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A very cold winter’s night, so silent that the air seemed frozen, and, since there was no moon, congealed1 to the stillness of glass spread over England. Ponds and ditches were frozen; the puddles2 made glazed3 eyes in the roads, and on the pavement the frost had raised slippery knobs. Darkness pressed on the windows; towns had merged4 themselves in open country. No light shone, save when a searchlight rayed round the sky, and stopped, here and there, as if to ponder some fleecy patch.
“If that is the river,” said Eleanor, pausing in the dark street outside the station, “Westminster must be there.” The omnibus in which she had come, with its silent passengers looking cadaverous in the blue light, had already vanished. She turned.
She was dining with Renny and Maggie, who lived in one of the obscure little streets under the shadow of the Abbey. She walked on. The further side of the street was almost invisible. The lamps were shrouded5 in blue. She flashed her torch onto a name on a street corner. Again she flashed her torch. Here it lit up a brick wall; there a dark green tuft of ivy6. At last the number thirty, the number she was looking for, shone out. She knocked and rang at the same moment, for the darkness seemed to muffle8 sound as well as sight. Silence weighed on her as she stood there waiting. Then the door opened and a man’s voice said, “Come in!”
He shut the door behind him, quickly, as if to shut out the light. It looked strange after the streets — the perambulator in the hall; the umbrellas in the stand; the carpet, the pictures: they all seemed intensified9.
“Come in!” said Renny again, and led her into the sitting-room
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congealed
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v.使凝结,冻结( congeal的过去式和过去分词 );(指血)凝结 | |
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n.水坑, (尤指道路上的)雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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(使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中 | |
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v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 );保密 | |
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ivy
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numb
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adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木 | |
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muffle
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v.围裹;抑制;发低沉的声音 | |
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intensified
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v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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sitting-room
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n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
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ablaze
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adj.着火的,燃烧的;闪耀的,灯火辉煌的 | |
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standing
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tar
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n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于 | |
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reign
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n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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abruptly
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adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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streaks
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n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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trickle
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vi.淌,滴,流出,慢慢移动,逐渐消散 | |
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spoke
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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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psychology
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n.心理,心理学,心理状态 | |
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obdurate
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adj.固执的,顽固的 | |
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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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adj.可理解的,明白易懂的,清楚的 | |
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n.引文,引语,语录;报价,牌价,行情 | |
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caress
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vt./n.爱抚,抚摸 | |
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n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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passionately
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ad.热烈地,激烈地 | |
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contradictorily
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adv.反驳地,逆,矛盾地 | |
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blurred
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v.(使)变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 );(使)难以区分;模模糊糊;迷离 | |
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blur
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n.模糊不清的事物;vt.使模糊,使看不清楚 | |
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bust
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vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部 | |
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poker
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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adj.感情强烈的;热烈的;(人)有强烈感情的 | |
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bridle
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reins
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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armour
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(=armor)n.盔甲;装甲部队 | |
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moor
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n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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touching
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adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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gilt
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adj.镀金的;n.金边证券 | |
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porous
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adj.可渗透的,多孔的 | |
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glamour
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n.魔力,魅力;vt.迷住 | |
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wailed
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v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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boredom
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n.厌烦,厌倦,乏味,无聊 | |
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underneath
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adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面 | |
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inquisitive
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adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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crumbled
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(把…)弄碎, (使)碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 衰落; 坍塌; 损坏 | |
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shuffling
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adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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chilly
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adj.凉快的,寒冷的 | |
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erect
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n./v.树立,建立,使竖立;adj.直立的,垂直的 | |
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timing
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n.时间安排,时间选择 | |
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soothingly
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adv.抚慰地,安慰地;镇痛地 | |
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cramped
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a.狭窄的 | |
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tilting
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倾斜,倾卸 | |
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ornaments
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n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 );点缀;装饰品;首饰v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) | |
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velvet
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middle-aged
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creased
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orator
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killing
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n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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privately
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adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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spacious
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possessed
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squeak
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n.吱吱声,逃脱;v.(发出)吱吱叫,侥幸通过;(俚)告密 | |
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鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 ) | |
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bugles
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妙脆角,一种类似薯片但做成尖角或喇叭状的零食; 号角( bugle的名词复数 ); 喇叭; 匍匐筋骨草; (装饰女服用的)柱状玻璃(或塑料)小珠 | |
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(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的现在分词 ); 倒好儿; 倒彩 | |
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n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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liking
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n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢 | |
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌 | |
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loomed
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v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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