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THE STOLEN BACILLUS
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“This again,” said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, “is a preparation of the celebrated1 Bacillus of cholera2—the cholera germ.”
The pale-faced man peered down the microscope. He was evidently not accustomed to that kind of thing, and held a limp white hand over his disengaged eye. “I see very little,” he said.
“Touch this screw,” said the Bacteriologist; “perhaps the microscope is out of focus for you. Eyes vary so much. Just the fraction of a turn this way or that.”
“Ah! now I see,” said the visitor. “Not so very much to see, after all. Little streaks3 and shreds4 of pink. And yet those little particles, those mere5 atomies, might multiply and devastate6 a city! Wonderful!”
He stood up, and releasing the glass slip from the microscope, held it in his hand towards the window. “Scarcely visible,” he said, scrutinising the preparation. He hesitated. “Are these—alive? Are they dangerous now?”
“Those have been stained and killed,” said the Bacteriologist. “I wish, for my own part, we 115could kill and stain every one of them in the universe.”
“I suppose,” the pale man said with a slight smile, “that you scarcely care to have such things about you in the living—in the active state?”
“On the contrary, we are obliged to,” said the Bacteriologist. “Here, for instance—” He walked across the room and took up one of several sealed tubes. “Here is the living thing. This is a cultivation7 of the actual living disease bacteria.” He hesitated. “Bottled cholera, so to speak.”
A slight gleam of satisfaction appeared momentarily in the face of the pale man. “It’s a deadly thing to have in your possession,” he said,
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celebrated
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n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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v.撕碎,切碎( shred的第三人称单数 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件) | |
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cultivation
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lank
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phlegmatic
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lethal
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pestilence
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thither
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toiler
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辛劳者,勤劳者 | |
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makers
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metropolis
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abruptly
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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vista
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深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑 | |
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bonnet
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exultation
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distinguished
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dwindled
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v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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insignificance
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n.不重要;无价值;无意义 | |
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sneered
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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undesirable
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adj.不受欢迎的,不良的,不合意的,讨厌的;n.不受欢迎的人,不良分子 | |
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conspiracy
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lash
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v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛 | |
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glistening
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brittle
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adj.易碎的;脆弱的;冷淡的;(声音)尖利的 | |
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dismally
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shuddered
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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martyr
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filthy
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tragic
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imminent
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defiant
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receding
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strutting
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加固,支撑物 | |
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grotesque
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bacterium
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