PART 1 CHAPTER 21

PART 1 CHAPTER

21

A S THE FROST DISSOLVED UNDER A PALE NOVEMBER SUN IN 1863, OUR regiment¹ headed south

one morning toward the rolling Virginia landscape of Orange Courthouse. We trudged² behind

the cavalry³, and the artillery⁴ followed with cannons⁵ rumbling⁷ on the corrugated⁸ road. Miles of

wagons¹⁰ spilled over with gear and bumped along behind. I entertained myself by watching

beads¹¹ of light sparkle on the icy fields and thinking we would soon retreat to camp for the

winter. No more marching out on cold mornings, not until after the spring thaw¹². How welcome

those days would be. This would be our third winter with an unknown number stretching ahead.

My mind drifted to the crude log and mud shelter we boys had cobbled together in last winter’s

camp. With a makeshift chimney and fire pit, we’d kept passably warm. I continued to dream

about a break from fighting, having no idea that just over a hill and through a dense¹³ stand of

forest, lines of union troops snaked for miles down the road, unaware¹⁴ of our parallel route.

Their commander then made a wrong turn at a crossroads near Mine Run, we learned later

from captives, which is why a line of blue-jacketed soldiers appeared out of nowhere. They

emerged from the forest on the hill above us, and we stared, dumbstruck by the sight. Their

shock and ours quickly changed to panic. They couldn’t retreat, blocked by their own soldiers,

horses, wagons, artillery, and cannons. We were completely exposed in a valley boxed by rocky

hills and by forests on their ridges¹⁶, our artillery wagons stretched out on the low road. There had

been no time to dig trenches¹⁷, heap barricades¹⁸, or position cannons to face the enemy. Our only

hope was to gain the stand of trees above. With a dry mouth and a throbbing¹⁹ heart, I barreled

after our Sergeant²⁰, Erin McGinniss, who bawled²¹ like a madman, “Pick up your feet,

sonsabitches, and get to cover, goddamn it, get to cover!” His red-blotched cheeks were fiery²² in

his fair Irish face. He raced upwards²³ toward the trees.

Runners pitched forward on the slope’s slick wet grass, tripping like dominoes those who

charged behind them. Knots of our soldiers struggled to rise, only to be targets for Yankee

shooters who had come to their senses. Bullets were pinging everywhere. My breath came in

ragged²⁴ bursts, but the trees now weren’t so far away. Boys were visible between the trunks,

readying their rifles. Beards, Blue, and Zeke ran nearby, following our sergeant’s lead. But

Tayloe was behind us, lower on the hill. I heard him cry out, and when I looked around, he had

fallen face down, one leg bent²⁵ beneath him, and his arms splayed out. My heart was in my

mouth; getting to him would be almost impossible in the shower of metal. But I wheeled around,

kept my head low, and ran down to where he lay. Tayloe’s face was turned to the right away

from me, his profiled aquiline²⁶ nose and high cheekbones pressed to the earth. A shock of brown

hair hid his eyes, and the ruddiness of his cheeks had vanished. Now blood ran from a rip in his

scalp, oozing²⁷ scarlet²⁸ across his skull²⁹ and over his collar. My breath stopped. First Sam and then

Tayloe, the two who had been with me in this hell the longest. Placing my hand on the back of

his grimy jacket, I prayed to feel his ribs³⁰ expanding and contracting. Underneath³¹ the jacket’s

coarse texture³², there was movement. And then Tayloe groaned³³, moved his left arm, and finally

twisted his body over to peer at me with groggy³⁴ eyes. The bullet had only grazed his head,

knocked him unconscious, and torn several inches of skin aside above one ear. “Tom? You’re a

damned idiot. We’ll both get killed,” he mumbled³⁵. He tentatively touched his fingers to the

wound and then stared at the blood smearing³⁶ his hand. “How in the hell are we going to get out

of here? My ankle hurts, too.” The bullets passed overhead with renewed fury.

“Play dead. That’s the only hope right now,” I said, flattening³⁷ myself next to him. “If we

stand up, it’s over.”

