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It was half-past four o’clock (by the testimony1 of the land-surveyor, my authority for the particulars of this story, a gentleman with the faintest curve of humour on his lips); it was half-past four o’clock on a May morning in the eighteen forties. A dense2 white fog hung over the Valley of the Exe, ending against the hills on either side.
But though nothing in the vale could be seen from higher ground, notes of differing kinds gave pretty clear indications that bustling3 life was going on there. This audible presence and visual absence of an active scene had a peculiar4 effect above the fog level. Nature had laid a white hand over the creatures ensconced within the vale, as a hand might be laid over a nest of chirping5 birds.
The noises that ascended6 through the pallid7 coverlid were perturbed8 lowings, mingled9 with human voices in sharps and flats, and the bark of a dog. These, followed by the slamming of a gate, explained as well as eyesight could have done, to any inhabitant of the district, that Dairyman Tucker’s under-milker was driving the cows from the meads into the stalls. When a rougher accent joined in the vociferations of man and beast, it would have been realized that the dairy-farmer himself had come out to meet the cows, pail in hand, and white pinafore on; and when, moreover, some women’s voices joined in the chorus, that the cows were stalled and proceedings10 about to commence.
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1 testimony | |
n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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2 dense | |
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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3 bustling | |
adj.喧闹的 | |
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4 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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5 chirping | |
鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 ) | |
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6 ascended | |
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 pallid | |
adj.苍白的,呆板的 | |
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8 perturbed | |
adj.烦燥不安的v.使(某人)烦恼,不安( perturb的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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9 mingled | |
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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10 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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11 hush | |
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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12 stagnant | |
adj.不流动的,停滞的,不景气的 | |
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13 bide | |
v.忍耐;等候;住 | |
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14 agile | |
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15 bonnet | |
n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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16 hereditary | |
adj.遗传的,遗传性的,可继承的,世袭的 | |
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17 hue | |
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18 perplexed | |
adj.不知所措的 | |
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19 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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20 beech | |
n.山毛榉;adj.山毛榉的 | |
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21 shunned | |
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22 maliciously | |
adv.有敌意地 | |
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23 peculiarities | |
n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪 | |
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24 secluded | |
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25 laden | |
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的 | |
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26 shutters | |
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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27 retraced | |
v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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28 devious | |
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29 picturesque | |
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30 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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31 scrambled | |
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32 wary | |
adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的 | |
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33 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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34 facade | |
n.(建筑物的)正面,临街正面;外表 | |
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35 elevation | |
n.高度;海拔;高地;上升;提高 | |
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36 doorway | |
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37 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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38 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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39 mortar | |
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合 | |
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40 indifference | |
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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41 eminence | |
n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家 | |
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42 ERECTED | |
adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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43 gravel | |
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44 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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