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CHAPTER VIII. A CATASTROPHE.
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Experienced whaleman as he was, Captain Hull1 knew the difficulty of the task he had undertaken, he was alive to the importance of making his approach to the whale from the leeward2, so that there should be no sound to apprize the creature of the proximity3 of the boat. He had perfect confidence in his boatswain, and felt sure that he would take the proper course to insure a favourable4 result to the enterprise.
"We mustn't show ourselves too soon, Howick," he said.
"Certainly not," replied Howick, "I am going to skirt the edge of the discoloured water, and I shall take good care to get well to leeward."
"All right," the captain answered, and turning to the crew said, "now, my lads, as quietly as you can."
Muffling5 the sound of their oars6 by placing straw in the rowlocks, and avoiding the least unnecessary noise, the men skilfully8 propelled the boat along the outline of the water tinged10 by the crustacea, so that while the starboard oars still dipped in the green and limpid11 sea, the larboard were in the deep-dyed waves, and seemed as though they were dripping with blood.
"But neither of them fit to drink," rejoined the captain sharply, "so just hold your tongue!"
Under Howick's guidance the boat now
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hull
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n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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adj.背风的;下风的 | |
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proximity
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favourable
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muffling
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v.压抑,捂住( muffle的现在分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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n.桨,橹,划手;v.划行 | |
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(=skillful)adj.灵巧的,熟练的 | |
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tinged
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limpid
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jocosely
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utterly
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greasy
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considerably
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precisely
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sufficiently
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harpoon
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fin
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erect
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arduous
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equilibrium
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n.平衡,均衡,相称,均势,平静 | |
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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promptly
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speculation
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shaft
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proceeding
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downwards
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perpendicularly
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calf
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darted
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friction
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oblique
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brute
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hoist
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bracing
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puffs
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n.吸( puff的名词复数 );(烟斗或香烟的)一吸;一缕(烟、蒸汽等);(呼吸或风的)呼v.使喷出( puff的第三人称单数 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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fixed
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apparently
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fins
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[医]散热片;鱼鳍;飞边;鸭掌 | |
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frantic
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adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的 | |
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