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To be Read at Dusk
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One, two, three, four, five. There were five of them.
Five couriers, sitting on a bench outside the convent on the summit of the Great St. Bernard in Switzerland, looking at the remote heights, stained by the setting sun as if a mighty1 quantity of red wine had been broached2 upon the mountain top, and had not yet had time to sink into the snow.
This is not my simile3. It was made for the occasion by the stoutest4 courier, who was a German. None of the others took any more notice of it than they took of me, sitting on another bench on the other side of the convent door, smoking my cigar, like them, and—also like them—looking at the reddened snow, and at the lonely shed hard by, where the bodies of belated travellers, dug out of it, slowly wither5 away, knowing no corruption6 in that cold region.
The wine upon the mountain top soaked in as we looked; the mountain became white; the sky, a very dark blue; the wind rose; and the air turned piercing cold. The five couriers buttoned their rough coats. There being no safer man to imitate in all such proceedings7 than a courier, I buttoned mine.
The mountain in the sunset had stopped the five couriers in a conversation. It is a sublime8 sight, likely to stop conversation. The mountain being now out of the sunset, they resumed. Not that I had heard any part of their previous discourse9; for indeed, I had not then broken away from the American gentleman, in the travellers’ parlour of the convent, who, sitting with his face to the fire, had undertaken to realise to me the whole progress of events which had led to the accumulation by the
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mighty
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adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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broached
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v.谈起( broach的过去式和过去分词 );打开并开始用;用凿子扩大(或修光);(在桶上)钻孔取液体 | |
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n.直喻,明喻 | |
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stoutest
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粗壮的( stout的最高级 ); 结实的; 坚固的; 坚定的 | |
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wither
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vt.使凋谢,使衰退,(用眼神气势等)使畏缩;vi.枯萎,衰退,消亡 | |
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corruption
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proceedings
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adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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discourse
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dodger
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perfectly
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uncommon
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shrieks
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rouge
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professed
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公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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credentials
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n.证明,资格,证明书,证件 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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testimony
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n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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favourable
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adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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aged
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spacious
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situated
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adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的 | |
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rumble
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rosy
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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bantering
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brigands
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n.土匪,强盗( brigand的名词复数 ) | |
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fixedly
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crater
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n.火山口,弹坑 | |
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dismal
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adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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lizards
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n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 ) | |
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croaked
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v.呱呱地叫( croak的过去式和过去分词 );用粗的声音说 | |
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blotted
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涂污( blot的过去式和过去分词 ); (用吸墨纸)吸干 | |
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小薄片( flake的名词复数 ); (尤指)碎片; 雪花; 古怪的人 | |
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rusty
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scent
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ripening
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v.成熟,使熟( ripen的现在分词 );熟化;熟成 | |
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shrubs
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confinement
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stifling
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a.令人窒息的 | |
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attic
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winding
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mumbling
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含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的现在分词 ) | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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scraps
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mortar
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dozing
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v.打瞌睡,假寐 n.瞌睡 | |
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monstrous
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adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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blotchy
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adj.有斑点的,有污渍的;斑污 | |
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likeness
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n.相像,相似(之处) | |
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rustic
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adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬 | |
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harp
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n.竖琴;天琴座 | |
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miraculously
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ad.奇迹般地 | |
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subsided
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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vexed
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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solicitude
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n.焦虑 | |
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spoke
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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 | |
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melancholy
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n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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distress
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constraint
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n.(on)约束,限制;限制(或约束)性的事物 | |
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apprehension
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n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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serenely
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accomplished
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droop
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v.低垂,下垂;凋萎,萎靡 | |
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constraining
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强迫( constrain的现在分词 ); 强使; 限制; 约束 | |
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carnival
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n.嘉年华会,狂欢,狂欢节,巡回表演 | |
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raved
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v.胡言乱语( rave的过去式和过去分词 );愤怒地说;咆哮;痴心地说 | |
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desolate
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adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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infamous
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dreaded
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triumphantly
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ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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Oxford
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n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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housekeeper
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n.管理家务的主妇,女管家 | |
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rumbled
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发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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