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II. LOST IN A LONDON FOG.
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We had been to tea with some friends in Shaftesbury Terrace, and were so busy with our gossip that the evening slipped away unperceived till the clock struck half-past ten. We were two lone1 ladies, and had meant to leave early, as we were strangers in London and had some way to drive; so our dismay on discovering the lateness of the hour may be imagined.
We had not engaged a carriage to come for us, knowing that a cab-stand was near by, and that a cab would be much cheaper than the snug2 broughams ladies usually secure for evening use.
Out flew the little maid to get us a cab, and we hurried on our wraps eager to be gone. But we waited and waited, for Mary Ann did not come, and we were beginning to think something had happened to her, when she came hurrying back to say that all the cabs were gone from the neighboring stand, and she had run to another, where, after some delay, she had secured a hansom.
Now it is not considered quite the thing for ladies to go about in hansom cabs, without a gentleman to accompany them, especially in the evening; but being independent Americans, and impatient to relieve our weary hostess of our presence, we said nothing, but bundled in, gave the address,—24 Colville Gardens, Bayswater,—and away we went.
A dense3 fog had come on, and nothing was visible but a short bit of muddy street, and lamps looming4 dimly through the mist. Our driver was as husky as if it had got into his throat, and the big, white horse looked absolutely ghostly as he went off at the breakneck pace which seems as natural to the London cab-horse as mud is to London streets.
"Isn't it fun to go rattling5 round in this all-out-of-doors style, through a real London fog?" said my sister, who was now enjoying her first visit to this surprising city.
"That remains6 to be seen. For my part, I'd give a good deal to be shut up, dry and decent, in a four-wheeler, this is so very rowdy," I returned, feeling much secret anxiety as to the propriety
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1 lone | |
adj.孤寂的,单独的;唯一的 | |
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adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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3 dense | |
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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4 looming | |
n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼)v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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5 rattling | |
adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词 | |
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6 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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7 propriety | |
n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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8 proceeding | |
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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9 wilderness | |
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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10 poke | |
n.刺,戳,袋;vt.拨开,刺,戳;vi.戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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11 cherub | |
n.小天使,胖娃娃 | |
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12 hoarse | |
adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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13 rattled | |
慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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14 absurdity | |
n.荒谬,愚蠢;谬论 | |
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15 croak | |
vi.嘎嘎叫,发牢骚 | |
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16 croaked | |
v.呱呱地叫( croak的过去式和过去分词 );用粗的声音说 | |
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17 smelt | |
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
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18 perilous | |
adj.危险的,冒险的 | |
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19 lurch | |
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20 fugitive | |
adj.逃亡的,易逝的;n.逃犯,逃亡者 | |
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21 poked | |
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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22 vigor | |
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23 sleeper | |
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24 exasperating | |
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25 muster | |
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26 earrings | |
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27 alas | |
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28 inquiry | |
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29 steadily | |
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30 phantom | |
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31 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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32 quenching | |
淬火,熄 | |
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33 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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34 sarcastic | |
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35 eminently | |
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36 groaned | |
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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37 tottering | |
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38 verge | |
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39 perversity | |
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40 awry | |
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41 tragically | |
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42 countenance | |
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43 wretch | |
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44 twitching | |
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45 reins | |
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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47 wrath | |
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48 bent | |
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49 salvation | |
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困 | |
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50 vaguely | |
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51 jumbling | |
混杂( jumble的现在分词 ); (使)混乱; 使混乱; 使杂乱 | |
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52 celebrated | |
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53 entirely | |
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54 worthy | |
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55 agitated | |
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56 blessings | |
n.(上帝的)祝福( blessing的名词复数 );好事;福分;因祸得福 | |
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57 revolving | |
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58 paternal | |
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59 exhausted | |
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60 tribulations | |
n.苦难( tribulation的名词复数 );艰难;苦难的缘由;痛苦 | |
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61 repose | |
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62 flattening | |
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63 pane | |
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64 literally | |
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65 doze | |
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66 dismally | |
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67 vow | |
n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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68 procurable | |
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69 fixture | |
n.固定设备;预定日期;比赛时间;定期存款 | |
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70 descended | |
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71 jaunt | |
v.短程旅游;n.游览 | |
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72 haven | |
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73 decided | |
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74 electrified | |
v.使电气化( electrify的过去式和过去分词 );使兴奋 | |
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75 beholding | |
v.看,注视( behold的现在分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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76 buxom | |
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77 landlady | |
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