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Part 4 Book 12 Chapter 1 History of Corinthe from its Foundation
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The Parisians who nowadays on entering on the Rue1 Rambuteau at the end near the Halles, notice on their right, opposite the Rue Mondetour, a basket-maker's shop having for its sign a basket in the form of Napoleon the Great with this inscription:--

NAPOLEON IS MADE WHOLLY OF WILLOW2,

have no suspicion of the terrible scenes which this very spot witnessed hardly thirty years ago.

It was there that lay the Rue de la Chanvrerie, which ancient deeds spell Chanverrerie, and the celebrated3 public-house called Corinthe.

The reader will remember all that has been said about the barricade4 effected at this point, and eclipsed, by the way, by the barricade Saint-Merry. It was on this famous barricade of the Rue de la Chanvrerie, now fallen into profound obscurity, that we are about to shed a little light.

May we be permitted to recur5, for the sake of clearness in the recital6, to the simple means which we have already employed in the case of Waterloo. Persons who wish to picture to themselves in a tolerably exact manner the constitution of the houses which stood at that epoch7 near the Pointe Saint-Eustache, at the northeast angle of the Halles of Paris, where to-day lies the embouchure of the Rue Rambuteau, have only to imagine an N touching8 the Rue Saint-Denis with its summit and the Halles with its base, and whose two vertical9 bars should form the Rue de la Grande-Truanderie, and the Rue de la Chanvrerie, and whose transverse bar should be formed by the Rue de la Petite-Truanderie. The old Rue Mondetour cut the three strokes of the N at the most crooked10 angles. So that the labyrinthine12 confusion of these four streets sufficed to form, on a space three fathoms13 square, between the Halles and the Rue Saint-Denis on the one hand, and between the Rue du Cygne and the Rue des Precheurs on the other, seven islands of houses, oddly cut up, of varying sizes, placed crosswise and hap-hazard, and barely separated, like the blocks of stone in a dock, by narrow crannies.

We say narrow crannies, and we can give no more just idea of those dark, contracted, many-angled alleys14, lined with eight-story buildings. These buildings were so decrepit16 that, in the Rue de la Chanvrerie and the Rue de la Petite-Truanderie, the fronts were shored up with beams running from one house to another. The street was narrow and the gutter17 broad, the pedestrian there walked on a pavement that was always wet, skirting little stalls resembling cellars, big posts encircled with iron hoops18, excessive heaps of refuse, and gates armed with enormous, century-old gratings. The Rue Rambuteau has devastated19 all that.

The name of Mondetour paints marvellously well the sinuosities of that whole set of streets. A little further on, they are found still better expressed by the Rue Pirouette, which ran into the Rue Mondetour.

The passer-by who got entangled20 from the Rue Saint-Denis in the Rue de la Chanvrerie beheld21 it gradually close in before him as though he had entered an elongated22 funnel23. At the end of this street, which was very short, he found further passage barred in the direction of the Halles by a tall row of houses, and he would have thought himself in a blind alley15, had he not perceived on the right and left two dark cuts through which he could make his escape. This was the Rue Mondetour, which on one side ran into the Rue de Precheurs, and on the other into the Rue du Cygne and the Petite-Truanderie. At the bottom of this sort of cul-de-sac, at the angle of the cutting on the right, there was to be seen a house which was not so tall as the rest, and which formed a sort of cape24 in the street. It is in this house, of two stories only, that an illustrious wine-shop had been merrily installed three hundred years before. This tavern25 created a joyous26 noise in the very spot which old Theophilus described in the following couplet:--

La branle le squelette horrible D'un pauvre amant qui se pendit.[47]

[47] There swings the horrible skeleton of a poor lover who hung himself.

The situation was good, and tavern-keepers succeeded each other there, from father to son.

In the time of Mathurin Regnier, this cabaret was called the Pot-aux-Roses, and as the rebus27 was then in fashion, it had for its sign-board, a post (poteau) painted rose-color. In the last century, the worthy28 Natoire, one of the fantastic masters nowadays despised by the stiff school, having got drunk many times in this wine-shop at the very table where Regnier had drunk his fill, had painted, by way of gratitude29, a bunch of Corinth grapes on the pink post. The keeper of the cabaret, in his joy, had changed his device and had caused to be placed in gilt30 letters beneath the bunch these words: "At the Bunch of Corinth Grapes" ("Au Raisin31 de Corinthe"). Hence the name of Corinthe. Nothing is more natural to drunken men than ellipses32. The ellipsis33 is the zig-zag of the phrase. Corinthe gradually dethroned the Pot-aux-Roses. The last proprietor34 of the dynasty, Father Hucheloup, no longer acquainted even with the tradition, had the post painted blue.

