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CHAPTER IX ADRIFT OVER STRANGE REGIONS
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Presently Ghek pushed aside a door that opened from the stairway, and before them Tara saw the moonlight flooding the walled court where the headless rykors lay beside their feeding-troughs. She saw the perfect bodies, muscled as the best of her father's fighting men, and the females whose figures would have been the envy of many of Helium's most beautiful women. Ah, if she could but endow these with the power to act! Then indeed might the safety of the panthan be assured; but they were only poor lumps of clay, nor had she the power to quicken them to life. Ever must they lie thus until dominated by the cold, heartless brain of the kaldane. The girl sighed in pity even as she shuddered1 in disgust as she picked her way over and among the sprawled2 creatures toward the flier.
Quickly she and Ghek mounted to the deck after the latter had cast off the moorings. Tara tested the control, raising and lowering the ship a few feet within the walled space. It responded perfectly3. Then she lowered it to the ground again and waited. From the open doorway4 came the sounds of conflict, now nearing them, now receding5. The girl, having witnessed her champion's skill, had little fear of the outcome. Only a single antagonist6 could face him at a time upon the narrow stairway, he had the advantage of position and of the defensive7, and he was a master of the sword while they were clumsy bunglers by comparison. Their sole advantage was in their numbers, unless they might find a way to come upon him from behind.
She paled at the thought. Could she have seen him she might have been further perturbed8, for he took no advantage of many opportunities to win nearer the enclosure. He fought coolly, but with a savage
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词);蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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savage
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persistence
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semblance
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purely
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foe
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n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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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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alluring
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avenging
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indignities
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jeopardizing
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危及,损害( jeopardize的现在分词 ) | |
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vi.渐渐上升,升高;vt.攀登,登上 | |
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inert
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steadily
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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sheathed
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adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的;覆盖的;铠装的;装鞘了的v.将(刀、剑等)插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 );包,覆盖 | |
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n.丁香味 | |
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renewal
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shrill
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adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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foes
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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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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accurately
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attain
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wondrous
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adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
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长条形景色( vista的名词复数 ); 回顾; 展望; (未来可能发生的)一系列情景 | |
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transcend
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vt.超出,超越(理性等)的范围 | |
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swarms
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蜂群,一大群( swarm的名词复数 ) | |
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weird
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hideous
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adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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僵直地行走,跺步行走( stump的过去式和过去分词 ); 把(某人)难住; 使为难; (选举前)在某一地区作政治性巡回演说 | |
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assailed
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v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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preeminence
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n.卓越,杰出 | |
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tune
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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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shrugged
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vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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ridge
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n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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humility
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n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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tantalizingly
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adv.…得令人着急,…到令人着急的程度 | |
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aspired
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unfamiliar
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adj.陌生的,不熟悉的 | |
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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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meager
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horrid
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adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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enlisting
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v.(使)入伍, (使)参军( enlist的现在分词 );获得(帮助或支持) | |
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n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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vitality
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arid
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assented
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同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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mighty
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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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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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