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CHAPTER XXXIX.
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About seven o’clock one blistering1 hot morning—for it was now dead summer time—Higbie and I took the boat and started on a voyage of discovery to the two islands. We had often longed to do this, but had been deterred2 by the fear of storms; for they were frequent, and severe enough to capsize an ordinary row-boat like ours without great difficulty—and once capsized, death would ensue in spite of the bravest swimming, for that venomous water would eat a man’s eyes out like fire, and burn him out inside, too, if he shipped a sea. It was called twelve miles, straight out to the islands—a long pull and a warm one—but the morning was so quiet and sunny, and the lake so smooth and glassy and dead, that we could not resist the temptation. So we filled two large tin canteens with water (since we were not acquainted with the locality of the spring said to exist on the large island), and started. Higbie’s brawny3 muscles gave the boat good speed, but by the time we reached our destination we judged that we had pulled nearer fifteen miles than twelve.
We landed on the big island and went ashore4. We tried the water in the canteens, now, and found that the sun had spoiled it; it was so brackish5 that we could not drink it; so we poured it out and began a search for the spring—for thirst augments6 fast as soon as it is apparent that one has no means at hand of quenching7 it. The island was a long, moderately high hill of ashes—nothing but gray ashes and pumice-stone, in which we sunk to our knees at every step—and all around the top was a forbidding wall of scorched8 and blasted rocks. When we reached the top and got within the wall, we found simply a shallow, far-reaching basin, carpeted with ashes, and here and there a patch of fine sand. In places,
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blistering
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| adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡 | |
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deterred
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brawny
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ashore
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brackish
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augments
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| 增加,提高,扩大( augment的名词复数 ) | |
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quenching
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| 淬火,熄 | |
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| 烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
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picturesque
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crevices
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| n.(尤指岩石的)裂缝,缺口( crevice的名词复数 ) | |
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crater
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graceful
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dismal
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posture
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plowing
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| v.耕( plow的现在分词 );犁耕;费力穿过 | |
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smothering
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| (使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的现在分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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solitude
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| n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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solicitude
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mere
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frightful
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desolate
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aggravating
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proximity
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leisurely
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foamy
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jutting
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cape
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verge
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momentous
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solitudes
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trifling
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steering
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oar
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laboriously
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| adv.艰苦地;费力地;辛勤地;(文体等)佶屈聱牙地 | |
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peril
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| n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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foaming
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| adj.布满泡沫的;发泡 | |
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crests
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| v.到达山顶(或浪峰)( crest的第三人称单数 );到达洪峰,达到顶点 | |
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plunged
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| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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oars
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cumbersome
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| adj.笨重的,不便携带的 | |
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apparatus
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| n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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drenched
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| adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体) | |
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exertions
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inflicts
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| 把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的第三人称单数 ) | |
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bruises
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chafes
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| v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的第三人称单数 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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blistered
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| adj.水疮状的,泡状的v.(使)起水泡( blister的过去式和过去分词 );(使表皮等)涨破,爆裂 | |
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peculiarities
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| n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪 | |
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intervals
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| n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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mortar
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perfectly
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thoroughly
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| adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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petrified
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adjourned
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trout
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luxuriously
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liking
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prospect
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gunpowder
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| n.火药 | |
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reposed
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prodigious
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trepidation
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discomfort
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placidly
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entirely
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| ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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expressiveness
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