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Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine. It was dryer1 and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending2 slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense3 and impossible to penetrate4 on horseback. But in the canyons5 water was plentiful7 and also a luxuriant forest growth. The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble8 around. He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters. The story was simple to him: good prospects9 that warranted the starting of the tunnel into the sidehill; the three months' work and the getting short of money; the lay-off while the men went away and got jobs; then the return and a new stretch of work, with the "pay" ever luring10 and ever receding11 into the mountain, until, after years of hope, the men had given up and vanished. Most likely they were dead by now, Daylight thought, as he turned in the saddle and looked back across the canyon6 at the ancient dump and dark mouth of the tunnel.
As on the previous day, just for the joy of it, he followed cattle-trails at haphazard
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dryer
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n.干衣机,干燥剂 | |
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a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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n.峡谷( canyon的名词复数 ) | |
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canyon
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n.峡谷,溪谷 | |
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adj.富裕的,丰富的 | |
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v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料 | |
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prospects
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n.希望,前途(恒为复数) | |
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luring
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吸引,引诱(lure的现在分词形式) | |
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receding
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v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
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adj.无计划的,随意的,杂乱无章的 | |
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ranch
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manure
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n.粪,肥,肥粒;vt.施肥 | |
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reined
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勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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hitch
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v.免费搭(车旅行);系住;急提;n.故障;急拉 | |
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(免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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toil
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vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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efficiently
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adv.高效率地,有能力地 | |
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paraphernalia
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n.装备;随身用品 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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virgin
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n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的 | |
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toiled
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长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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clique
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n.朋党派系,小集团 | |
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horde
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n.群众,一大群 | |
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v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份 | |
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hack
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n.劈,砍,出租马车;v.劈,砍,干咳 | |
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banking
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n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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wholesaling
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n.批发v.批发( wholesale的现在分词 );趸售,大规模买卖;批发(的);大规模(的) | |
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facetious
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adj.轻浮的,好开玩笑的 | |
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gambling
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n.赌博;投机 | |
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n.木瓦板;小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌);v.用木瓦板盖(屋顶);把(女子头发)剪短 | |
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adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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wagons
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n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车 | |
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n.棺材,灵柩 | |
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vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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almighty
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adj.全能的,万能的;很大的,很强的 | |
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irritation
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buck
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n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃 | |
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v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的现在分词 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃 | |
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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scuttled
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v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 );快跑,急走 | |
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overalls
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n.(复)工装裤;长罩衣 | |
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bleached
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漂白的,晒白的,颜色变浅的 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,不动摇的;忠实的;坚贞不移的 | |
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n.疑问,问号,质问;vt.询问,表示怀疑 | |
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adj.简陋的小屋,窝棚 | |
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approbation
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n.称赞;认可 | |
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adj.满意的,安心的,知足的 | |
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inspection
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n.检查,审查,检阅 | |
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boulders
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n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 );巨砾;(受水或天气侵蚀而成的)巨石;漂砾 | |
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pointed
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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tinge
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vt.(较淡)着色于,染色;使带有…气息;n.淡淡色彩,些微的气息 | |
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curry
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n.咖哩粉,咖哩饭菜;v.用咖哩粉调味,用马栉梳,制革 | |
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digestion
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n.消化,吸收 | |
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v.臆测,推断( surmise的过去式和过去分词 );揣测;猜想 | |
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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yearning
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alcoholic
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stamina
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v.冲洗( swill的现在分词 );猛喝;大口喝;(使)液体流动 | |
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协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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