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Chapter XX Came Tarzan
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Just before dark that evening, an almost exhausted1 flier entered the headquarters of Colonel Capell of the Second Rhodesians and saluted2.
"Well, Thompson," asked the superior, "what luck? The others have all returned. Never saw a thing of Oldwick or his plane. I guess we shall have to give it up unless you were more successful."
"I was," replied the young officer. "I found the plane."
"No!" ejaculated Colonel Capell. "Where was it? Any sign of Oldwick?"
"It is in the rottenest hole in the ground you ever saw, quite a bit inland. Narrow gorge3. Saw the plane all right but can't reach it. There was a regular devil of a lion wandering around it. I landed near the edge of the cliff and was going to climb down and take a look at the plane. But this fellow hung around for an hour or more and I finally had to give it up."
"Do you think the lions got Oldwick?" asked the colonel.
"I doubt it," replied Lieutenant4 Thompson, "from the fact that there was no indication that the lion had fed anywhere about the plane. I arose after I found it was impossible to get down around the plane and reconnoitered up and down the gorge. Several miles to the south I found a small, wooded valley in the center of which—please don't think me crazy, sir—is a regular city—streets, buildings, a central plaza5 with a lagoon6, good-sized buildings with domes7 and minarets8 and all that sort of stuff."
The elder officer looked at the younger compassionately
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adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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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.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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lagoon
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cavalry
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gorges
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n.山峡,峡谷( gorge的名词复数 );咽喉v.(用食物把自己)塞饱,填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 );作呕 | |
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infantry
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juncture
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detailed
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mighty
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定量( ration的名词复数 ); 配给量; 正常量; 合理的量 | |
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salutes
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fixed
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appreciable
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futilely
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futile(无用的)的变形; 干 | |
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agility
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apparently
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adversary
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antagonist
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tunic
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shriek
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alleys
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胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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flares
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n.喇叭裤v.(使)闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 );(使)(船舷)外倾;(使)鼻孔张大;(使)(衣裙、酒杯等)呈喇叭形展开 | |
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prosecute
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vt.告发;进行;vi.告发,起诉,作检察官 | |
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corpse
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n.尸体,死尸 | |
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buckled
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a. 有带扣的 | |
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foliage
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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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concealed
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varied
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decided
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hesitation
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aperture
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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alleviated
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减轻,缓解,缓和( alleviate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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intermittently
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inmates
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concealment
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n.(动植物的)膜皮( tunic的名词复数 );束腰宽松外衣;一套制服的短上衣;(天主教主教等穿的)短祭袍 | |
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bazaars
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n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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bloody
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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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