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Meereen was as large as Astapor and Yunkai combined. Like her sister cities she was built of brick, but where Astapor had been red and Yunkai yellow, Meereen was made with bricks of many colors. Her walls were higher than Yunkai’s and in better repair, studded with bastions and anchored by great defensive1 towers at every angle. Behind them, huge against the sky, could be seen the top of the Great Pyramid, a monstrous2 thing eight hundred feet tall with a towering bronze harpy at its top. “The harpy is a craven thing,” Daario Naharis said when he saw it. “She has a woman’s heart and a chicken’s legs. Small wonder her sons hide behind their walls.” But the hero did not hide. He rode out the city gates, armored in scales of copper4 and jet and mounted upon a white charger whose striped pink-and-white barding matched the silk cloak flowing from the hero’s shoulders. The lance he bore was fourteen feet long, swirled5 in pink and white, and his hair was shaped and teased and lacquered into two great curling ram’s horns. Back and forth6 he rode beneath the walls of multicolored bricks, challenging the besiegers to send a champion forth to meet him in single combat. Her bloodriders were in such a fever to go meet him that they almost came to blows. “Blood of my blood,” Dany told them, “your place is here by me. This man is a buzzing fly, no more. Ignore him, he will soon be gone.” Aggo, Jhogo, and Rakharo were brave warriors7, but they were young, and too valuable to risk. They kept her khalasar together, and were her best scouts8 too. “That was wisely done,” Ser Jorah said as they watched from the front of her pavilion. “Let the fool ride back and forth and shout until his horse goes lame9. He does us no harm.” “He does,” Arstan Whitebeard insisted. “Wars are not won with swords and spears alone, ser. Two hosts of equal strength may come together, but one will break and run whilst the other stands. This hero builds courage in the hearts of his own men and plants the seeds of doubt in ours.” Ser Jorah snorted. “And if our champion were to lose, what sort of seed would that plant?” “A man who fears battle wins no victories, ser.” “We’re not speaking of battle. Meereen’s gates will not open if that fool falls. Why risk a life for
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defensive
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adj.防御的;防卫的;防守的 | |
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raven
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n.渡鸟,乌鸦;adj.乌亮的 | |
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copper
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v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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scouts
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lame
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adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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withdrawn
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scorched
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烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
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taunted
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嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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defenders
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rape
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undo
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vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销 | |
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grove
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n.林子,小树林,园林 | |
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meager
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greasy
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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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adj.临时,无准备的;随便,马虎的 | |
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adj. 魁伟的, 身材高大健壮的 n. 皮绳或皮带的材料, 裹伤胶带, 皮鞭 动词strap的现在分词形式 | |
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n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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winked
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v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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spun
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prettily
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knight
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foe
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n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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dodge
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cumbersome
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dodged
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v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避 | |
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wrenched
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v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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squatted
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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corpse
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n.尸体,死尸 | |
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trudging
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vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的现在分词形式) | |
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raucous
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adj.(声音)沙哑的,粗糙的 | |
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hooted
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(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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tinkly
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gash
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v.深切,划开;n.(深长的)切(伤)口;裂缝 | |
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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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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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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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renowned
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adj.著名的,有名望的,声誉鹊起的 | |
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stanch
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bind
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vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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figs
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figures 数字,图形,外形 | |
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breach
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n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破 | |
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exhausted
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jut
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crumbling
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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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wield
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batter
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v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员 | |
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fodder
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n.草料;炮灰 | |
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mules
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骡( mule的名词复数 ); 拖鞋; 顽固的人; 越境运毒者 | |
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fabled
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concurred
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同意(concur的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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foes
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的 | |
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foul
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maze
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filth
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n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥 | |
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shrugged
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反复敲打( buffet的过去式和过去分词 ); 连续猛击; 打来打去; 推来搡去 | |
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adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
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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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n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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