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Chapter II Honey-Taking, and Afterwards
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Saturday evening saw Dick Dewy journeying on foot to Yalbury Wood, according to the arrangement with Fancy.
The landscape being concave, at the going down of the sun everything suddenly assumed a uniform robe of shade. The evening advanced from sunset to dusk long before Dick’s arrival, and his progress during the latter portion of his walk through the trees was indicated by the flutter of terrified birds that had been roosting over the path. And in crossing the glades1, masses of hot dry air, that had been formed on the hills during the day, greeted his cheeks alternately with clouds of damp night air from the valleys. He reached the keeper-steward2’s house, where the grass-plot and the garden in front appeared light and pale against the unbroken darkness of the grove3 from which he had emerged, and paused at the garden gate.
He had scarcely been there a minute when he beheld4 a sort of procession advancing from the door in his front. It consisted first of Enoch the trapper, carrying a spade on his shoulder and a lantern dangling5 in his hand; then came Mrs. Day, the light of the lantern revealing that she bore in her arms curious objects about a foot long, in the form of Latin crosses (made of lath and brown paper dipped in brimstone — called matches by bee-masters); next came Miss Day, with a shawl thrown over her head; and behind all, in the gloom, Mr. Frederic Shiner.
Dick, in his consternation7 at finding Shiner present, was at a loss how to proceed, and retired8 under a tree to collect his thoughts.
“Here I be, Enoch,” said a voice; and the procession advancing farther, the lantern’s rays illuminated9 the figure of Geoffrey, awaiting their arrival beside a row of bee-hives, in front of the path. Taking the spade from Enoch, he proceeded to dig two holes in the earth beside the hives, the others
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n.林中空地( glade的名词复数 ) | |
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n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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n.林子,小树林,园林 | |
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v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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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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backbone
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peculiar
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vt.使窒息,使缺氧,阻碍;vi.窒息,窒息而亡,阻碍发展 | |
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fumigate
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v.烟熏;用香薰 | |
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突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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steadily
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miller
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weaver
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yarn
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superciliousness
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trifling
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swelling
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hesitation
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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acrobats
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cork
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linen
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grunting
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