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Chapter 7. From Plight to Plight
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I have never been much of a runner; I hate running. But if ever a sprinter1 broke into smithereens all world’s records it was I that day when I fled before those hideous2 beasts along the narrow spit of rocky cliff between two narrow fiords toward the Sojar Az. Just as I reached the verge3 of the cliff the foremost of the brutes4 was upon me. He leaped and closed his massive jaws6 upon my shoulder.
The momentum7 of his flying body, added to that of my own, carried the two of us over the cliff. It was a hideous fall. The cliff was almost perpendicular8. At its foot broke the sea against a solid wall of rock.
We struck the cliff-face once in our descent and then plunged9 into the salt sea. With the impact with the water the hyaenodon released his hold upon my shoulder.
As I came sputtering10 to the surface I looked about for some tiny foot- or hand-hold where I might cling for a moment of rest and recuperation. The cliff itself offered me nothing, so I swam toward the mouth of the fiord.
At the far end I could see that erosion from above had washed down sufficient rubble11 to form a narrow ribbon of beach. Toward this I swam with all my strength. Not once did I look behind me, since every unnecessary movement in swimming detracts so much from one’s endurance and speed. Not until I had drawn12 myself safely out upon the beach did I turn my eyes back toward the sea for the hyaenodon. He was swimming slowly and
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n.短跑运动员,短距离全速奔跑者 | |
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misery
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pony
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devour
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rivulet
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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impulsive
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mighty
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对立[对抗] 者,对手,敌手( antagonist的名词复数 ); 对抗肌; 对抗药 | |
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vanquish
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v.征服,战胜;克服;抑制 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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devouring
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吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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deliberately
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intelligible
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松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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joint
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winced
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slaughter
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domesticate
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colossal
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domestication
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