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CHAPTER 76
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It was the biggest lake she had ever seen, with no hint of a far shore. She saw a rambling1 inn to her left, built out over the water on heavy wooden pilings. To her right, a long pier2 jutted3 into the lake, and there were other docks farther east, wooden fingers reaching out from the town. But the only boat in view was an upside-down rowboat abandoned on the rocks beneath the inn, its bottom thoroughly4 rotted out. “They’re gone,” Arya said, dejected. What would they do now? “There’s an inn,” Lommy said, when the others rode up. “Do you think they left any food? Or ale?” “Let’s go see,” Hot Pie suggested. “Never you mind about no inn,” snapped Woth. “Yoren said we’re to find a boat.” “They took the boats.” Somehow Arya knew it was true; they could search the whole town, and they’d find no more than the upside-down rowboat. Despondent5, she climbed off her horse and knelt by the lake. The water lapped softly around her legs. A few lantern bugs6 were coming out, their little lights blinking on and off. The green water was warm as tears, but there was no salt in it. It tasted of summer and mud and growing things. Arya plunged7 her face down into it to wash off the dust and dirt and sweat of the day. When she leaned back the trickles8 ran down the back of her neck and under her collar. They felt good. She wished she could take off her clothes and swim, gliding9 through the warm water like an skinny pink otter10. Maybe she could swim all the way to Winterfell. Woth was shouting at her to help search, so she did, peering into boathouses and sheds while her horse grazed along the shore. They found some sails, some nails, buckets of
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1 rambling | |
adj.[建]凌乱的,杂乱的 | |
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2 pier | |
n.码头;桥墩,桥柱;[建]窗间壁,支柱 | |
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3 jutted | |
v.(使)突出( jut的过去式和过去分词 );伸出;(从…)突出;高出 | |
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4 thoroughly | |
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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5 despondent | |
adj.失望的,沮丧的,泄气的 | |
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6 bugs | |
adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误 | |
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7 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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8 trickles | |
n.细流( trickle的名词复数 );稀稀疏疏缓慢来往的东西v.滴( trickle的第三人称单数 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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9 gliding | |
v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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10 otter | |
n.水獭 | |
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11 tar | |
n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于 | |
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12 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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13 spat | |
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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14 wagon | |
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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15 wagons | |
n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车 | |
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16 blurted | |
v.突然说出,脱口而出( blurt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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17 braying | |
v.发出驴叫似的声音( bray的现在分词 );发嘟嘟声;粗声粗气地讲话(或大笑);猛击 | |
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18 brace | |
n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备 | |
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19 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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20 haven | |
n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所 | |
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21 fowl | |
n.家禽,鸡,禽肉 | |
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22 sullenly | |
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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23 afterward | |
adv.后来;以后 | |
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24 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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25 squatted | |
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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26 fleas | |
n.跳蚤( flea的名词复数 );爱财如命;没好气地(拒绝某人的要求) | |
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27 thumping | |
adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持 | |
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28 scrambled | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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29 sneered | |
讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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30 hoot | |
n.鸟叫声,汽车的喇叭声; v.使汽车鸣喇叭 | |
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31 shuddering | |
v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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