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Chapter 19
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The City of Gold
The very night that Tarzan of the Apes became chief of the Waziri the woman he loved lay dying in a tiny boat two hundred miles west of him upon the Atlantic. As he danced among his naked fellow savages1, the firelight gleaming against his great, rolling muscles, the personification of physical perfection and strength, the woman who loved him lay thin and emaciated3 in the last coma4 that precedes death by thirst and starvation.
The week following the induction5 of Tarzan into the kingship of the Waziri was occupied in escorting the Manyuema of the Arab raiders to the northern boundary of Waziri in accordance with the promise which Tarzan had made them. Before he left them he exacted a pledge from them that they would not lead any expeditions against the Waziri in the future, nor was it a difficult promise to obtain. They had had sufficient experience with the fighting tactics of the new Waziri chief not to have the slightest desire to accompany another predatory force within the boundaries of his domain6.
Almost immediately upon his return to the village Tarzan commenced making preparations for leading an expedition in search of the ruined city of gold which old Waziri had described to him. He selected fifty of the sturdiest warriors7 of his tribe, choosing only men who seemed anxious to accompany him on the arduous8 march, and share the dangers of a new and hostile country.
The fabulous9 wealth of the fabled10 city had been almost constantly in his mind since Waziri had recounted the strange adventures of the former expedition which had stumbled upon the vast ruins by chance. The
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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desolate
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adj.矮小的;发育迟缓的 | |
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(六角)转台( turret的名词复数 ); (战舰和坦克等上的)转动炮塔; (摄影机等上的)镜头转台; (旧时攻城用的)塔车 | |
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descending
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v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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crumbling
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n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿,教室) | |
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战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物) | |
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grandeur
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n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华 | |
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progenitor
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v./n.尖叫,叫喊 | |
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racing
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vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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n.圆形建筑物;圆厅 | |
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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masonry
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n.砖土建筑;砖石 | |
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hieroglyphics
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n.pl.象形文字 | |
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chambers
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n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅 | |
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鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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recesses
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n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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n.忠诚,忠心 | |
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