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Ghost was gone when the wildlings led their horses from the cave. Did he understand about Castle Black? Jon took a breath of the crisp morning air and allowed himself to hope. The eastern sky was pink near the horizon and pale grey higher up. The Sword of the Morning still hung in the south, the bright white star in its hilt blazing like a diamond in the dawn, but the blacks and greys of the darkling forest were turning once again to greens and golds, reds and russets. And above the soldier pines and oaks and ash and sentinels stood the Wall, the ice pale and glimmering1 beneath the dust and dirt that pocked its surface. The Magnar sent a dozen men riding west and a dozen more east, to climb the highest hills they could find and watch for any sign of rangers2 in the wood or riders on the high ice. The Therms carried bronze-banded warhorns to give warning should the Watch be sighted. The other wildlings fell in behind Jarl, Jon and Ygritte with the rest. This was to be the young raider’s hour of glory. The Wall was often said to stand seven hundred feet high, but Jarl had found a place where it was both higher and lower. Before them, the ice rose sheer from out of the trees like some immense cliff, crowned by wind-carved battlements that loomed3 at least eight hundred feet high, perhaps nine hundred in spots. But that was deceptive4, Jon realized as they drew closer. Brandon the Builder had laid his huge foundation blocks along the heights wherever feasible, and hereabouts the hills rose wild and rugged5. He had once heard his uncle Benjen say that the Wall was a sword east of Castle Black, but a snake to the west. It was true. Sweeping6 in over one huge humped hill, the ice dipped down into a valley, climbed the knife edge of a long granite7 ridgeline for a league or more, ran along a jagged crest9, dipped again into a valley deeper still, and then rose higher and higher, leaping from hill to hill as far as the eye could see, into the mountainous west. Jarl had chosen to assault the stretch of ice along the
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glimmering
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n.微光,隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的现在分词 ) | |
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护林者( ranger的名词复数 ); 突击队员 | |
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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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deceptive
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adj.骗人的,造成假象的,靠不住的 | |
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adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的 | |
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adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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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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scramble
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v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料 | |
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ascend
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vi.渐渐上升,升高;vt.攀登,登上 | |
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vertical
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adj.垂直的,顶点的,纵向的;n.垂直物,垂直的位置 | |
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densely
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ad.密集地;浓厚地 | |
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concealment
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n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒 | |
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axe
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n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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awe
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n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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sinewy
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adj.多腱的,强壮有力的 | |
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winding
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n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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hempen
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adj. 大麻制的, 大麻的 | |
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hemp
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n.大麻;纤维 | |
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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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spikes
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n.穗( spike的名词复数 );跑鞋;(防滑)鞋钉;尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 );偷偷地给某人的饮料加入(更多)酒精( 或药物);把尖状物钉入;打乱某人的计划 | |
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jutting
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v.(使)突出( jut的现在分词 );伸出;(从…)突出;高出 | |
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hip
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n.臀部,髋;屋脊 | |
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corpses
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n.死尸,尸体( corpse的名词复数 ) | |
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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gorge
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n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃 | |
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n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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n.低质煤;渡鸦( raven的名词复数 ) | |
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plunder
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vt.劫掠财物,掠夺;n.劫掠物,赃物;劫掠 | |
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hacking
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n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动 | |
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spiked
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adj.有穗的;成锥形的;有尖顶的 | |
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ledge
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n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁 | |
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cleft
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n.裂缝;adj.裂开的 | |
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scrambling
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v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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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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trickling
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n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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defenders
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n.防御者( defender的名词复数 );守卫者;保护者;辩护者 | |
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crumbled
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(把…)弄碎, (使)碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 衰落; 坍塌; 损坏 | |
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chunk
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n.厚片,大块,相当大的部分(数量) | |
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chunks
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厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分 | |
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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glistened
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v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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ledges
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n.(墙壁,悬崖等)突出的狭长部分( ledge的名词复数 );(平窄的)壁架;横档;(尤指)窗台 | |
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crevices
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n.(尤指岩石的)裂缝,缺口( crevice的名词复数 ) | |
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hacked
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shards
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n.(玻璃、金属或其他硬物的)尖利的碎片( shard的名词复数 ) | |
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cascading
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流注( cascade的现在分词 ); 大量落下; 大量垂悬; 梯流 | |
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halfway
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adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途 | |
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numb
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adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木 | |
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shrieks
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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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crumbling
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adj.摇摇欲坠的 | |
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rumbling
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n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词 | |
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smear
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v.涂抹;诽谤,玷污;n.污点;诽谤,污蔑 | |
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pinnacle
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n.尖塔,尖顶,山峰;(喻)顶峰 | |
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impaled
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钉在尖桩上( impale的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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spine
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n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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ribs
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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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mace
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n.狼牙棒,豆蔻干皮 | |
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dread
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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grunted
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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pointed
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trickled
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v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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