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Part 9: Rules of East and West XXVIII
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The winds of North and South are, as I have said, but small princes amongst the powers of the sea. They have no territory of their own; they are not reigning1 winds anywhere. Yet it is from their houses that the reigning dynasties which have shared between them the waters of the earth are sprung. All the weather of the world is based upon the contest of the Polar and Equatorial strains of that tyrannous race. The West Wind is the greatest king. The East rules between the Tropics. They have shared each ocean between them. Each has his genius of supreme2 rule. The King of the West never intrudes3 upon the recognised dominion4 of his kingly brother. He is a barbarian5, of a northern type. Violent without craftiness6, and furious without malice7, one may imagine him seated masterfully with a double-edged sword on his knees upon the painted and gilt8 clouds of the sunset, bowing his shock head of golden locks, a flaming beard over his breast, imposing9, colossal10, mighty-limbed, with a thundering voice, distended11 cheeks and fierce blue eyes, urging the speed of his gales12. The other, the East king, the king of blood-red sunrises, I represent to myself as a spare Southerner with clear-cut features, black-browed and dark-eyed, gray-robed, upright in sunshine, resting a smooth-shaven cheek in the palm of his hand, impenetrable, secret, full of
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reigning
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adj.统治的,起支配作用的 | |
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supreme
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intrudes
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v.侵入,侵扰,打扰( intrude的第三人称单数 );把…强加于 | |
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dominion
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n.统治,管辖,支配权;领土,版图 | |
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barbarian
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n.野蛮人;adj.野蛮(人)的;未开化的 | |
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craftiness
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狡猾,狡诈 | |
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malice
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n.恶意,怨恨,蓄意;[律]预谋 | |
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imposing
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colossal
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v.(使)膨胀,肿胀( distend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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gales
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wiles
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meditating
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guile
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hurls
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hoary
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furrowed
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v.犁田,开沟( furrow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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cyclonic
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adj.气旋的,飓风的 | |
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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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watchfully
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警惕地,留心地 | |
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latitudes
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纬度 | |
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mightily
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strenuous
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adj.奋发的,使劲的;紧张的;热烈的,狂热的 | |
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vista
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n.远景,深景,展望,回想 | |
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crafty
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forefinger
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n.食指 | |
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treacherous
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miserable
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dominions
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统治权( dominion的名词复数 ); 领土; 疆土; 版图 | |
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catching
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adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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meditates
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深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的第三人称单数 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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irresistible
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adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的 | |
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prevailing
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定量( ration的名词复数 ); 配给量; 正常量; 合理的量 | |
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hardy
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adventurous
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audacity
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toiling
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victorious
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mere
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seamen
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impulsive
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tyrant
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n.暴君,专制的君主,残暴的人 | |
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wizened
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caravans
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(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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ransom
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wrought
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systematic
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obstinacy
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humiliated
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westward
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n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西 | |
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slumbered
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微睡,睡眠(slumber的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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foraging
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v.搜寻(食物),尤指动物觅(食)( forage的现在分词 );(尤指用手)搜寻(东西) | |
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mantle
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n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红 | |
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hoard
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streak
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n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动 | |
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despoiled
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v.掠夺,抢劫( despoil的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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wade
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v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉 | |
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crimson
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n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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luminous
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sinister
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celestial
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administrative
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schooners
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memorable
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dodging
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tack
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sweepings
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n.笼统的( sweeping的名词复数 );(在投票等中的)大胜;影响广泛的;包罗万象的 | |
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inflict
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vt.(on)把…强加给,使遭受,使承担 | |
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corrupted
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(使)败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏 | |
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exasperation
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lurid
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slab
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misty
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