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Chapter XXXI.
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As February merged1 in March, and lighter2 evenings broke the gloom of the woodmen’s homeward journey, the Hintocks Great and Little began to have ears for a rumor3 of the events out of which had grown the timber-dealer’s troubles. It took the form of a wide sprinkling of conjecture4, wherein no man knew the exact truth. Tantalizing5 phenomena6, at once showing and concealing7 the real relationship of the persons concerned, caused a diffusion8 of excited surprise. Honest people as the woodlanders were, it was hardly to be expected that they could remain immersed in the study of their trees and gardens amid such circumstances, or sit with their backs turned like the good burghers of Coventry at the passage of the beautiful lady.
Rumor, for a wonder, exaggerated little. There were, in fact, in this case as in thousands, the well-worn incidents, old as the hills, which, with individual variations, made a mourner of Ariadne, a by-word of Vashti, and a corpse9 of the Countess Amy. There were rencounters accidental and contrived10, stealthy correspondence, sudden misgivings11 on one side, sudden self-reproaches on the other. The inner state of the twain was one as of confused noise that would not allow the accents of calmer reason to be heard. Determinations to go in this direction, and headlong plunges
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1 merged | |
(使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中 | |
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2 lighter | |
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级 | |
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3 rumor | |
n.谣言,谣传,传说 | |
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4 conjecture | |
n./v.推测,猜测 | |
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5 tantalizing | |
adj.逗人的;惹弄人的;撩人的;煽情的v.逗弄,引诱,折磨( tantalize的现在分词 ) | |
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6 phenomena | |
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7 concealing | |
v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的现在分词 ) | |
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8 diffusion | |
n.流布;普及;散漫 | |
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9 corpse | |
n.尸体,死尸 | |
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10 contrived | |
adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的 | |
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11 misgivings | |
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧 | |
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12 plunges | |
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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13 dignified | |
a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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14 collapses | |
折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 ); 倒塌; 崩溃; (尤指工作劳累后)坐下 | |
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15 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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16 publicity | |
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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17 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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18 hypocrisy | |
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19 speciousness | |
n.似是而非 | |
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20 beads | |
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链 | |
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21 perspiration | |
n.汗水;出汗 | |
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22 twig | |
n.小树枝,嫩枝;v.理解 | |
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23 phantoms | |
n.鬼怪,幽灵( phantom的名词复数 ) | |
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24 belie | |
v.掩饰,证明为假 | |
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25 haze | |
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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26 apathetic | |
adj.冷漠的,无动于衷的 | |
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27 unemployed | |
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28 solicitation | |
n.诱惑;揽货;恳切地要求;游说 | |
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29 hurdles | |
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 );跳栏;(供人或马跳跃的)栏架;跨栏赛 | |
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30 hurdle | |
n.跳栏,栏架;障碍,困难;vi.进行跨栏赛 | |
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31 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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32 proceeding | |
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33 automaton | |
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34 tints | |
色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹 | |
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35 hue | |
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36 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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37 twigs | |
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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38 bristled | |
adj. 直立的,多刺毛的 动词bristle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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39 axe | |
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40 briefly | |
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41 intimacy | |
n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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42 bough | |
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43 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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44 heed | |
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45 inquisitive | |
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46 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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47 virtuous | |
adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的 | |
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48 vow | |
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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49 refinements | |
n.(生活)风雅;精炼( refinement的名词复数 );改良品;细微的改良;优雅或高贵的动作 | |
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50 doggedly | |
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51 monotonous | |
adj.单调的,一成不变的,使人厌倦的 | |
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52 obstinately | |
ad.固执地,顽固地 | |
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53 whim | |
n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想 | |
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54 retired | |
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55 bodes | |
v.预示,预告,预言( bode的第三人称单数 );等待,停留( bide的过去分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待 | |
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56 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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57 entanglements | |
n.瓜葛( entanglement的名词复数 );牵连;纠缠;缠住 | |
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58 unstable | |
adj.不稳定的,易变的 | |
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59 intervals | |
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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60 spat | |
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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61 manly | |
adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地 | |
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62 condemned | |
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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