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Chapter 21
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After a night of dream-lit snows the air turned clear and still. There was a taut1 blue quality in the January light, ahardness and confidence. The sound of boots on packed snow, the contrails streaked2 cleanly in the high sky. Weatherwas very much the point, although I didn't know it at first.

  I turned into our street and walked past men bent3 over shovels4 in their driveways, breathing vapor5. A squirrel movedalong a limb in a flowing motion, a passage so continuous it seemed to be its own physical law, different from theones we've learned to trust. When I was halfway6 down the street I saw Heinrich crouched7 on a small ledge9 outsideour attic10 window. He wore his camouflage11 jacket and cap, an outfit13 with complex meaning for him, at fourteen,struggling to grow and to escape notice simultaneously14, his secrets known to us all. He looked east throughbinoculars.

  I went around back to the kitchen. In the entranceway the washer and dryer16 were vibrating nicely. I could tell fromBabette's voice that the person she was talking to on the phone was her father. An impatience17 mixed with guilt18 andapprehension. I stood behind her, put my cold hands to her cheeks. A little thing I liked to do. She hung up the phone.

  "Why is he on the roof?""Heinrich? Something about the train yards," she said. "It was on the radio.""Shouldn't I get him down?""Why?""He could fall.""Don't tell him that.""Why not?""He thinks you underestimate him.""He's on a ledge," I said. 'There must be something I should be doing."'The more you show concern, the closer he'll go to the edge.""I know that but I still have to get him down.""Coax19 him back in," she said. "Be sensitive and caring. Get him to talk about himself. Don't make suddenmovements."When I got to the attic he was already back inside, standing20 by the open window, still looking through the glasses.

  Abandoned possessions were everywhere, oppressive and soul-worrying, creating a weather of their own among theexposed beams and posts, the fiberglass insulation21 pads.

  "What happened?"'The radio said a tank car derailed. But I don't think it derailed from what I could see. I think it got rammed22 andsomething punched a hole in it. There's a lot of smoke and I don't like the looks of it.""What does it look like?"He handed me the binoculars15 and stepped aside. Without climbing onto the ledge I couldn't see the switching yardand the car or cars in question. But the smoke was plainly visible, a heavy black mass hanging in the air beyond theriver, more or less shapeless.

  "Did you see fire engines?""They're all over the place," he said. "But it looks to me like they're not getting too close. It must be pretty toxic23 orpretty explosive stuff, or both.""It won't come this way.""How do you know?""It just won't. The point is you shouldn't be standing on icy ledges24. It worries Baba.""You think if you tell me it worries her, I'll feel guilty and not do it. But if you tell me it worries you, I'll do it all thetime.""Shut the window," I told him.

  We went down to the kitchen. Steffie was looking through the brightly colored mail for coupons25, lotteries27 andcontests. This was the last day of the holiday break for the grade school and high school. Classes on the Hill wouldresume in a week. I sent Heinrich outside to clear snow from the walk. I watched him stand out there, utterly28 still, hishead turned slightly, a honed awareness29 in his stance. It took me a while to realize he was listening to the sirensbeyond the river.

  An hour later he was back in the attic, this time with a radio and highway map. I climbed the narrow stairs, borrowedthe glasses and looked again. It was still there, a slightly larger accumulation, a towering mass in fact, maybe a littleblacker now.

  "The radio calls it a feathery plume30," he said. "But it's not a plume.""What is it?""Like a shapeless growing thing. A dark black breathing thing of smoke. Why do they call it a plume?""Air time is valuable. They can't go into long tortured descriptions. Have they said what kind of chemical it is?""It's called Nyodene Derivative31 or Nyodene D. It was in a movie we saw in school on toxic wastes. These videotapedrats.""What does it cause?"'The movie wasn't sure what it does to humans. Mainly it was rats growing urgent lumps.""That's what the movie said. What does the radio say?""At first they said skin irritation32 and sweaty palms. But now they say nausea33, vomiting34, shortness of breath.""This is human nausea we're talking about. Not rats.""Not rats," he said.

  I gave him the binoculars.

  "Well it won't come this way.""How do you know?" he said.

  "I just know. It's perfectly35 calm and still today. And when there's a wind at this time of year, it blows that way, notthis way.""What if it blows this way?""It won't.""Just this one time.""It won't. Why should it?"He paused a beat and said in a flat tone, 'They just closed part of the interstate."'They would want to do that, of course.""Why?"'They just would. A sensible precaution. A way to facilitate movement of service vehicles and such. Any number ofreasons that have nothing to do with wind or wind direction."Babette's head appeared at the top of the stairway. She said a neighbor had told her the spill from the tank car wasthirty-five thousand gallons. People were being told to stay out of the area. A feathery plume hung over the site. Shealso said the girls were complaining of sweaty palms.

  'There's been a correction," Heinrich told her. 'Tell them they ought to be throwing up."A helicopter flew over, headed in the direction of the accident. The voice on the radio said: "Available for a limitedtime only with optional megabyte hard disk."Babette's head sank out of sight. I watched Heinrich tape the road map to two posts. Then I went down to the kitchento pay some bills, aware of colored spots whirling atomically somewhere to the right and behind me.

  Steffie said, "Can you see the feathery plume from the attic window?""It's not a plume.""But will we have to leave our homes?""Of course not.""How do you know?""I just know.""Remember how we couldn't go to school?"'That was inside. This is outside."We heard police sirens blowing. I watched Steffie's lips form the sequence: wow wow wow wow. She smiled in acertain way when she saw me watching, as though gently startled out of some absent-minded pleasure.

  Denise walked in, rubbing her hands on her jeans.

  "They're using snow-blowers to blow stuff onto the spill," she said.

  "What kind of stuff?""I don't know but it's supposed to make the spill harmless, which doesn't explain what they're doing about the actualplume.""They're keeping it from getting bigger," I said. "When do we eat?""I don't know but if it gets any bigger it'll get here with or without a wind.""It won't get here," I said.

  "How do you know?""Because it won't."She looked at her palms and went upstairs. The phone rang. Babette walked into the kitchen and picked it up. Shelooked at me as she listened. I wrote two checks, periodically glancing up to see if she was still looking at me. Sheseemed to study my face for the hidden meaning of the message she was receiving. I puckered36 my lips in a way Iknew she disliked.

  'That was the Stovers," she said. "They spoke37 directly with the weather center outside Glassboro. They're not callingit a feathery plume anymore.""What are they calling it?""A black billowing cloud.""That's a little more accurate, which means they're coming to grips with the thing. Good.""There's more," she said. "It's expected that some sort of air mass may be moving down from Canada.""There's always an air mass moving down from Canada."'That's true," she said. 'There's certainly nothing new in that. And since Canada is to the north, if the billowing cloudis blown due south, it will miss us by a comfortable margin38.""When do we eat?" I said.

  We heard sirens again, a different set this time, a larger sound— not police, fire, ambulance. They were air-raidsirens, I realized, and they seemed to be blowing in Sawyersville, a small community to the northeast.

  Steffie washed her hands at the kitchen sink and went upstairs. Babette started taking things out of the refrigerator. Igrabbed her by the inside of the thigh39 as she passed the table. She squirmed deliciously, a package of frozen corn inher hand.

  "Maybe we ought to be more concerned about the billowing cloud," she said. "It's because of the kids we keep sayingnothing's going to happen. We don't want to scare them.""Nothing is going to happen.""I know nothing's going to happen, you know nothing's going to happen. But at some level we ought to think about itanyway, just in case.""These things happen to poor people who live in exposed areas. Society is set up in such a way that it's the poor andthe uneducated who suffer the main impact of natural and man-made disasters. People in low-lying areas get thefloods, people in shanties40 get the hurricanes and tornados41. I'm a college professor. Did you ever see a collegeprofessor rowing a boat down his own street in one of those TV floods? We live in a neat and pleasant town near acollege with a quaint43 name. These things don't happen in places like Blacksmith."She was sitting on my lap by now. The checks, bills, contest forms and coupons were scattered45 across the table.

  "Why do you want dinner so early?" she said in a sexy whisper.

  "I missed lunch.""Shall I do some chili-fried chicken?""First-rate.""Where is Wilder?" she said, thick-voiced, as I ran my hands over her breasts, trying with my teeth to undo46 her braclip through the blouse.

  "I don't know. Maybe Murray stole him.""I ironed your gown," she said.

  "Great, great.""Did you pay the phone bill?""Can't find it."We were both thick-voiced now. Her arms were crossed over my arms in such a way that I could read the servingsuggestions on the box of corn niblets in her left hand.

  "Let's think about the billowing cloud. Just a little bit, okay? It could be dangerous.""Everything in tank cars is dangerous. But the effects are mainly long-range and all we have to do is stay out of theway.""Let's just be sure to keep it in the back of our mind," she said, getting up to smash an ice tray repeatedly on the rimof the sink, dislodging the cubes in groups of two and three.

  I puckered my lips at her. Then I climbed to the attic one more time. Wilder was up there with Heinrich, whose fastglance in my direction contained a certain practiced accusation47.

  "They're not calling it the feathery plume anymore," he said, not meeting my eyes, as if to spare himself the pain ofmy embarrassment48.

  "I already knew that."'They're calling it the black billowing cloud." "Good.""Why is that good?""It means they're looking the thing more or less squarely in the eye. They're on top of the situation."With an air of weary decisiveness, I opened the window, took the binoculars and climbed onto the ledge. I waswearing a heavy sweater and felt comfortable enough in the cold air but made certain to keep my weight tippedagainst the building, with my son's outstretched hand clutching my belt. I sensed his support for my little mission,even his hopeful conviction that I might be able to add the balanced weight of a mature and considered judgment49 tohis pure observations. This is a parent's task, after all.

  I put the glasses to my face and peered through the gathering50 dark. Beneath the cloud of vaporized chemicals, thescene was one of urgency and operatic chaos51. Floodlights swept across the switching yard. Army helicoptershovered at various points, shining additional lights down on the scene. Colored lights from police cruiserscrisscrossed these wider beams. The tank car sat solidly on tracks, fumes52 rising from what appeared to be a hole inone end. The coupling device from a second car had apparently53 pierced the tank car. Fire engines were deployed54 at adistance, ambulances and police vans at a greater distance. I could hear sirens, voices calling through bullhorns, alayer of radio static causing small warps57 in the frosty air. Men raced from one vehicle to another, unpackedequipment, carried empty stretchers. Other men in bright yellow Mylex suits and respirator masks moved slowlythrough the luminous58 haze59, carrying death-measuring instruments. Snow-blowers sprayed a pink substance towardthe tank car and the surrounding landscape. This thick mist arched through the air like some grand confection at aconcert of patriotic60 music. The snow-blowers were the type used on airport runways, the police vans were the type totransport riot casualties. Smoke drifted from red beams of light into darkness and then into the breadth of scenicwhite floods. The men in Mylex suits moved with a lunar caution. Each step was the exercise of some anxiety notprovided for by instinct. Fire and explosion were not the inherent dangers here. This death would penetrate61, seep62 intothe genes63, show itself in bodies not yet born. They moved as if across a swale of moon dust, bulky and wobbling,trapped in the idea of the nature of time.

  I crawled back inside with some difficulty.

  "What do you think?" he said.

  "It's still hanging there. Looks rooted to the spot.""So you're saying you don't think it'll come this way.""I can tell by your voice that you know something I don't know.""Do you think it'll come this way or not?""You want me to say it won't come this way in a million years. Then you'll attack with your little fistful of data.

