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CHAPTER XI THE CHOICE OF TARA
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The dazzling sunlight of Barsoom clothed Manator in an aureole of splendor1 as the girl and her captors rode into the city through The Gate of Enemies. Here the wall was some fifty feet thick, and the sides of the passageway within the gate were covered with parallel shelves of masonry2 from bottom to top. Within these shelves, or long, horizontal niches3, stood row upon row of small figures, appearing like tiny, grotesque4 statuettes of men, their long, black hair falling below their feet and sometimes trailing to the shelf beneath. The figures were scarce a foot in height and but for their diminutive5 proportions might have been the mummified bodies of once living men. The girl noticed that as they passed, the warriors7 saluted8 the figures with their spears after the manner of Barsoomian fighting men in extending a military courtesy, and then they rode on into the avenue beyond, which ran, wide and stately, through the city toward the east.
On either side were great buildings wondrously9 wrought10. Paintings of great beauty and antiquity11 covered many of the walls, their colors softened12 and blended by the suns of ages. Upon the pavement the life of the newly-awakened city was already afoot. Women in brilliant trappings, befeathered warriors, their bodies daubed with paint; artisans, armed but less gaily
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splendor
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n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌 | |
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n.砖土建筑;砖石 | |
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壁龛( niche的名词复数 ); 合适的位置[工作等]; (产品的)商机; 生态位(一个生物所占据的生境的最小单位) | |
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adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物) | |
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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wondrously
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adv.惊奇地,非常,极其 | |
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antiquity
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n.古老;高龄;古物,古迹 | |
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softened
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gaily
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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rumbled
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admiration
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founders
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hideous
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spoke
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virgin
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mighty
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adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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adj.极好的;极为巨大的;寓言中的,传说中的 | |
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vi./n.闪烁,摇曳,闪现 | |
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eyelid
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追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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adj. 被损毁, 污损的 | |
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hauteur
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n.傲慢 | |
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forth
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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savage
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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v.生病( ail的第三人称单数 );感到不舒服;处境困难;境况不佳 | |
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v.仔细检查,详审( scrutinize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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narration
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n.讲述,叙述;故事;记叙体 | |
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naught
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pointed
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shrugged
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invincible
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adj.不可征服的,难以制服的 | |
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haughtily
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adv. 傲慢地, 高傲地 | |
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crumbling
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adj.摇摇欲坠的 | |
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defense
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patrician
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adj.贵族的,显贵的;n.贵族;有教养的人;罗马帝国的地方官 | |
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batter
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v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员 | |
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n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入 | |
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lusting
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贪求(lust的现在分词形式) | |
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pillage
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v.抢劫;掠夺;n.抢劫,掠夺;掠夺物 | |
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minarets
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doomed
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wielded
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手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的过去式和过去分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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gulf
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mimicked
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sinister
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下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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veins
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(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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