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Chapter Five.
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Describes a Wreck1 and some of its Consequences.
While the miner had been pursuing his toilsome work in the solitude2 and silence of the level under the sea, as already described, a noble ship was leaping over the Atlantic waves—homeward bound—to Old England.
She was an East-Indiaman, under close-reefed sails, and although she bent3 low before the gale5 so that the waves almost curled over her lee bulwarks6, she rose buoyantly like a seagull, for she was a good ship, stout7 of plank8 and sound of timber, with sails and cordage to match.
Naturally, in such a storm, those on board were anxious, for they knew that they were drawing near to land, and that “dear Old England” had an ugly seaboard in these parts—a coast not to be too closely hugged in what the captain styled “dirty weather, with a whole gale from the west’ard,” so a good lookout9 was kept. Sharp eyes were in the foretop looking out for the guiding rays of the Long-ships lighthouse, which illumine that part of our rocky shores to warn the mariner10 of danger and direct him to a safe harbour. The captain stood on the “foge’s’l” with stern gaze and compressed lip. The chart had been consulted, the bearings correctly noted11, calculations made, and leeway allowed for. Everything in fact that could be done by a commander who knew his duty had been done for the safety of the ship—so would the captain have said probably, had he lived to be questioned as to the management of his
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wreck
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n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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bulwarks
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n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 );保障;支柱;舷墙 | |
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plank
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n.板条,木板,政策要点,政纲条目 | |
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mariner
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vessel
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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fatality
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abeyance
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fathoms
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英寻( fathom的名词复数 ) | |
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shriek
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sweeping
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planks
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futile
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frantically
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anticipation
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catastrophe
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n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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linen
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rending
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doctrine
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cape
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crevice
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vitality
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n.活力,生命力,效力 | |
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bestowed
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赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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corpses
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slumber
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inviting
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hearty
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temperament
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smuggler
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cove
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jack
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acting
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decomposed
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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oars
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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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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地 | |
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a.扎牢的 | |
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adj.可疑的,有问题的 | |
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calumnious
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adj.毁谤的,中伤的 | |
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proceeding
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n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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possessed
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undoubtedly
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confidential
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adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的 | |
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salvage
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v.救助,营救,援救;n.救助,营救 | |
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defrauded
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v.诈取,骗取( defraud的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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equity
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n.公正,公平,(无固定利息的)股票 | |
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v.(利息等)增大,增多 | |
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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陈述者,说明者 | |
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obedience
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inexplicable
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把…吊起,升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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