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CHAPTER I. PICKING UP THREADS.
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“Should auld1 acquaintance be forgot?”
THERE was discord2 at Misrule.
 
Nell, in some mysterious way, had let down a muslin frock of last season till it reached her ankles.
 
And Meg was doing her best to put her foot down upon it.
 
In a metaphorical3 sense, of course. Meg Woolcot at twenty-one was far too lady-like to resort to a personal struggle with her young sister.
 
But her eyes were distressed4.
 
“You can’t say I don’t look nice,” Nell said. “Why, even Martha said, ‘La, Miss Nell!’ and held her head on one side with a pleased look for two minutes.”
 
10“But you’re such a child, Nellie,” objected Meg; “you look like playing at being grown up.”
 
“Fifteen’s very old, I think,” said Miss Nell, walking up and down just for the simple pleasure of hearing the frou-frou of muslin frills near her shoes.
 
“Ah well, I do think I look nice with my hair done up, and you can’t have it up with short frocks.”
 
“Then the moral is easy of deduction,” said Meg drily.
 
“Oh, bother morals!” was Nell’s easy answer.
 
She tripped down the verandah steps with a glance or two over her shoulder at the set of the back of her dress, and she crossed the lawn to the crazy-looking summer-house.
 
“Oh dear!” sighed Meg.
 
She leaned her face on her hands, and stared sadly after the crisp, retreating frills and the shimmer5 of golden hair “done up.” This was one of the days when Meg’s desires to be a model eldest6 sister were in the ascendency, hence the very feminine exclamation7.
 
She had not altered very much in all these five long years—a little taller perhaps, a little more womanly, but the eyes still had their child-like, straightforward8 look, and the powdering of freckles9 was there yet, albeit10 fainter in colouring.
 
11She still made resolutions—and broke them. She still wrote verses—and burnt them. To-day she was darning socks, Pip’s and Bunty’s. That was because she had just made a fresh resolve to do her duty in her state of life.
 
At other times she left them all to the fag end of the week, and great was the cobbling thereof to satisfy the demands of “Clean socks, Meg, and look sharp.”
 
Besides darning, Meg had promised to take care of the children for the afternoon, as Esther had gone out.
 
Who were the children? you will ask, thinking five years has taken that title away from several of our young Australians.
 
The General is six now, and answers to the name of Peter on the occasions that Pip does not call him Jumbo, and Bunty, Billy. Nell, who is inclining to elegant manners, ventures occasionally in company to address him as Rupert; but he generally winks11 or says “Beg pardon?” in a vacant kind of way.
 
Baby also has become “Poppet,” and handed down her name of long standing12 to a rightful claimant who disjointed the General’s nose nearly three years ago and made our number up to seven again.
 
12Just a wee, chubby13 morsel14 of a girl it is, with sunshiny eyes and sunshiny hair and a ceaseless supply of sunshiny smiles.
 
Even her tears are sunshiny; they are so short-lived that the smiles shine through and make them things of beauty.
 
The boys generally call her “The Scrap,” though she is as big as most three-year-olds. She was christened Esther.
 
And Poppet is still a child,—to be nine is scarcely to have reached years of discretion15.
 
She has lost her chubbiness16, and developed abnormally long, thin legs and arms, a surprising capacity for mischief17, and the tenderest little heart in the world.
 
So Meg’s hands were fairly well filled for the afternoon, to keep these three young ones in check, darn the socks, and superintend kitchen arrangements, which meant Martha Tomlinson and the cook.
 
She had not bargained for the tussle18 with Nell too.
 
That young person was at a difficult age just now: too old—in her own eyes, at any rate—to romp19 with Bunty and Poppet; too young to take a place beside Meg and pay visits with Esther,—she hung between, and had just compromised matters by letting down 13her frocks, as years ago Meg had done in the privacy of her bedroom.
 
