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The doors to the Great Hall were set in the mouth of a stone dragon. He told the servants to leave him outside. It would be better to enter alone; he must not appear feeble. Leaning heavily on his cane1, Cressen climbed the last few steps and hobbled beneath the gateway2 teeth. A pair of guardsmen opened the heavy red doors before him, unleashing3 a sudden blast of noise and light. Cressen stepped down into the dragon’s maw. Over the clatter4 of knife and plate and the low mutter of table talk, he heard Patchface singing,”... dance, my lord, dance my lord,” to the accompaniment of jangling cowbells. The same dreadful song he’d sung this morning. “The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.” The lower tables were crowded with knights5, archers7, and sellsword captains, tearing apart loaves of black bread to soak in their fish stew8. Here there was no loud laughter, no raucous9 shouting such as marred10 the dignity of other men’s feasts; Lord Stannis did not permit such. Cressen made his way toward the raised platform where the lords sat with the king. He had to step wide around Patchface. Dancing, his bells ringing, the fool neither saw nor heard his approach. As he hopped11 from one leg to the other, Patchface lurched into Cressen, knocking his cane out from under him. They went crashing down together amidst the rushes in a tangle12 of arms and legs, while a sudden
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1 cane | |
n.手杖,细长的茎,藤条;v.以杖击,以藤编制的 | |
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2 gateway | |
n.大门口,出入口,途径,方法 | |
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3 unleashing | |
v.把(感情、力量等)释放出来,发泄( unleash的现在分词 ) | |
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4 clatter | |
v./n.(使)发出连续而清脆的撞击声 | |
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5 knights | |
骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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6 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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7 archers | |
n.弓箭手,射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 ) | |
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8 stew | |
n.炖汤,焖,烦恼;v.炖汤,焖,忧虑 | |
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9 raucous | |
adj.(声音)沙哑的,粗糙的 | |
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10 marred | |
adj. 被损毁, 污损的 | |
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11 hopped | |
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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12 tangle | |
n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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13 gale | |
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等) | |
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14 sprawled | |
v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词);蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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15 giggling | |
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 ) | |
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16 hip | |
n.臀部,髋;屋脊 | |
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17 jade | |
n.玉石;碧玉;翡翠 | |
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18 slashes | |
n.(用刀等)砍( slash的名词复数 );(长而窄的)伤口;斜杠;撒尿v.挥砍( slash的第三人称单数 );鞭打;割破;削减 | |
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19 fabric | |
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织 | |
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20 ornamented | |
adj.花式字体的v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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21 ruby | |
n.红宝石,红宝石色 | |
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22 burnished | |
adj.抛光的,光亮的v.擦亮(金属等),磨光( burnish的过去式和过去分词 );被擦亮,磨光 | |
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23 copper | |
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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24 graceful | |
adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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25 courteously | |
adv.有礼貌地,亲切地 | |
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26 citadel | |
n.城堡;堡垒;避难所 | |
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27 swirl | |
v.(使)打漩,(使)涡卷;n.漩涡,螺旋形 | |
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