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Chapter 1
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It must have been a little after three o'clock in the afternoon that it happened—the afternoon of June 3rd, 1916. It seems incredible that all that I have passed through—all those weird1 and terrifying experiences—should have been encompassed2 within so short a span as three brief months. Rather might I have experienced a cosmic cycle, with all its changes and evolutions for that which I have seen with my own eyes in this brief interval3 of time—things that no other mortal eye had seen before, glimpses of a world past, a world dead, a world so long dead that even in the lowest Cambrian stratum4 no trace of it remains5. Fused with the melting inner crust, it has passed forever beyond the ken6 of man other than in that lost pocket of the earth whither fate has borne me and where my doom7 is sealed. I am here and here must remain.
After reading this far, my interest, which already had been stimulated8 by the finding of the manuscript, was approaching the boiling-point. I had come to Greenland for the summer, on the advice of my physician, and was slowly being bored to extinction9, as I had thoughtlessly neglected to bring sufficient reading-matter. Being an indifferent fisherman, my enthusiasm for this form of sport soon waned10; yet in the absence of other forms of recreation I was now risking my life in an entirely11
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thermos
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n.保湿瓶,热水瓶 | |
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渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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detonation
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chaos
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torpedoing
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v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光 | |
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scrambling
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v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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n.懊恼;气愤;委屈 | |
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rivet
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n.铆钉;vt.铆接,铆牢;集中(目光或注意力) | |
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dangled
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悬吊着( dangle的过去式和过去分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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momentum
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倾斜,倾卸 | |
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braced
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adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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whine
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v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣 | |
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survivors
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幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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blotch
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n.大斑点;红斑点;v.使沾上污渍,弄脏 | |
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succor
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n.援助,帮助;v.给予帮助 | |
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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反响; 回响; 反射; 反射物 | |
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