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Chapter Thirty One.
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Another desperate battle, and a decided1 victory—The Esquimaux suffer a severe loss.
The night that followed the day of which we have given an account in the last chapter was a night of rest to Edith, but not to the Esquimaux.
Scarcely allowing themselves time to harness their dogs, after the news reached them, they set off for the scene of action in a body. Every sledge2 was engaged, every able-bodied male and female started. None were left in camp except the sick, of whom there were few; and the aged3, of whom there were fewer. While engaged in the hurried preparations for departure the women sang with delight, for they had been living on very short allowance for some weeks past, and starvation had been threatening them; so that the present success diffused4 among these poor creatures a universal feeling of joy. But their preparations were not numerous. A short scene of excited bustle5 followed Annatock’s arrival, a few yells from the dogs at starting, and the deserted6 camp was so silent and desolate7 that it seemed as if human beings had not been there for centuries.
It did not continue long, however, in this state. Two or three hours later, and the first of the return parties arrived, groaning8 under the burdens they carried and dragged behind them. The walrus10-flesh was packed on the dog-sledges11; but as for the few seals that had been caught, they were sledges to themselves—cords being tied to their tails, to which a dozen natives attached themselves, and dragged the carcasses over the snow.
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stewing
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n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥 | |
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uncommonly
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remarkably
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contentedly
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微睡,睡眠(slumber的现在分词形式) | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝 | |
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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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determined
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hummock
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hummocks
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n.小丘,岗( hummock的名词复数 ) | |
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attentively
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defiance
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uncertainty
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fully
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blanched
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v.使变白( blanch的过去式 );使(植物)不见阳光而变白;酸洗(金属)使有光泽;用沸水烫(杏仁等)以便去皮 | |
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backwards
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adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地 | |
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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pricked
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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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ferocious
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adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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growl
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dart
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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darted
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reindeer
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joyous
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intensity
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provender
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walruses
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catastrophe
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slaying
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adj.不利的;有害的;敌对的,不友好的 | |
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