选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
Chapter 19 Burning
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
The pain was bewildering.
Exactly that—I was bewildered. I couldn't understand, couldn't make sense of what was happening.
My body tried to reject the pain, and I was sucked again and again into a blackness that cut out wholeseconds or maybe even minutes of the agony, making it that much harder to keep up with reality.
I tried to separate them.
Non-reality was black, and it didn't hurt so much.
Reality was red, and it felt like I was being sawed in half, hit by a bus, punched by a prize fighter,trampled by bulls, and submerged in acid, all at the same time.
Reality was feeling my body twist and flip1 when I couldn't possibly move because of the pain.
Reality was knowing there was something so much more important than all this torture, and not beingable to remember what it was.
Reality had come on so fast.
One moment, everything was as it should have been. Surrounded by people I loved. Smiles. Somehow,unlikely as it was, it seemed like I was about to get everything I'd been fighting for.
And then one tiny, inconsequential thing had gone wrong.
I'd watched as my cup tilted2, dark blood spilling out and staining the perfect white, and I'd lurchedtoward the accident reflexively. I'd seen the other, faster hands, but my body had continued to reach, tostretch___Inside me, something had yanked the opposite direction.
Ripping. Breaking. Agony.
The darkness had taken over, and then washed away to a wave of torture. I couldn't breathe—I haddrowned once before, and this was different; it was too hot in my throat.
Pieces of me shattering, snapping, slicing apart___More blackness.
Voices, this time, shouting, as the pain came back.
'The placenta must have detached!"Something sharper than knives ripped through me—the words, making sense in spite of the othertortures. Detached placenta —I knew what that meant. It meant that my baby was dying inside me.
"Get him out!" I screamed to Edward. Why hadn't he done it yet? "He can't breathe! Do it now!""The morphine—"He wanted to wait, to give me painkillers3, while our baby was dying?!
"No! Now—," I choked, unable to finish.
Black spots covered the light in the room as a cold point of new pain stabbed icily into my stomach. Itfelt wrong—I struggled automatically to protect my womb, my baby, my little Edward Jacob, but I wasweak. My lungs ached, oxygen burned away.
点击
收听单词发音

1
flip
![]() |
|
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2
tilted
![]() |
|
v. 倾斜的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3
painkillers
![]() |
|
n.止痛药( painkiller的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4
numb
![]() |
|
adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5
tinged
![]() |
|
v.(使)发丁丁声( ting的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6
perfectly
![]() |
|
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7
stun
![]() |
|
vt.打昏,使昏迷,使震惊,使惊叹 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8
stunned
![]() |
|
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9
burrowing
![]() |
|
v.挖掘(洞穴),挖洞( burrow的现在分词 );翻寻 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10
slash
![]() |
|
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11
gasped
![]() |
|
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12
blindfold
![]() |
|
vt.蒙住…的眼睛;adj.盲目的;adv.盲目地;n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]; 障眼物,蒙蔽人的事物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13
erase
![]() |
|
v.擦掉;消除某事物的痕迹 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14
strand
![]() |
|
vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15
atlas
![]() |
|
n.地图册,图表集 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16
entirely
![]() |
|
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17
obliterated
![]() |
|
v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18
phantom
![]() |
|
n.幻影,虚位,幽灵;adj.错觉的,幻影的,幽灵的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
19
odds
![]() |
|
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
20
scorching
![]() |
|
adj. 灼热的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
21
ribs
![]() |
|
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
22
unbearably
![]() |
|
adv.不能忍受地,无法容忍地;慌 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
23
venom
![]() |
|
n.毒液,恶毒,痛恨 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
24
veins
![]() |
|
n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
25
irrelevant
![]() |
|
adj.不恰当的,无关系的,不相干的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
26
unwilling
![]() |
|
adj.不情愿的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
27
torment
![]() |
|
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
28
hideous
![]() |
|
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
29
outweigh
![]() |
|
vt.比...更重,...更重要 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
30
fiery
![]() |
|
adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
31
shriek
![]() |
|
v./n.尖叫,叫喊 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
32
increments
![]() |
|
n.增长( increment的名词复数 );增量;增额;定期的加薪 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
33
twitch
![]() |
|
v.急拉,抽动,痉挛,抽搐;n.扯,阵痛,痉挛 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
34
crease
![]() |
|
n.折缝,褶痕,皱褶;v.(使)起皱 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
35
blistering
![]() |
|
adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
36
charred
![]() |
|
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式);烧焦 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
37
frantic
![]() |
|
adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
38
pendulum
![]() |
|
n.摆,钟摆 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
39
scorched
![]() |
|
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
40
scent
![]() |
|
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
41
screech
![]() |
|
n./v.尖叫;(发出)刺耳的声音 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
42
twitched
![]() |
|
vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
43
muffled
![]() |
|
adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
44
reassure
![]() |
|
v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
45
spine
![]() |
|
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
46
persistence
![]() |
|
n.坚持,持续,存留 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
47
berating
![]() |
|
v.严厉责备,痛斥( berate的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
48
mused
![]() |
|
v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
49
chuckle
![]() |
|
vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
50
frustrated
![]() |
|
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
51
lighter
![]() |
|
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
52
rhythmic
![]() |
|
adj.有节奏的,有韵律的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
53
grumbled
![]() |
|
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
54
mortified
![]() |
|
v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 );伤害(人的感情);克制;抑制(肉体、情感等) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
55
vampires
![]() |
|
n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 );吸血蝠;高利贷者;(舞台上的)活板门 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
56
sanguine
![]() |
|
adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
57
growled
![]() |
|
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
58
razed
![]() |
|
v.彻底摧毁,将…夷为平地( raze的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
59
fabric
![]() |
|
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
60
mariners
![]() |
|
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
61
snarl
![]() |
|
v.吼叫,怒骂,纠缠,混乱;n.混乱,缠结,咆哮 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
62
hissed
![]() |
|
发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
63
parched
![]() |
|
adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
64
frenzied
![]() |
|
a.激怒的;疯狂的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
65
irritation
![]() |
|
n.激怒,恼怒,生气 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
66
facade
![]() |
|
n.(建筑物的)正面,临街正面;外表 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
67
Flared
![]() |
|
adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
68
slumped
![]() |
|
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下] | |
参考例句: |
|
|
69
sprinting
![]() |
|
v.短距离疾跑( sprint的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
70
racing
![]() |
|
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
71
doomed
![]() |
|
命定的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
72
combustible
![]() |
|
a. 易燃的,可燃的; n. 易燃物,可燃物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
73
galloped
![]() |
|
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
74
constricted
![]() |
|
adj.抑制的,约束的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
75
unbearable
![]() |
|
adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
下一章:
Chapter 20 New
©英文小说网 2005-2010