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Chapter 3 SNIFFER
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Chapter 3 SNIFFER
As soon as George had gone out of the room, a scowl2 on her face, Henry walked in, hands in jodhpurpockets.
'Hallo!' said Dick, at once. 'Henrietta!'
Henry grinned. 'Oh, so they've told you, have they? I was tickled3 pink when you took me for a boy.'
'You've even got your riding jacket buttons buttoning up the wrong way,' said Anne, noticing for thefirst time. 'You really are a fathead, Henry. You and George are a pair!'
'Well, I look more like a real boy than George does, anyway,' said Henry.
'Only because of your hair,' said Dick. 'It's straight.'
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'Don't say that in front of George,' said Anne. 'She'll immediately have hers cut like a convict orsomething, all shaven and shorn.'
'Well, anyway, it was jolly decent of Henry to come and meet us and lug4 our things about,' saidJulian. 'Have a biscuit, anyone?'
'No thanks,' said Anne and Henry.
'Are we supposed to leave any for politeness sake?' said Dick, eyeing the plate. 'They're homemadeand quite super. I could wolf the lot.'
'We aren't frightfully polite here,' said Henry, with a grin. 'We aren't frightfully clean and tidy, either.
We have to change out of our jods at night for supper, which is an awful nuisance, especially asCaptain Johnson never bothers to change his.'
'Any news?' asked Julian, drinking the last of the lemonade. 'Anything exciting happened?'
'No, nothing,' said Anne. 'The only excitement is the horses, nothing more. This is quite a lonelyplace, really, and the only exciting thing we've heard is the name of the big, desolate5 moor6 thatstretches from here to the coast. Mystery Moor it's called.'
'Why?' asked Dick. 'Some long-ago mystery gave it that name, I suppose?'
'I don't know,' said Anne. 'I think only gypsies go there now. A little gypsy boy came in with a lamehorse yesterday, and said his people had to go to Mystery Moor. Why they wanted to go to such adeserted stretch of land I don't know - no farms there, not even a cottage.'
'Gypsies have peculiar
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1 sniff | |
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视 | |
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2 scowl | |
vi.(at)生气地皱眉,沉下脸,怒视;n.怒容 | |
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3 tickled | |
(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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4 lug | |
n.柄,突出部,螺帽;(英)耳朵;(俚)笨蛋;vt.拖,拉,用力拖动 | |
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5 desolate | |
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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6 moor | |
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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7 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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8 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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9 grooming | |
n. 修饰, 美容,(动物)梳理毛发 | |
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10 annoyance | |
n.恼怒,生气,烦恼 | |
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11 freckles | |
n.雀斑,斑点( freckle的名词复数 ) | |
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12 unwillingly | |
adv.不情愿地 | |
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13 smacked | |
拍,打,掴( smack的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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14 dodging | |
n.避开,闪过,音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 );回避 | |
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15 stiffened | |
加强的 | |
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16 streaks | |
n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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17 cuffed | |
v.掌打,拳打( cuff的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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18 ointment | |
n.药膏,油膏,软膏 | |
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19 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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20 caravans | |
(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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21 sniffed | |
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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22 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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23 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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24 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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25 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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26 scowled | |
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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27 shafts | |
n.轴( shaft的名词复数 );(箭、高尔夫球棒等的)杆;通风井;一阵(疼痛、害怕等) | |
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28 sniffs | |
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的第三人称单数 );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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29 wretch | |
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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30 bruise | |
n.青肿,挫伤;伤痕;vt.打青;挫伤 | |
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