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Chapter Twenty One.
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Shows a Gloomy Prospect1—Starvation threatened, and wonderfully averted3.
Angut was a true prophet. When Rooney awoke next morning, his ears told him that the rushing of ice-cold rivulets4 through ice-valleys, and the roar of ice-born cataracts5 had increased considerably6 during the hours of darkness.
The warmth which caused this did not, indeed, at first strike him, for the air of the cavern7 and the character of his bed had chilled him so much that he was shivering with cold. On glancing at his still sleeping comrades in misfortune, he observed that these tough creatures slept with the peaceful aspect of infants, whom, being both fat and rotund, they resembled in nearly everything except size.
Rising and going quietly out, he beat his arms vigorously across his chest until circulation was fully2 restored. Then he mounted a neighbouring ice-ledge8, and saw at a glance that their case had become desperate.
“Angut was right,” he murmured bitterly, and then stood for a long time contemplating9 the scene in silence.
Considered apart from their circumstances, the scene was indeed glorious. Not only had the warmth of the air begun to swell10 the rivulets which leaped and brawled11 down the pale-green slopes around him, but the pack had opened out, so as to completely change the aspect of the sea. Instead of being clothed with ice, showing only a lane of water here and there, it was now an open sea crowded with innumerable ice-islets of every fantastic shape and size.
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防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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rivulets
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n.小河,小溪( rivulet的名词复数 ) | |
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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打架,争吵( brawl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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acting
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indifference
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prospective
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celebrated
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exertion
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distraction
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seaman
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tightening
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amazement
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gathering
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scraps
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victuals
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frugal
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consultation
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morsel
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malady
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pinnacles
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顶峰( pinnacle的名词复数 ); 顶点; 尖顶; 小尖塔 | |
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n.尖塔,尖顶,山峰;(喻)顶峰 | |
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promontory
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n.海角;岬 | |
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gulls
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proceeding
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crouched
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foe
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conceal
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