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Chapter VI Yalbury Wood and the Keeper’s House
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A mood of blitheness1 rarely experienced even by young men was Dick’s on the following Monday morning. It was the week after the Easter holidays, and he was journeying along with Smart the mare2 and the light spring-cart, watching the damp slopes of the hill-sides as they streamed in the warmth of the sun, which at this unsettled season shone on the grass with the freshness of an occasional inspector3 rather than as an accustomed proprietor4. His errand was to fetch Fancy, and some additional household goods, from her father’s house in the neighbouring parish to her dwelling5 at Mellstock. The distant view was darkly shaded with clouds; but the nearer parts of the landscape were whitely illumined by the visible rays of the sun streaming down across the heavy gray shade behind.
The tranter had not yet told his son of the state of Shiner’s heart that had been suggested to him by Shiner’s movements. He preferred to let such delicate affairs right themselves; experience having taught him that the uncertain phenomenon of love, as it existed in other people, was not a groundwork upon which a single action of his own life could be founded.
Geoffrey Day lived in the depths of Yalbury Wood, which formed portion of one of the outlying estates of the Earl of Wessex, to whom Day was head game-keeper, timber-steward, and general overlooker for this district. The wood was intersected by the highway from Casterbridge to London at a place not far from the house, and some trees had of late years been felled between its windows and the ascent6 of Yalbury Hill, to give the solitary7 cottager a glimpse of the passers-by.
It was a satisfaction to walk into the keeper’s house, even as a stranger, on a fine spring morning like the present. A curl of wood-smoke came from the chimney, and drooped8
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1 blitheness | |
n.blithe(快乐的)的变形 | |
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2 mare | |
n.母马,母驴 | |
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3 inspector | |
n.检查员,监察员,视察员 | |
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4 proprietor | |
n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
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5 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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6 ascent | |
n.(声望或地位)提高;上升,升高;登高 | |
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7 solitary | |
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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8 drooped | |
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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9 obliquely | |
adv.斜; 倾斜; 间接; 不光明正大 | |
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10 doorway | |
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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11 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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12 glazing | |
n.玻璃装配业;玻璃窗;上釉;上光v.装玻璃( glaze的现在分词 );上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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13 panes | |
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14 knotty | |
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15 extravagant | |
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16 scattering | |
n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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17 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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18 spokes | |
n.(车轮的)辐条( spoke的名词复数 );轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 | |
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19 solely | |
adv.仅仅,唯一地 | |
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20 peg | |
n.木栓,木钉;vt.用木钉钉,用短桩固定 | |
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21 imprinted | |
v.盖印(imprint的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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22 maker | |
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23 cynical | |
adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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24 rivalry | |
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25 perpetuated | |
vt.使永存(perpetuate的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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26 specimens | |
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人 | |
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27 entirely | |
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28 spacious | |
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29 shreds | |
v.撕碎,切碎( shred的第三人称单数 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件) | |
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30 soot | |
n.煤烟,烟尘;vt.熏以煤烟 | |
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31 draught | |
n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计 | |
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32 tattered | |
adj.破旧的,衣衫破的 | |
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33 aisles | |
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34 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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35 peculiarity | |
n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖 | |
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36 caressingly | |
爱抚地,亲切地 | |
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37 perpendicular | |
adj.垂直的,直立的;n.垂直线,垂直的位置 | |
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38 curiously | |
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39 previously | |
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40 standing | |
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41 hearth | |
n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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42 ledge | |
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43 gliding | |
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44 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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45 recollect | |
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46 fissured | |
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47 exterior | |
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48 eyelids | |
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49 backwards | |
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50 fray | |
v.争吵;打斗;磨损,磨破;n.吵架;打斗 | |
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51 allied | |
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52 subtlety | |
n.微妙,敏锐,精巧;微妙之处,细微的区别 | |
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53 extraordinarily | |
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54 superfluous | |
adj.过多的,过剩的,多余的 | |
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55 strictly | |
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地 | |
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56 chronological | |
adj.按年月顺序排列的,年代学的 | |
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57 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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58 indifference | |
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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59 offhand | |
adj.临时,无准备的;随便,马虎的 | |
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60 rattle | |
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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61 pint | |
n.品脱 | |
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62 bide | |
v.忍耐;等候;住 | |
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63 infliction | |
n.(强加于人身的)痛苦,刑罚 | |
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64 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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65 accredited | |
adj.可接受的;可信任的;公认的;质量合格的v.相信( accredit的过去式和过去分词 );委托;委任;把…归结于 | |
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66 gravy | |
n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快 | |
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67 obviate | |
v.除去,排除,避免,预防 | |
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68 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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69 transit | |
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过 | |
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70 necessitated | |
使…成为必要,需要( necessitate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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71 furtiveness | |
偷偷摸摸,鬼鬼祟祟 | |
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72 overlapping | |
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73 perilous | |
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74 crumb | |
n.饼屑,面包屑,小量 | |
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75 stammered | |
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76 literally | |
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77 solicitous | |
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78 relevance | |
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79 attentive | |
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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80 allusions | |
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81 vacancy | |
n.(旅馆的)空位,空房,(职务的)空缺 | |
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82 momentary | |
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83 severely | |
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84 doomed | |
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85 doom | |
n.厄运,劫数;v.注定,命定 | |
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86 vista | |
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87 descending | |
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88 fixedly | |
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89 obliviousness | |
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90 hips | |
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的 | |
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91 tablecloth | |
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92 tablecloths | |
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93 ragged | |
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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94 distressed | |
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95 preservative | |
n.防腐剂;防腐料;保护料;预防药 | |
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96 carving | |
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97 placidly | |
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98 frugal | |
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99 underneath | |
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100 soothingly | |
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101 suavity | |
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102 dispensed | |
v.分配( dispense的过去式和过去分词 );施与;配(药) | |
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103 modification | |
n.修改,改进,缓和,减轻 | |
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104 vagary | |
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105 pertaining | |
与…有关系的,附属…的,为…固有的(to) | |
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