When I’d seen him last, McGinniss had been on the hill’s crest³⁸, flailing³⁹ his arms and yelling

at Company D to goddamn hurry up. He was a short, wiry fellow with hair that flew in tufts over

his ears, a few years older than the rest of us and proud of being Irish tough. He was a devoted⁴⁰

Catholic, although you’d never know it by the cussings we received. The entire company trusted

him. He never forgot that we were his sacred duty to protect. Now he ran down the hill and

threw himself on his knees next to Tayloe. He directed the Lord’s wrath⁴¹ at us and

simultaneously⁴² fired his rifle at the enemy. “Run! I’ll cover you,” he screamed. We rose, bent at

the waist, and scuttled⁴³ a few yards uphill, Tayloe ignoring the pain of his bad ankle. As

McGinniss launched into a fresh set of epithets⁴⁴, I heard the thwack of a bullet hit him. “Holy

mother, I’ve lost my leg,” he bellowed⁴⁵. When I turned to grab him, he flailed⁴⁶ at me with his rifle

butt⁴⁷. “Get the hell out of here, you idiot.” His leg was still attached, but crimson⁴⁸ leaked from a

round hole in his pants leg. He was pallid⁴⁹ as snow.

“Do what he said, Tayloe. I’ll deal with the sergeant,” I hollered. Then I turned to

McGinniss. “Straighten out that leg, and let’s see if it’s broken,” I ordered, kneeling by his side

and squeezing his bleeding thigh⁵⁰ with both hands above the wound.

“You goddamn fool, it’s not broken, it’s shot off,” he yelled. “Get your hands off me. Ow,

Ow!”

“It’s not shot off. Stick your goddamn leg out,” I yelled back. “We can get you to cover

easier and stop the bleeding if the bone’s not broken.” Clumps⁵¹ of grass and clay jackknifed into

the air, popping me in the leg and arm as Yankee shooters missed their target. “I need to look at

it!” I insisted. He finally agreed. The bullet had torn all the way through his thigh but seemed to

have missed the bone.

Tayloe had crept back down the hillside and seized McGinniss’s rifle to return fire. I grabbed

McGinniss under his arms and pulled him along while he struggled on his good leg. He was

faint with loss of blood, but managed to growl⁵², “Leave me here. Save yourself.”

Tayloe snapped, “No way in hell, Sergeant.” After what seemed an eternity’s climb to the

hill’s crest, Zeke raced out and helped drag McGinniss behind a stout fallen oak. Tayloe and I

made it to cover behind the trees, and I scooted over to McGinniss. I tore the Sergeant’s ripped

pants from his injured leg. Tourniquet⁵³ strips could be made with the fabric⁵⁴. “Help me with this,”

I said to Zeke. All the while, bullets bounced off the trunks and branches above our heads. I

yanked the strip tight above the puncture⁵⁵ while Zeke knelt and twisted a stick through our

tourniquet to increase pressure. The gush⁵⁶ of blood slowed to a modest flow. Tayloe was

collapsed⁵⁷ against a tree, wrapping his head with a piece of shirttail.

Zeke looked up for a second, away from the hand pressed on McGinniss’s thigh, and tilted⁵⁸

his head. “Listen for a second. What have the Yanks got hold of?” Above the ordinary rhythm of

rifle fire there now was a steady stream of louder rat-a-tat-tats that ricocheted off the trees and

never relented.

“Something that doesn’t have to be reloaded,” I said. Just then, we spotted⁵⁹ figures moving

beyond the thicket⁶⁰: regiment doctors readying tents for surgeries. Zeke and I lifted McGinniss’

arms around our shoulders, crooked⁶¹ his useless leg over my arm so that it was elevated, and

made our clumsy way across brambles and fallen limbs to the hospital area. Every few steps,

McGinniss dug his fingernails into my arm. He bit his lip until it bled and moaned even though

we stepped as carefully as we could. “Write my wife,” he groaned. “Tell her that I loved her ’til

the end . . . will see her in Heaven.” His head fell forward.

