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CHAPTER II
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From the whaleboat, up the low side of the Arangi, and over her six-inch rail of teak to her teak deck, was but a step, and Tom Haggin made it easily with Jerry still under his arm. The deck was cluttered1 with an exciting crowd. Exciting the crowd would have been to untravelled humans of civilization, and exciting it was to Jerry; although to Tom Haggin and Captain Van Horn it was a mere2 commonplace of everyday life.
The deck was small because the Arangi was small. Originally a teak-built, gentleman’s yacht, brass-fitted, copper3-fastened, angle-ironed, sheathed4 in man-of-war copper and with a fin-keel of bronze, she had been sold into the Solomon Islands’ trade for the purpose of blackbirding or nigger-running. Under the law, however, this traffic was dignified5 by being called “recruiting.”
The Arangi was a labour-recruit ship that carried the new-caught, cannibal blacks from remote islands to labour on the new plantations6 where white men turned dank and pestilential swamp and jungle into rich and stately cocoanut groves8. The Arangi’s two masts were of Oregon cedar9, so scraped and hot-paraffined that they shone like tan opals in the glare of sun. Her excessive sail plan enabled her to sail like a witch, and, on occasion, gave Captain Van Horn, his white mate, and his fifteen black boat’s crew as much as they could handle. She was sixty feet over all, and the cross beams of her crown deck had not been weakened by deck-houses. The only breaks—and no beams had been cut for them—were the main cabin skylight and companionway, the booby hatch for’ard over the tiny forecastle, and the small hatch aft that let down into the store-room.
And on this small deck, in addition to the crew, were the “return” niggers from three far-flung plantations. By “return” was meant that their three years of contract labour was up, and that, according to contract, they were being returned to their home villages on the wild island of Malaita. Twenty of them—familiar, all, to Jerry—were from Meringe; thirty of them came from the Bay of a Thousand Ships, in the Russell
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v.杂物,零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 );乱糟糟地堆满,把…弄得很乱;(以…) 塞满… | |
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n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的;覆盖的;铠装的;装鞘了的v.将(刀、剑等)插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 );包,覆盖 | |
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a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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n.种植园,大农场( plantation的名词复数 ) | |
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n.种植园,大农场 | |
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树丛,小树林( grove的名词复数 ) | |
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n.雪松,香柏(木) | |
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岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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abruptness
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n. 突然,唐突 | |
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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growled
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wan
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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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recollect
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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hawk
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n.鹰,骗子;鹰派成员 | |
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v.指责,非难,谴责( censure的过去式 ) | |
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大头钉( tack的名词复数 ); 平头钉; 航向; 方法 | |
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adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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n.蟑螂 | |
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n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮 | |
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commissioner
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n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员 | |
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n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手 | |
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wriggled
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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whine
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v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣 | |
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v.畏缩( recoil的过去式和过去分词 );退缩;报应;返回 | |
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n.禁忌,禁止接近,禁止使用;adj.禁忌的;v.禁忌,禁制,禁止 | |
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n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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wail
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vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备 | |
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v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦 | |
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dangled
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悬吊着( dangle的过去式和过去分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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pouch
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n.小袋,小包,囊状袋;vt.装...入袋中,用袋运输;vi.用袋送信件 | |
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cartridges
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子弹( cartridge的名词复数 ); (打印机的)墨盒; 录音带盒; (唱机的)唱头 | |
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withered
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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persistent
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adj.坚持不懈的,执意的;持续的 | |
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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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vocal
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adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目 | |
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v.嘲笑( jeer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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calf
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n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮 | |
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trepidation
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n.惊恐,惶恐 | |
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slashing
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adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减 | |
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confided
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v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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caressing
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爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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albeit
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conj.即使;纵使;虽然 | |
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gust
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smote
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attained
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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momentary
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scramble
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looming
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colossal
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cower
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gathering
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monstrous
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