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In the centre of the reading-room at the British Museum sit four men fenced about by a quadruple ring of unwieldy volumes which are an index to all the knowledge in the world. The four men know those volumes as a good courier knows the Continental2 Bradshaw, and all day long, from early morning, when the attendants, self-propelled on wheeled stools, run around the rings arranging and aligning3 the huge blue tomes, to late afternoon, when the immense dome4 is like a dark night and the arc lamps hiss5 and crackle in the silence, they answer questions, patiently, courteously6; they are seldom embarrassed and less seldom in the wrong.
Radiating in long rows from the central fortress7 of learning, a diversified8 company of readers disposes itself: bishops9, statesmen, men of science, historians, needy10 pedants11, popular authors whose broughams are waiting in the precincts, journalists, medical students, law students, curates, hack-writers, women with clipped hair and black aprons12, idlers; all short-sighted and all silent.
Every few minutes an official enters in charge of an awed13 group of country visitors, and whispers mechanically the unchanging formula: "Eighty thousand volumes in this room alone: thirty-six miles of bookshelves in the Museum altogether." Whereupon the visitors stare about them, the official unsuccessfully endeavours not to let it appear that the credit of the business belongs
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n.缪斯(希腊神话中的女神),创作灵感 | |
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continental
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n.圆屋顶,拱顶 | |
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diversified
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(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象 | |
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n.卖弄学问的人,学究,书呆子( pedant的名词复数 ) | |
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围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份) | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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reverberating
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回响,回荡( reverberate的现在分词 ); 使反响,使回荡,使反射 | |
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chamber
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incessant
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desultory
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machinery
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n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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dwindled
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v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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vistas
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长条形景色( vista的名词复数 ); 回顾; 展望; (未来可能发生的)一系列情景 | |
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mere
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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wayfaring
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adj.旅行的n.徒步旅行 | |
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touching
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adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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sufficiently
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adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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delusion
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n.谬见,欺骗,幻觉,迷惑 | |
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industrious
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attainment
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n.达到,到达;[常pl.]成就,造诣 | |
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concoction
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n.调配(物);谎言 | |
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v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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beheld
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v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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forefinger
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vivacity
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delightfully
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inclination
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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surmised
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v.臆测,推断( surmise的过去式和过去分词 );揣测;猜想 | |
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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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adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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adj.冷静的;镇定的;被回忆起的;沉思默想的v.记起,想起( recollect的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想 | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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benignly
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adv.仁慈地,亲切地 | |
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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peculiarities
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n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪 | |
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enchantment
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n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
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charing
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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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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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misty
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adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的 | |
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descry
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v.远远看到;发现;责备 | |
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negligently
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meek
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bland
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adj.淡而无味的,温和的,无刺激性的 | |
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deftly
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impartially
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adv.惊奇地,非常,极其 | |
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temperament
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appreciation
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同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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whine
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v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣 | |
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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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winking
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n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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