“What? You’re giving up? You’re too brave for that,” I told him. “You need to see Ireland

one more time.” I grunted⁶² as I adjusted his weight. “Nobody will let you into Heaven, anyway.”

He attempted a faint smile, “Goddamn you, Smiley.” We gently settled him on the ground

with the other wounded as medical staff passed among them, and we raced back to our broad

log. He wouldn’t die, but we knew the camp doctor would amputate his leg to prevent gangrene.

Through the trees and over the hill’s rise, we could see mangled⁶³ bodies lying under the thick

gun smoke. Bullets rained down without pause. Beards and the others were grim-faced as they

reloaded their rifles after each shot. I leaned against a tree to gather my thoughts and surveyed

the ridge¹⁵ across the valley. From time to time, the smoke parted and sunlight gleamed on bright

metal in the direction of the mysterious blasts. Squinting⁶⁴ to sharpen my focus, I spied a monster

gun with six brass⁶⁵ barrels pointing through the foliage⁶⁶. It was more delicate than a cannon⁶ and

larger than a rifle. I’d never seen such a weapon.

Something rose up in me, ripened⁶⁷ by Sam’s death and the suffering I’d seen. It was righteous

anger, but it mostly felt like an intention larger than myself. Grabbing my rifle, I called out,

“Follow me.” Zeke raised an eyebrow⁶⁸, then guessed my goal, and we were off, dodging⁶⁹ through

the brush, leaping over fallen limbs, and circling the curving ridge behind the rapid blasts. Every

hundred feet, I searched upward through the bare branches, seeking the sun behind rather than in

front of where we began. Our noisy progress was undetectable in the midst of the artillery blasts.

When the infernal machine came within sight, we hid behind a giant sycamore. The rest of the

Yankee force was far to the right of the blasts, distant from where we were. But through the gray

trunks, two Yankee soldiers hefted buckets and dumped streams of bullets into a sleek⁷⁰

mechanical hopper. Two other men rotated the barrels with a hand crank.

“Let’s take it,” I mouthed to Zeke. We both shouldered our rifles and on a count of three,

fired together. The four Yanks ducked in surprise, so intent were they on reloading and aiming

the machine that they never suspected our presence. A second volley from our rifles struck one

man in the arm, and he ran off clutching the wound. The third volley quelled⁷¹ the action of the

gun. Two artillerymen frantically⁷² fiddled⁷³ with it, turning the barrels and snapping the trigger.

The third grabbed up his rifle and was set to take fire toward us when the other two convinced

him to flee. We waited until they were out of sight and then rushed to the weapon. It would do

no more harm that day; the firing mechanism⁷⁴ was shattered.

“Do you think we can get this back to our side? The boys will never believe us when we tell

them what we discovered,” Zeke said.

“We can try. The monster weighs as much as two men,” I said as I leaned against the gun

carriage. Zeke was tinkering with the hopper and the hand crank, trying to figure out how the

thing worked. “Come on, you can look at it later.”

But we had wasted too much time examining it. In the distance, splotches of blue were racing⁷⁵

in our direction. And our hopes were greater than our strength, anyway. The two of us would

never be able to drag the cumbersome⁷⁶ carriage across the brambles and downed trees clogging⁷⁷

the space we had crossed earlier. Not before they got to us. Zeke and I fled through the woods,

back to the ridge held by our men. That was the only time I laid eyes on what I later learned was

a Gatling gun, the first semiautomatic weapon.

After it was too dark to shoot, Zeke and I picked our way through downed branches toward

the surgery tent. I held aloft a lighted stick wrapped with a flaming rag, and Beards and Blue

followed behind. We wanted to see how McGinniss was faring. By torchlight, the mound⁷⁸ of

arms and legs discarded in buckets by the soiled hospital tent made a gruesome display. The

salty smell of blood sullied the evening air. “He’s gone home to Augusta, fellows,” the nurse

told us. “He was a brave man when we operated. He squeezed the devil out of my hand, and I’ll

never repeat a word he said, but he made it out alive. We put him on the wagon⁹ with the other

wounded just an hour ago.”

