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It is true I have been in Shoshone Land, but before that, long before, I had seen it through the eyes of Winnenap' in a rosy1 mist of reminiscence, and must always see it with a sense of intimacy2 in the light that never was. Sitting on the golden slope at the campoodie, looking across the Bitter Lake to the purple tops of Mutarango, the medicine-man drew up its happy places one by one, like little blessed islands in a sea of talk. For he was born a Shoshone, was Winnenap'; and though his name, his wife, his children, and his tribal4 relations were of the Paiutes, his thoughts turned homesickly toward Shoshone Land. Once a Shoshone always a Shoshone. Winnenap' lived gingerly among the Paiutes and in his heart despised them. But he could speak a tolerable English when he would, and he always would if it were of Shoshone Land.
He had come into the keeping of the Paiutes as a hostage for the long peace which the authority of the whites made interminable, and, though there was now no order in the tribe, nor any power that could have lawfully5 restrained him, kept on in the old usage, to save his honor and the word of his vanished kin3. He had seen his children's children in the borders of the Paiutes, but loved best his own miles of sand and rainbow-painted hills. Professedly he had not seen them since the beginning of his hostage; but every year about the end of the rains and before the strength of the sun had come upon us from the south, the medicine-man went apart on the mountains to gather herbs, and when he came again I knew by the new fortitude7 of his countenance8 and the new color of his reminiscences that he had been alone and unspied upon in Shoshone Land.
To reach that country from the campoodie, one goes south and south, within hearing of the lip-lip-lapping of the great tideless lake, and south by east over a high rolling district, miles and miles of sage
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1 rosy | |
adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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2 intimacy | |
n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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3 kin | |
n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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4 tribal | |
adj.部族的,种族的 | |
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5 lawfully | |
adv.守法地,合法地;合理地 | |
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6 sage | |
n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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7 fortitude | |
n.坚忍不拔;刚毅 | |
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8 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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9 cones | |
n.(人眼)圆锥细胞;圆锥体( cone的名词复数 );球果;圆锥形东西;(盛冰淇淋的)锥形蛋卷筒 | |
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10 craters | |
n.火山口( crater的名词复数 );弹坑等 | |
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11 wasteful | |
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12 acrid | |
adj.辛辣的,尖刻的,刻薄的 | |
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13 lava | |
n.熔岩,火山岩 | |
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14 edible | |
n.食品,食物;adj.可食用的 | |
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15 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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16 rifts | |
n.裂缝( rift的名词复数 );裂隙;分裂;不和 | |
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17 sweeping | |
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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18 eastward | |
adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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19 thorny | |
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20 dunes | |
沙丘( dune的名词复数 ) | |
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21 twigs | |
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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22 penetrate | |
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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23 attaining | |
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的现在分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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24 resistant | |
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25 consummate | |
adj.完美的;v.成婚;使完美 [反]baffle | |
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26 domes | |
n.圆屋顶( dome的名词复数 );像圆屋顶一样的东西;圆顶体育场 | |
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27 noxious | |
adj.有害的,有毒的;使道德败坏的,讨厌的 | |
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28 ripen | |
vt.使成熟;vi.成熟 | |
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29 clans | |
宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派 | |
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30 vengeance | |
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31 intercourse | |
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32 solitariness | |
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33 replenish | |
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34 mistiness | |
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35 incense | |
v.激怒;n.香,焚香时的烟,香气 | |
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36 shrubs | |
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37 foliage | |
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38 scant | |
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39 winnowed | |
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40 tangle | |
n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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41 vocal | |
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目 | |
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42 burrowing | |
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43 owl | |
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44 offense | |
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47 boulder | |
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48 boulders | |
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49 rugged | |
adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的 | |
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50 relish | |
n.滋味,享受,爱好,调味品;vt.加调味料,享受,品味;vi.有滋味 | |
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51 cactus | |
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52 nostrils | |
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53 sobbed | |
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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54 quail | |
n.鹌鹑;vi.畏惧,颤抖 | |
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55 civilized | |
a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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56 lizards | |
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57 savored | |
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58 contrives | |
(不顾困难地)促成某事( contrive的第三人称单数 ); 巧妙地策划,精巧地制造(如机器); 设法做到 | |
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59 arid | |
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60 axe | |
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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61 fermented | |
v.(使)发酵( ferment的过去式和过去分词 );(使)激动;骚动;骚扰 | |
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62 intoxicating | |
a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的 | |
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63 rim | |
n.(圆物的)边,轮缘;边界 | |
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64 willows | |
n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木 | |
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65 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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66 measles | |
n.麻疹,风疹,包虫病,痧子 | |
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67 pneumonia | |
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68 smallpox | |
n.天花 | |
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69 witchcraft | |
n.魔法,巫术 | |
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70 prerogatives | |
n.权利( prerogative的名词复数 );特权;大主教法庭;总督委任组成的法庭 | |
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71 disorder | |
n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调 | |
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72 jurisdiction | |
n.司法权,审判权,管辖权,控制权 | |
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73 epidemic | |
n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的 | |
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74 gathering | |
n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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75 beads | |
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链 | |
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76 strictly | |
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77 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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78 northward | |
adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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79 remissness | |
n.玩忽职守;马虎;怠慢;不小心 | |
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80 schooling | |
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81 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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82 influential | |
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83 humbug | |
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84 orators | |
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85 harangue | |
n.慷慨冗长的训话,言辞激烈的讲话 | |
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86 maverick | |
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87 oratory | |
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88 alleviation | |
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89 dread | |
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90 deferred | |
adj.延期的,缓召的v.拖延,延缓,推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 );服从某人的意愿,遵从 | |
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91 savageness | |
天然,野蛮 | |
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92 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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94 liking | |
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢 | |
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95 tawny | |
adj.茶色的,黄褐色的;n.黄褐色 | |
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