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A BEAUTIFUL landscape, with the corn bright in it, but not abundant. Patches of poor rye where corn should have been, patches of poor peas and beans, patches of most coarse vegetable substitutes for wheat. On inanimate nature, as on the men and women who cultivated it, a prevalent tendency towards an appearance of vegetating1 unwillingly--dejected disposition2 to give up, and wither3 away.
Monsieur the Marquis in his travelling carriage (which might have been lighter), conducted by four post-horses and two postilions, fagged up a steep hill. A blush on the countenance4 of Monsieur the Marquis was no impeachment5 of his high breeding; it was not from within; it was occasioned by an external circumstance beyond his control--the setting sun give up, and wither away give up, and wither away.
The sunset struck so brilliantly into the travelling carriage when it gained the hill-top, that its occupant was steeped in crimson6. `It will die out,' said Monsieur the Marquis, glancing at his hands, `directly.'
In effect, the sun was so low that it dipped at the moment. When the heavy drag had been adjusted to the wheel, and the carriage slid down hill, with a cinderous smell, in a cloud of dust, the red glow departed quickly; the sun and the Marquis going down together, there was no glow left when the drag was taken off.
But, there remained a broken country, bold and open, a little village at the bottom of the hill, a broad sweep and rise beyond it, a church-tower, a windmill, a forest for the chase, and a crag with a fortress8 on it used as a prison. Round upon all these darkening objects as the night drew on, the Marquis looked, with the air of one who was coming near home.
The village had its one poor street, with its poor brewery9, poor tannery, poor
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vegetating
v.过单调呆板的生活( vegetate的现在分词 );植物似地生长;(瘤、疣等)长大
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disposition
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
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wither
vt.使凋谢,使衰退,(用眼神气势等)使畏缩;vi.枯萎,衰退,消亡
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countenance
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
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impeachment
n.弹劾;控告;怀疑
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crimson
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
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par
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
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fortress
n.堡垒,防御工事
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brewery
n.啤酒厂
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tavern
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
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shredding
v.撕碎,切碎( shred的现在分词 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件)
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expressive
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
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inscription
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文
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captivity
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
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dominant
adj.支配的,统治的;占优势的;显性的;n.主因,要素,主要的人(或物);显性基因
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heralded
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要)
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superstition
n.迷信,迷信行为
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drooped
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 )
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fixedly
adv.固定地;不屈地,坚定不移地
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tattered
adj.破旧的,衣衫破的
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pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
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clemency
n.温和,仁慈,宽厚
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suffocated
(使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气
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fumbled
(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下
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miller
n.磨坊主
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felicitously
adv.恰当地,适切地
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ruffle
v.弄皱,弄乱;激怒,扰乱;n.褶裥饰边
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functionary
n.官员;公职人员
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obsequiousness
媚骨
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lodge
v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
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promptly
adv.及时地,敏捷地
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dolt
n.傻瓜
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precipitated
v.(突如其来地)使发生( precipitate的过去式和过去分词 );促成;猛然摔下;使沉淀
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plunges
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降
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subsided
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上
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lumbering
n.采伐林木
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scents
n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉
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gossamer
n.薄纱,游丝
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gnats
n.叮人小虫( gnat的名词复数 )
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lashes
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
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trotting
小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
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trot
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
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saviour
n.拯救者,救星
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rustic
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
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distressful
adj.苦难重重的,不幸的,使苦恼的
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distress
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
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emblem
n.象征,标志;徽章
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exclamation
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
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impatience
n.不耐烦,急躁
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passionate
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
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caressingly
爱抚地,亲切地
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morsel
n.一口,一点点
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malady
n.病,疾病(通常做比喻)
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chateau
n.城堡,别墅
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impartially
adv.公平地,无私地
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ragged
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
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casements
n.窗扉( casement的名词复数 )