“It’s good news for McGinniss that he’s going home, but what in the hell will we do now?” I

asked as we walked toward the flickering⁷⁹ campfires. “No one else is tough enough to replace

him.”

“We don’t have many to choose from; not like we used to. But we’ll vote. It will work out,”

Beards said.

“I guess so, but you tell the company.”

As we drew closer, one fellow cleaning his rifle called out to us, “What’s going on with the

Sergeant? Did he make it?”

Beards didn’t answer but strode to the center of the group. He cleared his throat loudly to

signal he had something important to say and solemnly waited for quiet. All eyes turned toward

him.

“McGinniss lost the leg, and he won’t be coming back. Do you fellows have any suggestions

for a replacement⁸⁰?”

Tayloe called out, “I nominate Private Tom Smiley to be Sergeant of Company D, thanks to

his heroic actions today.”

My face reddened. Then another voice said, “We need someone who has a cooler head, who

thinks before he acts. Is Tom that man? I’m not so sure.”

Beards came to my defense⁸¹. “He wasn’t at first. But he’s changed over the past two years.

You’ve seen it yourself. Look around at what’s left of our group. Is there anyone else here who

would have done what he did today?” That silenced the boys for a minute.

“I suppose you’re right,” someone said. “His courage and quick thinking saved a bunch of

lives.”

“Well, what about it, Tom?” asked Beards.

I could feel my ears burn. “I’d be honored, but a lot of you deserve it more than I do.”

Zeke stood. “That seals it. I second the nomination⁸². I move that we vote now.” He counted

hands and squatted⁸³ again beside Jim Blue, who was nodding his head in assent⁸⁴. That was how I

became sergeant. Afterward⁸⁵, I spent all night worrying about filling McGinniss’s big shoes.

He’d never shown signs of the emptiness I felt.

1 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。

2 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cavalry   

n.骑兵；轻装甲部队

参考例句：

• We were taken in flank by a troop of cavalry. 我们翼侧受到一队骑兵的袭击。
• The enemy cavalry rode our men down. 敌人的骑兵撞倒了我们的人。

4 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

5 cannons   

n.加农炮，大炮，火炮( cannon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Cannons bombarded enemy lines. 大炮轰击了敌军阵地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One company had been furnished with six cannons. 某连队装备了六门大炮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

7 rumbling   

n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词

参考例句：

• The earthquake began with a deep [low] rumbling sound. 地震开始时发出低沉的隆隆声。
• The crane made rumbling sound. 吊车发出隆隆的响声。

8 corrugated   

adj.波纹的；缩成皱纹的；波纹面的；波纹状的v.（使某物）起皱褶(corrugate的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• a corrugated iron roof 波纹铁屋顶
• His brow corrugated with the effort of thinking. 他皱着眉头用心地思考。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。

10 wagons   

n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 )；铁路货车；小手推车

参考例句：

• The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
• They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。

11 beads   

n.（空心）小珠子( bead的名词复数 )；水珠；珠子项链

参考例句：

• a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
• Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。

12 thaw   

v.（使）融化，（使）变得友善；n.融化，缓和

参考例句：

• The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
• The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。

13 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

14 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

15 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

16 ridges   

n.脊( ridge的名词复数 )；山脊；脊状突起；大气层的)高压脊

参考例句：

• The path winds along mountain ridges. 峰回路转。
• Perhaps that was the deepest truth in Ridges's nature. 在里奇斯的思想上，这大概可以算是天经地义第一条了。

17 trenches   

深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕

参考例句：

• life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
• The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。

18 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

19 throbbing   

a. 跳动的,悸动的

参考例句：

• My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。
• There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。

20 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

21 bawled   

v.大叫，大喊( bawl的过去式和过去分词 )；放声大哭；大声叫出；叫卖（货物）

参考例句：

• She bawled at him in front of everyone. 她当着大家的面冲他大喊大叫。
• My boss bawled me out for being late. 我迟到，给老板训斥了一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

