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XIV. NIAGARA
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The hours passed, and the situation did not change. The steersman returned on deck, and the captain, descending1, watched the movement of the engines. Even when our speed increased, these engines continued working without noise, and with remarkable2 smoothness. There was never one of those inevitable3 breaks, with which in most motors the pistons4 sometimes miss a stroke. I concluded that the “Terror,” in each of its transformations5 must be worked by rotary7 engines. But I could not assure myself of this.
For the rest, our direction did not change. Always we headed toward the northeast end of the lake, and hence toward Buffalo9.
Why, I wondered, did the captain persist in following this route? He could not intend to stop at Buffalo, in the midst of a crowd of boats and shipping10 of every kind. If he meant to leave the lake by water, there was only the Niagara River to follow; and its Falls would be impassable, even to such a machine as this. The only escape was by the Detroit River, and the “Terror” was constantly leaving that farther behind.
Then another idea occurred to me. Perhaps the captain was only waiting for night to return to the shore of the lake. There, the boat, changed to an automobile11, would quickly cross the neighboring States. If I did not succeed in making my escape, during this passage across the land, all hope of regaining13 my liberty would be gone.
True, I might learn where this Master of the World hid himself. I might learn what no one had yet been able to discover, assuming always that he did not dispose of me at one time or another—and what I expected his “disposal” would be, is easily comprehended.
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descending
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remarkable
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adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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pistons
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活塞( piston的名词复数 ) | |
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transformations
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n.变化( transformation的名词复数 );转换;转换;变换 | |
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transformation
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n.变化;改造;转变 | |
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rotary
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adj.(运动等)旋转的;轮转的;转动的 | |
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ward
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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buffalo
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n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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shipping
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n.船运(发货,运输,乘船) | |
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automobile
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regain
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vt.重新获得,收复,恢复 | |
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regaining
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复得( regain的现在分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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westward
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cataract
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n.大瀑布,奔流,洪水,白内障 | |
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entangled
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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extremity
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spun
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v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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fixed
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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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persistent
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subterranean
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fortress
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funnel
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dunes
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沙丘( dune的名词复数 ) | |
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smacks
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掌掴(声)( smack的名词复数 ); 海洛因; (打的)一拳; 打巴掌 | |
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spotted
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prudence
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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persistence
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descended
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a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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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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pointed
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attentively
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torpedo
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maneuver
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disdain
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machinery
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dart
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cannon
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n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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audacity
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coax
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northward
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outlawed
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宣布…为不合法(outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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puff
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n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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standing
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lookout
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imprinted
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v.盖印(imprint的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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throb
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v.震颤,颤动;(急速强烈地)跳动,搏动 | |
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penetrated
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steadily
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vessels
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n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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mandates
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托管(mandate的第三人称单数形式) | |
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plunging
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adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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dodge
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v.闪开,躲开,避开;n.妙计,诡计 | |
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deserted
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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mighty
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adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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celebrated
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tumult
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isle
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drawn
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gulf
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envelop
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漏斗( funnel的名词复数 ); (轮船,火车等的)烟囱 | |
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intrepidity
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inevitably
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mingle
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twilight
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prodigious
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岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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throbbed
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抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动 | |
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