very much absorbed all the same.  The little line of absurd figures wound in and out of the furniture, and out on to the lawn, and round the laurel bushes, and into the yard, and back to the clump24 of trees.  There Daddy stopped and held up his hand with a face that froze the children.
 
“Are all here?” he asked.
 
“Yes, yes.”
 
“Hush, warriors!  No sound.  There is an enemy scout25 in the bushes ahead.  Stay with me, you two.  You, Red Buffalo, and you, Black Bear, crawl forward and settle him.  See that he makes no sound.  What you do must be quick and sudden.  When all is clear give the cry of the wood-pigeon, and we will join you.”
 
The two warriors crawled off in most desperate earnest.  Daddy leaned on his gun and winked26 at the Lady, who still hovered27 fearfully in the background like a dear hen whose chickens were doing wonderful and unaccountable things.  The two younger Indians slapped each other and giggled28.  Presently there came the “coo” of a wood-pigeon from in front.  Daddy and the tribe moved forward to where the advance guard were waiting in the bushes.
 
“Great Chief, we could find no scout,” said Laddie.
 
“There was none person to kill,” added Dimples.
 
The Chief was not surprised, since the scout had been entirely29 of his own invention.  It would not do to admit it, however.
 
“Have you found his trail?” he asked.
 
“No, Chief.”
 
“Let me look.”  Daddy hunted about with a look of preternatural sagacity about him.  “Before the snows fell a man passed here with a red head, grey clothes, and a squint30 in his left eye.  His trail shows that his brother has a grocer’s shop and his wife smokes cigarettes on the sly.”
 
“Oh, Daddy, how could you read all that?”
 
“It’s easy enough, my son, when you get the knack31 of it.  But look here, we are Indians on the war-trail, and don’t you forget it if you value your scalp!  Aha, here is Humpty Dumpty’s trail!”
 
Uncle Pat had laid down a paper trail from this point, as Daddy well knew; so now the children were off like a little pack of eager harriers, following in and out among the bushes.  Presently they had a rest.
 
“Great Chief, why does a wicked Paleface leave paper wherever he goes?”
 
Daddy made a great effort.
 
“He tears up the wicked letters he has written.  Then he writes others even wickeder and tears them up in turn.  You can see for yourself that he leaves them wherever he goes.  Now, warriors, come along!”
 
Uncle Pat had dodged32 all over the limited garden, and the tribe followed his trail.  Finally they stopped at a gap in the hedge which leads into the field.  There was a little wooden hut in the field, where Daddy used to go and put up a printed cardboard: “WORKING.”  He found it a very good dodge33 when he wanted a quiet smoke and a nap.  Usually there was nothing else in the field, but this time the Chief pushed the whole tribe hurriedly behind the hedge, and whispered to them to look carefully out between the branches.
 
In the middle of the field a tripod of sticks supported a kettle.  At each side of it was a hunched-up figure in a coloured blanket.  Uncle Pat had done his work skilfully34 and well.
 
“You must get them before they can reach their rifles,” said the Chief.  “What about their horses?  Black Bear, move down the hedge and bring back word about their horses.  If you see none give three whistles.”
 
The whistles were soon heard, and the warrior returned.
 
“If the horses had been there, what would you have done?”
 
“Scalped them!” said Dimples.
 
“Silly ass2!” said Laddie.  “Who ever heard of a horse’s scalp?  You would stampede them.”
 
“Of course,” said the Chief.  “If ever you see a horse grazing, you crawl up to it, spring on its back and then gallop35 away with your head looking under its neck and only your foot to be seen.  Don’t you forget it.  But we must scupper these rascals36 on our hunting-grounds.”
 
“Shall we crawl up to them?”
 
“Yes, crawl up.  Then when I give a whoop rush them.  Take them alive.  I wish to have a word with them first.  Carry them into the hut.  Go!”
 
Away went the eager little figures, the chubby37 babes and the two lithe38, active boys.  Daddy stood behind the bush watching them.  They kept a line and tip-toed along to the camp of the strangers.  Then on the Chief’s signal they burst into a cry and rushed wildly with waving weapons into the camp of the Palefaces.  A moment later the two pillow-made trappers were being dragged off into the hut by the whooping39 warriors.  They were up-ended in one corner when the Chief entered, and the victorious40 Indians were dancing about in front of them.
 
“Anybody wounded?” asked the Chief.
 
“No, no.”
 
“Have you tied their hands?”
 
With perfect gravity Red Buffalo made movements behind each of the pillows.
 
“They are tied, great Chief.”
 
“What shall we do with them?”
 