22 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

23 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

24 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。

25 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

26 aquiline   

adj.钩状的，鹰的

参考例句：

• He had a thin aquiline nose and deep-set brown eyes.他长着窄长的鹰钩鼻和深陷的褐色眼睛。
• The man has a strong and aquiline nose.该名男子有强大和鹰鼻子。

27 oozing   

v.（浓液等）慢慢地冒出，渗出( ooze的现在分词 )；使（液体）缓缓流出；（浓液）渗出，慢慢流出

参考例句：

• Blood was oozing out of the wound on his leg. 血正从他腿上的伤口渗出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wound had not healed properly and was oozing pus. 伤口未真正痊瘉，还在流脓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

28 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

29 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

30 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

31 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

32 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

33 groaned   

v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦

参考例句：

• He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
• The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

34 groggy   

adj.体弱的；不稳的

参考例句：

• The attack of flu left her feeling very groggy.她患流感后非常虚弱。
• She was groggy from surgery.她手术后的的情况依然很不稳定。

35 mumbled   

含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
• George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。

36 smearing   

污点，拖尾效应

参考例句：

• The small boy spoilt the picture by smearing it with ink. 那孩子往画上抹墨水把画给毁了。
• Remove the screen carefully so as to avoid smearing the paste print. 小心的移开丝网，以避免它弄脏膏印。

37 flattening   

n. 修平 动词flatten的现在分词

参考例句：

• Flattening of the right atrial border is also seen in constrictive pericarditis. 右心房缘变平亦见于缩窄性心包炎。
• He busied his fingers with flattening the leaves of the book. 他手指忙着抚平书页。

38 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

39 flailing   

v.鞭打( flail的现在分词 )；用连枷脱粒；（臂或腿）无法控制地乱动；扫雷坦克

参考例句：

• He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse. 他变得喜怒无常、不可理喻，为点鸡毛蒜皮的小事就殴打凯瑟琳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His arms were flailing in all directions. 他的手臂胡乱挥舞着。 来自辞典例句

40 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

41 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

42 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

43 scuttled   

v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 )；快跑，急走

参考例句：

• She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
• The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

44 epithets   

n.（表示性质、特征等的）词语( epithet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He insulted me, using rude epithets. 他用粗话诅咒我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He cursed me, using a lot of rude epithets. 他用上许多粗鲁的修饰词来诅咒我。 来自辞典例句

45 bellowed   

v.发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的过去式和过去分词 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫

参考例句：

• They bellowed at her to stop. 他们吼叫着让她停下。
• He bellowed with pain when the tooth was pulled out. 当牙齿被拔掉时，他痛得大叫。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

46 flailed   

v.鞭打( flail的过去式和过去分词 )；用连枷脱粒；（臂或腿）无法控制地乱动；扫雷坦克

参考例句：

• The boys flailed around on the floor. 男孩子们在地板上任意地动来动去。
• The prisoner's limbs flailed violently because of the pain. 那囚犯因为疼痛，四肢剧烈地抖动着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

47 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

48 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

49 pallid   

adj.苍白的，呆板的

参考例句：

• The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the pallid face.月亮从云朵后面钻出来，照着尸体那张苍白的脸。
• His dry pallid face often looked gaunt.他那张干瘪苍白的脸常常显得憔悴。

50 thigh   

n.大腿；股骨

参考例句：

• He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。

51 clumps   

n.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的名词复数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声v.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声

参考例句：

• These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了，剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

52 growl   

v.（狗等）嗥叫，（炮等）轰鸣；n.嗥叫，轰鸣

参考例句：

• The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫，尾巴也跟着摇摆。
• The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。

53 tourniquet   

n.止血器，绞压器，驱血带

参考例句：

• Twist the tourniquet tighter.把止血带扎紧点。
• The tourniquet should occlude venous and lymphatic return.止血带应阻断静脉及淋巴回流。

