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Chapter 28
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An Evening of Delight.--Joe's Culinary Performance.--A Dissertation1 on Raw Meat.--The Narrative2 of James Bruce.--Camping out.--Joe's Dreams.--The Barometer3 begins to fall.--The Barometer rises again.--Preparations for Departure.--The Tempest.

The evening was lovely, and our three friends enjoyed it in the cool shade of the mimosas, after a substantial repast, at which the tea and the punch were dealt out with no niggardly4 hand.

Kennedy had traversed the little domain5 in all directions. He had ransacked6 every thicket7 and satisfied himself that the balloon party were the only living creatures in this terrestrial paradise; so they stretched themselves upon their blankets and passed a peaceful night that brought them forgetfulness of their past sufferings.

On the morrow, May 7th, the sun shone with all his splendor8, but his rays could not penetrate9 the dense10 screen of the palm-tree foliage11, and as there was no lack of provisions, the doctor resolved to remain where he was while waiting for a favorable wind.

Joe had conveyed his portable kitchen to the oasis12, and proceeded to indulge in any number of culinary combinations, using water all the time with the most profuse13 extravagance.

"What a strange succession of annoyances14 and enjoyments15!" moralized Kennedy. "Such abundance as this after such privations; such luxury after such want! Ah! I nearly went mad!"

"My dear Dick," replied the doctor, "had it not been for Joe, you would not be sitting here, to-day, discoursing16 on the instability of human affairs."

"Whole-hearted friend!" said Kennedy, extending his hand to Joe.

"There's no occasion for all that," responded the latter; "but you can take your revenge some time, Mr. Kennedy, always hoping though that you may never have occasion to do the same for me!"

"It's a poor constitution this of ours to succumb17 to so little," philosophized Dr. Ferguson.

"So little water, you mean, doctor," interposed Joe; "that element must be very necessary to life."

"Undoubtedly18, and persons deprived of food hold out longer than those deprived of water."

"I believe it. Besides, when needs must, one can eat any thing he comes across, even his fellow-creatures, although that must be a kind of food that's pretty hard to digest."

"The savages19 don't boggle much about it!" said Kennedy.

"Yes; but then they are savages, and accustomed to devouring20 raw meat; it's something that I'd find very disgusting, for my part."

"It is disgusting enough," said the doctor, "that's a fact; and so much so, indeed, that nobody believed the narratives21 of the earliest travellers in Africa who brought back word that many tribes on that continent subsisted22 upon raw meat, and people generally refused to credit the statement. It was under such circumstances that a very singular adventure befell James Bruce."

"Tell it to us, doctor; we've time enough to hear it," said Joe, stretching himself voluptuously23 on the cool greensward.

"By all means.--James Bruce was a Scotchman, of Stirlingshire, who, between 1768 and 1772, traversed all Abyssinia, as far as Lake Tyana, in search of the sources of the Nile. He afterward25 returned to England, but did not publish an account of his journeys until 1790. His statements were received with extreme incredulity, and such may be the reception accorded to our own. The manners and customs of the Abyssinians seemed so different from those of the English, that no one would credit the description of them. Among other details, Bruce had put forward the assertion that the tribes of Eastern Africa fed upon raw flesh, and this set everybody against him. He might say so as much as he pleased; there was no one likely to go and see! One day, in a parlor26 at Edinburgh, a Scotch24 gentleman took up the subject in his presence, as it had become the topic of daily pleasantry, and, in reference to the eating of raw flesh, said that the thing was neither possible nor true. Bruce made no reply, but went out and returned a few minutes later with a raw steak, seasoned with pepper and salt, in the African style.

"'Sir,' said he to the Scotchman, 'in doubting my statements, you have grossly affronted27 me; in believing the thing to be impossible, you have been egregiously28 mistaken; and, in proof thereof, you will now eat this beef-steak raw, or you will give me instant satisfaction!' The Scotchman had a wholesome29 dread30 of the brawny31 traveller, and DID eat the steak, although not without a good many wry32 faces. Thereupon, with the utmost coolness, James Bruce added: 'Even admitting, sir, that the thing were untrue, you will, at least, no longer maintain that it is impossible.'"

