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As Peyrol and the lieutenant1 had surmised2 from the report of the gun, the English ship which the evening before was lying in Hyères Roads had got under way after dark. The light airs had taken her as far as the Petite Passe in the early part of the night, and then had abandoned her to the breathless moonlight in which, bereft3 of all motion, she looked more like a white monument of stone dwarfed4 by the darkling masses of land on either hand than a fabric5 famed for its swiftness in attack or in flight.
Her captain was a man of about forty, with clean-shaven, full cheeks and mobile thin lips which he had a trick of compressing mysteriously before he spoke6 and sometimes also at the end of his speeches. He was alert in his movements and nocturnal in his habits.
Directly he found that the calm had taken complete possession of the night and was going to last for hours, Captain Vincent assumed his favourite attitude of leaning over the rail. It was then some time after midnight and in the pervading7 stillness the moon, riding on a speckless8 sky, seemed to pour her enchantment9 on an uninhabited planet. Captain Vincent did not mind the moon very much. Of course it made his ship visible from both shores of the Petite Passe. But after nearly a year of constant service in command of the extreme lookout10 ship of Admiral Nelson's blockading fleet he knew the emplacement of almost every gun of the shore defences. Where the breeze had left him he was safe from the biggest gun of the few that were mounted on Porquerolles. On the Giens side of the pass he knew for certain there was not even a popgun mounted anywhere. His long familiarity with that part of the coast had
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lieutenant
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n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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v.臆测,推断( surmise的过去式和过去分词 );揣测;猜想 | |
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vt.(使)显得矮小(dwarf的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织 | |
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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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v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的现在分词 ) | |
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enchantment
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n.迷惑,妖术,魅力 | |
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lookout
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n.注意,前途,瞭望台 | |
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imbued
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v.使(某人/某事)充满或激起(感情等)( imbue的过去式和过去分词 );使充满;灌输;激发(强烈感情或品质等) | |
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thoroughly
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militia
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n.民兵,民兵组织 | |
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sloop
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interfered
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mused
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v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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catching
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beckoned
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v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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brace
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n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备 | |
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quay
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n.码头,靠岸处 | |
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ballroom
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n.舞厅 | |
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stimulated
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a.刺激的 | |
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ashore
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adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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farmhouse
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n.农场住宅(尤指主要住房) | |
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lingo
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n.语言不知所云,外国话,隐语 | |
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captivity
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n.囚禁;被俘;束缚 | |
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promotion
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n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传 | |
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misgivings
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n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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evacuated
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perfectly
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n.绳套,绞索(刑);v.用套索捉;使落入圈套;处以绞刑 | |
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cryptic
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adj.秘密的,神秘的,含义模糊的 | |
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attentive
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risky
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comely
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conceal
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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Mediterranean
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adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的 | |
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mere
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v.批准,认可;n.批准,认可 | |
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assented
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pointed
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ridge
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irritation
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n.激怒,恼怒,生气 | |
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adv.并排地;跟上(时代)的步伐,与…并进地 | |
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darted
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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distraction
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n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐 | |
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mumbled
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含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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ferocious
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adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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concealed
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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humble
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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traitor
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n.叛徒,卖国贼 | |
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jack
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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worthy
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adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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inmate
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n.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人 | |
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watchfulness
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警惕,留心; 警觉(性) | |
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watchful
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adj.注意的,警惕的 | |
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anticipatory
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adj.预想的,预期的 | |
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sleeper
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n.睡眠者,卧车,卧铺 | |
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parley
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n.谈判 | |
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shutter
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n.百叶窗;(照相机)快门;关闭装置 | |
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narrative
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n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的 | |
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fascination
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n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋 | |
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repose
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friendliness
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n.友谊,亲切,亲密 | |
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glided
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irresolute
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weird
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screeching
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precipitated
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peculiar
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pounced
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pounce
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neatly
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adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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vexed
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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absurdity
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sleepless
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adj.不睡眠的,睡不著的,不休息的 | |
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