Her early promise of good looks was more than fulfilled, and in this long, pale blue muslin, and “picture” hat, cornflower-trimmed, she looked a fresh enough young beauty to be queen of a season. The golden hair had deepened, and was twisted up in the careful, careless way fashion dictated20. The complexion21 was wonderfully pure and bright for Australia, and the eyes were just as dewy and soft and sweetly lashed22 as ever.
 
But not yet sixteen! Was ever such an impossible age for grown-up rights? Just because she was tall and gracefully23 built was no reason why she should consider herself fit to be “out,” Meg contended—especially, she added, with a touch of sisterly sarcasm24, as she had a weakness for spelling “believe” and “receive” in unorthodox ways, and was still floundering wretchedly through her first French author—Le Chien du Capitaine.
 
Poppet’s legs dashed across the gravel26 path under the window; Peter’s copper-toed boots in hot pursuit shone for a second and vanished.
 
“Where’s Baby, I wonder?” Meg said to herself.
 
The child had been playing with a chair a little time back, dragging it up and down the verandah and bumping it about noisily; now all was silent. 14She went to the foot of the stairs, one of Bunty’s socks more “holey” than righteous drawn27 over her hand.
 
“What you doing, Essie?” she called.
 
“Nosing, Mig,” said a little sweet voice from a bedroom,—“nosing at all.”
 
“Now, Essie!”—Meg’s voice took a stern note,—“tell me what you are doing!”
 
“Nosing,” said the little voice; “I’se velly dood.”
 
“Quite sure, Essie?”
 
“Twite; I isn’t dettin’ wet a bit, Miggie.”
 
Up the stairs Meg ran at a swift pace; that last speech was eminently28 Baby’s, and betokened29 many things.
 
“Oh, you wicked child!” she cried, and drove an unsummoned smile away from her mouth corners.
 
The big water-jug30 was on the floor near the washstand, and small Essie with slow and deep enjoyment31 was standing with one wee leg in the jug and the other on the oilcloth. The state of the lace sock and little red shoe visible betrayed the fact that the operation had been reversed more than once.
 
This was an odd little characteristic of Essie’s, and no amount of scolding and even shaking could break her of it. Innumerable times she had been found at this work of iniquity32, dipping one leg after 15the other in any water-jugs she found on the floor. And did Martha, in washing floors, leave her bucket of dirty water one moment unguarded, Essie would creep up and pop in one little leg while she stood her ground with the other.
 
Meg dried her, scolding hard all the time.
 
“All your shoes are spoiled, Baby, you naughty girl; what am I to do to you?”
 
“Velly solly,” said Baby cheerfully.
 
16She squeezed a tear out of her smiling eyes when Meg bade her look at the ruin of her pretty red shoes.
 
“And you told me a story, Essie; you said you were good, and were not getting wet.”
 
Meg held the little offender33 away from her, and looked upon her with stern reproach.
 
“But on’y my legs was dettin’ wet—not me,” explained Essie, with a sob34 in her voice and a dimple at the corner of her mouth.
 
There was nothing of course to be done but put the water-jug into its basin, and carry the small sinner downstairs in dry socks and ankle-strap slippers35 that showed signs of having been wet through at some time or other.
 
Bunty was lying on his back on the dining-room couch, which Meg had left strewn with footwear waiting to be paired and rolled up.
 
“Oh, John!” she said vexedly, seeing her work scattered36 about the floor.
 
“John” took no notice. I should tell you, perhaps, that, since starting to school, Bunty’s baptismal name had been called into requisition by authorities who objected to nicknames, and his family fell into the way of using it occasionally too.
 
He was a big, awkward lad, tall for his thirteen years, and very loosely built. Nell used to say 17complainingly that he always looked as if he needed tightening37 up. His clothes never fitted him, or seemed part of him, like other boys’ clothes. His coats generally looked big and baggy38, while his trousers had a way of creeping up his ankles and showing a piece of loose sock.
 
