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CHAPTER 13—Some American Husbands
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Until the beginning of this century men played the beau rôle in life’s comedy. As in the rest of the animal world, our males were the brilliant members of the community, flaunting1 their gaudy2 plumage at home and abroad, while the women-folk remained in seclusion3, tending their children, directing the servants, or ministering to their lords’ comfort.
In those happy days the husband ruled supreme4 at his own fireside, receiving the homage5 of the family, who bent6 to his will and obeyed his orders.
During the last century, however, the “part” of better half has become less and less attractive in America, one prerogative7 after another having been whisked away by enterprising wives. Modern Delilahs have yearly snipped8 off more and more of Samson’s luxuriant curls, and added those ornaments9 to their own coiffures, until in the majority of families the husband finds himself reduced to a state of bondage10 compared with which the biblical hero enjoyed a pampered11 idleness. Times have indeed changed in America since the native chief sat in dignified12 repose
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bondage
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pampered
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saluting
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peculiar
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equestrians
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rebellious
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marital
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adj.婚姻的,夫妻的 | |
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gracefully
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ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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prelude
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conjugal
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adj.婚姻的,婚姻性的 | |
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bliss
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pretensions
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deliberately
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impecunious
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homely
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spouse
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n.配偶(指夫或妻) | |
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belle
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fatigue
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spacious
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chamber
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拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消 | |
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suite
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parlors
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客厅( parlor的名词复数 ); 起居室; (旅馆中的)休息室; (通常用来构成合成词)店 | |
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dictates
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oblivious
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intrude
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salmon
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recoils
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catastrophe
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solace
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distress
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admiration
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judgment
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depreciate
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orators
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humble
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carousing
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v.痛饮,闹饮欢宴( carouse的现在分词 ) | |
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devoted
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plodded
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yoke
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primitive
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industrious
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bad-tempered
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chattering
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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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giggling
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cumbersome
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provender
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labor
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