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XII. PETS.
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As there are no longer any Whig boys in the world, the coon can no longer be kept anywhere as a political emblem1, I dare say. Even in my boy's time the boys kept coons just for the pleasure of it, and without meaning to elect Whig governors and presidents with them. I do not know how they got them—they traded for them, perhaps, with fellows in the country that had caught them, or perhaps their fathers bought them in market; some people thought they were very good to eat, and, like poultry2 and other things for the table, they may have been brought alive to market. But, anyhow, when a boy had a coon, he had to have a store-box turned open side down to keep it in, behind the house; and he had to have a little door in the box to pull the coon out through when he wanted to show it to other boys, or to look at it himself, which he did forty or fifty times a day, when he first got it. He had to have a small collar for the coon, and a little chain, because the coon would gnaw3 through a string in a minute. The coon himself never seemed to take much interest in keeping a coon, or to see much fun or sense in it. He liked to stay inside his box, where he had a bed of hay, and whenever the boy pulled him out, he did his best to bite the boy. He had no tricks; his temper was bad; and there was nothing about him except the rings[134] round his tail and his political principles that anybody could care for. He never did anything but bite, and try to get away, or else run back into his box, which smelt4, pretty soon, like an animal-show; he would not even let a fellow see him eat.
My boy's brother had a coon, which he kept a good while, at a time when there was no election, for the mere5 satisfaction of keeping a coon. During his captivity6 the coon bit his keeper repeatedly through the thumb, and upon the whole seemed to prefer him to any other food; I do not really know what coons eat in a wild state, but this captive coon tasted the blood of nearly that whole family of children. Besides biting and getting away, he never did the slightest thing worth remembering; as there was no election, he did not even take part in a Whig procession. He got away two or three times. The first thing his owner would know when he pulled the chain out was that there was no coon at the end of it, and then he would have to
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emblem
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| n.象征,标志;徽章 | |
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poultry
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| n.家禽,禽肉 | |
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gnaw
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| v.不断地啃、咬;使苦恼,折磨 | |
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smelt
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captivity
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poke
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awfully
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whooping
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owl
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specially
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hydraulic
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| adj.水力的;水压的,液压的;水力学的 | |
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frantic
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perfectly
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wagon
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| n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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piecemeal
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| adj.零碎的;n.片,块;adv.逐渐地;v.弄成碎块 | |
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profess
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| v.声称,冒称,以...为业,正式接受入教,表明信仰 | |
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brag
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incurably
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ardor
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zeal
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constables
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constable
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| n.(英国)警察,警官 | |
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muzzle
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| n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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muzzles
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| 枪口( muzzle的名词复数 ); (防止动物咬人的)口套; (四足动物的)鼻口部; (狗)等凸出的鼻子和口 | |
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bask
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| vt.取暖,晒太阳,沐浴于 | |
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twine
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| v.搓,织,编饰;(使)缠绕 | |
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interfere
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| v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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remorse
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offender
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transgression
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peril
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| n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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slain
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| 杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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nominally
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| 在名义上,表面地; 应名儿 | |
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eldest
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mischief
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cynical
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| adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的 | |
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indifference
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| n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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chambers
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dangled
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glut
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| n.存货过多,供过于求;v.狼吞虎咽 | |
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linen
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| n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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pumpkin
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| n.南瓜 | |
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neatly
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| adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地 | |
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pastry
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| n.油酥面团,酥皮糕点 | |
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exasperation
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| n.愤慨 | |
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banishment
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| n.放逐,驱逐 | |
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butt
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| n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶 | |
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curb
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| n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制 | |
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stewed
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| adj.焦虑不安的,烂醉的v.炖( stew的过去式和过去分词 );煨;思考;担忧 | |
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bonnets
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| n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 );(烟囱等的)覆盖物;(苏格兰男子的)无边呢帽;(女子戴的)任何一种帽子 | |
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bonnet
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| n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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demurely
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| adv.装成端庄地,认真地 | |
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frenzy
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apprehension
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| n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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unravel
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| v.弄清楚(秘密);拆开,解开,松开 | |
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decided
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plaintive
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mischievous
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| adj.调皮的,恶作剧的,有害的,伤人的 | |
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twitch
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accomplishments
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touching
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crumbs
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hovered
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scattered
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prey
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pang
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abounded
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poked
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trifling
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pony
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remarkable
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ponies
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| 矮种马,小型马( pony的名词复数 ); £25 25 英镑 | |
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reined
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| 勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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mortification
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embroidered
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crimson
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rawhide
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trotted
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| 小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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trot
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gallop
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hurled
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| v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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moorish
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| adj.沼地的,荒野的,生[住]在沼地的 | |
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javelin
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| n.标枪,投枪 | |
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herding
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| 中畜群 | |
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passionate
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| adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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dangling
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| 悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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| n.灌木丛( thicket的名词复数 );丛状物 | |
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