54 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

55 puncture   

n.刺孔，穿孔；v.刺穿，刺破

参考例句：

• Failure did not puncture my confidence.失败并没有挫伤我的信心。
• My bicycle had a puncture and needed patching up.我的自行车胎扎了个洞，需要修补。

56 gush   

v.喷，涌；滔滔不绝(说话)；n.喷，涌流；迸发

参考例句：

• There was a gush of blood from the wound.血从伤口流出。
• There was a gush of blood as the arrow was pulled out from the arm.当从手臂上拔出箭来时，一股鲜血涌了出来。

57 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

58 tilted   

v. 倾斜的

参考例句：

• Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
• She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。

59 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

60 thicket   

n.灌木丛，树林

参考例句：

• A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。
• We were now at the margin of the thicket.我们现在已经来到了丛林的边缘。

61 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

62 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

63 mangled   

vt.乱砍（mangle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• His hand was mangled in the machine. 他的手卷到机器里轧烂了。
• He was off work because he'd mangled his hand in a machine. 他没上班，因为他的手给机器严重压伤了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

64 squinting   

斜视( squint的现在分词 )； 眯着眼睛； 瞟； 从小孔或缝隙里看

参考例句：

• "More company," he said, squinting in the sun. "那边来人了，"他在阳光中眨巴着眼睛说。
• Squinting against the morning sun, Faulcon examined the boy carefully. 对着早晨的太阳斜起眼睛，富尔康仔细地打量着那个年轻人。

65 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

66 foliage   

n.叶子，树叶，簇叶

参考例句：

• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage.小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
• Dark foliage clothes the hills.浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。

67 ripened   

v.成熟，使熟( ripen的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They're collecting the ripened reddish berries. 他们正采集熟了的淡红草莓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The branches bent low with ripened fruits. 成熟的果实压弯了树枝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

68 eyebrow   

n.眉毛，眉

参考例句：

• Her eyebrow is well penciled.她的眉毛画得很好。
• With an eyebrow raised,he seemed divided between surprise and amusement.他一只眉毛扬了扬，似乎既感到吃惊，又觉有趣。

69 dodging   

n.避开，闪过，音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
• I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句

70 sleek   

adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳拢

参考例句：

• Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
• The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。

71 quelled   

v.（用武力）制止，结束，镇压( quell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Thanks to Kao Sung-nien's skill, the turmoil had been quelled. 亏高松年有本领，弹压下去。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
• Mr. Atkinson was duly quelled. 阿特金森先生被及时地将了一军。 来自辞典例句

72 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

73 fiddled   

v.伪造( fiddle的过去式和过去分词 )；篡改；骗取；修理或稍作改动

参考例句：

• He fiddled the company's accounts. 他篡改了公司的账目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He began with Palestrina, and fiddled all the way through Bartok. 他从帕勒斯春纳的作品一直演奏到巴塔克的作品。 来自辞典例句

74 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

75 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

76 cumbersome   

adj.笨重的，不便携带的

参考例句：

• Although the machine looks cumbersome,it is actually easy to use.尽管这台机器看上去很笨重，操作起来却很容易。
• The furniture is too cumbersome to move.家具太笨，搬起来很不方便。

77 clogging   

堵塞，闭合

参考例句：

• This process suffers mainly from clogging the membrane. 这种过程的主要问题是滤膜的堵塞。
• And you know that eyewitness that's been clogging up the airwaves? 你知道那个充斥着电视广播的目击证人？

78 mound   

n.土墩，堤，小山；v.筑堤，用土堆防卫

参考例句：

• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
• The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。

79 flickering   

adj.闪烁的，摇曳的，一闪一闪的

参考例句：

• The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
• The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。

80 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

81 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

82 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

83 squatted   

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。

参考例句：

• He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

84 assent   

v.批准，认可；n.批准，认可

参考例句：

• I cannot assent to what you ask.我不能应允你的要求。
• The new bill passed by Parliament has received Royal Assent.议会所通过的新方案已获国王批准。

85 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。