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CHAPTER XVI
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HOW THE YELLOW COG FOUGHT THE TWO ROVER GALLEYS1.
The three vessels4 had been sweeping5 swiftly westwards, the cog still well to the front, although the galleys were slowly drawing in upon either quarter. To the left was a hard skyline unbroken by a sail. The island already lay like a cloud behind them, while right in front was St. Alban's Head, with Portland looming6 mistily7 in the farthest distance. Alleyne stood by the tiller, looking backwards8, the fresh wind full in his teeth, the crisp winter air tingling9 on his face and blowing his yellow curls from under his bassinet. His cheeks were flushed and his eyes shining, for the blood of a hundred fighting Saxon ancestors was beginning to stir in his veins10.
“What was that?” he asked, as a hissing11, sharp-drawn voice seemed to whisper in his ear. The steersman smiled, and pointed13 with his foot to where a short heavy cross-bow quarrel stuck quivering in the boards. At the same instant the man stumbled forward upon his knees, and lay lifeless upon the deck, a blood-stained feather jutting14 out from his back. As Alleyne stooped to raise him, the air seemed to be alive with the sharp zip-zip of the bolts, and he could hear them pattering on the deck like apples at a tree-shaking.
“Raise two more mantlets by the poop-lanthorn,” said Sir Nigel quietly.
“And another man to the tiller,” cried the master-shipman.
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n.平底大船,战舰( galley的名词复数 );(船上或航空器上的)厨房 | |
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knight
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squire
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bulwarks
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strings
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shaft
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shafts
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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archer
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swirling
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foaming
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benison
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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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solely
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torrent
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horrid
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shrill
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whoop
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n.大叫,呐喊,喘息声;v.叫喊,喘息 | |
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sleet
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exultant
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shambles
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v.畏缩,抖缩( cower的现在分词 ) | |
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seamen
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n.海员 | |
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swell
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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foes
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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chaos
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whoops
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int.呼喊声 | |
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tumult
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mace
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dwarf
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swarmed
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knightly
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