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CHAPTER 30 TERRIFIC SAURIAN COMBAT
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Saturday, August 15th. The sea still retains its uniform monotony. The same leaden hue1, the same eternal glare from above. No indication of land being in sight. The horizon appears to retreat before us, more and more as we advance.
My head, still dull and heavy from the effects of my extraordinary dream, which I cannot as yet banish2 from my mind.
The Professor, who has not dreamed, is, however, in one of his morose3 and unaccountable humors. Spends his time in scanning the horizon, at every point of the compass. His telescope is raised every moment to his eyes, and when he finds nothing to give any clue to our whereabouts, he assumes a Napoleonic attitude and walks anxiously.
I remarked that my uncle, the Professor, had a strong tendency to resume his old impatient character, and I could not but make a note of this disagreeable circumstance in my journal. I saw clearly that it had required all the influence of my danger and suffering, to extract from him one scintillation of humane4 feeling. Now that I was quite recovered, his original nature had conquered and obtained the upper hand.
And, after all, what had he to be angry and annoyed about, now more than at any other time? Was not the journey being accomplished5 under the most favorable circumstances? Was not the raft progressing with the most marvelous rapidity?
"You seem uneasy, Uncle," said I, when for about the hundredth time he put down his telescope and walked up and down, muttering to himself.
"No, I am not uneasy," he replied in a dry harsh tone, "by no means."
"Perhaps I should have said impatient," I replied,
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1 hue | |
n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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2 banish | |
vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除 | |
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3 morose | |
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4 humane | |
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5 accomplished | |
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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6 hems | |
布的褶边,贴边( hem的名词复数 ); 短促的咳嗽 | |
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7 determined | |
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8 softening | |
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9 attained | |
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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10 attain | |
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11 vexed | |
adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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12 recollect | |
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14 subterranean | |
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15 adventurous | |
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16 immortal | |
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17 wondrous | |
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18 sage | |
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19 rivulet | |
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20 sentimental | |
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21 perfectly | |
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22 contented | |
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23 gale | |
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24 intensity | |
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25 distinguished | |
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26 extremity | |
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27 fathoms | |
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28 hoisting | |
起重,提升 | |
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29 worthy | |
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30 jaws | |
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31 jaw | |
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32 possessed | |
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33 voracious | |
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34 dread | |
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35 bent | |
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36 speculations | |
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37 regained | |
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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38 pious | |
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39 meditation | |
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40 antediluvian | |
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41 reptiles | |
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42 reigned | |
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43 supreme | |
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44 hideous | |
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45 strata | |
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46 prodigious | |
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47 lizards | |
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48 lizard | |
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49 alligators | |
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50 mighty | |
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51 shuddered | |
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52 limestone | |
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53 colossal | |
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54 destined | |
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55 cavern | |
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56 attentive | |
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57 watery | |
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58 temerity | |
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59 behooves | |
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61 repose | |
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62 awakened | |
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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63 pointed | |
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64 awe | |
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65 agitated | |
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66 behold | |
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67 monstrous | |
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68 fins | |
[医]散热片;鱼鳍;飞边;鸭掌 | |
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69 marine | |
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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70 leeward | |
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71 devoted | |
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72 vessel | |
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73 horrid | |
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74 prodigies | |
n.奇才,天才(尤指神童)( prodigy的名词复数 ) | |
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75 plunged | |
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76 briny | |
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77 interfered | |
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78 ravenous | |
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79 philosophically | |
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80 duel | |
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81 porpoise | |
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82 concealed | |
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83 vaulted | |
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84 primitive | |
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85 apparatus | |
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86 naturalists | |
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87 cylindrical | |
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88 oars | |
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89 galley | |
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91 animated | |
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92 hurled | |
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93 hisses | |
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94 granite | |
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95 woe | |
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96 tenacity | |
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97 crouched | |
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98 prospect | |
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99 maelstrom | |
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100 drawn | |
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101 wriggled | |
v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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(液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的过去式和过去分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺 | |
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104 inert | |
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