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CHAPTER VI—BLOWN OFF
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Though it was nearly eleven o’clock at night, the light had not quite gone and the sea glimmered1 about the sloop2 as she rose and fell at her moorings by the wreck3. To the north the sky was barred with streaks5 of ragged6 cloud and the edge of the sea-plain was harshly clear; to the east the horizon was hidden by a cold, blue haze7, and the tide was near the lowest of its ebb8. An angry white surf broke along the uncovered shoals with a tremulous roar, and the swell9, though smooth as oil on its surface, was high and steep. No breath of wind touched the water, but Jimmy agreed with Moran that there was plenty on the way.
A light burned in the low-roofed cabin where the men waited for the meal which Bethune was cooking. They felt languid as well as tired and hungry, for supper had been long deferred10 to enable them to continue diving, and they had been under water much oftener than was good for them during the day. The bulkhead they strove to clear of sand was still inaccessible11, and, as bad weather had frequently hindered work, they felt compelled to make good use of every favorable minute. This was why they had held on to the wreck, instead of entering the bight before the falling tide rendered its approach dangerous. Moreover, their provisions were running low, and Bethune was experimenting with some damaged flour which had lain forgotten in a flooded locker12 for several days while they rode out a
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v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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locker
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toil
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grumbling
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lockers
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lobsters
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龙虾( lobster的名词复数 ); 龙虾肉 | |
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sumptuously
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steward
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concession
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cargo
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hoarse
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rattle
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scrambling
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crooked
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ashore
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crest
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swelling
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n.肿胀 | |
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desperately
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flattened
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[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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ominously
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leeward
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misty
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glistened
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luminously
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发光的; 明亮的; 清楚的; 辉赫 | |
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slanted
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fatigue
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foaming
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