"Well put in!" said Joe, "and if the Scotchman found it lie heavy on his stomach, he got no more than he deserved. If, on our return to England, they dare to doubt what we say about our travels--"

"Well, Joe, what would you do?"

"Why, I'll make the doubters swallow the pieces of the balloon, without either salt or pepper!"

All burst out laughing at Joe's queer notions, and thus the day slipped by in pleasant chat. With returning strength, hope had revived, and with hope came the courage to do and to dare. The past was obliterated33 in the presence of the future with providential rapidity.

Joe would have been willing to remain forever in this enchanting34 asylum35; it was the realm he had pictured in his dreams; he felt himself at home; his master had to give him his exact location, and it was with the gravest air imaginable that he wrote down on his tablets fifteen degrees forty-three minutes east longitude36, and eight degrees thirty-two minutes north latitude37.

Kennedy had but one regret, to wit, that he could not hunt in that miniature forest, because, according to his ideas, there was a slight deficiency of ferocious38 wild beasts in it.

"But, my dear Dick," said the doctor, "haven't you rather a short memory? How about the lion and the lioness?"

"Oh, that!" he ejaculated with the contempt of a thorough-bred sportsman for game already killed. "But the fact is, that finding them here would lead one to suppose that we can't be far from a more fertile country."

"It don't prove much, Dick, for those animals, when goaded39 by hunger or thirst, will travel long distances, and I think that, to-night, we had better keep a more vigilant40 lookout41, and light fires, besides."

"What, in such heat as this?" said Joe. "Well, if it's necessary, we'll have to do it, but I do think it a real pity to burn this pretty grove42 that has been such a comfort to us!"

"Oh! above all things, we must take the utmost care not to set it on fire," replied the doctor, "so that others in the same strait as ourselves may some day find shelter here in the middle of the desert."

"I'll be very careful, indeed, doctor; but do you think that this oasis is known?"

"Undoubtedly; it is a halting-place for the caravans43 that frequent the centre of Africa, and a visit from one of them might be any thing but pleasant to you, Joe."

"Why, are there any more of those rascally44 Nyam-Nyams around here?"

"Certainly; that is the general name of all the neighboring tribes, and, under the same climates, the same races are likely to have similar manners and customs."

"Pah!" said Joe, "but, after all, it's natural enough. If savages had the ways of gentlemen, where would be the difference? By George, these fine fellows wouldn't have to be coaxed45 long to eat the Scotchman's raw steak, nor the Scotchman either, into the bargain!"

With this very sensible observation, Joe began to get ready his firewood for the night, making just as little of it as possible. Fortunately, these precautions were superfluous46; and each of the party, in his turn, dropped off into the soundest slumber47.

On the next day the weather still showed no sign of change, but kept provokingly and obstinately48 fair. The balloon remained motionless, without any oscillation to betray a breath of wind.

The doctor began to get uneasy again. If their stay in the desert were to be prolonged like this, their provisions would give out. After nearly perishing for want of water, they would, at last, have to starve to death!

But he took fresh courage as he saw the mercury fall considerably49 in the barometer, and noticed evident signs of an early change in the atmosphere. He therefore resolved to make all his preparations for a start, so as to avail himself of the first opportunity. The feeding-tank and the water-tank were both completely filled.

Then he had to reestablish the equilibrium50 of the balloon, and Joe was obliged to part with another considerable portion of his precious quartz51. With restored health, his ambitious notions had come back to him, and he made more than one wry face before obeying his master; but the latter convinced him that he could not carry so considerable a weight with him through the air, and gave him his choice between the water and the gold. Joe hesitated no longer, but flung out the requisite52 quantity of his much-prized ore upon the sand.

