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Chapter Eight.
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Deep in the Wilderness1 we find our Home which is Shared with the Wild Beast, the Wild Bird, and the Savage2.
Availing myself now of that wonderful power which we possess of projecting the mind instantaneously through space and time, I will leave our adventurous3 fur-traders, and, conveying my reader still deeper into the heart of the great wilderness, set him down on the margin4 of one of those lesser5 sheets of water which lie some distance in a south-westerly direction from that mighty6 fresh-water ocean called Athabasca.
This lake, although small when compared with the vast reservoirs which stud those northern wilds, is, nevertheless, of goodly dimensions, being about six miles in diameter, and studded here and there with numerous islets, some of which are almost bare rocks of a few yards in extent, while others are not less than a quarter of a mile in circumference7, and thickly wooded to the edge.
It is a somewhat peculiar8 lake. It does not lie, as many lakes do, in the bottom of a valley, from which the spectator lifts his eye to surrounding heights, but rests in a little hollow on a height of land from many points of which the eye looks down on the surrounding low country. It is true, that in one direction, westward9, a line of distant blue hills is seen, which are obviously higher than our lake, for the land rises gently towards them; but when you ascend10 a wooded knoll
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n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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vi.渐渐上升,升高;vt.攀登,登上 | |
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n.小山,小丘 | |
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mound
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morass
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rivulet
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solitude
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plaintive
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enjoyment
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pebbly
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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v.详述;解释;阐述 | |
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adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的;覆盖的;铠装的;装鞘了的v.将(刀、剑等)插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 );包,覆盖 | |
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n.(放在衣袋里或连在腰带上的)小袋( pouch的名词复数 );(袋鼠等的)育儿袋;邮袋;(某些动物贮存食物的)颊袋 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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(=vigor)n.智力,体力,精力 | |
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adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
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n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧 | |
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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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adj.加宽的,扩大的v.(使某物)扩大,膨胀,张大( dilate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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muskrat
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n.麝香鼠 | |
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n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
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oar
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n.桨,橹,划手;v.划行 | |
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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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prospect
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n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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jack
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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