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Chapter 8
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TOM dodged1 hither and thither2 through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody3 jog. He crossed a small "branch" two or three times, because of a prevailing4 juvenile5 superstition6 that to cross water baffled pursuit. Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion7 on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him. He entered a dense8 wood, picked his pathless way to the centre of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak. There was not even a zephyr9 stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds; nature lay in a trance that was broken by no sound but the occasional far-off hammering of a woodpecker, and this seemed to render the pervading10 silence and sense of loneliness the more profound. The boy's soul was steeped in melancholy11; his feelings were in happy accord with his surroundings. He sat long with his elbows on his knees and his chin in his hands, meditating12. It seemed to him that life was but a trouble, at best, and he more than half envied Jimmy Hodges, so lately released; it must be very peaceful, he thought, to lie and slumber13 and dream forever and ever, with the wind whispering through the trees and caressing15 the grass and the flowers over the grave, and nothing to bother and grieve about, ever any more. If he only had a clean Sunday-school record he could be willing to go, and be done with it all. Now as to this girl. What had he done? Nothing. He had meant the best in the world, and been treated like a dog -- like a very dog. She would be sorry some day -- maybe when it was too late. Ah, if he could only die TEMPORARILY!

But the elastic16 heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained17 shape long at a time. Tom presently began to drift insensibly back into the concerns of this life again. What if he turned his back, now, and disappeared mysteriously? What if he went away -- ever so far away, into unknown countries beyond the seas -- and never came back any more! How would she feel then! The idea of being a clown recurred18 to him now, only to fill him with disgust. For frivolity19 and jokes and spotted20 tights were an offense21, when they intruded22 themselves upon a spirit that was exalted23 into the vague august realm of the romantic. No, he would be a soldier, and return after long years, all war-worn and illustrious. No -- better still, he would join the Indians, and hunt buffaloes24 and go on the warpath in the mountain ranges and the trackless great plains of the Far West, and away in the future come back a great chief, bristling25 with feathers, hideous26 with paint, and prance27 into Sunday-school, some drowsy28 summer morning, with a blood-curdling war-whoop, and sear the eyeballs of all his companions with unappeasable envy. But no, there was something gaudier29 even than this. He would be a pirate! That was it! now his future lay plain before him, and glowing with unimaginable splendor30. How his name would fill the world, and make people shudder31! How gloriously he would go plowing32 the dancing seas, in his long, low, black-hulled racer, the Spirit of the storm, with his grisly flag flying at the fore14! And at the zenith of his fame, how he would suddenly appear at the old village and stalk into church, brown and weather-beaten, in his black velvet33 doublet and trunks, his great jack-boots, his crimson34 sash, his belt bristling with horse-pistols, his crime-rusted cutlass at his side, his slouch hat with waving plumes35, his black flag unfurled, with the skull36 and crossbones on it, and hear with swelling37 ecstasy38 the whisperings, "It's Tom Sawyer the Pirate! -- the Black Avenger39 of the Spanish Main!"

Yes, it was settled; his career was determined40. He would run away from home and enter upon it. He would start the very next morning. Therefore he must now begin to get ready. He would collect his resources together. He went to a rotten log near at hand and began to dig under one end of it with his Barlow knife. He soon struck wood that sounded hollow. He put his hand there and uttered this incantation impressively:

"What hasn't come here, come! What's here, stay here!"

Then he scraped away the dirt, and exposed a pine shingle41. He took it up and disclosed a shapely little treasure-house whose bottom and sides were of shingles42. In it lay a marble. Tom's astonishment43 was boundless44! He scratched his head with a perplexed45 air, and said:

"Well, that beats anything!"

Then he tossed the marble away pettishly46, and stood cogitating47. The truth was, that a superstition of his had failed, here, which he and all his comrades had always looked upon as infallible. If you buried a marble with certain necessary incantations, and left it alone a fortnight, and then opened the place with the incantation he had just used, you would find that all the marbles you had ever lost had gathered themselves together there, meantime, no matter how widely they had been separated. But now, this thing had actually and unquestionably failed. Tom's whole structure of faith was shaken to its foundations. He had many a time heard of this thing succeeding but never of its failing before. It did not occur to him that he had tried it several times before, himself, but could never find the hiding-places afterward48. He puzzled over the matter some time, and finally decided49 that some witch had interfered50 and broken the charm. He thought he would satisfy himself on that point; so he searched around till he found a small sandy spot with a little funnel-shaped depression in it. He laid himself down and put his mouth close to this depression and called --

"Doodle-bug51, doodle-bug, tell me what I want to know! Doodle-bug, doodle-bug, tell me what I want to know!"