"The next people who come this way," he remarked, "will be rather surprised to find a fortune in such a place."

"And suppose some learned traveller should come across these specimens53, eh?" suggested Kennedy.

"You may be certain, Dick, that they would take him by surprise, and that he would publish his astonishment54 in several folios; so that some day we shall hear of a wonderful deposit of gold-bearing quartz in the midst of the African sands!"

"And Joe there, will be the cause of it all!"

This idea of mystifying some learned sage55 tickled56 Joe hugely, and made him laugh.

During the rest of the day the doctor vainly kept on the watch for a change of weather. The temperature rose, and, had it not been for the shade of the oasis, would have been insupportable. The thermometer marked a hundred and forty-nine degrees in the sun, and a veritable rain of fire filled the air. This was the most intense heat that they had yet noted57.

Joe arranged their bivouac for that evening, as he had done for the previous night; and during the watches kept by the doctor and Kennedy there was no fresh incident.

But, toward three o'clock in the morning, while Joe was on guard, the temperature suddenly fell; the sky became overcast58 with clouds, and the darkness increased.

"Turn out!" cried Joe, arousing his companions. "Turn out! Here's the wind!"

"At last!" exclaimed the doctor, eying the heavens. "But it is a storm! The balloon! Let us hasten to the balloon!"

It was high time for them to reach it. The Victoria was bending to the force of the hurricane, and dragging along the car, the latter grazing the sand. Had any portion of the ballast been accidentally thrown out, the balloon would have been swept away, and all hope of recovering it have been forever lost.

But fleet-footed Joe put forth59 his utmost speed, and checked the car, while the balloon beat upon the sand, at the risk of being torn to pieces. The doctor, followed by Kennedy, leaped in, and lit his cylinder60, while his companions threw out the superfluous ballast.

The travellers took one last look at the trees of the oasis bowing to the force of the hurricane, and soon, catching61 the wind at two hundred feet above the ground, disappeared in the gloom.

美妙的夜晚——乔的烹调手艺——谈论吃生肉——詹姆士·布鲁斯的故事——露营——乔的梦想——气压表下降——气压表上升——出发前的准备——飓风

饱餐了一顿营养丰富的晚饭,并痛痛快快地享用了大量的茶和烈酒后,三位旅行家在合欢树清凉的树阴下,度过了一个美好的夜晚。

当然,肯尼迪从不同的方向踏遍了这小块绿洲,并仔细搜索了每一簇灌木丛。最后,旅行家们确认,他们是这块人间天堂中唯一的生物。他们舒展手脚躺在铺盖上,放心大胆地度过了祥和的一夜。这一夜使他们忘却了刚刚经历过的苦难。

第二天是5月7日,太阳最大限度地释放着光芒,然而,阳光还是无法穿透厚厚幕帘似的树叶。由于这儿有足够的食物和水,博士决定暂时留下等有了合适的风再动身。

乔从吊篮里搬来了他的行军灶。他一心一意做起各种美味佳肴,向大家展示他那高超的烹饪技艺。他哗哗地用着水,再也不必担心浪费了。

“一会儿忧愁悲伤,一会儿欢天喜地,多么奇特的轮转交替啊!”肯尼迪感慨万分,“绝后又逢生,苦尽甘又来,穷极骤富裕,人生何其怪!唉!我那时几乎都疯了!”

“亲爱的肯尼迪,”博士安慰他,“如果不是乔,你也就不会在这儿大谈什么人生的变幻不定了。”

“谢谢你,忠诚的朋友!”狄克·肯尼迪说着,把手伸给乔。

“没什么可谢的。”乔回答说,“肯尼迪先生,说不定哪一天你会救我的。不过,我可宁愿不再碰上这样的事。”

“说起来,我们的天性也真够脆弱的,因为芝麻粒大的事,自己就垮了!”博士说道。

“主人,您的意思是说,喝不上水是芝麻粒大的事?应该说,水是生活中必不可少的呀!”

