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There was no real choice. Nothing seemed quite rational but the heaviest task of all--to wait, and to wait right here at home.
To this queenly city must come first and fullest all news of her own sons, and here the "five" would not themselves be "missing" should better tidings--or worse--come seeking them over the wires.
"At the front?" replied Doctor Sevier to Anna, "why, at the front you'll be kept in the rear, lost in a storm of false rumors1."
General Brodnax, in a letter rife2 with fatherly romantic tenderness and with splendid praise of Hilary as foremost in the glorious feat3 which had saved old "Roaring Betsy" but lost (or mislaid) him and his three comrades, also bade her wait. Everything, he assured her, that human sympathy or the art of war--or Beauregard's special orders--could effect was being done to find the priceless heroes. In the retreat of a great host--ah, me! retreat was his very word and the host was Dixie's--retreating after its first battle, and that an awful one, in deluging4 rains over frightful5 roads and brimming streams, unsheltered, ill fed, with sick and wounded men and reeling vehicles hourly breaking down, a hovering6 foe7 to be fended8 off, and every dwelling9 in the land a hospitable10 refuge, even captains of artillery11 or staff might be most honorably and alarmingly missing yet reappear safe and sound. So, for a week and more it was sit and wait, pace the floor and wait, wake in the night and wait; so for
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rumors
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n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷 | |
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adj.(指坏事情)充斥的,流行的,普遍的 | |
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n.功绩;武艺,技艺;adj.灵巧的,漂亮的,合适的 | |
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v.使淹没( deluge的现在分词 );淹没;被洪水般涌来的事物所淹没;穷于应付 | |
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adj.可怕的;讨厌的 | |
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hovering
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鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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foe
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n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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v.独立生活,照料自己( fend的过去式和过去分词 );挡开,避开 | |
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dwelling
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hospitable
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adj.好客的;宽容的;有利的,适宜的 | |
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artillery
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n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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flora
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n.(某一地区的)植物群 | |
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anguish
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n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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con
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n.反对的观点,反对者,反对票,肺病;vt.精读,学习,默记;adv.反对地,从反面;adj.欺诈的 | |
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glimmer
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v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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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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ambush
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n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击 | |
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perilous
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adj.危险的,冒险的 | |
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miseries
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n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 );痛苦的事;穷困;常发牢骚的人 | |
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toiled
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长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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mire
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n.泥沼,泥泞;v.使...陷于泥泞,使...陷入困境 | |
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sleet
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n.雨雪;v.下雨雪,下冰雹 | |
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placid
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adj.安静的,平和的 | |
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chamber
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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fortitude
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n.坚忍不拔;刚毅 | |
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strewed
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v.撒在…上( strew的过去式和过去分词 );散落于;点缀;撒满 | |
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cavalryman
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骑兵 | |
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aged
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bazaar
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n.集市,商店集中区 | |
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puny
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adj.微不足道的,弱小的 | |
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paltry
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adj.无价值的,微不足道的 | |
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dagger
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n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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drearily
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沉寂地,厌倦地,可怕地 | |
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n.谜,谜语,粗筛;vt.解谜,给…出谜,筛,检查,鉴定,非难,充满于;vi.出谜 | |
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contriving
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(不顾困难地)促成某事( contrive的现在分词 ); 巧妙地策划,精巧地制造(如机器); 设法做到 | |
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frantic
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adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的 | |
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bosom
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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coercion
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n.强制,高压统治 | |
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penury
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n.贫穷,拮据 | |
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pangs
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突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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rapacious
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adj.贪婪的,强夺的 | |
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torment
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n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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diligently
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ad.industriously;carefully | |
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luster
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n.光辉;光泽,光亮;荣誉 | |
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invincibility
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n.无敌,绝对不败 | |
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beguiling
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adj.欺骗的,诱人的v.欺骗( beguile的现在分词 );使陶醉;使高兴;消磨(时间等) | |
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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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beheld
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v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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tattered
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adj.破旧的,衣衫破的 | |
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coxcomb
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n.花花公子 | |
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plying
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v.使用(工具)( ply的现在分词 );经常供应(食物、饮料);固定往来;经营生意 | |
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demonstrations
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证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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queries
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n.问题( query的名词复数 );疑问;询问;问号v.质疑,对…表示疑问( query的第三人称单数 );询问 | |
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scour
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v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷 | |
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careworn
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adj.疲倦的,饱经忧患的 | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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noted
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adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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spoke
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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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melodiously
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almighty
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adj.全能的,万能的;很大的,很强的 | |
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sobbed
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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smirked
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v.傻笑( smirk的过去分词 ) | |
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writhed
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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disdaining
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鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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jigging
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n.跳汰选,簸选v.(使)上下急动( jig的现在分词 ) | |
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paramount
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distresses
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n.悲痛( distress的名词复数 );痛苦;贫困;危险 | |
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tangle
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n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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unwillingly
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adv.不情愿地 | |
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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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loathing
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n.厌恶,憎恨v.憎恨,厌恶( loathe的现在分词);极不喜欢 | |
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mincing
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forth
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suffocation
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procure
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vt.获得,取得,促成;vi.拉皮条 | |
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smoothly
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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stiffen
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pensively
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adj.产生火花的,闪烁(耀)的 | |
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musingly
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v.折回( retrace的现在分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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clinch
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v.敲弯,钉牢;确定;扭住对方 [参]clench | |
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slippered
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appallingly
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毛骨悚然地 | |
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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土堤斜坡( ramp的过去式和过去分词 ); 斜道; 斜路; (装车或上下飞机的)活动梯 | |
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promotion
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n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传 | |
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snail
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soothing
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adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的 | |
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爱抚,抚摸( caress的名词复数 ) | |
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surmises
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v.臆测,推断( surmise的第三人称单数 );揣测;猜想 | |
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wring
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