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CHAPTER 23
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CHAPTER 23
Leafpool and Crowfeather paused beside thestepping stones that led across the stream into ThunderClan territory. Night had fallen, and a thin crescent moon rode high in the sky. They had traveled all day, only stopping at sunhigh long enough to devour3 a rabbit Crowfeather had caught on the moorland. Now Leafpool’s paws were sore and her heart pounded with mounting fear.
“Good-bye,” she murmured, pushing her nose into Crowfeather’s fur. “I’ll see you again when all this is over.”
“What do you mean, ‘good-bye’?” Crowfeather demanded. “I’m not leaving you when there are hostile badgers4 around.”
“But you need to warn WindClan.”
“I know, and I will. But I’ll see you to your camp first. It won’t take long.”
Seeing the stubborn light in his eyes, Leafpool knew she would only waste time by arguing. Leaping swiftly from one stepping-stone to the next, she led the way down the slope and into the shelter of the trees.
It was a relief to enter the woods after traveling for so long under the open sky, but Leafpool’s feeling of homecoming didn’t last long. Almost at once a rank scent2 drifted around them, masking all the other scents7 of the forest.
Leafpool was too terrified to speak. Although she was exhausted9 from the long trek10 over the moors11, she picked up her pace until she was racing12 through the trees, the gray-black warrior
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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| n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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devour
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badgers
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| n.獾( badger的名词复数 );獾皮;(大写)獾州人(美国威斯康星州人的别称);毛鼻袋熊 | |
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badger
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kin
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scents
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growled
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| v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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trek
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moors
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racing
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warrior
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dreading
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| 混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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rustling
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wailing
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wail
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clump
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utterly
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trampled
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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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scattered
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sweeping
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muzzle
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pelt
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hurled
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hurl
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growling
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eerie
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shriek
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standing
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gasped
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streaked
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ginger
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looming
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jaws
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bellow
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| v.吼叫,怒吼;大声发出,大声喝道 | |
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gasping
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flicked
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| (尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的过去式和过去分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等) | |
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kits
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| 衣物和装备( kit的名词复数 ); 成套用品; 配套元件 | |
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plunged
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snarling
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invader
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malignant
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lashing
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mingling
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reek
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batter
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slashing
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watery
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shafts
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horrified
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hoarsely
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briefly
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moss
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ripple
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belly
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gash
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mentor
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chasm
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wailed
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amber
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pelts
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reassured
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