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The Cinnamon Wind was a swan ship out of Tall Trees Town on the Summer Isles1, where men were black, women were wanton, and even the gods were strange. She had no septon aboard her to lead them in the prayers of passing, so the task fell to Samwell Tarly, somewhere off the sun-scorched southern coast of Dorne.
Sam donned his blacks to say the words, though the afternoon was warm and muggy3, with nary a breath of wind. “He was a good man,” he began . . . but as soon as he had said the words he knew that they were wrong. “No. He was a great man. A maester of the Citadel4, chained and sworn, and Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch, ever faithful. When he was born they named him for a hero who had died too young, but though he lived a long long time, his own life was no less heroic. No man was wiser, or gentler, or kinder. At the Wall, a dozen lords commander came and went during his years of service, but he was always there to counsel them. He counseled kings as well. He could have been a king himself, but when they offered him the crown he told them they should give it to his younger brother. How many men would do that?” Sam felt the tears welling in his eyes, and knew he could not go on much longer. “He was the blood of the dragon, but now his fire has gone out. He was Aemon Targaryen. And now his watch is ended.”
“And now his watch is ended,” Gilly murmured after him, rocking the babe in her arms. Kojja Mo echoed her in the Common Tongue of Westeros, then repeated the words in the Summer Tongue for Xhondo and her father and the rest of the assembled crew. Sam hung his head and began to weep, his sobs5 so loud and wrenching6 that they made his whole body shake. Gilly came and stood beside him and let him cry upon her shoulder. There were tears in her eyes as well.
The air was moist and warm and dead calm, and the Cinnamon Wind was adrift upon a deep blue sea far beyond the sight of land. “Black Sam said good words,” Xhondo said. “Now we drink his life.” He shouted something in the Summer Tongue, and a cask of spiced rum was rolled up onto the afterdeck and breached
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1 isles | |
岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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2 tar | |
n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于 | |
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3 muggy | |
adj.闷热的;adv.(天气)闷热而潮湿地;n.(天气)闷热而潮湿 | |
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4 citadel | |
n.城堡;堡垒;避难所 | |
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5 sobs | |
啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 ) | |
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6 wrenching | |
n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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7 breached | |
攻破( breach的现在分词 ); 破坏,违反 | |
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8 revered | |
v.崇敬,尊崇,敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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9 celebrated | |
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的 | |
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10 fiery | |
adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
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11 blisters | |
n.水疱( blister的名词复数 );水肿;气泡 | |
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12 sip | |
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量 | |
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13 sipped | |
v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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14 devoured | |
吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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15 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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16 plank | |
n.板条,木板,政策要点,政纲条目 | |
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17 vaults | |
n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴 | |
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18 glumly | |
adv.忧郁地,闷闷不乐地;阴郁地 | |
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19 dealing | |
n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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20 gale | |
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等) | |
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21 toll | |
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟) | |
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22 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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23 glamor | |
n.魅力,吸引力 | |
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24 afterward | |
adv.后来;以后 | |
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25 jumble | |
vt.使混乱,混杂;n.混乱;杂乱的一堆 | |
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26 riddle | |
n.谜,谜语,粗筛;vt.解谜,给…出谜,筛,检查,鉴定,非难,充满于;vi.出谜 | |
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27 riddler | |
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28 reign | |
n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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29 wailed | |
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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30 frail | |
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31 miserably | |
adv.痛苦地;悲惨地;糟糕地;极度地 | |
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32 corpse | |
n.尸体,死尸 | |
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33 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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34 archers | |
n.弓箭手,射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 ) | |
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35 shaft | |
n.(工具的)柄,杆状物 | |
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36 slain | |
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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37 shafts | |
n.轴( shaft的名词复数 );(箭、高尔夫球棒等的)杆;通风井;一阵(疼痛、害怕等) | |
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38 taunt | |
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39 shrug | |
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40 buffets | |
(火车站的)饮食柜台( buffet的名词复数 ); (火车的)餐车; 自助餐 | |
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41 swollen | |
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀 | |
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42 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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43 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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44 tugging | |
n.牵引感v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的现在分词 ) | |
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45 touching | |
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46 mingling | |
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47 jutting | |
v.(使)突出( jut的现在分词 );伸出;(从…)突出;高出 | |
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48 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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49 thighs | |
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿 | |
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50 gasping | |
adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词 | |
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51 groaned | |
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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52 fragrance | |
n.芬芳,香味,香气 | |
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53 vow | |
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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54 vows | |
誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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55 bellowing | |
v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的现在分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫 | |
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56 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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57 foul | |
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规 | |
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58 inhaled | |
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59 mildew | |
n.发霉;v.(使)发霉 | |
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60 bouquet | |
n.花束,酒香 | |
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61 fungus | |
n.真菌,真菌类植物 | |
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62 vessels | |
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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63 depicted | |
描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述 | |
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64 galley | |
n.(飞机或船上的)厨房单层甲板大帆船;军舰舰长用的大划艇; | |
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65 haze | |
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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66 pointed | |
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67 scorpions | |
n.蝎子( scorpion的名词复数 ) | |
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68 demons | |
n.恶人( demon的名词复数 );恶魔;精力过人的人;邪念 | |
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69 demon | |
n.魔鬼,恶魔 | |
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70 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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