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Chapter Fifteen.
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An Unexpected Attack and an Unlooked-for Arrival.
Thus excitingly, and, we presume, pleasantly, passed the time at Tiger’s hut during three days.
In that period the Indian hunter quite recovered from his wounds, and his little girl, Manca by name, began to show decided1 signs of amendment2 under Manuela’s careful nursing. During that period, also, Spotted3 Tiger conducted his visitors to many scenes of beauty, where the young doctor not only shot a variety of game, large and small, feathered and furred, but made acquaintance with many quite new species of plants. He collected and preserved a few of the rarest of these, but owing to the style of travelling, both past and prospective5, he had to deny himself much in that respect.
Likewise, during those three days, he made acquaintance with the numerous pets of Tiger’s household—not the human pets, (although he became a great favourite with these also), but the lower-animal pets—the turtle, and the noisy parrot already mentioned, a fat little guinea-pig, a most melancholy6 red monkey, a young jaguar7, a very juvenile8 tapir, a flamingo9, and other creatures.
The tapir was about the size of a six months’ old pig. Instead of the blackish brown hair peculiar10 to the adult tapir, its coat was striped longitudinally with black, grey, and yellow, and was so brilliant in colour that the animal was quite a dazzling pet! besides which, it was an affectionate little thing, and particularly susceptible
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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jaguar
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n.美洲虎 | |
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flamingo
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n.红鹳,火烈鸟 | |
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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bungle
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v.取得;导出;引申;来自;源自;出自 | |
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n.(声音大而持续或重复的)洪亮的响声( peal的名词复数 );隆隆声;洪亮的钟声;钟乐v.(使)(钟等)鸣响,(雷等)发出隆隆声( peal的第三人称单数 ) | |
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cub
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cubs
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n.野兽,兽性 | |
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vice
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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jaws
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n.口部;嘴 | |
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n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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n.恶棍( villain的名词复数 );罪犯;(小说、戏剧等中的)反面人物;淘气鬼 | |
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blessing
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n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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concealed
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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brandishing
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acting
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literally
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eddies
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(水、烟等的)漩涡,涡流( eddy的名词复数 ) | |
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ashore
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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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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