  Come on, tell me what they said on the radio while I was out there.""It doesn't cause nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, like they said before.""What does it cause?""Heart palpitations and a sense of déjà vu.""Déjà vu?""It affects the false part of the human memory or whatever. That's not all. They're not calling it the black billowingcloud anymore.""What are they calling it?"He looked at me carefully.

  "The airborne toxic event."He spoke these words in a clipped and foreboding manner, syllable64 by syllable, as if he sensed the threat instate-created terminology65. He continued to watch me carefully, searching my face for some reassurance66 against thepossibility of real danger— a reassurance he would immediately reject as phony. A favorite ploy55 of his.

  "These things are not important. The important thing is location. It's there, we're here.""A large air mass is moving down from Canada," he said evenly.

  "I already knew that."'That doesn't mean it's not important.""Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Depends.""The weather's about to change," he practically cried out to me in a voice charged with the plaintive67 throb68 of hisspecial time of life.

  "I'm not just a college professor. I'm the head of a department. I don't see myself fleeing an airborne toxic event.

  That's for people who live in mobile homes out in the scrubby parts of the county, where the fish hatcheries are."We watched Wilder climb backwards69 down the attic steps, which were higher than the steps elsewhere in the house.

  At dinner Denise kept getting up and walking in small stiff rapid strides to the toilet off the hall, a hand clapped to hermouth. We paused in odd moments of chewing or salt-sprinkling to hear her retch incompletely. Heinrich told hershe was showing outdated70 symptoms. She gave him a slit-eyed look. It was a period of looks and glances, teeminginteractions, part of the sensory71 array I ordinarily cherish. Heat, noise, lights, looks, words, gestures, personalities,appliances. A colloquial72 density73 that makes family life the one medium of sense knowledge in which anastonishment of heart is routinely contained.

  I watched the girls communicate in hooded74 looks.

  "Aren't we eating a little early tonight?" Denise said.

  "What do you call early?" her mother said.

  Denise looked at Steffie.

  "Is it because we want to get it out of the way?" she said.

  "Why do we want to get it out of the way?""In case something happens," Steffie said.

  "What could happen?" Babette said.

  The girls looked at each other again, a solemn and lingering exchange that indicated some dark suspicion was beingconfirmed. Air-raid sirens sounded again, this time so close to us that we were negatively affected75, shaken to thepoint of avoiding each other's eyes as a way of denying that something unusual was going on. The sound came fromour own red brick firehouse, sirens that hadn't been tested in a decade or more. They made a noise like someterritorial squawk from out of the Mesozoic. A parrot carnivore with a DC-9 wingspan. What a raucousness76 of bruteaggression filled the house, making it seem as though the walls would fly apart. So close to us, so surely upon us.

  Amazing to think this sonic monster lay hidden nearby for years.

  We went on eating, quietly and neatly77, reducing the size of our bites, asking politely for things to be passed. Webecame meticulous78 and terse79, diminished the scope of our movements, buttered our bread in the manner oftechnicians restoring a fresco80. Still the horrific squawk went on. We continued to avoid eye contact, were careful notto clink utensils81. I believe there passed among us the sheepish hope that only in this way could we avoid beingnoticed. It was as though the sirens heralded82 the presence of some controlling mechanism—a thing we would do wellnot to provoke with our contentiousness83 and spilled food.

  It wasn't until a second noise became audible in the pulse of the powerful sirens that we thought to effect a pause inour little episode of decorous hysteria. Heinrich ran to the front door and opened it. The night's combined soundscame washing in with a freshness and renewed immediacy. For the first time in minutes we looked at each other,knowing the new sound was an amplified84 voice but not sure what it was saying. Heinrich returned, walking in anover-deliberate and stylized manner, with elements of stealth. This seemed to mean he was frozen with significance.

  "They want us to evacuate85," he said, not meeting our eyes.

  Babette said, "Did you get the impression they were only making a suggestion or was it a little more mandatory86, doyou think?""It was a fire captain's car with a loudspeaker and it was going pretty fast."I said, "In other words you didn't have an opportunity to notice the subtle edges of intonation87.""The voice was screaming out.""Due to the sirens," Babette said helpfully.

  "It said something like, 'Evacuate all places of residence. Cloud of deadly chemicals, cloud of deadly chemicals.'"We sat there over sponge cake and canned peaches.

  "I'm sure there's plenty of time," Babette said, "or they would have made a point of telling us to hurry. How fast doair masses move, I wonder."Steffie read a coupon26 for Baby Lux, crying softly. This brought Denise to life. She went upstairs to pack some thingsfor all of us. Heinrich raced two steps at a time to the attic for his binoculars, highway map and radio. Babette went tothe pantry and began gathering tins and jars with familiar life-enhancing labels.

  Steffie helped me clear the table.

  Twenty minutes later we were in the car. The voice on the radio said that people in the west end of town were to headfor the abandoned Boy Scout88 camp, where Red Cross volunteers would dispense89 juice and coffee. People from theeast end were to take the parkway to the fourth service area, where they would proceed to a restaurant called theKung Fu Palace, a multiwing building with pagodas90, lily ponds and live deer.

  We were among the latecomers in the former group and joined the traffic flow into the main route out of town, asordid gantlet of used cars, fast food, discount drugs and quad91 cinemas. As we waited our turn to edge onto thefour-lane road we heard the amplified voice above and behind us calling out to darkened homes in a street ofsycamores and tall hedges.

  "Abandon all domiciles, Now, now. Toxic event, chemical cloud."The voice grew louder, faded, grew loud again as the vehicle moved in and out of local streets. Toxic event, chemicalcloud. When the words became faint, the cadence92 itself was still discernible, a recurring93 sequence in the distance. Itseems that danger assigns to public voices the responsibility of a rhythm, as if in metrical units there is a coherencewe can use to balance whatever senseless and furious event is about to come rushing around our heads.

  We made it onto the road as snow began to fall. We had little to say to each other, our minds not yet adjusted to theactuality of things, the absurd fact of evacuation. Mainly we looked at people in other cars, trying to work out fromtheir faces how frightened we should be. Traffic moved at a crawl but we thought the pace would pick up some milesdown the road where there is a break in the barrier divide that would enable our westbound flow to utilize94 all fourlanes. The two opposite lanes were empty, which meant police had already halted traffic coming this way. Anencouraging sign. What people in an exodus95 fear most immediately is that those in positions of authority will longsince have fled, leaving us in charge of our own chaos.

  The snow came more thickly, the traffic moved in fits and starts. There was a life-style sale at a home furnishing mart.

  Well-lighted men and women stood by the huge window looking out at us and wondering. It made us feel like fools,like tourists doing all the wrong things. Why were they content to shop for furniture while we sat panicky inslowpoke traffic in a snowstorm? They knew something we didn't. In a crisis the true facts are whatever other peoplesay they are. No one's knowledge is less secure than your own.

  Air-raid sirens were still sounding in two or more towns. What could those shoppers know that would make themremain behind while a more or less clear path to safety lay before us all? I started pushing buttons on the radio. On aGlassboro station we learned there was new and important information. People already indoors were being asked tostay indoors. We were left to guess the meaning of this. Were the roads impossibly jammed? Was it snowingNyodene D.?

  I kept punching buttons, hoping to find someone with background information. A woman identified as a consumeraffairs editor began a discussion of the medical problems that could result from personal contact with the airbornetoxic event. Babette and I exchanged a wary96 glance. She immediately began talking to the girls while I turned thevolume down to keep them from learning what they might imagine was in store for them.

  "Convulsions, coma97, miscarriage98," said the well-informed and sprightly99 voice.

  We passed a three-story motel. Every room was lighted, every window filled with people staring out at us. We werea parade of fools, open not only to the effects of chemical fallout but to the scornful judgment of other people. Whyweren't they out here, sitting in heavy coats behind windshield wipers in the silent snow? It seemed imperative100 thatwe get to the Boy Scout camp, scramble101 into the main building, seal the doors, huddle102 on camp beds with our juiceand coffee, wait for the all-clear.

  Cars began to mount the grassy103 incline at the edge of the road, creating a third lane of severely104 tilted105 traffic. Situatedin what had formerly106 been the righthand lane, we didn't have any choice but to watch these cars pass us at a slightlyhigher elevation107 and with a rakish thrust, deviated108 from the horizontal.

  Slowly we approached an overpass109, seeing people on foot up there. They carried boxes and suitcases, objects inblankets, a long line of people leaning into the blowing snow. People cradling pets and small children, an old manwearing a blanket over his pajamas110, two women shouldering a rolled-up rug. There were people on bicycles, childrenbeing pulled on sleds and in wagons111. People with supermarket carts, people clad in every kind of bulky outfit,peering out from deep hoods112. There was a family wrapped completely in plastic, a single large sheet of transparentpolyethylene. They walked beneath their shield in lock step, the man and woman each at one end, three kids between,all of them secondarily wrapped in shimmering113 rainwear. The whole affair had about it a well-rehearsed andself-satisfied look, as though they'd been waiting for months to strut114 their stuff. People kept appearing from behind ahigh rampart and trudging115 across the overpass, shoulders dusted with snow, hundreds of people moving with a kindof fated determination. A new round of sirens started up. The trudging people did not quicken their pace, did not lookdown at us or into the night sky for some sign of the wind-driven cloud. They just kept moving across the bridgethrough patches of snow-raging light. Out in the open, keeping their children near, carrying what they could, theyseemed to be part of some ancient destiny, connected in doom116 and ruin to a whole history of people trekking117 acrosswasted landscapes. There was an epic118 quality about them that made me wonder for the first time at the scope of ourpredicament. The radio said: "It's the rainbow hologram that gives this credit card a marketing119 intrigue120."We moved slowly beneath the overpass, hearing a flurry of automobile121 horns and the imploring122 wail123 of anambulance stuck in traffic. Fifty yards ahead the traffic narrowed to one lane and we soon saw why. One of the carshad skidded125 off the incline and barreled into a vehicle in our lane. Horns quacked126 up and down the line. A helicoptersat just above us, shining a white beam down on the mass of collapsed127 metal. People sat dazed on the grass, beingtended to by a pair of bearded paramedics. Two people were bloody128. There was blood on a smashed window. Bloodsoaked upward through newly fallen snow. Drops of blood speckled a tan handbag. The scene of injured people,medics, smoking steel, all washed in a strong and eerie129 light, took on the eloquence130 of a formal composition. Wepassed silently by, feeling curiously131 reverent132, even uplifted by the sight of the heaped cars and fallen people.

  Heinrich kept watching through the rear window, taking up his binoculars as the scene dwindled133 in the distance. Hedescribed for us in detail the number and placement of bodies, the skid124 marks, the vehicular damage. When thewreck was no longer visible, he talked about everything that had happened since the air-raid siren at dinner. He spokeenthusiastically, with a sense of appreciation135 for the vivid and unexpected. I thought we'd all occupied the samemental state, subdued136, worried, confused. It hadn't occurred to me that one of us might find these events brilliantlystimulating. I looked at him in the rearview mirror. He sat slouched in the camouflage jacket with Velcro closures,steeped happily in disaster. He talked about the snow, the traffic, the trudging people. He speculated on how far wewere from the abandoned camp, what sort of primitive137 accommodations might be available there. I'd never heard himgo on about something with such spirited enjoyment138. He was practically giddy. He must have known we could all die.

  Was this some kind of end-of-the-world elation139? Did he seek distraction140 from his own small miseries141 in some violentand overwhelming event? His voice betrayed a craving142 for terrible things.

  "Is this a mild winter or a harsh winter?" Steffie said.

  "Compared to what?" Denise said.

