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For fourscore years, the Boundary Dispute Had lain in Chancery, irresolute1, As Penns and Baltimores were born, and pass'd, And nothing ever seem'd to move too fast. Tho' Maryland's case be stronger on the Merits, Yet Penn's the Friend at Court of certain Ferrets, Who'll worry ev'ry dimly doubtful Acre (The betting in the Clubs is with the Quaker). Let Judges judge, and Lawyers have their Day, Yet soon or late, the Line will find its Way, For Skies grow thick with aviating Swine, Ere men pass up the chance to draw a Line. So, one day, into Delaware's great Basin, With strange Machinery2 sail Mr. Mason, And Mr. Dixon, by the Falmouth Packet, Connected, as with some invis'ble Bracket,— Sharing a Fate, directed by the Stars, To mark the Earth with geometrick Scars.
- Timothy Tox, The Line
From the shore they will hear Milkmaids quarreling and cowbells a-clank, and dogs, and Babies old and new,— Hammers upon Nails, Wives upon Husbands, the ring of Pot-lids, the jingling3 of Draft-chains, a rifle-shot from a stretch of woods, lengthily4 crackling tree to tree and across the water.... An animal will come to a Headland, and stand, regarding them with narrowly set Eyes that glow a Moment. Its Face slowly turning as they pass. America.
At sunset they raise the Capes5 of Delaware, and lie to for the Night in Whorekill Road, just inside Cape6 Henlopen. The Astronomers7 hear Rails whistling, and a feral screaming in the Brakes, that the one imag?ines as Heat, and the other as Slaughter9, tho' they do not discuss this. Somewhere a Channel-Buoy rings, reports arrive all night of Lights upon the Shore...Sailors prowl the Decks, losing Sleep. The sunrise comes chaste10 beyond all easy Wit. The Coffee is brew'd once, and then pour'd thro' its own Grounds again, by Shorty, the Cook. Among the morning Breezes, Capt. Falconer works his
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adj.无决断的,优柔寡断的,踌躇不定的 | |
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n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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n.天文学者,天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 ) | |
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astronomer
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n.天文学家 | |
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n.屠杀,屠宰;vt.屠杀,宰杀 | |
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 ) | |
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n.运货马车,运货车;敞篷车箱 | |
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severely
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adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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sage
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n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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cargo
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n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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labor
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n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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膨胀; 凸出(部); 打气; 折皱 | |
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abbr. 电子发射器定位系统(=electronic emitter location system) | |
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mighty
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vt.使混合,使相混;vi.混合起来;相交往 | |
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n.(尤指喂肥供食用的)猪( hog的名词复数 );(供食用的)阉公猪;彻底地做某事;自私的或贪婪的人 | |
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n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片 | |
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v.发芽( sprout的过去式和过去分词 );抽芽;出现;(使)涌现出 | |
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convene
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v.集合,召集,召唤,聚集,集合 | |
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hops
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跳上[下]( hop的第三人称单数 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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四轮的运货马车( waggon的名词复数 ); 铁路货车; 小手推车 | |
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处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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cargoes
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n.(船或飞机装载的)货物( cargo的名词复数 );大量,重负 | |
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vendors
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streaking
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n.裸奔(指在公共场所裸体飞跑)v.快速移动( streak的现在分词 );使布满条纹 | |
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vt.照亮,照明;用灯光装饰;说明,阐释 | |
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jack
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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flatten
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v.把...弄平,使倒伏;使(漆等)失去光泽 | |
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exuberance
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tavern
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minor
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askew
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hymns
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
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taverns
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n.小旅馆,客栈,酒馆( tavern的名词复数 ) | |
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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persuasions
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n.劝说,说服(力)( persuasion的名词复数 );信仰 | |
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authentication
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鉴定,认证 | |
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pugnacity
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crested
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adj.有顶饰的,有纹章的,有冠毛的v.到达山顶(或浪峰)( crest的过去式和过去分词 );到达洪峰,达到顶点 | |
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vertiginous
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intermittently
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awakening
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charlatans
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delirious
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psalms
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n.赞美诗( anthem的名词复数 );圣歌;赞歌;颂歌 | |
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adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的 | |
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martial
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sentimental
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nay
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variant
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foul
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n.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的名词复数 )v.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的第三人称单数 ) | |
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