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CHAPTER 25
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CHAPTER 25
Fireheart paused at the edge ofthe trees. “Wait,” he warned Cloudpaw. “We’re near Twolegplace, so we have to be careful. What can you smell?”
Cloudpaw raised his nose obediently and sniffed1. He and Fireheart had just been on the first long expedition of his apprenticeship2, tracing the Clan4 boundaries and renewing the scent5 marks. Now they were near Fireheart’s old kittypet home, outside the garden where Cloudpaw’s mother Princess lived.
“I can smell lots of cats,” Cloudpaw mewed. “I don’t recognize any of them, though.”
“That’s good,” Fireheart told him. “They’re mostly kittypets, and maybe a loner or two. Not Clan cats.” He had caught a trace of Tigerclaw’s scent, too, but he didn’t draw Cloudpaw’s attention to it. He remembered the day long ago, when snow was on the ground, when he had tracked Tigerclaw to this place, and found the deputy’s scent mixed with the scents7 of many strange cats.
Now Tigerclaw’s scent proved he had been here again. Fireheart still could not tell whether he had met the other cats, or whether their scents just happened to have crossed. But why should Tigerclaw come so close to the Twolegplace, when he despised Twolegs and everything to do with them?
“Fireheart, can we go and see my mother now?” Cloudpaw demanded.
“Can you smell dogs? Or fresh Twoleg scent?”
Cloudpaw sniffed again and shook his head.
“Then let’s go,” mewed Fireheart. Looking carefully around, he stepped out into the open. Cloudpaw followed him with exaggerated caution, as if he wanted to show Fireheart how quickly he could learn.
Since his apprentice3 ceremony the day before, Cloudpaw had been unusually quiet. He was obviously trying very hard to be a good apprentice, listening to everything Fireheart told him with wide-eyed seriousness. But Fireheart couldn’t help asking himself how long this uncharacteristic
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sniffed
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| 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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apprenticeship
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| n.学徒身份;学徒期 | |
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apprentice
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| n.学徒,徒弟 | |
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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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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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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scents
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| n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉 | |
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humility
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| n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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pelts
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| n. 皮毛,投掷, 疾行 vt. 剥去皮毛,(连续)投掷 vi. 猛击,大步走 | |
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spiky
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| adj.长而尖的,大钉似的 | |
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shrub
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fluffy
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| adj.有绒毛的,空洞的 | |
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wriggled
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| v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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caresses
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| 爱抚,抚摸( caress的名词复数 ) | |
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warrior
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| n.勇士,武士,斗士 | |
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groom
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| vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁 | |
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rogues
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| n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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muzzle
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| n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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jaws
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| n.口部;嘴 | |
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chatter
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| vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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| adj.陌生的,不熟悉的 | |
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tickled
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| (使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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| 鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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gasp
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| n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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spoke
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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boulders
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| n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 );巨砾;(受水或天气侵蚀而成的)巨石;漂砾 | |
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clans
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| 宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派 | |
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