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PSYCHE'S ART chapter 1
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Once upon a time there raged in a certain city one of those fashionable epidemics1 which occasionally attack our youthful population. It wasn't the music mania2, nor gymnastic convulsions, nor that wide-spread malady3, croquet. Neither was it one of the new dances which, like a tarantula-bite, set every one a twirling, nor stage madness, nor yet that American lecturing influenza4 which yearly sweeps over the land. No, it was a new disease called the Art fever, and it attacked the young women of the community with great violence.
Nothing but time could cure it, and it ran its course to the dismay, amusement, or edification of the beholders, for its victims did all manner of queer things in their delirium5. They begged potteries6 for clay, drove Italian plaster-corkers out of their wits with unexecutable orders got neuralgia and rheumatism7 sketching8 perched on fences and trees like artistic9 hens, and caused a rise in the price of bread, paper, and charcoal10, by their ardor11 in crayoning. They covered canvas with the expedition of scene-painters, had classes, lectures, receptions, and exhibitions, made models of each other, and rendered their walls hideous12 with bad likenesses of all their friends. Their conversation ceased to be
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1 epidemics | |
n.流行病 | |
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2 mania | |
n.疯狂;躁狂症,狂热,癖好 | |
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3 malady | |
n.病,疾病(通常做比喻) | |
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4 influenza | |
n.流行性感冒,流感 | |
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5 delirium | |
n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋 | |
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6 potteries | |
n.陶器( pottery的名词复数 );陶器厂;陶土;陶器制造(术) | |
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7 rheumatism | |
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8 sketching | |
n.草图 | |
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9 artistic | |
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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10 charcoal | |
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11 ardor | |
n.热情,狂热 | |
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12 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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13 intelligible | |
adj.可理解的,明白易懂的,清楚的 | |
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14 prattled | |
v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话( prattle的过去式和过去分词 );发出连续而无意义的声音;闲扯;东拉西扯 | |
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15 prettily | |
adv.优美地;可爱地 | |
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16 disorder | |
n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调 | |
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17 simplicity | |
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18 worthy | |
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19 scarlet | |
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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20 adorned | |
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21 tint | |
n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色 | |
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22 maniacs | |
n.疯子(maniac的复数形式) | |
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23 congregate | |
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24 portfolios | |
n.投资组合( portfolio的名词复数 );(保险)业务量;(公司或机构提供的)系列产品;纸夹 | |
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25 portfolio | |
n.公事包;文件夹;大臣及部长职位 | |
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26 gliding | |
v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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27 manly | |
adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地 | |
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28 fortitude | |
n.坚忍不拔;刚毅 | |
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29 hospitably | |
亲切地,招待周到地,善于款待地 | |
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30 invaders | |
入侵者,侵略者,侵入物( invader的名词复数 ) | |
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31 picturesque | |
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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32 exhausted | |
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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33 pervade | |
v.弥漫,遍及,充满,渗透,漫延 | |
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34 stifled | |
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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35 devoted | |
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36 psyche | |
n.精神;灵魂 | |
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37 owls | |
n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 ) | |
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38 linen | |
n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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39 sketches | |
n.草图( sketch的名词复数 );素描;速写;梗概 | |
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40 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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41 gathering | |
n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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42 sentimental | |
adj.多愁善感的,感伤的 | |
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43 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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44 idol | |
n.偶像,红人,宠儿 | |
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46 pate | |
n.头顶;光顶 | |
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47 spoke | |
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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48 inevitable | |
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49 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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50 exquisite | |
adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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51 lustrous | |
adj.有光泽的;光辉的 | |
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52 sumptuous | |
adj.豪华的,奢侈的,华丽的 | |
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53 despondent | |
adj.失望的,沮丧的,泄气的 | |
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54 strictly | |
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55 gracefully | |
ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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56 haughty | |
adj.傲慢的,高傲的 | |
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57 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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58 complacently | |
adv. 满足地, 自满地, 沾沾自喜地 | |
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59 caressing | |
爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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60 ambrosial | |
adj.美味的 | |
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61 elegance | |
n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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62 bust | |
vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部 | |
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63 tragic | |
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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64 aspirations | |
强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音 | |
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65 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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66 clatter | |
v./n.(使)发出连续而清脆的撞击声 | |
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67 spectral | |
adj.幽灵的,鬼魂的 | |
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68 jig | |
n.快步舞(曲);v.上下晃动;用夹具辅助加工;蹦蹦跳跳 | |
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69 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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70 petulant | |
adj.性急的,暴躁的 | |
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71 truant | |
n.懒惰鬼,旷课者;adj.偷懒的,旷课的,游荡的;v.偷懒,旷课 | |
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72 winding | |
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73 doffing | |
n.下筒,落纱v.脱去,(尤指)脱帽( doff的现在分词 ) | |
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74 apron | |
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75 ruffled | |
adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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76 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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77 shrill | |
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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78 scantily | |
adv.缺乏地;不充足地;吝啬地;狭窄地 | |
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79 beckoning | |
adj.引诱人的,令人心动的v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的现在分词 ) | |
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80 standing | |
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81 erect | |
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82 mythological | |
adj.神话的 | |
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83 anatomy | |
n.解剖学,解剖;功能,结构,组织 | |
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84 majestic | |
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85 humility | |
n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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86 woe | |
n.悲哀,苦痛,不幸,困难;int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌 | |
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87 kindled | |
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88 passionately | |
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89 gage | |
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90 doorway | |
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91 attentively | |
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92 admiration | |
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93 sculptor | |
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94 pathos | |
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95 eloquent | |
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96 labor | |
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97 solitary | |
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98 confiding | |
adj.相信人的,易于相信的v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的现在分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
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99 hopped | |
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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100 kindly | |
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101 scraps | |
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102 toil | |
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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103 courageously | |
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104 impulsive | |
adj.冲动的,刺激的;有推动力的 | |
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105 bestowed | |
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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106 proprieties | |
n.礼仪,礼节;礼貌( propriety的名词复数 );规矩;正当;合适 | |
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107 outraging | |
引起…的义愤,激怒( outrage的现在分词 ) | |
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108 precipitately | |
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109 tilted | |
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110 crunch | |
n.关键时刻;艰难局面;v.发出碎裂声 | |
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111 briefly | |
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