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CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST NIGHT WITH THE SHOW
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 “Teddy, you and I are a pair of lucky boys. Do you know it?” asked Phil.
 
Each, with his bag of belongings1, was on his way to the circus lot, the boys having bid good-bye to their friends in the village.
 
The people with whom Teddy lived had given a reluctant consent to his going with the circus, after he had explained that Phil Forrest had gotten him the place and that Phil himself was going to join the show. The lad told them he was going to make a lot of money and that someday he would pay them for all they had done for him. And he kept his word faithfully.
 
“Maybe. I reckon Barnum & Bailey will be wanting us first thing we know,” answered Teddy.
 
“We shall be lucky if we hold on to the job we have already. Did Mr. Sparling say what he would pay you?”
 
“No, he didn’t think of that—at least I didn’t. Did he tell you how much you were going to get?”
 
Phil nodded.
 
“How much?”
 
“I don’t think I had better say,” answered the lad doubtfully. “If you ask him and he tells you, of course that will be all right. I shall be glad to do so then. It isn’t that I don’t want you to know, you understand, but it might be better business, just now, to say nothing about it,” added Phil, with a wisdom far beyond his years.
 
“Dark secret, eh?” jeered2 Teddy Tucker.
 
“No; there’s no secret about it. It is just plain business, that’s all.”
 
“Business! Huh! Who ever heard of a circus being business?”
 
“You’ll find business enough when you get in, Teddy Tucker.”
 
“Don’t believe it. It’s just good fun and that’s all.”
 
They had reached the circus lot by this time and were now making their way to Mr. Sparling’s tent.
 
“We have come to report, sir,” announced Phil, entering the tent with Teddy close behind him. “We are ready for work.”
 
There was a proud ring in Phil Forrest’s voice as he made the announcement.
 
“Very well, boys. Hand your baggage over to the man at the baggage wagon3. If there is anything in either of your grips that you will want during the night you had better get it out, for you will be unable to get into the wagon after the show is on the road. That’s one of the early wagons4 to move, too.”
 
“I guess there is nothing except our tooth brushes and combs that we shall need. We have those in our pockets.”
 
“Better take a couple of towels along as well.”
 
“Yes, sir; thank you.”
 
“The cook tent is open. Go over and have your suppers now. Wait a moment, I’ll go with you. They might not let you in. You see, they don’t know you there yet.”
 
Mr. Sparling, after closing and locking his trunk, escorted the lads to the cook tent, where he introduced both to the manager of that department.
 
“Give them seats at the performers’ table for tonight,” he directed. “They will be with the show from now on. Mr. Forrest here will remain at that table, but the other, the Tucker boy, I shall probably turn over to you for a coffee boy.”
 
The manager nodded good naturedly, taking quick mental measure of the two lads.
 
The boys were directed to their seats, which they took, almost as if in a dream. It was a new and unfamiliar5 experience to them. The odor of the food, the sweet scents6 from the green grass underneath7 their feet, all so familiar to the showman, gave Phil and Teddy appetites that even a canvasman might have envied.
 
The performers glanced at them curiously8, some of the former nodding to Phil, having recognized in him the boy who had ridden the elephant into the arena9 in the grand entry.
 
“Not so much after all, are they?” grunted10 Teddy.
 
“They are all human beings like ourselves, I guess,” replied Phil.
 
Stripped of their gaudy11 costumes and paint, the performers looked just like other normal beings. But instead of talking about the show and their work, they were discussing the news of the day, and it seemed to the two lads to be more like a large family at supper than a crowd of circus performers.
 
Rodney Palmer nodded good naturedly to them from further up the long table, but they had no more than time to nod back when a waiter approached to take their orders. Teddy ordered pretty much everything on the bill, while Phil was more modest in his demands.
 
“Don’t eat everything they have,” he warned laughingly.
 
“Plenty more where this came from. That’s one good thing about a show.”
 
“What’s that?”
 
“If the food gives out they can eat the animals.”
 
“Better look out that the animals don’t make a meal of you.”
 
“Joining out?” asked the man sitting next to Phil.
 
“Yes, sir.”
 
“Ring act?”
 
“I don’t know yet what I am to do. Mr. Sparling is giving me a chance to find out what I am good for, if anything,” smiled Phil.
 
“Boss is all right,” nodded the circus man. “That was a good stunt12 you did this afternoon. Why don’t you work that up?”
 
“I—I’ll think about it.” Phil did not know exactly what was meant by the expression, but it set him to thinking, and out of the suggestion he was destined13 to “work up” something that was really worthwhile, and that was to give him his first real start in the circus world.
 
“What’s that funny-looking fellow over there doing?” interrupted Teddy.
 
“That man down near the end of the table?”
 
