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Chapter 10 What the Moon Saw
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There was great heat at the end of July — sultry, thunderous weather, when the hills drowsed under a haze1 and the sun’s beams seemed to be the more torrid for the screen of vapour through which they fell. The heavens were banking2 up for the Lammas rains. But each evening the skies cleared, and the night was an amethyst3 dome4 sprinkled with stars.
David made a great to-do about his visit to Newbiggin. On the Monday morning he announced it to Isobel, and in an hour the word had gone through the village. His housekeeper5 seemed to receive the news with relief. “Blithe I am to hear it, sir. Folk suld whiles change their ground like bestial6, and ye’ve been ower lang tethered to this parochine. Newbiggin will be a caller bit in this lown weather, and while ye’re awa’ I’ll get your chamber7 cleaned and the stairs washed doun. Dinna haste to come back, for I’ll no look for ye or Setterday.”
He set off on the Tuesday after midday, and there were many eyes in Woodilee to mark his going. That night he duly slept at Newbiggin, but the next day, which was Lammas Eve, he left his cousin’s house and rode up Clyde water into the farthest moors8. It was a wide circuit, which brought him in the afternoon to the uplands which separate Rood from Annan. All day he had been out of sight of human dwelling9, and the first he saw was in the dusk, when he descended10 upon the tower of Calidon by the glen of the Calidon burn. At Calidon he left his horse with the grieve,
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1 haze | |
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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2 banking | |
n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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3 amethyst | |
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4 dome | |
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5 housekeeper | |
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6 bestial | |
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7 chamber | |
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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8 moors | |
v.停泊,系泊(船只)( moor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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10 descended | |
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11 descend | |
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12 promising | |
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13 Ford | |
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14 herd | |
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15 crutch | |
n.T字形拐杖;支持,依靠,精神支柱 | |
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16 syne | |
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17 kindle | |
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18 portentous | |
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19 twitching | |
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20 discomfort | |
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21 frieze | |
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22 slung | |
抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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23 fowl | |
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24 secondly | |
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25 wager | |
n.赌注;vt.押注,打赌 | |
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26 dab | |
v.轻触,轻拍,轻涂;n.(颜料等的)轻涂 | |
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27 reek | |
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28 stink | |
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29 kenned | |
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30 sniffing | |
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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31 slits | |
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32 surmounted | |
战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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33 tamper | |
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34 auld | |
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35 bide | |
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36 bent | |
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37 allotted | |
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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38 loyalty | |
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39 cannily | |
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40 contemplated | |
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41 notably | |
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42 omen | |
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43 pint | |
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44 flask | |
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46 devout | |
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47 noted | |
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48 trepidation | |
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49 rout | |
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50 glade | |
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51 miserable | |
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52 disquiet | |
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53 stiffened | |
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54 frustrated | |
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55 ostracism | |
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56 engendered | |
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57 necromancy | |
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58 strife | |
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59 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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60 thickets | |
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61 scrambled | |
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62 blur | |
n.模糊不清的事物;vt.使模糊,使看不清楚 | |
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63 blessing | |
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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64 scurried | |
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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65 perch | |
n.栖木,高位,杆;v.栖息,就位,位于 | |
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66 crest | |
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67 accomplished | |
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68 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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69 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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70 cleft | |
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71 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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72 ridge | |
n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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73 clatter | |
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74 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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75 babble | |
v.含糊不清地说,胡言乱语地说,儿语 | |
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76 gathering | |
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77 trumpet | |
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78 ineffably | |
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79 scent | |
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80 revolved | |
v.(使)旋转( revolve的过去式和过去分词 );细想 | |
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81 amazement | |
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82 wrath | |
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83 utterly | |
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84 friendliness | |
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85 innocence | |
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86 follies | |
罪恶,时事讽刺剧; 愚蠢,蠢笨,愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 ) | |
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87 strictly | |
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88 blasphemy | |
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89 shudder | |
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90 flicker | |
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91 scarlet | |
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92 spurted | |
(液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的过去式和过去分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺 | |
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93 marrow | |
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94 shrill | |
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95 dabbled | |
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96 prostrate | |
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97 abasement | |
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98 uncouth | |
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99 coverts | |
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100 innocency | |
无罪,洁白 | |
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101 capered | |
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102 hideous | |
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103 lust | |
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104 mingled | |
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105 devoutly | |
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106 pious | |
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107 decency | |
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108 specially | |
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109 obeisance | |
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110 deluge | |
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111 torrent | |
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112 quench | |
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113 slanted | |
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114 lesser | |
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115 sniffed | |
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118 almighty | |
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119 frail | |
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120 humbled | |
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121 weird | |
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122 sipping | |
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123 awesome | |
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124 gashed | |
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125 foul | |
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126 awed | |
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127 sockets | |
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