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LVII GATES OF HELL AND GLORY
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The next sun rose fair over the green, rolling, open land, rich in half-grown crops of cotton and corn between fence-rows of persimmon and sassafras. Before it was high the eager Callenders were out on a main road. Their Mobile boy had left them and given the reins1 to an old man, a disabled and paroled soldier bound homeward into Vicksburg. Delays plagued them on every turn. At a cross-road they were compelled to wait for a large body of infantry2, followed by its ordnance3 wagons5, to sweep across their path with the long, swift stride of men who had marched for two years and which changed to a double-quick as they went over a hill-top. Or next they had to draw wildly aside into the zigzags6 of a worm-fence for a column of galloping7 cavalry9 and shroud10 their heads from its stifling11 dust while their driver hung to his mules12' heads by the bits. More than once they caught from some gentle rise a backward glimpse of long thin lines puffing13 and crackling at each other; oftener and more and more they heard the far resound14 of artillery15, the shuffling
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reins
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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n.[总称]步兵(部队) | |
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ordnance
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n.大炮,军械 | |
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wagon
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n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 );铁路货车;小手推车 | |
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n.锯齿形的线条、小径等( zigzag的名词复数 )v.弯弯曲曲地走路,曲折地前进( zigzag的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式 | |
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gallop
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v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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cavalry
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n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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n.裹尸布,寿衣;罩,幕;vt.覆盖,隐藏 | |
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a.令人窒息的 | |
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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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puffing
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v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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artillery
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n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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shuffling
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adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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clattering
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发出咔哒声(clatter的现在分词形式) | |
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peal
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n.钟声;v.鸣响 | |
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hurrahing
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v.好哇( hurrah的现在分词 ) | |
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standing
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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jolt
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v.(使)摇动,(使)震动,(使)颠簸 | |
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tilt
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v.(使)倾侧;(使)倾斜;n.倾侧;倾斜 | |
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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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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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wailing
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v.哭叫,哀号( wail的现在分词 );沱 | |
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groaning
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adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式 | |
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heeding
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v.听某人的劝告,听从( heed的现在分词 ) | |
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entreaties
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n.恳求,乞求( entreaty的名词复数 ) | |
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farmhouse
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n.农场住宅(尤指主要住房) | |
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lamely
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一瘸一拐地,不完全地 | |
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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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flora
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n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木 | |
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apparition
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foe
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darting
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v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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tottered
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v.走得或动得不稳( totter的过去式和过去分词 );踉跄;蹒跚;摇摇欲坠 | |
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battalion
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n.营;部队;大队(的人) | |
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lesser
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adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地 | |
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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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uproar
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n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸 | |
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trot
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n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧 | |
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bugler
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喇叭手; 号兵; 吹鼓手; 司号员 | |
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thumping
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adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持 | |
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rumbling
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brute
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n.野兽,兽性 | |
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shunning
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v.避开,回避,避免( shun的现在分词 ) | |
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vt.蒙住…的眼睛;adj.盲目的;adv.盲目地;n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]; 障眼物,蒙蔽人的事物 | |
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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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hoofs
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imploring
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恳求的,哀求的 | |
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wrecked
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adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
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conveyance
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n.(不动产等的)转让,让与;转让证书;传送;运送;表达;(正)运输工具 | |
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alas
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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trampling
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踩( trample的现在分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯 | |
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avalanche
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n.雪崩,大量涌来 | |
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wailed
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v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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groaned
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v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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plunging
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adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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waning
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adj.(月亮)渐亏的,逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 );(月)亏;变小;变暗淡 | |
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doomed
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fortitude
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mightiest
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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whined
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n. 长柄的大镰刀,战车镰; v. 以大镰刀割 | |
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pointed
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recoil
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vi.退却,退缩,畏缩 | |
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dwindled
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v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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