“Yes.”
 
“That’s Billy Thorpe, the Armless Wonder,” the performer informed him.
 
“And he hasn’t any hands?” wondered the boy.
 
“Naturally not, not having any arms. He uses his feet for hands.”
 
“What’s he doing now?”
 
“Eating with his feet. He can use them almost as handily as you can your hands. You should see Billy sew, and write and do other things. Why, they say he writes the best foot of anybody in the show.”
 
“Doesn’t he ever get cold feet?” questioned Teddy humorously.
 
“Circus people are not afflicted14 with that ailment15. Doesn’t go well with their business.”
 
“May I ask what you do?” inquired Phil.
 
“I am the catcher in the principal trapeze act. You may have seen me today. I think you were in the big top then.”
 
“Oh, yes, I saw you this afternoon.”
 
“How many people are with the show?” asked Teddy.
 
“At a rough guess, I should say a hundred and fifty including canvasmen and other labor16 help. It’s a pretty big organization for a road show, the biggest in the country; but it’s small, so small it would be lost if one of the big railroad shows was around.”
 
“Is that another armless or footless wonder next to Billy Thorpe?” asked Teddy.
 
“It’s a freak, yes, but with hands and feet. That’s the living skeleton, but if he keeps on eating the way he’s been doing lately the boss will have to change the bills and bill him as the fattest man on earth.”
 
“Huh!” grunted Teddy. “He could crawl through a rat hole in a barn door now. He’s thin enough to cut cheese with.”
 
Phil gave his companion a vigorous nudge under the table.
 
“You’ll get into trouble if you are so free in expressing your opinions,” he whispered. “Don’t forget the advice Mr. Sparling gave you.”
 
“Apple or custard pie?” broke in the voice of the waiter.
 
“Custard,” answered Phil.
 
“Both for mine,” added Teddy.
 
He got what he had ordered and without the least question, for the Sparling show believed that the best way to make its people contented17 was to feed them.
 
Mr. Sparling and his assistants, Phil observed, occupied a table by themselves. After he had finished the owner motioned to him to join them, and there Mrs. Sparling made a place for him by her side and thanked him briefly18 but warmly for his brave act.
 
“I shall have to keep an eye on you two boys,” she smiled. “Any time I can help you with advice or otherwise you come right to me. Don’t you be backward about doing so, will you?”
 
Phil assured her that he would not.
 
The two lads after some further conversation strolled from the cook tent.
 
“I think I’ll go in and see how the animals are getting along,” decided19 Phil, beginning to realize that he was free to go where he would and without fear of being ordered off.
 
Already people were gathering20 in front of the entrance for the night performance. The doors were advertised to open at seven o’clock, so that the spectators might have plenty of time in which to view the collection of “rare and wonderful beasts, gathered from the remote places of the earth,” as the announcer proclaimed from the vantage point of a dry goods box.
 
Phil bought a bag of peanuts and took them in to his friend Emperor, the beast uttering a shrill21 cry of joy when he saw Phil approaching.
 
“I’ll try to teach him my whistle,” said the boy, puckering22 his lips and giving the signal that the boys of his school used in summoning each other.
 
“Think he’ll remember that, Mr. Kennedy?” he asked of the trainer.
 
“Never forget it, will you, Emperor?”
 
The elephant coughed.
 
“Never forgets anything. Knows more than any man in the show now, because he has lived longer.”
 
“How old is he?”
 
“Close to a hundred.”
 
“You don’t say?” marveled Teddy. “Hope I’ll be able to squeal23 as loud as that when I’m a hundred. Has he got a hole through his trunk?”
 
“Not that anybody knows of.”
 
“Come on; I want to see the fellow tame the tiger. I missed that today, because he didn’t do it at the afternoon show.”
 
They found Mr. Sparling standing24 in front of the cage. He, too, was there to watch the performance.
 
“This looks to me like ready money,” he observed to Phil, nodding his head toward the people who were crowding into the tent.
 
“Mr. Forrest, will you ride Emperor in again tonight? I think that’s one of the reasons they have come here,” said the showman, shrewdly grasping the least thing that would tend to popularize his show.
 
“Certainly, sir. I shall enjoy it very much.”
 
They now turned their attention to the cage where the trainer had begun with the savage25 tiger.
 
“Bengal is in an ugly temper about something tonight,” announced Mr. Sparling in a low tone. “Better be careful, Bob,” he cautioned, after having stepped up close to the cage.
 
“I’ll take care of him,” answered the trainer, without taking his eyes from the beast for the fraction of a second.
 
Phil had heard the dialogue and now drew closer to the cage, stepping under the rope and joining Mr. Sparling.
 
Teddy, of course, not to be left behind, crawled under the rope also.
 
