选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
'Melodious1 birds sing madrigals'
That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. The table was spread, as Elfride had suggested to her father, with the materials for the heterogeneous2 meal called high tea--a class of refection welcome to all when away from men and towns, and particularly attractive to youthful palates. The table was prettily3 decked with winter flowers and leaves, amid which the eye was greeted by chops, chicken, pie, &c., and two huge pasties overhanging the sides of the dish with a cheerful aspect of abundance.
At the end, towards the fireplace, appeared the tea-service, of old-fashioned Worcester porcelain4, and behind this arose the slight form of Elfride, attempting to add matronly dignity to the movement of pouring out tea, and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade, honey, and clotted5 cream. Having made her own meal before he arrived, she found to her embarrassment6 that there was nothing left for her to do but talk when not assisting him. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table, and, after sitting down to it, tingled7 with a sense of being grossly rude. However, seeing that he noticed nothing personally wrong in her, and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively8 watched his cup to refill it, Elfride became better at ease; and when furthermore he accidentally kicked the leg of the table, and then nearly upset his tea-cup, just as schoolboys did, she felt herself mistress of the situation, and could talk very well. In a few minutes ingenuousness9 and a common term of years
1
melodious
adj.旋律美妙的,调子优美的,音乐性的
2
heterogeneous
adj.庞杂的;异类的
3
prettily
adv.优美地;可爱地
4
porcelain
n.瓷;adj.瓷的,瓷制的
5
clotted
adj.凝结的v.凝固( clot的过去式和过去分词 )
6
embarrassment
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
7
tingled
v.有刺痛感( tingle的过去式和过去分词 )
8
attentively
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
9
ingenuousness
n.率直;正直;老实
10
obliterated
v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭
11
eloquent
adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的
12
animation
n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作
13
fidelity
n.忠诚,忠实;精确
14
puffs
n.吸( puff的名词复数 );(烟斗或香烟的)一吸;一缕(烟、蒸汽等);(呼吸或风的)呼v.使喷出( puff的第三人称单数 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
15
exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
16
perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
17
civilized
a.有教养的,文雅的
18
entirely
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
19
ivy
n.常青藤,常春藤
20
lining
n.衬里,衬料
21
kindly
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
22
veins
n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理
23
gentry
n.绅士阶级,上层阶级
24
collaterally
担保物; 旁系亲属
25
manor
n.庄园,领地
26
inquisitive
adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的
27
tangible
adj.有形的,可触摸的,确凿的,实际的
28
antiquity
n.古老;高龄;古物,古迹
29
incumbent
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
30
canto
n.长篇诗的章
31
inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
32
delightful
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
33
utilizing
v.利用,使用( utilize的现在分词 )
34
accede
v.应允,同意
35
requiem
n.安魂曲,安灵曲
36
rosier
Rosieresite
37
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
38
manifestation
n.表现形式;表明;现象
39
beheld
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
40
haze
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊
41
forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
42
frailty
n.脆弱;意志薄弱
43
frailest
脆弱的( frail的最高级 ); 易损的; 易碎的
44
mischievous
adj.调皮的,恶作剧的,有害的,伤人的
45
flirtation
n.调情,调戏,挑逗
46
crimson
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
47
tint
n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色
48
secluded
adj.与世隔绝的;隐退的;偏僻的v.使隔开,使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)
49
bustle
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹
50
solitary
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
51
plethora
n.过量,过剩
52
confession
n.自白,供认,承认
53
vexed
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
54
naively
adv. 天真地
55
delightfully
大喜,欣然
56
poetical
adj.似诗人的;诗一般的;韵文的;富有诗意的
57
snail
n.蜗牛
58
kindling
n. 点火, 可燃物
动词kindle的现在分词形式
59
lesser
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地
60
disposition
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
61
meritorious
adj.值得赞赏的
62
modesty
n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素
63
culpable
adj.有罪的,该受谴责的