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"A man," says Seyavi of the campoodie, "must have a woman, but a woman who has a child will do very well."
That was perhaps why, when she lost her mate in the dying struggle of his race, she never took another, but set her wit to fend1 for herself and her young son. No doubt she was often put to it in the beginning to find food for them both. The Paiutes had made their last stand at the border of the Bitter Lake; battle-driven they died in its waters, and the land filled with cattle-men and adventurers for gold: this while Seyavi and the boy lay up in the caverns2 of the Black Rock and ate tule roots and fresh-water clams3 that they dug out of the slough4 bottoms with their toes. In the interim5, while the tribes swallowed their defeat, and before the rumor6 of war died out, they must have come very near to the bare core of things. That was the time Seyavi learned the sufficiency of mother wit, and how much more easily one can do without a man than might at first be supposed.
To understand the fashion of any life, one must know the land it is lived in and the procession of the year. This valley is a narrow one, a mere7 trough between hills, a draught8 for storms, hardly a crow's flight from the sharp Sierras of the Snows to the curled, red and ochre, uncomforted, bare ribs9 of Waban. Midway of the groove10 runs a burrowing11, dull river, nearly a hundred miles from where it cuts the
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v.照料(自己),(自己)谋生,挡开,避开 | |
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clams
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v.蜕皮,脱落,抛弃 | |
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adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间 | |
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n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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n.沟,槽;凹线,(刻出的)线条,习惯 | |
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burrowing
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lava
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n.熔岩,火山岩 | |
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edible
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quacking
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hordes
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influx
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surmise
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v./n.猜想,推测 | |
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conquerors
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征服者,占领者( conqueror的名词复数 ) | |
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antelope
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n.羚羊;羚羊皮 | |
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Forsaken
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lair
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n.野兽的巢穴;躲藏处 | |
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foraged
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v.搜寻(食物),尤指动物觅(食)( forage的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指用手)搜寻(东西) | |
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savage
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lizards
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flaring
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a.火焰摇曳的,过份艳丽的 | |
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lore
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plumed
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crests
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v.到达山顶(或浪峰)( crest的第三人称单数 );到达洪峰,达到顶点 | |
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quail
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n.鹌鹑;vi.畏惧,颤抖 | |
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pillage
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n.陷阱( snare的名词复数 );圈套;诱人遭受失败(丢脸、损失等)的东西;诱惑物v.用罗网捕捉,诱陷,陷害( snare的第三人称单数 ) | |
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flare
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weaver
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warp
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saturated
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willows
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creek
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trout
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pricked
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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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boded
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twines
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maiden
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loath
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clan
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n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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appreciation
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n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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coveting
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strew
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vt.撒;使散落;撒在…上,散布于 | |
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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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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sufficiently
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adv.足够地,充分地 | |
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clans
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宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派 | |
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labor
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n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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repletion
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n.充满,吃饱 | |
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fortitude
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n.坚忍不拔;刚毅 | |
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maker
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bosomed
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sustenance
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conspires
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burrowed
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v.挖掘(洞穴),挖洞( burrow的过去式和过去分词 );翻寻 | |
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retired
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countenance
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hearths
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