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CHAPTER II— THE MONEY
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“The stairs are very narrow, sir,” said Alfred Raybrock to Captain Jorgan.
“Like my cabin-stairs,” returned the captain, “on many a voyage.”
“And they are rather inconvenient1 for the head.”
“If my head can’t take care of itself by this time, after all the knocking about the world it has had,” replied the captain, as unconcernedly as if he had no connection with it, “it’s not worth looking after.”
Thus they came into the young fisherman’s bedroom, which was as perfectly2 neat and clean as the shop and parlour below; though it was but a little place, with a sliding window, and a phrenological ceiling expressive3 of all the peculiarities4 of the house-roof. Here the captain sat down on the foot of the bed, and glancing at a dreadful libel on Kitty which ornamented5 the wall — the production of some wandering limner, whom the captain secretly admired as having studied portraiture6 from the figure-heads of ships — motioned to the young man to take the rush-chair on the other side of the small round table. That done, the captain put his hand in the deep breast-pocket of his long-skirted blue coat, and took out of it a strong square case-bottle — not a large bottle, but such as may be seen in any ordinary ship’s medicine-chest. Setting this bottle on the table without removing his hand from it, Captain Jorgan then spake as follows:-
“In my last voyage homeward-bound,” said the captain, “and that’s the voyage off of which I now come straight, I encountered such weather off the Horn as is not very often met with, even there. I have rounded that stormy Cape7 pretty often, and I believe I first beat about there in the identical storms that blew the Devil’s horns and tail off, and led to the horns being worked up into tooth-picks for the
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1 inconvenient | |
adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的 | |
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2 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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3 expressive | |
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的 | |
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4 peculiarities | |
n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪 | |
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5 ornamented | |
adj.花式字体的v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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6 portraiture | |
n.肖像画法 | |
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7 cape | |
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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8 plantation | |
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9 behooves | |
n.利益,好处( behoof的名词复数 )v.适宜( behoove的第三人称单数 ) | |
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10 entangled | |
adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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11 ashore | |
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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12 scrap | |
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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13 scant | |
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14 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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15 anatomy | |
n.解剖学,解剖;功能,结构,组织 | |
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16 tract | |
n.传单,小册子,大片(土地或森林) | |
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17 crumpled | |
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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18 rumpled | |
v.弄皱,使凌乱( rumple的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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19 entreated | |
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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20 entreat | |
v.恳求,恳请 | |
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21 narrative | |
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的 | |
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22 ragged | |
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23 creased | |
(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的过去式和过去分词 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹; 皱皱巴巴 | |
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24 blotted | |
涂污( blot的过去式和过去分词 ); (用吸墨纸)吸干 | |
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25 agitated | |
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26 wrench | |
v.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;n.扳手;痛苦,难受 | |
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27 disdain | |
n.鄙视,轻视;v.轻视,鄙视,不屑 | |
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28 distress | |
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29 fully | |
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30 soothing | |
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31 demonstration | |
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32 possessed | |
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33 discomfited | |
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34 steward | |
n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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35 manor | |
n.庄园,领地 | |
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36 mere | |
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37 drudgery | |
n.苦工,重活,单调乏味的工作 | |
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38 restitution | |
n.赔偿;恢复原状 | |
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39 utterance | |
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40 touching | |
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41 resolute | |
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42 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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43 bent | |
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44 musing | |
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45 reliability | |
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46 friction | |
n.摩擦,摩擦力 | |
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47 brass | |
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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48 clench | |
vt.捏紧(拳头等),咬紧(牙齿等),紧紧握住 | |
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49 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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50 confided | |
v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
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51 contemplated | |
adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式 | |
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52 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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53 dame | |
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54 plighted | |
vt.保证,约定(plight的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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55 sobbed | |
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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56 traitor | |
n.叛徒,卖国贼 | |
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57 asunder | |
adj.分离的,化为碎片 | |
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58 reciprocate | |
v.往复运动;互换;回报,酬答 | |
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59 applied | |
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用 | |
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60 consolation | |
n.安慰,慰问 | |
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61 sobbing | |
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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62 afterward | |
adv.后来;以后 | |
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63 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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64 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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65 darted | |
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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66 promising | |
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67 injustice | |
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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68 judgments | |
判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判 | |
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69 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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70 arson | |
n.纵火,放火 | |
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71 disconsolately | |
adv.悲伤地,愁闷地;哭丧着脸 | |
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72 resounding | |
adj. 响亮的 | |
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73 abrupt | |
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的 | |
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74 retirement | |
n.退休,退职 | |
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75 beguile | |
vt.欺骗,消遣 | |
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76 snarling | |
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的现在分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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