  "I don't know."I thought I saw Babette slip something into her mouth. I took my eye off the road for a moment, watched hercarefully. She looked straight ahead. I pretended to return my attention to the road but quickly turned once more,catching her off guard as she seemed to swallow whatever it was she'd put in her mouth.

  "What's that?" I said.

  "Drive the car, Jack12.""I saw your throat contract. You swallowed something.""Just a Life Saver. Drive the car please.""You place a Life Saver in your mouth and you swallow it without an interval143 of sucking?""Swallow what? It's still in my mouth."She thrust her face toward me, using her tongue to make a small lump in her cheek. A clear-cut amateurish144 bluff145.

  "But you swallowed something. I saw.""That was just saliva146 that I didn't know what to do with. Drive the car, would you?"I sensed that Denise was getting interested and decided147 not to pursue the matter. This was not the time to bequestioning her mother about medications, side effects and so on. Wilder was asleep, leaning into Babette's arm. Thewindshield wipers made sweaty arcs. From the radio we learned that dogs trained to sniff148 out Nyodene D. were beingsent to the area from a chemical detection center in a remote part of New Mexico.

  Denise said, "Did they ever think about what happens to the dogs when they get close enough to this stuff to smellit?""Nothing happens to the dogs," Babette said.

  "How do you know?""Because it only affects humans and rats.""I don't believe you.""Ask Jack.""Ask Heinrich," I said.

  "It could be true," he said, clearly lying. "They use rats to test for things that humans can catch, so it means we get thesame diseases, rats and humans. Besides, they wouldn't use dogs if they thought it could hurt them.""Why not?""A dog is a mammal.""So's a rat," Denise said.

  "A rat is a vermin," Babette said.

  "Mostly what a rat is," Heinrich said, "is a rodent149.""It's also a vermin.""A cockroach150 is a vermin," Steffie said.

  "A cockroach is an insect. You count the legs is how you know.""It's also a vermin.""Does a cockroach get cancer? No," Denise said. "That must mean a rat is more like a human than it is like acockroach, even if they're both vermins, since a rat and a human can get cancer but a cockroach can't.""In other words," Heinrich said, "she's saying that two things that are mammals have more in common than twothings that are only vermins.""Are you people telling me," Babette said, "that a rat is not only a vermin and a rodent but a mammal too?"Snow turned to sleet151, sleet to rain.

  We reached the point where the concrete barrier gives way to a twenty-yard stretch of landscaped median no higherthan a curbstone. But instead of a state trooper directing traffic into two extra lanes, we saw a Mylex-suited manwaving us away from the opening. Just beyond him was the scrap-metal burial mound152 of a Winnebago and asnowplow. The huge and tortured wreck134 emitted a wisp of rusty154 smoke. Brightly colored plastic utensils werescattered for some distance. There was no sign of victims or fresh blood, leading us to believe that some time hadpassed since the recreational vehicle mounted the plow153, probably in a moment when opportunism seemed an easilydefensible failing, given the situation. It must have been the blinding snow that caused the driver to leap the medianwithout noting an object on the other side.

  "I saw all this before," Steffie said.

  "What do you mean?" I said.

  "This happened once before. Just like this. The man in the yellow suit and gas mask. The big wreck sitting in thesnow. It was totally and exactly like this. We were all here in the car. Rain made little holes in the snow. Everything."It was Heinrich who'd told me that exposure to the chemical waste could cause a person to experience a sense of déjàvu. Steffie wasn't there when he said it, but she could have heard it on the kitchen radio, where she and Denise hadprobably learned about sweaty palms and vomiting before developing these symptoms themselves. I didn't thinkSteffie knew what déjà vu meant, but it was possible Babette had told her. Déjà vu, however, was no longer aworking symptom of Nyodene contamination. It had been preempted155 by coma, convulsions, and miscarriage. IfSteffie had learned about déjà vu on the radio but then missed the subsequent upgrading to more deadly conditions, itcould mean she was in a position to be tricked by her own apparatus156 of suggestibility. She and Denise had beenlagging all evening. They were late with sweaty palms, late with nausea, late again with déjà vu. What did it all mean?

  Did Steffie truly imagine she'd seen the wreck before or did she only imagine she'd imagined it? Is it possible to havea false perception of an illusion? Is there a true déjà vu and a false déjà vu? I wondered whether her palms had beentruly sweaty or whether she'd simply imagined a sense of wetness. And was she so open to suggestion that she woulddevelop every symptom as it was announced?

  I feel sad for people and the queer part we play in our own disasters.

  But what if she hadn't heard the radio, didn't know what déjà vu was? What if she was developing real symptoms bynatural means? Maybe the scientists were right in the first place, with their original announcements, before theyrevised upward. Which was worse, the real condition or the self-created one, and did it matter? I wondered aboutthese and allied157 questions. As I drove I found myself giving and taking an oral examination based on the kind ofquibbling fine-points that had entertained several centuries' worth of medieval idlers. Could a nine-year-old girlsuffer a miscarriage due to the power of suggestion? Would she have to be pregnant first? Could the power ofsuggestion be strong enough to work backward in this manner, from miscarriage to pregnancy158 to menstruation toovulation? Which comes first, menstruation or ovulation? Are we talking about mere159 symptoms or deeplyentrenched conditions? Is a symptom a sign or a thing? What is a thing and how do we know it's not another thing?

  I turned off the radio, not to help me think but to keep me from thinking. Vehicles lurched and skidded. Someonethrew a gum wrapper out a side window and Babette made an indignant speech about inconsiderate people litteringthe highways and countryside.

  "I'll tell you something else that's happened before," Heinrich said. "We're running out of gas."The dial quivered on E.

  "There's always extra," Babette said.

  "How can there be always extra?""That's the way the tank is constructed. So you don't run out.""There can't be always extra. If you keep going, you run out.""You don't keep going forever.""How do you know when to stop?" he said.

  "When you pass a gas station," I told him, and there it was, a deserted160 and rain-swept plaza161 with proud pumpsstanding beneath an array of multicolored banners. I drove in, jumped out of the car, ran around to the pumps withmy head tucked under the raised collar of my coat. They were not locked, which meant the attendants had fledsuddenly, leaving things intriguingly162 as they were, like the tools and pottery163 of some pueblo164 civilization, bread in theoven, table set for three, a mystery to haunt the generations. I seized the hose on the unleaded pump. The bannerssmacked in the wind.

  A few minutes later, back on the road, we saw a remarkable165 and startling sight. It appeared in the sky ahead of us andto the left, prompting us to lower ourselves in our seats, bend our heads for a clearer view, exclaim to each other inhalf finished phrases. It was the black billowing cloud, the airborne toxic event, lighted by the clear beams of sevenarmy helicopters. They were tracking its wíndborne movement, keeping it in view. In every car, heads shifted,drivers blew their horns to alert others, faces appeared in side windows, expressions set in tones of outlandishwonderment.

  The enormous dark mass moved like some death ship in a Norse legend, escorted across the night by armoredcreatures with spiral wings. We weren't sure how to react. It was a terrible thing to see, so close, so low, packed withchlorides, benzines, phenols, hydrocarbons166, or whatever the precise toxic content. But it was also spectacular, part ofthe grandness of a sweeping167 event, like the vivid scene in the switching yard or the people trudging across the snowyoverpass with children, food, belongings168, a tragic169 army of the dispossessed. Our fear was accompanied by a sense ofawe that bordered on the religious. It is surely possible to be awed170 by the thing that threatens your life, to see it as acosmic force, so much larger than yourself, more powerful, created by elemental and willful rhythms. This was adeath made in the laboratory, defined and measurable, but we thought of it at the time in a simple and primitive way,as some seasonal171 perversity172 of the earth like a flood or tornado42, something not subject to control. Our helplessnessdid not seem compatible with the idea of a man-made event.

  In the back seat the kids fought for possession of the binoculars.

  The whole thing was amazing. They seemed to be spotlighting173 the cloud for us as if it were part of a sound-and-lightshow, a bit of mood-setting mist drifting across a high battlement where a king had been slain174. But this was nothistory we were witnessing. It was some secret festering thing, some dreamed emotion that accompanies the dreamerout of sleep. Flares175 came swooning from the helicopters, creamy bursts of red and white light. Drivers sounded theirhorns and children crowded all the windows, faces tilted, pink hands pressed against the glass.

  The road curved away from the toxic cloud and traffic moved more freely for a while. At an intersection176 near the BoyScout camp, two schoolbuses entered the mainstream177 traffic, both carrying the insane of Blacksmith. We recognizedthe drivers, spotted178 familiar faces in the windows, people we customarily saw sitting on lawn chairs behind theasylum's sparse179 hedges or walking in ever narrowing circles, with ever increasing speed, like spinning masses in agyration device. We felt an odd affection for them and a sense of relief that they were being looked after in a diligentand professional manner. It seemed to mean the structure was intact.

  We passed a sign for the most photographed barn in America.

  It took an hour to funnel180 traffic into the single-lane approach to the camp. Mylex-suited men waved flashlights andset out Day-Glo pylons181, directing us toward the parking lot and onto athletic182 fields and other open areas. People cameout of the woods, some wearing headlamps, some carrying shopping bags, children, pets. We bumped along dirtpaths, over ruts and mounds183. Near the main buildings we saw a group of men and women carrying clipboards andwalkie-talkies, non-Mylex-suited officials, experts in the new science of evacuation. Steffie joined Wilder in fitfulsleep. The rain let up. People turned off their headlights, sat uncertainly in their cars. The long strange journey wasover. We waited for a sense of satisfaction to reach us, some mood in the air of quiet accomplishment184, thewell-earned fatigue185 that promises a still and deep-lying sleep. But people sat in their dark cars staring out at eachother through closed windows. Heinrich ate a candy bar. We listened to the sound of his teeth getting stuck in thecaramel and glucose186 mass. Finally a family of five got out of a Datsun Maxima. They wore life jackets and carriedflares.

  Small crowds collected around certain men. Here were the sources of information and rumor187. One person worked ina chemical plant, another had overheard a remark, a third was related to a clerk in a state agency. True, false andother kinds of news radiated through the dormitory from these dense188 clusters.

  It was said that we would be allowed to go home first thing in the morning; that the government was engaged in acover-up; that a helicopter had entered the toxic cloud and never reappeared; that the dogs had arrived from NewMexico, parachuting into a meadow in a daring night drop; that the town of Farmington would be uninhabitable forforty years.

  Remarks existed in a state of permanent flotation. No one thing was either more or less plausible189 than any other thing.

  As people jolted190 out of reality, we were released from the need to distinguish.

  Some families chose to sleep in their cars, others were forced to do so because there was no room for them in theseven or eight buildings on the grounds. We were in a large barracks, one of three such buildings at the camp, andwith the generator191 now working we were fairly comfortable. The Red Cross had provided cots, portable heaters,sandwiches and coffee. There were kerosene192 lamps to supplement the existing overhead lights. Many people hadradios, extra food to share with others, blankets, beach chairs, extra clothing. The place was crowded, still quite cold,but the sight of nurses and volunteer workers made us feel the children were safe, and the presence of other strandedsouls, young women with infants, old and infirm people, gave us a certain staunchness and will, a selfless bent thatwas pronounced enough to function as a common identity. This large gray area, dank and bare and lost to history justa couple of hours ago, was an oddly agreeable place right now, filled with an eagerness of community and voice.