“Cut off their heads!” shrieked41 Dimples, who was always the most bloodthirsty of the tribe, though in private life he had been known to weep bitterly over a squashed caterpillar42.
 
“The proper thing is to tie them to a stake,” said Laddie.
 
“What do you mean by killing43 our buffaloes?” asked Daddy, severely44.
 
The prisoners preserved a sulky silence.
 
“Shall I shoot the green one?” asked Dimples, presenting his wooden pistol.
 
“Wait a bit!” said the Chief.  “We had best keep one as a hostage and send the other back to say that unless the Chief of the Palefaces pays a ransom45 within three days—”
 
But at that moment, as a great romancer used to say, a strange thing happened.  There was the sound of a turning key and the whole tribe of the Leatherskins was locked into the p. 246hut.  A moment later a dreadful face appeared at the window, a face daubed with mud and overhung with grass, which drooped46 down from under a soft cap.  The weird47 creature danced in triumph, and then stooped to set a light to some paper and shavings near the window.
 
“Heavens!” cried the Chief.  “It is Yellow Snake, the ferocious48 Chief of the Bottlenoses!”
 
Flame and smoke were rising outside.  It was excellently done and perfectly49 safe, but too much for the younger warriors.  The key turned, the door opened, and two tearful babes were in the arms of the kneeling Lady.  Red Buffalo and Black Bear were of sterner stuff.
 
“I’m not frightened, Daddy,” said Laddie, though he looked a little pale.
 
“Nor me,” cried Dimples, hurrying to get out of the hut.
 
“We’ll lock the prisoners up with no food and have a council of war upon them in the morning,” said the Chief.  “Perhaps we’ve done enough to-day.”
 
“I rather think you have,” said the Lady, as she soothed50 the poor little sobbing51 figures.
 
“That’s the worst of having kids to play,” said Dimples.  “Fancy having a squaw in a war-party!”
 
“Never mind, we’ve had a jolly good Indian game,” said Laddie, as the sound of a distant bell called them all to the nursery tea.
 
Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England.

