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CHAPTER X. NEEDLES AND PINS.
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“Something attempted, something done.”
SNIP1, snip. Bits of silesia and common red cashmere worked their way to the edge of the table, and from there dropped to the floor where there was a glorious litter. Buzz, buzz, bang against the window-panes went the body and wings of a great “meat” fly. Whirr, whirr, the sewing-machine fled frantically2 over the silesia in the places where the scissors had gone snip, snip. From the trees across the road came the maddening sound of many locusts3; the great fly on the hot window-glass was half killing4 itself in the effort to outdo them in noise.
 
“What ever was she?” sighed Miss Mabelle Jones.
 
She got up from the machine with a length of grey webbing in her hand, and looked absently about for a few minutes. She had written the 114measurement of a customer’s waist on the back of a card of buttons, she remembered; but the question was, where were the buttons?
 
“If only he had money of his own now,” she said aloud, which had no apparent connection with waist measurements, but showed that dressmakers’ thoughts occasionally run on other things besides gatherings5, crossway flounces, and boned bodices. Then she found the card in the leaves of the Young Ladies’ Journal; and the comment, “Thirty-five inches, fat old thing,” had a connection.
 
She held the webbing against the tape measure, and cut it off at thirty-five with quite a vicious little snip.
 
“Stuck up things,” she muttered. “I wouldn’t be seen in the plain, common dresses they wear for anything—no style at all. Why, Miss Woolcot’s at church on Sunday was just fourpence-ha’penny print, and nothing else.”
 
Then she gasped6, and put down the underskirt she was making in a great hurry. Just outside the window stood Miss Woolcot herself, looking half-hesitatingly at the fly-spotted card that said “Miss Mabelle Jones, Costumiere and Modiste.” The next minute the knocker sounded.
 
The father of Miss Mabelle Jones, as mentioned before, earned an honest livelihood7 by vending8 tea 115and sugar, wax candles, and such—not to speak of sardines9. There were great white letters on his window that asked, for the benefit of humanity, “Who brought down Sydney prices?” and vivid red ones that answered boldly and with generous flourishes, “Why, Thomas Jones of course, the People’s Friend. One pound of fine white sugar given away with every pound of tea.”
 
The shop was at the corner. The little side-door and window had been given to Miss Jones when she had set up for herself and lengthened10 her baptismal name by two letters.
 
Good Mrs. Jones was cutting up carrots for haricot mutton in the back kitchen, when her daughter burst in upon her.
 
“Go and let that young lady in; say I’ll be down presently—say I’m engaged for a bit,” she said, pulling off as she spoke11 the housewifely apron12 that protected the front of her mother’s dress.
 
But “Bless us, girl” was Mrs. Jones’s rather aggrieved13 reply; “you always see folks in that dress, and you always let ’em in yourself. This ’arryco won’t be fit for pa if I go and leave it.”
 
“It isn’t ordinary folks—it’s a real swell14; it’s—it’s his sister, the eldest15 one,” said Miss Jones, in great agitation16. “There, she’s knocked again; oh, 116for goodness’ sake be quick, ma! The room’s all in a mess too.”
 
Mrs. Jones with a sigh set aside her toothsome “’arryco” and proceeded to the door.
 
“Can I see Miss Jones?” asked the pale young lady on the doorstep.
 
And “She’ll be down presently; she’s cleanin’ herself,” answered Mrs. Jones, leading the way into Mabelle’s room, and moving a heap of work off a chair.
 
“Sit down, miss, and I’ll go and ’urry her up. You can be lookin’ at the fashun plates; they’re the latest styles in London”; and she kindly17 put a heap of coloured supplements, depicting18 ladies’ fearfully and wonderfully arrayed, at Meg’s elbow.
 
It was more than a quarter of an hour before Miss Jones made her appearance, and oh, what a change was there!
 
She wore a “costume” of bright terra-cotta poplin, with insertion bands of black lace over pink ribbon at intervals19 up the skirt and round the body.
 
The sleeves were enormous—gigot shape; there were numberless gold and silver bangles at her wrists, several brooches at her neck, and a gold-headed pin was stuck through her hair. She had white canvas shoes with tan bands.
 
