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Chapter Two.
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The Winter Packet.
On returning next morning towards the outpost from our encampment in the woods, Lumley and I made a discovery which excited us greatly. It was nothing more than a track in the snow, but there was a revelation in the track which sent the blood tingling1 through our veins2.
It was not the track of a Polar bear. We should have been somewhat surprised, no doubt, but not greatly excited by that. Neither was it the track of a deer or an Arctic fox. It was only the track of a sledge3!
“Is that all?” exclaims the reader. No, that is not all. But, in order that you may understand it better, let me explain.
Fort Dunregan, in which we dwelt, stood more than a thousand miles distant from the utmost verge4 of civilised life in Canada. We were buried, so to speak, in the heart of the great northern wilderness5. Our nearest neighbour lived in an outpost between one and two hundred miles distant, similar to our own in all respects but even more lonely, being in charge of a certain Scotsman named Macnab, whose army of occupation consisted of only six men and two Indian women! The forests around us were not peopled. Those vast solitudes6 were indeed here and there broken in upon, as it were, by a few families of wandering Red-Indians, who dwelt in movable tents—were here to-day and away to-morrow—but they could not be said to be peopled, except by deer and bears and foxes and kindred spirits.
Of course, therefore, we were far beyond the every day influences of civilised life. We had no newspapers, no mails; no communication whatever, in short, with the outer world except twice in the year. The one occasion was in summer, when a brigade of boats arrived with our outfit7 of goods for the year’s trade with the few scattered
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v.有刺痛感( tingle的现在分词 ) | |
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n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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n.雪橇,大锤;v.用雪橇搬运,坐雪橇往 | |
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n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临 | |
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wilderness
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insignificance
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yearning
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a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的 | |
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enveloped
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penal
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intercourse
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remarkably
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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banished
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suspense
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使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式) | |
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perseverance
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vigour
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(=vigor)n.智力,体力,精力 | |
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶 | |
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n.工具( implement的名词复数 );家具;手段;[法律]履行(契约等)v.实现( implement的第三人称单数 );执行;贯彻;使生效 | |
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n.毁灭的原因,祸根;破坏,毁灭 | |
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satiety
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n.饱和;(市场的)充分供应 | |
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n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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agitation
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n.期望,预期,(根据概率统计求得)预期数额 | |
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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n.路障,栅栏,障碍;vt.设路障挡住 | |
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设路障于,以障碍物阻塞( barricade的过去式和过去分词 ); 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守 | |
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inveterate
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adj.积习已深的,根深蒂固的 | |
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inconvenient
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adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的 | |
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dens
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n.牙齿,齿状部分;兽窝( den的名词复数 );窝点;休息室;书斋 | |
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设路障于,以障碍物阻塞( barricade的现在分词 ); 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守 | |
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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buffalo
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n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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flannel
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n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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saluted
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v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
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spoke
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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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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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slumber
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n.睡眠,沉睡状态 | |
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jovial
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adj.快乐的,好交际的 | |
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subdue
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vt.制服,使顺从,征服;抑制,克制 | |
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partially
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adv.部分地,从某些方面讲 | |
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jug
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n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂 | |
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adj.不能渗透的,不能穿过的,不易伤害的 | |
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gust
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n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发 | |
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walrus
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kindle
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protruded
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v.(使某物)伸出,(使某物)突出( protrude的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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exuberance
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n.丰富;繁荣 | |
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adj.树脂的,树脂质的,树脂制的 | |
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(使)集合,聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.打嗝( belch的过去式和过去分词 );喷出,吐出;打(嗝);嗳(气) | |
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pallid
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amputation
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joints
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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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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(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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trickling
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solidify
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linguist
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n.语言学家;精通数种外国语言者 | |
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shovel
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解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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swelled
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增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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