In the matter of collars he was hopeless. He had a daily allowance of one clean one, but, even if you met him quite early in the morning, there would be nothing but a limp, crooked39 piece of linen40 of doubtful hue41 visible. He had the face of a boy at war with the world. His eyes were sullen42, brooding—his mouth obstinate43. Every one knew he was the black sheep. He knew it himself, and resented it in silence.
 
Poppet understood him a little—no one else. He was at perpetual enmity with his father, who had no patience with him at all. Esther excused him by saying he was at the hobbledehoy stage, and would grow up all right; but she was always too busy to help him to grow. Meg’s hands were full with Pip; and Nell, after a try or two to win his confidence, had pronounced him a larrikin, undeserving of sisters at all.
 
So Poppet undertook him. She was a faithful little soul, and in some strange way just fitted into him, despite his awkward angles.
 
18Sometimes he would tell her things, and go to a great deal of trouble to do something she particularly wanted; but then again he would bully44 her unmercifully, and make her life not worth living.
 
“Why don’t you play cricket, or do something, John?” Meg said, snipping45 off an end of cotton very energetically. “I hate to see a great boy like you sprawling46 on a sofa doing nothing.”
 
“Do you?” said John.
 
“What made you so late home from school? it’s nearly teatime. I hope it wasn’t detention47 again.”
 
“It was,” said John.
 
“Oh, Bunty, that means Saturday taken again, doesn’t it?”
 
“It does.” John rolled over, and lay on his other side, his eyes shut.
 
“Bunty, why don’t you try?” Meg said; “you are always in scrapes for something. Pip never got in half so many, and yet he wasn’t a model boy. Will you promise me to try next week?”
 
There was a grunt48 from the sofa cushion that might be interpreted at will as negative or affirmative.
 
Nell came into the room, her hat swung over her arm.
 
“Get up, John,” she said; “what a horrid49 boy you are! Look at your great muddy boots on the 19sofa! Meg, I don’t know how you could sit there and see him. Why, if we sat down, we’d get our dresses all spoiled.”
 
“Good job too,” said John, not moving a hand.
 
Nellie regarded him with frankest disgust. “What a collar!” she said, a world of emphasis on the “what.” “I declare the street newsboys and match-sellers look more gentlemanly than you do.”
 
The tea-bell rang upstairs; John sat up instantly.
 
“I hope you saved me more pudding to-day, Meg,” he said. “I never saw such a stingy bit as you kept yesterday.”
 
Nell’s scarlet50 lips formed themselves into something very like “pig” as she turned on her heel to leave the room. Then she said “Clumsy wretch25!” with startling suddenness. John had set his “great muddy boot” down on one of her pretty flounces, and a sound of sundering51 stitches smote52 the air.
 
“Beg pardon,” said John, with a fiendish light of triumph in his eyes. Then he went upstairs two steps at a time to discuss his warmed-up dinner while the others had tea.

