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CHAPTER III
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But I began to tell you how Ellen McGee and I invented Snockerty and arrived at our first contact with organized society, at least Forrie and Effie and I did, for it led to our being interdicted1 the society of the McGee children for so long that we forgot to inquire what inconvenience, if any, they suffered on account of it.
You will see for yourself that Ellen must have invented him—where, indeed, should a saint-abhorring, Sunday-schooled Taylorville child get the stuff for it? God we knew, and were greatly bored by His inordinate2 partiality for the Jews as against all ancient peoples, and by the inquisitorial eye and ear forever at the keyhole of our lives, as Cousin Judd never spared to remind us; and personally I was convinced of a large friendliness3 brooding over Hadley's pasture, to the sense of which I woke every morning afresh, was called by it, and to it; walking apart from the others, I vaguely4 prayed. But Snockerty was of the stripe of trolls, leprechauns, pucks, and hobgoblins.
We began, I remember, by thinking of him as resident in an old hollow apple tree, down which, if small trifles were dropped, they fell out of reach and sound. There was the inviting5 hole, arm high in the apple trunk, into which you popped bright pebbles6, bits of glass—and I suppose He might have sprung very naturally from the need of justifying7 your having parted with something you valued and couldn't get back again, at the prompting of an impulse you did not understand. Very presently the practice grew into the acknowledgment of a personality amenable8 to our desires.
We took to dropping small belongings9
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1 interdicted | |
v.禁止(行动)( interdict的过去式和过去分词 );禁用;限制 | |
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2 inordinate | |
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3 friendliness | |
n.友谊,亲切,亲密 | |
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4 vaguely | |
adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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5 inviting | |
adj.诱人的,引人注目的 | |
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6 pebbles | |
[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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7 justifying | |
证明…有理( justify的现在分词 ); 为…辩护; 对…作出解释; 为…辩解(或辩护) | |
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8 amenable | |
adj.经得起检验的;顺从的;对负有义务的 | |
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9 belongings | |
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10 omen | |
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11 augury | |
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12 afterward | |
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13 ruffled | |
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14 propitiating | |
v.劝解,抚慰,使息怒( propitiate的现在分词 ) | |
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15 scraps | |
油渣 | |
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16 hymns | |
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17 oblivious | |
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18 afflict | |
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19 rendering | |
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20 anathema | |
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21 contrived | |
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22 stump | |
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23 deriving | |
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24 prank | |
n.开玩笑,恶作剧;v.装饰;打扮;炫耀自己 | |
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25 deity | |
n.神,神性;被奉若神明的人(或物) | |
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26 frenzy | |
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27 hacked | |
生气 | |
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28 pumpkins | |
n.南瓜( pumpkin的名词复数 );南瓜的果肉,南瓜囊 | |
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29 turnips | |
芜青( turnip的名词复数 ); 芜菁块根; 芜菁甘蓝块根; 怀表 | |
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30 trespass | |
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31 alleged | |
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32 cantankerousness | |
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33 depredation | |
n.掠夺,蹂躏 | |
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34 scramble | |
v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料 | |
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35 rustle | |
v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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36 ambush | |
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击 | |
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37 derisive | |
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38 epithets | |
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39 carnival | |
n.嘉年华会,狂欢,狂欢节,巡回表演 | |
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40 rehearsals | |
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41 revelled | |
v.作乐( revel的过去式和过去分词 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉 | |
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42 delightful | |
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43 belly | |
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44 savage | |
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45 connivance | |
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46 orchard | |
n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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47 taint | |
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48 swelled | |
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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49 abominable | |
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50 guilt | |
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51 culpability | |
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52 huddled | |
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53 cuffed | |
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54 publicity | |
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55 swooped | |
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56 transgressed | |
v.超越( transgress的过去式和过去分词 );越过;违反;违背 | |
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57 crabs | |
n.蟹( crab的名词复数 );阴虱寄生病;蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 ) | |
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58 wade | |
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59 brook | |
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60 dispositions | |
安排( disposition的名词复数 ); 倾向; (财产、金钱的)处置; 气质 | |
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61 wrath | |
n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒 | |
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62 vocation | |
n.职业,行业 | |
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63 confession | |
n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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64 copiously | |
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65 repentance | |
n.懊悔 | |
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66 parental | |
adj.父母的;父的;母的 | |
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67 extrication | |
n.解脱;救出,解脱 | |
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68 propitiatory | |
adj.劝解的;抚慰的;谋求好感的;哄人息怒的 | |
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69 transcended | |
超出或超越(经验、信念、描写能力等)的范围( transcend的过去式和过去分词 ); 优于或胜过… | |
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70 jurisdiction | |
n.司法权,审判权,管辖权,控制权 | |
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71 vainglorious | |
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72 offenders | |
n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 );犯规者;罪犯;妨害…的人(或事物) | |
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73 mere | |
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74 lustrous | |
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75 foul | |
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规 | |
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76 scatter | |
vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散 | |
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77 sincerity | |
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78 crux | |
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79 transgression | |
n.违背;犯规;罪过 | |
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80 discredited | |
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81 arrears | |
n.到期未付之债,拖欠的款项;待做的工作 | |
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82 transpired | |
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83 appallingly | |
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84 turpitude | |
n.可耻;邪恶 | |
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85 curiously | |
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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86 thoroughly | |
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87 exasperating | |
adj. 激怒的 动词exasperate的现在分词形式 | |
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88 eldest | |
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89 tirade | |
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90 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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91 attachment | |
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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92 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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93 throb | |
v.震颤,颤动;(急速强烈地)跳动,搏动 | |
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94 exasperation | |
n.愤慨 | |
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95 momentary | |
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96 relegated | |
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97 stringency | |
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98 burnish | |
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99 vein | |
n.血管,静脉;叶脉,纹理;情绪;vt.使成脉络 | |
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100 distinguished | |
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
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101 reminder | |
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示 | |
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102 appreciation | |
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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103 abound | |
vi.大量存在;(in,with)充满,富于 | |
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104 propriety | |
n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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105 affected | |
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106 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
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