  Seekers of news moved from one cluster of people to another, tending to linger at the larger groups. In this way Imoved slowly through the barracks. There were nine evacuation centers, I learned, including this one and the KungFu Palace. Iron City had not been emptied out; nor had most of the other towns in the area. It was said that thegovernor was on his way from the capitol in an executive helicopter. It would probably set down in a bean fieldoutside a deserted town, allowing the governor to emerge, square-jawed and confident, in a bush jacket, withincamera range, for ten or fifteen seconds, as a demonstration193 of his imperishability.

  What a surprise it was to ease my way between people at the outer edges of one of the largest clusters and discoverthat my own son was at the center of things, speaking in his new-found voice, his tone of enthusiasm for runawaycalamity. He was talking about the airborne toxic event in a technical way, although his voice all but sang withprophetic disclosure. He pronounced the name itself, Nyodene Derivative, with an unseemly relish194, taking morbiddelight in the very sound. People listened attentively196 to this adolescent boy in a field jacket and cap, with binocularsstrapped around his neck and an Instamatic fastened to his belt. No doubt his listeners were influenced by his age. Hewould be truthful197 and earnest, serving no special interest; he would have an awareness of the environment; hisknowledge of chemistry would be fresh and up-to-date.

  I heard him say, "The stuff they sprayed on the big spill at the train yard was probably soda198 ash. But it was a case oftoo little too late. My guess is they'll get some crop dusters up in the air at daybreak and bombard the toxic cloud withlots more soda ash, which could break it up and scatter44 it into a million harmless puffs199. Soda ash is the common namefor sodium200 carbonate, which is used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics201, detergents202 and soaps. It's also what theyuse to make bicarbonate of soda, something a lot of you have probably guzzled203 after a night on the town." Peoplemoved in closer, impressed by the boy's knowledgeability204 and wit. It was remarkable to hear him speak so easily toa crowd of strangers. Was he finding himself, learning how to determine his worth from the reactions of others? Wasit possible that out of the turmoil205 and surge of this dreadful event he would learn to make his way in the world?

  "What you're probably all wondering is what exactly is this Nyodene D. we keep hearing about? A good question.

  We studied it in school, we saw movies of rats having convulsions and so on. So, okay, it's basically simple.

  Nyodene D. is a whole bunch of things thrown together that are byproducts of the manufacture of insecticide. Theoriginal stuff kills roaches, the byproducts kill everything left over. A little joke our teacher made."He snapped his fingers, let his left leg swing a bit.

  "In powder form it's colorless, odorless and very dangerous, except no one seems to know exactly what it causes inhumans or in the offspring of humans. They tested for years and either they don't know for sure or they know andaren't saying. Some things are too awful to publicize."He archied his brows and began to twitch207 comically, his tongue lolling in a corner of his mouth. I was astonished tohear people laugh.

  "Once it seeps208 into the soil, it has a life span of forty years. This is longer than a lot of people. After five years you'llnotice various kinds of fungi209 appearing between your regular windows and storm windows as well as in your clothesand food. After ten years your screens will turn rusty and begin to pit and rot. Siding will warp56. There will be glassbreakage and trauma210 to pets. After twenty years you'll probably have to seal yourself in the attic and just wait and see.

  I guess there's a lesson in all this. Get to know your chemicals."I didn't want him to see me there. It would make him self-conscious, remind him of his former life as a gloomy andfugitive boy. Let him bloom, if that's what he was doing, in the name of mischance, dread206 and random211 disaster. So Islipped away, passing a man who wore snow boots wrapped in plastic, and headed for the far end of the barracks,where we'd, earlier made camp.

  We were next to a black family of Jehovah's Witnesses. A man and woman with a boy about twelve. Father and sonwere handing but tracts212 to people nearby and seemed to have no trouble finding willing recipients213 and listeners.

  The woman said to Babette, "Isn't this something?""Nothing surprises me anymore," Babette said.

  "Isn't that the truth.""What would surprise me would be if there were no surprises.""That sounds about right.""Or if there were little bitty surprises. That would be a surprise. Instead of things like this.""God Jehovah's got a bigger surprise in store than this," the woman said.

  "God Jehovah?""That's the one."Steffie and Wilder were asleep in one of the cots. Denise sat at the other end engrossed214 in the Physicians' DeskReference. Several air mattresses215 were stacked against the wall. There was a long line at the emergency telephone,people calling relatives or trying to reach the switchboard at one or another radio call-in show. The radios here weretuned mainly to just such shows. Babette sat in a camp chair, going through a canvas bag full of snack thins and otherprovisions. I noticed jars and cartons that had been sitting in the refrigerator or cabinet for months.

  "I thought this would be a good time to cut down on fatty things," she said.

  "Why now especially?""This is a time for discipline, mental toughness. We're practically at the edge.""I think it's interesting that you regard a possible disaster for yourself, your family and thousands of other people asan opportunity to cut down on fatty foods.""You take discipline where you can find it," she said. "If I don't eat my yogurt now, I may as well stop buying thestuff forever. Except I think I'll skip the wheat germ."The brand name was foreign-looking. I picked up the jar of wheat germ and examined the label closely.

  "It's German," I told her. "Eat it."There were people in pajamas and slippers216. A man with a rifle slung217 over his shoulder. Kids crawling into sleepingbags. Babette gestured, wanting me to lean closer.

  "Let's keep the radio turned off," she whispered. "So the girls can't hear. They haven't gotten beyond déjà vu. I wantto keep it that way.""What if the symptoms are real?""How could they be real?""Why couldn't they be real?""They get them only when they're broadcast," she whispered.

  "Did Steffie hear about déjà vu on the radio?""She must have.""How do you know? Were you with her when it was broadcast?""I'm not sure.""Think hard.""I can't remember.""Do you remember telling her what déjà vu means?"She spooned some yogurt out of the carton, seemed to pause, deep in thought.

  "This happened before," she said finally.

  "What happened before?""Eating yogurt, sitting here, talking about déjà vu.""I don't want to hear this."'The yogurt was on my spoon. I saw it in a flash. The whole experience. Natural, whole-milk, low-fat."The yogurt was still on the spoon. I watched her put the spoon to her mouth, thoughtfully, trying to measure theaction against the illusion of a matching original. From my squatting218 position I motioned her to lean closer.

  "Heinrich seems to be coming out of his shell," I whispered.

  "Where is he? I haven't seen him.""See that knot of people? He's right in the middle. He's telling them what he knows about the toxic event.""What does he know?""Quite a lot, it turns out." "Why didn't he tell us?" she whispered. "He's probably tired of us. He doesn't think it'sworth his while to be funny and charming in front of his family. That's the way sons are. We represent the wrongkind of challenge." "Funny and charming?""I guess he had it in him all the while. It was a question of finding the right time to exercise his gifts." She movedcloser, our heads almost touching219. "Don't you think you ought to go over there?" she said. "Let him see you in thecrowd. Show him that his father is present at his big moment.""He'll only get upset if he sees me in the crowd." "Why?""I'm his father.""So if you go over there, you'll ruin things by embarrassing him and cramping220 his style because of the father-sonthing. And if you don't go over, he'll never know you saw him in his big moment and he'll think he has to behave inyour presence the way he's always behaved, sort of peevishly221 and defensive222, instead of in this new, delightful223 andexpansive manner." "It's a double bind224." "What if I went over?" she whispered. "He'll think I sent you." "Would thatbe so awful?""He thinks I use you to get him to do what I want." "There may be some truth in that, Jack. But then what arestepparents for if they can't be used in little skirmishes between blood relatives?"I moved still closer, lowered my voice even more. "Just a Life Saver," I said. "What?""Just some saliva that you didn't know what to do with." "It was a Life Saver," she whispered, making an 0 with herthumb and index finger.

  "Give me one.""It was the last one.""What flavor— quick.""Cherry."I puckered my lips and made little sucking sounds. The black man with the tracts came over and squatted225 next to me.

  We engaged in an earnest and prolonged handshake. He studied me openly, giving the impression that he hadtraveled this rugged226 distance, uprooting227 his family, not to escape the chemical event but to find the one person whowould understand what he had to say.

  "It's happening everywhere, isn't it?""More or less," I said.

  "And what's the government doing about it?""Nothing.""You said it, I didn't. There's only one word in the language to describe what's being done and you found it exactly.

  I'm not surprised at all. But when you think about it, what can they do? Because what is coming is definitely coming.

  No government in the world is big enough to stop it. Does a man like yourself know the size of India's standingarmy?""One million.""I didn't say it, you did. One million soldiers and they can't stop it. Do you know who's got the biggest standing armyin the world?""It's either China or Russia, although the Vietnamese ought to be mentioned."'Tell me this," he said. "Can the Vietnamese stop it?""No.""It's here, isn't it? People feel it. We know in our bones. God's kingdom is coming."He was a rangy man with sparse hair and a gap between his two front teeth. He squatted easily, seemed loose-jointedand comfortable. I realized he was wearing a suit and tie with running shoes.

  "Are these great days?" he said.

  I studied his face, trying to find a clue to the right answer. "Do you feel it coming? Is it on the way? Do you want it tocome?

  He bounced on his toes as he spoke.

  "Wars, famines, earthquakes, volcanic228 eruptions229. It's all beginning to jell. In your own words, is there anything thatcan stop it from coming once it picks up momentum230?""No.""You said it, I didn't. Floods, tornados, epidemics231 of strange new diseases. Is it a sign? Is it the truth? Are youready?""Do people really feel it in their bones?" I said.

  "Good news travels fast.""Do people talk about it? On your door-to-door visits, do you get the impression they want it?""It's not do they want it. It's where do I go to sign up. It's get me out of here right now. People ask, 'Is there seasonalchange in God's kingdom?' They ask, 'Are there bridge tolls232 and returnable bottles?' In other words I'm saying they'regetting right down to it.""You feel it's a ground swell233.""A sudden gathering. Exactly put. I took one look and I knew. This is a man who understands.""Earthquakes are not up, statistically234."He gave me a condescending235 smile. I felt it was richly deserved, although I wasn't sure why. Maybe it was prissy tobe quoting statistics in the face of powerful beliefs, fears, desires.

  "How do you plan to spend your resurrection?" he said, as though asking about a long weekend coming up.

  "We all get one?""You're either among the wicked or among the saved. The wicked get to rot as they walk down the street. They get tofeel their own eyes slide out of their sockets236. You'll know them by their stickiness and lost parts. People trackingslime of their own making. All the flashiness of Armageddon is in the rotting. The saved know each other by theirneatness and reserve. He doesn't have showy ways is how you know a saved person."He was a serious man, he was matter-of-fact and practical, down to his running shoes. I wondered about his eerieself-assurance, his freedom from doubt. Is this the point of Armageddon? No ambiguity237, no more doubt. He wasready to run into the next world. He was forcing the next world to seep into my consciousness, stupendous eventsthat seemed matter-of-fact to him, self-evident, reasonable, imminent238, true. I did not feel Armageddon in my bonesbut I worried about all those people who did, who were ready for it, wishing hard, making phone calls and bankwithdrawals. If enough people want it to happen, will it happen? How many people are enough people? Why are wetalking to each other from this aboriginal239 crouch8?

  He handed me a pamphlet called "Twenty Common Mistakes About the End of the World." I struggled out of thesquatting posture240, feeling dizziness and back-pain. At the front of the hall a woman was saying something aboutexposure to toxic agents. Her small voice was almost lost in the shuffling241 roar of the barracks, the kind of low-levelrumble that humans routinely make in large enclosed places. Denise had put down her reference work and wasgiving me a hard-eyed look. It was the look she usually saved for her father and his latest loss of foothold.

  "What's wrong?" I said to her.

  "Didn't you hear what the voice said?""Exposure.""That's right," she said sharply.

