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7 Jungle Craft
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Presently he looked up and at Pan-at-lee. "Can you cross the gorge1 through the trees very rapidly?" he questioned.
"Alone?" she asked.
"No," replied Tarzan.
"I can follow wherever you can lead," she said then.
"Across and back again?"
"Yes."
"Then come, and do exactly as I bid." He started back again through the trees, swiftly, swinging monkey-like from limb to limb, following a zigzag2 course that he tried to select with an eye for the difficulties of the trail beneath. Where the underbrush was heaviest, where fallen trees blocked the way, he led the footsteps of the creature below them; but all to no avail. When they reached the opposite side of the gorge the GRYF was with them.
"Back again," said Tarzan, and, turning, the two retraced3 their high-flung way through the upper terraces of the ancient forest of Kor-ul-GRYF. But the result was the same—no, not quite; it was worse, for another GRYF had joined the first and now two waited beneath the tree in which they stopped.
The cliff looming4 high above them with its innumerable cave mouths seemed to beckon5 and to taunt6 them. It was so near, yet eternity7 yawned between. The body of the Tor-o-don lay at the cliff's foot where it had fallen. It was in plain view of the two in the tree. One of the gryfs walked over and sniffed8 about it, but did not offer to devour9 it. Tarzan had examined it
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n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃 | |
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n.曲折,之字形;adj.曲折的,锯齿形的;adv.曲折地,成锯齿形地;vt.使曲折;vi.曲折前行 | |
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v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼)v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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devour
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v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷 | |
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bellow
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horrid
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frightful
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lumbering
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amazement
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n.惊奇,惊讶 | |
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brute
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savage
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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warrior
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bestowed
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赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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foliage
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joint
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adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合 | |
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severed
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v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂 | |
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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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ruse
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verge
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n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临 | |
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abjured
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diligently
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ad.industriously;carefully | |
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lesser
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scent
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n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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deft
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adj.灵巧的,熟练的(a deft hand 能手) | |
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doomed
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thwarted
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阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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relinquished
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交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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heralded
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v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要) | |
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vocal
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frustrated
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skull
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courageous
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blanched
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v.使变白( blanch的过去式 );使(植物)不见阳光而变白;酸洗(金属)使有光泽;用沸水烫(杏仁等)以便去皮 | |
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gambling
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stimuli
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civilized
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stimulants
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n.兴奋剂( stimulant的名词复数 );含兴奋剂的饮料;刺激物;激励物 | |
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dice
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denizens
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deductions
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扣除( deduction的名词复数 ); 结论; 扣除的量; 推演 | |
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antagonists
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对立[对抗] 者,对手,敌手( antagonist的名词复数 ); 对抗肌; 对抗药 | |
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devoured
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吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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