117That she was pretty there was no doubt. She had a bright complexion20, scarlet21 lips, and large heavily lashed22 brown eyes, very soft and beautiful; her hair, which was much frizzed, was black and silky.
 
“I regret that circumstances over which I had no control compelled me to keep you waiting so long; but I was engaged with some one who was in a great hurry,” she said, which sounded very well, for she had composed it while she curled her hair.
 
Only she accented the second half of “circumstances,” and deprived her poor little last word of its rightful “h.”
 
“I have plenty of time,” Meg said. “It does not matter at all.” Then she paused, and in the little space of clock-ticking Miss Jones examined her.
 
Meg’s dress was one of the despised prints—a tiny blue spot on a white ground, very clean and fresh. There was a band of blue belting at her waist, and one on her sailor-hat. Her shoes were very neat, black with shining toe-caps; her gloves fitted without a crease23, and were beyond reproach.
 
No jewellery at all, as Miss Jones noted24, but a little gold-bar brooch fastening her spotless collar. A lady every inch, though the dress was home-made and had cost under five shillings.
 
In a vague, slow way Miss Jones felt the difference and was dissatisfied. She almost wished she had 118not put on her best dress, as it was only early morning.
 
“You want to see me; is it about a dress?” she asked; for Meg had half unconsciously picked up one of the magazines and opened it at “The Latest in Skirts.”
 
“No,” said Meg. “It is about my brother Philip I have come.” She put the paper down; and Miss Jones, somewhat overawed by the quiet dignity of her manner, had small idea of the way her heart was beating.
 
“By an accident it came to my knowledge that you and my brother were thinking of an immediate25 marriage,” Meg said; “and I came to have a quiet talk to you, Miss Jones, because I felt sure you could not know quite all the unhappiness such a course would bring.”
 
Miss Jones’s fine eyelashes were lying on her cheek; her face glowed a little with sudden colour. Pip had not been to see her the night before, as Meg knew; he had had an engagement that she took care he should not break, and now this early morning visit anticipated him.
 
“He told you?” she asked in a low tone.
 
“Yes, when I had found out everything,” Meg answered. Then she leaned a little more towards the pretty dressmaker.
 
119“Miss Jones, he is such a boy, poor Philip. Since you love him so much, how can you bear to spoil his future?”
 
Miss Jones lifted her eyes and bridled27 a little.
 
“Of course, I knew you wouldn’t think me good enough,” she said.
 
“But,” said Meg simply, “how could I think so? 120I do not know you. What I mean is, marriage with any one till he is older would be ruin to him. Surely you must see the unhappiness it would bring upon you both. In the first place, what could you live upon?”
 
Miss Jones was silent a minute.
 
“He could work like other people, I suppose,” she answered; “he said he could, and I wouldn’t mind going on sewing too for a bit.”
 
“Oh, he would be willing to work, I know,” Meg said; “but what could he do? It is harder in the present state of things for sons of gentlemen to find anything to do than labouring men. And he is not half educated yet. Now, in a few years he will be, I trust, in very different circumstances, and able to support a wife in comfort.”
 
“I don’t mind being rather poor,” Miss Jones replied; “and I’m not going to give him up just because you don’t think me fine enough for you.”
 
Meg looked at her steadily28. “Of course,” she said, “now I have found it out, there is no possibility of a marriage for two years. My brother is not of age, and my father naturally will forbid it.”
 
Then she softened29 again, for the girl’s eyes had an unhappy look in them. “I expect I seem severe to you, Miss Jones; but, indeed, all I am thinking of is my brother’s happiness. If I thought it would 121truly be for his good, I would not say a word. And you—you love him too—won’t you show your love by not standing30 in his light?”
 
“You seem to think it’s as easy to give him up as drop your ’andkerchief,” said Miss Jones, in a voice that shook a little. “If you’d a young man, how d’you think you’d feel if any one came to you and said as you couldn’t make him happy because you wasn’t as fine as him?”
 
“If I had a lover,” Meg said softly, “I would not bring unhappiness upon him for all the world. If I had a lover, and thought my love could only do him harm, I would never see him again.”
 
“Oh-h-h,” said Miss Jones,—“oh-h dear!”
 
Some tears gathered on her black lashes26, and slipped slowly down her cheeks. They were clear tears too, and the lashes had not changed colour. Meg remembered Nellie’s accusation31 and blushed.
 
