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CHAPTER X “IS LADY ANSTRUTHERS AT HOME?”
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All that she had brought with her to England, combined with what she had called “sophistication,” but which was rather her exquisite1 appreciation2 of values and effects, she took with her when she went the next day to Charing3 Cross Station and arranged herself at her ease in the railway carriage, while her maid bought their tickets for Stornham.
What the people in the station saw, the guards and porters, the men in the book stalls, the travellers hurrying past, was a striking-looking girl, whose colouring and carriage made one turn to glance after her, and who, having bought some periodicals and papers, took her place in a first-class compartment4 and watched the passersby5 interestedly through the open window. Having been looked at and remarked on during her whole life, Bettina did not find it disturbing that more than one corduroy-clothed porter and fresh-coloured, elderly gentleman, or freshly attired6 young one, having caught a glimpse of her through her window, made it convenient to saunter past or hover7 round. She looked at them much more frankly8 than they looked at her. To her they were all specimens9 of the types she was at present interested in. For practical reasons she was summing up English character with more deliberate intention than she had felt in the years when she had gradually learned to know Continental10 types and differentiate11 such
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exquisite
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| adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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appreciation
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| n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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| n.炭化v.把…烧成炭,把…烧焦( char的现在分词 );烧成炭,烧焦;做杂役女佣 | |
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compartment
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| n.卧车包房,隔间;分隔的空间 | |
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passersby
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attired
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frankly
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specimens
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| n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人 | |
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continental
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| adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的 | |
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differentiate
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| vi.(between)区分;vt.区别;使不同 | |
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peculiarities
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| n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪 | |
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countenances
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| n.面容( countenance的名词复数 );表情;镇静;道义支持 | |
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applied
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beads
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| n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链 | |
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savages
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| 未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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barter
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| n.物物交换,以货易货,实物交易 | |
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steadfastness
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| n.坚定,稳当 | |
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dealing
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previously
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astuteness
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adaptability
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dwelling
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perfectly
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picturesque
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luxurious
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| adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的 | |
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enjoyment
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| n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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unfamiliar
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| adj.陌生的,不熟悉的 | |
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beeches
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| n.山毛榉( beech的名词复数 );山毛榉木材 | |
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hawthorn
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| 山楂 | |
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pointed
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farmhouses
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| n.农舍,农场的主要住房( farmhouse的名词复数 ) | |
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intentional
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exclamations
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| n.呼喊( exclamation的名词复数 );感叹;感叹语;感叹词 | |
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rosy
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| adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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huddled
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| 挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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joyful
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| adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的 | |
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gasp
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| n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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| v.喘气( gasp的第三人称单数 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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laudatory
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| adj.赞扬的 | |
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smothered
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| (使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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constable
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| n.(英国)警察,警官 | |
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artistic
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| adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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quaint
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| adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的 | |
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stouter
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| 粗壮的( stout的比较级 ); 结实的; 坚固的; 坚定的 | |
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hospitable
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| adj.好客的;宽容的;有利的,适宜的 | |
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inadequate
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| adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的 | |
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drawn
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| v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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descended
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compartments
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| n.间隔( compartment的名词复数 );(列车车厢的)隔间;(家具或设备等的)分隔间;隔层 | |
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gentry
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| n.绅士阶级,上层阶级 | |
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touching
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ingenuous
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| adj.纯朴的,单纯的;天真的;坦率的 | |
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complexity
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| n.复杂(性),复杂的事物 | |
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scented
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| adj.有香味的;洒香水的;有气味的v.嗅到(scent的过去分词) | |
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thoroughly
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amiable
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| adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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virtue
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| n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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catastrophe
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| n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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spoke
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| 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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dilapidation
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| n.倒塌;毁坏 | |
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whitewash
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| v.粉刷,掩饰;n.石灰水,粉刷,掩饰 | |
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gateway
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lodge
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winding
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| vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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wan
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| (wide area network)广域网 | |
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| adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持 | |
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| v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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