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CHAPTER XII—THE CARPENTER’S WHIMSICAL CONTRIVANCE
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The inhabitants came wondering down the shore to look at us; and seeing the ship lie down on one side in such a manner, and heeling in towards the shore, and not seeing our men, who were at work on her bottom with stages, and with their boats on the off-side, they presently concluded that the ship was cast away, and lay fast on the ground. On this supposition they came about us in two or three hours’ time with ten or twelve large boats, having some of them eight, some ten men in a boat, intending, no doubt, to have come on board and plundered1 the ship, and if they found us there, to have carried us away for slaves.
When they came up to the ship, and began to row round her, they discovered us all hard at work on the outside of the ship’s bottom and side, washing, and graving, and stopping, as every seafaring man knows how. They stood for a while gazing at us, and we, who were a little surprised, could not imagine what their design was; but being willing to be sure, we took this opportunity to get some of us into the ship, and others to hand down arms and ammunition2 to those that were at work, to defend themselves with if there should be occasion. And it was no more than need: for in less than a quarter of an hour’s consultation3, they agreed, it seems, that the ship was really a wreck4, and that we were all at work endeavouring to save her, or to save our lives by the help of our boats; and when we handed our arms into the boat, they concluded, by that act, that we were endeavouring to save some of our goods. Upon this, they took it for granted we all belonged to them, and away they came directly upon our men, as if it had been in a line-of-battle.
Our men, seeing so many of them, began to be frightened, for we lay but in an ill posture5 to fight, and cried out to us to know what they should do. I immediately called to the men that worked upon the stages to slip them down, and get up the side into the ship, and bade those in the boat to row round and come on board. The few who were on board worked with all the strength and hands we had to bring the ship to rights; however, neither the men upon the stages nor those in the boats could do as they were ordered before the Cochin Chinese were upon them, when two of their boats boarded our longboat, and began to lay hold of the men as their prisoners.
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plundered
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| 掠夺,抢劫( plunder的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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ammunition
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| n.军火,弹药 | |
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consultation
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| n.咨询;商量;商议;会议 | |
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wreck
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| n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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posture
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| n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;v.作出某种姿势 | |
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immediate
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seaman
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musket
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tempted
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caulked
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| v.堵(船的)缝( caulk的过去式和过去分词 );泥…的缝;填塞;使不漏水 | |
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shipwrights
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| n.造船者,修船者( shipwright的名词复数 ) | |
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saluted
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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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jack
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plentifully
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frightful
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imminent
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killing
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| n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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dexterity
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hogs
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| n.(尤指喂肥供食用的)猪( hog的名词复数 );(供食用的)阉公猪;彻底地做某事;自私的或贪婪的人 | |
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rogues
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| n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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perfectly
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Mediterranean
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steered
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latitude
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courteous
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remains
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Christian
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| adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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missionary
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| adj.教会的,传教(士)的;n.传教士 | |
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testimony
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entirely
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standing
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Portuguese
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gulf
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| n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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cargo
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| n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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wares
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wrought
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opium
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| n.鸦片;adj.鸦片的 | |
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conceited
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| adj.自负的,骄傲自满的 | |
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monarch
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sluices
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apprehensions
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apprehension
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meddle
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disorder
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| n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调 | |
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conceal
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discourse
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amazement
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spoke
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mariners
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| 海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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procure
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broil
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guilt
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exigency
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creek
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privately
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thither
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vessel
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miserable
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scripture
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knuckles
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bruised
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extremity
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shipwreck
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wretches
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savages
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| 未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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glut
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