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1 auld Fuxzt     
adj.老的,旧的
参考例句:
  • Should auld acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind?怎能忘记旧日朋友,心中能不怀念?
  • The party ended up with the singing of Auld Lang Sync.宴会以《友谊地久天长》的歌声而告终。
2 discord iPmzl     
n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐
参考例句:
  • These two answers are in discord.这两个答案不一样。
  • The discord of his music was hard on the ear.他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。
3 metaphorical OotzLw     
a.隐喻的,比喻的
参考例句:
  • Here, then, we have a metaphorical substitution on a metonymic axis. 这样,我们在换喻(者翻译为转喻,一种以部分代替整体的修辞方法)上就有了一个隐喻的替代。
  • So, in a metaphorical sense, entropy is arrow of time. 所以说,我们可以这样作个比喻:熵像是时间之矢。
4 distressed du1z3y     
痛苦的
参考例句:
  • He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑,无法回答他们的问题。
  • The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。
5 shimmer 7T8z7     
v./n.发微光,发闪光;微光
参考例句:
  • The room was dark,but there was a shimmer of moonlight at the window.屋子里很黑,但靠近窗户的地方有点微光。
  • Nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage.没有什么比新叶的微光更纯洁无瑕了。
6 eldest bqkx6     
adj.最年长的,最年老的
参考例句:
  • The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
  • The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
7 exclamation onBxZ     
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
参考例句:
  • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
  • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。
8 straightforward fFfyA     
adj.正直的,坦率的;易懂的,简单的
参考例句:
  • A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
  • I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。
9 freckles MsNzcN     
n.雀斑,斑点( freckle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • When she lies in the sun, her face gets covered in freckles. 她躺在阳光下时,脸上布满了斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 albeit axiz0     
conj.即使;纵使;虽然
参考例句:
  • Albeit fictional,she seemed to have resolved the problem.虽然是虚构的,但是在她看来好象是解决了问题。
  • Albeit he has failed twice,he is not discouraged.虽然失败了两次,但他并没有气馁。
11 winks 1dd82fc4464d9ba6c78757a872e12679     
v.使眼色( wink的第三人称单数 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • I'll feel much better when I've had forty winks. 我打个盹就会感到好得多。
  • The planes were little silver winks way out to the west. 飞机在西边老远的地方,看上去只是些很小的银色光点。 来自辞典例句
12 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。
13 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。
14 morsel Q14y4     
n.一口,一点点
参考例句:
  • He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought.他们拿来的东西他一口也不吃。
  • The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.从早上起病人一直没有进食。
15 discretion FZQzm     
n.谨慎;随意处理
参考例句:
  • You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
  • Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。
16 chubbiness 33cbfa6bdcda3062067598fcd1fa99c8     
n.圆胖,丰满
参考例句:
  • Her form was the perfection of child beauty, without its usual chubbiness and squareness of outline. 她的体态达到了孩童美的极致,没有一般儿童那种圆圆胖胖、方方正正的轮廊。 来自辞典例句
  • Initially, I looked great; I lost the chubbiness and was fit. 起初我看起来很棒--我不那么胖了,身材很好。 来自互联网
17 mischief jDgxH     
n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
参考例句:
  • Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
  • He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。
18 tussle DgcyB     
n.&v.扭打,搏斗,争辩
参考例句:
  • They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.他们互相扭打起来,抢夺那支手枪。
  • We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。
19 romp ZCPzo     
n.欢闹;v.嬉闹玩笑
参考例句:
  • The child went for a romp in the forest.那个孩子去森林快活一把。
  • Dogs and little children romped happily in the garden.狗和小孩子们在花园里嬉戏。
20 dictated aa4dc65f69c81352fa034c36d66908ec     
v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布
参考例句:
  • He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
  • No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
21 complexion IOsz4     
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
参考例句:
  • Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
  • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
22 lashed 4385e23a53a7428fb973b929eed1bce6     
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
参考例句:
  • The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
  • The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
23 gracefully KfYxd     
ad.大大方方地;优美地
参考例句:
  • She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
24 sarcasm 1CLzI     
n.讥讽,讽刺,嘲弄,反话 (adj.sarcastic)
参考例句:
  • His sarcasm hurt her feelings.他的讽刺伤害了她的感情。
  • She was given to using bitter sarcasm.她惯于用尖酸刻薄语言挖苦人。
25 wretch EIPyl     
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人
参考例句:
  • You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他,还埋怨他,真不知好歹。
  • The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。
26 gravel s6hyT     
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
参考例句:
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
27 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
28 eminently c442c1e3a4b0ad4160feece6feb0aabf     
adv.突出地;显著地;不寻常地
参考例句:
  • She seems eminently suitable for the job. 她看来非常适合这个工作。
