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CHAPTER1
A full moon floated in acloudless sky, casting thick black shadows across the island. The leaves of the Great Oak rustled1 in a hot breeze. Crouched2 between Sorreltail and Graystripe, Lionblaze felt as though he couldn’t get enough air.
“I know,” Graystripe sighed, shifting uncomfortably on the dry, powdery soil. “This season just gets hotter and hotter. I can’t even remember when it last rained.”
Lionblaze stretched up to peer over the heads of the other cats at his brother, Jayfeather, who was sitting with the medicine cats. Onestar had just reported the death of Barkface, and Kestrelflight, the remaining WindClan medicine cat, looked rather nervous to be representing his Clan4 alone for the first time.
“Jayfeather says StarClan hasn’t told him anything about the drought,” Lionblaze mewed to Graystripe. “I wonder if any of the other medicine cats—”
He broke off as Firestar, the leader of ThunderClan, rose to his paws on the branch where he had been sitting while he waited for his turn to speak. RiverClan’s leader, Leopardstar, glanced up from the branch just below, where she was crouching5. Onestar, the leader of WindClan, was perched in the fork of a bough6 a few tail-lengths higher, while ShadowClan’s leader, Blackstar, was visible just as a gleam of eyes among the clustering leaves above Onestar’s branch.
“Like every other Clan, ThunderClan is troubled by the heat,” Firestar began. “But we are coping well. Two of our apprentices8 have been made into warriors10 and received their warrior
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rustled
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| v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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grumbled
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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apprentice
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warrior
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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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| n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争 | |
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gathering
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| n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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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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mentor
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| v.(无经验之人的)有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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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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| 赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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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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accusation
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| n.控告,指责,谴责 | |
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| vi.发出恶臭;糟透,招人厌恶;n.恶臭 | |
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| adj. 灼热的 | |
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| adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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foliage
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| n.叶子,树叶,簇叶 | |
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astonishment
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| n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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lashing
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| n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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incompetent
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| adj.无能力的,不能胜任的 | |
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grassy
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pebbles
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| [复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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truce
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bracing
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hurled
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| v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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speculation
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dwindled
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brackish
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groaned
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