A room on the ground floor, where the bar was situated35, one on the first floor containing a billiard-table, a wooden spiral staircase piercing the ceiling, wine on the tables, smoke on the walls, candles in broad daylight,--this was the style of this cabaret. A staircase with a trap-door in the lower room led to the cellar. On the second floor were the lodgings36 of the Hucheloup family. They were reached by a staircase which was a ladder rather than a staircase, and had for their entrance only a private door in the large room on the first floor. Under the roof, in two mansard attics37, were the nests for the servants. The kitchen shared the ground-floor with the tap-room.

Father Hucheloup had, possibly, been born a chemist, but the fact is that he was a cook; people did not confine themselves to drinking alone in his wine-shop, they also ate there. Hucheloup had invented a capital thing which could be eaten nowhere but in his house, stuffed carps, which he called carpes au gras. These were eaten by the light of a tallow candle or of a lamp of the time of Louis XVI.On tables to which were nailed waxed cloths in lieu of table-cloths. People came thither38 from a distance.Hucheloup, one fine morning, had seen fit to notify passers-by of this "specialty"; he had dipped a brush in a pot of black paint, and as he was an orthographer39 on his own account, as well as a cook after his own fashion, he had improvised40 on his wall this remarkable41 inscription:--

CARPES HO GRAS.

One winter, the rain-storms and the showers had taken a fancy to obliterate42 the S which terminated the first word, and the G which began the third; this is what remained:--

CARPE HO RAS.

Time and rain assisting, a humble43 gastronomical44 announcement had become a profound piece of advice.

In this way it came about, that though he knew no French, Father Hucheloup understood Latin, that he had evoked45 philosophy from his kitchen, and that, desirous simply of effacing46 Lent, he had equalled Horace. And the striking thing about it was, that that also meant: "Enter my wine-shop."

Nothing of all this is in existence now. The Mondetour labyrinth11 was disembowelled and widely opened in 1847, and probably no longer exists at the present moment. The Rue de la Chanvrerie and Corinthe have disappeared beneath the pavement of the Rue Rambuteau.

As we have already said, Corinthe was the meeting-place if not the rallying-point, of Courfeyrac and his friends. It was Grantaire who had discovered Corinthe. He had entered it on account of the Carpe horas, and had returned thither on account of the Carpes au gras. There they drank, there they ate, there they shouted; they did not pay much, they paid badly, they did not pay at all, but they were always welcome. Father Hucheloup was a jovial47 host.

Hucheloup, that amiable48 man, as was just said, was a wine-shop-keeper with a mustache; an amusing variety. He always had an ill-tempered air, seemed to wish to intimidate49 his customers, grumbled50 at the people who entered his establishment, and had rather the mien51 of seeking a quarrel with them than of serving them with soup. And yet, we insist upon the word, people were always welcome there. This oddity had attracted customers to his shop, and brought him young men, who said to each other: "Come hear Father Hucheloup growl52." He had been a fencing-master. All of a sudden, he would burst out laughing. A big voice, a good fellow. He had a comic foundation under a tragic53 exterior54, he asked nothing better than to frighten you, very much like those snuff-boxes which are in the shape of a pistol. The detonation55 makes one sneeze.

Mother Hucheloup, his wife, was a bearded and a very homely56 creature.

About 1830, Father Hucheloup died. With him disappeared the secret of stuffed carps. His inconsolable widow continued to keep the wine-shop. But the cooking deteriorated57, and became execrable; the wine, which had always been bad, became fearfully bad. Nevertheless, Courfeyrac and his friends continued to go to Corinthe,-- out of pity, as Bossuet said.

The Widow Hucheloup was breathless and misshapen and given to rustic58 recollections. She deprived them of their flatness by her pronunciation. She had a way of her own of saying things, which spiced her reminiscences of the village and of her springtime. It had formerly59 been her delight, so she affirmed, to hear the loups-de-gorge (rouges-gorges) chanter dans les ogrepines (aubepines)--to hear the redbreasts sing in the hawthorn-trees.

The hall on the first floor, where "the restaurant" was situated, was a large and long apartment encumbered60 with stools, chairs, benches, and tables, and with a crippled, lame61, old billiard-table. It was reached by a spiral staircase which terminated in the corner of the room at a square hole like the hatchway of a ship.

This room, lighted by a single narrow window, and by a lamp that was always burning, had the air of a garret. All the four-footed furniture comported62 itself as though it had but three legs-- the whitewashed63 walls had for their only ornament64 the following quatrain in honor of Mame Hucheloup:--

Elle etonne a dix pas, elle epouvente a deux, Une verrue habite en son nez hasardeux; On tremble a chaque instant qu'elle ne vous la mouche Et qu'un beau jour son nez ne tombe dans sa bouche.[48]

[48] She astounds65 at ten paces, she frightens at two, a wart66 inhabits her hazardous67 nose; you tremble every instant lest she should blow it at you, and lest, some fine day, her nose should tumble into her mouth.

