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Story 2—Chapter 4.
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“Ho! tumble up there, tumble up! All hands, ahoy! tumble up! Look alive, lads; there’s work to do, my hearties1!”
Such were the words, uttered in the most terrifically violent bass2 tones, that awoke me on the first morning after I went to sea. Instantly all the men around me leaped out of their hammocks. They were all half-dressed, and I noticed that the greater part of them completed their toilet in the short interval3 between quitting their hammocks and gaining the deck. Jack4 and I had lain down in our clothes, so we were on deck almost as soon as the others.
Here the most unexpected sights assailed5 us. It seemed to me as if a miraculous6 change had taken place on everybody and everything during the night. The ship when she had set sail was as untidy and lumbered7 about the decks as a merchantman usually is on quitting port. Now everything was clean, in its place, snugly8 fastened, and in order. The sails appeared to have undergone some modification9. I fancied, too, that the masts raked aft a good deal more than they had done, and round the foot of them were ranged muskets10, pistols, cutlasses, and boarding-pikes, where masses of cordage and handspikes had been before. The hencoops had vanished, and in their place were rows of brass11 carronades, while in the centre of the deck an enormous swivel gun occupied the place on which the long-boat had
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hearties
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亲切的( hearty的名词复数 ); 热诚的; 健壮的; 精神饱满的 | |
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bass
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n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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interval
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n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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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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assailed
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v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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miraculous
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adj.像奇迹一样的,不可思议的 | |
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lumbered
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砍伐(lumber的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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snugly
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adv.紧贴地;贴身地;暖和舒适地;安适地 | |
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modification
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n.修改,改进,缓和,减轻 | |
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muskets
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n.火枪,(尤指)滑膛枪( musket的名词复数 ) | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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formerly
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ferocious
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transformations
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pointed
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standing
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proceedings
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leeward
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adj.背风的;下风的 | |
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sarcastic
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adj.讥讽的,讽刺的,嘲弄的 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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overhauling
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n.大修;拆修;卸修;翻修v.彻底检查( overhaul的现在分词 );大修;赶上;超越 | |
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interfere
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v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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remonstrate
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v.抗议,规劝 | |
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den
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n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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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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wrath
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n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒 | |
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hissed
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发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对 | |
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clinched
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v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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beheld
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v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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bulwark
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n.堡垒,保障,防御 | |
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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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hoisted
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把…吊起,升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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skull
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n.头骨;颅骨 | |
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dread
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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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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concealed
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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simultaneously
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adv.同时发生地,同时进行地 | |
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deafening
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adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式 | |
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suffocated
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(使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气 | |
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appalling
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adj.骇人听闻的,令人震惊的,可怕的 | |
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shrieks
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n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 ) | |
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rattle
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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stunned
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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horrid
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adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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groaning
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adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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parched
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adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干 | |
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sobbed
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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asunder
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adj.分离的,化为碎片 | |
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vividly
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adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地 | |
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throbbing
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a. 跳动的,悸动的 | |
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bloody
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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skulk
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v.藏匿;潜行 | |
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emphatic
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adj.强调的,着重的;无可置疑的,明显的 | |
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hurling
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n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的现在分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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indifference
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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growled
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v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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abashed
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adj.窘迫的,尴尬的v.使羞愧,使局促,使窘迫( abash的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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countenances
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n.面容( countenance的名词复数 );表情;镇静;道义支持 | |
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utterly
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lighter
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n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级 | |
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rattling
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adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词 | |
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ammunition
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n.军火,弹药 | |
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sneer
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thwarted
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阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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steadily
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condescend
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v.俯就,屈尊;堕落,丢丑 | |
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touching
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conversed
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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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abhorred
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v.憎恶( abhor的过去式和过去分词 );(厌恶地)回避;拒绝;淘汰 | |
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repented
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对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rebuked
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责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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undo
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vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销 | |
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blessing
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n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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saviour
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skulker
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n.偷偷隐躲起来的人,偷懒的人 | |
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brace
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