“Sit down in front,” shouted someone. “We can’t see the animals play.”
 
In a moment the spectators saw a play that was not down on the bills.
 
Bob was swinging the whip over Bengal’s nose, the cruel lash26 cutting the tender snout with every blow. But he was not doing it from sheer cruelty, as many of the spectators who raised their voices in loud protest imagined.
 
Not understanding wild animals as the trainer did, they did not realize that this plucky27 fellow was fighting for his life, even though he used but a slender rawhide28 in his effort to do so.
 
Bengal was crowding him. The least mistake on the trainer’s part now and the savage tiger would put a quick and terrible end to him.
 
“Stand back, everybody! Bring the prods29!” bellowed30 Mr. Sparling.
 
Phil understood that something was wrong, though he never would have guessed it from the calm expression on the trainer’s face.
 
Not a word did the performer speak, but his hand rained blows on the nose, while snarl31 after snarl was spit from between Bengal’s gleaming teeth.
 
The trainer was edging slowly toward the door. He knew that nothing could be done with the beast in its present state of terrible temper.
 
His only hope was that at a favorable moment, when the attendants came with their long, iron bars, he might be able to spring from the door at his back, which he was trying to reach.
 
Phil’s mind was working like an automatic machine. He saw now what the trainer was attempting to do, and was seeking for some means of helping32 the man. But what could a slender boy hope to do against the power of a great, savage brute33 like Bengal?
 
Phil concluded there was nothing.
 
A pistol flashed almost in the face of the two lads. Mr. Sparling had started away on a run to fetch the attendants who either had not heard or failed to heed34 his call.
 
“What did he do that f-f-for?” stammered35 Teddy.
 
“To drive the tiger back. It was a blank cartridge36 that he fired. I think the tiger is going to attack him. Yes, there he goes! Oh, that’s terrible!”
 
The trainer had been forced against the bars at the back of the cage by the animal, whose length was more than the width of the cage itself.
 
In an unsuspected moment the beast had sprung upon the unfortunate man, and with one sweep of his powerful paw had laid the man low.
 
With a growl37 of savage joy, the brute settled back against the bars of the cage near which the lads were standing.
 
Women shrieked38 and men grew pale as they stood helpless to do aught to avert39 the impending40 tragedy.
 
Teddy slipped out from under the rope, his face ashen41 gray. But Phil stood his ground. He felt that he must do something.
 
Then his opportunity came. The beast’s great silken tail popped out through the bars against which he was backing.
 
Phil Forrest, without an instant’s thought of the danger into which he was placing himself, sprang forward.
 
His hands closed over the tail, which he twisted about his right arm in a flash, at the same time throwing up his feet and bracing42 them against a wheel of the wagon.
 
No sooner had he done so than Bengal, uttering a frightful43 roar, whirled. The force of the jerk as the brute turned hurled44 Phil Forrest against the bars of the cage with a crash, and Bengal’s sharp-clawed feet made a vicious sweep for the body of the lad pressed so tightly against the bars.

