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Chapter 28
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    In Ohio seasons are theatrical1. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance isthe reason the world has people in it. When Paul D had been forced out of 124 into a shed behindit, summer had been hooted2 offstage and autumn with its bottles of blood and gold had everybody'sattention. Even at night, when there should have been a restful intermission, there was nonebecause the voices of a dying landscape were insistent3 and loud. Paul D packed newspaper under himself and over, to give his thin blanket some help. But the chilly4 night was not on his mind.

  When he heard the door open behind him he refused to turn and look. "What you want in here?

  What you want?" He should have been able to hear her breathing.

  "I want you to touch me on the inside part and call me my name." Paul D never worried about hislittle tobacco tin anymore. It was rusted5 shut. So, while she hoisted7 her skirts and turned her headover her shoulder the way the turtles had, he just looked at the lard can, silvery in moonlight, andspoke quietly.

  "When good people take you in and treat you good, you ought to try to be good back. You don't...

  Sethe loves you. Much as her own daughter. You know that."Beloved dropped her skirts as he spoke8 and looked at him with empty eyes. She took a step hecould not hear and stood close behind him.

  "She don't love me like I love her. I don't love nobody but her.""Then what you come in here for?""I want you to touch me on the inside part.""Go on back in that house and get to bed.""You have to touch me. On the inside part. And you have to call me my name."As long as his eyes were locked on the silver of the lard can he was safe. If he trembled like Lot'wife and felt some womanish need to see the nature of the sin behind him; feel a sympathy,(s) perhaps, for the cursing cursed, or want to hold it in his arms out of respect for the connectionbetween them, he too would be lost.

  "Call me my name.""No.""Please call it. I'll go if you call it.""Beloved." He said it, but she did not go. She moved closer with a footfall he didn't hear and hedidn't hear the whisper that the flakes9 of rust6 made either as they fell away from the seams of histobacco tin. So when the lid gave he didn't know it. What he knew was that when he reached theinside part he was saying, "Red heart. Red heart," over and over again. Softly and then so loud itwoke Denver, then Paul D himself. "Red heart. Red heart. Red heart."TO GO BACK to the original hunger was impossible. Luckily for Denver, looking was foodenough to last. But to be looked at in turn was beyond appetite; it was breaking through her own skin to a place where hunger hadn't been discovered. It didn't have to happen often, becauseBeloved seldom looked right at her, or when she did, Denver could tell that her own face was justthe place those eyes stopped while the mind behind it walked on. But sometimes — at momentsDenver could neither anticipate nor create — Beloved rested cheek on knuckles10 and looked atDenver with attention.

  It was lovely. Not to be stared at, not seen, but being pulled into view by the interested, uncriticaleyes of the other. Having her hair examined as a part of her self, not as material or a style. Havingher lips, nose, chin caressed11 as they might be if she were a moss12 rose a gardener paused to admire.

  Denver's skin dissolved under that gaze and became soft and bright like the lisle dress that had itsarm around her mother's waist. She floated near but outside her own body, feeling vague andintense at the same time. Needing nothing. Being what there was.

  At such times it seemed to be Beloved who needed somethingm wanted something. Deep down inher wide black eyes, back behind the expressionlessness, was a palm held out for a penny whichDenver would gladly give her, if only she knew how or knew enough about her, a knowledge notto be had by the answers to the questions Sethe occasionally put to her: '"You disremembereverything? I never knew my mother neither, but I saw her a couple of times. Did you never seeyours? What kind of whites was they? You don't remember none?"Beloved, scratching the back of her hand, would say she remembered a woman who was hers, andshe remembered being snatched away from her. Other than that, the clearest memory she had, theone she repeated, was the bridge — standing13 on the bridge looking down. And she knew onewhiteman.

  Sethe found that remarkable14 and more evidence to support her conclusions, which she confided15 toDenver.

  "Where'd you get the dress, them shoes?"Beloved said she took them.

  "Who from?"Silence and a faster scratching of her hand. She didn't know; she saw them and just took them.