“毫无疑问是这样,乔。人不吃东西要比不喝水活的日子长。”

“这我倒相信。再说,万不得已时,人可以逮到什么吃什么,甚至吃自己同类的肉,尽管这种饭留在肚子里不好消化,可到那时,不吃也得吃!”

“不过,野人并不认为吃人肉是不好的事。”肯尼迪说。

“对嘛,所以他们是野人呀。他们还习惯吃生肉哩。这种习俗真让我恶心!”

“的确让人恶心,所以最初来非洲考察的旅行家们讲述此事时,才会没有人相信。”博士证实道,“当初,那些旅行家报告说,非洲好多部落吃生肉。可是,人们普遍不愿承认这个事实。就是在这种情况下,詹姆士·布鲁斯意外经历了一件特别的事。”

“先生,您给我们讲讲吧,反正我们有时间。”乔请求说。他舒展着双手和双脚,在清新的草地上躺着,心里非常惬意。

“好吧, 我就讲讲: 詹姆士·布鲁斯是苏格兰斯特灵郡①人。他在1768年到1772年间,走遍了直到提亚那湖的整个阿比西尼亚去寻找尼罗河源头。后来,他返回了英国。1790年,他才发表了他的游记。当时,他的报导受到了人们的极度怀疑。顺便说一句,我们的游记以后发表了,肯定也会受到怀疑。阿比西尼亚人的风俗习惯与英国人的差别极大,以至于没人愿相信他的话。在详述非洲人的生活时,他提到非洲人吃生肉。这件事招致了所有人的反对,说他明知道不会有人去验证,所以只管信口开河,乱说一气。布鲁斯是位非常有胆量,同时又非常急躁的人,这些无端怀疑使他气极生怒。一天,在爱丁堡的一个沙龙里,一位苏格兰人当着他的面又拿这件事开玩笑。这位怀疑论者明确表示,有关吃生肉一事,既不可能也不真实。布鲁斯听后,什么也没有说。他出去了一会儿,回来时带了一块按非洲方式撒了盐和胡椒粉的生牛排,他对那位苏格兰人说:‘先生,既然您怀疑我说的事,就是对我的莫大侮辱。您认为这事做不到,那您完全错了。因此,为了向所有在场的人表明您错了,您必须马上把这块生牛排吃了。要么,您就得把您说过的话给我解释清楚。’苏格兰人害怕了,最后,只好一脸苦相地把生牛排吃了下去。而这时,镇定自若的詹姆士·布鲁斯又补充了一句:‘先生,既然承认事情不是真的,至少您就不要再坚持事情不可能。’”

①英国苏格兰中部城市,中央区首府。

“真是绝妙的反击。”乔夸赞道,“那个苏格兰人要是得了消化不良症,也只能怪他咎由自取了。如果我们回到伦敦时,有人怀疑我们的旅行……。”

“那么,乔,你怎么办?”

“我会让那些怀疑论者们把‘维多利亚号’撕碎了吞下去,而且还不放盐和胡椒粉!”

乔的方法把大家都逗笑了。一个白天就这样在愉悦的谈话中度过了。随着精力的恢复,大家又产生了希望,有了希望也就有了勇气,过去的很快就过去了,未来就在面前。

乔一点儿不想离开这个迷人的避难地,声称这是他梦想中的王国,觉得在这儿就和在家似的。在他的一再央求下,博士为他测算了这块绿洲的精确方位。乔郑重其事地在他的旅行图表上记下:东经15度43分,北纬8度32分。

肯尼迪只有一件事觉得惋惜,那就是在这个微型树林中,没猎可打。照他的看法,这儿什么都好,就是野兽少了点。

“不过,亲爱的肯尼迪,”博士又说,“你怎么转眼就忘了呢?你不记得那只雄狮和那只母狮了?”