“W-what is it you want me to do?” the young dressmaker said. “Oh-h, you are cruel.”
 
Meg felt she was, but kept telling herself she must save Pip. Still, the girl’s tears and large, beautiful eyes touched her tender heart. She put out her hand impulsively32 and took the one with needle-marked fingers; she held it in hers while she talked to her gently and wisely and firmly. She spoke of Pip’s extreme youth, of his penniless 122condition, his dependence33 on the Captain. “My father is a hard man, and a poor man. I don’t think he would ever forgive or recognise my brother again as long as he lived,” she said. “Then again, Philip has been used to comfort and certain luxuries all his life—to mixing in good society. He would be miserable34, and make you miserable too, to go to such utterly35 changed conditions. Not one unequal marriage in fifty is happy—it is almost impossible they should be; and think how young he is.”
 
“I ’adn’t quite made up my mind,” Miss Jones said, feeling she needed some justification36. “Yes, I know he’d got the ring—he bought it as soon as I said yes; and at first I thought as it would be nice to be married straight off, but often when he wasn’t here I used to think as I wouldn’t after all.”
 
“That was very wise of you,” said Meg fervently37, “very good of you. Oh, I knew I should only have to represent things to you a little for you to see how unwise it would be.”
 
Miss Jones looked a little gratified, though still somewhat mournful. She felt very much like one of the heroines in her favourite Bow Bells or Family Novelettes; sacrificing herself in this noble manner for the good of her lover. But secretly, like Pip, she too felt a trifle relieved.
 
All her life she had been used to poverty. Things 123had been a little more “genteel” with them since she had been earning money of her own; but still there was the never-ending struggle of trying to make sixpence buy a shillingsworth. And, from all accounts, it would only be intensified38 by marriage with this handsome youth she had been so taken with lately. She thought of a certain faithful ironmonger whose heart had been half broken lately by her coldness to him. He was spoken of already as a “solid” man—a shilling need only do its legitimate39 work if she yielded to his entreaties40 and married him. Perhaps, after all, it was unwise for a girl in her position to think of a “gentleman born”; and yet Pip’s way of speaking, his nice linen41 cuffs42 and gold links, his well-cut serge suits, had been a great happiness to her.
 
“Well?” said Meg softly, breaking in at length upon her train of thought.
 
“Oh, I s’pose I’ll give him up,” she answered, somewhat ungraciously.
 
“How good you are!” Meg said.
 
“Of course it’s ’ard and all that; but I don’t want to make him un’appy and his family set against him—I’d rather sacrifice myself.” Miss Jones cast down her lashes and looked heroic. “I suppose, though, I’ll have a fine piece of work with him when he comes.”
 
124Meg had no doubt of it.
 
“But you will be very firm, won’t you?” she said anxiously. “Remember, you have promised me to leave him quite free—to refuse to be even engaged for at least two years.”
 
“Oh, I’ll manage him, someway; but I quite expect he will want to shoot either himself or me,” was the dressmaker’s answer, spoken with a certain melancholy43 enjoyment44.
 
Then Meg shook hands with her warmly, affectionately even—she felt she almost loved her—and took her departure.
 
“But Pip will never forgive me,” she said to herself, as she walked home again. “Oh, never, never, never!”
 