  "Uh huh," said Sethe, and told Denver that she believed Beloved had been locked up by somewhiteman for his own purposes, and never let out the door. That she must have escaped to a bridgeor someplace and rinsed16 the rest out of her mind. Something like that had happened to Ella exceptit was two men — -a father and son — - and Ella remembered every bit of it. For more than a year,they kept her locked in a room for themselves.

  "You couldn't think up," Ella had said, "what them two done to me."Sethe thought it explained Beloved's behavior around Paul D, whom she hated so.

  Denver neither believed nor commented on Sethe's speculations18, and she lowered her eyes andnever said a word about the cold house. She was certain that Beloved was the white dress that hadknelt with her mother in the keeping room, the true-to-life presence of the baby that had kept hercompany most of her life. And to be looked at by her, however briefly19, kept her grateful for therest of the time when she was merely the looker. Besides, she had her own set of questions whichhad nothing to do with the past. The present alone interested Denver, but she was careful to appearuninquisitive about the things she was dying to ask Beloved, for if she pressed too hard, she mightlose the penny that the held-out palm wanted, and lose, therefore, the place beyond appetite. It wasbetter to feast, to have permission to be the looker, because the old hunger — the before-Belovedhunger that drove her into boxwood and cologne for just a taste of a life, to feel it bumpy20 and notflat — was out of the question. Looking kept it at bay.

  So she did not ask Beloved how she knew about the earrings21, the night walks to the cold house orthe tip of the thing she saw when Beloved lay down or came undone22 in her sleep. The look, whenit came, came when Denver had been careful, had explained things, or participated in things, ortold stories to keep her occupied when Sethe was at the restaurant. No given chore was enough toput out the licking fire that seemed always to burn in her. Not when they wrung23 out sheets so tightthe rinse17 water ran back up their arms. Not when they shoveled24 snow from the path to theouthouse. Or broke three inches of ice from the rain barrel; scoured25 and boiled last summer'scanning jars, packed mud in the cracks of the hen house and warmed the chicks with their skirts.

  All the while Denver was obliged to talk about what they were doing — the how and why of it.

  About people Denver knew once or had seen, giving them more life than life had: the sweet-smelling whitewoman who brought her oranges and cologne and good wool skirts; Lady Joneswho taught them songs to spell and count by; a beautiful boy as smart as she was with a birthmarklike a nickel on his cheek. A white preacher who prayed for their souls while Sethe peeled potatoesand Grandma Baby sucked air. And she told her about Howard and Buglar: the parts of the bedthat belonged to each (the top reserved for herself); that before she transferred to Baby Suggs' bedshe never knew them to sleep without holding hands. She described them to Beloved slowly, tokeep her attention, dwelling26 on their habits, the games they taught her and not the fright that drovethem increasingly out of the house — -anywhere — and finally far away.

  This day they are outside. It's cold and the snow is hard as packed dirt. Denver has finished singingthe counting song Lady Jones taught her students. Beloved is holding her arms steady whileDenver unclasps frozen underwear and towels from the line. One by one she lays them inBeloved's arms until the pile, like a huge deck of cards, reaches her chin. The rest, aprons28 andbrown stockings, Denver carries herself. Made giddy by the cold, they return to the house. Theclothes will thaw29 slowly to a dampness perfect for the pressing iron, which will make them smelllike hot rain. Dancing around the room with Sethe's apron27, Beloved wants to know if there areflowers in the dark. Denver adds sticks to the stovefire and assures her there are. Twirling, her faceframed by the neckband, her waist in the apron strings30' embrace, she says she is thirsty.

