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THE PRIVACY OF THE SEA
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Whether expressed or implied, there is certainly a deep-rooted idea in the minds of shore-dwellers that the vast fenceless fields of ocean are in these latter days well, not to say thickly, populated by ships; that, sail or steam whither you will, you cannot get away from the white glint of a sailing ship or the black smear1 along the clean sky of a steamship’s smoke. There is every excuse for such an attitude of mind on the part of landward folk. Having no standard of comparison against which to range the vast lonely breadths of water which make up the universal highway, and being mightily2 impressed by the statistics of shipping3 owned by maritime4 nations, they can hardly be blamed for supposing that the privacy of the sea is a thing of the past. One voyage in a sailing ship to the Australasian Colonies or to India, if the opportunities it afforded were rightly used, would do far more to convince them of the utterly6 wrong notion possessing them than any quantity of writing upon the subject could effect. But unhappily, few people to-day have the leisure or the inclination7 to spend voluntarily three months upon a sea passage that can be performed in little more than one. Even those, who by reason of poverty or for their health’s sake do take such[285] passages, almost invariably show signs of utter weariness and boredom8. As day after day passes, and the beautiful fabric9 in which they live glides10 gently and leisurely11 forward, their impatience
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1 smear | |
v.涂抹;诽谤,玷污;n.污点;诽谤,污蔑 | |
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2 mightily | |
ad.强烈地;非常地 | |
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3 shipping | |
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船) | |
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4 maritime | |
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的 | |
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5 alas | |
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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6 utterly | |
adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
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7 inclination | |
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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8 boredom | |
n.厌烦,厌倦,乏味,无聊 | |
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9 fabric | |
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织 | |
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10 glides | |
n.滑行( glide的名词复数 );滑音;音渡;过渡音v.滑动( glide的第三人称单数 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔 | |
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11 leisurely | |
adj.悠闲的;从容的,慢慢的 | |
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12 impatience | |
n.不耐烦,急躁 | |
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13 favourable | |
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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14 steadily | |
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15 aloofness | |
超然态度 | |
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16 vessel | |
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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17 desecration | |
n. 亵渎神圣, 污辱 | |
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18 punctuates | |
v.(在文字中)加标点符号,加标点( punctuate的第三人称单数 );不时打断某事物 | |
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19 distinctive | |
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20 beholder | |
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21 placid | |
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22 manifestations | |
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23 majestic | |
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24 murmur | |
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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25 rippling | |
起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的 | |
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26 ruffles | |
褶裥花边( ruffle的名词复数 ) | |
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27 renewal | |
adj.(契约)延期,续订,更新,复活,重来 | |
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28 supremacy | |
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29 entirely | |
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30 mighty | |
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31 wrath | |
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32 puny | |
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33 eavesdropping | |
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34 imminent | |
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35 profane | |
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36 gale | |
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等) | |
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37 elusive | |
adj.难以表达(捉摸)的;令人困惑的;逃避的 | |
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38 intervals | |
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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39 civilisation | |
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40 lengthening | |
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的现在分词 ); 加长 | |
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41 hurled | |
v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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42 longitude | |
n.经线,经度 | |
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43 novice | |
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44 divest | |
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45 justify | |
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46 emigrants | |
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47 steadfastly | |
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48 apparently | |
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49 snares | |
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50 lighter | |
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51 previously | |
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52 rigid | |
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53 toil | |
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54 dense | |
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55 fully | |
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56 lull | |
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57 gallant | |
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58 smiting | |
v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的现在分词 ) | |
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59 bluff | |
v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗 | |
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61 conqueror | |
n.征服者,胜利者 | |
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62 avalanche | |
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63 dismantling | |
(枪支)分解 | |
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64 subsided | |
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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65 justifying | |
证明…有理( justify的现在分词 ); 为…辩护; 对…作出解释; 为…辩解(或辩护) | |
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66 laboriously | |
adv.艰苦地;费力地;辛勤地;(文体等)佶屈聱牙地 | |
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67 northward | |
adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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68 solitude | |
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69 vessels | |
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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70 watery | |
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的 | |
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71 undoubtedly | |
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72 disappearance | |
n.消失,消散,失踪 | |
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73 bosom | |
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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74 myriads | |
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75 almighty | |
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76 steamships | |
n.汽船,大轮船( steamship的名词复数 ) | |
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77 penetrate | |
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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78 seaman | |
n.海员,水手,水兵 | |
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79 prospect | |
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80 prey | |
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81 vibrations | |
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82 weird | |
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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83 glades | |
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84 swell | |
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85 dread | |
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86 intruded | |
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88 simile | |
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89 furrowed | |
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