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THE OLD BACHELOR'S NIGHTCAP
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There is a street in Copenhagen with a very strange name. It is called "Hysken" street. Where the name came from, and what it means is very uncertain. It is said to be German, but that is unjust to the Germans, for it would then be called "Hauschen," not "Hysken." "Hauschen," means a little house; and for many years it consisted only of a few small houses, which were scarcely larger than the wooden booths we see in the market-places at fair time. They were perhaps a little higher, and had windows; but the panes1 consisted of horn or bladder-skins, for glass was then too dear to have glazed2 windows in every house. This was a long time ago, so long indeed that our grandfathers, and even great-grandfathers, would speak of those days as "olden times;" indeed, many centuries have passed since then.
The rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck, who carried on trade in Copenhagen, did not reside in the town themselves, but sent their clerks, who dwelt in the wooden booths in the Hauschen street, and sold beer and spices. The German beer was very good, and there were many sorts—from Bremen, Prussia, and Brunswick—and quantities of all sorts of spices, saffron, aniseed, ginger3, and especially pepper; indeed, pepper was almost the chief article sold here; so it happened at last that the German clerks in Denmark got their nickname of "pepper gentry4." It had been made a condition with these clerks that they should not marry; so that those who lived to be old had to take care of themselves, to attend to their own comforts, and even to light their own fires, when they had any to light. Many of them were very aged5; lonely old boys, with strange thoughts and eccentric habits. From this, all unmarried men, who have attained6 a certain age, are called, in Denmark, "pepper gentry;" and this must be remembered by all those who wish to understand the story. These "pepper gentlemen," or, as they are called in England, "old bachelors," are often made a butt
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panes
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| 窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 ) | |
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glazed
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| adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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ginger
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| n.姜,精力,淡赤黄色;adj.淡赤黄色的;vt.使活泼,使有生气 | |
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gentry
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attained
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| (通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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ridicule
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wigs
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concealed
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linen
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| n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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bonnet
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eyebrows
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| 眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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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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hymn
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| v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等) | |
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| (人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤 | |
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| 诱惑,怂恿( entice的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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knight
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saucy
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tempting
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| a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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pious
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| adj.虔诚的;道貌岸然的 | |
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chapel
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| adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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shimmer
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splendors
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| n.华丽( splendor的名词复数 );壮丽;光辉;显赫 | |
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| (道路、河流等)蜿蜒的,弯曲的( winding的名词复数 ); 缠绕( wind的现在分词 ); 卷绕; 转动(把手) | |
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| adj.应用的;v.应用,适用 | |
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| 混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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stanza
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| n.(诗)节,段 | |
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hearty
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| adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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| n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的,充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式 | |
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converse
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| vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反 | |
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straightforward
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| adj.正直的,坦率的;易懂的,简单的 | |
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hatred
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| v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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soften
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providence
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| n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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nun
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