The sand began to work, and presently a small black bug appeared for a second and then darted52 under again in a fright.

"He dasn't tell! So it was a witch that done it. I just knowed it."

He well knew the futility53 of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged. But it occurred to him that he might as well have the marble he had just thrown away, and therefore he went and made a patient search for it. But he could not find it. Now he went back to his treasure-house and carefully placed himself just as he had been standing54 when he tossed the marble away; then he took another marble from his pocket and tossed it in the same way, saying:

"Brother, go find your brother!"

He watched where it stopped, and went there and looked. But it must have fallen short or gone too far; so he tried twice more. The last repetition was successful. The two marbles lay within a foot of each other.

Just here the blast of a toy tin trumpet55 came faintly down the green aisles56 of the forest. Tom flung off his jacket and trousers, turned a suspender into a belt, raked away some brush behind the rotten log, disclosing a rude bow and arrow, a lath sword and a tin trumpet, and in a moment had seized these things and bounded away, barelegged, with fluttering shirt. He presently halted under a great elm, blew an answering blast, and then began to tiptoe and look warily57 out, this way and that. He said cautiously – to an imaginary company:

"Hold, my merry men! Keep hid till I blow."

Now appeared Joe Harper, as airily clad and elaborately armed as Tom. Tom called:

"Hold! Who comes here into Sherwood Forest without my pass?"

"Guy of Guisborne wants no man's pass. Who art thou that -- that --"

"Dares to hold such language," said Tom, prompting -- for they talked "by the book," from memory.

"Who art thou that dares to hold such language?"

"I, indeed! I am Robin58 Hood59, as thy caitiff carcase soon shall know."

"Then art thou indeed that famous outlaw60? Right gladly will I dispute with thee the passes of the merry wood. Have at thee!"

They took their lath swords, dumped their other traps on the ground, struck a fencing attitude, foot to foot, and began a grave, careful combat, "two up and two down." Presently Tom said:

"Now, if you've got the hang, go it lively!"

So they "went it lively," panting and perspiring61 with the work. By and by Tom shouted:

"Fall! fall! Why don't you fall?"

"I sha'n't! Why don't you fall yourself? You're getting the worst of it."

"Why, that ain't anything. I can't fall; that ain't the way it is in the book. The book says, 'Then with one back-handed stroke he slew62 poor Guy of Guisborne.' You're to turn around and let me hit you in the back."

There was no getting around the authorities, so Joe turned, received the whack63 and fell.

"Now," said Joe, getting up, "you got to let me kill you. That's fair."

"Why, I can't do that, it ain't in the book."

"Well, it's blamed mean -- that's all."

"Well, say, Joe, you can be Friar Tuck or Much the miller's son, and lam me with a quarter-staff; or I'll be the Sheriff of Nottingham and you be Robin Hood a little while and kill me."

This was satisfactory, and so these adventures were carried out. Then Tom became Robin Hood again, and was allowed by the treacherous64 nun65 to bleed his strength away through his neglected wound. And at last Joe, representing a whole tribe of weeping outlaws66, dragged him sadly forth67, gave his bow into his feeble hands, and Tom said, "Where this arrow falls, there bury poor Robin Hood under the greenwood tree." Then he shot the arrow and fell back and would have died, but he lit on a nettle68 and sprang up too gaily69 for a corpse70.

The boys dressed themselves, hid their accoutrements, and went off grieving that there were no outlaws any more, and wondering what modern civilization could claim to have done to compensate71 for their loss. They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.
 

