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CHAPTER 17
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CHAPTER 17
A thick, heavy silence surrounded Jayfeather.Everything was dark and for a moment he thought that he was blind again. Then he realized that ice crystals were sealing his eyes shut; in spite of the pain he forced them open, only to see nothing but glimmering1 white all around him. When he tried to gasp2 in air, beads3 of snow stung the back of his throat.
I’m buried!
The light seemed to be coming from somewhere above his head. Jayfeather scrabbled toward it; a few heartbeats later his head broke out into the air and he looked around. The storm was over. Stillness covered the valley; the peaks were dark shapes cutting into an indigo4 sky where the last scarlet5 streaks6 of sunset were beginning to fade. He was completely alone.
Terror that the other cats had died in the snowfall rooted Jayfeather to the ground, but he forced himself to start moving. Kicking out with his hind7 legs, he climbed out of the snow and stood for a moment shaking clots8 of it from his pelt9.
“Jay’s Wing!”
The shout came from behind him; Jayfeather spun10 around to see Stone Song fighting his way out of a drift a little farther up the valley. Jayfeather floundered through the loose snow and dragged him out. At first the gray tabby tom was silent with shock, gazing at the mountains as if he didn’t remember where they were.
“Are you okay?” Jayfeather prompted. “We have to look for the others.”
Stone Song shook his head to clear it. “I’m okay,” he panted. “Have you seen them?”
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glimmering
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| n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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beads
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appalled
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scramble
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anguish
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gathering
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kits
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annoyance
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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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cavern
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puddle
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moss
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disperse
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boulder
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intercept
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dabbed
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| (用某物)轻触( dab的过去式和过去分词 ); 轻而快地擦掉(或抹掉); 快速擦拭; (用某物)轻而快地涂上(或点上)… | |
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grunted
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| (猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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flicker
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shrugged
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fawn
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determined
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belly
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prey
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hostility
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pinnacles
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dodging
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poking
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lashed
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growled
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shriek
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wailing
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bulging
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| (使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的现在分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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