“嗨!那不值一提!”他带着一个真正的猎人对被打死的动物不屑一顾的样子,说,“不过,在这块绿洲上出现狮子,毕竟可以使我们猜到,我们离肥沃地区已不远了。”

“你这个证据可不怎么样,肯尼迪。像这种动物,如果受饥渴驱使,常常可以跑很远一程路。今天晚上,我们最好多加小心,另外,再点上几堆篝火。”

“这么热的天还点篝火?”乔很不情愿,“不过,如果真有必要,那就点吧。可是,万一把这么美的一棵树烧着了,我会觉得良心很不安的。要知道,它对我们有过多少用处啊。”

“你说的不错,乔。我们要特别小心,别把树烧了,这样,别的人有一天也能根据这棵树找到沙漠中的这块救命之地。”

“先生,会当心的。您认为别人知道这块绿洲吗?”

“肯定知道。这是经常出入非洲中心的那些骆驼商队的歇息地。不过他们的拜访不会使你高兴的,乔。”

“这附近也有那些可怕的尼阿姆—尼阿姆人吗?”

“当然了,那是这里所有居民的通称。而且,生活在相同气候下的同一种族的人,风俗习惯也是相同的。”

“呸!”乔厌恶地唾了一口,“这事毕竟很正常!如果野人有了绅士的趣味,那野人和绅士还有什么区别?相反,那些诚实的人会不用请就把苏格兰人的牛排给吞吃了,甚至连那位苏格兰人也会给搭上。”

出于这番非常明智的考虑,乔去搭了一些夜里用的柴堆,并尽可能把柴堆搭小点。所幸的是这些担心是多余的,一夜平安无事,每人轮流睡了个好觉。

第二天,天气仍没有变化,依然是晴空万里。气球悬在那儿一动不动,空中连一丝风也没有。博士又担忧起来。如果旅行不得不这样拖延下去,吃的东西很快就会不够了。前两天因缺水差点儿渴死,难道现在又要被逼到饿死的地步?可是,看到气压表上的水银柱明显下降,他又心安了一些。许多迹象明显表明,最近天气要发生变化。他决定做好出发前的准备工作,以便一刮风马上可以飞走。于是,供气箱和水箱全都装满了水。

之后,弗格森着手恢复气球的平衡。这么一来,乔又不得不牺牲很大一部分宝贵的金矿石。随着身体的恢复,乔的私心杂念又萌生了。他满脸的苦相,迟迟不想执行主人的命令。博士见状,给他指出气球带这么重的东西不可能飞起来,要水还是要金子,两条路由他选。乔不再犹豫了,立即动手把他那些宝贵的石头扔掉了许多。

“这些金子留给后来的人吧。”他不无心疼地说,“在这儿发现一笔财宝,他们一定很惊奇的。”

“嗨!要是凑巧哪位博学的旅行家碰到了这些金矿石呢?……”

“亲爱的肯尼迪,你相信好了,他肯定非常吃惊,而且,会把他的意外发现写上好几页拿来发表。总有一天,我们会听说非洲沙漠里发现了一个不可思议的金矿。”

“这都是乔干的好事。”

一想到或许会愚弄某位学者,乔的心里好受了些,脸上不觉地露出了笑容。

一切准备就绪。余下的时间里,博士眼巴巴地等待着空气发生变化。然而,气温在继续升高,要不是待在绿洲上的树荫下,人会热得受不了。温度计在阳光下显示, 气温高达华氏149度(69摄氏度)。天在下着一场名副其实的火雨。这一天的温度是他们旅行以来最高的了。

晚上,乔像头一天一样准备了篝火。在博士和肯尼迪值班的时间里,没有任何事情发生。 将近凌晨3点时,正在值班的乔发现温度骤然下降,空中很快布满了乌云,天也变得更黑了。

“快起来!”乔喊醒两位同伴,“快起来!起风了!”

“终于等到了!”博士观察着天空说,“还是一场暴风呢!我们快上‘维多利亚号’!”

