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CHAPTER V
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The night grew stormy. The hollow winds swept over the mountains, and blew bleak1 and cold around; the clouds were driven swiftly over the face of the moon, and the duke and his people were frequently involved in total darkness. They had travelled on silently and dejectedly for some hours, and were bewildered in the wilds, when they suddenly heard the bell of a monastery2 chiming for midnight-prayer. Their hearts revived at the sound, which they endeavoured to follow, but they had not gone far, when the gale3 wafted4 it away, and they were abandoned to the uncertain guide of their own conjectures5.
They had pursued for some time the way which they judged led to the monastery, when the note of the bell returned upon the wind, and discovered to them that they had mistaken their route. After much wandering and difficulty they arrived, overcome with weariness, at the gates of a large and gloomy fabric6. The bell had ceased, and all was still. By the moonlight, which through broken clouds now streamed upon the building, they became convinced it was the monastery they had sought, and the duke himself struck loudly upon the gate.
Several minutes elapsed, no person appeared, and he repeated the stroke. A step was presently heard within, the gate was unbarred, and a thin shivering figure presented itself. The duke solicited7 admission, but was refused, and reprimanded for disturbing the convent at the hour sacred to prayer. He then made known his rank, and bade the friar inform the Superior that he requested shelter from the night. The friar, suspicious of deceit, and apprehensive8 of robbers, refused with much firmness, and repeated that the convent was engaged in prayer; he had almost closed the gate, when the duke, whom hunger and
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1 bleak | |
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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n.修道院,僧院,寺院 | |
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v.吹送,飘送,(使)浮动( waft的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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5 conjectures | |
推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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6 fabric | |
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织 | |
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9 fatigue | |
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10 crevices | |
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11 uproar | |
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12 astonishment | |
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15 distinguished | |
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16 goblet | |
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17 profusion | |
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18 intoxicated | |
喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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19 rosy | |
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20 countenance | |
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22 intoxication | |
n.wild excitement;drunkenness;poisoning | |
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23 embellished | |
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24 hiccup | |
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25 distress | |
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26 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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27 joyous | |
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28 luxurious | |
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29 retired | |
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30 allotted | |
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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31 precluded | |
v.阻止( preclude的过去式和过去分词 );排除;妨碍;使…行不通 | |
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32 enjoyment | |
n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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33 gratitude | |
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34 precept | |
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35 perseverance | |
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36 fugitives | |
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37 fugitive | |
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38 determined | |
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39 embark | |
vi.乘船,着手,从事,上飞机 | |
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40 judgment | |
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41 prospects | |
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42 enveloped | |
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43 foretold | |
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44 dreary | |
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45 desolate | |
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46 mansion | |
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47 peal | |
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48 deserted | |
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49 edifice | |
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50 fully | |
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51 justified | |
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52 forsaking | |
放弃( forsake的现在分词 ); 弃绝; 抛弃; 摒弃 | |
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53 desolated | |
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54 mouldering | |
v.腐朽( moulder的现在分词 );腐烂,崩塌 | |
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55 recesses | |
n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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56 spacious | |
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57 meditation | |
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录 | |
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58 remains | |
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59 perplexed | |
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60 cloister | |
n.修道院;v.隐退,使与世隔绝 | |
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61 chapel | |
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62 lighting | |
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63 rend | |
vt.把…撕开,割裂;把…揪下来,强行夺取 | |
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64 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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65 awed | |
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66 murmurs | |
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67 abatement | |
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68 accomplished | |
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69 provident | |
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70 scrupled | |
v.感到于心不安,有顾忌( scruple的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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71 forth | |
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72 refreshing | |
adj.使精神振作的,使人清爽的,使人喜欢的 | |
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73 repose | |
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74 disturbance | |
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75 fragrance | |
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76 picturesque | |
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77 sequestered | |
adj.扣押的;隐退的;幽静的;偏僻的v.使隔绝,使隔离( sequester的过去式和过去分词 );扣押 | |
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78 bosom | |
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79 impending | |
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80 recollected | |
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81 formerly | |
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82 margin | |
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83 descend | |
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84 scrutinizing | |
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85 espied | |
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86 receded | |
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87 winding | |
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88 vigour | |
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89 dexterity | |
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90 mutual | |
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91 embittered | |
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92 softened | |
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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93 avarice | |
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94 devoted | |
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95 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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96 joyfully | |
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97 anguish | |
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98 tumult | |
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99 essentially | |
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100 affected | |
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101 irresolute | |
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102 secreted | |
v.(尤指动物或植物器官)分泌( secrete的过去式和过去分词 );隐匿,隐藏 | |
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103 awakened | |
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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104 exasperated | |
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105 agitation | |
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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