第八章 勇当海盗,预演绿林

    汤姆东躲西闪地穿过几条巷子,离开了同学们返校的路,然后就郁郁不欢地慢慢走着。
他在一条小溪流上来回跨过两三次,因为孩子们普遍迷信来回跨水就会让人追不上。半小时后,他渐渐消失在卡第夫山上道格拉斯家那幢大房子后面,身后山谷里的学校只是隐约可见。他走进一片茂密的森林,披荆斩棘,闯出一条路,来到林中深处,在一棵枝叶茂盛的橡树下,一屁股坐到青苔地上。树林里纹丝不动,中午的闷热,令人窒息,连树上的鸟儿都停止了歌唱。大地一片昏睡,只有远处偶尔才传来一两声啄木鸟啄木的得得声,这使得原本寂静的森林显得更加寂然无声,汤姆也更加觉得孤独无援。他心灰意冷,他的情绪和这里的环境正合拍。他双手托着下巴,两肘撑在膝盖上,沉思着在那儿坐了很长时间。在他看来,活着充其量不过是受罪。想到这,他越发羡慕新近故去的吉米·赫杰斯。他想伴随着风声飒飒的树林和坟头摇曳的花草,人要是能无忧无虑地躺在那儿长眠不醒,美梦不断,那一定很惬意。这时他真心希望以前在主日学校里表现得清清白白。那样的话,他这回就可以无所牵挂地去了,一死百了。至于那个姑娘,他到底干了什么呢?什么也没干。他本来出于善意的目的,可她却像对待狗那样对待他——简直就拿他当狗待。总有一天她会后悔的。到那时,她后悔也来不及了。他要是能暂时地死一会儿,那该有多好啊!
    年青人天性轻松愉快,想长久地压抑它是不可能的。不久,汤姆不知不觉地关心起眼前的现实来。他要是调头就走,人不知鬼不觉地消失了,那会有什么后果呢?他要是到海外无人知晓的地方去,一去不回,那又怎样呢?而她又作何感想呢?当小丑的念头又在他脑海闪现,结果弄得他很难受。试想一想在汤姆的潜意识中,他已隐隐约约来到了神圣而浪漫的国度,这哪能容得下小丑的那些打诨插科、花花绿绿的紧身衣之类的东西。得了,他更愿意当一名士兵,待到伤痕累累,名噪天下时再返归故里。这不行,最好还是与印第安人为伍,和他们一起捕杀野牛,在崇山峻岭和西部人迹罕至的大平原上作战。等将来当上酋长时再回来。到那时,头上插着羽毛,身上涂满吓人的花纹,再找一个夏日清晨,乘大家昏昏欲睡的时候,昂首阔步,大模大样地走进主日学校并发出令人毛骨悚然的呐喊声,好让同伴们按捺不住羡慕之情,看得两眼直发呆。这不还不够劲,还有比这更神气的事情,他要去当海盗!对,就这样!现在,未来就在眼前并闪烁着异光。瞧吧,他将闻名天下,令闻者颤栗。他将乘坐那条长长的黑色“风暴神”号快艇,船头插上吓人的旗帜,披风斩浪航行在浪花翻滚的大海上,这该有多么威风!等到了名声齐天,那时候,你再瞧他回来的样子吧!他将突然出现在乡里故居,昂首阔步地走进教堂。他脸色黝黑,一副饱经风霜的样子。只见他上身穿件黑色绒布紧身衣,下身是条宽大短裤,脚蹬肥大长统靴,还背着大红肩带,腰带上挂着马枪,身边还别了把用损了的短剑。那顶垂边的帽子上飘着翎毛,黑旗迎风招展,上面交叉着骷髅头和白骨。听到别人悄声低语:“这就是海盗汤姆·索亚——西班牙海面上的黑衣侠盗!”汤姆心里一阵又一阵地狂喜。
    对,就这么办,他决定这么办:从家里逃走,去过这种生活,并打算第二天早晨就开始行动。因此他必须现在就着手准备。他将带上他所有的家当。他走到近处的一根烂树干旁边,开始用他的巴露折刀在一头开挖起来。不一会儿就传来了空木头的声音。他把手按在那儿,嘴里咕哝着咒语,样子令人难忘:
    没有来的,快来!
    在这儿的,留下来!
    接着他刨去泥土,下面露出一块松木瓦块。他把它拿开,露出一个底和四周是松木瓦块的小宝箱来。小宝箱很精致,里面有一个弹子。汤姆惊讶不已!他迷惑不解地挠着头说:
    “嘿,怎么不灵了!”
    于是他一气之下扔掉那个弹子,站在那儿沉思。原来他的迷信没有灵验。他和所有的伙伴一向都认为它是万无一失的,可是这次却没有。埋下一个弹子时,你要是念上几句有关的咒语,等两周后再用汤姆刚说过的咒语,去挖弹子,你会发现:原来丢失、散落到各地的弹子都聚到了这里。可是现在,它千真万确地失败了。汤姆的全部信心从根本上发生了动摇。