他们到的正是时候,在飓风的狂吹下,气球几乎贴了地,吊篮被拖在沙地上跑。万一部分压载物不巧被抛出了吊篮,气球就会离地而去。果真如此的话,根本不可能再找回来,整个希望也就彻底破灭了。

幸亏敏捷的乔飞快跑来,死死按住了吊篮。这时,气球已经贴住了沙地,随时可能被划破。博士立即来到他习惯的位置上,点燃氢氧喷嘴,同时扔掉多余的重物。

3位旅行家最后望了一眼绿洲上被飓风刮弯了腰的树木。气球很快升入离地200尺高的气流中。转眼间,“维多利亚号”在漆黑的夜空里消失了。


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1 dissertation PlezS     
n.(博士学位)论文,学术演讲,专题论文
参考例句:
  • He is currently writing a dissertation on the Somali civil war.他目前正在写一篇关于索马里内战的论文。
  • He was involved in writing his doctoral dissertation.他在聚精会神地写他的博士论文。
2 narrative CFmxS     
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
参考例句:
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
3 barometer fPLyP     
n.气压表,睛雨表,反应指标
参考例句:
  • The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
  • The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。
4 niggardly F55zj     
adj.吝啬的,很少的
参考例句:
  • Forced by hunger,he worked for the most niggardly pay.为饥饿所迫,他为极少的工资而工作。
  • He is niggardly with his money.他对钱很吝啬。
5 domain ys8xC     
n.(活动等)领域,范围;领地,势力范围
参考例句:
  • This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
  • This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。
6 ransacked 09515d69399c972e2c9f59770cedff4e     
v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 );抢劫,掠夺
参考例句:
  • The house had been ransacked by burglars. 这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。
  • The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything. 屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
7 thicket So0wm     
n.灌木丛,树林
参考例句:
  • A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。
  • We were now at the margin of the thicket.我们现在已经来到了丛林的边缘。
8 splendor hriy0     
n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌
参考例句:
  • Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
  • All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
9 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。
10 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。
11 foliage QgnzK     
n.叶子,树叶,簇叶
参考例句:
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage.小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
  • Dark foliage clothes the hills.浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。
12 oasis p5Kz0     
n.(沙漠中的)绿洲,宜人的地方
参考例句:
  • They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
  • The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。
13 profuse R1jzV     
adj.很多的,大量的,极其丰富的
参考例句:
  • The hostess is profuse in her hospitality.女主人招待得十分周到。
  • There was a profuse crop of hair impending over the top of his face.一大绺头发垂在他额头上。
14 annoyances 825318190e0ef2fdbbf087738a8eb7f6     
n.恼怒( annoyance的名词复数 );烦恼;打扰;使人烦恼的事
参考例句:
  • At dinner that evening two annoyances kept General Zaroff from perfect enjoyment one. 当天晚上吃饭时,有两件不称心的事令沙洛夫吃得不很香。 来自辞典例句
  • Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances-don't we all? 事实上我有很多类似的小烦恼,我们不都有这种小烦恼吗? 来自互联网
15 enjoyments 8e942476c02b001997fdec4a72dbed6f     
愉快( enjoyment的名词复数 ); 令人愉快的事物; 享有; 享受
参考例句:
  • He is fond of worldly enjoyments. 他喜爱世俗的享乐。
  • The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him--its peaceful enjoyments no charm. 对他来说,生活中的人情和乐趣并没有吸引力——生活中的恬静的享受也没有魅力。
16 discoursing d54e470af284cbfb53599a303c416007     
演说(discourse的现在分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He was discoursing to us on Keats. 他正给我们讲济慈。
  • He found the time better employed in searching than in discussing, in discovering than in discoursing. 他认为与其把时间花费在你争我辩和高谈阔论上,不如用在研究和发现上。
17 succumb CHLzp     
v.屈服,屈从;死
参考例句:
  • They will never succumb to the enemies.他们决不向敌人屈服。
  • Will business leaders succumb to these ideas?商业领袖们会被这些观点折服吗?
18 undoubtedly Mfjz6l     
adv.确实地,无疑地
参考例句:
  • It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
  • He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
19 savages 2ea43ddb53dad99ea1c80de05d21d1e5     
未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There're some savages living in the forest. 森林里居住着一些野人。
  • That's an island inhabited by savages. 那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。
20 devouring c4424626bb8fc36704aee0e04e904dcf     
吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光
参考例句:
  • The hungry boy was devouring his dinner. 那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
  • He is devouring novel after novel. 他一味贪看小说。
21 narratives 91f2774e518576e3f5253e0a9c364ac7     
记叙文( narrative的名词复数 ); 故事; 叙述; 叙述部分
参考例句:
  • Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning. 结婚一向是许多小说的终点,然而也是一个伟大的开始。
  • This is one of the narratives that children are fond of. 这是孩子们喜欢的故事之一。
22 subsisted d36c0632da7a5cceb815e51e7c5d4aa2     
v.(靠很少的钱或食物)维持生活,生存下去( subsist的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes. 解放前他靠吃野薯度日。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits. 空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命。 来自辞典例句
23 voluptuously 9d8707a795eba47d6e0717170828f787     
adv.风骚地,体态丰满地
参考例句:
  • He sniffed the perfume voluptuously. 他纵情地闻着香水的味道。 来自互联网
24 scotch ZZ3x8     
n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的
参考例句:
  • Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
  • Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景,真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。
25 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来;以后
参考例句:
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
26 parlor v4MzU     
n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅
参考例句:
  • She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
  • Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店?
27 affronted affronted     
adj.被侮辱的,被冒犯的v.勇敢地面对( affront的过去式和过去分词 );相遇
参考例句:
  • He hoped they would not feel affronted if they were not invited . 他希望如果他们没有获得邀请也不要感到受辱。
  • Affronted at his impertinence,she stared at him coldly and wordlessly. 被他的无礼而冒犯,她冷冷地、无言地盯着他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
28 egregiously 86810977be3c7458b9370a77b2e5edf8     
adv.过份地,卓越地
参考例句:
  • But previous Greek governments egregiously violated those limits. 但之前几届希腊政府都严重违反了这些限制。 来自互联网
29 wholesome Uowyz     
adj.适合;卫生的;有益健康的;显示身心健康的
参考例句:
  • In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
  • It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。
30 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。
31 brawny id7yY     
adj.强壮的
参考例句:
  • The blacksmith has a brawny arm.铁匠有强壮的胳膊。
  • That same afternoon the marshal appeared with two brawny assistants.当天下午,警长带着两名身强力壮的助手来了。
32 wry hMQzK     
adj.讽刺的;扭曲的
参考例句:
  • He made a wry face and attempted to wash the taste away with coffee.他做了个鬼脸,打算用咖啡把那怪味地冲下去。
  • Bethune released Tung's horse and made a wry mouth.白求恩放开了董的马,噘了噘嘴。
33 obliterated 5b21c854b61847047948152f774a0c94     
v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭
参考例句:
  • The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
  • He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝,喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
34 enchanting MmCyP     
a.讨人喜欢的
参考例句:
  • His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's. 他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑,活脱儿象他父亲。
  • Its interior was an enchanting place that both lured and frightened me. 它的里头是个吸引人的地方,我又向往又害怕。
35 asylum DobyD     
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
参考例句:
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
36 longitude o0ZxR     
n.经线,经度
参考例句:
  • The city is at longitude 21°east.这个城市位于东经21度。
  • He noted the latitude and longitude,then made a mark on the admiralty chart.他记下纬度和经度,然后在航海图上做了个标记。
37 latitude i23xV     
n.纬度,行动或言论的自由(范围),(pl.)地区
参考例句:
  • The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
  • The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。
38 ferocious ZkNxc     
adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的
参考例句:
  • The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
  • The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。
39 goaded 57b32819f8f3c0114069ed3397e6596e     
v.刺激( goad的过去式和过去分词 );激励;(用尖棒)驱赶;驱使(或怂恿、刺激)某人
参考例句:
  • Goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out. 她被气得忍无可忍,于是转身向他猛击。
  • The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
40 vigilant ULez2     