This was scrawled68 in charcoal69 on the wall.

Mame Hucheloup, a good likeness70, went and came from morning till night before this quatrain with the most perfect tranquillity71. Two serving-maids, named Matelote and Gibelotte,[49] and who had never been known by any other names, helped Mame Hucheloup to set on the tables the jugs72 of poor wine, and the various broths73 which were served to the hungry patrons in earthenware74 bowls. Matelote, large, plump, redhaired, and noisy, the favorite ex-sultana of the defunct75 Hucheloup, was homelier than any mythological76 monster, be it what it may; still, as it becomes the servant to always keep in the rear of the mistress, she was less homely than Mame Hucheloup. Gibelotte, tall, delicate, white with a lymphatic pallor, with circles round her eyes, and drooping77 lids, always languid and weary, afflicted78 with what may be called chronic79 lassitude, the first up in the house and the last in bed, waited on every one, even the other maid, silently and gently, smiling through her fatigue80 with a vague and sleepy smile.

[49] Matelote: a culinary preparation of various fishes. Gibelotte: stewed81 rabbits.

Before entering the restaurant room, the visitor read on the door the following line written there in chalk by Courfeyrac:--

Regale82 si tu peux et mange si tu l'oses.[50]

[50] Treat if you can, and eat if you dare.


现在的巴黎人,从菜市场这面走进朗比托街时,会发现在他的右边正对蒙德都街的地方,有一家编制筐篮等物的铺子,铺子的招牌是一个用柳条编的拿破仑大帝的模拟人像,上面写着:

拿破仑完全是个柳条人

过路的人未必料想得到这地方近三十年前所目击的惨状。

这就是当年的麻厂街,更古老的街名是Chanverrerie街,开设在那里的那家著名的酒店叫科林斯。

读者应当还记得,我们前面谈到过一个建立在这里并被圣美里街垒挡住了的街垒。今天这街垒在人们的记忆中已毫无影踪了。我们要瞻望的正是这麻厂街的街垒。

为了叙述方便,请允许我们采用一种简单方法,这方法是我们在叙述滑铁卢战争时采用过的。当时从圣厄斯塔什突角附近到巴黎菜市场的东北角,也就是今天朗比托街的入口处,这一带的房屋原是横七竖八极其紊乱的。对这里的街道,读者如果想有一个比较清晰的概念,不妨假设一个N字母,上从圣德尼街起,下到菜市场止,左右两竖是大化子窝街和麻厂街,两竖中间的斜道是小化子窝街,横穿过这三条街的是极尽弯曲迂回的蒙德都街。在这四条街纵横交错如迷宫似的地方,一方面由菜市场至圣德尼街,一方面由天鹅街至布道修士街,在这一块一百平方托阿斯的土地上,分割成奇形怪状、大小不同、方向各异的七个岛状住房群,正象那建筑工地上随意乱丢的七堆乱石,房屋与房屋之间都只留一条窄缝。

我们说窄缝,是因为我们对那些阴暗、狭窄、转弯抹角、两旁夹着倾斜破旧的九层楼房的小巷找不出更确切的表达方式。那些楼房已经破旧到如此程度,以致在麻厂街和小化子窝街上,两旁房屋的正面都是用大木料面对面互相支撑着的。街窄,但水沟宽,街心终年是湿的,行人得紧靠街边的店铺走,店铺暗到象地窨子,门前竖着打了铁箍的护墙石,垃圾成堆,街旁的小道口上,装有百年以上的古老粗大的铁栏门。这一切都已在修筑朗比托街时一扫而光了。

蒙德都①这名称,确已把这种街道迂回曲折的形象描绘得淋漓尽致。稍远一点,和蒙德都相接的陀螺街这个街名则更好地表达这弯曲形象。

①蒙德都(Mondétour),意思是转弯抹角。

从圣德尼街走进麻厂街的行人,会发现他越朝前走,街面便越窄,好象自己钻进了一个管子延长的漏斗。到了这条相当短的街的尽头,他会看见一排高房子在靠菜市场一面挡住了他的去路,他如果没有看出左右两旁都各有一条走得通的黑巷子,还会认为自己陷了在死胡同里。这巷子便是蒙德都街了,一头通到布道修士街,一头通到天鹅街和小化子窝。在这种死胡同的底里,靠右边那条巷子的角上,有一幢不象其他房子那么高的房子,伸向街心,有如伸向海中的岬角。

正是在这幢只有三层的房子里,三百年来,欣欣向荣地开着一家大名鼎鼎的酒店。从这酒店里经常传出人的欢笑声,这里也是老泰奥菲尔①在这样两行诗里所指出的:

情郎痛绝悬梁死,

骸骨飘摇如逐人。

这是个好地方,那家酒店老板便世世代代在这里开着酒店。

在马蒂兰·雷尼埃②的时代,这酒店的店名是“玫瑰花盆”,当时的风尚是文字游戏,那店家便用一根漆成粉红色的柱子③作为招牌。在前一世纪,那位值得崇敬的纳托瓦尔④棗被今日的呆板学派所轻视的奇想派大师之一棗曾多次到这酒店里,坐在当年雷尼埃经常痛饮的那张桌子旁边醉酒,并曾在那粉红柱子上画了一串科林斯葡萄,以表谢意。店主人大为得意,便把旧招牌改了,在那串葡萄下面用金字写了“科林斯葡萄酒店”。这便是科林斯这名称的来历。酒徒们喜欢文字简略,原是很自然的。文字简略,有如步履踉跄。科林斯便渐渐取代了玫瑰花盆。最后那一代主人,人们称为于什鲁大爷的,已经不知道这些掌故,找人把那柱子漆成了蓝色。

①泰奥菲尔(Théophile,1590?626),法国诗人。

②马蒂兰·雷尼埃(MathurinRegnier,1573?613),法国讽刺诗人。

③玫瑰花盆(PotBauxBRoses)和粉红色的柱子(poteau rose)发音相同。

④纳托瓦尔(Natoire,1700?777),法国油画家和木刻家。 

楼下的一间厅里有账台,楼上的一间厅里有球台,一道螺旋式楼梯穿通楼板到楼上,桌上放着酒,墙上全是烟,白天点着蜡烛,这便是那酒店的概貌。楼下的厅里,地上有翻板活门,掀起便是通地窨子的梯子。三楼上是于什鲁一家的住房。二楼的大厅里有一扇暗门,通过楼梯棗与其说是楼梯,不如说是梯子棗上去,房顶下面有两间带小窗洞的顶楼,那是女仆的窝巢。厨房在楼下,和那间有账台的厅房分占着地面层。

于什鲁大爷也许生来便是个化学家,事实上,他是个厨师,人们不仅在他店里喝酒,还在那里吃饭。于什鲁发明了一道人们只能在他店里吃到的名菜,那就是在肚里塞上肉馅的鲤鱼,他称它为灌肉鲤鱼(carpes au gras)。人们坐在钉一块漆布以代台布的桌子前面,在一支脂烛或一盏路易十六时代的油灯的微光里吃着这东西。好些顾客并且是从远道来的。有天早晨,于什鲁忽然灵机一动,要把他这一“拿手好菜”给过路行人介绍一番,他拿起一管毛笔,在一个黑颜料钵里蘸上墨汁,由于他的拼写法和他的烹调法同样有他的独到之处,便在他的墙上信手涂写了这几个引人注目的大字:

CARPES HO GRAS①

有一年冬天,雨水和夹雪骤雨,出于兴之所至,把第一个词词尾的S和第三个词前面的G抹去了,

剩下的只是:

CARPE HO RAS②

①Ho gras是au gras之误,但发音相同。

②念起来象是Carpe au rat(耗子肉烧鲤鱼)。 

为招引食客而写的这一微不足道的广告,在季节和雨水的帮助下竟成了一种有深远意义的劝告。

于是,这位于什鲁大爷,不懂法文竟懂了拉丁文,他从烹饪中悟出了哲理,并且,在要干脆取消封斋节这一想法上赶上了贺拉斯。尤其出奇的是,它还可以解释为:请光临我店。

所有这一切,到今天,都已不存在了。蒙德都迷宫从一八四七年起便已被剖腹,很大程度上被拆毁了,到现在也许已不存在了。麻厂街和科林斯都已消失在朗比托街的铺路石下面。

我们已经说过,科林斯是古费拉克和他的朋友们聚会地点之一,如果不是联系地点的话。发现科林斯的是格朗泰尔。他第一次进去,是为了那Carpe Ho ras,以后进去是为了Carpes augras。他们在那里喝,吃,叫嚷;对账目他们有时少付,有时欠付,有时不付,但始终是受到欢迎的。于什鲁大爷原是个老好人。

于什鲁,老好人,我们刚才说过,是一个生着横胡子的小饭铺老板,一种引人发笑的类型。他的面部表情老是狠巴巴的,好象存心要把顾客吓跑,走进他店门的人都得看他的嘴脸,听他埋怨,忍受他那种随时准备吵架、不情愿开饭侍候的神气。但是,正如我们先头说过,顾客始终是受到欢迎的。这一怪现象使他的酒店生意兴隆,为他引来不少年轻主顾,他们常说:“还是去听于什鲁大爷发牢骚吧。”他原是个耍刀使棍的能手。他常突然放声大笑。笑声雄厚爽朗,足见他心地是光明的。那是一种外表愁苦而内心快活的性格。他最乐意看见你怕他,他有点象一种手枪形状的鼻烟盒,它能引起的爆炸只不过是个喷嚏。