他以前多次听说过的都是成功的例子,根本没听说过哪次不灵验。他百思不得其解,最后认定有妖魔插了一杠子,破了咒语。他觉得这样解释可以让他聊以自慰。于是他在周围找到一个小沙堆,沙堆中间有一个漏斗形凹陷处。他扑到地上,嘴紧贴着凹陷处喊道:
    “小甲虫,小甲虫,告诉我这究竟是怎么回事!小甲虫,小甲虫,请告诉我这究竟是怎么回事呀!”
    沙子开始动起来,一只黑色小甲虫很快钻出来,可是刚一出现,又被吓得缩了回去。
    “它不说!我知道了,一定有妖魔在捣鬼。”
    他十分清楚和巫婆斗没什么好处,于是他垂头丧气,不得不让了步。但是他忽然又想起他刚才扔掉的那颗石子,何不再把它找回来呢?于是他就边走边耐心地找了起来。可是他没找到。他又回到他的小宝箱旁边,原封不动地站在刚才扔弹子的地方。接着他从口袋里又掏出一个弹子,朝同一个方向扔去,嘴里还说道:
    “老兄,去找你的兄弟吧!”
    弹子落地后,他走过去找起来。但是弹子可能扔得不是太近就是太远,因此他又试了两回。最后一次成功了。两个弹子相距不到一英尺。
    就在这时,树林里绿色的林荫道上隐隐约约传来一声锡皮玩具喇叭声。汤姆迅速地脱掉上衣和裤子,把背带改成腰带,拨开朽木后面的灌木丛,找出一副简陋的弓箭,一把木片的剑和一只锡皮喇叭。片刻之间他就抓着这些东西,赤着脚,敝着怀,跳出去了。他很快在一颗大榆树底下停下来,也吹了一声喇叭作为回应,然后踮着脚警觉地东张张西望望,他谨慎地——对想象中的同伴说:
    “稳住,好汉们!听号声再行动。”
    这时,乔·哈帕出现了。和汤姆一样,他精心装备,轻装上阵。
    汤姆喊道:
    “站住!来者何人,来经许可,竟敢闯进谢伍德森林?”
    “我乃皇家卫士戈次勃恩的至友,走遍天下,所向无阻。
    你是何人,竟敢——竟敢……”
    “竟敢口出狂言,”汤姆说。他是在提示哈帕,因为他们全凭记忆,在背这些话。
    “你是何人,竟敢口出狂言?”
    “我吗?我乃罗宾汉是也,你这匹夫马上就会知道我的厉害。”
    “这么说来,你真的是那位名扬四海的绿林好汉喽?我正想与你较量较量,看看这林中乐士归谁所有。接招!”
    他们各持一把木片的剑,把身上多余的东西都扔到地上,两人脚对脚呈对峙状站立,开始了一场“两上两下”的酣战。
    汤姆说:
    “听着,你要是懂得剑法,我们就痛痛快快地比一比吧!”
    于是他们就“痛痛快快地比一比”了,结果比得两个人气喘吁吁、汗流浃背。后来汤姆嚷道:
    “倒下!倒下!你怎么不倒下呀?”
    “我不干!你自己怎么不倒下呀?你招架不住了。”
    “倒不倒没什么关系。可书上说我不能倒下去,书上还说‘接着反手一剑,他就把可怜的戈次勃恩的至友刺死了。’,你应该转过身去,让我一剑刺中你的后背才对。”
    乔没法子,只好转过身去,挨了重重的一刺,倒在地上。“听着,”乔从地上爬起来说,“你得让我把你杀掉,那才公平。”
    “嘿,那怎么行呢?书上又没这么说。”
    “得了,你真他妈的太小气了——拉倒吧。”
    “喂,我说乔,你可以扮演达克修士或是磨坊主的儿子马奇,拿一根铁头木棍打我一顿,或者我来扮诺丁汉的行政司法官,你扮一会儿罗宾汉,把我杀死也行。”
    这主意倒令人满意,于是他们就这么办了。后来汤姆又扮演了起初的角色罗宾汉,他让那个背信弃义的尼姑给害了。由于伤口没有得到照顾,他失血太多,耗尽了精力。最后乔扮演了一伙绿林好汉,哭哭啼啼,悲伤地拖着他前进,把他的弓递到他那双软弱无力的手里,汤姆就说了:
    “箭落之地,绿林成荫,可怜的罗宾汉葬那里。”说完他射出那支箭,身体往后一仰,准备倒地而死,可偏巧倒在有刺的草上。他猛地跳起来,那活蹦乱跳的样子简直不像是在装死。
    两个孩子穿戴好衣帽,把他们的行头藏起来就走了,他们很伤心现在已经没有绿林好汉了,很想知道现代文明中有什么可以弥补这一缺陷。他们说宁可在谢伍德森林里当一年绿林好汉,也不愿意当一辈子的美国总统。
 


