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When she had her handmaids char1 the horsemeat black, the dragons ripped at it eagerly, their heads striking like snakes. So long as the meat was seared, they gulped2 down several times their own weight every day, and at last began to grow larger and stronger. Dany marveled at the smoothness of their scales, and the heat that poured off them, so palpable that on cold nights their whole bodies seemed to steam. Each evenfall as the khalasai set out, she would choose a dragon to ride upon her shoulder. Irri and Jhiqui carried the others in a cage of woven wood slung3 between their mounts, and rode close behind her, so Dany was never out of their sight. It was the only way to keep them quiescent4. “Aegon’s dragons were named for the gods of Old Valyria,” she told her bloodriders one morning after a long night’s journey. “Visenya’s dragon was Vhagar, Rhaenys had Meraxes, and Aegon rode Balerion, the Black Dread5. It was said that Vhagar’s breath was so hot that it could melt a knight6’s armor and cook the man inside, that Meraxes swallowed horses whole, and Balerion... his fire was as black as his scales, his wings so vast that whole towns were swallowed up in their shadow when he passed overhead.” The Dothraki looked at her hatchlings uneasily. The largest of her three was shiny black, his scales slashed7 with streaks8 of vivid scarlet9 to match his wings and horns. “Khaleesi,” Aggo murmured, “there sits Balerion, come again.” “It may be as you say, blood of my blood,” Dany replied gravely, “but he shall have a new name for this new life. I would name them all for those the gods have taken. The green one shall be Rhaegal, for my
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1 char | |
v.烧焦;使...燃烧成焦炭 | |
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v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住 | |
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3 slung | |
抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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4 quiescent | |
adj.静止的,不活动的,寂静的 | |
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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6 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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7 slashed | |
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 );鞭打;割破;削减 | |
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8 streaks | |
n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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9 scarlet | |
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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10 valiant | |
adj.勇敢的,英勇的;n.勇士,勇敢的人 | |
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成功,兴旺( prosper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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adj.不充分的,不足的;v.减缩,限制,忽略 | |
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15 trudge | |
v.步履艰难地走;n.跋涉,费力艰难的步行 | |
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16 blisters | |
n.水疱( blister的名词复数 );水肿;气泡 | |
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17 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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18 bind | |
vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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19 fully | |
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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vt.使混乱,混杂;n.混乱;杂乱的一堆 | |
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(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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22 exhausted | |
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23 hip | |
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24 grimaced | |
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25 slump | |
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26 doomed | |
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27 stinking | |
adj.臭的,烂醉的,讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透 | |
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28 tepid | |
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adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规 | |
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30 bleak | |
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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31 fissured | |
adj.裂缝的v.裂开( fissure的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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32 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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33 gallop | |
v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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34 shimmering | |
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35 mirage | |
n.海市蜃楼,幻景 | |
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