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At this date there prevailed in Casterbridge a convivial1 custom--scarcely recognized as such, yet none the less established. On the afternoon of every Sunday a large contingent2 of the Casterbridge journeymen--steady churchgoers and sedate3 characters--having attended service, filed from the church doors across the way to the Three Mariners4 Inn. The rear was usually brought up by the choir5, with their bass-viols, fiddles6, and flutes8 under their arms.
The great point, the point of honour, on these sacred occasions was for each man to strictly9 limit himself to half-a-pint of liquor. This scrupulosity10 was so well understood by the landlord that the whole company was served in cups of that measure. They were all exactly alike-straight-sided, with two leafless lime-trees done in eelbrown on the sides--one towards the drinker's lips, the other confronting his comrade. To wonder how many of these cups the landlord possessed11 altogether was a favourite exercise of children in the marvellous. Forty at least might have been seen at these times in the large room, forming a ring round the margin12 of the great sixteen-legged oak table, like the monolithic13 circle of Stonehenge in its pristine
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1 convivial | |
adj.狂欢的,欢乐的 | |
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2 contingent | |
adj.视条件而定的;n.一组,代表团,分遣队 | |
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3 sedate | |
adj.沉着的,镇静的,安静的 | |
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4 mariners | |
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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5 choir | |
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱 | |
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6 fiddles | |
n.小提琴( fiddle的名词复数 );欺诈;(需要运用手指功夫的)细巧活动;当第二把手v.伪造( fiddle的第三人称单数 );篡改;骗取;修理或稍作改动 | |
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7 fiddle | |
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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8 flutes | |
长笛( flute的名词复数 ); 细长香槟杯(形似长笛) | |
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9 strictly | |
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地 | |
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10 scrupulosity | |
n.顾虑 | |
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11 possessed | |
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
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12 margin | |
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘 | |
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13 monolithic | |
adj.似独块巨石的;整体的 | |
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14 pristine | |
adj.原来的,古时的,原始的,纯净的,无垢的 | |
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15 countenances | |
n.面容( countenance的名词复数 );表情;镇静;道义支持 | |
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16 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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17 dissecting | |
v.解剖(动物等)( dissect的现在分词 );仔细分析或研究 | |
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18 feat | |
n.功绩;武艺,技艺;adj.灵巧的,漂亮的,合适的 | |
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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 vow | |
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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21 lapsed | |
adj.流失的,堕落的v.退步( lapse的过去式和过去分词 );陷入;倒退;丧失 | |
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22 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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23 serene | |
adj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的 | |
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24 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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25 brew | |
v.酿造,调制 | |
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26 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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27 strings | |
n.弦 | |
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28 hymns | |
n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
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29 psalm | |
n.赞美诗,圣诗 | |
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30 ebb | |
vi.衰退,减退;n.处于低潮,处于衰退状态 | |
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31 orphan | |
n.孤儿;adj.无父母的 | |
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32 orphans | |
孤儿( orphan的名词复数 ) | |
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33 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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34 vagrant | |
n.流浪者,游民;adj.流浪的,漂泊不定的 | |
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35 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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36 toil | |
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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37 utterly | |
adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
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38 mare | |
n.母马,母驴 | |
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39 fathom | |
v.领悟,彻底了解 | |
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40 poker | |
n.扑克;vt.烙制 | |
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41 pates | |
n.头顶,(尤指)秃顶,光顶( pate的名词复数 ) | |
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42 tuned | |
adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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43 softened | |
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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44 doggedly | |
adv.顽强地,固执地 | |
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45 triumphantly | |
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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46 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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47 twig | |
n.小树枝,嫩枝;v.理解 | |
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48 agonized | |
v.使(极度)痛苦,折磨( agonize的过去式和过去分词 );苦斗;苦苦思索;感到极度痛苦 | |
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49 entreated | |
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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50 volcanic | |
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的 | |
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51 acquiesce | |
vi.默许,顺从,同意 | |
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52 mien | |
n.风采;态度 | |
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53 allusion | |
n.暗示,间接提示 | |
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54 exclamation | |
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词 | |
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55 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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56 whittle | |
v.削(木头),削减;n.屠刀 | |
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57 motive | |
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
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58 premises | |
n.建筑物,房屋 | |
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59 hesitation | |
n.犹豫,踌躇 | |
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60 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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61 delicacy | |
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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62 rambled | |
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论 | |
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63 vent | |
n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄 | |
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64 withering | |
使人畏缩的,使人害羞的,使人难堪的 | |
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65 humility | |
n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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66 faltered | |
(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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67 touching | |
adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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68 humble | |
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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69 entreatingly | |
哀求地,乞求地 | |
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70 sarcasm | |
n.讥讽,讽刺,嘲弄,反话 (adj.sarcastic) | |
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71 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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72 covert | |
adj.隐藏的;暗地里的 | |
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73 sneers | |
讥笑的表情(言语)( sneer的名词复数 ) | |
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74 savagery | |
n.野性 | |
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75 gulf | |
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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76 concealed | |
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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77 stolidity | |
n.迟钝,感觉麻木 | |
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78 fortifying | |
筑防御工事于( fortify的现在分词 ); 筑堡于; 增强; 强化(食品) | |
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79 ascended | |
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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80 dangled | |
悬吊着( dangle的过去式和过去分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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81 hoisting | |
起重,提升 | |
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82 eccentricity | |
n.古怪,反常,怪癖 | |
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83 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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