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CHAPTER XXII — What Befel The Brigantine At The Pearl Shell Islands
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The vessel1 was the Parki, of Lahina, a village and harbor on the coast of Mowee, one of the Hawaian isles2, where she had been miserably3 cobbled together with planks4 of native wood, and fragments of a wreck5, there drifted ashore6.
Her appellative had been bestowed7 in honor of a high chief, the tallest and goodliest looking gentleman in all the Sandwich Islands. With a mixed European and native crew, about thirty in number (but only four whites in all, captain included), the Parki, some four months previous, had sailed from her port on a voyage southward, in quest of pearls, and pearl oyster8 shells, sea-slugs, and other matters of that sort.
Samoa, a native of the Navigator Islands, had long followed the sea, and was well versed9 in the business of oyster diving and its submarine mysteries. The native Lahineese on board were immediately subordinate to him; the captain having bargained with Samoa for their services as divers11.
The woman, Annatoo, was a native of a far-off, anonymous12 island to the westward13: whence, when quite young, she had been carried by the commander of a ship, touching
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vessel
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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bestowed
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oar
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divers
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villain
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牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 ) | |
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lagoon
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margined
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[医]具边的 | |
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scuttle
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momentary
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fray
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mangled
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uproar
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muskets
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plunged
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hemp
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ebbing
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(指潮水)退( ebb的现在分词 ); 落; 减少; 衰落 | |
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previously
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steer
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gliding
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slashing
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beholding
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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gallantly
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swell
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增强( swell的第三人称单数 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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buckling
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prey
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upwards
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