  Denver suggests warming up some cider, while her mind races to something she might do or say to interest and entertain the dancer. Denver is a strategist now and has to keep Beloved by her sidefrom the minute Sethe leaves for work until the hour of her return when Beloved begins to hover31 atthe window, then work her way out the door, down the steps and near the road. Plotting haschanged Denver markedly. Where she was once indolent, resentful of every task, now she is spry,executing, even extending the assignments Sethe leaves for them. All to be able to say "We got to"and "Ma'am said for us to." Otherwise Beloved gets private and dreamy, or quiet and sullen32, andDenver's chances of being looked at by her go down to nothing. She has no control over theevenings. When her mother is anywhere around, Beloved has eyes only for Sethe. At night, in bed,anything might happen. She might want to be told a story in the dark when Denver can't see her.

  Or she might get up and go into the cold house where Paul D has begun to sleep. Or she might cry,silently. She might even sleep like a brick, her breath sugary from fingerfuls of molasses or sand-cookie crumbs33. Denver will turn toward her then, and if Beloved faces her, she will inhale34 deeplythe sweet air from her mouth. If not, she will have to lean up and over her, every once in a while,to catch a sniff35. For anything is better than the original hunger — the time when, after a year of thewonderful little i, sentences rolling out like pie dough36 and the company of other children, therewas no sound coming through. Anything is better than the silence when she answered to handsgesturing and was indifferent to the movement of lips. When she saw every little thing and colorsleaped smoldering37 into view. She will forgo38 the most violent of sunsets, stars as fat as dinner platesand all the blood of autumn and settle for the palest yellow if it comes from her Beloved. The ciderjug is heavy, but it always is, even when empty. Denver can carry it easily, yet she asks Beloved tohelp her. It is in the cold house next to the molasses and six pounds of cheddar hard as bone. Apallet is in the middle of the floor covered with newspaper and a blanket at the foot. It has beenslept on for almost a month, even though snow has come and, with it, serious winter.

  It is noon, quite light outside; inside it is not. A few cuts of sun break through the roof and wallsbut once there they are too weak to shift for themselves. Darkness is stronger and swallows themlike minnows.

  The door bangs shut. Denver can't tell where Beloved is standing. "Where are you?" she whispersin a laughing sort of way.

  "Here," says Beloved.

  "Where?""Come find me," says Beloved.

   在俄亥俄,季节更替富于戏剧性。每一个季节出场时都像个女主角,自以为它的表演是人们在这世界上生息的缘由。当保罗·D被迫从124号搬到后面的棚子里去的时候,夏已经被嘘下台,秋带着它那血与金的瓶子引起了大家的瞩目。甚至在夜晚,本该有个安闲的间歇,却仍没有,因为风景隐去的声音依旧动人而嘹亮。保罗·D把报纸垫在身下、盖在身上,给他的薄毯子帮点忙。可是他一心想着的并不是寒冷的夜晚。当他听见背后的开门声时,他拒绝转身去看。

  “你到这儿来要什么?你要什么?

  ”他本来应该能听见她的喘息。

  “我要你进到我身体里抚摸我,还要你叫我的名字。

  ”

  保罗·D再也不用操心他的小烟草罐了。它锈死了。因此,当她撩起裙子、像那两只乌龟一样把头扭过肩膀的时候,他只是看着月光下银光闪闪的猪油罐头,平静地说话。

  “好心人收留你、好好待你的时候,你应该想着报答才是。你不该……塞丝爱你,就像爱她自己的女儿。这你知道。

  ”

  他说话的时候,宠儿撂下裙子,用空荡的眼睛望着他。她悄没声息地迈了一步,紧挨在他身后站着。

  “她不像我爱她那样爱我。我除了她谁也不爱。

  ”

  “那你到这儿来干什么?

