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The highroad into the village of Weydon-Priors was again carpeted with dust. The trees had put on as of yore their aspect of dingy1 green, and where the Henchard family of three had once walked along, two persons not unconnected with the family walked now.
The scene in its broad aspect had so much of its previous character, even to the voices and rattle2 from the neighbouring village down, that it might for that matter have been the afternoon following the previously3 recorded episode. Change was only to be observed in details; but here it was obvious that a long procession of years had passed by. One of the two who walked the road was she who had figured as the young wife of Henchard on the previous occasion; now her face had lost much of its rotundity; her skin had undergone a textural5 change; and though her hair had not lost colour it was considerably6 thinner than heretofore. She was dressed in the mourning clothes of a widow. Her companion, also in black, appeared as a wellformed young woman about eighteen, completely possessed7 of that ephemeral precious essence youth, which is itself beauty, irrespective of complexion8 or contour.
A glance was sufficient to inform the eye that this was Susan Henchard's grown-up daughter. While life's middle summer had set its hardening mark on the mother's face, her former spring-like specialities were transferred so dexterously9 by Time to the second figure, her child, that the absence of certain facts within her mother's knowledge from the girl's mind would have seemed for the moment, to one reflecting on those facts, to be a curious imperfection in Nature's powers of continuity.
They walked with joined hands, and it could be perceived that this was the act of simple affection. The daughter carried in her outer hand a withy basket of old-fashioned make; the mother a blue bundle, which contrasted oddly with her black stuff gown.
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1 dingy | |
adj.昏暗的,肮脏的 | |
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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3 previously | |
adv.以前,先前(地) | |
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4 kin | |
n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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5 textural | |
adj. 组织上的, 构造上的 | |
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6 considerably | |
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上 | |
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7 possessed | |
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8 complexion | |
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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10 outskirts | |
n.郊外,郊区 | |
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11 formerly | |
adv.从前,以前 | |
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12 ascended | |
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13 rustic | |
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬 | |
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14 devoted | |
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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15 dwindled | |
v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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16 interfere | |
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17 onward | |
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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18 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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19 spoke | |
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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20 inscribed | |
v.写,刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 );内接 | |
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21 mariner | |
n.水手号不载人航天探测器,海员,航海者 | |
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22 aged | |
adj.年老的,陈年的 | |
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23 hesitation | |
n.犹豫,踌躇 | |
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24 deliberately | |
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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25 pointed | |
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26 croaked | |
v.呱呱地叫( croak的过去式和过去分词 );用粗的声音说 | |
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27 alacrity | |
n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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28 concoction | |
n.调配(物);谎言 | |
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29 blandly | |
adv.温和地,殷勤地 | |
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30 sluices | |
n.水闸( sluice的名词复数 );(用水闸控制的)水;有闸人工水道;漂洗处v.冲洗( sluice的第三人称单数 );(指水)喷涌而出;漂净;给…安装水闸 | |
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31 straightforward | |
adj.正直的,坦率的;易懂的,简单的 | |
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32 discreetly | |
ad.(言行)审慎地,慎重地 | |
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33 briefly | |
adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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34 refreshments | |
n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待 | |
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35 descended | |
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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36 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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