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Having no means of knowing the time—for the clock had never been wound, owing to my not being able to find the key—I cannot tell when the change came; but I think it must have been about eight next morning. The vessel1 suddenly righted, and then began to tumble about in so outrageous2 a fashion that I thought she must go all to pieces. Elsie awoke screaming with fright; and with all You Sing’s catlike capacity for holding on, it was some minutes before he could get to her to comfort her. He had not left my side more than ten minutes, when, with a tremendous lurch4, the vessel was hurled5 over to starboard, and I knew that my greatest fear was realized—she had been caught aback! Over, over she went, until it was almost possible to stand upright upon the lee bulk-heads of the cabin. In sea-phrase, she was on her beam-ends.
I now gave all up for lost, and waited, hardly breathing, for the crash of the end. The water on deck burst in through every crevice6, and rose upon the lee-side until I was obliged to climb up to the fast-clamped settees to windward to avoid being drowned. The uproar7 on deck was louder than ever, and I fancied83 that I could hear every now and then through the tumult8 the rending9 and crashing of spars, and feel the shattering blow of their great masses against the hull10 alongside. But still the vessel appeared staunch, although every inch of her framework visible in the cabin was all awork.
After what seemed like a whole day, but could only have been two or three hours, she began to right herself, and the din
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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bracing
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n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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caressing
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爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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curiously
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stolidly
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bereft
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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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antagonists
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对立[对抗] 者,对手,敌手( antagonist的名词复数 ); 对抗肌; 对抗药 | |
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glazing
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n.玻璃装配业;玻璃窗;上釉;上光v.装玻璃( glaze的现在分词 );上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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perfectly
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eloquence
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panegyric
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precisely
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appalling
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crouched
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corpse
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repugnance
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partially
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distress
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faculties
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peculiar
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instinctively
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formulated
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v.构想出( formulate的过去式和过去分词 );规划;确切地阐述;用公式表示 | |
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imperative
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dread
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regain
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vt.重新获得,收复,恢复 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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wreckage
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n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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entangled
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futile
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throbbing
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placid
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placidly
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relic
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scrambled
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groaned
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dilating
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steadily
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demon
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consul
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seaman
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