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CHAPTER15
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CHAPTER15
Lionpaw stood beside his sister, gazingdown at the lake and the familiar Clan1 territories. A ripple2 of excitement pulsed through him as he turned his back on his home and saw for the first time a wide stretch of unknown country.
“What are we waiting for?” he complained to Hollypaw. “Why can’t we keep going?”
“Didn’t you hear Brambleclaw?” his sister meowed. “He told us all to rest, and he said we could hunt if we want to eat.”
Lionpaw had been so focused on their journey that he hadn’t noticed his father giving the order. His forepaws tore up the short grass of the ridge3. “I don’t want to sit around. We’ve hardly started.”
“It’s the traveling herbs giving you all that energy,” Hollypaw mewed practically. “The mountains won’t go away.” She turned with a flick4 of her tail and began to stalk toward a gorse bush, her ears and whiskers alert for signs of prey5.
Lionpaw’s paws were sore from the stiff climb up the ridge, but he had never felt so alive, so eager to keep traveling. In front of him, dark forest covered the downward slope, and beyond it Lionpaw could see flat green stretches like the grass at the horseplace. It was sliced through by Thunderpaths and dotted with Twoleg nests—some of them close together, whole clusters of red stone dens6.
Lionpaw bounded over the short, springy grass to a rocky outcrop, the highest part of the ridge. At the top of the rocks, wind flattened7 his fur along his sides. He felt as powerful as a warrior8 of LionClan! If he stretched out a paw, he could blot9 out whole Twoleg nests. The biggest Thunderpath looked as thin as a
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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.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进 | |
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ridge
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| n.快速的轻打,轻打声,弹开;v.轻弹,轻轻拂去,忽然摇动 | |
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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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dens
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| n.牙齿,齿状部分;兽窝( den的名词复数 );窝点;休息室;书斋 | |
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flattened
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warrior
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blot
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| vt.弄脏(用吸墨纸)吸干;n.污点,污渍 | |
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strand
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twig
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hovered
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| 鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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dozing
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beetles
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pelt
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twitch
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clump
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kit
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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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warriors
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| 武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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daunted
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eavesdropping
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| n. 偷听 | |
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belly
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owl
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muffled
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jaws
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crouched
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devoured
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famished
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scent
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talon
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twitched
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| vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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helping
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outrage
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| n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒 | |
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spotted
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| adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的 | |
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streaking
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dodged
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| v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避 | |
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apprentice
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| n.学徒,徒弟 | |
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debris
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thicket
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crouching
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devouring
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| 吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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gulped
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| v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住 | |
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stiffened
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| 加强的 | |
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hoot
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brook
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grumbled
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| 抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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sneak
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sneaking
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| a.秘密的,不公开的 | |
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blur
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hooting
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| (使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的现在分词 ); 倒好儿; 倒彩 | |
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owls
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pricked
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weird
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sprawled
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prodding
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muzzle
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amber
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