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LXIX SOUTHERN CROSS AND NORTHERN STAR
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A red streak1 and white sun-lit puff2 sprang from the leading monitor's turret4, and the jarring boom of a vast gun came over the water, wholly unlike the ringing peals5 of Gaines's lighter6 armament. Now its opposite cranny puffed7 and thundered. The man smiled an instant. "Spitting on her hands," he said, but then murmured to himself, "Lord! look at that wind!"
"Is it bad?" asked Anna.
"It'll blow every bit of smoke into our men's eyes," he sighed.
The two white puffs8 melted into the perfect blue of sea and sky unanswered. Fort Gaines and its besiegers even ceased to fire. Their fate was not in their own guns. More and more weird9 waxed the grisly dumbness of five-sided Morgan and the spectral10 silence of the oncoming league-long fleet. The light wind freshened. By the bell's six taps it was seven o'clock. The boat drifting in on the tide made Fort Gaines seem to move seaward. Miranda looked back to Fort Powell and then out to sea again.
"The worst," said Anna, reading her thought, "will be down there with the Tennessee."
Miranda answered low: "Suppose, Nan, that, after all, he should--?"
Anna turned sharply: "Get here? I expect it! Oh, you may gaze! I don't forget how often I've flouted11 Con12's intuitions. But I've got one now, a big one!"
"That he's coming?"
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streak
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n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动 | |
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n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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n.喧闹声,嘈杂声 | |
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n.塔楼,角塔 | |
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n.(声音大而持续或重复的)洪亮的响声( peal的名词复数 );隆隆声;洪亮的钟声;钟乐v.(使)(钟等)鸣响,(雷等)发出隆隆声( peal的第三人称单数 ) | |
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n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级 | |
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puffed
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adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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puffs
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n.吸( puff的名词复数 );(烟斗或香烟的)一吸;一缕(烟、蒸汽等);(呼吸或风的)呼v.使喷出( puff的第三人称单数 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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spectral
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flouted
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v.藐视,轻视( flout的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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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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presentiment
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lone
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mighty
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lurid
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adj.可怕的;血红的;苍白的 | |
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darted
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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mincingly
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fragrant
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majesty
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n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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strife
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n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争 | |
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lured
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吸引,引诱(lure的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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perfectly
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n.裹尸布,寿衣;罩,幕;vt.覆盖,隐藏 | |
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uproar
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beheld
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torpedoes
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鱼雷( torpedo的名词复数 ); 油井爆破筒; 刺客; 掼炮 | |
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torpedo
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lurch
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falter
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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belch
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darting
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watery
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ambush
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dread
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foe
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futilely
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futile(无用的)的变形; 干 | |
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futile
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rebounded
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cedar
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consorts
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n.配偶( consort的名词复数 );(演奏古典音乐的)一组乐师;一组古典乐器;一起v.结伴( consort的第三人称单数 );交往;相称;调和 | |
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victorious
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ram
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(random access memory)随机存取存储器 | |
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mere
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eastward
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adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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throbbed
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抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动 | |
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狂喜,欢跃( exult的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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glided
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v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔 | |
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buffet
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n.自助餐;饮食柜台;餐台 | |
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longing
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onset
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n.进攻,袭击,开始,突然开始 | |
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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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titanic
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adj.巨人的,庞大的,强大的 | |
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smote
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adversary
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touching
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antagonist
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cubs
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n.幼小的兽,不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 ) | |
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standing
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crutched
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