他的老伴于什鲁大妈是个生着胡子模样儿怪丑的妇人。

一八三○年左右,于什鲁大爷死了。做灌肉鲤鱼的秘法也随着他的死去而失传。他的遗孀,得不到一点安慰,继续开着那店铺。但是烹调远不如前,坏到叫人难以下咽。酒,原来就不好,现在更不成了。古费拉克和他的朋友们却照旧去科林斯,“由于怀念故人。”博须埃常这样说。

寡妇于什鲁害着气喘病,她对从前的农村生活念念不忘,因而她语言乏味,发音也很奇特。乡下度过的青春时期她还有不完整的印象,她用她自己特有的方式来谈论这些,她回忆当年时常说“她从前的幸福便是听知根(更)鸟在三(山)楂树林里歌唱”。

楼上的厅房是“餐厅”,是一间长而大的房间,放满圆凳、方凳、靠椅、条凳和桌子,还有个瘸腿老球台。厅的角上有个方洞,正如轮船上的升降口,楼下的人,从一道螺旋式楼梯经过这方洞,到达楼上。

这厅房只靠一扇窄窗子进光,随时都点着一盏煤油灯,形象很是寒伧。凡是该有四只脚的家具好象都只有三只脚。用石灰浆刷过的墙上没有一点装饰,但却有这样一首献给于什鲁大妈的四行诗:

十步以外她惊人,两步以内她骇人。

有个肉瘤住在她那冒失的鼻孔里;

人们见了直哆嗦,怕她把瘤喷给你,

有朝一日那鼻子,总会落在她嘴里。

那是用木炭涂在墙上的。

于什鲁大妈和那形象很相象,从早到晚,若无其事,在那四行诗跟前走来又走去。两个女仆,一个叫马特洛特,一个叫吉布洛特①,人们从来不知道她们是否还有其他名字,帮着于什鲁大妈把盛劣酒的罐子放在每张桌子上,或是把各种喂饿鬼的杂碎汤舀在陶制的碗盏里。马特洛特是个胖子,周身浑圆,红头发,尖声尖气,奇丑,丑得比神话中的任何妖精还丑,是已故于什鲁大爷生前宠幸的苏丹妃子;可是,按习俗仆人总是立在主妇后面的,和于什鲁大妈比起来,她又丑得好一点。吉布洛特,瘦长,娇弱,白,淋巴质的白,蓝眼圈,眼皮老搭拉看,总是那么困倦,可以说她是在害着一种慢性疲乏症,她每天第一个起床,最后一个睡觉,侍候每一个人,连另一个女仆也归她侍候,从不吭声,百依百顺,脸上总挂着一种疲劳的微笑,好象是睡梦中的微笑。

①马特洛特(matelote)的原义是葱、酒烹鱼。吉布洛特(gibelotte)的原义是酒烩兔肉。

在那账台上面还挂着一面镜子。

在进入餐厅的门上有这么两句话,是古费拉克用粉笔写的:

