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Jerry quite forgot Meringe for the time being. As he well remembered, the hawk1 had been sharp of beak2 and claw. This air-flapping, thunder-crashing monster needed watching. And Jerry, crouching3 for the spring and ever struggling to maintain his footing on the slippery, heeling deck, kept his eyes on the mainsail and uttered low growls4 at any display of movement on its part.
The Arangi was beating out between the coral patches of the narrow channel into the teeth of the brisk trade wind. This necessitated5 frequent tacks7, so that, overhead, the mainsail was ever swooping8 across from port tack6 to starboard tack and back again, making air-noises like the swish of wings, sharply rat-tat-tatting its reef points and loudly crashing its mainsheet gear along the traveller. Half a dozen times, as it swooped9 overhead, Jerry leaped for it, mouth open to grip, lips writhed10 clear of the clean puppy teeth that shone in the sun like gems11 of ivory.
Failing in every leap, Jerry achieved a judgment12. In passing, it must be noted13 that this judgment was only arrived at by a definite act of reasoning. Out of a series of observations of the thing, in which it had threatened, always in the same way, a series of attacks, he had found that it had not hurt him nor come in contact with him at all. Therefore—although he did not stop to think that he was thinking—it was not the dangerous, destroying thing he had first deemed it. It might be well to be
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hawk
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n.鹰,骗子;鹰派成员 | |
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beak
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n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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使…成为必要,需要( necessitate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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俯冲,猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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veranda
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crouched
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sneaking
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a.秘密的,不公开的 | |
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逮捕,拘押( apprehend的现在分词 ); 理解 | |
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cowardice
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n.赞美歌,欢乐歌 | |
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pricking
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n.(动物的)龇牙低吼( snarl的名词复数 );愤怒叫嚷(声);咆哮(声);疼痛叫声v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的第三人称单数 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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humility
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tangle
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scowls
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不悦之色,怒容( scowl的名词复数 ) | |
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scowl
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vi.(at)生气地皱眉,沉下脸,怒视;n.怒容 | |
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reciprocating
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adj.往复的;来回的;交替的;摆动的v.报答,酬答( reciprocate的现在分词 );(机器的部件)直线往复运动 | |
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乘船( embark的现在分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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gauging
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