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Some delightfully1 interesting articles on the ancient sport of “hawking,” or falconry, whichever is the correct term to use, in Country Life have vividly3 recalled to me a quaint4 and unusual experience in that line, which fell to my lot while the vessel5 of whose crew I was a very minor6 portion was slowly making her way homewards from a port at the extreme western limit of the Gulf7 of Mexico. We were absolutely without live stock of any kind on board the Investigator8, unless such small deer as rats and cockroaches9 might be classed under that head. And, as so often happens at sea when that is the case, the men were very discontented at the absence of any dumb animals to make pets of, and often lamented10 what they considered to be the lonely condition of a ship without even a cat. But we had not been out of port many days when, to our delight as well as amazement11, we saw one sunny morning hopping12 contentedly13 about the fo’c’s’le a sweet little blue and yellow bird about the bigness (or littleness) of a robin14. Being well out of sight of land, no one could imagine whence he came, neither did anybody see him arrive. He just materialised as it were in our midst, and made himself at home forthwith, as though he had been born and bred among men and fear of them was unknown to him. We had hardly got over the feeling of almost childish delight this pretty, fearless wanderer gave us when another appeared, much the same size, but totally different in colour. It was quite as tame as the first arrival, and did not quarrel with the first-comer. Together they explored most
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falcon
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n.隼,猎鹰 | |
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robin
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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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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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dingy
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perches
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栖息处( perch的名词复数 ); 栖枝; 高处; 鲈鱼 | |
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bunk
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n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话 | |
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n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位( bunk的名词复数 );空话,废话v.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位( bunk的第三人称单数 );空话,废话 | |
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abode
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n.住处,住所 | |
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hopped
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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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glades
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aromatic
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undoubtedly
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gust
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lint
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imminent
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peril
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vent
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shrill
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lash
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v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛 | |
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cane
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talons
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hawks
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鹰( hawk的名词复数 ); 鹰派人物,主战派人物 | |
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solitary
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remarkable
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speculations
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ravenous
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adj.极饿的,贪婪的 | |
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beak
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n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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graceful
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adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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glazed
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ashore
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watchful
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prey
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n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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falcons
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n.猎鹰( falcon的名词复数 ) | |
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varied
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adj.多样的,多变化的 | |
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vessels
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n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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westward
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n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西 | |
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projections
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预测( projection的名词复数 ); 投影; 投掷; 突起物 | |
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exhausted
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regain
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utterly
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scanty
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gallant
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seaman
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favourable
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fathoms
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onward
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pang
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tumult
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gape
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moths
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wasp
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wasps
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