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Never are there such departures as from the dock at Honolulu. The great transport lay with steam up, ready to pull out. A thousand persons were on her decks; five thousand stood on the wharf1. Up and down the long gangway passed native princes and princesses, sugar kings and the high officials of the Territory. Beyond, in long lines, kept in order by the native police, were the carriages and motor-cars of the Honolulu aristocracy. On the wharf the Royal Hawaiian Band played “Aloha Oe,” and when it finished, a stringed orchestra of native musicians on board the transport took up the same sobbing2 strains, the native woman singer’s voice rising birdlike above the instruments and the hubbub3 of departure. It was a silver reed, sounding its clear, unmistakable note in the great diapason of farewell.
Forward, on the lower deck, the rail was lined six deep with khaki-clad young boys, whose bronzed faces told of three years’ campaigning under the sun. But the farewell was not for them. Nor was it for the white-clad captain on the lofty bridge, remote as the stars, gazing down upon the tumult4 beneath him. Nor was the farewell for the young officers farther aft, returning from the Philippines, nor for the white-faced, climate-ravaged women by their sides. Just aft the gangway, on the promenade5 deck, stood a score of United States Senators with their wives and daughters—the Senatorial junketing party that for a month had been dined and wined, surfeited6 with statistics and dragged up volcanic7 hill and down lava8 dale to behold9 the glories and resources of Hawaii. It was for the junketing party that the transport had called in at Honolulu, and it was to the junketing party that Honolulu was saying good-bye.
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wharf
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n.码头,停泊处 | |
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sobbing
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<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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hubbub
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n.嘈杂;骚乱 | |
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n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹 | |
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n./v.散步 | |
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v.吃得过多( surfeit的过去式和过去分词 );由于过量而厌腻 | |
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volcanic
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adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的 | |
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lava
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n.熔岩,火山岩 | |
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behold
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v.看,注视,看到 | |
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bosom
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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perspiring
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v.出汗,流汗( perspire的现在分词 ) | |
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statistical
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adj.统计的,统计学的 | |
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plantations
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n.种植园,大农场( plantation的名词复数 ) | |
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plantation
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n.种植园,大农场 | |
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natty
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adj.整洁的,漂亮的 | |
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ripening
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v.成熟,使熟( ripen的现在分词 );熟化;熟成 | |
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muddle
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n.困惑,混浊状态;vt.使混乱,使糊涂,使惊呆;vi.胡乱应付,混乱 | |
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swelling
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aglow
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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unaware
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perturbed
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adj.烦燥不安的v.使(某人)烦恼,不安( perturb的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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drooped
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弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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alluring
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adj.吸引人的,迷人的 | |
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yearning
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a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的 | |
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deafening
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adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式 | |
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outrage
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n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒 | |
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transparent
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slanting
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embarrassment
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n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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stewards
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(轮船、飞机等的)乘务员( steward的名词复数 ); (俱乐部、旅馆、工会等的)管理员; (大型活动的)组织者; (私人家中的)管家 | |
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nervously
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adv.神情激动地,不安地 | |
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sobbed
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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maze
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n.迷宫,八阵图,混乱,迷惑 | |
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speck
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poised
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crest
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n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖 | |
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foam
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v./n.泡沫,起泡沫 | |
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n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的现在分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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ashore
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adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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astounded
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v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕然;愕;惊讶 | |
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ranch
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obedience
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noted
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maiden
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affected
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numb
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veins
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honourable
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disapproved
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perilous
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adj.危险的,冒险的 | |
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crater
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n.火山口,弹坑 | |
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limned
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v.画( limn的过去式和过去分词 );勾画;描写;描述 | |
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receded
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v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
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abreast
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adv.并排地;跟上(时代)的步伐,与…并进地 | |
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throbbing
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a. 跳动的,悸动的 | |
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entangled
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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steadily
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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deliberately
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adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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sensuous
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adj.激发美感的;感官的,感觉上的 | |
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