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THERE IS NO NEED OF GOING into an extended recital1 of our suffering in the small boat during the many days we were driven and drifted, here and there, willy-nilly, across the ocean. The high wind blew from the northwest for twenty-four hours, when it fell calm, and in the night sprang up from the southwest. This was dead in our teeth, but I took in the sea-anchor and set sail, hauling a course on the wind that took us in a south-southeasterly direction. It was an even choice between this and the west-northwesterly course that the wind permitted; but the warm airs of the south fanned my desire for a warmer sea and swayed my decision.
In three hours- it was midnight, I well remember, and as dark as I had ever seen it on the sea- the wind, still blowing out of the southwest, rose furiously, and once again I was compelled to set the sea-anchor.
Day broke and found me wan-eyed and the ocean lashed3 white, the boat pitching, almost on end, to its drag. We were in imminent4 danger of being swamped by the whitecaps. As it was, spray and spume came aboard in such quantities that I baled without cessation. The blankets were soaking. Everything was wet except Maud, and she, in oilskins, rubber boots, and souwester, was dry, all but her face and hands and a stray wisp of hair. She relieved me at the baling-hole from time to time, and bravely she threw out the water and faced the storm. All things are relative. It was no more than a stiff blow; but to us, fighting for life in our frail5 craft, it was indeed a storm.
Cold and cheerless, the wind beating on our faces, the white seas roaring by, we struggled through the day. Night came, but neither of us slept. Day came, and still the wind beat on our faces and the white seas roared past. By the second night Maud was falling asleep from exhaustion6. I covered her with oilskins and a tarpaulin8. She was comparatively dry, but she was numb9 with the cold. I feared greatly that she might die in the night; but day broke, cold and cheerless, with the same clouded sky and beating wind and roaring seas.
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recital
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n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会 | |
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exhaustion
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n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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tarpaulin
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marrow
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exertion
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bleak
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adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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plunged
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crest
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shipping
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crouched
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v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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succumbed
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不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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latitude
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n.纬度,行动或言论的自由(范围),(pl.)地区 | |
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longitude
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schooner
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n.纵帆船 | |
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drooped
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sleet
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drizzling
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下蒙蒙细雨,下毛毛雨( drizzle的现在分词 ) | |
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n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离 | |
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robust
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adj.强壮的,强健的,粗野的,需要体力的,浓的 | |
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v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去式 ) | |
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leeward
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oars
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mangled
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vt.乱砍(mangle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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recoiled
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v.畏缩( recoil的过去式和过去分词 );退缩;报应;返回 | |
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frightful
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adj.可怕的;讨厌的 | |
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v.(使)变得潮湿,变得湿润( moisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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mighty
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bellowing
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myriads
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n.无数,极大数量( myriad的名词复数 ) | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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perilously
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adv.充满危险地,危机四伏地 | |
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penetrated
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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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ripples
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逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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vagrant
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n.流浪者,游民;adj.流浪的,漂泊不定的 | |
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shingle
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n.木瓦板;小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌);v.用木瓦板盖(屋顶);把(女子头发)剪短 | |
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