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1 belongings oy6zMv     
n.私人物品,私人财物
参考例句:
  • I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
  • Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。
2 jeered c6b854b3d0a6d00c4c5a3e1372813b7d     
v.嘲笑( jeer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The police were jeered at by the waiting crowd. 警察受到在等待的人群的嘲弄。
  • The crowd jeered when the boxer was knocked down. 当那个拳击手被打倒时,人们开始嘲笑他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 wagon XhUwP     
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
参考例句:
  • We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
  • The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。
4 wagons ff97c19d76ea81bb4f2a97f2ff0025e7     
n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车
参考例句:
  • The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
  • They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。
5 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
6 scents 9d41e056b814c700bf06c9870b09a332     
n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉
参考例句:
  • The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
  • The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
8 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
9 arena Yv4zd     
n.竞技场,运动场所;竞争场所,舞台
参考例句:
  • She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
  • He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
10 grunted f18a3a8ced1d857427f2252db2abbeaf     
(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说
参考例句:
  • She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声,继续看书,不屑抬起头来看一眼。
  • She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。
11 gaudy QfmzN     
adj.华而不实的;俗丽的
参考例句:
  • She was tricked out in gaudy dress.她穿得华丽而俗气。
  • The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.浮华的蝴蝶却相信花是应该向它道谢的。
12 stunt otxwC     
n.惊人表演,绝技,特技;vt.阻碍...发育,妨碍...生长
参考例句:
  • Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
  • Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。
13 destined Dunznz     
adj.命中注定的;(for)以…为目的地的
参考例句:
  • It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
  • The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
14 afflicted aaf4adfe86f9ab55b4275dae2a2e305a     
使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
  • A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden. 一阵可怕的、跟饥饿差不多的不安情绪折磨着马丁·伊登。
15 ailment IV8zf     
n.疾病,小病
参考例句:
  • I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。
  • He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。
16 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
17 contented Gvxzof     
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
参考例句:
  • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
  • The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。
18 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
19 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
20 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
21 shrill EEize     
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫
参考例句:
  • Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
  • The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。
22 puckering 0b75daee4ccf3224413b39d80f0b1fd7     
v.(使某物)起褶子或皱纹( pucker的现在分词 );小褶纹;小褶皱
参考例句:
  • Puckering her lips, she replied, "You really are being silly! 苏小姐努嘴道:“你真不爽气! 来自汉英文学 - 围城
  • Astringent: Mouth-puckering sensation; the result of tannin being present in the wine. 麻辣:由于丹宁在葡萄酒中的作用而使喉间受到强烈刺激的感觉。 来自互联网
23 squeal 3Foyg     
v.发出长而尖的声音;n.长而尖的声音
参考例句:
  • The children gave a squeal of fright.孩子们发出惊吓的尖叫声。
  • There was a squeal of brakes as the car suddenly stopped.小汽车突然停下来时,车闸发出尖叫声。
24 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。
25 savage ECxzR     
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
参考例句:
  • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
  • He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
26 lash a2oxR     
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
参考例句:
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
27 plucky RBOyw     
adj.勇敢的
参考例句:
  • The plucky schoolgirl amazed doctors by hanging on to life for nearly two months.这名勇敢的女生坚持不放弃生命近两个月的精神令医生感到震惊。
  • This story featured a plucky heroine.这个故事描述了一个勇敢的女英雄。
28 rawhide 4TNxG     
n.生牛皮
参考例句:
  • At his belt he carried a rawhide whip.他腰间别着生牛皮制成的鞭子。
  • The drum skin was tightly strapped over the circle rawhide laces.鼓皮的一圈被生牛皮紧紧地勒住了。
29 prods f82c06bf29b68f0eb5a72e1d70c17230     
n.刺,戳( prod的名词复数 );刺激;促使;(用手指或尖物)戳v.刺,戳( prod的第三人称单数 );刺激;促使;(用手指或尖物)戳
参考例句:
  • Electric bulb and socket, with a pair of prods for testing for element shorts and defects. 电灯,插座和一对探针,以供试验电池的短路和检查故障用。 来自辞典例句
  • Make off the cuff remarks that are often seen as personal prods. 做出非正规的评价,让人不能接受。 来自互联网
30 bellowed fa9ba2065b18298fa17a6311db3246fc     
v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的过去式和过去分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫
参考例句:
  • They bellowed at her to stop. 他们吼叫着让她停下。
  • He bellowed with pain when the tooth was pulled out. 当牙齿被拔掉时,他痛得大叫。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
31 snarl 8FAzv     
v.吼叫,怒骂,纠缠,混乱;n.混乱,缠结,咆哮
参考例句:
  • At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
  • The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。
32 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
33 brute GSjya     
n.野兽,兽性
参考例句:
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
34 heed ldQzi     
v.注意,留意;n.注意,留心
参考例句:
  • You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
  • For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。
35 stammered 76088bc9384c91d5745fd550a9d81721     
v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He stammered most when he was nervous. 他一紧张往往口吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, \"What do you mean?\" 巴萨往椅背上一靠,结结巴巴地说,“你是什么意思?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
36 cartridge fXizt     
n.弹壳,弹药筒;(装磁带等的)盒子
参考例句:
  • Unfortunately the 2G cartridge design is very difficult to set accurately.不幸地2G弹药筒设计非常难正确地设定。
  • This rifle only holds one cartridge.这支来复枪只能装一发子弹。
37 growl VeHzE     
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣
参考例句:
  • The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫,尾巴也跟着摇摆。
  • The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
38 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
39 avert 7u4zj     
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等)
参考例句:
  • He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
  • I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
40 impending 3qHzdb     
a.imminent, about to come or happen
参考例句:
  • Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时,严重的战乱爆发了。
  • The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
41 ashen JNsyS     
adj.灰的
参考例句:
  • His face was ashen and wet with sweat.他面如土色,汗如雨下。
  • Her ashen face showed how much the news had shocked her.她灰白的脸显示出那消息使她多么震惊。
42 bracing oxQzcw     
adj.令人振奋的
参考例句:
  • The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
  • The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
43 frightful Ghmxw     
adj.可怕的;讨厌的
参考例句:
  • How frightful to have a husband who snores!有一个发鼾声的丈夫多讨厌啊!
  • We're having frightful weather these days.这几天天气坏极了。
44 hurled 16e3a6ba35b6465e1376a4335ae25cd2     
v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂
参考例句:
  • He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
  • The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》


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