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A quarter of an hour brought her into the High Street, and for want of a more important errand she called at the harness-maker’s for a dog-collar that she required.
It happened to be market-day, and Nicholas, having postponed1 the engagements which called him thither2 to keep the appointment with her in the Sallows, rushed off at the end of the afternoon to attend to them as well as he could. Arriving thus in a great hurry on account of the lateness of the hour, he still retained the wild, amphibious appearance which had marked him when he came up from the meadows to her side—an exceptional condition of things which had scarcely ever before occurred. When she crossed the pavement from the shop door, the shopman bowing and escorting her to the carriage, Nicholas chanced to be standing4 at the road-waggon office, talking to the master of the waggons5. There were a good many people about, and those near paused and looked at her transit6, in the full stroke of the level October sun, which went under the brims of their hats, and pierced through their button-holes. From the group she heard murmured the words: ‘Mrs. Nicholas Long.’
The unexpected remark, not without distinct satire7 in its tone, took her so greatly by surprise that she was confounded. Nicholas was by this time nearer, though coming against the sun he had not yet perceived her. Influenced by her father’s lecture, she felt angry with him for being there and causing this awkwardness. Her notice of him was therefore slight, supercilious8 perhaps, slurred9 over; and her vexation at his presence showed distinctly in her face as she sat down in her seat. Instead of catching
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1 postponed | |
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发) | |
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2 thither | |
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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3 mead | |
n.蜂蜜酒 | |
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4 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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5 waggons | |
四轮的运货马车( waggon的名词复数 ); 铁路货车; 小手推车 | |
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6 transit | |
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过 | |
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7 satire | |
n.讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺作品 | |
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8 supercilious | |
adj.目中无人的,高傲的;adv.高傲地;n.高傲 | |
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9 slurred | |
含糊地说出( slur的过去式和过去分词 ); 含糊地发…的声; 侮辱; 连唱 | |
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10 catching | |
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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11 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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12 victuals | |
n.食物;食品 | |
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13 mortification | |
n.耻辱,屈辱 | |
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14 trotted | |
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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15 ridge | |
n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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n.疆绳,统治,支配;vt.以僵绳控制,统治 | |
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17 squire | |
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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18 hemmed | |
缝…的褶边( hem的过去式和过去分词 ); 包围 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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20 entail | |
vt.使承担,使成为必要,需要 | |
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21 estrangement | |
n.疏远,失和,不和 | |
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22 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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23 isolation | |
n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离 | |
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24 colonists | |
n.殖民地开拓者,移民,殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 ) | |
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25 nurture | |
n.养育,照顾,教育;滋养,营养品;vt.养育,给与营养物,教养,扶持 | |
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26 embark | |
vi.乘船,着手,从事,上飞机 | |
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27 enraged | |
使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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28 sanguine | |
adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
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29 expenditure | |
n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出;使用,消耗 | |
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30 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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31 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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32 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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33 accomplished | |
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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34 enveloping | |
v.包围,笼罩,包住( envelop的现在分词 ) | |
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35 ousted | |
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺 | |
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36 misty | |
adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的 | |
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37 severed | |
v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂 | |
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38 circumscribed | |
adj.[医]局限的:受限制或限于有限空间的v.在…周围划线( circumscribe的过去式和过去分词 );划定…范围;限制;限定 | |
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39 encumbrance | |
n.妨碍物,累赘 | |
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40 humiliation | |
n.羞辱 | |
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