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CHAPTER III Summer
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Now bosky darkness grows.
Faint star-light on each hollow.
None had noticed Spring’s farewell or Summer’s coming.
The birds sang and the flies buzzed. The gnats3 danced up and down in the air, till the swallow broke up the ball; the flowers smelt4 sweet, the frogs croaked5, the stag belled in the glade7. There was no end to the universal gladness.
And, while the mountains were still turning green wherever Spring had set his foot, right up to Winter’s eternal snows on the peaks, the Prince of Summer stood for a time and surveyed the kingdom which Spring had quitted.
His form sent forth8 so sunny a radiance that it grew hotter in the valley than it ever had been. His eyes shone, his purple cloak beamed, the golden girdle around his loins blazed like fire, the red rose in his girdle glowed.
When he had stood a while, he raised his hand, as though he would bid them be still. But none heeded9 him. The siskin hopped10 in the thicket11 with his sweetheart, gave her loving looks and pecked at her with his beak12. The fish sported merrily in the water, the meadow displayed all its glories and the wood stood lost in green dreams.
The Prince of Summer smiled and raised his hand once more. When this had no effect, he knitted his brows and his face darkened.
And, at that moment, a veil passed over the sun. From east and west, thick clouds came slowly over the hills, thicker and blacker than the valley had yet seen and with strange, thick edges. From the clouds rolled the thunder, distant and
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| 赠给,授予( bestow的第三人称单数 ) | |
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smelt
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| v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
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croaked
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| v.呱呱地叫( croak的过去式和过去分词 );用粗的声音说 | |
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| vi.嘎嘎叫,发牢骚 | |
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glade
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| n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地 | |
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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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thicket
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beak
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muffled
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| adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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subsided
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petals
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amorous
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squeaked
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mighty
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reign
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| 隆隆声,辘辘声( rumble的名词复数 ) | |
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scent
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lighter
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twig
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glistened
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muzzle
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scattered
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lavishly
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fragrance
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pollen
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exhaustion
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brook
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chalice
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| n.圣餐杯;金杯毒酒 | |
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jot
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din
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hopping
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moss
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bosom
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watchfully
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| 警惕地,留心地 | |
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touchingly
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prettily
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| adv.优美地;可爱地 | |
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delightful
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| adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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consorts
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| n.配偶( consort的名词复数 );(演奏古典音乐的)一组乐师;一组古典乐器;一起v.结伴( consort的第三人称单数 );交往;相称;调和 | |
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snug
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| adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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moth
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unnatural
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snail
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providence
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mole
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spouses
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wrung
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| 绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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exertions
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beech
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woe
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indifference
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shrieked
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hardiness
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bellowed
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fawns
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stork
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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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glided
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| v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔 | |
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chirp
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| v.(尤指鸟)唧唧喳喳的叫 | |
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repose
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| v.(使)休息;n.安息 | |
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| adj.快乐的,无忧无虑的 | |
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joyous
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| adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的 | |
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