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12 The Giant Stranger
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And while the warriors1 and the priests of A-lur searched the temple and the palace and the city for the vanished ape-man there entered the head of Kor-ul-JA down the precipitous trail from the mountains, a naked stranger bearing an Enfield upon his back. Silently he moved downward toward the bottom of the gorge3 and there where the ancient trail unfolded more levelly before him he swung along with easy strides, though always with the utmost alertness against possible dangers. A gentle breeze came down from the mountains behind him so that only his ears and his eyes were of value in detecting the presence of danger ahead. Generally the trail followed along the banks of the winding4 brooklet5 at the bottom of the gorge, but in some places where the waters tumbled over a precipitous ledge6 the trail made a detour7 along the side of the gorge, and again it wound in and out among rocky outcroppings, and presently where it rounded sharply the projecting shoulder of a cliff the stranger came suddenly face to face with one who was ascending8 the gorge.
Separated by a hundred paces the two halted simultaneously9. Before him the stranger saw a tall white warrior2, naked but for a loin cloth, cross belts, and a girdle. The man was armed with a heavy, knotted club and a short knife, the latter hanging in its sheath at his left hip10 from the end of one of his cross belts, the opposite belt supporting a leathern pouch11
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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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n.勇士,武士,斗士 | |
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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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foe
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prehensile
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astonishment
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conceal
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relished
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molest
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forth
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savage
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swarming
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密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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ridge
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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concealment
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foliage
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impending
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a.imminent, about to come or happen | |
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ambush
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exhausted
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bloody
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