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CHAPTER I— THE VILLAGE
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“And a mighty1 sing’lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!” said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff. There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it. From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked2 ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones. The old pack- saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages3 of its infancy4, flourished here intact. Strings5 of pack- horses and pack-donkeys toiled6 slowly up the staves of the ladders, bearing fish, and coal, and such other cargo7 as was unshipping at the pier8 from the dancing fleet of village boats, and from two or three little coasting traders. As the beasts of burden ascended9 laden10, or descended11 light, they got so lost at intervals12 in the floating clouds of village smoke, that they seemed to dive down some of the village chimneys, and come to the surface again far off, high above others. No two houses in the village were alike, in chimney, size, shape, door, window, gable, roof-tree, anything. The sides of the ladders were musical with water, running clear and bright. The staves were musical with the
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mighty
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crooked
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adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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n.附属物( appendage的名词复数 );依附的人;附属器官;附属肢体(如臂、腿、尾等) | |
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infancy
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strings
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toiled
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pier
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descended
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clattering
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发出咔哒声(clatter的现在分词形式) | |
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mingled
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混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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boulders
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verge
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softened
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(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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foliage
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n.叶子,树叶,簇叶 | |
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gull
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robin
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winding
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n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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converse
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alacrity
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战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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seaman
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microscopically
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pane
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comely
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stature
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perfectly
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wringing
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淋湿的,湿透的 | |
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heartily
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steward
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n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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divers
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sitting-room
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n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
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rosy
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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ascent
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ornament
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bosom
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bonnet
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n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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genial
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adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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dexterously
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mincing
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worthy
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wager
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n.赌注;vt.押注,打赌 | |
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watchful
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legacy
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n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西 | |
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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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apparently
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standing
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