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When he came up on deck, the long point of Driftmark was dwindling1 behind them while Dragonstone rose from the sea ahead. A pale grey wisp of smoke blew from the top of the mountain to mark where the island lay. Dragonmont is restless this morning, Davos thought, or else Melisandre is burning someone else. Melisandre had been much in his thoughts as Shayala’s Dance made her way across Blackwater Bay and through the Gullet, tacking2 against perverse5 contrary winds. The great fire that burned atop the Sharp Point watchtower at the end of Massey’s Hook reminded him of the ruby6 she wore at her throat, and when the world turned red at dawn and sunset the drifting clouds turned the same color as the silks and satins of her rustling7 gowns. She would be waiting on Dragonstone as well, waiting in all her beauty and all her power, with her god and her shadows and his king. The red priestess had always seemed loyal to Stannis, until now. She has broken him, as a man breaks a horse. She would ride him to power if she could, and for that she gave my sons to the fire. I will cut the living heart from her breast and see how it burns. He touched the hilt of the fine long Lysene dirk that the captain had given him. The captain had been very kind to him. His name was Khorane Sathmantes, a Lyseni like Salladhor Saan, whose ship this was. He had the pale blue eyes you often saw on Lys, set in a bony weatherworn face, but he had spent many years trading in the Seven Kingdoms. When he learned that the man he had plucked from the sea was the celebrated8 Onion knight9, he gave him the use of his own cabin and his own clothes, and a pair of new boots that almost fit. He insisted that Davos share his provisions as well, though that turned out badly. His stomach could not tolerate the snails10 and lampreys and other rich food Captain Khorane so
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adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 ) | |
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n.蜗牛;迟钝的人;蜗牛( snail的名词复数 ) | |
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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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v.欣赏( relish的过去式和过去分词 );从…获得乐趣;渴望 | |
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dangling
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悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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gargoyles
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n.怪兽状滴水嘴( gargoyle的名词复数 ) | |
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ordeal
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bloody
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fickle
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hulls
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船体( hull的名词复数 ); 船身; 外壳; 豆荚 | |
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n.幽灵;骨瘦如柴的人 | |
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spat
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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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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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lavishly
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sipped
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v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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soothing
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sips
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calumny
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vessel
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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outlaws
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歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯 | |
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lawful
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cargoes
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n.(船或飞机装载的)货物( cargo的名词复数 );大量,重负 | |
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ransoms
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付赎金救人,赎金( ransom的名词复数 ) | |
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unreasonable
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adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的 | |
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pouch
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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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shuddering
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v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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hoarsely
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adv.嘶哑地 | |
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cape
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n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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ragged
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adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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wrath
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helping
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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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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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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shafts
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demons
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n.恶人( demon的名词复数 );恶魔;精力过人的人;邪念 | |
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pointed
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traitors
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卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人 | |
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dungeon
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n.肠,内脏,内部;肠( bowel的名词复数 );内部,最深处 | |
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n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿 | |
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thigh
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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swollen
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warrior
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vengeance
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