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CHAPTER II. COUNT D’ARTIGAS.
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Just who was this Count d’Artigas? A Spaniard? So his name would appear to indicate. Yet on the stern of his schooner1, in letters of gold, was the name Ebba, which is of pure Norwegian origin. And had you asked him the name of the captain of the Ebba, he would have replied, Spade, and would doubtless have added that that of the boatswain was Effrondat, and that of the ship’s cook, Helim—all singularly dissimilar and indicating very different nationalities.
Could any plausible2 hypothesis be deducted3 from the type presented by Count d’Artigas? Not easily. If the color of his skin, his black hair, and the easy grace of his attitude denoted a Spanish origin, the ensemble5 of his person showed none of the racial characteristics peculiar6 to the natives of the Iberian peninsula.
He was a man of about forty-five years of age, about the average height, and robustly7 constituted. With his calm and haughty8 demeanor9 he resembled an Hindoo lord in whose blood might mingle10 that of some superb type of Malay. If he was not naturally of a cold temperament11, he at least, with his imperious gestures and brevity of speech, endeavored to make it appear that he was. As to the language usually spoken by him and his crew, it was one of those idioms current in the islands of the Indian Ocean and the adjacent seas. Yet when his maritime13 excursions brought him to the coasts of the old or new world he
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schooner
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n.纵帆船 | |
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noted
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ensemble
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peculiar
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robustly
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haughty
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demeanor
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temperament
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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maritime
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adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的 | |
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remarkable
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derived
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whim
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lengthy
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utensils
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器具,用具,器皿( utensil的名词复数 ); 器物 | |
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denominations
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procured
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naval
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munitions
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previously
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solely
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conformity
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distinguished
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v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话( prattle的现在分词 );发出连续而无意义的声音;闲扯;东拉西扯 | |
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胸部( bosom的名词复数 ); 胸怀; 女衣胸部(或胸襟); 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院 | |
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remains
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confinement
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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使…成为必要,需要( necessitate的第三人称单数 ) | |
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a.暗示的,含蓄的,不明晰的,绝对的 | |
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immediate
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战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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adj. 像天鹅绒的, 轻软光滑的, 柔软的 | |
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灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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guardian
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standing
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persistence
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inmate
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n.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人 | |
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originality
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n.创造力,独创性;新颖 | |
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unfamiliar
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adj.陌生的,不熟悉的 | |
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sojourn
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situated
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meditatively
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authorized
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a.委任的,许可的 | |
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clump
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forth
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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oblivious
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adj.易忘的,遗忘的,忘却的,健忘的 | |
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alleys
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胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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alley
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indifference
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土堆,土丘( mound的名词复数 ); 一大堆 | |
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habitual
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pebble
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vivacity
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