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Yeobright Goes, and the Breach1 Is Complete
All that evening smart sounds denoting an active packing up came from Yeobright's room to the ears of his mother downstairs.
Next morning he departed from the house and again proceeded across the heath. A long day's march was before him, his object being to secure a dwelling2 to which he might take Eustacia when she became his wife. Such a house, small, secluded3, and with its windows boarded up, he had casually4 observed a month earlier, about two miles beyond the village of East Egdon, and six miles distant altogether; and thither5 he directed his steps today.
The weather was far different from that of the evening before. The yellow and vapoury sunset which had wrapped up Eustacia from his parting gaze had presaged6 change. It was one of those not infrequent days of an English June which are as wet and boisterous7 as November. The cold clouds hastened on in a body, as if painted on a moving slide. Vapours from other continents arrived upon the wind, which curled and parted round him as he walked on.
At length Clym reached the margin8 of a fir and beech9 plantation10 that had been enclosed from heath land in the year of his birth. Here the trees, laden11 heavily with their new and humid leaves, were now suffering more damage than during the highest winds of winter, when the
1
breach
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
2
dwelling
n.住宅,住所,寓所
3
secluded
adj.与世隔绝的;隐退的;偏僻的v.使隔开,使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)
4
casually
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
5
thither
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
6
presaged
v.预示,预兆( presage的过去式和过去分词 )
7
boisterous
adj.喧闹的,欢闹的
8
margin
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
9
beech
n.山毛榉;adj.山毛榉的
10
plantation
n.种植园,大农场
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laden
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的
12
boughs
大树枝( bough的名词复数 )
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beeches
n.山毛榉( beech的名词复数 );山毛榉木材
14
bruises
n.瘀伤,伤痕,擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )
15
wrenched
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛
16
socket
n.窝,穴,孔,插座,插口
17
onset
n.进攻,袭击,开始,突然开始
18
gale
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等)
19
finch
n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀,金丝雀等)
20
gusts
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作
21
mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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caress
vt./n.爱抚,抚摸
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premises
n.建筑物,房屋
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drizzle
v.下毛毛雨;n.毛毛雨,蒙蒙细雨
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frond
n.棕榈类植物的叶子
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clotted
adj.凝结的v.凝固( clot的过去式和过去分词 )
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watery
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
28
propitious
adj.吉利的;顺利的
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swerving
v.(使)改变方向,改变目的( swerve的现在分词 )
30
conveyance
n.(不动产等的)转让,让与;转让证书;传送;运送;表达;(正)运输工具
31
misery
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
32
lessening
减轻,减少,变小
33
rigid
adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的
34
prostration
n. 平伏, 跪倒, 疲劳
35
bestowed
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
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rectified
[医]矫正的,调整的
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oblique
adj.斜的,倾斜的,无诚意的,不坦率的
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illuminated
adj.被照明的;受启迪的
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beholder
n.观看者,旁观者
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similes
(使用like或as等词语的)明喻( simile的名词复数 )
41
musing
n. 沉思,冥想
adj. 沉思的, 冥想的
动词muse的现在分词形式
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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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serene
adj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的
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blithe
adj.快乐的,无忧无虑的
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hesitation
n.犹豫,踌躇
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conceal
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽
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soothingly
adv.抚慰地,安慰地;镇痛地
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passionate
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
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opposition
n.反对,敌对
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persistence
n.坚持,持续,存留
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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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flirtation
n.调情,调戏,挑逗
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unravelling
解开,拆散,散开( unravel的现在分词 ); 阐明; 澄清; 弄清楚
54
soothed
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦
55
literally
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
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standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
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ascended
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )
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circuitous
adj.迂回的路的,迂曲的,绕行的
59
descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
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daze
v.(使)茫然,(使)发昏
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longing
n.(for)渴望
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yearning
a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的
63
poetical
adj.似诗人的;诗一般的;韵文的;富有诗意的