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THE TIGER.
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Felis Tigris. Linn.
Closely allied1 to the Lion, whom he resembles in size, in power, in external form, in internal structure, in zoological characters, in his prowling habits, and in his sanguinary propensities2, the Tiger is at once distinguished3 from that king of beasts, and from every other of their common genus, by the peculiar4 marking of his coat. On a ground which exhibits in different individuals various shades of yellow, he is elegantly striped by a series of transverse black bands or bars, which occupy the sides of his head, neck, and body, and are continued upon his tail in the form of rings, the last of the series uniformly occupying the extremity5 of that[26] organ, and giving to it a black tip of greater or less extent. The under parts of his body and the inner sides of his legs are almost entirely6 white; he has no mane; and his whole frame, though less elevated than that of the Lion, is of a slenderer and more graceful7 make. His head is also shorter and more rounded.
Almost in the same degree that the Lion has been exalted8 and magnified, at the expense of his fellow brutes10, has the Tiger been degraded and depressed11 below his just and natural level. While the one has been held up to admiration12, as the type and standard of heroic perfection, the other has, with equal capriciousness of judgment
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distinguished
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peculiar
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extremity
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graceful
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brutes
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| 兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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subsisting
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naturalists
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majesty
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destitute
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dignified
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agility
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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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ambush
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prey
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darts
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irresistible
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sullenly
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procuring
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dwellings
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instinctive
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| adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的 | |
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awe
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| n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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impelled
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feline
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pangs
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| 突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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exclusion
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engross
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faculties
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honourable
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generosity
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authentic
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perfectly
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disposition
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wholesale
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talons
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| n.(尤指猛禽的)爪( talon的名词复数 );(如爪般的)手指;爪状物;锁簧尖状突出部 | |
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devastation
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mangled
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relics
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| [pl.]n.遗物,遗迹,遗产;遗体,尸骸 | |
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ignoble
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trifling
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plausible
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| adj.似真实的,似乎有理的,似乎可信的 | |
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antiquity
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contemplated
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domesticated
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derived
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miserable
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pusillanimous
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tyrant
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ferocious
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crouching
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prostrated
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dominion
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buffalo
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| n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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jaws
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| 放大,扩大( amplify的过去式和过去分词 ); 增强; 详述 | |
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refinements
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scourges
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captivity
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pliant
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docile
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cubs
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