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CHAPTER 10 FANCY DRESS
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Just as the café-restaurant had been an intensification1 of ordinary life, so was the ball in Dauphin’s studio an intensification of the café-restaurant. It had more colour, more noise, more music, more heat, more varied3 kinds of people, and, of course, far more riotous4 movement than the café-restaurant. The only quality in which the café-restaurant stood first was that of sustenance5. Monsieur Dauphin had not attempted to rival the café-restaurant in the matter of food and drink. And that there was no general hope of his doing so could be deduced from the fact that many of the more experienced guests arrived with bottles, fruit, sausages, and sandwiches of their own.
When Audrey and her friends entered the precincts of the vast new white building in the Boulevard Raspail, upon whose topmost floor Monsieur Dauphin painted the portraits of the women of the French, British, and American plutocracies6 and aristocracies, a lift full of gay-coloured figures was just shooting upwards7 past the wrought-iron balustrades of the gigantic staircase. Tommy and Nick stopped to speak to a columbine who hovered8 between the pavement and the threshold of the house.
“I don’t know whether it’s the grenadine or the lobster9, or whether it’s Paris,” said Miss Ingate confidentially10 in the interval11; “but I can scarcely tell whether I’m standing
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intensification
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n.激烈化,增强明暗度;加厚 | |
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adj.多样的,多变化的 | |
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riotous
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adj.骚乱的;狂欢的 | |
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sustenance
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n.食物,粮食;生活资料;生计 | |
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plutocracies
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n.富豪统治,财阀统治( plutocracy的名词复数 );富豪[财阀]统治集团,富豪,财阀 | |
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adv.向上,在更高处...以上 | |
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鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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lobster
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n.龙虾,龙虾肉 | |
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confidentially
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ad.秘密地,悄悄地 | |
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interval
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n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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standing
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ascended
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acrobat
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n.特技演员,杂技演员 | |
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hoarse
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huddled
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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celestial
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adj.天体的;天上的 | |
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martial
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adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的 | |
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illuminated
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athletic
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adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的 | |
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prodigiously
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adv.异常地,惊人地,巨大地 | |
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glided
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v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔 | |
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joyous
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adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的 | |
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amiably
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v.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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hubbub
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n.嘈杂;骚乱 | |
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n.迷宫,八阵图,混乱,迷惑 | |
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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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enchantment
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n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
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curt
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adj.简短的,草率的 | |
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gaily
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silhouettes
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轮廓( silhouette的名词复数 ); (人的)体形; (事物的)形状; 剪影 | |
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a.不知道的,未意识到的 | |
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predecessors
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n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 );前辈;(被取代的)原有事物;前身 | |
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spats
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n.口角( spat的名词复数 );小争吵;鞋罩;鞋套v.spit的过去式和过去分词( spat的第三人称单数 );口角;小争吵;鞋罩 | |
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espying
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v.看到( espy的现在分词 ) | |
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sufficiently
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linguistic
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adj.语言的,语言学的 | |
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utterly
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glossy
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celebrity
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n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望 | |
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instinctive
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fatigue
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sincerity
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n.真诚,诚意;真实 | |
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mutual
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adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的 | |
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sketches
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n.草图( sketch的名词复数 );素描;速写;梗概 | |
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intoxicated
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喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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rapture
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n.壁画( fresco的名词复数 );温壁画技法,湿壁画 | |
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conceited
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posterity
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grudge
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n.不满,怨恨,妒嫉;vt.勉强给,不情愿做 | |
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adj.烦燥不安的v.使(某人)烦恼,不安( perturb的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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conspicuous
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adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的 | |
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downwards
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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intonation
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n.语调,声调;发声 | |
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malicious
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salon
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concealed
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stoutly
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perfectly
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contagion
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