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CHAPTER IV THE NAIL
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It is impossible for me to say how long my swoon lasted. Eternity1 is not of longer duration than one second spent in nihility. I was no more. It was slowly and confusedly that I regained2 some degree of consciousness. I was still asleep, but I began to dream; a nightmare started into shape amid the blackness of my horizon, a nightmare compounded of a strange fancy which in other days had haunted my morbid3 imagination whenever with my propensity4 for dwelling5 upon hideous6 thoughts I had conjured7 up catastrophes8.
Thus I dreamed that my wife was expecting me somewhere--at Guerande, I believe--and that I was going to join her by rail. As we passed through a tunnel a deafening9 roll thundered over our head, and a sudden subsidence blocked up both issues of the tunnel, leaving our train intact in the center. We were walled up by blocks of rock in the heart of a mountain. Then a long and fearful agony commenced. No assistance could possibly reach us; even with powerful engines and incessant10 labor11 it would take a month to clear the tunnel. We were prisoners there with no outlet12, and so our death was only a question of time.
My fancy had often dwelt on that hideous drama and had constantly
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1 eternity | |
n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 | |
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2 regained | |
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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3 morbid | |
adj.病的;致病的;病态的;可怕的 | |
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4 propensity | |
n.倾向;习性 | |
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5 dwelling | |
n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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6 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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7 conjured | |
用魔术变出( conjure的过去式和过去分词 ); 祈求,恳求; 变戏法; (变魔术般地) 使…出现 | |
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8 catastrophes | |
n.灾祸( catastrophe的名词复数 );灾难;不幸事件;困难 | |
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9 deafening | |
adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式 | |
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10 incessant | |
adj.不停的,连续的 | |
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11 labor | |
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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12 outlet | |
n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄 | |
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13 varied | |
adj.多样的,多变化的 | |
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14 exhausted | |
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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15 devour | |
v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷 | |
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16 aged | |
adj.年老的,陈年的 | |
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17 compartment | |
n.卧车包房,隔间;分隔的空间 | |
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18 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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19 carrion | |
n.腐肉 | |
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20 mingled | |
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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21 functionary | |
n.官员;公职人员 | |
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22 appalling | |
adj.骇人听闻的,令人震惊的,可怕的 | |
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23 resounded | |
v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音 | |
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24 vault | |
n.拱形圆顶,地窖,地下室 | |
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25 affected | |
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26 mantle | |
n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红 | |
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27 skull | |
n.头骨;颅骨 | |
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28 gasping | |
adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词 | |
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29 shaft | |
n.(工具的)柄,杆状物 | |
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30 rapture | |
n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;v.使狂喜 | |
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31 distinguished | |
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32 speck | |
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33 specks | |
n.眼镜;斑点,微粒,污点( speck的名词复数 ) | |
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34 azure | |
adj.天蓝色的,蔚蓝色的 | |
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35 ribs | |
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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36 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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37 suffocating | |
a.使人窒息的 | |
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38 chattering | |
n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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39 coma | |
n.昏迷,昏迷状态 | |
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40 rigidity | |
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41 coffin | |
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42 instinctively | |
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43 hoarse | |
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44 weird | |
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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45 slit | |
n.狭长的切口;裂缝;vt.切开,撕裂 | |
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46 glimmer | |
v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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47 somber | |
adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的 | |
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48 lucidity | |
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49 immediate | |
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50 peril | |
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51 suffocation | |
n.窒息 | |
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52 animation | |
n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作 | |
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53 asphyxiated | |
v.渴望的,有抱负的,追求名誉或地位的( aspirant的过去式和过去分词 );有志向或渴望获得…的人 | |
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54 promptly | |
adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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55 liberate | |
v.解放,使获得自由,释出,放出;vt.解放,使获自由 | |
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56 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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57 dreaded | |
adj.令人畏惧的;害怕的v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词) | |
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58 succumb | |
v.屈服,屈从;死 | |
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59 numbness | |
n.无感觉,麻木,惊呆 | |
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60 exhorted | |
v.劝告,劝说( exhort的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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61 trenches | |
深沟,地沟( trench的名词复数 ); 战壕 | |
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62 coffins | |
n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 );使某人早亡[死,完蛋,垮台等]之物 | |
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63 protruded | |
v.(使某物)伸出,(使某物)突出( protrude的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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64 plank | |
n.板条,木板,政策要点,政纲条目 | |
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65 slitting | |
n.纵裂(缝)v.切开,撕开( slit的现在分词 );在…上开狭长口子 | |
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66 planks | |
(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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68 laboriously | |
adv.艰苦地;费力地;辛勤地;(文体等)佶屈聱牙地 | |
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69 vaguely | |
adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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70 dreading | |
v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的现在分词 ) | |
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71 ascertain | |
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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72 sonority | |
n.响亮,宏亮 | |
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73 eliciting | |
n. 诱发, 引出 动词elicit的现在分词形式 | |
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74 bruised | |
[医]青肿的,瘀紫的 | |
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75 delirium | |
n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋 | |
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76 intoxicating | |
a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的 | |
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77 fumes | |
n.(强烈而刺激的)气味,气体 | |
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78 undone | |
a.未做完的,未完成的 | |
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79 writhed | |
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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80 contortions | |
n.扭歪,弯曲;扭曲,弄歪,歪曲( contortion的名词复数 ) | |
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81 relentless | |
adj.残酷的,不留情的,无怜悯心的 | |
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82 imprisoned | |
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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83 shrieks | |
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84 sobs | |
啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 ) | |
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85 exhaustion | |
n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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86 somnolent | |
adj.想睡的,催眠的;adv.瞌睡地;昏昏欲睡地;使人瞌睡地 | |
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87 torment | |
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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88 ardently | |
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89 yearn | |
v.想念;怀念;渴望 | |
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90 crave | |
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91 everlasting | |
adj.永恒的,持久的,无止境的 | |
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92 pricked | |
刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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93 crookedly | |
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94 obstinately | |
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95 persevering | |
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96 salvation | |
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困 | |
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97 trickled | |
v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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98 punctured | |
v.在(某物)上穿孔( puncture的过去式和过去分词 );刺穿(某物);削弱(某人的傲气、信心等);泄某人的气 | |
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99 tepid | |
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100 acrid | |
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101 desperately | |
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102 wrenched | |
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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103 stiffened | |
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104 doggedly | |
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105 persevered | |
v.坚忍,坚持( persevere的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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106 sufficiently | |
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107 notched | |
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108 supreme | |
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109 cleft | |
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110 assailed | |
v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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111 spine | |
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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112 abruptly | |
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113 velvety | |
adj. 像天鹅绒的, 轻软光滑的, 柔软的 | |
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114 wafted | |
v.吹送,飘送,(使)浮动( waft的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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115 foliage | |
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