  "What's that got to do with us?""Not us," she said. "You.""Why me?""Aren't you the one who got out of the car to fill the gas tank?""Where was the airborne event when I did that?""Just ahead of us. Don't you remember? You got back in the car and we went a little ways and then there it was in allthose lights.""You're saying when I got out of the car, the cloud may have been close enough to rain all over me.""It's not your fault," she said impatiently, "but you were practically right in it for about two and a half minutes."I made my way up front. Two lines were forming. A to M and N to Z. At the end of each line was a folding table witha microcomputer242 on it. Technicians milled about, men and women with lapel badges and color-coded armbands. Istood behind the life-jacket-wearing family. They looked bright, happy and well-drilled. The thick orange vests didnot seem especially out of place even though we were on more or less dry land, well above sea level, many milesfrom the nearest ominous243 body of water. Stark244 upheavals245 bring out every sort of quaint aberration246 by the verysuddenness of their coming. Dashes of color and idiosyncrasy marked the scene from beginning to end.

  The lines were not long. When I reached the A-to-M desk, the man seated there typed out data on his keyboard. Myname, age, medical history, so on. He was a gaunt young man who seemed suspicious of conversation that strayedoutside certain unspecified guidelines. Over the left sleeve on his khaki jacket he wore a green armband bearing theword SIMUVAC.

  I related the circumstances of my presumed exposure.

  "How long were you out there?"'Two and a half minutes," I said. "Is that considered long or short?""Anything that puts you in contact with actual emissions247 means we have a situation.""Why didn't the drifting cloud disperse248 in all that wind and rain?""This is not your everyday cirrus. This is a high-definition event. It is packed with dense concentrations of byproduct.

  You could almost toss a hook in there and tow it out to sea, which I'm exaggerating to make a point.""What about people in the car? I had to open the door to get out and get back in.""There are known degrees of exposure. I'd say their situation is they're minimal249 risks. It's the two and a half minutesstanding right in it that makes me wince250. Actual skin and orifice contact. This is Nyodene D. A whole newgeneration of toxic waste. What we call state of the art. One part per million million can send a rat into a permanentstate."He regarded me with the grimly superior air of a combat veteran. Obviously he didn't think much of people whosecomplacent and overprotected lives did not allow for encounters with brain-dead rats. I wanted this man on my side.

  He had access to data. I was prepared to be servile and fawning251 if it would keep him from dropping casuallyshattering remarks about my degree of exposure and chances for survival.

  "That's quite an armband you've got there. What does SIMUVAC mean? Sounds important.""Short for simulated evacuation. A new state program they're still battling over funds for.""But this evacuation isn't simulated. It's real.""We know that. But we thought we could use it as a model.""A form of practice? Are you saying you saw a chance to use the real event in order to rehearse the simulation?""We took it right into the streets.""How is it going?" I said.

  'The insertion curve isn't as smooth as we would like. There's a probability excess. Plus which we don't have ourvictims laid out where we'd want them if this was an actual simulation. In other words we're forced to take ourvictims as we find them. We didn't get a jump on computer traffic. Suddenly it just spilled out, three-dimensionally,all over the landscape. You have to make allowances for the fact that everything we see tonight is real. There's a lotof polishing we still have to do. But that's what this exercise is all about.""What about the computers? Is that real data you're running through the system or is it just practice stuff?""You watch," he said.

  He spent a fair amount of time tapping on the keys and then studying coded responses on the data screen—aconsiderably longer time, it seemed to me, than he'd devoted252 to the people who'd preceded me in line. In fact I beganto feel that others were watching me. I stood with my arms folded, trying to create a picture of an impassive man,someone in line at a hardware store waiting for the girl at the register to ring up his heavy-duty rope. It seemed theonly way to neutralize253 events, to counteract254 the passage of computerized dots that registered my life and death. Lookat no one, reveal nothing, remain still. The genius of the primitive mind is that it can render human helplessness innoble and beautiful ways.

  "You're generating big numbers," he said, peering at the screen.

  "I was out there only two and a half minutes. That's how many seconds?""It's not just you were out there so many seconds. It's your whole data profile. I tapped into your history. I'm gettingbracketed numbers with pulsing stars.""What does that mean?""You'd rather not know."He made a silencing gesture as if something of particular morbid195 interest was appearing on the screen. I wonderedwhat he meant when he said he'd tapped into my history. Where was it located exactly? Some state or federal agency,some insurance company or credit firm or medical clearinghouse? What history was he referring to? I'd told himsome basic things. Height, weight, childhood diseases. What else did he know? Did he know about my wives, myinvolvement with Hitler, my dreams and fears?

  He had a skinny neck and jug-handle ears to go with his starved skull—the innocent prewar look of a rural murderer.

  "Am I going to die?""Not as such," he said.

  "What do you mean?""Not in so many words.""How many words does it take?""It's not a question of words. I


