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It was too far to make out the banners clearly, but even through the drifting fog she could see thatthey were white, with a dark smudge in their center that could only be the direwolf of Stark1, greyupon its icy field. When she saw it with her own eyes, Catelyn reined2 up her horse and bowed herhead in thanks. The gods were good. She was not too late.
“They await our coming, my lady,” Ser Wylis Manderly said, “as my lord father swore theywould.”
“Let us not keep them waiting any longer, ser.” Ser Brynden Tully put the spurs to his horse andtrotted briskly toward the banners. Catelyn rode beside him.
Ser Wylis and his brother Ser Wendel followed, leading their levies4, near fifteen hundred men:
some twenty-odd knights5 and as many squires6, two hundred mounted lances, swordsmen, andfreeriders, and the rest foot, armed with spears, pikes and tridents. Lord Wyman had remained behindto see to the defenses of White Harbor. A man of near sixty years, he had grown too stout7 to sit ahorse. “If I had thought to see war again in my lifetime, I should have eaten a few less eels8,” he’d toldCatelyn when he met her ship, slapping his massive belly9 with both hands. His fingers were fat assausages. “My boys will see you safe to your son, though, have no fear.”
His “boys” were both older than Catelyn, and she might have wished that they did not take aftertheir father quite so closely. Ser Wylis was only a few eels short of not being able to mount his ownhorse; she pitied the poor animal. Ser Wendel, the younger boy, would have been the fattest manshe’d ever known, had she only neglected to meet his father and brother. Wylis was quiet and formal,Wendel loud and
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stark
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adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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levies
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(部队)征兵( levy的名词复数 ); 募捐; 被征募的军队 | |
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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squires
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n.地主,乡绅( squire的名词复数 ) | |
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eels
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abbr. 电子发射器定位系统(=electronic emitter location system) | |
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belly
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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boisterous
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adj.喧闹的,欢闹的 | |
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walrus
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n.海象 | |
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spotted
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vow
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n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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vowed
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起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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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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wagons
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n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车 | |
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stony
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adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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imp
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n.顽童 | |
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boggy
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adj.沼泽多的 | |
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bog
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n.沼泽;室...陷入泥淖 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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standing
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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gutter
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n.沟,街沟,水槽,檐槽,贫民窟 | |
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rubble
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n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾 | |
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moss
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n.苔,藓,地衣 | |
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bogs
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n.沼泽,泥塘( bog的名词复数 );厕所v.(使)陷入泥沼, (使)陷入困境( bog的第三人称单数 );妨碍,阻碍 | |
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teeming
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adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 );到处都是;(指水、雨等)暴降;倾注 | |
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wade
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v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉 | |
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archers
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n.弓箭手,射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 ) | |
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chuckled
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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hearth
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n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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slab
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n.平板,厚的切片;v.切成厚板,以平板盖上 | |
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sniffed
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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jaw
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n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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ashore
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adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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bass
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n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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rumble
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n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说 | |
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spoke
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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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curiously
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adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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dwarf
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n.矮子,侏儒,矮小的动植物;vt.使…矮小 | |
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behold
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v.看,注视,看到 | |
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fatigued
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adj. 疲乏的 | |
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sipped
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v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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abashed
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adj.窘迫的,尴尬的v.使羞愧,使局促,使窘迫( abash的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rummaged
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翻找,搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 ); 已经海关检查 | |
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crumpled
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adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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kindly
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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pointed
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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bloody
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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fealty
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n.忠贞,忠节 | |
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foe
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n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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soften
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v.(使)变柔软;(使)变柔和 | |
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naught
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n.无,零 [=nought] | |
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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Ford
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n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过 | |
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hearths
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壁炉前的地板,炉床,壁炉边( hearth的名词复数 ) | |
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leavened
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adj.加酵母的v.使(面团)发酵( leaven的过去式和过去分词 );在…中掺入改变的因素 | |
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plunder
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vt.劫掠财物,掠夺;n.劫掠物,赃物;劫掠 | |
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ragged
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adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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dagger
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n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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ruby
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n.红宝石,红宝石色 | |
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foes
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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