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Chapter 3
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The report of a gun blasted the silence of a dead Devonport with startling abruptness1.
It came from the direction of the launch, and in an instant we three were running for the boat as fast as our legs would carry us. As we came in sight of it we saw Delcarte a hundred yards inland from the launch, leaning over something which lay upon the ground. As we called to him he waved his cap, and stooping, lifted a small deer for our inspection2.
I was about to congratulate him on his trophy3 when we were startled by a horrid4, half-human, half-bestial5 scream a little ahead and to the right of us. It seemed to come from a clump6 of rank and tangled7 bush not far from where Delcarte stood. It was a horrid, fearsome sound, the like of which never had fallen upon my ears before.
We looked in the direction from which it came. The smile had died from Delcarte's lips. Even at the distance we were from him I saw his face go suddenly white, and he quickly threw his rifle to his shoulder. At the same moment the thing that had given tongue to the cry moved from the concealing8 brushwood far enough for us, too, to see it.
"What is it, sir?" asked the latter.
The creature stood about the height of a tall man's waist, and was long and gaunt and sinuous
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n. 突然,唐突 | |
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trophy
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n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品 | |
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n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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astonishment
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sinuous
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tawny
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adj.茶色的,黄褐色的;n.黄褐色 | |
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countenance
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fangs
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specimens
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caliber
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killing
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enrage
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savage
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savagely
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savagery
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antagonist
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contentions
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salvation
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utilizing
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prey
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枪口( muzzle的名词复数 ); (防止动物咬人的)口套; (四足动物的)鼻口部; (狗)等凸出的鼻子和口 | |
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scrambled
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slayer
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entirely
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brute
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captivity
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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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乘船( embark的现在分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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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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malevolent
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n.(野兽的)巢穴,窝( lair的名词复数 );(人的)藏身处 | |
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pointed
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concealed
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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foliage
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n.叶子,树叶,簇叶 | |
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majestically
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apparently
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infested
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adj.为患的,大批滋生的(常与with搭配)v.害虫、野兽大批出没于( infest的过去式和过去分词 );遍布于 | |
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determined
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hoarding
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scarcity
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brandishing
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filth
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appreciation
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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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tribal
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可怕; 丑恶; 讨厌; 恐怖政策 | |
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