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CHAPTER III
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In the meanwhile, Michael. Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass1 into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy2 of Jerry. But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa3 Kennan’s sleeping-cot on the slant4 deck of the Ariel, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous5 to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades. Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
Kwaque? Well, Kwaque was Kwaque, an individual, more unlike all other men than most men are unlike one another. No queerer estray ever drifted along the stream of life. Seventeen years old he was, as men measure time; but a century was measured in his lean-lined face, his wrinkled forehead, his hollowed temples, and his deep-sunk eyes. From his thin legs, fragile-looking as windstraws, the bones of which were sheathed6 in withered7 skin with apparently8 no muscle padding in between—from such frail9 stems sprouted10 the torso of a fat man. The huge and protuberant11 stomach was amply supported by wide and massive hips12
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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v.倾斜,倾向性地编写或报道;n.斜面,倾向 | |
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adj.唠叨的,多话的 | |
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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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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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abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的 | |
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anatomy
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frayed
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steward
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n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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possessed
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chattel
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ravaged
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dread
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parlance
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n.说法;语调 | |
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extremity
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tottering
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exhausted
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beseeching
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adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 ) | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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wholesome
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adj.适合;卫生的;有益健康的;显示身心健康的 | |
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jaw
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n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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slumber
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mere
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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porpoise
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n.鼠海豚 | |
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ornaments
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trove
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chuckle
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vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
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plunder
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narrated
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unaware
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a.不知道的,未意识到的 | |
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averred
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n.疑问,问号,质问;vt.询问,表示怀疑 | |
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scouts
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侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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bereaved
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adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去(希望、生命等)( bereave的过去式和过去分词);(尤指死亡)使丧失(亲人、朋友等);使孤寂;抢走(财物) | |
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stipulated
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ashore
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ferocious
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adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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grimaces
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n.(表蔑视、厌恶等)面部扭曲,鬼脸( grimace的名词复数 )v.扮鬼相,做鬼脸( grimace的第三人称单数 ) | |
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grimaced
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amenities
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n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快 | |
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deterring
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v.阻止,制止( deter的现在分词 ) | |
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kindly
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delicacy
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n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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delicacies
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n.棘手( delicacy的名词复数 );精致;精美的食物;周到 | |
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contented
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adj.满意的,安心的,知足的 | |
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worthy
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adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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sniff
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vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视 | |
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bunk
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friendliness
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n.友谊,亲切,亲密 | |
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snarled
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subsided
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watchful
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bristle
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growl
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tableau
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apprehension
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petrified
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intimidation
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peremptory
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beseechingly
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flattened
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[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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bristled
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reassured
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