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Chapter 1
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I SCARCELY KNOW WHERE to begin, though I sometimes facetiously1 place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth's credit. He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain. When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil2 incessantly3. Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay.
Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the Martinez was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco. The danger lay in the heavy fog which blanketed the bay, and of which, as a landsman, I had little apprehension4. In fact, I remember the placid5 exaltation with which I took up my position on the forward upper deck, directly beneath the pilot-house, and allowed the mystery of the fog to lay hold of my imagination. A fresh breeze was blowing, and for a time I was alone in the moist obscurity; yet not alone, for I was dimly conscious of the presence of the pilot, and of what I took to be the captain, in the glass house above my head.
I remember thinking how comfortable it was, this division of labor6 which made it unnecessary for me to study fogs, winds, tides, and navigation in order to visit my friend who lived across an arm of the sea. It was good that men should be specialists, I mused7. The peculiar8 knowledge of the pilot and captain sufficed for many thousands of people who knew no more of the sea and navigation than I knew. On the other hand, instead of having to devote my energy to the learning of a multitude of things, I concentrated it upon a few particular things, such as, for instance, the analysis of Poe's place in American literature, an essay of mine, by the way, in the current 'Atlantic.' Coming aboard, as I passed through the cabin, I had noticed with greedy eyes a
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facetiously
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adv.爱开玩笑地;滑稽地,爱开玩笑地 | |
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vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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ad.不停地 | |
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apprehension
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n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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labor
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n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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僵直地行走,跺步行走( stump的现在分词 ); 把(某人)难住; 使为难; (选举前)在某一地区作政治性巡回演说 | |
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僵直地行走,跺步行走( stump的过去式和过去分词 ); 把(某人)难住; 使为难; (选举前)在某一地区作政治性巡回演说 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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decided
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brace
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tolling
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oars
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schooner
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n.纵帆船 | |
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shrill
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adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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chirping
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鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 ) | |
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decency
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n.体面,得体,合宜,正派,庄重 | |
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dwelling
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n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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n.尘埃( mote的名词复数 );斑点 | |
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incertitude
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n.疑惑,不确定 | |
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chuckle
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vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
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penetrate
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v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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speculative
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adj.思索性的,暝想性的,推理的 | |
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bluster
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contagion
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n.(通过接触的疾病)传染;蔓延 | |
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n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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v.撕碎( rend的现在分词 );分裂;(因愤怒、痛苦等而)揪扯(衣服或头发等);(声音等)刺破 | |
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scramble
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v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料 | |
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recollect
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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hysterical
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swirled
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v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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起漩涡,旋转( eddy的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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cork
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n.软木,软木塞 | |
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monotonous
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adj.单调的,一成不变的,使人厌倦的 | |
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insistence
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n.坚持;强调;坚决主张 | |
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gallantly
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adv. 漂亮地,勇敢地,献殷勤地 | |
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buckling
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bedlam
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curiously
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tangled
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adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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shrieking
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wrath
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n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒 | |
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hurling
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n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的现在分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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impelled
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v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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unwilling
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adj.不情愿的 | |
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squealing
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v.长声尖叫,用长而尖锐的声音说( squeal的现在分词 ) | |
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sublime
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adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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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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undoubtedly
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adv.确实地,无疑地 | |
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descended
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numb
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adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木 | |
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heeded
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pang
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n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷 | |
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plunged
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marrow
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anguish
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acrid
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distressing
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numbness
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n.无感觉,麻木,惊呆 | |
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foaming
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crests
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weirdly
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reverberant
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a.起回声的 | |
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ebbing
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(指潮水)退( ebb的现在分词 ); 落; 减少; 衰落 | |
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saturated
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apparently
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triangular
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exhausted
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haphazard
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vexed
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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