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1 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》
2 thither cgRz1o     
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
参考例句:
  • He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
  • He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。
3 moody XEXxG     
adj.心情不稳的,易怒的,喜怒无常的
参考例句:
  • He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
  • I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。
4 prevailing E1ozF     
adj.盛行的;占优势的;主要的
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  • She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
  • This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society.这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
5 juvenile OkEy2     
n.青少年,少年读物;adj.青少年的,幼稚的
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  • For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人,他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
  • Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
6 superstition VHbzg     
n.迷信,迷信行为
参考例句:
  • It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。
  • Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。
7 mansion 8BYxn     
n.大厦,大楼;宅第
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  • The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
  • The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。
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a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
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n.和风,微风
参考例句:
  • I feel very comfortable in the zephyr from the sea.从海上吹来的和风令我非常惬意。
  • Zephyr,the West Wind,blew away the clouds so that Apollo,the sun god,could shine and made this flower bloom.西风之神吹散了云朵,太阳神阿波罗得以照耀它并使它开花。
10 pervading f19a78c99ea6b1c2e0fcd2aa3e8a8501     
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • an all-pervading sense of gloom 无处不在的沮丧感
  • a pervading mood of fear 普遍的恐惧情绪
11 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
12 meditating hoKzDp     
a.沉思的,冥想的
参考例句:
  • They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
13 slumber 8E7zT     
n.睡眠,沉睡状态
参考例句:
  • All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
  • Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒,因为他需要休息。
14 fore ri8xw     
adv.在前面;adj.先前的;在前部的;n.前部
参考例句:
  • Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飞机的前部。
  • I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能够未卜先知。
15 caressing 00dd0b56b758fda4fac8b5d136d391f3     
爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的
参考例句:
  • The spring wind is gentle and caressing. 春风和畅。
  • He sat silent still caressing Tartar, who slobbered with exceeding affection. 他不声不响地坐在那里,不断抚摸着鞑靼,它由于获得超常的爱抚而不淌口水。
16 elastic Tjbzq     
n.橡皮圈,松紧带;adj.有弹性的;灵活的
参考例句:
  • Rubber is an elastic material.橡胶是一种弹性材料。
  • These regulations are elastic.这些规定是有弹性的。
17 constrained YvbzqU     
adj.束缚的,节制的
参考例句:
  • The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服,他觉得不得不接受。
  • I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。
18 recurred c940028155f925521a46b08674bc2f8a     
再发生,复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 ); 治愈
参考例句:
  • Old memories constantly recurred to him. 往事经常浮现在他的脑海里。
  • She always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems. 每逢他一提到他的诗作的时候,她总是有点畏缩。
19 frivolity 7fNzi     
n.轻松的乐事,兴高采烈;轻浮的举止
参考例句:
  • It was just a piece of harmless frivolity. 这仅是无恶意的愚蠢行为。
  • Hedonism and frivolity will diffuse hell tnrough all our days. 享乐主义和轻薄浮佻会将地狱扩展到我们的整个日子之中。 来自辞典例句
20 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
21 offense HIvxd     
n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪
参考例句:
  • I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
  • His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
22 intruded 8326c2a488b587779b620c459f2d3c7e     
n.侵入的,推进的v.侵入,侵扰,打扰( intrude的过去式和过去分词 );把…强加于
参考例句:
  • One could believe that human creatures had never intruded there before. 你简直会以为那是从来没有人到过的地方。 来自辞典例句
  • The speaker intruded a thin smile into his seriousness. 演说人严肃的脸上掠过一丝笑影。 来自辞典例句
23 exalted ztiz6f     
adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的
参考例句:
  • Their loveliness and holiness in accordance with their exalted station.他们的美丽和圣洁也与他们的崇高地位相称。
  • He received respect because he was a person of exalted rank.他因为是个地位崇高的人而受到尊敬。
24 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
25 bristling tSqyl     
a.竖立的
参考例句:
  • "Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话,你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。
