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CHAPTER XXIX. ACROSS THE ICE-FIELDS.
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The little band made their way towards the southeast. Simpson drove the sledge1. Duke aided him much, without being disturbed at the occupation of his mates. Hatteras and the doctor followed behind on foot, while Bell, who was charged with making a road, went on in advance, testing the ice with the iron point of his stick.
The rise in the thermometer foretold2 a fall of snow, and soon it came, beginning in large flakes3. This added to the hardships of their journey; they kept straying from a straight line; they could not go quickly; nevertheless, they averaged three miles an hour.
The ice-field, under the pressure of the frost, presented an unequal surface; the sledge was often nearly turned over, but they succeeded in saving it.
Hatteras and his companions wrapped themselves up in their fur clothes cut in the Greenland fashion; they were not cut with extraordinary neatness, but they suited the needs of the climate; their faces were enclosed in a narrow hood4 which could not be penetrated6 by the snow or wind; their mouths, noses, and eyes were alone exposed to the air, and they did not need to be protected against it; nothing is so inconvenient7 as scarfs and nose-protectors, which soon are stiff with ice; at night they have to be cut away, which, even in the arctic seas, is a poor way of undressing. It was necessary to leave free passage for the breath, which would freeze at once on anything it met.
The boundless8 plain stretched out with tiresome9 monotony; everywhere there appeared heaped-up ice-hills, hummocks10, blocks, and
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1 sledge | |
n.雪橇,大锤;v.用雪橇搬运,坐雪橇往 | |
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2 foretold | |
v.预言,预示( foretell的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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3 flakes | |
小薄片( flake的名词复数 ); (尤指)碎片; 雪花; 古怪的人 | |
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4 hood | |
n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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5 penetrate | |
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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6 penetrated | |
adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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7 inconvenient | |
adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的 | |
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8 boundless | |
adj.无限的;无边无际的;巨大的 | |
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9 tiresome | |
adj.令人疲劳的,令人厌倦的 | |
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10 hummocks | |
n.小丘,岗( hummock的名词复数 ) | |
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11 hummock | |
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12 iceberg | |
n.冰山,流冰,冷冰冰的人 | |
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13 icebergs | |
n.冰山,流冰( iceberg的名词复数 ) | |
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14 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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15 overloaded | |
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16 uncertainty | |
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17 beverage | |
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18 fatigue | |
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19 skilful | |
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20 dome | |
n.圆屋顶,拱顶 | |
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21 mortar | |
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22 improvised | |
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23 grotto | |
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24 genial | |
adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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25 lookout | |
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26 vault | |
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27 monotonous | |
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28 elevations | |
(水平或数量)提高( elevation的名词复数 ); 高地; 海拔; 提升 | |
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29 elevation | |
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30 aglow | |
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31 ascend | |
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32 overthrown | |
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33 graveyard | |
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34 moles | |
防波堤( mole的名词复数 ); 鼹鼠; 痣; 间谍 | |
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35 twilight | |
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36 annoyance | |
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37 vapor | |
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38 incapable | |
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39 contented | |
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40 retraced | |
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41 standing | |
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42 agility | |
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43 forth | |
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44 murmur | |
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45 agitated | |
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46 marine | |
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47 descending | |
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48 ravaging | |
毁坏( ravage的现在分词 ); 蹂躏; 劫掠; 抢劫 | |
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49 pillaging | |
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50 heed | |
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51 trot | |
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52 galloping | |
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