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“And do you really mean that we are to cross by the steamer, Mr. Virtue1, while you go over in the Seabird? I do not approve of that at all. Fanny, why do you not rebel and say we won’t be put ashore2? I call it horrid3, after a fortnight on board this dear little yacht, to have to get on to a crowded steamer, with no accommodation and lots of seasick4 women, perhaps, and crying children. You surely cannot be in earnest?”
“I do not like it any more than you do, Minnie; but, as Tom says we had better do it, and my husband agrees with him, I am afraid we must submit. Do you really think it is quite necessary, Mr. Virtue? Minnie and I are both good sailors, you know; and we would much rather have a little extra tossing about on board the Seabird than the discomforts5 of a steamer.”
“I certainly think that it will be best, Mrs. Grantham. You know very well we would rather have you on board, and that we shall suffer from your loss more than you will by going the other way; but there’s no doubt the wind is getting up, and though we don’t feel it much here, it must be blowing pretty hard outside. The Seabird is as good a seaboat as anything of her size that floats; but you don’t know what it is to be out in anything like a heavy sea in a thirty-tonner. It would be impossible for you to stay on deck, and we should have our hands full, and should not be able to give you the benefit of our society. Personally, I should not mind being out in the Seabird in any weather, but I would certainly rather not have ladies on board.”
“You don’t think we should scream, or do anything foolish, Mr. Virtue?” Minnie Graham said indignantly.
“Not at all, Miss Graham. Still, I repeat, the knowledge that there are women on board, delightful7 at other times, does not tend to comfort in bad weather. Of course, if you prefer it, we can put off our start till this puff8 of wind has blown itself out. It may have dropped before morning. It may last some little time. I don’t think myself that it will drop, for the glass has fallen, and I am afraid we may have a spell of broken weather.”
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n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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n.不舒适( discomfort的名词复数 );不愉快,苦恼 | |
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n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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pout
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v.撅嘴;绷脸;n.撅嘴;生气,不高兴 | |
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longing
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possessed
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vocation
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formerly
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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dignified
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steward
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Mediterranean
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岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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liking
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opposition
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n.升高,起重机,推动;v.升起,升高,举起 | |
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puffed
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adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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lookout
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一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作 | |
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misty
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adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的 | |
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sleet
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n.雨雪;v.下雨雪,下冰雹 | |
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chronometer
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n.精密的计时器 | |
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standing
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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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fixedly
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cape
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n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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berth
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n.卧铺,停泊地,锚位;v.使停泊 | |
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wreck
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n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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persuasion
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n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派 | |
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determined
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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zinc
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funnel
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breach
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planks
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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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flattened
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hawser
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entirely
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descend
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stewardess
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n.空中小姐,女乘务员 | |
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mattresses
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proximity
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