选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
CHAPTER XXV HUGH MASSINGER, ESQ.
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
Hugh Massinger, Esq., was a person of some distinction as a novelist, and an æsthetic dabbler2 in Gothic mysteries. His novel “The Torch Lily” had had a great sale, especially in the United States, where an enthusiastic reviewer had compared it to Flaubert’s “Salambo.” Hugh Massinger had edited “Marie de France” and the “Romance of the Rose,” issued an abridged3 “Froissart,” and published books on “The Mediæval Colour-sense,” and “The Higher Love of Provence.” His poems, sensuous4, Swinburnian fragments, full of purple sunsets and precious stones, roses, red mouths and white bosoms5 had fascinated some of those erotic and over-civilised youngsters who turn from Kipling as from raw meat.
When Miss Champion offered Eve the post of secretary to Hugh Massinger, she accepted it as a piece of unexpected good fortune, for it seemed to be the very berth6 that she had hoped for, but feared to get.
Miss Champion said some characteristic things.
“Of course, you know who Mr. Massinger is? Yes. You have read ‘The Torch Lily’? A little bold, but so full of colour. I must warn you that he is just a trifle eccentric. You are to call and see him at ten o’clock to-morrow at his flat in Purbeck Street. The terms are two pounds a week, which, of course, includes my commission.”
“I am very grateful to you, Miss Champion. I hope I shall satisfy Mr. Massinger.”
Miss Champion looked at her meaningly.
“The great thing, Miss Carfax, is to be impersonal7. Always the work, and nothing but the work. That is how my protegées have always succeeded.”
Eve concluded that Hugh Massinger was rather young.
Miss Champion had stated that he was eccentric, but it was not the kind of eccentricity
点击
收听单词发音

1
ass
![]() |
|
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2
dabbler
![]() |
|
n. 戏水者, 业余家, 半玩半认真做的人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3
abridged
![]() |
|
削减的,删节的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4
sensuous
![]() |
|
adj.激发美感的;感官的,感觉上的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5
bosoms
![]() |
|
胸部( bosom的名词复数 ); 胸怀; 女衣胸部(或胸襟); 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6
berth
![]() |
|
n.卧铺,停泊地,锚位;v.使停泊 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7
impersonal
![]() |
|
adj.无个人感情的,与个人无关的,非人称的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8
eccentricity
![]() |
|
n.古怪,反常,怪癖 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9
bleached
![]() |
|
漂白的,晒白的,颜色变浅的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10
velvet
![]() |
|
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11
standing
![]() |
|
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12
embroidered
![]() |
|
adj.绣花的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13
recess
![]() |
|
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14
dressing
![]() |
|
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15
decadent
![]() |
|
adj.颓废的,衰落的,堕落的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16
possessed
![]() |
|
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17
diluted
![]() |
|
无力的,冲淡的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18
drooping
![]() |
|
adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
19
drooped
![]() |
|
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
20
melancholy
![]() |
|
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
21
receded
![]() |
|
v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
22
fatuously
![]() |
|
adv.愚昧地,昏庸地,蠢地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
23
tint
![]() |
|
n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
24
puffed
![]() |
|
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
25
precocity
![]() |
|
n.早熟,早成 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
26
peculiar
![]() |
|
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
27
tapestries
![]() |
|
n.挂毯( tapestry的名词复数 );绣帷,织锦v.用挂毯(或绣帷)装饰( tapestry的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
28
oozed
![]() |
|
v.(浓液等)慢慢地冒出,渗出( ooze的过去式和过去分词 );使(液体)缓缓流出;(浓液)渗出,慢慢流出 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
29
underneath
![]() |
|
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
30
inevitable
![]() |
|
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
31
scribbling
![]() |
|
n.乱涂[写]胡[乱]写的文章[作品]v.潦草的书写( scribble的现在分词 );乱画;草草地写;匆匆记下 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
32
unfamiliar
![]() |
|
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
33
smelt
![]() |
|
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
34
armour
![]() |
|
(=armor)n.盔甲;装甲部队 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
35
enamels
![]() |
|
搪瓷( enamel的名词复数 ); 珐琅; 釉药; 瓷漆 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
36
exchequer
![]() |
|
n.财政部;国库 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
37
pestered
![]() |
|
使烦恼,纠缠( pester的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
38
pageants
![]() |
|
n.盛装的游行( pageant的名词复数 );穿古代服装的游行;再现历史场景的娱乐活动;盛会 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
39
furtive
![]() |
|
adj.鬼鬼崇崇的,偷偷摸摸的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
40
sinister
![]() |
|
adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
41
brass
![]() |
|
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
42
smeary
![]() |
|
弄脏的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
43
sentimental
![]() |
|
adj.多愁善感的,感伤的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
44
virile
![]() |
|
adj.男性的;有男性生殖力的;有男子气概的;强有力的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
45
tightened
![]() |
|
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
46
jumbled
![]() |
|
adj.混乱的;杂乱的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
47
lucidity
![]() |
|
n.明朗,清晰,透明 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
48
monkish
![]() |
|
adj.僧侣的,修道士的,禁欲的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
49
tapestry
![]() |
|
n.挂毯,丰富多采的画面 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
50
tangle
![]() |
|
n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
51
jotted
![]() |
|
v.匆忙记下( jot的过去式和过去分词 );草草记下,匆匆记下 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
52
fulsome
![]() |
|
adj.可恶的,虚伪的,过分恭维的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
53
personalities
![]() |
|
n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
54
lure
![]() |
|
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
55
nostrils
![]() |
|
鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
56
dilated
![]() |
|
adj.加宽的,扩大的v.(使某物)扩大,膨胀,张大( dilate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
57
artistic
![]() |
|
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
58
scenting
![]() |
|
vt.闻到(scent的现在分词形式) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
59
divan
![]() |
|
n.长沙发;(波斯或其他东方诗人的)诗集 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
60
tainted
![]() |
|
adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
61
cosmopolitan
![]() |
|
adj.世界性的,全世界的,四海为家的,全球的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
62
deign
![]() |
|
v. 屈尊, 惠允 ( 做某事) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
63
bracing
![]() |
|
adj.令人振奋的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
64
cynical
![]() |
|
adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
65
wailed
![]() |
|
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
66
barbarian
![]() |
|
n.野蛮人;adj.野蛮(人)的;未开化的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
67
motive
![]() |
|
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
68
primitive
![]() |
|
adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
69
passionate
![]() |
|
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
70
subconsciousness
![]() |
|
潜意识;下意识 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
71
subconscious
![]() |
|
n./adj.潜意识(的),下意识(的) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
72
concealed
![]() |
|
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
73
exultation
![]() |
|
n.狂喜,得意 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
74
languor
![]() |
|
n.无精力,倦怠 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
75
descended
![]() |
|
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
76
swarming
![]() |
|
密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
77
rusty
![]() |
|
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
78
supreme
![]() |
|
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
©英文小说网 2005-2010