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WE MUST HAVE TRAVELED SEVERAL MILES THROUGH the dark and dismal1 wood when we came suddenly upon a dense2 village built high among the branches of the trees. As we approached it my escort broke into wild shouting which was immediately answered from within, and a moment later a swarm3 of creatures of the same strange race as those who had captured me poured out to meet us. Again I was the center of a wildly chattering4 horde5. I was pulled this way and that. Pinched, pounded, and thumped6 until I was black and blue, yet I do not think that their treatment was dictated7 by either cruelty or malice—I was a curiosity, a freak, a new plaything, and their childish minds required the added evidence of all their senses to back up the testimony8 of their eyes.
Presently they dragged me within the village, which consisted of several hundred rude shelters of boughs9 and leaves supported upon the branches of the trees.
Between the huts, which sometimes formed crooked10 streets, were dead branches and the trunks of small trees which connected the huts upon one tree to those within adjoining trees; the whole network of huts and pathways forming an almost solid flooring a good fifty feet above the ground.
I wondered why these agile11 creatures required connecting bridges between the trees, but later when I saw the motley
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dismal
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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n.群众,一大群 | |
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v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 );口授;支配;摆布 | |
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testimony
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n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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agile
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aggregation
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savage
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squatted
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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inquisitive
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adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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frigate
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precisely
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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prospector
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n.探矿者 | |
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fauna
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n.(一个地区或时代的)所有动物,动物区系 | |
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flora
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standing
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doorway
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partially
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applied
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gaseous
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contraction
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luminous
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relatively
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sufficiently
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speculation
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forth
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perilous
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ornament
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jabbering
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v.急切而含混不清地说( jabber的现在分词 );急促兴奋地说话;结结巴巴 | |
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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tangled
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lithe
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stationary
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adj.固定的,静止不动的 | |
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compute
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v./n.计算,估计 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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arena
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n.竞技场,运动场所;竞争场所,舞台 | |
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bestial
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adj.残忍的;野蛮的 | |
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fangs
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n.(尤指狗和狼的)长而尖的牙( fang的名词复数 );(蛇的)毒牙;罐座 | |
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jaws
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n.口部;嘴 | |
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belly
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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whit
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mighty
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veered
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v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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brute
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overtures
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n.主动的表示,提议;(向某人做出的)友好表示、姿态或提议( overture的名词复数 );(歌剧、芭蕾舞、音乐剧等的)序曲,前奏曲 | |
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bowling
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n.保龄球运动 | |
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shrieks
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n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 ) | |
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distinguished
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gorilla
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n.大猩猩,暴徒,打手 | |
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hatchets
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n.短柄小斧( hatchet的名词复数 );恶毒攻击;诽谤;休战 | |
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demons
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n.恶人( demon的名词复数 );恶魔;精力过人的人;邪念 | |
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regained
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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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caravan
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exuberance
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weird
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wretches
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tiresome
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prodded
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v.刺,戳( prod的过去式和过去分词 );刺激;促使;(用手指或尖物)戳 | |
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gracefully
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raven
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ornaments
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n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 );点缀;装饰品;首饰v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) | |
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possessed
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spotted
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thong
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talons
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lighter
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conformity
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brutal
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specimens
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redeeming
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补偿的,弥补的 | |
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tunic
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mammoth
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tunics
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