| 选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
For a while after his second’s answering hoot1 Massy hung over the engine-room gloomily. Captain Whalley, who, by the power of five hundred pounds, had kept his command for three years, might have been suspected of never having seen that coast before. He seemed unable to put down his glasses, as though they had been glued under his contracted eyebrows2. This settled frown gave to his face an air of invincible3 and just severity; but his raised elbow trembled slightly, and the perspiration4 poured from under his hat as if a second sun had suddenly blazed up at the zenith by the side of the ardent5 still globe already there, in whose blinding white heat the earth whirled and shone like a mote6 of dust.
From time to time, still holding up his glasses, he raised his other hand to wipe his streaming face. The drops rolled down his cheeks, fell like rain upon the white hairs of his beard, and brusquely, as if guided by an uncontrollable and anxious impulse, his arm reached out to the stand of the engine-room telegraph.
The gong clanged down below. The balanced vibration7 of the dead-slow speed ceased together with every sound and tremor8 in the ship, as if the great stillness that reigned9 upon the coast had stolen in through her sides of iron and taken possession of her innermost recesses10. The illusion of perfect immobility seemed to fall upon her from the luminous11 blue
收听单词发音
1
hoot
n.鸟叫声,汽车的喇叭声; v.使汽车鸣喇叭
2
eyebrows
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
3
invincible
adj.不可征服的,难以制服的
4
perspiration
n.汗水;出汗
5
ardent
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的
6
mote
n.微粒;斑点
7
vibration
n.颤动,振动;摆动
8
tremor
n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震
9
reigned
vi.当政,统治(reign的过去式形式)
10
recesses
n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭
11
luminous
adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的
12
dome
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
13
budge
v.移动一点儿;改变立场
14
hiss
v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满
15
hull
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳
16
ripple
n.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进
17
plunge
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲
18
intervals
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
19
fixedly
adv.固定地;不屈地,坚定不移地
20
awning
n.遮阳篷;雨篷
21
astonishment
n.惊奇,惊异
22
oblique
adj.斜的,倾斜的,无诚意的,不坦率的
23
frantic
adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的
24
drowsy
adj.昏昏欲睡的,令人发困的
25
fathoms
英寻( fathom的名词复数 )
26
descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
27
attentive
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
28
rammed
v.夯实(土等)( ram的过去式和过去分词 );猛撞;猛压;反复灌输
29
impulsiveness
n.冲动
30
upwards
adv.向上,在更高处...以上
31
aslant
adv.倾斜地;adj.斜的
32
floppy
adj.松软的,衰弱的
33
auspicious
adj.吉利的;幸运的,吉兆的
34
estuary
n.河口,江口
35
hesitation
n.犹豫,踌躇
36
placid
adj.安静的,平和的
37
incapable
adj.无能力的,不能做某事的
38
penetrating
adj.(声音)响亮的,尖锐的adj.(气味)刺激的adj.(思想)敏锐的,有洞察力的
39
motives
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
40
motive
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
41
northward
adv.向北;n.北方的地区
42
testimony
n.证词;见证,证明
43
apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
44
rigidly
adv.刻板地,僵化地
45
rigid
adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的
46
mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
47
casually
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
48
averting
防止,避免( avert的现在分词 ); 转移
49
smack
vt.拍,打,掴;咂嘴;vi.含有…意味;n.拍
50
thigh
n.大腿;股骨
51
circumspectly
adv.慎重地,留心地
52
plaintive
adj.可怜的,伤心的
53
resentment
n.怨愤,忿恨
54
awe
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧
55
positively
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
56
condescend
v.俯就,屈尊;堕落,丢丑
57
watchful
adj.注意的,警惕的
58
plaintively
adv.悲哀地,哀怨地
59
torment
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠
60
boilers
锅炉,烧水器,水壶( boiler的名词复数 )
61
everlastingly
永久地,持久地
62
exasperation
n.愤慨
63
conning
v.诈骗,哄骗( con的现在分词 );指挥操舵( conn的现在分词 )
64
propeller
n.螺旋桨,推进器
65
crested
adj.有顶饰的,有纹章的,有冠毛的v.到达山顶(或浪峰)( crest的过去式和过去分词 );到达洪峰,达到顶点
66
utterly
adv.完全地,绝对地
67
somber
adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的
68
abrupt
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的
69
tune
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
70
intemperance
n.放纵
71
behold
v.看,注视,看到
72
whine
v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣
73
crafty
adj.狡猾的,诡诈的
74
countenance
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
75
outraged
a.震惊的,义愤填膺的
76
dignified
a.可敬的,高贵的
77
remonstrated
v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫
78
monotonously
adv.单调地,无变化地
79
crestfallen
adj. 挫败的,失望的,沮丧的
80
shuffled
v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
81
recollect
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
82
habitual
adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的
83
incompetence
n.不胜任,不称职
84
persistent
adj.坚持不懈的,执意的;持续的
85
abaft
prep.在…之后;adv.在船尾,向船尾
86
indifference
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
87
steadily
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
88
insinuating
adj.曲意巴结的,暗示的v.暗示( insinuate的现在分词 );巧妙或迂回地潜入;(使)缓慢进入;慢慢伸入
89
wrung
绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水)
90
dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
91
mighty
adj.强有力的;巨大的
92
shuddered
v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动
93
tempting
a.诱人的, 吸引人的
94
miser
n.守财奴,吝啬鬼 (adj.miserly)
95
stonily
石头地,冷酷地
96
gorged
v.(用食物把自己)塞饱,填饱( gorge的过去式和过去分词 );作呕