吃吧,只要你能;吞吧,只要你敢。


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1 rue 8DGy6     
n.懊悔,芸香,后悔;v.后悔,悲伤,懊悔
参考例句:
  • You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
  • You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。
2 willow bMFz6     
n.柳树
参考例句:
  • The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
  • The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。
3 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
参考例句:
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
4 barricade NufzI     
n.路障,栅栏,障碍;vt.设路障挡住
参考例句:
  • The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。
  • It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。
5 recur wCqyG     
vi.复发,重现,再发生
参考例句:
  • Economic crises recur periodically.经济危机周期性地发生。
  • Of course,many problems recur at various periods.当然,有许多问题会在不同的时期反复提出。
6 recital kAjzI     
n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会
参考例句:
  • She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
  • I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内,他们完全被我吸引了。
7 epoch riTzw     
n.(新)时代;历元
参考例句:
  • The epoch of revolution creates great figures.革命时代造就伟大的人物。
  • We're at the end of the historical epoch,and at the dawn of another.我们正处在一个历史时代的末期,另一个历史时代的开端。
8 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
9 vertical ZiywU     
adj.垂直的,顶点的,纵向的;n.垂直物,垂直的位置
参考例句:
  • The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
  • Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。
10 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。
11 labyrinth h9Fzr     
n.迷宫;难解的事物;迷路
参考例句:
  • He wandered through the labyrinth of the alleyways.他在迷宫似的小巷中闲逛。
  • The human mind is a labyrinth.人的心灵是一座迷宫。
12 labyrinthine 82ixb     
adj.如迷宫的;复杂的
参考例句:
  • His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink.他的思绪,早滑进到双重思想迷宫般的世界里去。
  • The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine.老城区的街道狭促曲折,好似迷宫一般。
13 fathoms eef76eb8bfaf6d8f8c0ed4de2cf47dcc     
英寻( fathom的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深为四英寻。
  • One bait was down forty fathoms. 有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处。
14 alleys ed7f32602655381e85de6beb51238b46     
胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径
参考例句:
  • I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys. 我紧随他穿过一条条迂迴曲折的窄巷。
  • The children lead me through the maze of alleys to the edge of the city. 孩子们领我穿过迷宫一般的街巷,来到城边。
15 alley Cx2zK     
n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路
参考例句:
  • We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
  • The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
16 decrepit A9lyt     
adj.衰老的,破旧的
参考例句:
  • The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
  • A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。
17 gutter lexxk     
n.沟,街沟,水槽,檐槽,贫民窟
参考例句:
  • There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.阴沟里有个香烟盒。
  • He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.他使她脱离贫苦生活,并成为贵妇。
18 hoops 528662bd801600a928e199785550b059     
n.箍( hoop的名词复数 );(篮球)篮圈;(旧时儿童玩的)大环子;(两端埋在地里的)小铁弓
参考例句:
  • a barrel bound with iron hoops 用铁箍箍紧的桶
  • Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter. 在巴黎,这个季节的裙圈比较宽大,裙裾却短一些。 来自飘(部分)
19 devastated eb3801a3063ef8b9664b1b4d1f6aaada     
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的
参考例句:
  • The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
  • His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
20 entangled e3d30c3c857155b7a602a9ac53ade890     
adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
  • Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
21 beheld beheld     
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟
参考例句:
  • His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
22 elongated 6a3aeff7c3bf903f4176b42850937718     
v.延长,加长( elongate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Modigliani's women have strangely elongated faces. 莫迪里阿尼画中的妇女都长着奇长无比的脸。
  • A piece of rubber can be elongated by streching. 一块橡皮可以拉长。 来自《用法词典》
23 funnel xhgx4     
n.漏斗;烟囱;v.汇集
参考例句:
  • He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车。
  • I like the ship with a yellow funnel.我喜欢那条有黄烟囱的船。
24 cape ITEy6     
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
参考例句:
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
25 tavern wGpyl     
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
参考例句:
  • There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
  • Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。
26 joyous d3sxB     
adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的
参考例句:
  • The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
  • They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。
27 rebus ATAxZ     
n.谜,画谜
参考例句:
  • A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog.谜画中有一只猫(cat)站在一块木头(a log)上,谜底是catalog(目录)。
  • Most people know a sort of puzzle called rebus.大多数人都知道有一种称为画谜的猜谜。
28 worthy vftwB     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
29 gratitude p6wyS     
adj.感激,感谢
参考例句:
  • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
  • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
30 gilt p6UyB     
adj.镀金的;n.金边证券
参考例句:
  • The plates have a gilt edge.这些盘子的边是镀金的。
  • The rest of the money is invested in gilt.其余的钱投资于金边证券。
31 raisin EC8y7     