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1 snip XhcyD     
n.便宜货,廉价货,剪,剪断
参考例句:
  • He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper.现在他已经开始剪这张纸。
  • The beautifully made briefcase is a snip at £74.25.这个做工精美的公文包售价才74.25英镑,可谓物美价廉。
2 frantically ui9xL     
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句:
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
3 locusts 0fe5a4959a3a774517196dcd411abf1e     
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 );贪吃的人;破坏者;槐树
参考例句:
  • a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
  • In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西,什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 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。
5 gatherings 400b026348cc2270e0046708acff2352     
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
参考例句:
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
6 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 livelihood sppzWF     
n.生计,谋生之道
参考例句:
  • Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
  • My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。
8 vending 9e89cb67a07fe419b19a6bd5ee5210cc     
v.出售(尤指土地等财产)( vend的现在分词 );(尤指在公共场所)贩卖;发表(意见,言论);声明
参考例句:
  • Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? 你为什么敲打这台自动售货机? 来自朗文快捷英语教程 2
  • Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines to accept the new coins. 可口可乐公司必须使将近三十万台自动贩卖机接受新货币。 来自超越目标英语 第5册
9 sardines sardines     
n. 沙丁鱼
参考例句:
  • The young of some kinds of herring are canned as sardines. 有些种类的鲱鱼幼鱼可制成罐头。
  • Sardines can be eaten fresh but are often preserved in tins. 沙丁鱼可以吃新鲜的,但常常是装听的。
10 lengthened 4c0dbc9eb35481502947898d5e9f0a54     
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
  • He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。
11 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
12 apron Lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
13 aggrieved mzyzc3     
adj.愤愤不平的,受委屈的;悲痛的;(在合法权利方面)受侵害的v.令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式);令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • He felt aggrieved at not being chosen for the team. 他因没被选到队里感到愤愤不平。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She is the aggrieved person whose fiance&1& did not show up for their wedding. 她很委屈,她的未婚夫未出现在他们的婚礼上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 swell IHnzB     
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强
参考例句:
  • The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
  • His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。
15 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。
16 agitation TN0zi     
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
参考例句:
  • Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
  • These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
17 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
18 depicting eaa7ce0ad4790aefd480461532dd76e4     
描绘,描画( depict的现在分词 ); 描述
参考例句:
  • a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
  • The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。
19 intervals f46c9d8b430e8c86dea610ec56b7cbef     
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
参考例句:
  • The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴,有阵雨。
  • Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
20 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。
21 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。
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 crease qo5zK     
n.折缝,褶痕,皱褶;v.(使)起皱
参考例句:
  • Does artificial silk crease more easily than natural silk?人造丝比天然丝更易起皱吗?
  • Please don't crease the blouse when you pack it.包装时请不要将衬衫弄皱了。
24 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
25 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
26 lashes e2e13f8d3a7c0021226bb2f94d6a15ec     
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
参考例句:
  • Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时,母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面,以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
27 bridled f4fc5a2dd438a2bb7c3f6663cfac7d22     
给…套龙头( bridle的过去式和过去分词 ); 控制; 昂首表示轻蔑(或怨忿等); 动怒,生气
参考例句:
  • She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying. 她对暗示她在说谎的言论嗤之以鼻。
  • He bridled his horse. 他给他的马套上笼头。
28 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
参考例句:
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
29 softened 19151c4e3297eb1618bed6a05d92b4fe     
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
参考例句:
  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
30 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。
31 accusation GJpyf     
n.控告,指责,谴责
参考例句:
  • I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
  • She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。
32 impulsively 0596bdde6dedf8c46a693e7e1da5984c     
adv.冲动地
参考例句:
  • She leant forward and kissed him impulsively. 她倾身向前,感情冲动地吻了他。
  • Every good, true, vigorous feeling I had gathered came impulsively round him. 我的一切良好、真诚而又强烈的感情都紧紧围绕着他涌现出来。
33 dependence 3wsx9     
n.依靠,依赖;信任,信赖;隶属
参考例句:
  • Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
  • He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。
34 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
35 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
36 justification x32xQ     
n.正当的理由;辩解的理由
参考例句:
  • There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
  • In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。
37 fervently 8tmzPw     
adv.热烈地,热情地,强烈地
参考例句:
  • "Oh, I am glad!'she said fervently. “哦,我真高兴!”她热烈地说道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • O my dear, my dear, will you bless me as fervently to-morrow?' 啊,我亲爱的,亲爱的,你明天也愿这样热烈地为我祝福么?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
38 intensified 4b3b31dab91d010ec3f02bff8b189d1a     
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
  • The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
39 legitimate L9ZzJ     
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
参考例句:
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
40 entreaties d56c170cf2a22c1ecef1ae585b702562     
n.恳求,乞求( entreaty的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He began with entreaties and ended with a threat. 他先是恳求,最后是威胁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves. 暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
41 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。
42 cuffs 4f67c64175ca73d89c78d4bd6a85e3ed     
n.袖口( cuff的名词复数 )v.掌打,拳打( cuff的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • a collar and cuffs of white lace 带白色蕾丝花边的衣领和袖口
  • The cuffs of his shirt were fraying. 他衬衣的袖口磨破了。
43 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。
44 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。


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