  • You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。
26 hideous 65KyC     
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的
参考例句:
  • The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
  • They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗,是丑陋的畜牲。
27 prance u1zzg     
v.(马)腾跃,(人)神气活现地走
参考例句:
  • Their horses pranced and whinnied.他们的马奔腾着、嘶鸣着。
  • He was horrified at the thought of his son prancing about on a stage in tights.一想到儿子身穿紧身衣在舞台上神气活现地走来走去,他就感到震惊。
28 drowsy DkYz3     
adj.昏昏欲睡的,令人发困的
参考例句:
  • Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.废气把他熏得昏昏沉沉,还引起了头疼。
  • I feel drowsy after lunch every day.每天午饭后我就想睡觉。
29 gaudier 4bfdd5a05623bc50bdc15c49353e3a34     
adj.花哨的,俗气的( gaudy的比较级 )
参考例句:
  • But no, there was something gaudier even than this. He would be a pirate! 这不还不够劲,还有比这更神气的事情,他要去当海盗! 来自互联网
30 splendor hriy0     
n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌
参考例句:
  • Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
  • All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
31 shudder JEqy8     
v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动
参考例句:
  • The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材,他浑身一阵战栗。
  • We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。
32 plowing 6dcabc1c56430a06a1807a73331bd6f2     
v.耕( plow的现在分词 );犁耕;费力穿过
参考例句:
  • "There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀,宝贝儿。 来自飘(部分)
  • Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后,他一直过着孤独的生活。 来自辞典例句
33 velvet 5gqyO     
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
参考例句:
  • This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
  • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。
34 crimson AYwzH     
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
参考例句:
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
35 plumes 15625acbfa4517aa1374a6f1f44be446     
羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物
参考例句:
  • The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
  • The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头,那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。
36 skull CETyO     
n.头骨;颅骨
参考例句:
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
37 swelling OUzzd     
n.肿胀
参考例句:
  • Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
  • There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。
38 ecstasy 9kJzY     
n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
参考例句:
  • He listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入了神。
  • Speechless with ecstasy,the little boys gazed at the toys.小孩注视着那些玩具,高兴得说不出话来。
39 avenger avenger     
n. 复仇者
参考例句:
  • "Tom Sawyer, the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main. “我乃西班牙海黑衣侠盗,汤姆 - 索亚。
  • Avenger's Shield-0.26 threat per hit (0.008 threat per second) 飞盾-0.26仇恨每击(0.08仇恨每秒)
40 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
41 shingle 8yKwr     
n.木瓦板;小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌);v.用木瓦板盖(屋顶);把(女子头发)剪短
参考例句:
  • He scraped away the dirt,and exposed a pine shingle.他刨去泥土,下面露出一块松木瓦块。
  • He hung out his grandfather's shingle.他挂出了祖父的行医招牌。
42 shingles 75dc0873f0e58f74873350b9953ef329     
n.带状疱疹;(布满海边的)小圆石( shingle的名词复数 );屋顶板;木瓦(板);墙面板
参考例句:
  • Shingles are often dipped in creosote. 屋顶板常浸涂木焦油。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The roofs had shingles missing. 一些屋顶板不见了。 来自辞典例句
43 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇,惊异
参考例句:
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
44 boundless kt8zZ     
adj.无限的;无边无际的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • The boundless woods were sleeping in the deep repose of nature.无边无际的森林在大自然静寂的怀抱中酣睡着。
  • His gratitude and devotion to the Party was boundless.他对党无限感激、无限忠诚。
45 perplexed A3Rz0     
adj.不知所措的
参考例句:
  • The farmer felt the cow,went away,returned,sorely perplexed,always afraid of being cheated.那农民摸摸那头牛,走了又回来,犹豫不决,总怕上当受骗。
  • The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story.这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。
46 pettishly 7ab4060fbb40eff9237e3fd1df204fb1     
参考例句:
  • \"Oh, no,'she said, almost pettishly, \"I just don't feel very good.\" “哦,不是,\"她说,几乎想发火了,\"我只是觉得不大好受。” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Then he tossed the marble away pettishly, and stood cogitating. 于是他一气之下扔掉那个弹子,站在那儿沉思。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
47 cogitating 45532bd9633baa8d527f61fbf072ec47     
