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chapter 190 DAVOS
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Blackwater Bay was rough and choppy, whitecaps everywhere. Black Betha rode the flood tide, her sail cracking and snapping at each shift of wind. Wraith1 and Lady Marya sailed beside her, no more than twenty yards between their hulls2. His sons could keep a line. Davos took pride in that. Across the sea warhorns boomed, deep throaty moans like the calls of monstrous3 serpents, repeated ship to ship. “Bring down the sail,” Davos commanded. “Lower mast. Oarsmen to your oars4.” His son Matthos relayed the commands. The deck of Black Betha churned as crewmen ran to their tasks, pushing through the soldiers who always seemed to be in the way no matter where they stood. Ser Imry had decreed that they would enter the river on oars alone, so as not to expose their sails to the scorpions5 and spitfires on the walls of King’s Landing. Davos could make out Fury well to the southeast, her sails shimmering6 golden as they came down, the crowned stag of Baratheon blazoned7 on the canvas. From her decks Stannis Baratheon had commanded the assault on Dragonstone sixteen years before, but this time he had chosen to ride with his army, trusting Fury and the command of his fleet to his wife’s brother Ser Imry, who’d come over to his cause at Storm’s End with Lord Alester and all the other Florents. Davos knew Fury as well as he knew his own ships. Above her three hundred oars was a deck given over wholly to scorpions, and topside she mounted catapults fore8 and aft, large enough to fling barrels of burning pitch. A most formidable ship, and very swift as well, although Ser Irnry had packed her bow to stern with armored knights9 and men-at-arms, at some cost to her speed. The warhorns sounded again, commands drifting back from the Fury. Davos felt a
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1 wraith | |
n.幽灵;骨瘦如柴的人 | |
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船体( hull的名词复数 ); 船身; 外壳; 豆荚 | |
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3 monstrous | |
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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4 oars | |
n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
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5 scorpions | |
n.蝎子( scorpion的名词复数 ) | |
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6 shimmering | |
v.闪闪发光,发微光( shimmer的现在分词 ) | |
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7 blazoned | |
v.广布( blazon的过去式和过去分词 );宣布;夸示;装饰 | |
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8 fore | |
adv.在前面;adj.先前的;在前部的;n.前部 | |
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9 knights | |
骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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10 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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11 tingle | |
vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动 | |
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v.发芽( sprout的过去式和过去分词 );抽芽;出现;(使)涌现出 | |
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13 galleys | |
n.平底大船,战舰( galley的名词复数 );(船上或航空器上的)厨房 | |
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14 harridan | |
n.恶妇;丑老大婆 | |
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15 ram | |
(random access memory)随机存取存储器 | |
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16 foe | |
n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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17 dispositions | |
安排( disposition的名词复数 ); 倾向; (财产、金钱的)处置; 气质 | |
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18 valor | |
n.勇气,英勇 | |
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19 pointed | |
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20 smuggler | |
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21 flea | |
n.跳蚤 | |
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22 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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23 courteously | |
adv.有礼貌地,亲切地 | |
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24 deceptive | |
adj.骗人的,造成假象的,靠不住的 | |
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25 dubbed | |
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26 archers | |
n.弓箭手,射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 ) | |
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27 poised | |
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28 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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29 foundered | |
v.创始人( founder的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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30 scattering | |
n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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31 spine | |
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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32 unwilling | |
adj.不情愿的 | |
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33 legacy | |
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西 | |
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34 seething | |
沸腾的,火热的 | |
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35 impatience | |
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