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The ridge1 slanted2 sharply from the earth, a long fold of stone and soil shaped like a claw. Trees clung to its lower slopes, pines and hawthorn3 and ash, but higher up the ground was bare, the ridgeline stark4 against the cloudy sky. He could feel the high stone calling him. Up he went, loping easy at first, then faster and higher, his strong legs eating up the incline. Birds burst from the branches overhead as he raced by, clawing and flapping their way into the sky. He could hear the wind sighing up amongst the leaves, the squirrels chittering to one another, even the sound a pinecone made as it tumbled to the forest floor. The smells were a song around him, a song that filled the good green world. Gravel5 flew from beneath his paws as he gained the last few feet to stand upon the crest6. The sun hung above the tall pines huge and red, and below him the trees and hills went on and on as far as he could see or smell. A kite was circling far above, dark against the pink sky. Prince. The man-sound came into his head suddenly, yet he could feel the rightness of it. Prince of the green, prince of the wolfswood. He was strong and swift and fierce, and all that lived in the good green world went in fear of him. Far below, at the base of the woods, something moved amongst the trees. A flash of grey, quick-glimpsed and gone again, but it was enough to make his ears prick7 up. Down there beside a swift green brook8, another form slipped by, running. Wolves, he knew. His little cousins, chasing down some prey9. Now the prince could see more of them, shadows on fleet grey paws. A pack. He had a pack as well, once. Five they had been, and a sixth who stood aside. Somewhere down inside him were the sounds the men had given them to tell one from the other, but it was not by their sounds he knew them. He remembered their
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ridge
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n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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有偏见的; 倾斜的 | |
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hawthorn
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山楂 | |
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adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石 | |
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crest
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n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖 | |
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v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛 | |
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brook
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n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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prey
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n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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scents
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n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉 | |
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scent
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n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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boulder
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n.巨砾;卵石,圆石 | |
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drooped
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弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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stony
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adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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sniffed
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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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jaws
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n.口部;嘴 | |
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onward
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belly
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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wary
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whine
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v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣 | |
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snarl
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v.吼叫,怒骂,纠缠,混乱;n.混乱,缠结,咆哮 | |
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snarling
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v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的现在分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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snarls
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n.(动物的)龇牙低吼( snarl的名词复数 );愤怒叫嚷(声);咆哮(声);疼痛叫声v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的第三人称单数 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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growl
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v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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yelping
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v.发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的现在分词 ) | |
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bloody
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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muzzle
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n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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bloodied
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v.血污的( bloody的过去式和过去分词 );流血的;屠杀的;残忍的 | |
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dart
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v.猛冲,投掷;n.飞镖,猛冲 | |
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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submission
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n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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vault
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spotted
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forth
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rattled
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abashed
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moss
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ivy
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dubbed
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catching
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adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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sullenly
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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gushed
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v.喷,涌( gush的过去式和过去分词 );滔滔不绝地说话 | |
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supple
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adj.柔软的,易弯的,逢迎的,顺从的,灵活的;vt.使柔软,使柔顺,使顺从;vi.变柔软,变柔顺 | |
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dagger
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trout
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corpses
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n.死尸,尸体( corpse的名词复数 ) | |
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murky
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stew
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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naught
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bastard
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n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子 | |
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plowed
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v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 );犁耕;费力穿过 | |
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remains
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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prod
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vt.戳,刺;刺激,激励 | |
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hearth
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n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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rust
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n.锈;v.生锈;(脑子)衰退 | |
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hacked
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生气 | |
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bellowing
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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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slashed
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v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 );鞭打;割破;削减 | |
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knights
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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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