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CHAPTER II. THE MOURNERS AT TODOS SANTOS.
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There was a breath of spring in the soft morning air of Todos Santos—a breath so subtle and odorous that it penetrated1 the veil of fog beyond the bay, and for a moment lingered on the deck of a passing steamer like an arresting memory. But only for an instant; the Ometepe, bound from San Francisco to San Juan del Norte, with its four seekers of the Excelsior, rolled and plunged2 on its way unconsciously.
Within the bay and over the restful pueblo3 still dwelt the golden haze4 of its perpetual summer; the two towers of the old Mission church seemed to dissolve softly into the mellow5 upper twilight6, and the undulating valleys rolled their green waves up to the wooded heights of San Antonio, that still smiled down upon the arid7, pallid8 desert. But although Nature had not changed in the months that had passed since the advent9 of the Excelsior, there appeared some strange mutations in the town and its inhabitants. On the beach below the Presidio was the unfinished skeleton of a small sea-going vessel10 on rude stocks; on the plaza11 rose the framed walls and roofless rafters of a wooden building; near the Embarcadero was the tall adobe12 chimney of some inchoate
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adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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n.(美国西南部或墨西哥等)印第安人的村庄 | |
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advent
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vessel
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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plaza
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n.广场,市场 | |
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adobe
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n.泥砖,土坯,美国Adobe公司 | |
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picturesque
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beaver
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linen
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篡夺,霸占( usurp的过去式和过去分词 ); 盗用; 篡夺,篡权 | |
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velvet
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superintendent
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n.挖掘( excavation的名词复数 );开凿;开凿的洞穴(或山路等);(发掘出来的)古迹 | |
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v.攻击( assail的现在分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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inscription
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n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文 | |
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smelting
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n.熔炼v.熔炼,提炼(矿石)( smelt的现在分词 ) | |
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v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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sneak
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(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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mischief
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jingling
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accurately
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cravat
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lighting
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overhauled
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retired
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severely
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trump
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n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭 | |
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sarcastically
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speculation
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n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机 | |
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ward
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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inquiries
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n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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bishop
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n.主教,(国际象棋)象 | |
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filibuster
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delirium
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n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋 | |
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succor
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n.援助,帮助;v.给予帮助 | |
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dubiously
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adv.可疑地,怀疑地 | |
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lariat
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n.系绳,套索;v.用套索套捕 | |
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siesta
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mare
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n.母马,母驴 | |
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galloped
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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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extravagantly
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unfamiliar
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veranda
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apparition
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effusive
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adj.热情洋溢的;感情(过多)流露的 | |
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sipping
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embroidered
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fumes
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murkily
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suffrage
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admiration
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confidentially
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dealer
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complacently
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n.塞满,填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 );填塞;塞满;(为考试而)死记硬背功课 | |
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perpetuate
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aristocrats
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radicals
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conspiracy
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caucus
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conceit
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halfway
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