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The grassy1 woodland continued for several miles, and as it was evidently subject to flood, we were in momentary2 expectation of seeing a denser3 mass of foliage4 before us, as indicating the course of the creek5, but we suddenly debouched upon open plains, bounded by distant sand hills. There was not now a tree to be seen, but samphire bushes were mixed with the polygonum growing round about; as the changes however in this singular and anomalous6 region had been so sudden and instantaneous, I still held on my course, but the farther I advanced into the plains the more did the ground betray a salt formation.
We halted an hour after sunset, under a sand hill about 16 miles distant from the creek, without having succeeded in our search for water, for although we passed several muddy pools at which the birds still continued to drink they were too thick for our animals.
The prospect7 from the top of the sand hill under which we had formed our bivouac, was the most cheerless and I may add the most forbidding of any that our eyes had wandered over, during this long and anxious journey. To the west and north-west there were lines of heavy sand ridges8, so steep and rugged10 as to deter11 me from any attempt to cross them with my jaded12 horses. To the north and north-east a dark green plain covered with samphire bushes (amidst which the dry beds of small salt
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adj.盖满草的;长满草的 | |
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foliage
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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prospect
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adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的 | |
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lagoons
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n.污水池( lagoon的名词复数 );潟湖;(大湖或江河附近的)小而浅的淡水湖;温泉形成的池塘 | |
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lagoon
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twilight
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perfectly
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pulpy
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果肉状的,多汁的,柔软的; 烂糊; 稀烂 | |
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stamina
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dreaded
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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ascertain
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tributary
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upwards
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underneath
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previously
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meridian
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fatigue
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steadily
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exertions
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procure
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prostrate
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persevere
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appalling
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scurvy
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discretion
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regained
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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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elasticity
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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embarrassment
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n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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perseverance
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depot
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n.仓库,储藏处;公共汽车站;火车站 | |
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trifling
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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retrace
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v.折回;追溯,探源 | |
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penetrated
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adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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wilderness
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n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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withered
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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eastward
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adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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exclamation
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n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词 | |
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amazement
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n.惊奇,惊讶 | |
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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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imperative
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n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的 | |
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crested
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shriek
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migration
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exhausted
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gathering
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considerably
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determined
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ascertained
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proximity
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monotonous
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sterile
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picturesque
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creeks
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lengthened
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infinitely
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marsh
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annoyance
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ascent
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spokes
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prudence
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deriving
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