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As the warriors1, clustered thick about Tarzan and Sheeta, realized that it was a flesh-and-blood panther that had interrupted their dance of death, they took heart a trifle, for in the face of all those circling spears even the mighty3 Sheeta would be doomed4.
Rokoff was urging the chief to have his spearmen launch their missiles, and the black was upon the instant of issuing the command, when his eyes strayed beyond Tarzan, following the gaze of the ape-man.
With a yell of terror the chief turned and fled toward the village gate, and as his people looked to see the cause of his fright, they too took to their heels—for there, lumbering5 down upon them, their huge forms exaggerated by the play of moonlight and camp fire, came the hideous6 apes of Akut.
The instant the natives turned to flee the ape-man's savage7 cry rang out above the shrieks8 of the blacks, and in answer to it Sheeta and the apes leaped growling9 after the fugitives10. Some of the warriors turned to battle with their enraged11 antagonists12, but before the fiendish ferocity of the fierce beasts they went down to bloody14 death.
Others were dragged down in their flight, and it was not until the village was empty and the last of the blacks had disappeared into the bush that Tarzan was able to recall his savage pack to his side. Then it was that he discovered to his
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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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doomed
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hideous
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fugitives
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使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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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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n.敌人,对抗者,对手 | |
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bloody
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skulls
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gnaw
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v.不断地啃、咬;使苦恼,折磨 | |
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marvel
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remarkable
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contented
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volition
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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住所( abode的名词复数 ); 公寓; (在某地的)暂住; 逗留 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制 | |
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determined
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嘲弄的言语,嘲笑,奚落( taunt的名词复数 ) | |
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hysterical
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swarm
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gateway
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shrill
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weird
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thwarted
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precisely
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exhorting
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horde
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racing
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wilderness
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strenuous
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exertion
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n.尽力,努力 | |
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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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corpse
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corpses
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n.死尸,尸体( corpse的名词复数 ) | |
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snarling
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relatively
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ferocious
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adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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wielding
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手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的现在分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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rumors
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n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷 | |
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retracing
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v.折回( retrace的现在分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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positively
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adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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precipitately
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waylay
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hurling
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n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的现在分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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clump
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repulsive
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countenance
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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wring
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hyenas
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