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NURSLINGS OF THE SKY
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Choose a hill country for storms. There all the business of the weather is carried on above your horizon and loses its terror in familiarity. When you come to think about it, the disastrous1 storms are on the levels, sea or sand or plains. There you get only a hint of what is about to happen, the fume2 of the gods rising from their meeting place under the rim3 of the world; and when it breaks upon you there is no stay nor shelter. The terrible mewings and mouthings of a Kansas wind have the added terror of viewlessness. You are lapped in them like uprooted4 grass; suspect them of a personal grudge5. But the storms of hill countries have other business. They scoop6 watercourses, manure7 the pines, twist them to a finer fibre, fit the firs to be masts and spars, and, if you keep reasonably out of the track of their affairs, do you no harm.
They have habits to be learned, appointed paths, seasons, and warnings, and they leave you in no doubt about their performances. One who builds his house on a water scar or the rubble8 of a steep slope must take chances. So they did in Overtown who built in the wash of Argus water, and at Kearsarge at the foot of a steep, treeless swale. After twenty years Argus water rose in the wash against the frail9 houses, and the piled snows of Kearsarge slid down at a thunder peal10 over the cabins and the camp, but you could conceive that it was the fault of neither the water nor the snow.
The first effect of cloud study is a sense of presence and intention in storm processes. Weather does not happen. It is the visible
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disastrous
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adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的 | |
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fume
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n.(usu pl.)(浓烈或难闻的)烟,气,汽 | |
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rim
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n.(圆物的)边,轮缘;边界 | |
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uprooted
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v.把(某物)连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 );根除;赶走;把…赶出家园 | |
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grudge
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n.不满,怨恨,妒嫉;vt.勉强给,不情愿做 | |
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scoop
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n.铲子,舀取,独家新闻;v.汲取,舀取,抢先登出 | |
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manure
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n.粪,肥,肥粒;vt.施肥 | |
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rubble
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n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾 | |
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frail
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adj.身体虚弱的;易损坏的 | |
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peal
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n.钟声;v.鸣响 | |
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manifestation
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n.表现形式;表明;现象 | |
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渴望,切盼,向往( yearn的第三人称单数 ) | |
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mightily
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ad.强烈地;非常地 | |
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situated
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adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的 | |
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devout
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adj.虔诚的,虔敬的,衷心的 (n.devoutness) | |
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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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splendor
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n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌 | |
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glorified
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美其名的,变荣耀的 | |
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mere
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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pollen
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n.[植]花粉 | |
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ridge
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n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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brook
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n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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fiddling
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微小的 | |
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swirl
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v.(使)打漩,(使)涡卷;n.漩涡,螺旋形 | |
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rivulets
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n.小河,小溪( rivulet的名词复数 ) | |
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avalanches
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n.雪崩( avalanche的名词复数 ) | |
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pinnacles
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顶峰( pinnacle的名词复数 ); 顶点; 尖顶; 小尖塔 | |
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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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cougar
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n.美洲狮;美洲豹 | |
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lair
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n.野兽的巢穴;躲藏处 | |
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detonation
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n.爆炸;巨响 | |
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rosy
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interval
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n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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woe
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n.悲哀,苦痛,不幸,困难;int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌 | |
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milky
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adj.牛奶的,多奶的;乳白色的 | |
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trout
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n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属) | |
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belly
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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stunned
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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wreck
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n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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migratory
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n.候鸟,迁移 | |
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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glowers
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v.怒视( glower的第三人称单数 ) | |
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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insistently
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ad.坚持地 | |
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abashed
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tardily
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adv.缓慢 | |
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fumble
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vi.笨拙地用手摸、弄、接等,摸索 | |
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pinions
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v.抓住[捆住](双臂)( pinion的第三人称单数 ) | |
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clogging
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堵塞,闭合 | |
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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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sifting
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n.筛,过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 );筛滤;细查;详审 | |
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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groaning
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adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式 | |
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unstable
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adj.不稳定的,易变的 | |
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tainted
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adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏 | |
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prey
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n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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droop
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v.低垂,下垂;凋萎,萎靡 | |
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overloading
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过载,超载,过负载 | |
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muffled
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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drooping
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adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词 | |
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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gulf
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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travails
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n.艰苦劳动( travail的名词复数 );辛勤努力;痛苦;分娩的阵痛 | |
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flare
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v.闪耀,闪烁;n.潮红;突发 | |
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blistering
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adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡 | |
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torrent
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n.激流,洪流;爆发,(话语等的)连发 | |
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electrified
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v.使电气化( electrify的过去式和过去分词 );使兴奋 | |
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exhaustion
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n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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dread
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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truces
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休战( truce的名词复数 ); 停战(协定); 停止争辩(的协议); 中止 | |
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furtive
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adj.鬼鬼崇崇的,偷偷摸摸的 | |
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hawks
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鹰( hawk的名词复数 ); 鹰派人物,主战派人物 | |
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daunted
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doze
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v.打瞌睡;n.打盹,假寐 | |
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smother
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vt./vi.使窒息;抑制;闷死;n.浓烟;窒息 | |
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dunes
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沙丘( dune的名词复数 ) | |
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stupor
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v.昏迷;不省人事 | |
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smothered
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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chambers
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