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For ladies' funerals, we say, mortars1 and siege-guns, as a rule, do not pause. But here at Vicksburg there was an hour near the end of each day when the foe2, for some mercy to themselves, ceased to bombard, and in one of these respites3 that procession ventured forth4 in which rode the fevered Anna: a farm wagon5, a battered6 family coach, a carryall or two.
Yet in the midst of the graveyard7 rites8 there broke out on the unseen lines near by, northward9, an uproar10 of attack, and one or two shells burst in plain view, frightening the teams. The company leaped into the vehicles any way they could and started townward over a miserable11 road with the contest resounding12 on their right. As they jostled along the edge of a wood that lay between them and the firing some mishap14 to the front team caused all to alight, whereupon a shell, faultily timed, came tearing through the tree-tops and exploded in the remains15 of a fence close beyond them. Amid thunder, smoke, and
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mortars
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n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 );砂浆;房产;研钵 | |
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n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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respites
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v.延期(respite的第三人称单数形式) | |
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forth
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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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adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损 | |
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graveyard
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仪式,典礼( rite的名词复数 ) | |
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northward
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adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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uproar
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n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸 | |
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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resounding
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din
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n.喧闹声,嘈杂声 | |
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mishap
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n.不幸的事,不幸;灾祸 | |
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remains
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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brute
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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placid
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myriad
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adj.无数的;n.无数,极大数量 | |
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divers
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manifestations
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rending
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v.撕碎( rend的现在分词 );分裂;(因愤怒、痛苦等而)揪扯(衣服或头发等);(声音等)刺破 | |
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countless
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adj.无数的,多得不计其数的 | |
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thicket
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glimmered
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covert
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hindrance
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(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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succor
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n.援助,帮助;v.给予帮助 | |
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captivity
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plight
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n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定 | |
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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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withdrawal
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n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销 | |
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artillery
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crutch
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n.T字形拐杖;支持,依靠,精神支柱 | |
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truce
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compassion
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n.同情,怜悯 | |
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tangled
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onset
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n.进攻,袭击,开始,突然开始 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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wailed
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