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LADY CLANBEVAN’S BABY
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There was a gray, woolly October fog over Hyde Park. The railings wept grimy tears, and the damp yellow leaves dropped soddenly1 from the soaked trees. Pedestrians2 looked chilled and sulky; camphor chests and cedar-presses had yielded up their treasures of sables3 and sealskin, chinchilla and silver fox. A double stream of fashionable traffic rolled west and east, and the rich clarets and vivid crimsons4 of the automobiles5 burned through the fog like genial6, warming fires.
A Baby-Bunting six horse-power petrol-car, in color a chrysanthemum7 yellow, came jiggeting by. The driver stopped. He was a technical chemist and biologist of note and standing8, and I had last heard him speak from the platform of the Royal Institution.
“I haven’t seen you,” said the Professor, “for years.”
“That must be because you haven’t looked,” said I, “for I have both seen and heard you quite recently. Only you were upon the platform and I was on the ground-floor.”
“You are too much upon the ground-floor now,” said the Professor, with a shudder9 of a Southern European at the dampness around and under foot, “and I advise you to accept a seat in my car.”
And the Baby-Bunting, trembling with excitement at being in the company of so many highly-varnished10 electric victorias and forty horse-power auto-cars, joined the steadily-flowing stream going west.
“I wonder that you stoop to petrol, Professor,” I said, as the thin, skillful hand in the
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soddenly
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浸透的; 无表情的; 呆头呆脑的 | |
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n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 ) | |
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sables
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n.紫貂( sable的名词复数 );紫貂皮;阴暗的;暗夜 | |
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crimsons
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变为深红色(crimson的第三人称单数形式) | |
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automobiles
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n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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chrysanthemum
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v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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浸渍过的,涂漆的 | |
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baggy
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adj.膨胀如袋的,宽松下垂的 | |
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warships
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军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只 | |
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residue
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residues
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n.剩余,余渣( residue的名词复数 );剩余财产;剩数 | |
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soda
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precipitating
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adj.急落的,猛冲的v.(突如其来地)使发生( precipitate的现在分词 );促成;猛然摔下;使沉淀 | |
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revolve
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vi.(使)旋转;循环出现 | |
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queried
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v.质疑,对…表示疑问( query的过去式和过去分词 );询问 | |
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swerved
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middle-aged
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sincerity
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n.真诚,诚意;真实 | |
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deterioration
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n.退化;恶化;变坏 | |
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atrophy
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n./v.萎缩,虚脱,衰退 | |
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briefly
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adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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succinctly
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adv.简洁地;简洁地,简便地 | |
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limousine
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n.豪华轿车 | |
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adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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gliding
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v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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gracefully
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ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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crest
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n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖 | |
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n.(受雇于私人或公司的)司机;v.为…开车 | |
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worthy
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sapphire
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n.青玉,蓝宝石;adj.天蓝色的 | |
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shimmer
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v./n.发微光,发闪光;微光 | |
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renaissance
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n.复活,复兴,文艺复兴 | |
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恶化,变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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remains
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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complexion
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n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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bonnet
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n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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spoke
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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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detest
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vt.痛恨,憎恶 | |
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regiment
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opaque
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irises
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progeny
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vegetarian
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inviting
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phenomena
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heralded
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protean
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dingy
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adj.昏暗的,肮脏的 | |
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mildewed
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adj.发了霉的,陈腐的,长了霉花的v.(使)发霉,(使)长霉( mildew的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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dwarf
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n.矮子,侏儒,矮小的动植物;vt.使…矮小 | |
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evergreens
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n.常青树,常绿植物,万年青( evergreen的名词复数 ) | |
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flask
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n.瓶,火药筒,砂箱 | |
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beetles
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n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 ) | |
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beetle
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n.甲虫,近视眼的人 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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inert
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adj.无活动能力的,惰性的;迟钝的 | |
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immature
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adj.未成熟的,发育未全的,未充分发展的 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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emanating
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v.从…处传出,传出( emanate的现在分词 );产生,表现,显示 | |
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阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止 | |
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exhausted
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stationary
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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wrung
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绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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ferociously
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野蛮地,残忍地 | |
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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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plural
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dowdy
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v.使(某人/某事)充满或激起(感情等)( imbue的过去式和过去分词 );使充满;灌输;激发(强烈感情或品质等) | |
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adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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absurdity
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awfully
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tragically
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enjoyment
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Oxford
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delusion
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allay
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pangs
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突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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awning
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睡眠,安眠( slumber的名词复数 ) | |
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n.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人 | |
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(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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