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With wide eyes fixed1 upon him, like a trapped creature horrified2 beneath the mesmeric gaze of a great serpent, the girl watched the approach of the man. Her hands were free, the Swedes having secured her with a length of ancient slave chain fastened at one end to an iron collar padlocked about her neck and at the other to a long stake driven deep into the ground.
Slowly Meriem shrank inch by inch toward the opposite end of the tent. Malbihn followed her. His hands were extended and his fingers half-opened—claw-like—to seize her. His lips were parted, and his breath came quickly, pantingly.
The girl recalled Jenssen's instructions to call him should Malbihn molest3 her; but Jenssen had gone into the jungle to hunt. Malbihn had chosen his time well. Yet she screamed, loud and shrill4, once, twice, a third time, before Malbihn could leap across the tent and throttle5 her alarming cries with his brute6 fingers. Then she fought him, as any jungle she might fight, with tooth and nail. The man found her no easy prey7. In that slender, young body, beneath the rounded curves and the fine, soft skin, lay the muscles of a young lioness. But Malbihn was no weakling. His character and appearance were brutal8, nor did they belie9 his brawn10. He was of giant stature11 and of giant strength. Slowly he forced the girl back upon the ground, striking her in the face when she hurt him badly either with teeth or nails. Meriem struck back, but she was growing weaker from the choking fingers at her throat.
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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vt.骚扰,干扰,调戏 | |
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n.节流阀,节气阀,喉咙;v.扼喉咙,使窒息,压 | |
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n.野兽,兽性 | |
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n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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stature
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sinister
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jeopardizing
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proximity
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warriors
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distress
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calloused
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deliberately
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adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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tenacity
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aperture
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n.孔,隙,窄的缺口 | |
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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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ad.强烈地;非常地 | |
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v.外强中干的威吓( bluster的过去式和过去分词 );咆哮;(风)呼啸;狂吹 | |
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rattled
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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sprawl
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vi.躺卧,扩张,蔓延;vt.使蔓延;n.躺卧,蔓延 | |
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corpse
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savage
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entirely
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frail
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conversing
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v.交谈,谈话( converse的现在分词 ) | |
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glowering
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v.怒视( glower的现在分词 ) | |
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followers
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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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safari
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n.远征旅行(探险、考察);探险队,狩猎队 | |
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faltering
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犹豫的,支吾的,蹒跚的 | |
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defective
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adj.有毛病的,有问题的,有瑕疵的 | |
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mentality
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n.心理,思想,脑力 | |
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v.(尤指机敏地)避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 );逃避;躲避;使达不到 | |
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insistent
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adj.迫切的,坚持的 | |
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determined
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ranch
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n.大牧场,大农场 | |
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eastward
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adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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faltered
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(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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loyalty
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n.忠诚,忠心 | |
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astonishment
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n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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leopards
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n.豹( leopard的名词复数 );本性难移 | |
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leopard
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n.豹 | |
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bug
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n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器 | |
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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bungalow
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delirious
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dignified
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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refinement
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