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Chapter 18. Christmas Holidays.
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It often happens, even after the cold has announced itself in Venice, that the hesitating winter lingers in the Tyrol, and a mellow1 Indian-summer weather has possession of the first weeks of December. There was nothing in the December weather of 1863 to remind us Northerners that Christmas was coming. The skies were as blue as those of June, the sun was warm, and the air was bland2, with only now and then a trenchant3 breath from the Alps, coming like a delicate sarcasm4 from loveliness unwilling5 to be thought insipidly6 amiable7. But if there was no warning in the weather, there were other signs of Christmas-time not to be mistaken: a certain foolish leaping of the heart in one’s own breast, as if the dead raptures8 of childhood were stirred in their graves by the return of the happy season; and in Venice, in weary, forlorn Venice, there was the half-unconscious tumult9, the expectant bustle10 which cities feel at the approach of holidays. The little shops put on their gayest airs; there was a great clapping and hammering on the stalls and booths which were building in the campos; the street-cries were more shrill11 and resonant12 than ever, and the air was shaken with the continual clangor of the church bells. All this note of preparation is rather bewildering to strangers, and is apt to
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mellow
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| adj.柔和的;熟透的;v.变柔和;(使)成熟 | |
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| adj.淡而无味的,温和的,无刺激性的 | |
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| adj.尖刻的,清晰的 | |
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sarcasm
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amiable
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| adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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| 极度欢喜( rapture的名词复数 ) | |
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bustle
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| v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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shrill
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disorder
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sojourner
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sage
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| n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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inquiry
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hearth
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domes
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prudence
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forth
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| v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话( prattle的第三人称单数 );发出连续而无意义的声音;闲扯;东拉西扯 | |
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perfectly
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| adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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piquant
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| adj.辛辣的,开胃的,令人兴奋的 | |
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defective
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tack
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peculiar
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conserve
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| vt.保存,保护,节约,节省,守恒,不灭 | |
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delinquent
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| adj.犯法的,有过失的;n.违法者 | |
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carnival
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| n.嘉年华会,狂欢,狂欢节,巡回表演 | |
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Christian
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| adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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| a.正当的,有理的 | |
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Christians
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piazza
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| n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸 | |
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applied
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throngs
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wares
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| n. 货物, 商品 | |
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barricades
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| 路障,障碍物( barricade的名词复数 ) | |
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| adj.确立的,不容易改的(风俗习惯) | |
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assailed
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| 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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inevitable
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| adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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joyousness
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| 快乐,使人喜悦 | |
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unreasonably
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kindly
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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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blithe
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lavishly
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picturesque
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| adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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hues
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| 色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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lagoon
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| n.泻湖,咸水湖 | |
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| 变为深红色(crimson的第三人称单数形式) | |
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scarlet
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splendors
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| n.华丽( splendor的名词复数 );壮丽;光辉;显赫 | |
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eels
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| abbr. 电子发射器定位系统(=electronic emitter location system) | |
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writhing
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| (因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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thither
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renaissance
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| n.复活,复兴,文艺复兴 | |
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fluted
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| a.有凹槽的 | |
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stilted
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| adj.虚饰的;夸张的 | |
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theatrical
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| adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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niches
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| 壁龛( niche的名词复数 ); 合适的位置[工作等]; (产品的)商机; 生态位(一个生物所占据的生境的最小单位) | |
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| 壁画( fresco的名词复数 ); 温壁画技法,湿壁画 | |
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hideous
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discourse
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tapers
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eldest
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benediction
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patricians
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poultry
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savor
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broth
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disinterested
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admiration
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blessings
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