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THE KRAKEN’S DAUGHTER
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The hall was loud with drunken Harlaws, distant cousins all. Each lord had hung his banner behind the benches where his men were seated. Too few, thought Asha Greyjoy, looking down from the gallery, too few by far. The benches were three-quarters empty.
Qarl the Maid had said as much, when the Black Wind was approaching from the sea. He had counted the longships moored3 beneath her uncle’s castle, and his mouth had tightened4. “They have not come,” he observed, “or not enough of them.” He was not wrong, but Asha could not agree with him, out where her crew might hear. She did not doubt their devotion, but even ironborn will hesitate to give their lives for a cause that’s plainly lost.
Do I have so few friends as this? Amongst the banners, she saw the silver fish of Botley, the stone tree of the Stonetrees, the black leviathan of Volmark, the nooses5 of the Myres. The rest were Harlaw scythes6. Boremund placed his upon a pale blue field, Hotho’s was girdled within an embattled border, and the Knight8 had quartered his with the gaudy9 peacock of his mother’s House. Even Sigfryd Silverhair showed two scythes counterchanged on a field divided bendwise. Only the Lord Harlaw displayed the silver scythe7 plain upon a night-black field, as it had flown in the dawn of days: Rodrik, called the Reader, Lord of the Ten Towers, Lord of Harlaw, Harlaw of Harlaw . . . her favorite uncle.
Lord Rodrik’s high seat was vacant. Two scythes of beaten silver crossed above it, so huge that even a giant would have difficulty wielding11 them, but beneath were only empty cushions. Asha was not surprised. The feast was long concluded. Only bones and greasy12
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1 kin | |
n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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2 hips | |
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的 | |
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3 moored | |
adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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4 tightened | |
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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5 nooses | |
n.绞索,套索( noose的名词复数 ) | |
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6 scythes | |
n.(长柄)大镰刀( scythe的名词复数 )v.(长柄)大镰刀( scythe的第三人称单数 ) | |
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7 scythe | |
n. 长柄的大镰刀,战车镰; v. 以大镰刀割 | |
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8 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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9 gaudy | |
adj.华而不实的;俗丽的 | |
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10 wed | |
v.娶,嫁,与…结婚 | |
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11 wielding | |
手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的现在分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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12 greasy | |
adj. 多脂的,油脂的 | |
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13 steward | |
n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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14 ward | |
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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16 isle | |
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17 solace | |
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18 frail | |
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19 savage | |
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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20 huddled | |
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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21 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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22 naught | |
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23 dagger | |
n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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24 writ | |
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25 vowed | |
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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26 poked | |
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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27 bellies | |
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29 forefinger | |
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31 quay | |
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32 privy | |
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33 judgment | |
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34 supplicant | |
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35 hunched | |
(常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦)耸肩弓身的,伏首前倾的 | |
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36 scrolls | |
n.(常用于录写正式文件的)纸卷( scroll的名词复数 );卷轴;涡卷形(装饰);卷形花纹v.(电脑屏幕上)从上到下移动(资料等),卷页( scroll的第三人称单数 );(似卷轴般)卷起;(像展开卷轴般地)将文字显示于屏幕 | |
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37 doom | |
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38 holders | |
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39 distinguished | |
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40 perverse | |
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41 portents | |
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42 maiden | |
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44 aggrieved | |
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45 shrugged | |
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46 thump | |
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47 gust | |
n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发 | |
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48 homage | |
n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬 | |
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49 gull | |
n.鸥;受骗的人;v.欺诈 | |
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50 gathering | |
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51 farce | |
n.闹剧,笑剧,滑稽戏;胡闹 | |
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52 abide | |
vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受 | |
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53 confide | |
v.向某人吐露秘密 | |
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54 wrenched | |
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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55 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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56 bloody | |
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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57 axe | |
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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58 ribs | |
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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59 gore | |
n.凝血,血污;v.(动物)用角撞伤,用牙刺破;缝以补裆;顶 | |
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60 contemplate | |
vt.盘算,计议;周密考虑;注视,凝视 | |
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61 populous | |
adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的 | |
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62 warriors | |
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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63 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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64 foes | |
敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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65 vassals | |
n.奴仆( vassal的名词复数 );(封建时代)诸侯;从属者;下属 | |
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66 fealty | |
n.忠贞,忠节 | |
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67 delude | |
vt.欺骗;哄骗 | |
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68 thralls | |
n.奴隶( thrall的名词复数 );奴役;奴隶制;奴隶般受支配的人 | |
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69 steers | |
n.阉公牛,肉用公牛( steer的名词复数 )v.驾驶( steer的第三人称单数 );操纵;控制;引导 | |
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70 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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71 shrilly | |
尖声的; 光亮的,耀眼的 | |
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72 plank | |
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73 scant | |
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74 reverence | |
n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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75 slain | |
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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76 scattered | |
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77 marrow | |
n.骨髓;精华;活力 | |
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78 corpse | |
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79 wince | |
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80 crabs | |
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81 glimmering | |
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82 harridan | |
n.恶妇;丑老大婆 | |
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83 perilous | |
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84 carrion | |
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85 comely | |
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86 pimples | |
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87 bog | |
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88 rubies | |
红宝石( ruby的名词复数 ); 红宝石色,深红色 | |
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89 sapphires | |
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90 nought | |
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91 stark | |
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92 undo | |
vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销 | |
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93 appalled | |
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94 fumbling | |
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95 descend | |
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96 bastard | |
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97 stifled | |
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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98 groan | |
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99 virtue | |
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103 belly | |
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