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CHAPTER XV THE HALL OF THE UNDERGROUND SACRIFICES
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Vorski had never known fear and he was perhaps not yielding to an actual sense of fear in taking to flight now. But he no longer knew what he was doing. His bewildered brain was filled with a whirl of contradictory1 and incoherent ideas in which the intuition of an irretrievable and to some extent supernatural defeat held the first place.
Believing as he did in witchcraft2 and wonders, he had an impression that Vorski, the man of destiny, had fallen from his mission and been replaced by another chosen favourite of destiny. There were two miraculous3 forces opposed to each other, one emanating4 from him, Vorski, the other from the ancient Druid; and the second was absorbing the first. Véronique's resurrection, the ancient Druid's personality, the speeches, the jokes, the leaps and bounds, the actions, the invulnerability of that spring-heeled individual, all this seemed to him magical and fabulous5; and it created, in these caves of the barbaric ages, a peculiar6 atmosphere which stifled7 and demoralized him.
He was eager to return to the surface of the earth. He wanted to breathe and see. And what he wanted above all to see was the tree stripped of its branches to which he had tied Véronique and on which Véronique had expired.
"For she is dead," he snarled8, as he crawled through the narrow passage which communicated with the third and largest of the crypts. "She is dead. I know what death means. I have often held it in my hands and I make no mistakes. Then how did that demon10 manage to bring her to life again?"
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1 contradictory | |
adj.反驳的,反对的,抗辩的;n.正反对,矛盾对立 | |
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2 witchcraft | |
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4 emanating | |
v.从…处传出,传出( emanate的现在分词 );产生,表现,显示 | |
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adj.极好的;极为巨大的;寓言中的,传说中的 | |
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(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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13 likeness | |
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14 accomplice | |
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15 accomplices | |
从犯,帮凶,同谋( accomplice的名词复数 ) | |
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16 vault | |
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17 grumbling | |
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18 lighter | |
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20 brute | |
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21 raving | |
adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地 | |
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22 wring | |
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23 mighty | |
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24 cartridges | |
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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25 cylinder | |
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26 shrugged | |
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27 shrug | |
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28 clot | |
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29 burrow | |
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30 bide | |
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31 stimulated | |
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32 adversary | |
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33 dagger | |
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34 recess | |
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处) | |
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35 astounded | |
v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕然;愕;惊讶 | |
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36 stammered | |
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37 undoubtedly | |
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38 corpse | |
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39 shudder | |
v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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40 wrench | |
v.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;n.扳手;痛苦,难受 | |
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41 itching | |
adj.贪得的,痒的,渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 ) | |
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42 chuckled | |
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43 riddle | |
n.谜,谜语,粗筛;vt.解谜,给…出谜,筛,检查,鉴定,非难,充满于;vi.出谜 | |
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44 riddles | |
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45 vent | |
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46 conqueror | |
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47 shrouded | |
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48 turquoise | |
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49 killing | |
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50 bruise | |
n.青肿,挫伤;伤痕;vt.打青;挫伤 | |
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51 bruised | |
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52 secondly | |
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53 domain | |
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54 salvation | |
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55 thwarting | |
阻挠( thwart的现在分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; 横过 | |
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56 conjuring | |
n.魔术 | |
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57 savagery | |
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58 swooped | |
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59 random | |
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 | |
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60 frenzied | |
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61 exhausted | |
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62 gored | |
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63 gore | |
n.凝血,血污;v.(动物)用角撞伤,用牙刺破;缝以补裆;顶 | |
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64 desperately | |
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65 standing | |
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66 brass | |
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67 grandee | |
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68 favourably | |
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69 misgiving | |
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70 accentuated | |
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71 lashed | |
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72 irony | |
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄 | |
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73 jolt | |
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74 slash | |
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75 intoxicate | |
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76 hideous | |
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77 pulp | |
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79 obstinate | |
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80 wretch | |
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81 isle | |
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82 subservient | |
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83 miserable | |
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84 poltroon | |
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85 buffer | |
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86 mascot | |
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87 diabolical | |
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88 fixed | |
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89 concealing | |
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90 supreme | |
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92 evade | |
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93 quarry | |
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94 doomed | |
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95 inexplicably | |
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96 disarmed | |
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97 bind | |
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98 trump | |
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99 moors | |
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100 upwards | |
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101 tapering | |
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102 abominable | |
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103 inscription | |
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abbr.trumpets 喇叭;小号;喇叭形状的东西;喇叭筒v.(牌戏)出王牌赢(一牌或一墩)( trump的过去式 );吹号公告,吹号庆祝;吹喇叭;捏造 | |
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108 hurled | |
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109 precisely | |
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111 interfered | |
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112 vehement | |
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113 denuded | |
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115 frankly | |
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116 hypocrisy | |
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117 plundering | |
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118 hoisted | |
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等);蠕蠕 | |
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125 inveigh | |
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127 blackmail | |
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128 undoing | |
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129 inflexible | |
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131 prehistoric | |
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132 tune | |
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133 untie | |
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134 eloquent | |
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135 trotting | |
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136 squatted | |
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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137 writhing | |
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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138 exquisite | |
adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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