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CHAPTER 13 THE SHADOW OF SCARTARIS
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Our supper was eaten with ease and rapidity, after which everybody did the best he could for himself within the hollow of the crater1. The bed was hard, the shelter unsatisfactory, the situation painful—lying in the open air, five thousand feet above the level of the sea!
Nevertheless, it has seldom happened to me to sleep so well as I did on that particular night. I did not even dream. So much for the effects of what my uncle called "wholesome2 fatigue3."
Next day, when we awoke under the rays of a bright and glorious sun, we were nearly frozen by the keen air. I left my granite4 couch and made one of the party to enjoy a view of the magnificent spectacle which developed itself, panorama-like, at our feet.
I stood upon the lofty summit of Mount Sneffels' southern peak. Thence I was able to obtain a view of the greater part of the island. The optical delusion5, common to all lofty heights, raised the shores of the island, while the central portions appeared depressed6. It was by no means too great a flight of fancy to believe that a giant picture was stretched out before me. I could see the deep valleys that crossed each other in every direction. I could see precipices7 looking like sides of wells, lakes that seemed to be changed into ponds, ponds that looked like puddles8, and rivers that were transformed into petty brooks9. To my right were glaciers10 upon glaciers, and multiplied peaks, topped with light clouds of smoke.
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crater
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n.火山口,弹坑 | |
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wholesome
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fatigue
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granite
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delusion
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precipices
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n.悬崖,峭壁( precipice的名词复数 ) | |
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puddles
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glaciers
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冰河,冰川( glacier的名词复数 ) | |
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foam
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majestic
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grandeur
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adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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intoxicated
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喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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sublimity
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崇高,庄严,气质高尚 | |
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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pointed
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vapor
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apparently
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circumference
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cannon
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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perfectly
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adventurous
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syllable
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prudent
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upwards
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shafts
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eruption
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lava
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n.水汽,水蒸气,无实质之物( vapor的名词复数 );自夸者;幻想 [药]吸入剂 [古]忧郁(症)v.自夸,(使)蒸发( vapor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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gaped
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v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的过去式和过去分词 );张开,张大 | |
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downwards
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disposition
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standing
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Pluto
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mien
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fully
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corrosive
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awe
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descending
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exterior
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heartily
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tranquilly
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somnolency
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funereal
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pall
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volcanic
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devoured
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briefly
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chasm
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aperture
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