v.认真思考,深思熟虑( cogitate的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Then he tossed the marble away pettishly, and stood cogitating. 于是他一气之下扔掉那个弹子,站在那儿沉思。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
  • He sat silently cogitating. 他静静地坐着沉思。 来自辞典例句
48 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来;以后
参考例句:
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
49 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。
50 interfered 71b7e795becf1adbddfab2cd6c5f0cff     
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉
参考例句:
  • Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
51 bug 5skzf     
n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器
参考例句:
  • There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
  • The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
52 darted d83f9716cd75da6af48046d29f4dd248     
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔
参考例句:
  • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
53 futility IznyJ     
n.无用
参考例句:
  • She could see the utter futility of trying to protest. 她明白抗议是完全无用的。
  • The sheer futility of it all exasperates her. 它毫无用处,这让她很生气。
54 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。
55 trumpet AUczL     
n.喇叭,喇叭声;v.吹喇叭,吹嘘
参考例句:
  • He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴,我吹喇叭。
  • The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。
56 aisles aisles     
n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
参考例句:
  • Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期,原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
  • They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近,并且很快就坐了下来。
57 warily 5gvwz     
adv.留心地
参考例句:
  • He looked warily around him,pretending to look after Carrie.他小心地看了一下四周,假装是在照顾嘉莉。
  • They were heading warily to a point in the enemy line.他们正小心翼翼地向着敌人封锁线的某一处前进。
58 robin Oj7zme     
n.知更鸟,红襟鸟
参考例句:
  • The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
  • We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟,知道春天要到了。
59 hood ddwzJ     
n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖
参考例句:
  • She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
  • The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
60 outlaw 1J0xG     
n.歹徒,亡命之徒;vt.宣布…为不合法
参考例句:
  • The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。
  • The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。
61 perspiring 0818633761fb971685d884c4c363dad6     
v.出汗,流汗( perspire的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely. 他一直在努力干活,身上大汗淋漓的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • So they "went it lively," panting and perspiring with the work. 于是他们就“痛痛快快地比一比”了,结果比得两个人气喘吁吁、汗流浃背。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
62 slew 8TMz0     
v.(使)旋转;n.大量,许多
参考例句:
  • He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧,抵住了。
  • They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。
63 whack kMKze     
v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份
参考例句:
  • After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食,卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
  • He gave me a whack on the back to wake me up.他为把我弄醒,在我背上猛拍一下。
64 treacherous eg7y5     
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的
参考例句:
  • The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
  • The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。
65 nun THhxK     
n.修女,尼姑
参考例句:
  • I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。
  • She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。
66 outlaws 7eb8a8faa85063e1e8425968c2a222fe     
歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯
参考例句:
  • During his year in the forest, Robin met many other outlaws. 在森林里的一年,罗宾遇见其他许多绿林大盗。
  • I didn't have to leave the country or fight outlaws. 我不必离开自己的国家,也不必与不法分子斗争。
67 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。
68 nettle KvVyt     
n.荨麻;v.烦忧,激恼
参考例句:
  • We need a government that will grasp the nettle.我们需要一个敢于大刀阔斧地处理问题的政府。
  • She mightn't be inhaled as a rose,but she might be grasped as a nettle.她不是一朵香气扑鼻的玫瑰花,但至少是可以握在手里的荨麻。
69 gaily lfPzC     
adv.欢乐地,高兴地
参考例句:
  • The children sing gaily.孩子们欢唱着。
  • She waved goodbye very gaily.她欢快地挥手告别。
70 corpse JYiz4     
n.尸体,死尸
参考例句:
  • What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
  • The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
71 compensate AXky7     
vt.补偿,赔偿;酬报 vi.弥补;补偿;抵消
参考例句:
  • She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
  • Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。


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