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1 taut iUazb     
adj.拉紧的,绷紧的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • The bowstring is stretched taut.弓弦绷得很紧。
  • Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了,因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。
2 streaked d67e6c987d5339547c7938f1950b8295     
adj.有条斑纹的,不安的v.快速移动( streak的过去式和过去分词 );使布满条纹
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  • The children streaked off as fast as they could. 孩子们拔脚飞跑 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • His face was pale and streaked with dirt. 他脸色苍白,脸上有一道道的污痕。 来自辞典例句
3 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
4 shovels ff43a4c7395f1d0c2d5931bbb7a97da6     
n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份
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  • workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人
  • In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天,我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。 来自辞典例句
5 vapor DHJy2     
n.蒸汽,雾气
参考例句:
  • The cold wind condenses vapor into rain.冷风使水蒸气凝结成雨。
  • This new machine sometimes transpires a lot of hot vapor.这部机器有时排出大量的热气。
6 halfway Xrvzdq     
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
参考例句:
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
7 crouched 62634c7e8c15b8a61068e36aaed563ab     
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He crouched down beside her. 他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
  • The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身,准备猛扑。
8 crouch Oz4xX     
v.蹲伏,蜷缩,低头弯腰;n.蹲伏
参考例句:
  • I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
  • He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。
9 ledge o1Mxk     
n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁
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  • They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
  • Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上,摔倒了。
10 attic Hv4zZ     
n.顶楼,屋顶室
参考例句:
  • Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
  • What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理?
11 camouflage NsnzR     
n./v.掩饰,伪装
参考例句:
  • The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage.北极熊身上的白色的浓密软毛是一种天然的伪装。
  • The animal's markings provide effective camouflage.这种动物身上的斑纹是很有效的伪装。
12 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
13 outfit YJTxC     
n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装
参考例句:
  • Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
  • His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
14 simultaneously 4iBz1o     
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地
参考例句:
  • The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
  • The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
15 binoculars IybzWh     
n.双筒望远镜
参考例句:
  • He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
  • If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜,我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。
16 dryer PrYxf     
n.干衣机,干燥剂
参考例句:
  • He bought a dryer yesterday.他昨天买了一台干燥机。
  • There is a washer and a dryer in the basement.地下室里有洗衣机和烘干机。
17 impatience OaOxC     
n.不耐烦,急躁
参考例句:
  • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
  • He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。
18 guilt 9e6xr     
n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责
参考例句:
  • She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
  • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
19 coax Fqmz5     
v.哄诱,劝诱,用诱哄得到,诱取
参考例句:
  • I had to coax the information out of him.我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
  • He tried to coax the secret from me.他试图哄骗我说出秘方。
20 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。
21 insulation Q5Jxt     
n.隔离;绝缘;隔热
参考例句:
  • Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
  • It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。
22 rammed 99b2b7e6fc02f63b92d2b50ea750a532     
v.夯实(土等)( ram的过去式和过去分词 );猛撞;猛压;反复灌输
参考例句:
  • Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来,出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。
  • I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
23 toxic inSwc     
adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的
参考例句:
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
24 ledges 6a417e3908e60ac7fcb331ba2faa21b1     
n.(墙壁,悬崖等)突出的狭长部分( ledge的名词复数 );(平窄的)壁架;横档;(尤指)窗台
参考例句:
  • seabirds nesting on rocky ledges 海鸟在岩架上筑巢
  • A rusty ironrod projected mournfully from one of the window ledges. 一个窗架上突出一根生锈的铁棒,真是满目凄凉。 来自辞典例句
25 coupons 28882724d375042a7b19db1e976cb622     
n.礼券( coupon的名词复数 );优惠券;订货单;参赛表
参考例句:
  • The company gives away free coupons for drinks or other items. 公司为饮料或其它项目发放免费赠券。 来自辞典例句
  • Do you have any coupons? 你们有优惠卡吗? 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
26 coupon nogz3     
n.息票,配给票,附单
参考例句:
  • The coupon can be used once only.此优惠券只限使用一次。
  • I have a coupon for ten pence off a packet of soap.我有一张优惠券买一盒肥皂可以便宜十便士。
27 lotteries a7a529c8b5d8419ef8053e4d99771f98     
n.抽彩给奖法( lottery的名词复数 );碰运气的事;彩票;彩券
参考例句:
  • Next to bullfights and soccer, lotteries are Spain's biggest sport. 除了斗牛和足球以外,彩票是西班牙最热门的玩意儿。 来自辞典例句
  • Next to bullfight and soccer, lotteries are Spain's biggest sport. 发行彩票在西班牙是仅次于斗牛和足球的最大娱乐活动。 来自辞典例句
28 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。
29 awareness 4yWzdW     
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
参考例句:
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
30 plume H2SzM     
n.羽毛;v.整理羽毛,骚首弄姿,用羽毛装饰
参考例句:
  • Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
  • He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。
31 derivative iwXxI     
n.派(衍)生物;adj.非独创性的,模仿他人的
参考例句:
  • His paintings are really quite derivative.他的画实在没有创意。
  • Derivative works are far more complicated.派生作品更加复杂。
32 irritation la9zf     
n.激怒,恼怒,生气
参考例句:
  • He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
  • Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说,但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。
33 nausea C5Dzz     
n.作呕,恶心;极端的憎恶(或厌恶)
参考例句:
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
  • He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
34 vomiting 7ed7266d85c55ba00ffa41473cf6744f     
参考例句:
  • Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
  • Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候,看不得人家呕。”
35 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
36 puckered 919dc557997e8559eff50805cb11f46e     
v.(使某物)起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His face puckered , and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱,像要哭了。
  • His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. 他皱着脸,眼泪夺眶而出。 来自《简明英汉词典》
37 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。
38 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
参考例句:
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
39 thigh RItzO     
n.大腿;股骨
参考例句:
  • He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了,疼得很。
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
40 shanties b3e9e112c51a1a2755ba9a26012f2713     
n.简陋的小木屋( shanty的名词复数 );铁皮棚屋;船工号子;船歌
参考例句:
  • A few shanties sprawl in the weeds. 杂草丛中零零落落地歪着几所棚屋。 来自辞典例句
  • The workers live in shanties outside the factory. 工人们住在工厂外面的小棚屋内。 来自互联网
41 tornados 64f19dd0af7a26fe4bcdede94053f93c     
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
  • They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
42 tornado inowl     
n.飓风,龙卷风
参考例句:
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
43 quaint 7tqy2     
adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
参考例句:
  • There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷。
  • They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
44 scatter uDwzt     
vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散
参考例句:
  • You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
  • Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。
45 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。
46 undo Ok5wj     
vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销
参考例句:
  • His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
  • I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。
47 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。
48 embarrassment fj9z8     
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
参考例句:
  • She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
  • Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
49 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
50 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
51 chaos 7bZyz     
n.混乱,无秩序
参考例句:
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
52 fumes lsYz3Q     
n.(强烈而刺激的)气味,气体
参考例句:
  • The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
  • Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。
53 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
54 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用
参考例句:
  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  • The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
55 ploy FuQyE     
n.花招,手段
参考例句:
  • I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.我认为这只是政府欺骗公众的手段。
  • Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder,not a cynical marketing ploy.圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻,而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。
56 warp KgBwx     
vt.弄歪,使翘曲,使不正常,歪曲,使有偏见
参考例句:
  • The damp wood began to warp.这块潮湿的木材有些翘曲了。
  • A steel girder may warp in a fire.钢梁遇火会变弯。
57 warps 0971e679caf9e581c1c1f5312249a54c     
n.弯曲( warp的名词复数 );歪斜;经线;经纱v.弄弯,变歪( warp的第三人称单数 );使(行为等)不合情理,使乖戾,
参考例句:
  • This wood warps easily in damp conditions. 这种木料受潮容易变形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Matt Lauer: Renewable biofuels. Park Ranger Rick Marshall Close. Time warps. 马特·劳尔:“可再生生物燃料。”瑞克:“不说了,时间都扭曲了。” 来自互联网
58 luminous 98ez5     
adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的
参考例句:
  • There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house.我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
  • Most clocks and watches in this shop are in luminous paint.这家商店出售的大多数钟表都涂了发光漆。
59 haze O5wyb     
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊
参考例句:
  • I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中,我看不见她。
  • He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。
60 patriotic T3Izu     
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
参考例句:
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
61 penetrate juSyv     
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解
参考例句:
  • Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
  • The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
62 seep rDSzK     
v.渗出,渗漏;n.渗漏,小泉,水(油)坑
参考例句:
  • My anger began to seep away.我的怒火开始消下去了。
  • If meteoric water does not evaporate or run overland,it may seep directly into the ground.如果雨水不从陆地蒸发和流走的话,就可能直接渗入地下。
63 genes 01914f8eac35d7e14afa065217edd8c0     
n.基因( gene的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因,所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪
64 syllable QHezJ     
n.音节;vt.分音节
参考例句:
  • You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
  • The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。
65 terminology spmwD     
n.术语;专有名词
参考例句:
  • He particularly criticized the terminology in the document.他特别批评了文件中使用的术语。
  • The article uses rather specialized musical terminology.这篇文章用了相当专业的音乐术语。
66 reassurance LTJxV     
n.使放心,使消除疑虑
参考例句:
  • He drew reassurance from the enthusiastic applause.热烈的掌声使他获得了信心。
  • Reassurance is especially critical when it comes to military activities.消除疑虑在军事活动方面尤为关键。
67 plaintive z2Xz1     
adj.可怜的,伤心的
参考例句:
  • Her voice was small and plaintive.她的声音微弱而哀伤。
  • Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里,一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
68 throb aIrzV     
v.震颤,颤动;(急速强烈地)跳动,搏动
参考例句:
  • She felt her heart give a great throb.她感到自己的心怦地跳了一下。
  • The drums seemed to throb in his ears.阵阵鼓声彷佛在他耳边震响。
69 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
70 outdated vJTx0     
adj.旧式的,落伍的,过时的;v.使过时
参考例句:
  • That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了,许多地址已经改了。
  • Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
71 sensory Azlwe     
adj.知觉的,感觉的,知觉器官的
参考例句:
  • Human powers of sensory discrimination are limited.人类感官分辨能力有限。
  • The sensory system may undergo long-term adaptation in alien environments.感觉系统对陌生的环境可能经过长时期才能适应。
72 colloquial ibryG     
adj.口语的,会话的
参考例句:
  • It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.外语里的口头习语很难懂。
  • They have little acquaintance with colloquial English. 他们对英语会话几乎一窍不通。
73 density rOdzZ     
n.密集,密度,浓度
参考例句:
  • The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。
  • The region has a very high population density.该地区的人口密度很高。
74 hooded hooded     
adj.戴头巾的;有罩盖的;颈部因肋骨运动而膨胀的
参考例句:
  • A hooded figure waited in the doorway. 一个戴兜帽的人在门口等候。
  • Black-eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes. 黑眼睛的吉卜赛姑娘,用华丽的手巾包着头,突然地闯了进来替人算命。 来自辞典例句
75 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
76 raucousness 6cf710a6e8807394b395c8f88013bc04     
n.粗声;沙哑;沙哑声
参考例句:
77 neatly ynZzBp     
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地
参考例句:
  • Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
  • The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。
78 meticulous A7TzJ     
adj.极其仔细的,一丝不苟的
参考例句:
  • We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
  • She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。
79 terse GInz1     
adj.(说话,文笔)精炼的,简明的
参考例句:
  • Her reply about the matter was terse.她对此事的答复简明扼要。
  • The president issued a terse statement denying the charges.总统发表了一份简短的声明,否认那些指控。
80 fresco KQRzs     
n.壁画;vt.作壁画于
参考例句:
  • This huge fresco is extremely clear and just like nature itself.It is very harmonious.这一巨幅壁画,清晰有致且又浑然天成,十分和谐。
  • So it is quite necessary to study the influence of visual thinking over fresco.因此,研究视觉思维对壁画的影响和作用是十分必要的。
81 utensils 69f125dfb1fef9b418c96d1986e7b484     
器具,用具,器皿( utensil的名词复数 ); 器物
参考例句:
  • Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
  • Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
82 heralded a97fc5524a0d1c7e322d0bd711a85789     
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要)
参考例句:
  • The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
83 contentiousness 28af6b02209daeee4179251b41c8cd8e     
参考例句:
84 amplified d305c65f3ed83c07379c830f9ade119d     
放大,扩大( amplify的过去式和过去分词 ); 增强; 详述
参考例句:
  • He amplified on his remarks with drawings and figures. 他用图表详细地解释了他的话。
  • He amplified the whole course of the incident. 他详述了事件的全过程。
85 evacuate ai1zL     
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
参考例句:
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
86 mandatory BjTyz     
adj.命令的;强制的;义务的;n.受托者
参考例句:
  • It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
  • There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
87 intonation ubazZ     
n.语调,声调;发声
参考例句:
  • The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
  • Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。
88 scout oDGzi     
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
参考例句:
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
89 dispense lZgzh     
vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施
参考例句:
  • Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
  • The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱,可自行适当分配。
90 pagodas 4fb2d9696f682cba602953e76b9169d4     
