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Several adventurers that happened to the author. The execution of a criminal. The author shows his skill in navigation.
I should have lived happy enough in that country, if my littleness had not exposed me to several ridiculous and troublesome accidents; some of which I shall venture to relate. Glumdalclitch often carried me into the gardens of the court in my smaller box, and would sometimes take me out of it, and hold me in her hand, or set me down to walk. I remember, before the dwarf1 left the queen, he followed us one day into those gardens, and my nurse having set me down, he and I being close together, near some dwarf apple trees, I must needs show my wit, by a silly allusion2 between him and the trees, which happens to hold in their language as it does in ours. Whereupon, the malicious3 rogue4, watching his opportunity, when I was walking under one of them, shook it directly over my head, by which a dozen apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face; but I received no other hurt, and the dwarf was pardoned at my desire, because I had given the provocation5.
Another day, Glumdalclitch left me on a smooth grass-plot to divert myself, while she walked at some distance with her governess. In the meantime, there suddenly fell such a violent shower of hail, that I was immediately by the force of it, struck to the ground: and when I was down, the hailstones gave me such cruel bangs all over the body, as if I had been pelted6 with tennis-balls; however, I made a shift to creep on all fours, and shelter myself, by lying flat on my face, on the lee-side of a border of lemon-thyme, but so bruised7 from head to foot, that I could not go abroad in ten days. Neither is this at all to be wondered at, because nature, in that country, observing the same proportion through all her operations, a hailstone is near eighteen hundred times as large as one in Europe; which I can assert upon experience, having been so curious as to weigh and measure them.
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dwarf
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| n.矮子,侏儒,矮小的动植物;vt.使…矮小 | |
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allusion
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| n.暗示,间接提示 | |
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malicious
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| adj.有恶意的,心怀恶意的 | |
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rogue
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| n.流氓;v.游手好闲 | |
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provocation
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| n.激怒,刺激,挑拨,挑衅的事物,激怒的原因 | |
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pelted
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| (连续地)投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 ); 连续抨击; 攻击; 剥去…的皮 | |
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bruised
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| [医]青肿的,瘀紫的 | |
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entreated
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| 恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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scent
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| n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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severely
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| adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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determined
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| adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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conceal
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| v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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concealed
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| a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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hovering
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| 鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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resolutely
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drawn
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hanger
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talons
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| n.(尤指猛禽的)爪( talon的名词复数 );(如爪般的)手指;爪状物;锁簧尖状突出部 | |
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mole
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| n.胎块;痣;克分子 | |
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snail
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| n.蜗牛 | |
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mortified
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| v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 );伤害(人的感情);克制;抑制(肉体、情感等) | |
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solitary
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| adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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hop
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| n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过 | |
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indifference
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| n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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tempted
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| v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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snails
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| n.蜗牛;迟钝的人;蜗牛( snail的名词复数 ) | |
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stunned
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| adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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wrung
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| 绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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touching
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| adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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bosoms
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| 胸部( bosom的名词复数 ); 胸怀; 女衣胸部(或胸襟); 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形 | |
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faculty
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| n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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tempting
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| a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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oar
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oars
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uneven
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| adj.不平坦的,不规则的,不均匀的 | |
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scruple
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| n./v.顾忌,迟疑 | |
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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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frolicsome
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| adj.嬉戏的,闹着玩的 | |
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displeased
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| a.不快的 | |
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contrive
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| vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出 | |
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inclination
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| n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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abhorred
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| v.憎恶( abhor的过去式和过去分词 );(厌恶地)回避;拒绝;淘汰 | |
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malefactor
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| n.罪犯 | |
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fixed
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| adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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veins
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arteries
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spouted
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| adj.装有嘴的v.(指液体)喷出( spout的过去式和过去分词 );滔滔不绝地讲;喋喋不休地说;喷水 | |
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prodigious
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| adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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melancholy
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| n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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mariner
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| n.水手号不载人航天探测器,海员,航海者 | |
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majesty
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| n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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cistern
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| n.贮水池 | |
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contrived
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agility
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| n.敏捷,活泼 | |
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steer
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| vt.驾驶,为…操舵;引导;vi.驾驶 | |
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gale
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steering
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hopped
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| 跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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odious
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| adj.可憎的,讨厌的 | |
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deformed
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| adj.畸形的;变形的;丑的,破相了的 | |
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meditating
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chattering
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prudent
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gutters
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| (路边)排水沟( gutter的名词复数 ); 阴沟; (屋顶的)天沟; 贫贱的境地 | |
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shriek
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uproar
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ridge
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cramming
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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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victuals
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rabble
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strictly
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applied
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encompassed
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| v.围绕( encompass的过去式和过去分词 );包围;包含;包括 | |
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filthy
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crammed
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speculations
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monstrous
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| adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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poked
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| v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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chamber
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laud
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| n.颂歌;v.赞美 | |
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contemptible
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| adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
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folly
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| n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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waded
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| (从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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filthily
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