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The night was hot and overcast1, the sky redrimmed with the lingering sunset of midsummer. They sat at the open window trying to fancy the air was fresher there. The
trees and shrubs2 of the garden stood stiff and dark; beyond in the roadway a gas lamp burnt, bright orange against the hazy3 blue of the evening. Further were the three
lights of the railway signal against the lowering sky. The man and woman spoke4 to one another in low tones.
“Not he,” she said peevishly6, as though that too irritated her. “He thinks of nothing but the works and the prices of fuel. He has no imagination, no poetry—”
“None of these men of iron have,” he said sententiously. “They have no hearts.”
“He has not,” she said. She turned her discontented face towards the window. The distant sound of a roaring and rushing drew nearer and grew in volume; the house
quivered; one heard the metallic8 rattle9 of the tender. As the train passed there was a glare of light above the cutting 308and a driving tumult10 of smoke; one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight black oblongs—eight trucks—passed across the dim grey of the embankment, and were suddenly extinguished one by one in the throat
of the tunnel, which, with the last, seemed to swallow down train, smoke, and sound in one abrupt
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overcast
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adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天 | |
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灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.有薄雾的,朦胧的;不肯定的,模糊的 | |
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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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n.A牌;发球得分;佼佼者;adj.杰出的 | |
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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abrupt
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gulp
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belching
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softened
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abruptly
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pallid
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machinery
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gust
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hysterical
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standing
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din
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bass
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gateway
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渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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prospect
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reek
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v.发出臭气;n.恶臭 | |
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reeking
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v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象) | |
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stunted
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iridescent
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v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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concussion
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puffs
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n.吸( puff的名词复数 );(烟斗或香烟的)一吸;一缕(烟、蒸汽等);(呼吸或风的)呼v.使喷出( puff的第三人称单数 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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colossal
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cylinder
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incessant
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turmoil
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seething
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沸腾的,火热的 | |
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rattled
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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thither
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adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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upwards
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apprehensive
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grunted
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grunt
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knotty
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adj.有结的,多节的,多瘤的,棘手的 | |
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smothered
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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vestiges
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残余部分( vestige的名词复数 ); 遗迹; 痕迹; 毫不 | |
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awakened
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v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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tightened
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收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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unwillingly
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loquacity
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n.多话,饶舌 | |
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tightening
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上紧,固定,紧密 | |
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guts
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v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠 | |
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clatter
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rattling
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squelch
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possessed
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snarl
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v.吼叫,怒骂,纠缠,混乱;n.混乱,缠结,咆哮 | |
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refinements
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cone
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cones
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flare
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fixed
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vice
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gasp
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apprehensions
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intercourse
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mounds
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vaguely
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mere
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philandering
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v.调戏,玩弄女性( philander的现在分词 ) | |
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labyrinth
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futile
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pointed
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affluent
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