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CHAPTER XVI
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There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands. This isolated1 group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous2 of the Canadian and American sealing fleets. Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying3 of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle. The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink. I doubt if I even thought once about a drink. Often, of course, the talk in the forecastle turned on drink, and the men told of their more exciting or humorous drunks, remembering such passages more keenly, with greater delight, than all the other passages of their adventurous4 lives.
In the forecastle, the oldest man, fat and fifty, was Louis. He was a broken skipper. John Barleycorn had thrown him, and he was winding5 up his career where he had begun it, in the forecastle. His case made quite an impression on me. John Barleycorn did other things beside kill a man. He hadn't killed Louis. He had done much worse. He had robbed him of power and place and comfort, crucified his pride, and condemned6 him to the hardship of the common sailor that would last as long as his healthy breath lasted, which promised to be for a long time.
We completed our run across the Pacific, lifted the volcanic7 peaks, jungle-clad, of the Bonin Islands, sailed in among the reefs to the land-locked harbour, and let our anchor rumble8 down where lay a score or more of sea-gypsies like ourselves. The
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isolated
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v.使苦恼( harry的现在分词 );不断烦扰;一再袭击;侵扰 | |
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adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的 | |
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scents
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pointed
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canyon
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lava
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n.熔岩,火山岩 | |
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riotous
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seamen
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prodigiously
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sneered
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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deter
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vt.阻止,使不敢,吓住 | |
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scorching
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adj. 灼热的 | |
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wreckage
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n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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alcoholic
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concoction
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schooner
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schooners
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态 | |
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n.避难所( asylum的名词复数 );庇护;政治避难;精神病院 | |
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v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉 | |
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maker
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intoxicated
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喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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inveigling
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v.诱骗,引诱( inveigle的现在分词 ) | |
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amuck
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ad.狂乱地 | |
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v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避 | |
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porpoise
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n.鼠海豚 | |
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bunk
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n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话 | |
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n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 );(事故中)遭严重毁坏的汽车(或飞机等);(身体或精神上)受到严重损伤的人;状况非常糟糕的车辆(或建筑物等)v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 );使(船舶)失事,使遇难,使下沉 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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adv.不以为然地,不赞成地,非难地 | |
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seaman
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n.海员,水手,水兵 | |
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culminated
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v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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adv.紧贴地;贴身地;暖和舒适地;安适地 | |
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bruises
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鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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doorways
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n.门口,门道( doorway的名词复数 ) | |
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wrecked
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adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
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subdued
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adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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lapsing
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v.退步( lapse的现在分词 );陷入;倒退;丧失 | |
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comatose
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adj.昏睡的,昏迷不醒的 | |
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precipitated
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v.(突如其来地)使发生( precipitate的过去式和过去分词 );促成;猛然摔下;使沉淀 | |
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debauch
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v.使堕落,放纵 | |
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inviting
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adj.诱人的,引人注目的 | |
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bawling
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v.大叫,大喊( bawl的现在分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物) | |
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license
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n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许 | |
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hazy
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adj.有薄雾的,朦胧的;不肯定的,模糊的 | |
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hazier
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有薄雾的( hazy的比较级 ); 模糊的; 不清楚的; 糊涂的 | |
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vessels
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penchant
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n.爱好,嗜好;(强烈的)倾向 | |
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porcelain
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runaway
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apprentices
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学徒,徒弟( apprentice的名词复数 ) | |
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illicitly
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违法地,不正地 | |
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corrosive
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veins
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conflagrations
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pathos
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glimmering
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inebriated
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solicitously
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rascals
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流氓( rascal的名词复数 ); 无赖; (开玩笑说法)淘气的人(尤指小孩); 恶作剧的人 | |
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discreetly
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toddling
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v.(幼儿等)东倒西歪地走( toddle的现在分词 );蹒跚行走;溜达;散步 | |
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manliness
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