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YOU'VE BEEN ON DECK, Mr. Van Weyden,' Wolf Larsen said the following morning at the breakfast-table. 'How do things look?'
'Clear enough,' I answered, glancing at the sunshine which streamed down the open companionway. 'Fair westerly breeze, with a promise of stiffening1, if Louis predicts correctly.'
He nodded his head in a pleased way. 'Any signs of fog?'
'Thick banks in the north and northwest.'
He nodded his head again, evincing even greater satisfaction than before.
'What of the Macedonia?'
'Not sighted,' I answered.
I could have sworn his face fell at the intelligence, but why he should be disappointed I could not conceive.
I was soon to learn. 'Smoke ho!' came the hail from on deck, and his face brightened.
'Good!' he exclaimed, and left the table at once to go on deck and into the steerage, where the hunters were taking the first breakfast of their exile.
Maud Brewster and I scarcely touched the food before us, gazing, instead, in silent anxiety at each other and listening to Wolf Larsen's voice, which easily penetrated4 the cabin through the intervening bulkhead. He spoke5 at length, and his conclusion was greeted with a wild roar of cheers. The bulkhead was too thick for us to hear what he said; but, whatever it was, it had affected6 the hunters strongly, for the cheering was followed by loud exclamations7 and shouts of joy.
From the sounds on deck I knew that the sailors had been routed out and were preparing to lower the boats. Maud Brewster accompanied me on deck, but I left her at the break of the poop, where she might watch the scene and not be in it. The sailors must have learned whatever project was on hand, and the vim8 and snap they put into their work attested9 their enthusiasm. The hunters came trooping on deck with shotguns and ammunition-boxes, and, most unusual, their rifles. The latter were rarely taken in the boats, for a seal shot at long range with a rifle invariably sank before a boat could reach it. But each hunter this day had his rifle and a large supply of
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stiffening
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n. (使衣服等)变硬的材料, 硬化 动词stiffen的现在分词形式 | |
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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vt.驾驶,为…操舵;引导;vi.驾驶 | |
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adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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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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n.呼喊( exclamation的名词复数 );感叹;感叹语;感叹词 | |
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n.弹壳,弹药筒;(装磁带等的)盒子 | |
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cartridges
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子弹( cartridge的名词复数 ); (打印机的)墨盒; 录音带盒; (唱机的)唱头 | |
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ribs
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hogging
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queried
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v.质疑,对…表示疑问( query的过去式和过去分词 );询问 | |
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desperately
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adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事 | |
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brutal
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adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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meager
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adj.缺乏的,不足的,瘦的 | |
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wreckage
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n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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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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n.平底大船,战舰( galley的名词复数 );(船上或航空器上的)厨房 | |
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jovially
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expediency
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拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 ); 截住; 截击; 拦阻 | |
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分开( diverge的过去式和过去分词 ); 偏离; 分歧; 分道扬镳 | |
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n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
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v.彻底检查( overhaul的过去式和过去分词 );大修;赶上;超越 | |
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leeward
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noted
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adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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schooner
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n.纵帆船 | |
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garrulity
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n.饶舌,多嘴 | |
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apprehensiveness
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adj.明显的,无疑的;透明的 | |
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n.(高度)水平,(高度)境界,身高,身材 | |
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apprehension
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n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词) | |
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dwarfed
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wont
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adj.习惯于;v.习惯;n.习惯 | |
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bellow
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v.吼叫,怒吼;大声发出,大声喝道 | |
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leopard
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n.豹 | |
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adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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appalled
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v.使惊骇,使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的;丧胆的 | |
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scrap
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n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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belied
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v.掩饰( belie的过去式和过去分词 );证明(或显示)…为虚假;辜负;就…扯谎 | |
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defense
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n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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steadily
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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repulsing
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v.击退( repulse的现在分词 );驳斥;拒绝 | |
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tacks
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大头钉( tack的名词复数 ); 平头钉; 航向; 方法 | |
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sullenly
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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admiration
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lash
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spokes
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counteract
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courageous
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absurdity
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justified
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thwart
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有细枝的,有嫩枝的 | |
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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