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He watched the sail grow for a long time, trying to decide whether he would sooner live or die. Dying would be easier, he knew. All he had to do was crawl inside his cave and let the ship pass by, and death would find him. For days now the fever had been burning through him, turning his bowels1 to brown water and making him shiver in his restless sleep. Each morning found him weaker. It will not be much longer, he had taken to telling himself. If the fever did not kill him, thirst surely would. He had no fresh water here, but for the occasional rainfall that pooled in hollows on the rock. Only three days past (or had it been four? On his rock, it was hard to tell the days apart) his pools had been dry as old bone, and the sight of the bay rippling2 green and grey all around him had been almost more than he could bear. Once he began to drink seawater the end would come swiftly, he knew, but all the same he had almost taken that first swallow, so parched3 was his throat. A sudden squall had saved him. He had grown so feeble by then that it was all he could do to lie in the rain with his eyes closed and his mouth open, and let the water splash down on his cracked lips and swollen5 tongue. But afterward6 he felt a little stronger, and the island’s pools and cracks and crevices7 once more had brimmed with life. But that had been three days ago (or maybe four), and most of the water was gone now. Some had evaporated, and he had sucked up the rest. By the morrow he would be tasting the mud again, and licking the damp cold stones at the bottom of the depressions. And if not thirst or fever, starvation would kill him. His island was no more than a barren spire8 jutting9 up out of the immensity of Blackwater Bay. When the tide was low, he could sometimes find tiny crabs
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1 bowels | |
n.肠,内脏,内部;肠( bowel的名词复数 );内部,最深处 | |
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2 rippling | |
起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的 | |
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3 parched | |
adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干 | |
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4 lash | |
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛 | |
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adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀 | |
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6 afterward | |
adv.后来;以后 | |
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7 crevices | |
n.(尤指岩石的)裂缝,缺口( crevice的名词复数 ) | |
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8 spire | |
n.(教堂)尖顶,尖塔,高点 | |
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9 jutting | |
v.(使)突出( jut的现在分词 );伸出;(从…)突出;高出 | |
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10 crabs | |
n.蟹( crab的名词复数 );阴虱寄生病;蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 ) | |
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11 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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12 strand | |
vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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13 ashore | |
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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14 guts | |
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠 | |
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15 scramble | |
v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料 | |
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16 lichen | |
n.地衣, 青苔 | |
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17 shunned | |
v.避开,回避,避免( shun的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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18 gulls | |
n.鸥( gull的名词复数 )v.欺骗某人( gull的第三人称单数 ) | |
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19 annoyance | |
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20 spires | |
n.(教堂的) 塔尖,尖顶( spire的名词复数 ) | |
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21 swirled | |
v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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22 swirl | |
v.(使)打漩,(使)涡卷;n.漩涡,螺旋形 | |
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23 treacherous | |
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的 | |
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24 gusting | |
(风)猛刮(gust的现在分词形式) | |
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25 persistent | |
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26 charred | |
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27 debris | |
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28 blisters | |
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29 sodden | |
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30 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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31 speck | |
n.微粒,小污点,小斑点 | |
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32 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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33 lesser | |
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地 | |
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34 lurked | |
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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35 treacherously | |
背信弃义地; 背叛地; 靠不住地; 危险地 | |
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36 swell | |
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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37 meager | |
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38 blurred | |
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39 fiery | |
adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
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40 wraith | |
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41 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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42 galleys | |
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43 rams | |
n.公羊( ram的名词复数 );(R-)白羊(星)座;夯;攻城槌v.夯实(土等)( ram的第三人称单数 );猛撞;猛压;反复灌输 | |
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44 oars | |
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45 hull | |
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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46 hulls | |
船体( hull的名词复数 ); 船身; 外壳; 豆荚 | |
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47 jade | |
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48 demon | |
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49 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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50 flailing | |
v.鞭打( flail的现在分词 );用连枷脱粒;(臂或腿)无法控制地乱动;扫雷坦克 | |
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51 spun | |
v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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52 hiss | |
v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满 | |
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53 shrieks | |
n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 ) | |
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54 nibbling | |
v.啃,一点一点地咬(吃)( nibble的现在分词 );啃出(洞),一点一点咬出(洞);慢慢减少;小口咬 | |
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55 gulp | |
vt.吞咽,大口地吸(气);vi.哽住;n.吞咽 | |
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56 flailed | |
v.鞭打( flail的过去式和过去分词 );用连枷脱粒;(臂或腿)无法控制地乱动;扫雷坦克 | |
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57 corpse | |
n.尸体,死尸 | |
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58 smuggler | |
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59 steered | |
v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 );操纵;控制;引导 | |
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60 smuggling | |
n.走私 | |
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61 legacy | |
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西 | |
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62 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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63 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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64 mighty | |
adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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65 fumbling | |
n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理 | |
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66 pouch | |
n.小袋,小包,囊状袋;vt.装...入袋中,用袋运输;vi.用袋送信件 | |
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67 demons | |
n.恶人( demon的名词复数 );恶魔;精力过人的人;邪念 | |
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68 forsake | |
vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃 | |
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69 warrior | |
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70 dwindling | |
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 ) | |
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71 perch | |
n.栖木,高位,杆;v.栖息,就位,位于 | |
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72 crouched | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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73 pointed | |
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74 gape | |
v.张口,打呵欠,目瞪口呆地凝视 | |
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75 prow | |
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76 spoke | |
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