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Chapter VI Christmas Morning
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The choir1 at last reached their beds, and slept like the rest of the parish. Dick’s slumbers2, through the three or four hours remaining for rest, were disturbed and slight; an exhaustive variation upon the incidents that had passed that night in connection with the school-window going on in his brain every moment of the time.
In the morning, do what he would — go upstairs, downstairs, out of doors, speak of the wind and weather, or what not — he could not refrain from an unceasing renewal3, in imagination, of that interesting enactment4. Tilted5 on the edge of one foot he stood beside the fireplace, watching his mother grilling6 rashers; but there was nothing in grilling, he thought, unless the Vision grilled7. The limp rasher hung down between the bars of the gridiron like a cat in a child’s arms; but there was nothing in similes8, unless She uttered them. He looked at the daylight shadows of a yellow hue9, dancing with the firelight shadows in blue on the whitewashed10 chimney corner, but there was nothing in shadows. “Perhaps the new young wom — sch — Miss Fancy Day will sing in church with us this morning,” he said.
The tranter looked a long time before he replied, “I fancy she will; and yet I fancy she won’t.”
Dick implied that such a remark was rather to be tolerated than admired; though deliberateness in speech was known to have, as a rule, more to do with the machinery
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1 choir | |
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱 | |
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2 slumbers | |
睡眠,安眠( slumber的名词复数 ) | |
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3 renewal | |
adj.(契约)延期,续订,更新,复活,重来 | |
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4 enactment | |
n.演出,担任…角色;制订,通过 | |
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5 tilted | |
v. 倾斜的 | |
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6 grilling | |
v.烧烤( grill的现在分词 );拷问,盘问 | |
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7 grilled | |
adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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8 similes | |
(使用like或as等词语的)明喻( simile的名词复数 ) | |
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9 hue | |
n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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10 whitewashed | |
粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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11 machinery | |
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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12 enunciated | |
v.(清晰地)发音( enunciate的过去式和过去分词 );确切地说明 | |
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13 alacrity | |
n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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14 speck | |
n.微粒,小污点,小斑点 | |
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15 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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16 lasting | |
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持 | |
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17 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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18 watery | |
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的 | |
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19 ornamentally | |
装饰地,用作装饰品地 | |
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20 crunching | |
v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄 | |
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21 fiddles | |
n.小提琴( fiddle的名词复数 );欺诈;(需要运用手指功夫的)细巧活动;当第二把手v.伪造( fiddle的第三人称单数 );篡改;骗取;修理或稍作改动 | |
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22 strings | |
n.弦 | |
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23 obviate | |
v.除去,排除,避免,预防 | |
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24 contingency | |
n.意外事件,可能性 | |
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25 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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26 outwards | |
adj.外面的,公开的,向外的;adv.向外;n.外形 | |
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27 agile | |
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28 clump | |
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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29 dangle | |
v.(使)悬荡,(使)悬垂 | |
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30 scampered | |
v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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31 rattled | |
慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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32 regiment | |
n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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33 cavalry | |
n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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34 subsided | |
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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35 aisle | |
n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道 | |
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36 banished | |
v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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37 nave | |
n.教堂的中部;本堂 | |
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38 originality | |
n.创造力,独创性;新颖 | |
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39 peculiarity | |
n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖 | |
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40 chronologically | |
ad. 按年代的 | |
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41 ordained | |
v.任命(某人)为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 );授予(某人)圣职;(上帝、法律等)命令;判定 | |
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42 marketing | |
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西 | |
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43 tenors | |
n.男高音( tenor的名词复数 );大意;男高音歌唱家;(文件的)抄本 | |
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44 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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45 psalm | |
n.赞美诗,圣诗 | |
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46 puffed | |
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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47 edifice | |
n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿,教室) | |
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48 tingle | |
vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动 | |
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49 allotted | |
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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50 throng | |
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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51 thronged | |
v.成群,挤满( throng的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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52 recollect | |
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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53 trifling | |
adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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54 tunes | |
n.曲调,曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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55 piers | |
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 );(常设有娱乐场所的)突堤;柱子;墙墩 | |
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56 instinctive | |
adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的 | |
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57 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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58 sedulously | |
ad.孜孜不倦地 | |
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59 exertions | |
n.努力( exertion的名词复数 );费力;(能力、权力等的)运用;行使 | |
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60 aggravated | |
使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 ); 使更严重; 激怒; 使恼火 | |
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61 necessitated | |
使…成为必要,需要( necessitate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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62 hemming | |
卷边 | |
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63 tuning | |
n.调谐,调整,调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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64 shrill | |
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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65 intrusive | |
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66 mighty | |
adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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67 upwards | |
adv.向上,在更高处...以上 | |
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68 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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69 downwards | |
adj./adv.向下的(地),下行的(地) | |
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70 humble | |
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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71 followers | |
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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72 interfering | |
adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词 | |
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73 ordinances | |
n.条例,法令( ordinance的名词复数 ) | |
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74 proclivity | |
n.倾向,癖性 | |
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75 groaning | |
adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式 | |
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76 saucier | |
n.调味汁厨师adj.粗鲁的( saucy的比较级 );粗俗的;不雅的;开色情玩笑的 | |
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77 maidens | |
处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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78 pending | |
prep.直到,等待…期间;adj.待定的;迫近的 | |
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79 initiated | |
n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始,创始,启蒙,介绍加入 | |
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80 irony | |
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄 | |
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81 lurked | |
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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82 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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83 quailing | |
害怕,发抖,畏缩( quail的现在分词 ) | |
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84 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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85 friendliness | |
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86 partnership | |
n.合作关系,伙伴关系 | |
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87 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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