adj.警觉的,警戒的,警惕的
参考例句:
  • He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
  • The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。
41 lookout w0sxT     
n.注意,前途,瞭望台
参考例句:
  • You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
  • It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来,公司的前景可就不妙了。
42 grove v5wyy     
n.林子,小树林,园林
参考例句:
  • On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
  • The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。
43 caravans 44e69dd45f2a4d2a551377510c9ca407     
(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队)
参考例句:
  • Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles that are pulled by horses. 旧式的吉卜赛大篷车是由马拉的涂了颜色的木质车辆。
  • Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles. 旧时的吉普赛大篷车是涂了颜色的木质车辆。
44 rascally rascally     
adj. 无赖的,恶棍的 adv. 无赖地,卑鄙地
参考例句:
  • They said Kelso got some rascally adventurer, some Belgian brute, to insult his son-in-law in public. 他们说是凯尔索指使某个下贱的冒险家,一个比利时恶棍,来当众侮辱他的女婿。
  • Ms Taiwan: Can't work at all, but still brag and quibble rascally. 台湾小姐:明明不行,还要硬拗、赖皮逞强。
45 coaxed dc0a6eeb597861b0ed72e34e52490cd1     
v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的过去式和过去分词 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱
参考例句:
  • She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
  • I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
46 superfluous EU6zf     
adj.过多的,过剩的,多余的
参考例句:
  • She fined away superfluous matter in the design. 她删去了这图案中多余的东西。
  • That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.我这样写的时候觉得这个请求似乎是多此一举。
47 slumber 8E7zT     
n.睡眠,沉睡状态
参考例句:
  • All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
  • Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒,因为他需要休息。
48 obstinately imVzvU     
ad.固执地,顽固地
参考例句:
  • He obstinately asserted that he had done the right thing. 他硬说他做得对。
  • Unemployment figures are remaining obstinately high. 失业数字仍然顽固地居高不下。
49 considerably 0YWyQ     
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
参考例句:
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
50 equilibrium jiazs     
n.平衡,均衡,相称,均势,平静
参考例句:
  • Change in the world around us disturbs our inner equilibrium.我们周围世界的变化扰乱了我们内心的平静。
  • This is best expressed in the form of an equilibrium constant.这最好用平衡常数的形式来表示。
51 quartz gCoye     
n.石英
参考例句:
  • There is a great deal quartz in those mountains.那些山里蕴藏着大量石英。
  • The quartz watch keeps good time.石英表走时准。
52 requisite 2W0xu     
adj.需要的,必不可少的;n.必需品
参考例句:
  • He hasn't got the requisite qualifications for the job.他不具备这工作所需的资格。
  • Food and air are requisite for life.食物和空气是生命的必需品。
53 specimens 91fc365099a256001af897127174fcce     
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人
参考例句:
  • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
  • The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
54 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇,惊异
参考例句:
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
55 sage sCUz2     
n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的
参考例句:
  • I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
  • The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。
56 tickled 2db1470d48948f1aa50b3cf234843b26     
(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐
参考例句:
  • We were tickled pink to see our friends on television. 在电视中看到我们的一些朋友,我们高兴极了。
  • I tickled the baby's feet and made her laugh. 我胳肢孩子的脚,使她发笑。
57 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
58 overcast cJ2xV     
adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天
参考例句:
  • The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
  • The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。
59 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
60 cylinder rngza     
n.圆筒,柱(面),汽缸
参考例句:
  • What's the volume of this cylinder?这个圆筒的体积有多少?
  • The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.汽缸里汽油太多而空气不足。
61 catching cwVztY     
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
参考例句:
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。


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