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CHAPTER XVI. A GRUESOME DANCE
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I rose to resume my journey, and walked many a desert mile. How I longed for a mountain, or even a tall rock, from whose summit I might see across the dismal1 plain or the dried-up channels to some bordering hope! Yet what could such foresight2 have availed me? That which is within a man, not that which lies beyond his vision, is the main factor in what is about to befall him: the operation upon him is the event. Foreseeing is not understanding, else surely the prophecy latent in man would come oftener to the surface!
The sun was half-way to the horizon when I saw before me a rugged3 rocky ascent4; but ere I reached it my desire to climb was over, and I longed to lie down. By that time the sun was almost set, and the air had begun to grow dark. At my feet lay a carpet of softest, greenest moss5, couch for a king: I threw myself upon it, and weariness at once began to ebb6, for, the moment my head was down, the third time I heard below me many waters, playing broken airs and ethereal harmonies with the stones of their buried channels. Loveliest chaos7 of music-stuff the harp8 aquarian kept sending up to my ears! What might not a Händel have done with that ever-recurring gurgle and bell-like drip, to the mingling9 and mutually destructive melodies their common refrain!
As I lay listening, my eyes went wandering up and down the rocky slope abrupt10 above me, reading on its face the record that down there, ages ago, rushed a cataract
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dismal
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| adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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foresight
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ascent
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| n.(声望或地位)提高;上升,升高;登高 | |
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moss
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| n.苔,藓,地衣 | |
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harp
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cataract
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swelled
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| 增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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tumult
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| n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹 | |
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revelling
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| v.作乐( revel的现在分词 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉 | |
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brooks
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lulled
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alas
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| int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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plunged
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| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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dreary
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| adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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descried
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stunted
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thickets
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entrap
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ripen
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vacancy
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| n.(旅馆的)空位,空房,(职务的)空缺 | |
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shrubs
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| 灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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dwelling
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peculiarities
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| n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪 | |
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dungeon
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parasite
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solitary
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murmur
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| n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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foliage
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descry
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inspection
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| n.检查,审查,检阅 | |
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edifice
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| n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿,教室) | |
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doorway
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| n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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| adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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twigs
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| 细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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wading
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| (从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的现在分词 ) | |
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tangled
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throbbing
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canopied
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chirp
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rustling
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| n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的 | |
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owl
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attenuate
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gracefully
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| ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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vaguely
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| adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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embodied
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alluded
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partially
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attired
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skull
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jaws
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| n.口部;嘴 | |
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truncated
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| adj.切去顶端的,缩短了的,被删节的v.截面的( truncate的过去式和过去分词 );截头的;缩短了的;截去顶端或末端 | |
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wrecks
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| n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 );(事故中)遭严重毁坏的汽车(或飞机等);(身体或精神上)受到严重损伤的人;状况非常糟糕的车辆(或建筑物等)v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 );使(船舶)失事,使遇难,使下沉 | |
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lustrous
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condescending
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languishing
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repulsive
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variance
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apparitions
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belongings
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frightful
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raven
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ripples
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pallid
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maze
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hue
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melodious
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smothered
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turbid
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flakes
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| 小薄片( flake的名词复数 ); (尤指)碎片; 雪花; 古怪的人 | |
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