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Chapter Seventeen.
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Describes a Tremendous Visitation—A Feast—A Surprise—And an Attempt at Murder.
I must beg the reader now to leap with me into the middle of winter.
It is New Year’s Day. That festive1 season of the year is not less marked and honoured in the Great Nor’-west than it is in civilised lands, though there are comparatively few to honour it, and their resources are somewhat meagre. These facts do not however, diminish the hearty2 zeal3 of the few—perchance they tend rather to increase it.
Be that as it may, I now convey the reader to an ice-bound forest. Deep snow has buried the frozen ground. Masses of snow weigh down the branches of the leafless trees; and evergreens4, which are not leafless, are literally5 overwhelmed, almost obliterated6, by the universal covering. But the scene is by no means dismal7. A blue sky overhead and a bright sun and calm frosty air render it pre-eminently cheerful. The ground is undulating, and among these undulations you may see two men and a couple of sledges9 slowly making their way along.
The sledge8 in rear is the ordinary provision-sled used by winter travellers in that land; it is hauled by an Indian. The one in front is styled a cariole. It resembles a slipper-bath in form, is covered with yellow parchment, gaily10 painted, and drawn11 by four fine wolf-like dogs. The rider in that cariole is so whelmed in furs as to be absolutely invisible. The man who beats the track has a straight, stalwart frame, and from what of his
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festive
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adj.欢宴的,节日的 | |
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hearty
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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n.热心,热情,热忱 | |
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evergreens
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n.常青树,常绿植物,万年青( evergreen的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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sledge
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n.雪橇,大锤;v.用雪橇搬运,坐雪橇往 | |
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sledges
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n.雪橇,雪车( sledge的名词复数 )v.乘雪橇( sledge的第三人称单数 );用雪橇运载 | |
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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plod
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tinkling
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trotting
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小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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mischief
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joyously
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ad.快乐地, 高兴地 | |
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melodious
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adj.旋律美妙的,调子优美的,音乐性的 | |
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peal
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n.钟声;v.鸣响 | |
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growls
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v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的第三人称单数 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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conjectured
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推测,猜测,猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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advent
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n.(重要事件等的)到来,来临 | |
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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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n.逃走的人,逃亡,亡命者;adj.逃亡的,逃走的 | |
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int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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v.突然转向,背离;n.转向,弯曲,背离 | |
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sprightly
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complexion
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n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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amazement
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n.惊奇,惊讶 | |
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apparition
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n.幽灵,神奇的现象 | |
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remarkable
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mitten
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promptly
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stentorian
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adj.大声的,响亮的 | |
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rascally
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adj. 无赖的,恶棍的 adv. 无赖地,卑鄙地 | |
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exuberant
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adj.充满活力的;(植物)繁茂的 | |
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sarcastic
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wilderness
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n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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mere
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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condescends
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屈尊,俯就( condescend的第三人称单数 ); 故意表示和蔼可亲 | |
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boisterous
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worthy
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v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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opportunely
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tune
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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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hilarity
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n.欢乐;热闹 | |
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brotherhood
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n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊 | |
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civilisation
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n.文明,文化,开化,教化 | |
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graphic
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adj.生动的,形象的,绘画的,文字的,图表的 | |
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irresistible
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adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的 | |
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softening
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变软,软化 | |
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beverage
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n.(水,酒等之外的)饮料 | |
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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modesty
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n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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highlander
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n.高地的人,苏格兰高地地区的人 | |
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highland
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n.(pl.)高地,山地 | |
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accordion
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n.手风琴;adj.可折叠的 | |
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justification
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n.正当的理由;辩解的理由 | |
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prospect
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n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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growling
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n.吠声, 咆哮声 v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼 | |
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exclamation
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n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词 | |
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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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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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plaintive
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adj.可怜的,伤心的 | |
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jealousy
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collapsed
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vigour
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marrow
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savage
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pane
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深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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n.闲谈;v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话;发出连续而无意义的声音 | |
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v.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;n.扳手;痛苦,难受 | |
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v.支持,证实,确定 | |
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(因违反协议、犯规、受罚等)丧失,失去( forfeit的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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