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CHAPTER X. The Garden-House of Suliman the Red
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We reached Rustchuk on January 10th, but by no means landed on that day. Something had gone wrong with the unloading arrangements, or more likely with the railway behind them, and we were kept swinging all day well out in the turbid1 river. On the top of this Captain Schenk got an ague, and by that evening was a blue and shivering wreck2. He had done me well, and I reckoned I would stand by him. So I got his ship’s papers, and the manifests of cargo3, and undertook to see to the trans-shipment. It wasn’t the first time I had tackled that kind of business, and I hadn’t much to learn about steam cranes. I told him I was going on to Constantinople and would take Peter with me, and he was agreeable. He would have to wait at Rustchuk to get his return cargo, and could easily inspan a fresh engineer.
I worked about the hardest twenty-four hours of my life getting the stuff ashore4. The landing officer was a Bulgarian, quite a competent man if he could have made the railways give him the trucks he needed. There was a collection of hungry German transport officers always putting in their oars5, and being infernally insolent6 to everybody. I took the high and mighty7 line with them; and, as I had the Bulgarian commandant on my side, after about two hours’ blasphemy8 got them quieted.
But the big trouble came the next morning when I had got nearly all the stuff aboard the trucks.
A young officer in what I took to be a Turkish uniform rode up with an aide-de-camp. I noticed the German guards saluting9 him, so I judged he was rather a swell
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1 turbid | |
adj.混浊的,泥水的,浓的 | |
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2 wreck | |
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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3 cargo | |
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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4 ashore | |
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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5 oars | |
n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
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6 insolent | |
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7 mighty | |
adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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8 blasphemy | |
n.亵渎,渎神 | |
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9 saluting | |
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的现在分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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10 swell | |
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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11 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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12 neatly | |
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地 | |
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13 winked | |
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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14 seraph | |
n.六翼天使 | |
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15 bribe | |
n.贿赂;v.向…行贿,买通 | |
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16 foppish | |
adj.矫饰的,浮华的 | |
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17 strewing | |
v.撒在…上( strew的现在分词 );散落于;点缀;撒满 | |
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18 consignee | |
n.受托者,收件人,代销人;承销人;收货人 | |
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19 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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20 Buddha | |
n.佛;佛像;佛陀 | |
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21 sullenly | |
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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22 consigned | |
v.把…置于(令人不快的境地)( consign的过去式和过去分词 );把…托付给;把…托人代售;丟弃 | |
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23 artillery | |
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24 shrugged | |
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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25 flouts | |
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26 impudent | |
adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的,厚颜无耻的 | |
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27 harassed | |
adj. 疲倦的,厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词 | |
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28 depot | |
n.仓库,储藏处;公共汽车站;火车站 | |
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29 abbreviated | |
adj. 简短的,省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词 | |
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30 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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31 reposed | |
v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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32 stiffened | |
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33 munitions | |
n.军火,弹药;v.供应…军需品 | |
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34 hustling | |
催促(hustle的现在分词形式) | |
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35 condemned | |
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36 gendarmes | |
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37 haughtily | |
adv. 傲慢地, 高傲地 | |
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38 rattle | |
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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39 regiment | |
n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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40 insolence | |
n.傲慢;无礼;厚颜;傲慢的态度 | |
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41 strutted | |
趾高气扬地走,高视阔步( strut的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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42 spank | |
v.打,拍打(在屁股上) | |
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43 invoices | |
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44 luncheon | |
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45 discoursing | |
演说(discourse的现在分词形式) | |
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46 drizzling | |
下蒙蒙细雨,下毛毛雨( drizzle的现在分词 ) | |
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47 dingy | |
adj.昏暗的,肮脏的 | |
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48 corrugated | |
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49 cemetery | |
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场 | |
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50 descended | |
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51 mosque | |
n.清真寺 | |
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52 mosques | |
清真寺; 伊斯兰教寺院,清真寺; 清真寺,伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 ) | |
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53 minarets | |
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54 barges | |
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55 gondolas | |
n.狭长小船( gondola的名词复数 );货架(一般指商店,例如化妆品店);吊船工作台 | |
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56 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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57 metropolis | |
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58 bazaar | |
n.集市,商店集中区 | |
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59 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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60 warehouses | |
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 ) | |
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61 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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62 filthiest | |
filthy(肮脏的,污秽的)的最高级形式 | |
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63 densely | |
ad.密集地;浓厚地 | |
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64 squatting | |
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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65 masonry | |
n.砖土建筑;砖石 | |
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66 twilight | |
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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67 civilized | |
a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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68 treacle | |
n.糖蜜 | |
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69 beckoned | |
v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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70 waddled | |
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71 shanty | |
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72 noisome | |
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73 unevenly | |
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74 swirl | |
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75 nettles | |
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76 dissenting | |
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77 chapel | |
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78 scarlet | |
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79 bent | |
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80 rosy | |
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81 rattled | |
慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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82 waning | |
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83 jabber | |
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