  ”

  “我要你进到我身体里抚摸我。

  ”

  “回屋睡觉去。

  ”

  “你必须抚摸我。进到我身体里。你必须叫我的名字。

  ”

  只要他的眼睛定在猪油罐头的银光上,他就是安全的。可是一旦他像罗得的老婆那样发抖,娘们似的想回头看看身后罪恶的实体;一旦他对该诅咒的作祟者心生同情;一旦顾及到他们之间的交情,想要把它搂进怀里,那么,他同样也会迷失。

  “叫我的名字。

  ”

  “不。”

  “求求你。你叫了我就走。

  ”

  “宠儿。

  ”他叫了,可她没走。他没听见她又挪近了一步,他也没听见锈屑从烟草罐接缝处散落时发出的沙沙声。所以盖子松动的时候,他没有察觉。他只知道自己进入她的体内时,说着:

  “红心。红心。

  ”一遍又一遍。先是轻轻地,而后响亮得吵醒了丹芙,也吵醒了保罗·D自己。

  “红心。红心。红心。

  ”

  回复最初的饥饿是不可能的。丹芙很幸运,光是看着别人就能顶饭吃。可是反过来被别人回看,却不是她的胃口承受得住的;它会穿透她的皮肤,直达一个饥饿尚未被发现的地方。这种事不必经常发生,因为宠儿很少正眼瞧她,即便瞧上一眼,丹芙看得出,自己的脸也不过是她眼睛略停一停的地方,眼睛后面的头脑仍在继续漫游。可有的时候———这种时刻丹芙既无法预料也无法创造———宠儿用指节拄着腮,关注地端详着丹芙。

  那真可爱。不是被盯视,也不是仅仅被看见,而是被另一个人兴致勃勃、不加评点的眼睛拉进视野。把她的头发当做她自身的一部分,而不是当做一种材料或者一种样式,加以审视。让她的嘴唇、鼻子、下巴得到爱抚,就仿佛她是一朵让园丁流连不已的毛萼洋蔷薇。丹芙的皮肤在她的注视下溶解,变得像搂住她妈妈腰身的那件莱尔裙一般柔软、光艳。她在自己的躯体之外漂游,感到恍惚,同时也觉得紧张。别无他求。听之任之。

  这种时候倒是宠儿看起来有所需要———有所要求。在她漆黑的大眼睛深处,在面无表情背后,有一只手掌平摊出来,在讨要着一个铜子儿;丹芙当然乐于施与,只要她知道如何给她,或者对她有足够的了解。但这了解并不得自宠儿对那些问题所作的回答,那些塞丝偶尔向她提出的问题:“你什么都不记得了么?我也一直不认识我的妈妈,可我见过她两回。你从来没见过你的妈妈么?他们是哪种白人?你一点儿都不记得了?

  ”

  宠儿会挠着手背,说她记得一个属于她的女人,还记得自己从她身边被人抢走。除此以外,她记得最清楚的、不断重复的,是那座桥———站在桥上往下看。另外,她还记得一个白人。

   塞丝认为这一点值得注意,也发现了更多的证据,支持着她曾经向丹芙透露过的结论。

  “你是从哪儿弄到那条裙子和那双鞋的?

  ”

  宠儿说是她拿的。

  “从谁那儿?

  ”

  沉默。更快地挠手。她不知道;她看见了,就拿了。

  “哦。”塞丝应道,然后告诉丹芙,她相信宠儿曾经被某个白人关了起来,以满足他的私欲,从来不让出门。她肯定是逃到了一座桥之类的地方,将其余的一切从记忆中洗去。有点像艾拉的故事,不过那是两个男人———父子俩———而且艾拉记得一清二楚。有一年多,他们为了满足自己,一直把她锁在一间屋子里。

  “你想象不出来,”艾拉说过,“他们俩对我干了些什么。

  ”

  塞丝认为这就能说得通宠儿在保罗·D周围的表现了,她是那么讨厌他。

  丹芙不相信塞丝的推测,也不表态,她垂下眼帘,只字不提冷藏室的事。她敢肯定,宠儿就是起居室里和她妈妈跪在一起的白裙子,是伴她度过大半生的那个婴儿以真身出场了。能够得到她哪怕短暂的注视,即使在其余时间里只当个注视者,也让丹芙感激涕零。再说,她有她自己的一系列与过去无关的问题要问。只有现在,才让丹芙感兴趣,可是她小心谨慎地不表露出想问宠儿那些事情的强烈欲望,因为如果她逼得太紧,她就可能失去那枚伸出的手掌讨要的铜子儿,因而失去那超越食欲的地方。最好去大吃大喝,去保留做一个注视者的权利,因为原来的饥饿———宠儿之前的饥饿,驱使她进入黄杨树丛和香水之中,只为尝尝一种生活的味道,品味它的坎坷与不平———已不在考虑之列了。宠儿的注视已将它置于绝境。

