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CHAPTER XXII.
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A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED.
"It never rains but it pours" is a well-known proverb which finds, frequent illustration in the experience of almost every one. At all events Verkimier had reason to believe in the truth of it at that time, for adventures came down on him, as it were, in a sort of deluge2, more or less astounding3, insomuch that his enthusiastic spirit, bathing, if we may say so, in an ocean of scientific delight, pronounced Sumatra to be the very paradise of the student of nature.
We have not room in this volume to follow him in the details of his wonderful experiences, but we must mention one adventure which he had on the very day after the tiger-incident, because it very nearly had the effect of separating him from his travelling companions.
Being deaf, as we have said—owing to the explosion of his revolver in the hole—but not necessarily dumb, the professor, after one or two futile4 attempts to hear and converse5, deemed it wise to go to bed and spend the few conscious minutes that might precede sleep in watching Van der Kemp, who kindly6 undertook to skin his tiger for him. Soon the self-satisfied man fell into a sweet infantine slumber7, and dreamed of tigers, in which state he gave vent1 to sundry8 grunts9, gasps10, and half-suppressed cries, to the immense delight of Moses, who sat watching him, indulging in a running commentary suggestive of the recent event, and giving utterance
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的第三人称单数 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说; 石鲈 | |
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gasp
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n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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utterance
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growls
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clenching
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contentedly
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upwards
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reptile
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noose
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rattan
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n.藤条,藤杖 | |
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adv.勇敢地,英勇地;雄赳赳 | |
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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n.野兽,兽性 | |
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pony
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crater
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scrambling
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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回响,回荡( reverberate的过去式和过去分词 ); 使反响,使回荡,使反射 | |
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liberated
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placid
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astonishment
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proximity
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fowls
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