塔,宝塔( pagoda的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • A dream is more romantic than scarlet pagodas by a silver sea. 梦中的风光比银白海洋旁边绯红的宝塔更加旖旎艳丽。
  • Tabinshwehti placed new spires on the chief Mon pagodas. 莽瑞体在孟人的主要佛塔上加建了新的塔顶。
91 quad DkVzao     
n.四方院;四胞胎之一;v.在…填补空铅
参考例句:
  • His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.他的房间位于四方院的左侧。
  • She is a 34-year-old mother of quads.她是个生了四胞胎的34岁的母亲。
92 cadence bccyi     
n.(说话声调的)抑扬顿挫
参考例句:
  • He delivered his words in slow,measured cadences.他讲话缓慢而抑扬顿挫、把握有度。
  • He liked the relaxed cadence of his retired life.他喜欢退休生活的悠闲的节奏。
93 recurring 8kLzK8     
adj.往复的,再次发生的
参考例句:
  • This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
  • For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言,它经过了一个反复考验的时期。
94 utilize OiPwz     
vt.使用,利用
参考例句:
  • The cook will utilize the leftover ham bone to make soup.厨师要用吃剩的猪腿骨做汤。
  • You must utilize all available resources.你必须利用一切可以得到的资源。
95 exodus khnzj     
v.大批离去,成群外出
参考例句:
  • The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去,医疗系统面临崩溃。
  • Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战,就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。
96 wary JMEzk     
adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的
参考例句:
  • He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
  • Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头,突然警惕起来。
97 coma vqxzR     
n.昏迷,昏迷状态
参考例句:
  • The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
  • She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。
98 miscarriage Onvzz3     
n.失败,未达到预期的结果;流产
参考例句:
  • The miscarriage of our plans was a great blow.计划的失败给我们以巨大的打击。
  • Women who smoke are more to have a miscarriage.女性吸烟者更容易流产。
99 sprightly 4GQzv     
adj.愉快的,活泼的
参考例句:
  • She is as sprightly as a woman half her age.她跟比她年轻一半的妇女一样活泼。
  • He's surprisingly sprightly for an old man.他这把年纪了,还这么精神,真了不起。
100 imperative BcdzC     
n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的
参考例句:
  • He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
  • The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。
101 scramble JDwzg     
v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料
参考例句:
  • He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
  • It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
102 huddle s5UyT     
vi.挤作一团;蜷缩;vt.聚集;n.挤在一起的人
参考例句:
  • They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
  • The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。
103 grassy DfBxH     
adj.盖满草的;长满草的
参考例句:
  • They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
  • Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。
104 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
105 tilted 3gtzE5     
v. 倾斜的
参考例句:
  • Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
  • She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。
106 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。
107 elevation bqsxH     
n.高度;海拔;高地;上升;提高
参考例句:
  • The house is at an elevation of 2,000 metres.那幢房子位于海拔两千米的高处。
  • His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.昨天宣布他晋升总经理职位。
108 deviated dfb5c80fa71c13be0ad71137593a7b0a     
v.偏离,越轨( deviate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • On this occasion the plane deviated from its usual flight path. 这一次那架飞机偏离了正常的航线。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His statements sometimes deviated from the truth. 他的陈述有时偏离事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》
109 overpass pmVz3Z     
n.天桥,立交桥
参考例句:
  • I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。
  • We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。
110 pajamas XmvzDN     
n.睡衣裤
参考例句:
  • At bedtime,I take off my clothes and put on my pajamas.睡觉时,我脱去衣服,换上睡衣。
  • He was wearing striped pajamas.他穿着带条纹的睡衣裤。
111 wagons ff97c19d76ea81bb4f2a97f2ff0025e7     
n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车
参考例句:
  • The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
  • They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。
112 hoods c7f425b95a130f8e5c065ebce960d6f5     
n.兜帽( hood的名词复数 );头巾;(汽车、童车等的)折合式车篷;汽车发动机罩v.兜帽( hood的第三人称单数 );头巾;(汽车、童车等的)折合式车篷;汽车发动机罩
参考例句:
  • Michael looked at the four hoods sitting in the kitchen. 迈克尔瞅了瞅坐在厨房里的四条汉子。 来自教父部分
  • Eskimos wear hoods to keep their heads warm. 爱斯基摩人戴兜帽使头暖和。 来自辞典例句
113 shimmering 0a3bf9e89a4f6639d4583ea76519339e     
v.闪闪发光,发微光( shimmer的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The sea was shimmering in the sunlight. 阳光下海水波光闪烁。
  • The colours are delicate and shimmering. 这些颜色柔和且闪烁微光。 来自辞典例句
114 strut bGWzS     
v.肿胀,鼓起;大摇大摆地走;炫耀;支撑;撑开;n.高视阔步;支柱,撑杆
参考例句:
  • The circulation economy development needs the green science and technology innovation as the strut.循环经济的发展需要绿色科技创新生态化作为支撑。
  • Now we'll strut arm and arm.这会儿咱们可以手挽着手儿,高视阔步地走了。
115 trudging f66543befe0044651f745d00cf696010     
vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的现在分词形式)
参考例句:
  • There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Two mules well laden with packs were trudging along. 两头骡子驮着沉重的背包,吃力地往前走。 来自辞典例句
116 doom gsexJ     
n.厄运,劫数;v.注定,命定
参考例句:
  • The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
  • The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。
117 trekking d6558e66e4927d4f7f2b7b0ba15c112e     
v.艰苦跋涉,徒步旅行( trek的现在分词 );(尤指在山中)远足,徒步旅行,游山玩水
参考例句:
  • She can't come pony trekking after all because she's in a delicate condition. 她结果还是不能坐小马车旅行,因为她已怀孕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas. 我们整个夏天都在喜马拉雅山的山麓艰难跋涉。 来自互联网
118 epic ui5zz     
n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的
参考例句:
  • I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
  • They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
119 marketing Boez7e     
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西
参考例句:
  • They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
  • He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
120 intrigue Gaqzy     
vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋
参考例句:
  • Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
  • The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。
121 automobile rP1yv     
n.汽车,机动车
参考例句:
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
122 imploring cb6050ff3ff45d346ac0579ea33cbfd6     
恳求的,哀求的
参考例句:
  • Those calm, strange eyes could see her imploring face. 那平静的,没有表情的眼睛还能看得到她的乞怜求情的面容。
  • She gave him an imploring look. 她以哀求的眼神看着他。
123 wail XMhzs     
vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸
参考例句:
  • Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里,一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
  • One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。
124 skid RE9yK     
v.打滑 n.滑向一侧;滑道 ,滑轨
参考例句:
  • He braked suddenly,causing the front wheels to skid.他突然剎车,使得前轮打了滑。
  • The police examined the skid marks to see how fast the car had been travelling.警察检查了车轮滑行痕迹,以判断汽车当时开得有多快。
125 skidded 35afc105bfaf20eaf5c5245a2e8d22d8     
v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区
参考例句:
  • The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
  • The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。
126 quacked 58c5d8f16b25062c8081d3d2ae05aa7f     
v.(鸭子)发出嘎嘎声( quack的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
127 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句:
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
128 bloody kWHza     
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
参考例句:
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
129 eerie N8gy0     
adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的
参考例句:
  • It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
  • I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
130 eloquence 6mVyM     
n.雄辩;口才,修辞
参考例句:
  • I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
  • The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。
131 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
132 reverent IWNxP     
adj.恭敬的,虔诚的
参考例句:
  • He gave reverent attention to the teacher.他恭敬地听老师讲课。
  • She said the word artist with a gentle,understanding,reverent smile.她说作家一词时面带高雅,理解和虔诚的微笑。
133 dwindled b4a0c814a8e67ec80c5f9a6cf7853aab     
v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing. 支持这个党派的人渐渐化为乌有。
  • His wealth dwindled to nothingness. 他的钱财化为乌有。 来自《简明英汉词典》
134 wreck QMjzE     
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
参考例句:
  • Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
  • No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
135 appreciation Pv9zs     
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
参考例句:
  • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
  • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
136 subdued 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d     
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
  • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
137 primitive vSwz0     
adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物
参考例句:
  • It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
  • His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
138 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。
139 elation 0q9x7     
n.兴高采烈,洋洋得意
参考例句:
  • She showed her elation at having finally achieved her ambition.最终实现了抱负,她显得十分高兴。
  • His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.他的支持者听到那条消息后兴高采烈。
140 distraction muOz3l     
n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐
参考例句:
  • Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。
  • Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
141 miseries c95fd996533633d2e276d3dd66941888     
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人
参考例句:
  • They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
142 craving zvlz3e     
n.渴望,热望
参考例句:
  • a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
  • She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐,以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。
143 interval 85kxY     
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
参考例句:
  • The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
  • There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。
144 amateurish AoSy6     
n.业余爱好的,不熟练的
参考例句:
  • The concert was rather an amateurish affair.这场音乐会颇有些外行客串的味道。
  • The paintings looked amateurish.这些画作看起来只具备业余水准。
145 bluff ftZzB     
v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗
参考例句:
  • His threats are merely bluff.他的威胁仅仅是虚张声势。
  • John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。
146 saliva 6Cdz0     
n.唾液,口水
参考例句:
  • He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
  • Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。
147 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。
148 sniff PF7zs     
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视
参考例句:
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候,他们会彼此嗅一会儿。
149 rodent DsNyh     
n.啮齿动物;adj.啮齿目的
参考例句:
  • When there is a full moon,this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.月圆之夜,这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。
  • This small rodent can scoop out a long,narrow tunnel in a very short time.这种小啮齿动物能在很短的时间里挖出一条又长又窄的地道来。
150 cockroach AnByA     
n.蟑螂
参考例句:
  • A cockroach can live several weeks with its head off.蟑螂在头被切掉后仍能活好几个星期。
  • She screamed when she found a cockroach in her bed.她在床上找到一只蟑螂时大声尖叫。
151 sleet wxlw6     
n.雨雪;v.下雨雪,下冰雹
参考例句:
  • There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
  • When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。
152 mound unCzhy     
n.土墩,堤,小山;v.筑堤,用土堆防卫
参考例句:
  • The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
  • The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。
153 plow eu5yE     
n.犁,耕地,犁过的地;v.犁,费力地前进[英]plough
参考例句:
  • At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。
  • We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后,我们将马上耕田。
154 rusty hYlxq     
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
参考例句:
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
155 preempted 76226d7d61636c26bebc33ca14d65076     
v.先占( preempt的过去式和过去分词 );取代;先取;先发制人
参考例句:
  • A special news program preempted the scheduled shows. 特别的新节目取代预定计划的表演。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The armymen have preempted the powers of the local government. 军人已夺取了地方政府的权力。 来自互联网
156 apparatus ivTzx     
n.装置,器械;器具,设备
参考例句:
  • The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。
  • They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。
157 allied iLtys     
adj.协约国的;同盟国的
参考例句:
  • Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
  • Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。
158 pregnancy lPwxP     
n.怀孕,怀孕期
参考例句:
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
159 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
160 deserted GukzoL     
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
参考例句:
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
161 plaza v2yzD     
n.广场,市场
参考例句:
  • They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
  • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。
162 intriguingly bad4b759a0f1d6431273da89bebb4008     
参考例句:
  • Intriguingly, she gave to the music a developed although oddly malleable personality. 最神奇的是,她的音乐具有成熟却又很奇怪地极富可塑性。 来自互联网
  • Intriguingly, the patients brains were riddled with tangles, but not amyloid plaques. 有趣的是,患者的大脑中充满了各缠结,但并没有粉斑。 来自互联网
163 pottery OPFxi     
n.陶器,陶器场
参考例句:
  • My sister likes to learn art pottery in her spare time.我妹妹喜欢在空余时间学习陶艺。
  • The pottery was left to bake in the hot sun.陶器放在外面让炎热的太阳烘晒焙干。
164 pueblo DkwziG     
n.(美国西南部或墨西哥等)印第安人的村庄
参考例句:
  • For over 2,000 years,Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States.在长达2,000多年的时间里,印第安人统治着现在美国西南部的大片土地。
  • The cross memorializes the Spanish victims of the 1680 revolt,when the region's Pueblo Indians rose up in violent protest against their mistreatment and burned the cit
165 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。
166 hydrocarbons e809b45a335ac8bfbaa26f5ce65d98e9     
n.碳氢化合物,烃( hydrocarbon的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Hydrocarbons (HC), like carbon monoxide, represent unburned and wasted fuel. 碳氢化合物(HC)像一氧化碳一样,为未燃尽的和被浪费掉的燃料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • With this restricted frequency range it is not applicable to hydrocarbons. 这个较紧缩的频率范围不适用于烃类。 来自辞典例句
167 sweeping ihCzZ4     
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
参考例句:
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
168 belongings oy6zMv     
n.私人物品,私人财物
参考例句:
  • I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
  • Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。
169 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。
170 awed a0ab9008d911a954b6ce264ddc63f5c8     
adj.充满敬畏的,表示敬畏的v.使敬畏,使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. 观众席上鸦雀无声,人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I was awed by the huge gorilla. 那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
171 seasonal LZ1xE     
adj.季节的,季节性的
参考例句:
  • The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
  • The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。
172 perversity D3kzJ     
n.任性;刚愎自用
参考例句:
  • She's marrying him out of sheer perversity.她嫁给他纯粹是任性。
  • The best of us have a spice of perversity in us.在我们最出色的人身上都有任性的一面。
173 spotlighting 722a14e54088028f007fcbd4b1b8d31e     
v.聚光照明( spotlight的现在分词 );使公众注意,使突出醒目
参考例句:
174 slain slain     
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
  • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
175 flares 2c4a86d21d1a57023e2985339a79f9e2     