  所以她没有问宠儿她是怎么知道耳环的,没有问冷藏室的夜行,还有宠儿躺下或解衣睡觉时她看见的那东西的一端。那注视,它来临的时候,往往正是丹芙专心致志的时候,她不是在解释事情,就是在参与做事情,要么就是当塞丝去餐馆时,她正在给宠儿讲故事打发时光。任何分派的家务活都不能扑灭仿佛时时刻刻在她心中燃烧的烈火。她们使劲拧床单、水顺着胳膊直流的时候不能;她们将积雪从小路上铲到厕所里的时候不能;砸碎雨水桶里三英寸厚的冰层时也不能;擦洗和烧煮去年夏天的罐头瓶子、往鸡窝的裂缝上抹泥和用裙子暖和鸡雏的时候还是不能;丹芙被迫一刻不停地说着她们正在做的事情———怎么做,为什么做。说着她从前认识和见过的人,讲得栩栩如生,比真人还真:送给她橙子、香水和上好的羊毛裙的香喷喷的白女人;教他们唱字母歌、数字歌的琼斯女士;跟她一样聪明、脸蛋上有块五分钢镚似的胎记的漂亮男孩;塞丝削着土豆而贝比奶奶奄奄一息时为她们的灵魂祈祷的白人牧师。她还给她讲了霍华德和巴格勒:床上属于他们的地盘(他们把上铺留给她);还有,在她搬到贝比·萨格斯的床上之前,她从没见过他们不手拉着手睡觉。她慢条斯理地向宠儿描述他们,吊她的胃口,翻来覆去地讲他们的习惯、他们教她的游戏,却没有讲那将他们逼出家门的恐惧———随便去哪儿———和最终的远走高飞。

  这一天,她们待在外面。天很冷,积雪就像夯实的土地一样硬。丹芙已经唱完了琼斯女士教给她的学生们的数字歌。丹芙从绳子上解下冻僵的内衣和毛巾,宠儿伸手接着。她把它们一件一件放到宠儿怀里,直到它们像一沓巨型扑克牌一样挨到了她的下巴。剩下的围裙和棕色袜子,丹芙自己拿着。她们冻得头晕眼花,赶紧回到屋里。衣物会慢慢地溶化、变潮,正好适于烙铁熨烫,熨衣的味道闻起来就像热雨。宠儿系着塞丝的围裙满屋跳舞,想知道黑暗里是否有花儿。丹芙往炉火里添着劈柴,向她肯定说,有。宠儿的脸上缠着领巾,腰里系着围裙带,她一边转圈一边说她渴了。

