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MY NEIGHBOR'S FIELD
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It is one of those places God must have meant for a field from all time, lying very level at the foot of the slope that crowds up against Kearsarge, falling slightly toward the town. North and south it is fenced by low old glacial ridges1, boulder2 strewn and untenable. Eastward3 it butts4 on orchard5 closes and the village gardens, brimming over into them by wild brier and creeping grass. The village street, with its double row of unlike houses, breaks off abruptly6 at the edge of the field in a footpath7 that goes up the streamside, beyond it, to the source of waters.
The field is not greatly esteemed8 of the town, not being put to the plough nor affording firewood, but breeding all manner of wild seeds that go down in the irrigating9 ditches to come up as weeds in the gardens and grass plots. But when I had no more than seen it in the charm of its spring smiling, I knew I should have no peace until I had bought ground and built me a house beside it, with a little wicket to go in and out at all hours, as afterward10 came about.
Edswick, Roeder, Connor, and Ruffin owned the field before it fell to my neighbor. But before that the Paiutes, mesne lords of the soil, made a campoodie by the rill of Pine Creek11; and after, contesting the soil with them, cattle-men, who found its foodful pastures greatly to their advantage; and bands of blethering flocks shepherded by wild, hairy men of little speech, who
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ridges
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n.脊( ridge的名词复数 );山脊;脊状突起;大气层的)高压脊 | |
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n.巨砾;卵石,圆石 | |
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eastward
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adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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butts
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笑柄( butt的名词复数 ); (武器或工具的)粗大的一端; 屁股; 烟蒂 | |
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orchard
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n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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abruptly
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footpath
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n.小路,人行道 | |
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adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 );敬重;认为;以为 | |
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灌溉( irrigate的现在分词 ); 冲洗(伤口) | |
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adv.后来;以后 | |
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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attested
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adj.经检验证明无病的,经检验证明无菌的v.证明( attest的过去式和过去分词 );证实;声称…属实;使宣誓 | |
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skulls
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颅骨( skull的名词复数 ); 脑袋; 脑子; 脑瓜 | |
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bellowing
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herds
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兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众 | |
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wile
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v.诡计,引诱;n.欺骗,欺诈 | |
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curiously
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mischief
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n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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obsidian
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n.黑曜石 | |
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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shrub
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n.灌木,灌木丛 | |
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shrubs
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灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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prying
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adj.爱打听的v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的现在分词 );撬开 | |
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clump
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n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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botanist
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n.植物学家 | |
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determined
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possessed
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stumps
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(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分 | |
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regain
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vt.重新获得,收复,恢复 | |
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seedling
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devastating
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beckoning
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granite
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cones
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steers
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shambles
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willow
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stony
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sprawl
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twig
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translucent
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coaxing
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pickets
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罢工纠察员( picket的名词复数 ) | |
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primrose
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moth
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twigs
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细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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swelling
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fiery
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adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
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latitude
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spiny
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resistant
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attentive
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rosy
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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tint
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n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色 | |
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spike
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n.长钉,钉鞋;v.以大钉钉牢,使...失效 | |
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ruffling
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弄皱( ruffle的现在分词 ); 弄乱; 激怒; 扰乱 | |
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plumes
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羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物 | |
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drowsiness
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trepidation
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prevailing
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rusty
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transformation
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fawn
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n.未满周岁的小鹿;v.巴结,奉承 | |
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denizens
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heyday
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beetles
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flayed
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snares
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orchards
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devouring
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吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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hawk
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swooping
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俯冲,猛冲( swoop的现在分词 ) | |
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conjectured
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推测,猜测,猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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slant
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scamper
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shreds
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loam
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