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CHAPTER 158
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Jon sheathed1 the dagger2. “I’ll do it.” He wanted to hear what they were saying. Edd cut three thick slices off a stale round of oat bread, stacked them on a wooden platter, covered them with bacon and bacon drippings, and filled a bowl with hard-cooked eggs. Jon took the bowl in one hand and the platter in the other and backed into the Lord Commander’s tent, Qhorin was seated cross-legged on the floor, his spine3 as straight as a spear. Candlelight flickered4 against the hard flat planes of his cheeks as he spoke5. “...Rattleshirt, the Weeping Man, and every other chief great and small,” he was saying. “They have wargs as well, and mammoths, and more strength than we would have dreamed. Or so he claimed. I will not swear as to the truth of it. Ebben believes the man was telling us tales to make his life last a little longer.” “True or false, the Wall must be warned,” the Old Bear said as Jon placed the platter between them. “And the king.” “Which king?” “All of them. The true and the false alike. If they would claim the realm, let them defend it.” The Halfhand helped himself to an egg and cracked it on the edge of the bowl. “These kings will do what they will,” he said, peeling away the shell. “Likely it will be little enough. The best hope is Winterfell. The Starks must rally the north.” “Yes. To be sure.” The Old Bear unrolled a map, frowned at it, tossed it aside, opened another. He was pondering where the hammer would fall, Jon could see it. The Watch had once manned seventeen castles along the hundred leagues of the Wall, but they had been abandoned one by one as the brotherhood6 dwindled7. Only three were now garrisoned9, a fact that Mance Rayder knew as well as they did. “Ser Alliser Thorne will bring back fresh
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1 sheathed | |
adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的;覆盖的;铠装的;装鞘了的v.将(刀、剑等)插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 );包,覆盖 | |
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2 dagger | |
n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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3 spine | |
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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4 flickered | |
(通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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5 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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6 brotherhood | |
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊 | |
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7 dwindled | |
v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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8 garrison | |
n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防 | |
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9 garrisoned | |
卫戍部队守备( garrison的过去式和过去分词 ); 派部队驻防 | |
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10 levies | |
(部队)征兵( levy的名词复数 ); 募捐; 被征募的军队 | |
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11 collapsed | |
adj.倒塌的 | |
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12 ramp | |
n.暴怒,斜坡,坡道;vi.作恐吓姿势,暴怒,加速;vt.加速 | |
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13 breach | |
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破 | |
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vt.挖掘(洞穴);钻进;vi.挖洞;翻寻;n.地洞 | |
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15 bleak | |
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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16 muster | |
v.集合,收集,鼓起,激起;n.集合,检阅,集合人员,点名册 | |
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17 rangers | |
护林者( ranger的名词复数 ); 突击队员 | |
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18 ranger | |
n.国家公园管理员,护林员;骑兵巡逻队员 | |
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19 raven | |
n.渡鸟,乌鸦;adj.乌亮的 | |
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20 tugged | |
v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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21 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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22 loath | |
adj.不愿意的;勉强的 | |
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23 defense | |
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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24 harry | |
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼 | |
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25 slumped | |
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下] | |
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26 steward | |
n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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27 swirled | |
v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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28 scatter | |
vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散 | |
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n.煤渣( cinder的名词复数 );炭渣;煤渣路;煤渣跑道 | |
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