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There was now a distinct manifestation1 of morning in the air, and presently the bleared white visage of a sunless winter day emerged like a dead-born child. The villagers everywhere had already bestirred themselves, rising at this time of the year at the far less dreary2 hour of absolute darkness. It had been above an hour earlier, before a single bird had untucked his head, that twenty lights were struck in as many bedrooms, twenty pairs of shutters3 opened, and twenty pairs of eyes stretched to the sky to forecast the weather for the day.
Owls4 that had been catching5 mice in the out-houses, rabbits that had been eating the wintergreens in the gardens, and stoats that had been sucking the blood of the rabbits, discerning that their human neighbors were on the move, discreetly6 withdrew from publicity7, and were seen and heard no more that day.
The daylight revealed the whole of Mr. Melbury’s homestead, of which the wagon-sheds had been an outlying erection. It formed three sides of an open quadrangle, and consisted of all sorts of buildings, the largest and central one being the dwelling8 itself. The fourth side of the quadrangle was the public road.
It was a dwelling-house of respectable, roomy, almost dignified9 aspect; which, taken with the fact that there were the remains10 of other such buildings thereabout, indicated that Little Hintock had at some time or other been of greater importance than now, as its old name of Hintock St. Osmond also testified. The house was of no marked
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1 manifestation | |
n.表现形式;表明;现象 | |
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adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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5 catching | |
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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6 discreetly | |
ad.(言行)审慎地,慎重地 | |
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7 publicity | |
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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8 dwelling | |
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10 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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n.古老;高龄;古物,古迹 | |
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12 hoary | |
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13 awakening | |
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14 misty | |
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15 doorway | |
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16 homely | |
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17 cloister | |
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18 formerly | |
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19 piers | |
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20 perpendicular | |
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21 abrupt | |
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22 sentimental | |
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23 hip | |
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24 intimacy | |
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25 secluded | |
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26 partnership | |
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27 labor | |
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28 wagons | |
n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车 | |
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29 dangling | |
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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30 ivy | |
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31 joints | |
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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33 fixed | |
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34 itinerant | |
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35 enticed | |
诱惑,怂恿( entice的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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36 memoir | |
n.[pl.]回忆录,自传;记事录 | |
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37 shipwreck | |
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38 testimonies | |
(法庭上证人的)证词( testimony的名词复数 ); 证明,证据 | |
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39 considerably | |
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40 ramifications | |
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41 momentary | |
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42 plantation | |
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43 boughs | |
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44 groves | |
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45 victuals | |
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46 obliquity | |
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47 parlor | |
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48 bustling | |
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49 scanty | |
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50 dangled | |
悬吊着( dangle的过去式和过去分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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51 fret | |
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52 tempting | |
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53 providence | |
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54 inoculated | |
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55 apprenticeship | |
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56 remarkable | |
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57 puddle | |
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58 speck | |
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59 rascal | |
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60 moodiest | |
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61 permanently | |
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62 alacrity | |
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63 solely | |
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64 strenuous | |
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65 strenuously | |
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66 bent | |
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67 affected | |
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68 torrents | |
n.倾注;奔流( torrent的名词复数 );急流;爆发;连续不断 | |
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69 indifference | |
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70 humble | |
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71 perusing | |
v.读(某篇文字)( peruse的现在分词 );(尤指)细阅;审阅;匆匆读或心不在焉地浏览(某篇文字) | |
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72 mused | |
v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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73 authoritatively | |
命令式地,有权威地,可信地 | |
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74 recitals | |
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75 preoccupied | |
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76 divers | |
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77 sprains | |
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78 cramps | |
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79 prodigious | |
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80 apparently | |
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81 treacherous | |
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82 pricks | |
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83 spasms | |
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84 abstained | |
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85 whitewashed | |
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86 recollected | |
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87 steward | |
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88 placid | |
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89 melancholy | |
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90 dread | |
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91 repented | |
对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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92 kindly | |
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93 despatch | |
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94 rendering | |
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95 hoofs | |
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96 homeliness | |
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97 exultation | |
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98 deplore | |
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99 cynical | |
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100 strand | |
vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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101 misgiving | |
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102 specimen | |
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103 twigs | |
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104 chilly | |
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