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Chapter One.
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Introduces the Chief Actors and a Few Mysteries.
Intense action is at all times an interesting object of contemplation to mankind. We therefore make no apology to the reader for dragging him unceremoniously into the middle of a grand primeval forest, and presenting to his view the curious and stirring spectacle of two white men and a negro running at their utmost possible speed, with flashing eyes and labouring chests—evidently running for their lives.
Though very different in aspect and condition, those men were pretty equally matched as runners, for there was no apparent difference in the vigour1 with which they maintained the pace.
The track or footpath2 along which they ran was so narrow as to compel them to advance in single file. He who led was a tall agile3 youth of nineteen or thereabouts, in knickerbocker shooting-garb, with short curly black hair, pleasantly expressive4 features, and sinewy5 frame. The second was obviously a true-blue tar—a regular sea-dog—about thirty years of age, of Samsonian mould, and, albeit6 running for very life, with grand indignation gleaming in his eyes. He wore a blue shirt on his broad back, white ducks on his active legs, and a straw hat on his head, besides a mass of shaggy hair, which, apparently7, not finding enough of room on his cranium, overflowed8 in two brown cataracts9 down his cheeks, and terminated in a voluminous beard.
The third fugitive10 was also a young man, and a negro, short, thickset, square, tough as india-rubber, and black as the Emperor of Zahara. Good-humour wrinkled the corners of his eyes, the milk of human kindness played on his thick lips and
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vigour
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(=vigor)n.智力,体力,精力 | |
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footpath
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n.小路,人行道 | |
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agile
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adj.敏捷的,灵活的 | |
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expressive
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sinewy
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adj.多腱的,强壮有力的 | |
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conj.即使;纵使;虽然 | |
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使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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sable
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sincerity
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fugitives
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n.亡命者,逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 ) | |
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growled
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savage
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mingled
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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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precipice
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n.悬崖,危急的处境 | |
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varied
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prospect
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perpendicular
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descending
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shrub
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n.灌木,灌木丛 | |
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exclamation
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n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁 | |
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scent
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n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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upwards
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vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝;缺口 | |
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v.(使)突出( jut的现在分词 );伸出;(从…)突出;高出 | |
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抛( sling的现在分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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descended
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tortuous
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adj.弯弯曲曲的,蜿蜒的 | |
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adv.足够地,充分地 | |
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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concealed
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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inaccessible
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adj.达不到的,难接近的 | |
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plunging
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adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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gulf
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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pointed
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imminent
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adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的 | |
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elongated
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v.延长,加长( elongate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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foe
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n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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foes
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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smothered
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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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gash
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v.深切,划开;n.(深长的)切(伤)口;裂缝 | |
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n. 驴,愚蠢的人,臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人 | |
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busted
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adj. 破产了的,失败了的,被降级的,被逮捕的,被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词 | |
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concealment
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n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒 | |
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murmur
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n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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niche
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n.壁龛;合适的职务(环境、位置等) | |
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mighty
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adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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retrace
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v.折回;追溯,探源 | |
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assented
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同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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eel
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n.鳗鲡 | |
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funky
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adj.畏缩的,怯懦的,霉臭的;adj.新式的,时髦的 | |
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seaman
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n.海员,水手,水兵 | |
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wriggle
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v./n.蠕动,扭动;蜿蜒 | |
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planks
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(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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cavern
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vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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nostrils
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Christians
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gasp
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abrupt
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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armour
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outlet
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n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄 | |
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celebrated
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simultaneously
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