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CHAPTER X.
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Beginning of winter—Meetuck effects a remarkable1 change in the men's appearance—Mossing, and working, and plans for a winter campaign.
In August the first frost came and formed "young ice" on the sea, but this lasted only for a brief hour or two, and was broken up by the tide and melted. By the 10th of September the young ice cemented the floes of last year's ice together, and soon rendered the ice round the ship immovable. Hummocks3 clustered round several rocky islets in the neighbourhood, and the rising and falling of the tide covered the sides of the rocks with bright crystals. All the feathered tribes took their departure for less rigorous climes, with the exception of a small white bird about the size of a sparrow, called the snow-bird, which is the last to leave the icy North. Then a tremendous storm arose, and the sea became choked up with icebergs5 and floes, which the frost soon locked together into a solid mass. Towards the close of the storm snow fell in great abundance, and when the mariners6 ventured again to put their heads up the opened hatchways, the decks were knee-deep, the drift to windward was almost level with the bulwarks7, every yard was edged with white, every rope and cord had a light side and a dark, every point and truck had a white button on it, and every hole, corner, crack, and crevice8 was choked up.
The land and the sea were also clothed with this spotless garment, which is indeed a strikingly appropriate emblem9 of purity, and the only dark objects visible in the landscape were those precipices10 which were too steep for the snow to lie on, the towering form of the giant flagstaff, and the leaden clouds that rolled angrily across the sky. But these leaden clouds soon rolled off, leaving a blue wintry sky and a bright sun behind.
The storm blew itself out early in the morning, and at breakfast-time on that day, when the sun was just struggling with the last of the clouds, Captain Guy remarked to his friends who were seated round the cabin table, "Well, gentlemen, we must begin hard work to-day."
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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n.苔,藓,地衣 | |
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hummocks
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n.小丘,岗( hummock的名词复数 ) | |
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n.冰山,流冰( iceberg的名词复数 ) | |
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mariners
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海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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bulwarks
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emblem
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precipices
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apprentice
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possessed
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unemployed
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prospects
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specimens
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vessel
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proceeding
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inspection
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transformation
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thigh
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obliterating
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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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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elevation
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prudent
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interfere
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v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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descended
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laboriously
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n.雪橇,大锤;v.用雪橇搬运,坐雪橇往 | |
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willows
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n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木 | |
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quarried
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v.从采石场采得( quarry的过去式和过去分词 );从(书本等中)努力发掘(资料等);在采石场采石 | |
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prosecuted
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a.被起诉的 | |
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procured
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warping
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n.翘面,扭曲,变形v.弄弯,变歪( warp的现在分词 );使(行为等)不合情理,使乖戾, | |
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hull
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n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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hawsers
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n.(供系船或下锚用的)缆索,锚链( hawser的名词复数 ) | |
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disposition
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n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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determined
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bent
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thawing
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n.熔化,融化v.(气候)解冻( thaw的现在分词 );(态度、感情等)缓和;(冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化;软化 | |
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lashed
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snug
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seaman
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fixed
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transcribe
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v.抄写,誉写;改编(乐曲);复制,转录 | |
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perused
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v.读(某篇文字)( peruse的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指)细阅;审阅;匆匆读或心不在焉地浏览(某篇文字) | |
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赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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