n.葡萄干
参考例句:
  • They baked us raisin bread.他们给我们烤葡萄干面包。
  • You can also make raisin scones.你也可以做葡萄干烤饼。
32 ellipses 80016ca1ead584db2209b9bdd97c184f     
n.椭园,省略号;椭圆( ellipse的名词复数 );(语法结构上的)省略( ellipsis的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The planets move around the sun in ellipses. 各行星围绕太阳按椭圆形运转。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Summations are almost invariably indicated ellipses instead of the more prevalent sigma notation. 在表示“连加”的式子中,几乎一成不变地使用省略号来代替更为流行的“∑”符号。 来自辞典例句
33 ellipsis LjUzg     
n.省略符号,省略(语法结构上的)
参考例句:
  • In this textbook we will tolerate a certain amount of ellipsis.在这本书中我们允许一些简化。
  • There is an ellipsis of "that" in that sentence.那个句子省略了"that"。
34 proprietor zR2x5     
n.所有人;业主;经营者
参考例句:
  • The proprietor was an old acquaintance of his.业主是他的一位旧相识。
  • The proprietor of the corner grocery was a strange thing in my life.拐角杂货店店主是我生活中的一个怪物。
35 situated JiYzBH     
adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的
参考例句:
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
  • She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
36 lodgings f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e     
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
参考例句:
  • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
  • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
37 attics 10dfeae57923f7ba63754c76388fab81     
n. 阁楼
参考例句:
  • They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics. 他们把暂时不需要的东西放在抽屉里、壁橱中和搁楼上。
  • He rummaged busily in the attics of European literature, bringing to light much of interest. 他在欧洲文学的阁楼里忙着翻箱倒笼,找到了不少有趣的东西。
38 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。
39 orthographer c6ea0b7fbe05c8da212bb081f575d909     
n.正字法学者,拼字学者
参考例句:
40 improvised tqczb9     
a.即席而作的,即兴的
参考例句:
  • He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
  • We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。
41 remarkable 8Vbx6     
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
参考例句:
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
42 obliterate 35QzF     
v.擦去,涂抹,去掉...痕迹,消失,除去
参考例句:
  • Whole villages were obliterated by fire.整座整座的村庄都被大火所吞噬。
  • There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.时间足以抹去他对过去经历的记忆。
43 humble ddjzU     
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低
参考例句:
  • In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
  • Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
44 gastronomical 01b1e15a5507da58a12f61cc4cfe1e16     
adj.美食法的,美食学的
参考例句:
45 evoked 0681b342def6d2a4206d965ff12603b2     
[医]诱发的
参考例句:
  • The music evoked memories of her youth. 这乐曲勾起了她对青年时代的回忆。
  • Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity. 她的脸色虽然悲伤,但仍使人感觉安详。
46 effacing 130fde006b3e4e6a3ccd0369b9d3ad3a     
谦逊的
参考例句:
  • He was a shy, self-effacing man. 他是个腼腆谦逊的人。
  • She was a quiet woman, bigboned, and self-effacing. 她骨架很大,稳稳当当,从来不喜欢抛头露面。 来自辞典例句
47 jovial TabzG     
adj.快乐的,好交际的
参考例句:
  • He seemed jovial,but his eyes avoided ours.他显得很高兴,但他的眼光却避开了我们的眼光。
  • Grandma was plump and jovial.祖母身材圆胖,整天乐呵呵的。
48 amiable hxAzZ     
adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的
参考例句:
  • She was a very kind and amiable old woman.她是个善良和气的老太太。
  • We have a very amiable companionship.我们之间存在一种友好的关系。
49 intimidate 5Rvzt     
vt.恐吓,威胁
参考例句:
  • You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事?
  • The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
50 grumbled ed735a7f7af37489d7db1a9ef3b64f91     
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声
参考例句:
  • He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
  • The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏,水手们边干活边发着牢骚。
51 mien oDOxl     
n.风采;态度
参考例句:
  • He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien.他是个越战老兵,举止总有些惶然。
  • It was impossible to tell from his mien whether he was offended.从他的神态中难以看出他是否生气了。
52 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。
53 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
参考例句:
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
54 exterior LlYyr     
adj.外部的,外在的;表面的
参考例句:
  • The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
  • We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。
55 detonation C9zy0     
n.爆炸;巨响
参考例句:
  • A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.街垒传来一阵骇人的爆炸声。
  • Within a few hundreds of microseconds,detonation is complete.在几百微秒之内,爆炸便完成了。
56 homely Ecdxo     
adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的
参考例句:
  • We had a homely meal of bread and cheese.我们吃了一顿面包加乳酪的家常便餐。
  • Come and have a homely meal with us,will you?来和我们一起吃顿家常便饭,好吗?
57 deteriorated a4fe98b02a18d2ca4fe500863af93815     
恶化,变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化,不久便去世了。
  • His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化,日甚一日。
58 rustic mCQz9     
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
参考例句:
  • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
  • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
59 formerly ni3x9     
adv.从前,以前
参考例句:
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
60 encumbered 2cc6acbd84773f26406796e78a232e40     
v.妨碍,阻碍,拖累( encumber的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The police operation was encumbered by crowds of reporters. 警方的行动被成群的记者所妨碍。