n.喇叭裤v.(使)闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 );(使)(船舷)外倾;(使)鼻孔张大;(使)(衣裙、酒杯等)呈喇叭形展开
参考例句:
  • The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子,一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
176 intersection w54xV     
n.交集,十字路口,交叉点;[计算机] 交集
参考例句:
  • There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
  • Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
177 mainstream AoCzh9     
n.(思想或行为的)主流;adj.主流的
参考例句:
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
178 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。
179 sparse SFjzG     
adj.稀疏的,稀稀落落的,薄的
参考例句:
  • The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区,那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
  • The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。
180 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。
181 pylons 83acab7d35146f1ae87cc87cc56b9a21     
n.(架高压输电线的)电缆塔( pylon的名词复数 );挂架
参考例句:
  • A-form pylons are designed to withstand earthquake forces. A型框架式塔架设计中考虑塔架能够经受地震力的作用。 来自辞典例句
  • Who designed the arch bridge with granite-faced pylons at either end? 谁设计在拱桥两端镶有花岗岩的塔门? 来自互联网
182 athletic sOPy8     
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
参考例句:
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
183 mounds dd943890a7780b264a2a6c1fa8d084a3     
土堆,土丘( mound的名词复数 ); 一大堆
参考例句:
  • We had mounds of tasteless rice. 我们有成堆成堆的淡而无味的米饭。
  • Ah! and there's the cemetery' - cemetery, he must have meant. 'You see the mounds? 啊,这就是同墓,”——我想他要说的一定是公墓,“看到那些土墩了吗?
184 accomplishment 2Jkyo     
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能
参考例句:
  • The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
  • Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标,钱是至关重要的。
185 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。
186 glucose Fyiyz     
n.葡萄糖
参考例句:
  • I gave him an extra dose of glucose to pep him up.我给他多注射了一剂葡萄糖以增强他的活力。
  • The doctor injected glucose into his patient's veins.医生将葡萄糖注入病人的静脉。
187 rumor qS0zZ     
n.谣言,谣传,传说
参考例句:
  • The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
  • The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。
188 dense aONzX     
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
参考例句:
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
189 plausible hBCyy     
adj.似真实的,似乎有理的,似乎可信的
参考例句:
  • His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。
  • Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。
190 jolted 80f01236aafe424846e5be1e17f52ec9     
(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。
191 generator Kg4xs     
n.发电机,发生器
参考例句:
  • All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。
  • This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。
192 kerosene G3uxW     
n.(kerosine)煤油,火油
参考例句:
  • It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.这就像用煤油灭火。
  • Instead of electricity,there were kerosene lanterns.没有电,有煤油灯。
193 demonstration 9waxo     
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
参考例句:
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
194 relish wBkzs     
n.滋味,享受,爱好,调味品;vt.加调味料,享受,品味;vi.有滋味
参考例句:
  • I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
  • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。
195 morbid u6qz3     
adj.病的;致病的;病态的;可怕的
参考例句:
  • Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。
  • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。
196 attentively AyQzjz     
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
参考例句:
  • She listened attentively while I poured out my problems. 我倾吐心中的烦恼时,她一直在注意听。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She listened attentively and set down every word he said. 她专心听着,把他说的话一字不漏地记下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
197 truthful OmpwN     
adj.真实的,说实话的,诚实的
参考例句:
  • You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心,他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
  • I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。
198 soda cr3ye     
n.苏打水;汽水
参考例句:
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
199 puffs cb3699ccb6e175dfc305ea6255d392d6     
n.吸( puff的名词复数 );(烟斗或香烟的)一吸;一缕(烟、蒸汽等);(呼吸或风的)呼v.使喷出( puff的第三人称单数 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
参考例句:
  • We sat exchanging puffs from that wild pipe of his. 我们坐在那里,轮番抽着他那支野里野气的烟斗。 来自辞典例句
  • Puffs of steam and smoke came from the engine. 一股股蒸汽和烟雾从那火车头里冒出来。 来自辞典例句
200 sodium Hrpyc     
n.(化)钠
参考例句:
  • Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面,全城的钠光灯都亮了。
  • Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。
201 ceramics 0a6d841bb40f677207869b9f856b3b21     
n.制陶业;陶器
参考例句:
  • an exhibition of ceramics by Picasso 毕加索陶瓷作品展
  • The ceramics bore the imprint of Luca della Robbia. 陶器上印有卢卡·德拉·罗比亚的字样。
202 detergents 2f4a6c42e9c2663b781bda4f769407b9     
n.洗涤剂( detergent的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Such detergents do not yellow the wool as alkali tends to do. 这种洗涤剂不会象碱那样使羊毛发黄。 来自辞典例句
  • Development of detergents has required optimization of the surfactants structure. 发展洗涤剂时,要求使用最恰当的表面活性剂结构。 来自辞典例句
203 guzzled a38ee0340505977097d9a9430c317b39     
v.狂吃暴饮,大吃大喝( guzzle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The children guzzled down all the cakes. 孩子们大吃一通,把蛋糕都吃光了。 来自互联网
  • The boys guzzled the cheap Vodka. 这些男孩狂饮廉价的伏特加酒。 来自互联网
204 knowledgeability 491d252afc04fa87edd73df41e1cf848     
n.知识丰富的,聪明的
参考例句:
  • His knowledgeability impressed me. 他的丰富知识给我深刻的印象。 来自互联网
205 turmoil CKJzj     
n.骚乱,混乱,动乱
参考例句:
  • His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
  • The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
206 dread Ekpz8     
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
参考例句:
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
207 twitch jK3ze     
v.急拉,抽动,痉挛,抽搐;n.扯,阵痛,痉挛
参考例句:
  • The smell made my dog's nose twitch.那股气味使我的狗的鼻子抽动着。
  • I felt a twitch at my sleeve.我觉得有人扯了一下我的袖子。
208 seeps 074f5ef8e0953325ce81f208b2e4cecb     
n.(液体)渗( seep的名词复数 );渗透;渗出;漏出v.(液体)渗( seep的第三人称单数 );渗透;渗出;漏出
参考例句:
  • Water seeps through sand. 水渗入沙中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Water seeps out of the wall. 水从墙里沁出。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
209 fungi 6hRx6     
n.真菌,霉菌
参考例句:
  • Students practice to apply the study of genetics to multicellular plants and fungi.学生们练习把基因学应用到多细胞植物和真菌中。
  • The lawn was covered with fungi.草地上到处都是蘑菇。
210 trauma TJIzJ     
n.外伤,精神创伤
参考例句:
  • Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
  • The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。
211 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句:
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
212 tracts fcea36d422dccf9d9420a7dd83bea091     
大片土地( tract的名词复数 ); 地带; (体内的)道; (尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的)短文
参考例句:
  • vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
  • There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。
213 recipients 972af69bf73f8ad23a446a346a6f0fff     
adj.接受的;受领的;容纳的;愿意接受的n.收件人;接受者;受领者;接受器
参考例句:
  • The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
214 engrossed 3t0zmb     
adj.全神贯注的
参考例句:
  • The student is engrossed in his book.这名学生正在专心致志地看书。
  • No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper.没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。
215 mattresses 985a5c9b3722b68c7f8529dc80173637     
褥垫,床垫( mattress的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The straw mattresses are airing there. 草垫子正在那里晾着。
  • The researchers tested more than 20 mattresses of various materials. 研究人员试验了二十多个不同材料的床垫。
216 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。
217 slung slung     
抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往
参考例句:
  • He slung the bag over his shoulder. 他把包一甩,挎在肩上。
  • He stood up and slung his gun over his shoulder. 他站起来把枪往肩上一背。
218 squatting 3b8211561352d6f8fafb6c7eeabd0288     
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。
参考例句:
  • They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. 他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
  • They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years. 他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
219 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。
220 cramping 611b7a8bb08c8677d8a4f498dff937bb     
图像压缩
参考例句:
  • The bleeding may keep my left hand from cramping. 淌血会叫我的左手不抽筋。
  • This loss of sodium can cause dehydration and cramping. 钠流失会造成脱水和抽筋。
221 peevishly 6b75524be1c8328a98de7236bc5f100b     
adv.暴躁地
参考例句:
  • Paul looked through his green glasses peevishly when the other speaker brought down the house with applause. 当另一个演说者赢得了满座喝彩声时,保罗心里又嫉妒又气恼。
  • "I've been sick, I told you," he said, peevishly, almost resenting her excessive pity. “我生了一场病,我告诉过你了,"他没好气地说,对她的过分怜悯几乎产生了怨恨。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
222 defensive buszxy     
adj.防御的;防卫的;防守的
参考例句:
  • Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题,使她警觉起来。
  • The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
223 delightful 6xzxT     
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
参考例句:
  • We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
  • Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。
224 bind Vt8zi     
vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬
参考例句:
  • I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
  • He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。
225 squatted 45deb990f8c5186c854d710c535327b0     
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。
参考例句:
  • He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
226 rugged yXVxX     
adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的
参考例句:
  • Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
  • The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
227 uprooting 9889e1175aa6c91384bf739d6a25e666     
n.倒根,挖除伐根v.把(某物)连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 );根除;赶走;把…赶出家园
参考例句:
  • He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
  • A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄,拔起了树木,吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网
228 volcanic BLgzQ     
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
参考例句:
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
229 eruptions ca60b8eba3620efa5cdd7044f6dd0b66     
n.喷发,爆发( eruption的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year. 今年火山爆发了好几次。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Over 200 people have been killed by volcanic eruptions. 火山喷发已导致200多人丧生。 来自辞典例句
230 momentum DjZy8     
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
参考例句:
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
231 epidemics 4taziV     
n.流行病
参考例句:
  • Reliance upon natural epidemics may be both time-consuming and misleading. 依靠天然的流行既浪费时间,又会引入歧途。
  • The antibiotic epidemics usually start stop when the summer rainy season begins. 传染病通常会在夏天的雨季停止传播。
232 tolls 688e46effdf049725c7b7ccff16b14f3     
(缓慢而有规律的)钟声( toll的名词复数 ); 通行费; 损耗; (战争、灾难等造成的)毁坏
参考例句:
  • A man collected tolls at the gateway. 一个人在大门口收通行费。
  • The long-distance call tolls amount to quite a sum. 长途电话费数目相当可观。
233 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。
234 statistically Yuxwa     
ad.根据统计数据来看,从统计学的观点来看
参考例句:
  • The sample of building permits is larger and therefore, statistically satisfying. 建筑许可数的样本比较大,所以统计数据更令人满意。
  • The results of each test would have to be statistically independent. 每次试验的结果在统计上必须是独立的。
235 condescending avxzvU     
adj.谦逊的,故意屈尊的
参考例句:
  • He has a condescending attitude towards women. 他对女性总是居高临下。
  • He tends to adopt a condescending manner when talking to young women. 和年轻女子说话时,他喜欢摆出一副高高在上的姿态。
236 sockets ffe33a3f6e35505faba01d17fd07d641     
n.套接字,使应用程序能够读写与收发通讯协定(protocol)与资料的程序( Socket的名词复数 );孔( socket的名词复数 );(电器上的)插口;托座;凹穴
参考例句:
  • All new PCs now have USB sockets. 新的个人计算机现在都有通用串行总线插孔。
  • Make sure the sockets in your house are fingerproof. 确保你房中的插座是防触电的。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
237 ambiguity 9xWzT     
n.模棱两可;意义不明确
参考例句:
  • The telegram was misunderstood because of its ambiguity.由于电文意义不明确而造成了误解。
  • Her answer was above all ambiguity.她的回答毫不含糊。
238 imminent zc9z2     
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
参考例句:
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
239 aboriginal 1IeyD     
adj.(指动植物)土生的,原产地的,土著的
参考例句:
  • They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
  • The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。
240 posture q1gzk     
n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;v.作出某种姿势
参考例句:
  • The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
  • He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣,摆出一副打架的架势。
241 shuffling 03b785186d0322e5a1a31c105fc534ee     
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 别像个死人似地拖着脚走。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Some one was shuffling by on the sidewalk. 外面的人行道上有人拖着脚走过。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
242 microcomputer EDkxx     
n.微型计算机,微机
参考例句:
  • The main frame is the heart of a microcomputer system.主框架的核心是一个微机系统。
  • A microcomputer is a fast and accurate symbol processing system.微型计算机是一种快速、精确的符号处理系统。
243 ominous Xv6y5     
adj.不祥的,不吉的,预兆的,预示的
参考例句:
  • Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
  • There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。
244 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
参考例句:
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
245 upheavals aa1c8bf1f3fb2d0b98e556f3eed9b7d7     
突然的巨变( upheaval的名词复数 ); 大动荡; 大变动; 胀起
参考例句:
  • the latest upheavals in the education system 最近教育制度上的种种变更
  • These political upheavals might well destroy the whole framework of society. 这些政治动乱很可能会破坏整个社会结构。
246 aberration EVOzr     
n.离开正路,脱离常规,色差
参考例句:
  • The removal of the chromatic aberration is then of primary importance.这时消除色差具有头等重要性。
  • Owing to a strange mental aberration he forgot his own name.由于一种莫名的精神错乱,他把自己的名字忘了。
247 emissions 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9     
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
参考例句:
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
248 disperse ulxzL     
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
参考例句:
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  • The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
249 minimal ODjx6     
adj.尽可能少的,最小的
参考例句:
  • They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
  • I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家,所以我的花费很小。
250 wince tgCwX     
n.畏缩,退避,(因痛苦,苦恼等)面部肌肉抽动;v.畏缩,退缩,退避
参考例句:
  • The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
  • His smile soon modified to a wince.他的微笑很快就成了脸部肌肉的抽搐。
251 fawning qt7zLh     
adj.乞怜的,奉承的v.(尤指狗等)跳过来往人身上蹭以示亲热( fawn的现在分词 );巴结;讨好
参考例句:
  • The servant worn a fawning smile. 仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Then, what submission, what cringing and fawning, what servility, what abject humiliation! 好一个低眉垂首、阿谀逢迎、胁肩谄笑、卑躬屈膝的场面! 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
252 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
253 neutralize g5hzm     
v.使失效、抵消,使中和
参考例句:
  • Nothing could neutralize its good effects.没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
  • Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.酸能使碱中和碱,亦能使酸中和。
254 counteract vzlxb     
vt.对…起反作用,对抗,抵消
参考例句:
  • The doctor gave him some medicine to counteract the effect of the poison.医生给他些药解毒。
  • Our work calls for mutual support.We shouldn't counteract each other's efforts.工作要互相支持,不要互相拆台。


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