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The leaves over Hintock grew denser1 in their substance, and the woodland seemed to change from an open filigree2 to a solid opaque3 body of infinitely4 larger shape and importance. The boughs5 cast green shades, which hurt the complexion6 of the girls who walked there; and a fringe of them which overhung Mr. Melbury’s garden dripped on his seed-plots when it rained, pitting their surface all over as with pock-marks, till Melbury declared that gardens in such a place were no good at all. The two trees that had creaked all the winter left off creaking, the whir of the night-jar, however, forming a very satisfactory continuation of uncanny music from that quarter. Except at mid-day the sun was not seen complete by the Hintock people, but rather in the form of numerous little stars staring through the leaves.
Such an appearance it had on Midsummer Eve of this year, and as the hour grew later, and nine o’clock drew on, the irradiation of the daytime became broken up by weird7 shadows and ghostly nooks of indistinctness. Imagination could trace upon the trunks and boughs strange faces and figures shaped by the dying lights; the surfaces of the holly8-leaves would here and there shine like peeping eyes, while such fragments of the sky as were visible between the trunks assumed the aspect of sheeted forms and cloven tongues. This was before the moonrise. Later on, when that planet was getting command of the upper heaven, and consequently shining with an unbroken face into such open glades9 as there were in the neighborhood of the hamlet, it became apparent that the margin11
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1 denser | |
adj. 不易看透的, 密集的, 浓厚的, 愚钝的 | |
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2 filigree | |
n.金银丝做的工艺品;v.用金银细丝饰品装饰;用华而不实的饰品装饰;adj.金银细丝工艺的 | |
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3 opaque | |
adj.不透光的;不反光的,不传导的;晦涩的 | |
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4 infinitely | |
adv.无限地,无穷地 | |
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5 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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6 complexion | |
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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7 weird | |
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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8 holly | |
n.[植]冬青属灌木 | |
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9 glades | |
n.林中空地( glade的名词复数 ) | |
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10 glade | |
n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地 | |
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11 margin | |
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘 | |
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12 premises | |
n.建筑物,房屋 | |
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13 reposeful | |
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14 enchanted | |
adj. 被施魔法的,陶醉的,入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词 | |
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15 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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16 landlady | |
n.女房东,女地主 | |
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17 enchantment | |
n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
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18 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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19 retired | |
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20 bevy | |
n.一群 | |
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21 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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22 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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23 frisky | |
adj.活泼的,欢闹的;n.活泼,闹着玩;adv.活泼地,闹着玩地 | |
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24 sufficiently | |
adv.足够地,充分地 | |
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25 onward | |
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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26 paternal | |
adj.父亲的,像父亲的,父系的,父方的 | |
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27 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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28 conversed | |
v.交谈,谈话( converse的过去式 ) | |
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29 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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30 assented | |
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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31 lurked | |
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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32 contented | |
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的 | |
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33 recede | |
vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进 | |
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34 recesses | |
n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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35 engrossed | |
adj.全神贯注的 | |
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36 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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37 receded | |
v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
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38 conspicuous | |
adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的 | |
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39 plighted | |
vt.保证,约定(plight的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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40 rustle | |
v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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41 providence | |
n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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42 blessing | |
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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43 defile | |
v.弄污,弄脏;n.(山间)小道 | |
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44 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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45 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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46 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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47 indifference | |
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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48 manoeuvre | |
n.策略,调动;v.用策略,调动 | |
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49 doomed | |
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50 beacon | |
n.烽火,(警告用的)闪火灯,灯塔 | |
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51 resounded | |
v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音 | |
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52 rustling | |
n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的 | |
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53 twigs | |
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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54 contagious | |
adj.传染性的,有感染力的 | |
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55 gorge | |
n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃 | |
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56 disdaining | |
鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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57 effaced | |
v.擦掉( efface的过去式和过去分词 );抹去;超越;使黯然失色 | |
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58 utterly | |
adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
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59 subdued | |
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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60 gasping | |
adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词 | |
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61 writhing | |
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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62 glided | |
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔 | |
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63 wrestled | |
v.(与某人)搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 );扭成一团;扭打;(与…)摔跤 | |
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64 enactments | |
n.演出( enactment的名词复数 );展现;规定;通过 | |
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65 effrontery | |
n.厚颜无耻 | |
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66 hoydenish | |
adj.顽皮的,爱嬉闹的,男孩子气的 | |
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67 impulsively | |
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68 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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69 dodging | |
n.避开,闪过,音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 );回避 | |
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70 mead | |
n.蜂蜜酒 | |
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71 promptly | |
adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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72 vaulted | |
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73 thoroughly | |
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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74 tantalized | |
v.逗弄,引诱,折磨( tantalize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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75 ballad | |
n.歌谣,民谣,流行爱情歌曲 | |
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76 imprinted | |
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77 blemishes | |
n.(身体的)瘢点( blemish的名词复数 );伤疤;瑕疵;污点 | |
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78 sarcastically | |
adv.挖苦地,讽刺地 | |
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