  丹芙建议热点苹果汁,同时急忙寻思能做点什么或说点什么,好让这个舞星感兴趣和快活。丹芙现在是个阴谋家了,想方设法把宠儿留在身边,从塞丝离家上班一直到她该回来的钟点。到了这个钟点,宠儿就开始在窗前徘徊,接着开门出去,走下台阶,走到大路旁。阴谋明显地改变了丹芙。她原来什么活计都懒得做、讨厌干,现在则是又麻利又能干,甚至自觉增加塞丝留给她们的任务。什么都可以说成是“我们非干不可”和“太太说了让我们干”。否则宠儿会变得孤僻、恍惚,或者沉默寡言乃至闷闷不乐,而这样下去丹芙被注视的机会就要减少到零。她控制不了晚上的局面。只要她妈妈在周围的什么地方活动,宠儿的眼睛就只盯着塞丝一个人。到了夜里,在床上,什么都可能发生。在黑暗中,丹芙看不见她时,她可能想听个故事。要么她可能起来到保罗·D已经开始在里面睡觉的冷藏室去。她还可能默默地哭泣。她甚至可能睡得像块砖头,由于用手指吃糖浆和甜饼干渣,她的呼吸变得甜丝丝的。丹芙愿意转向她,如果宠儿脸朝她睡,她就能深深地吸进她嘴里甜甜的气息。否则,她就必须每隔一会儿爬起一次,越过她的身体去嗅上一鼻子。因为什么都 比最初的饥饿要好———那个时期,在整整一年美妙的小写i、馅饼面团一样滚出来的句子以及同其他孩子的相伴之后,就再没有声音了。什么都比寂静好;那个时期,她只能回答别人的手势,面对嘴唇的动作却毫无反应。那个时期,她能看到每一样细小的东西和色彩燃烧着跳进视野。而今,她情愿放弃最热烈的落日、盘子一般硕大的星星和秋天的全部血液,而满足于最暗淡的黄色,只要那黄色来自她的宠儿。

  苹果汁罐子很沉,不过它从来就是那样,甚至空的时候也是。丹芙其实能够轻易地提起它,可她还是请宠儿来帮忙。罐子在冷藏室里,挨着糖浆和六磅像石头一样硬的切达干酪。地板中央有一张草荐床,床脚盖着报纸和一条毯子。它被睡了将近一个月了,尽管严冬早已随冰雪一道降临。

  正是中午,外面相当亮;屋里却不然。几丝阳光从屋顶和墙壁挤进来,可是进来后就太微弱了,都不能单独成束。强大的黑暗将它们像小鱼一样吞噬。

  门砰地合上。丹芙拿不准宠儿站在哪里。

  “你在哪儿?

  ”她似笑非笑地悄声问道。

  “在这儿呢。

  ”宠儿道。

  “哪儿?

  ”