  • The narrow quay was encumbered by hundreds of carts. 狭窄的码头被数百辆手推车堵得水泄不通。 来自辞典例句
61 lame r9gzj     
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的
参考例句:
  • The lame man needs a stick when he walks.那跛脚男子走路时需借助拐棍。
  • I don't believe his story.It'sounds a bit lame.我不信他讲的那一套。他的话听起来有些靠不住。
62 comported a4fa15f7d414de6f25f635b8145b0b31     
v.表现( comport的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He comported himself as if he was already the Presidcnt. 他的举动好象他已经当上了总统似的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He comported himself as if he had already been elected. 他表现出好像他已经当选了似的。 来自辞典例句
63 whitewashed 38aadbb2fa5df4fec513e682140bac04     
粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The wall had been whitewashed. 墙已粉过。
  • The towers are in the shape of bottle gourds and whitewashed. 塔呈圆形,状近葫芦,外敷白色。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
64 ornament u4czn     
v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物
参考例句:
  • The flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
  • She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。
65 astounds 237678cc1193e8f31b1b4feaf5f1cf7c     
v.使震惊,使大吃一惊( astound的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • She is an elderly woman whose brio astounds everyone. 她是个年逾中年的妇女,但她的精力充沛使大家惊异。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The incident astounds both China and foreign countries. 这个事件震惊中外。 来自互联网
66 wart fMkzk     
n.疣,肉赘;瑕疵
参考例句:
  • What does the medicaments with remedial acuteness wet best wart have?治疗尖锐湿疣最好的药物有什么?
  • Flat wart is generally superficial,or sometimes a slight itching.扁平疣一般是不痛不痒的,或偶有轻微痒感。
67 hazardous Iddxz     
adj.(有)危险的,冒险的;碰运气的
参考例句:
  • These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
  • Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。
68 scrawled ace4673c0afd4a6c301d0b51c37c7c86     
乱涂,潦草地写( scrawl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我尽量弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。
  • Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it -- I got more." 汤姆在他的写字板上写了几个字:“请你收下吧,我多得是哩。”
69 charcoal prgzJ     
n.炭,木炭,生物炭
参考例句:
  • We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
  • Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。
70 likeness P1txX     
n.相像,相似(之处)
参考例句:
  • I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
  • She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。
71 tranquillity 93810b1103b798d7e55e2b944bcb2f2b     
n. 平静, 安静
参考例句:
  • The phenomenon was so striking and disturbing that his philosophical tranquillity vanished. 这个令人惶惑不安的现象,扰乱了他的旷达宁静的心境。
  • My value for domestic tranquillity should much exceed theirs. 我应该远比他们重视家庭的平静生活。
72 jugs 10ebefab1f47ca33e582d349c161a29f     
(有柄及小口的)水壶( jug的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Two china jugs held steaming gravy. 两个瓷罐子装着热气腾腾的肉卤。
  • Jugs-Big wall lingo for Jumars or any other type of ascenders. 大岩壁术语,祝玛式上升器或其它种类的上升器。
73 broths fb65e5c3a0e1bd93b86c93728ce7adcd     
n.肉汤( broth的名词复数 );厨师多了烧坏汤;人多手杂反坏事;人多添乱
参考例句:
  • Other ingredients commonly used to thicken soups and broths include rice, flour and grains. 其它用来使羹汤或高汤变浓的配料通常包括米,面粉和谷物。 来自互联网
  • When meat products, especially broths, are cooked, they often have lower oxidation-reduction potentials. 肉制品尤其是当肉汤被蒸煮时,它们经常有较低的氧化还原电势。 来自互联网
74 earthenware Lr5xL     
n.土器,陶器
参考例句:
  • She made sure that the glassware and earthenware were always spotlessly clean.她总是把玻璃器皿和陶器洗刷得干干净净。
  • They displayed some bowls of glazed earthenware.他们展出了一些上釉的陶碗。
75 defunct defunct     
adj.死亡的;已倒闭的
参考例句:
  • The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
  • This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前,不能进行任何改动。
76 mythological BFaxL     
adj.神话的
参考例句:
  • He is remembered for his historical and mythological works. 他以其带有历史感和神话色彩的作品而著称。
  • But even so, the cumulative process had for most Americans a deep, almost mythological significance. 不过即使如此,移民渐增的过程,对于大部分美国人,还是意味深长的,几乎有不可思议的影响。
77 drooping drooping     
adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词
参考例句:
  • The drooping willows are waving gently in the morning breeze. 晨风中垂柳袅袅。
  • The branches of the drooping willows were swaying lightly. 垂柳轻飘飘地摆动。
78 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。
79 chronic BO9zl     
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的,慢性的;极坏的
参考例句:
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
80 fatigue PhVzV     
n.疲劳,劳累
参考例句:
  • The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
  • I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
81 stewed 285d9b8cfd4898474f7be6858f46f526     
adj.焦虑不安的,烂醉的v.炖( stew的过去式和过去分词 );煨;思考;担忧
参考例句:
  • When all birds are shot, the bow will be set aside;when all hares are killed, the hounds will be stewed and eaten -- kick out sb. after his services are no longer needed. 鸟尽弓藏,兔死狗烹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • \"How can we cook in a pan that's stewed your stinking stockings? “染臭袜子的锅,还能煮鸡子吃!还要它?” 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
82 regale mUUxT     
v.取悦,款待
参考例句:
  • He was constantly regaled with tales of woe.别人老是给他讲些倒霉事儿来逗他开心。
  • He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman.他喜欢讲些他当记者时认识的许多名人的故事给朋友们消遣。


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