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Chapter Fourteen.
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Tells of a Tremendous Storm and a Strange Shelter, etcetera.
Proverbial philosophy teaches us that misfortunes seldom come singly. Newfoundland, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, does not seem to have been a place of refuge from the operation of that law.
On the morning of the day in which the explorers meant to commence the return journey, a storm of unwonted rigour burst upon them, and swept over the land with devastating1 violence—overturning trees, snapping off mighty2 limbs, uplifting the new-fallen snow in great masses, and hurling3 it in wild confusion into space, so that earth and sky seemed to commingle4 in a horrid5 chaos6.
The first intimation the travellers had of the impending7 storm was the rending8 of a limb of the tree under which they reposed9. The way in which Oliver Trench10 received the rude awakening11 might, in other circumstances, have raised a laugh, for he leaped up like a harlequin, with a glare of sudden amazement12, and, plunging13 headlong away from the threatened danger, buried himself in the snow. From this he instantly emerged with an aspect similar to that of “Father Christmas,” minus the good-natured
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adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的 | |
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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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v.撕碎( rend的现在分词 );分裂;(因愤怒、痛苦等而)揪扯(衣服或头发等);(声音等)刺破 | |
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v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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v.拯救,救出;解脱 | |
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watchfully
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警惕地,留心地 | |
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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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shrieking
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v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 ) | |
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adj.海上的,航海的,船员的 | |
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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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scrambled
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粗壮的( stout的比较级 ); 结实的; 坚固的; 坚定的 | |
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upwards
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axe
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n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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discomfort
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hilarity
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dwelling
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n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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tripe
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n.废话,肚子, 内脏 | |
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wrench
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v.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;n.扳手;痛苦,难受 | |
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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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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perspiration
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀 | |
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fauna
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n.(一个地区或时代的)所有动物,动物区系 | |
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flora
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abode
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adj.蜿蜒的,弯曲的 | |
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caribou
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