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1 hovering 99fdb695db3c202536060470c79b067f     
鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
参考例句:
  • The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
  • I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。
2 ass qvyzK     
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
参考例句:
  • He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
  • An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。
3 defiant 6muzw     
adj.无礼的,挑战的
参考例句:
  • With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
  • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
4 rosy kDAy9     
adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的
参考例句:
  • She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作,生活看上去很美好。
  • She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
5 owl 7KFxk     
n.猫头鹰,枭
参考例句:
  • Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
  • I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚,经常半夜后才睡觉。
6 buffalo 1Sby4     
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
参考例句:
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
7 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 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。
9 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。
10 amber LzazBn     
n.琥珀;琥珀色;adj.琥珀制的
参考例句:
  • Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗?
  • This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。
11 warriors 3116036b00d464eee673b3a18dfe1155     
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
  • The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
12 warrior YgPww     
n.勇士,武士,斗士
参考例句:
  • The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
  • A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。
13 portentous Wiey5     
adj.不祥的,可怕的,装腔作势的
参考例句:
  • The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生。
  • There was nothing portentous or solemn about him.He was bubbling with humour.他一点也不装腔作势或故作严肃,浑身散发着幽默。
14 buffaloes 8b8e10891f373d8a329c9bd0a66d9514     
n.水牛(分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种)( buffalo的名词复数 );(南非或北美的)野牛;威胁;恐吓
参考例句:
  • Some medieval towns raced donkeys or buffaloes. 有些中世纪的城市用驴子或水牛竞赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Water buffaloes supply Egypt with more meat than any other domestic animal. 水牛提供给埃及的肉比任何其它动物都要多。 来自辞典例句
15 toddled abf9fa74807bbedbdec71330dd38c149     
v.(幼儿等)东倒西歪地走( toddle的过去式和过去分词 );蹒跚行走;溜达;散步
参考例句:
  • It's late — it's time you toddled off to bed. 不早了—你该去睡觉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Her two-year-old son toddled into the room. 她的两岁的儿子摇摇摆摆地走进屋里。 来自辞典例句
16 bind Vt8zi     
vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬
参考例句:
  • I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
  • He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。
17 immoral waCx8     
adj.不道德的,淫荡的,荒淫的,有伤风化的
参考例句:
  • She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
  • It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。
18 horrified 8rUzZU     
a.(表现出)恐惧的
参考例句:
  • The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
  • We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
19 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。
20 whoop qIhys     
n.大叫,呐喊,喘息声;v.叫喊,喘息
参考例句:
  • He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.他看到自己的新自行车时,高兴得叫了起来。
  • Everybody is planning to whoop it up this weekend.大家都打算在这个周末好好欢闹一番。
21 squeak 4Gtzo     
n.吱吱声,逃脱;v.(发出)吱吱叫,侥幸通过;(俚)告密
参考例句:
  • I don't want to hear another squeak out of you!我不想再听到你出声!
  • We won the game,but it was a narrow squeak.我们打赢了这场球赛,不过是侥幸取胜。
22 lizard P0Ex0     
n.蜥蜴,壁虎
参考例句:
  • A chameleon is a kind of lizard.变色龙是一种蜥蜴。
  • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。
23 trot aKBzt     
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
参考例句:
  • They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
  • The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。
24 clump xXfzH     
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走
参考例句:
  • A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
  • It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
25 scout oDGzi     
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
参考例句:
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
26 winked af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278     
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
27 hovered d194b7e43467f867f4b4380809ba6b19     
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
参考例句:
  • A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
  • A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。
28 giggled 72ecd6e6dbf913b285d28ec3ba1edb12     
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
  • The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
29 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
30 squint oUFzz     
v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的
参考例句:
  • A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch. 斜视有时候可以通过戴眼罩来纠正。
  • The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint. 太阳直射着她的眼睛,使她眯起了眼睛。
31 knack Jx9y4     
n.诀窍,做事情的灵巧的,便利的方法
参考例句:
  • He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
  • Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难,但有窍门。
32 dodged ae7efa6756c9d8f3b24f8e00db5e28ee     
v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避
参考例句:
  • He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时,他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》
33 dodge q83yo     
v.闪开,躲开,避开;n.妙计,诡计
参考例句:
  • A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪,才没被车从身上辗过。
  • The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。
34 skilfully 5a560b70e7a5ad739d1e69a929fed271     
adv. (美skillfully)熟练地
参考例句:
  • Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative. 霍尔巧妙地把历史研究揉进了扣人心弦的故事叙述。
  • Enthusiasm alone won't do. You've got to work skilfully. 不能光靠傻劲儿,得找窍门。
35 gallop MQdzn     
v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展
参考例句:
  • They are coming at a gallop towards us.他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
  • The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop.那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。
36 rascals 5ab37438604a153e085caf5811049ebb     
流氓( rascal的名词复数 ); 无赖; (开玩笑说法)淘气的人(尤指小孩); 恶作剧的人
参考例句:
  • "Oh, but I like rascals. "唔,不过我喜欢流氓。
  • "They're all second-raters, black sheep, rascals. "他们都是二流人物,是流氓,是恶棍。
37 chubby wrwzZ     
adj.丰满的,圆胖的
参考例句:
  • He is stocky though not chubby.他长得敦实,可并不发胖。
  • The short and chubby gentleman over there is our new director.那个既矮又胖的绅士是我们的新主任。
38 lithe m0Ix9     
adj.(指人、身体)柔软的,易弯的
参考例句:
  • His lithe athlete's body had been his pride through most of the fifty - six years.他那轻巧自如的运动员体格,五十六年来几乎一直使他感到自豪。
  • His walk was lithe and graceful.他走路轻盈而优雅。
39 whooping 3b8fa61ef7ccd46b156de6bf873a9395     
发嗬嗬声的,发咳声的
参考例句:
  • Whooping cough is very prevalent just now. 百日咳正在广泛流行。
  • Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough? 你给你的孩子打过百日咳疫苗了吗?
40 victorious hhjwv     
adj.胜利的,得胜的
参考例句:
  • We are certain to be victorious.我们定会胜利。
  • The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。
41 shrieked dc12d0d25b0f5d980f524cd70c1de8fe     
v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
  • Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫,陆子潇尖声叫:“告诉什么? 来自汉英文学 - 围城
42 caterpillar ir5zf     
n.毛虫,蝴蝶的幼虫
参考例句:
  • A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
  • A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。
43 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
44 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
45 ransom tTYx9     
n.赎金,赎身;v.赎回,解救
参考例句:
  • We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
  • The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。
46 drooped ebf637c3f860adcaaf9c11089a322fa5     
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。
  • The flowers drooped in the heat of the sun. 花儿晒蔫了。
47 weird bghw8     
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
参考例句:
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
48 ferocious ZkNxc     
adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的
参考例句:
  • The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
  • The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。
49 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。
50 soothed 509169542d21da19b0b0bd232848b963     
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦
参考例句:
  • The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
  • The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
51 sobbing df75b14f92e64fc9e1d7eaf6dcfc083a     
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
参考例句:
  • I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
  • Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。


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