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CHAPTER VII. A SLAVE CARAVAN.
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The storm of the previous night, by swelling1 the tributaries2 of the Coanza, had caused the main river to overflow3 its banks. The inundation4 had entirely5 changed the aspect of the country, transforming the plain into a lake, where the peaks of a number of ant-hills were the sole objects that emerged above the watery6 expanse.
The Coanza, which is one of the principal rivers of Angola, falls into the Atlantic about a hundred miles from the spot at which the "Pilgrim" was stranded7. The stream, which a few years later was crossed by Cameron on his way to Benguela, seems destined8 to become the chief highway of traffic between Angola and the interior; steamers already ply9 upon its lower waters, and probably ten years will not elapse before they perform regular service along its entire course.
Dick Sands had been quite right in searching northwards for the navigable stream he had been so anxious to find; the rivulet10 he had been following fell into the Coanza scarce a mile away, and had it not been for this unexpected attack he and his friends might reasonably have hoped to descend11 the river upon a raft, until they reached one of the Portuguese12 forts where steam
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1 swelling | |
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2 tributaries | |
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3 overflow | |
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4 inundation | |
n.the act or fact of overflowing | |
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5 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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6 watery | |
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的 | |
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7 stranded | |
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8 destined | |
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9 ply | |
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10 rivulet | |
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11 descend | |
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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12 Portuguese | |
n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语 | |
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13 vessels | |
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14 descried | |
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15 eminence | |
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16 foliage | |
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17 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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18 dispersed | |
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19 precisely | |
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20 goaded | |
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21 undoubtedly | |
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22 perils | |
极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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23 dreary | |
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24 solitude | |
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25 jack | |
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26 rascals | |
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27 inflict | |
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28 miserable | |
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29 exhaustion | |
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30 brutality | |
n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮 | |
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31 contrive | |
vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出 | |
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32 outlaws | |
歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯 | |
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33 dealers | |
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者 | |
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34 vanquished | |
v.征服( vanquish的过去式和过去分词 );战胜;克服;抑制 | |
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35 antagonists | |
对立[对抗] 者,对手,敌手( antagonist的名词复数 ); 对抗肌; 对抗药 | |
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36 gunpowder | |
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37 beads | |
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链 | |
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38 maize | |
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39 specimen | |
n.样本,标本 | |
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40 horde | |
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41 muskets | |
n.火枪,(尤指)滑膛枪( musket的名词复数 ) | |
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42 copper | |
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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43 avert | |
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等) | |
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44 obstreperous | |
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45 specially | |
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46 tusks | |
n.(象等动物的)长牙( tusk的名词复数 );獠牙;尖形物;尖头 | |
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47 natal | |
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48 allotted | |
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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49 frightful | |
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50 herd | |
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51 destitute | |
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52 lashes | |
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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53 friction | |
n.摩擦,摩擦力 | |
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54 emaciated | |
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55 toiling | |
长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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56 yoke | |
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57 galling | |
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58 compassion | |
n.同情,怜悯 | |
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59 brutes | |
兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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60 contrived | |
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61 slain | |
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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62 perpetuated | |
vt.使永存(perpetuate的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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63 Christians | |
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 ) | |
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64 civilized | |
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65 atrocities | |
n.邪恶,暴行( atrocity的名词复数 );滔天大罪 | |
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66 utterly | |
adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
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67 conjectured | |
推测,猜测,猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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68 exhausted | |
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69 mingle | |
vt.使混合,使相混;vi.混合起来;相交往 | |
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70 elude | |
v.躲避,困惑 | |
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71 liberate | |
v.解放,使获得自由,释出,放出;vt.解放,使获自由 | |
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72 undertaking | |
n.保证,许诺,事业 | |
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73 lamentably | |
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74 frustrated | |
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧 | |
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75 sanguine | |
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76 temperament | |
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77 ascertain | |
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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78 convoy | |
vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队 | |
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79 regain | |
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80 suspense | |
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
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81 geographical | |
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82 favourable | |
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83 accomplished | |
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84 retarded | |
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85 lengthened | |
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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86 cogitate | |
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87 extremity | |
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88 apprehend | |
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89 conceal | |
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90 feigned | |
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91 indifference | |
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92 attaining | |
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的现在分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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93 exasperated | |
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94 wrenching | |
n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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95 simultaneously | |
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96 assailed | |
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97 stature | |
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98 ferocious | |
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99 countenance | |
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100 interfered | |
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101 reluctance | |
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿 | |
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102 retired | |
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103 avenge | |
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