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chapter 68 DAENERYS
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The Dothraki named the comet shierak qiya, the Bleeding Star. The old men muttered that it omened ill, but Daenerys Targaryen had seen it first on the night she had burned Khal Drogo, the night her dragons had awakened1. It is the herald2 of my coming, she told herself as she gazed up into the night sky with wonder in her heart. The gods have sent it to show me the way. Yet when she put the thought into words, her handmaid Doreah quailed3. “That way lies the red lands, Khaleesi. A grim place and terrible, the riders say.” “The way the comet points is the way we must go,” Dany insisted... though in truth, it was the only way open to her. She dare not turn north onto the vast ocean of grass they called the Dothraki sea. The first khalasar they met would swallow up her ragged4 band, slaying5 the warriors6 and slaving the rest. The lands of the Lamb Men south of the river were likewise closed to them. They were too few to defend themselves even against that unwarlike folk, and the Lhazareen had small reason to love them. She might have struck downriver for the ports at Meereen and Yunkai and Astapor, but Rakharo warned her that Pono’s khalasar had ridden that way, driving thousands of captives before them to sell in the flesh marts that festered like open sores on the shores of Slaver’s Bay. “Why should I fear Pono?” Dany objected. “He was Drogo’s ko, and always spoke7 me gently.” “Ko Pono spoke you gently,” Ser Jorah Mormont said. “Khal Pono will kill you. He was the first to abandon Drogo. Ten thousand warriors went with him. You have a hundred.” No, Dany thought. I have four. The rest are women, old sick men’ and boys whose hair has never been braided. “I have the dragons,” she pointed8 out. “Hatchlings,” Ser Jorah said. “One swipe from an arakh would put an end to them, though Porto is more like to seize them for himself. Your dragon eggs were more precious than
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1 awakened | |
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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2 herald | |
vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎 | |
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3 quailed | |
害怕,发抖,畏缩( quail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 ragged | |
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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5 slaying | |
杀戮。 | |
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6 warriors | |
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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7 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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8 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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9 rubies | |
红宝石( ruby的名词复数 ); 红宝石色,深红色 | |
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10 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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11 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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12 swollen | |
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀 | |
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13 omens | |
n.前兆,预兆( omen的名词复数 ) | |
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14 mare | |
n.母马,母驴 | |
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15 garbed | |
v.(尤指某类人穿的特定)服装,衣服,制服( garb的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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16 slain | |
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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17 hood | |
n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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18 pelt | |
v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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19 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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20 herds | |
兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众 | |
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21 exhausted | |
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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22 swarmed | |
密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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23 corpse | |
n.尸体,死尸 | |
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24 anguished | |
adj.极其痛苦的v.使极度痛苦(anguish的过去式) | |
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25 wailing | |
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的现在分词 );沱 | |
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26 forage | |
n.(牛马的)饲料,粮草;v.搜寻,翻寻 | |
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27 sere | |
adj.干枯的;n.演替系列 | |
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28 desolate | |
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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29 subsisted | |
v.(靠很少的钱或食物)维持生活,生存下去( subsist的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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30 clumps | |
n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声 | |
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31 stagnant | |
adj.不流动的,停滞的,不景气的 | |
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32 wilderness | |
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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33 clotted | |
adj.凝结的v.凝固( clot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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34 mead | |
n.蜂蜜酒 | |
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35 bellies | |
n.肚子( belly的名词复数 );腹部;(物体的)圆形或凸起部份;腹部…形的 | |
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36 brittle | |
adj.易碎的;脆弱的;冷淡的;(声音)尖利的 | |
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37 vowed | |
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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38 skulking | |
v.潜伏,偷偷摸摸地走动,鬼鬼祟祟地活动( skulk的现在分词 ) | |
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39 translucent | |
adj.半透明的;透明的 | |
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40 taut | |
adj.拉紧的,绷紧的,紧张的 | |
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41 hiss | |
v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满 | |
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42 bloody | |
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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43 morsel | |
n.一口,一点点 | |
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44 nostrils | |
鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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