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CHAPTER 12
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CHAPTER 12
Leafpool flattened1 herself to the groundas fighting surged across the clearing. Horror froze her limbs and made her fur bristle2. She couldn’t believe that any cat would dare to break StarClan’s truce4. Then she remembered her dream of sticky scarlet5 waves washing up on the lakeshore. It was true! There could be no peace until blood had spilled blood.
The clearing was full of spitting, clawing cats. Leafpool tried vainly to spot Crowfeather, terrified that he would be badly injured. She heard her father call out, but his words of command were lost among the screeches6 of the rival Clans7.
“StarClan help us!” she prayed.
As if the spirits of her warrior8 ancestors had heard her plea, a shadow fell across the clearing and the silver wash of moonlight faded. Looking up, Leafpool saw that a cloud had drifted over the moon, hiding it completely. The shrieks9 of battle began to fade, or changed to yowls of terror. Some cats stopped fighting and crouched10 motionless, staring at the threatening sky.
“Look!” It was too dark to see which cat had cried out, but Leafpool recognized the voice of Barkface, the WindClan medicine cat. “StarClan is angry! This must be a sign that the boundaries should stay where they are.”
In spite of the authority with which the old medicine cat spoke11, several voices were raised in screeches of protest. Firestar’s yowl drowned them all out. Leafpool could just make him out in the glitter of starshine,
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bristle
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| v.(毛发)直立,气势汹汹,发怒;n.硬毛发 | |
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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truce
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scarlet
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| n.尖锐的声音( screech的名词复数 )v.发出尖叫声( screech的第三人称单数 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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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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warrior
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shrieks
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crouched
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spoke
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standing
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gathering
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snarled
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pebble
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pebbles
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coerce
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warriors
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crouching
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nervously
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eavesdropping
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kit
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mimicked
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defense
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flinch
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torrent
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spun
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slumped
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| 大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下] | |
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amber
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blurted
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nagged
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confrontation
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scent
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pelt
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curt
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shrugged
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| vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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brittle
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wailing
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apprenticed
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mentor
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scents
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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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scrambled
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joyful
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poked
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remains
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