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Whitetree, the village was named on Sam’s old maps. Jon did not think it much of a village. Four tumbledown oneroom houses of unmortared stone surrounded an empty sheepfold and a well. The houses were roofed with sod, the windows shuttered with ragged1 pieces of hide. And above them loomed2 the pale limbs and dark red leaves of a monstrous3 great weirwood. It was the biggest tree Jon Snow had ever seen, the trunk near eight feet wide, the branches spreading so far that the entire village was shaded beneath their canopy4. The size did not disturb him so much as the face... the mouth especially, no simple carved slash5, but a jagged hollow large enough to swallow a sheep. Those are not sheep bones, though. Nor is that a sheep’s skull6 in the ashes. “An old tree.” Mormont sat his horse, frowning. “Old,” his raven7 agreed from his shoulder. “Old, old, old. “ “And powerful.” Jon could feel the power. Thoren Smallwood dismounted beside the trunk, dark in his plate and mail. “Look at that face. Small wonder men feared them, when they first came to Westeros. I’d like to take an axe8 to the bloody9 thing myself.” Jon said, “My lord father believed no man could tell a lie in front of a heart tree. The old gods know when men are lying.” “My father believed the same,” said the Old Bear. “Let me have a look at that skull.” Jon dismounted. Slung10 across his back in a black leather shoulder sheath was Longclaw, the hand-and-a-half
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1 ragged | |
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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2 loomed | |
v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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3 monstrous | |
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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4 canopy | |
n.天篷,遮篷 | |
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5 slash | |
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩 | |
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6 skull | |
n.头骨;颅骨 | |
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7 raven | |
n.渡鸟,乌鸦;adj.乌亮的 | |
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8 axe | |
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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9 bloody | |
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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10 slung | |
抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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11 bastard | |
n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子 | |
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12 adorned | |
[计]被修饰的 | |
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13 jaw | |
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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14 sockets | |
n.套接字,使应用程序能够读写与收发通讯协定(protocol)与资料的程序( Socket的名词复数 );孔( socket的名词复数 );(电器上的)插口;托座;凹穴 | |
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15 grumbled | |
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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16 puff | |
n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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17 perch | |
n.栖木,高位,杆;v.栖息,就位,位于 | |
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18 dour | |
adj.冷酷的,严厉的;(岩石)嶙峋的;顽强不屈 | |
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19 squire | |
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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20 dolorous | |
adj.悲伤的;忧愁的 | |
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21 truthful | |
adj.真实的,说实话的,诚实的 | |
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22 dismal | |
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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23 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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24 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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25 sniffed | |
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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26 concealed | |
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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27 scant | |
adj.不充分的,不足的;v.减缩,限制,忽略 | |
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28 sniffing | |
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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29 inflamed | |
adj.发炎的,红肿的v.(使)变红,发怒,过热( inflame的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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30 sable | |
n.黑貂;adj.黑色的 | |
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31 wrought | |
v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的 | |
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32 stolid | |
adj.无动于衷的,感情麻木的 | |
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33 scouts | |
侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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34 rustling | |
n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的 | |
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35 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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36 rangers | |
护林者( ranger的名词复数 ); 突击队员 | |
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37 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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38 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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39 quill | |
n.羽毛管;v.给(织物或衣服)作皱褶 | |
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40 scrawled | |
乱涂,潦草地写( scrawl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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