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At Five O'Clock in the Morning
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Fate, in the guise1 of Mrs. Emory dropping a milk-can on the platform under his open window, awakened2 Murray that morning. Had not Mrs. Emory dropped that can, he would have slumbered3 peacefully until his usual hour for rising—a late one, be it admitted, for of all the boarders at Sweetbriar Cottage Murray was the most irregular in his habits.
"When a young man," Mrs. Emory was wont4 to remark sagely5 and a trifle severely6, "prowls about that pond half of the night, a-chasing of things what he calls 'moonlight effecks,' it ain't to be wondered at that he's sleepy in the morning. And it ain't the convenientest thing, nuther and noways, to keep the breakfast table set till the farm folks are thinking of dinner. But them artist men are not like other people, say what you will, and allowance has to be made for them. And I must say that I likes him real well and approves of him every other way."
If Murray had slept late that morning—well, he shudders7 yet over that "if." But aforesaid Fate saw to it that he woke when the hour of destiny and the milk-can struck, and having awakened he found he could not go to sleep again. It suddenly occurred to him that he had never seen a sunrise on the pond. Doubtless it would be very lovely down there in those dewy meadows at such a primitive9 hour; he decided10 to get up and see what the world looked like in the young daylight.
He scowled11 at a letter lying on his
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微睡,睡眠(slumber的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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sagely
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n.颤动,打颤,战栗( shudder的名词复数 )v.战栗( shudder的第三人称单数 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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scowled
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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dressing
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n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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prospective
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chronic
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humility
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marsh
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maple
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n.槭树,枫树,槭木 | |
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n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震 | |
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maiden
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fleeting
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沙丘( dune的名词复数 ) | |
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auroral
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shimmered
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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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orchard
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syllable
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determinedly
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hovering
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鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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serene
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inveigle
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helping
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apron
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shrouded
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v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 );保密 | |
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graceful
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virtue
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strenuous
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painstakingly
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resolutely
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adj.坚决地,果断地 | |
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beeches
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n.山毛榉( beech的名词复数 );山毛榉木材 | |
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caressing
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爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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hovered
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鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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lashes
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n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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burnished
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delightful
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prosaic
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tyrant
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pauper
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alienating
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guardian
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absurdity
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土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 ); 斜道; 斜路; (装车或上下飞机的)活动梯 | |
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repartee
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