  • It was an eminently respectable boarding school. 这是所非常好的寄宿学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
29 betokened 375655c690bd96db4a8d7f827433e1e3     
v.预示,表示( betoken的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Nothing betokened that the man know anything of what had occurred. 显然那个人还不知道已经发生了什么事。 来自互联网
  • He addressed a few angry words to her that betokened hostility. 他对她说了几句预示敌意的愤怒的话。 来自互联网
30 jug QaNzK     
n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂
参考例句:
  • He walked along with a jug poised on his head.他头上顶着一个水罐,保持着平衡往前走。
  • She filled the jug with fresh water.她将水壶注满了清水。
31 enjoyment opaxV     
n.乐趣;享有;享用
参考例句:
  • Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同,我们这次访问更加愉快了。
  • After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话,这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。
32 iniquity F48yK     
n.邪恶;不公正
参考例句:
  • Research has revealed that he is a monster of iniquity.调查结果显示他是一个不法之徒。
  • The iniquity of the transaction aroused general indignation.这笔交易的不公引起了普遍的愤怒。
33 offender ZmYzse     
n.冒犯者,违反者,犯罪者
参考例句:
  • They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
  • The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。
34 sob HwMwx     
n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣
参考例句:
  • The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
  • The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答,也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。
35 slippers oiPzHV     
n. 拖鞋
参考例句:
  • a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
  • He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋,倒在床上。
36 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
37 tightening 19aa014b47fbdfbc013e5abf18b64642     
上紧,固定,紧密
参考例句:
  • Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前,检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
  • It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。
38 baggy CuVz5     
adj.膨胀如袋的,宽松下垂的
参考例句:
  • My T-shirt went all baggy in the wash.我的T恤越洗越大了。
  • Baggy pants are meant to be stylish,not offensive.松松垮垮的裤子意味着时髦,而不是无礼。
39 crooked xvazAv     
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
参考例句:
  • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
  • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
40 linen W3LyK     
n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的
参考例句:
  • The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
  • Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。
41 hue qdszS     
n.色度;色调;样子
参考例句:
  • The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
  • The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。
42 sullen kHGzl     
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的
参考例句:
  • He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
  • Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐,因为昨晚没睡好。
43 obstinate m0dy6     
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的
参考例句:
  • She's too obstinate to let anyone help her.她太倔强了,不会让任何人帮她的。
  • The trader was obstinate in the negotiation.这个商人在谈判中拗强固执。
44 bully bully     
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
参考例句:
  • A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
  • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
45 snipping 5fe0030e9f7f57e9e018d33196ee84b6     
n.碎片v.剪( snip的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The crew had been snipping it for souvenirs. 舰上人员把它剪下来当作纪念品。 来自辞典例句
  • The gardener is snipping off the dead leaves in the garden. 花匠在花园时剪枯叶。 来自互联网
46 sprawling 3ff3e560ffc2f12f222ef624d5807902     
adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着)
参考例句:
  • He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
  • a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
47 detention 1vhxk     
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
参考例句:
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
48 grunt eeazI     
v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝
参考例句:
  • He lifted the heavy suitcase with a grunt.他咕噜着把沉重的提箱拎了起来。
  • I ask him what he think,but he just grunt.我问他在想什麽,他只哼了一声。
49 horrid arozZj     
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的
参考例句:
  • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
  • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃,她咽不下去。
50 scarlet zD8zv     
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的
参考例句:
  • The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
  • The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了,深红的颜色变成了绯红,绯红又变为浅红。
51 sundering ee55e203f638b8a916aff56de5f748ed     
v.隔开,分开( sunder的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Where were now her discreet plans for sundering their lives for ever? 现在,她那个考虑周到的永远斩断他们之间生活联系的计划哪里去了呢? 来自辞典例句
52 smote 61dce682dfcdd485f0f1155ed6e7dbcc     
v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去式 )
参考例句:
  • Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him. 打个比方说,他是不能认敌为友。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • \"Whom Pearl smote down and uprooted, most unmercifully.\" 珠儿会毫不留情地将这些\"儿童\"踩倒,再连根拔起。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学


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