  “来找我吧。

  ”宠儿道。


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1 theatrical pIRzF     
adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的
参考例句:
  • The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果,叫人失望。
  • She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。
2 hooted 8df924a716d9d67e78a021e69df38ba5     
(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • An owl hooted nearby. 一只猫头鹰在附近啼叫。
  • The crowd hooted and jeered at the speaker. 群众向那演讲人发出轻蔑的叫嚣和嘲笑。
3 insistent s6ZxC     
adj.迫切的,坚持的
参考例句:
  • There was an insistent knock on my door.我听到一阵急促的敲门声。
  • He is most insistent on this point.他在这点上很坚持。
4 chilly pOfzl     
adj.凉快的,寒冷的
参考例句:
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后,寒气逼人。
5 rusted 79e453270dbdbb2c5fc11d284e95ff6e     
v.(使)生锈( rust的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I can't get these screws out; they've rusted in. 我无法取出这些螺丝,它们都锈住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • My bike has rusted and needs oil. 我的自行车生锈了,需要上油。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 rust XYIxu     
n.锈;v.生锈;(脑子)衰退
参考例句:
  • She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
  • The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。
7 hoisted d1dcc88c76ae7d9811db29181a2303df     
把…吊起,升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He hoisted himself onto a high stool. 他抬身坐上了一张高凳子。
  • The sailors hoisted the cargo onto the deck. 水手们把货物吊到甲板上。
8 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。
9 flakes d80cf306deb4a89b84c9efdce8809c78     
小薄片( flake的名词复数 ); (尤指)碎片; 雪花; 古怪的人
参考例句:
  • It's snowing in great flakes. 天下着鹅毛大雪。
  • It is snowing in great flakes. 正值大雪纷飞。
10 knuckles c726698620762d88f738be4a294fae79     
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝
参考例句:
  • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
  • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 caressed de08c4fb4b79b775b2f897e6e8db9aad     
爱抚或抚摸…( caress的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His fingers caressed the back of her neck. 他的手指抚摩着她的后颈。
  • He caressed his wife lovingly. 他怜爱万分地抚摸着妻子。
12 moss X6QzA     
n.苔,藓,地衣
参考例句:
  • Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
  • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
13 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。
14 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。
15 confided 724f3f12e93e38bec4dda1e47c06c3b1     
v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)
参考例句:
  • She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
  • He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露,他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 rinsed 637d6ed17a5c20097c9dbfb69621fd20     
v.漂洗( rinse的过去式和过去分词 );冲洗;用清水漂洗掉(肥皂泡等);(用清水)冲掉
参考例句:
  • She rinsed out the sea water from her swimming-costume. 她把游泳衣里的海水冲洗掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The clothes have been rinsed three times. 衣服已经洗了三和。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
17 rinse BCozs     
v.用清水漂洗,用清水冲洗
参考例句:
  • Give the cup a rinse.冲洗一下杯子。
  • Don't just rinse the bottles. Wash them out carefully.别只涮涮瓶子,要仔细地洗洗里面。
18 speculations da17a00acfa088f5ac0adab7a30990eb     
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断
参考例句:
  • Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》
19 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
20 bumpy 2sIz7     
adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
参考例句:
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
21 earrings 9ukzSs     
n.耳环( earring的名词复数 );耳坠子
参考例句:
  • a pair of earrings 一对耳环
  • These earrings snap on with special fastener. 这付耳环是用特制的按扣扣上去的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
22 undone JfJz6l     
a.未做完的,未完成的
参考例句:
  • He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。
23 wrung b11606a7aab3e4f9eebce4222a9397b1     
绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水)
参考例句:
  • He has wrung the words from their true meaning. 他曲解这些字的真正意义。
  • He wrung my hand warmly. 他热情地紧握我的手。
24 shoveled e51ace92204ed91d8925ad365fab25a3     
vt.铲,铲出(shovel的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • The hungry man greedily shoveled the food into his mouth. 那个饥饿的人贪婪地、大口大口地吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • They shoveled a path through the snow. 他们在雪中铲出一条小路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
25 scoured ed55d3b2cb4a5db1e4eb0ed55b922516     
走遍(某地)搜寻(人或物)( scour的过去式和过去分词 ); (用力)刷; 擦净; 擦亮
参考例句:
  • We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent. 我们四处查看,想找一个搭帐篷的地方。
  • The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。
26 dwelling auzzQk     
n.住宅,住所,寓所
参考例句:
  • Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
  • He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
27 apron Lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
28 aprons d381ffae98ab7cbe3e686c9db618abe1     
围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份)
参考例句:
  • Many people like to wear aprons while they are cooking. 许多人做饭时喜欢系一条围裙。
  • The chambermaid in our corridor wears blue checked gingham aprons. 给我们扫走廊的清洁女工围蓝格围裙。
29 thaw fUYz5     
v.(使)融化,(使)变得友善;n.融化,缓和
参考例句:
  • The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
  • The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
30 strings nh0zBe     
n.弦
参考例句:
  • He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
31 hover FQSzM     
vi.翱翔,盘旋;徘徊;彷徨,犹豫
参考例句:
  • You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
  • A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。
32 sullen kHGzl     
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的
参考例句:
  • He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
  • Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐,因为昨晚没睡好。
33 crumbs crumbs     
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式
参考例句:
  • She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
  • Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊,天哪!都这会儿啦?
34 inhale ZbJzA     
v.吸入(气体等),吸(烟)
参考例句:
  • Don't inhale dust into your lung.别把灰尘吸进肺里。
  • They are pleased to not inhale second hand smoke.他们很高兴他们再也不会吸到二手烟了。
35 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。
36 dough hkbzg     
n.生面团;钱,现款
参考例句:
  • She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
  • The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。
37 smoldering e8630fc937f347478071b5257ae5f3a3     
v.用文火焖烧,熏烧,慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
  • The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句
38 forgo Dinxf     
v.放弃,抛弃
参考例句:
  • Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够,他不得不放弃做准备工作。
  • She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵,她愿意放弃生日宴请。


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