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Chapter Eight.
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Let us return, now, to our miserable1 and half-hearted pirate, far out upon the raging sea.
It must not be supposed that the Pacific Ocean is always peaceful. No—there are days and nights when its winds howl, and its billows roar, and heave, and fume2, with all the violence and fury of any other terrestrial sea.
On one such night, the pirate’s barque was tossed like a cork3 on the Pacific’s heaving bosom4, while the shrieking5 winds played, as it were, fiendishly with the fluttering shreds6 of sails which they had previously7 blown to ribbons.
Richard Rosco stood beside the weather-bulwarks holding on to one of the mizzen back-stays. His mate Redford assisted the man at the wheel.
Upwards8 of three years of Rosco’s rule had subdued9 Redford to the condition of a hypocritical and sly, but by no means a submissive, savage10. One or two spurts12 at the commencement of their career had satisfied the mate, as well as the men, that the only way to overcome Rosco was to take his life; and as Redford had not sufficient courage, and the men no desire, to do that, they pursued their evil courses in comparative harmony. Nevertheless, the pirate captain knew well that the savage Redford was more acceptable to the pirates than himself so he
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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cork
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v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 ) | |
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v.撕碎,切碎( shred的第三人称单数 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件) | |
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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v.喷出;突然进发;突然兴隆 | |
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gale
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abated
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possessed
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pouch
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子弹( cartridge的名词复数 ); (打印机的)墨盒; 录音带盒; (唱机的)唱头 | |
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larder
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n.食物贮藏室,食品橱 | |
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n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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sneaking
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a.秘密的,不公开的 | |
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nonchalance
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pointed
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indifference
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gull
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n.鸥;受骗的人;v.欺诈 | |
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reminder
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n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示 | |
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vessel
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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abode
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n.住处,住所 | |
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ammunition
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n.军火,弹药 | |
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gulls
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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worthy
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adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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v.折回;追溯,探源 | |
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乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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hull
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n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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descending
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enraged
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使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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ashore
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adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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ascending
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adj.上升的,向上的 | |
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cannon
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n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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wont
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ledge
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n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁 | |
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partially
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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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submission
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n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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vault
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n.拱形圆顶,地窖,地下室 | |
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superstitious
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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concealed
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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forsook
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tattered
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sinewy
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sonorous
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confession
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tenor
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foe
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precipice
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