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CHAPTER III. ON THE MARCH.
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Africa! That name so terrible under the present circumstances, that name which he must now substitute for that of America, was not for an instant out of Dick Sand's thoughts. When the young novice1 traced back the last weeks, it was to ask himself how the "Pilgrim" had ended by reaching this dangerous shore, how it had doubled Cape2 Horn, and passed from one ocean to the other! He could now explain to himself why, in spite of the rapid motion of his vessel3, land was so long coming in sight, because the length of the distance which he should have made to reach the American coast had been doubled without his knowledge.
"Africa! Africa!" Dick Sand repeated.
Then, suddenly, while he called up with tenacious4 mind all the incidents of this inexplicable5 voyage, he felt that his compass must have been injured. He remembered, too, that the first compass had been broken, and that the log-line had snapped—a fact which had made it impossible for him to establish the speed of the "Pilgrim."
"Yes," thought he, "there remained but one compass on board, one only, the indications of which I could not control! And one night I was awakened6 by a cry from old Tom. Negoro was there, aft. He had just fallen on the binnacle. May he not have put it out of order?"
Dick Sand was growing enlightened. He had his finger on the truth. He now understood all that was ambiguous in Negoro's conduct. He saw his hand in this chain of incidents which had led to the loss of the "Pilgrim," and had so fearfully endangered those on board of her.
But what, then, was this miserable7 man? Had he been a sailor and known so well how to hide the fact? Was he capable of contriving8
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1 novice | |
adj.新手的,生手的 | |
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2 cape | |
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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3 vessel | |
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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4 tenacious | |
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5 inexplicable | |
adj.无法解释的,难理解的 | |
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6 awakened | |
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8 contriving | |
(不顾困难地)促成某事( contrive的现在分词 ); 巧妙地策划,精巧地制造(如机器); 设法做到 | |
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9 odious | |
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10 logic | |
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11 Portuguese | |
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13 hatred | |
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14 wretch | |
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15 frightful | |
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16 jack | |
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17 alas | |
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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18 glimmer | |
v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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19 immediate | |
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20 disappearance | |
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21 assailed | |
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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22 regain | |
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23 accomplices | |
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24 descend | |
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25 embarked | |
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26 descending | |
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27 stranded | |
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28 ascend | |
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29 descended | |
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30 tributary | |
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31 affluents | |
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32 affluent | |
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33 watery | |
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34 caravan | |
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35 rivulets | |
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36 rivulet | |
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37 junction | |
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38 determined | |
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39 drowsy | |
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40 intermittent | |
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41 hesitation | |
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42 traitor | |
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43 motive | |
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44 presentiment | |
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45 fatigue | |
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46 foliage | |
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47 catastrophes | |
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48 scent | |
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49 dense | |
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50 petrified | |
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51 mingled | |
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52 ginger | |
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53 orchids | |
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54 incessantly | |
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55 Fertilized | |
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56 varied | |
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57 thickets | |
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58 thicket | |
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59 analogous | |
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60 oozes | |
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61 savage | |
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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62 prodigious | |
adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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63 vanilla | |
n.香子兰,香草 | |
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64 exhaled | |
v.呼出,发散出( exhale的过去式和过去分词 );吐出(肺中的空气、烟等),呼气 | |
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65 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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66 retarded | |
a.智力迟钝的,智力发育迟缓的 | |
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67 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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68 ornamented | |
adj.花式字体的v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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69 faculty | |
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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70 prick | |
v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛 | |
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71 spikes | |
n.穗( spike的名词复数 );跑鞋;(防滑)鞋钉;尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 );偷偷地给某人的饮料加入(更多)酒精( 或药物);把尖状物钉入;打乱某人的计划 | |
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72 hatchet | |
n.短柄小斧;v.扼杀 | |
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73 fowls | |
鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马 | |
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74 syllables | |
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75 undoubtedly | |
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76 ostriches | |
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77 apparition | |
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78 herd | |
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79 buffaloes | |
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80 galloped | |
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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81 wagons | |
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82 laden | |
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83 confide | |
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84 nourishment | |
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85 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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86 animated | |
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87 devoted | |
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