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CHAPTER18
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CHAPTER18
Lionpaw shivered. The rain had reachedright to his skin. He dropped his vole on the fresh-kill pile and shook the water from his pelt1.
“Good hunting,” Ashfur congratulated him. “You’ve improved a lot these past days. It seems like your mind is on your training again.”
Lionpaw blinked at his mentor2. It hadbeen a good hunting patrol. He, Ashfur, Stormfur, and Brook3 had caught nearly enough to feed the whole Clan4 and it was great to feel energetic again, a little faster, a little sharper than his Clanmates, as though StarClan guided his paws. But his heart still ached when he thought of Heatherpaw. He missed being a DarkClan warrior5.
Stormfur tossed a wet blackbird onto the pile. “Something’s wrong.” The gray warrior glanced anxiously around the clearing. Beside him, Brook narrowed her eyes.
Cinderpaw was tugging6 twigs7 toward the thorn barrier where Cloudtail was stuffing them into gaps. Poppypaw and Mousepaw were hurriedly patching the nursery with fresh brambles. Their rain-soaked pelts8 were spiked9, their tails bushed10 out. Thornclaw and Spiderleg were circling the edge of the camp, staring up through the rain at the walls.
Thornclaw flicked11 his tail toward a rift12 in the cliff face where the rocks
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pelt
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| v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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mentor
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| n.指导者,良师益友;v.指导 | |
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brook
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| n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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warrior
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| n.勇士,武士,斗士 | |
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tugging
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| n.牵引感v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的现在分词 ) | |
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twigs
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| 细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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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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spiked
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| adj.有穗的;成锥形的;有尖顶的 | |
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bushed
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| adj.疲倦的 | |
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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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jutted
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belly
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| n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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throbbed
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| 抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动 | |
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bristled
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| adj. 直立的,多刺毛的 动词bristle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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murmur
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| n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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flattened
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| [医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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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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| 小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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moor
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flexing
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| n.挠曲,可挠性v.屈曲( flex的现在分词 );弯曲;(为准备大干而)显示实力;摩拳擦掌 | |
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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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helping
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| n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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fortify
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| v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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softened
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prey
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| n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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wailed
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| v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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shred
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| v.撕成碎片,变成碎片;n.碎布条,细片,些少 | |
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| 发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对 | |
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veered
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| v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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ledge
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scrambled
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crouching
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| v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 ) | |
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gathering
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| n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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bristling
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clump
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| n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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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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ridge
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pelted
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twitching
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spat
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| n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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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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spine
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rippled
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uncertainty
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| n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物 | |
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skidding
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| n.曳出,集材v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的现在分词 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区 | |
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| 斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 ); 眯着眼睛; 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看 | |
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sniffing
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| n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );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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wary
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reassured
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lighter
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scents
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spun
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shrugged
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taut
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rippling
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| 起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的 | |
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embarrassment
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| n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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crouched
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silty
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hazy
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| adj.有薄雾的,朦胧的;不肯定的,模糊的 | |
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