| 选择字号:【大】【中】【小】 | 关灯
护眼
|
关注小说网官方公众号(noveltingroom),原版名著免费领。
I was conducted to the keeper’s room for that night, and the two men sat up with me. I was accosted1 with many interrogatories, to which I gave little answer, but complained of the hurt in my leg. To this I could obtain no reply, except “Curse you, my lad! if that be all, we will give you some ointment2 for that; we will anoint it with a little cold iron.” They were indeed excessively sulky with me, for having broken their night’s rest, and given them all this trouble. In the morning they were as good as their word, fixing a pair of fetters4 upon both my legs, regardless of the ankle which was now swelled5 to a considerable size, and then fastening me, with a padlock, to a staple6 in the floor of my dungeon7. I expostulated with warmth upon this treatment, and told them, that I was a man upon whom the law as yet had passed no censure8, and who therefore, in the eye of the law, was innocent. But they bid me keep such fudge for people who knew no better; they knew what they did, and would answer it to any court in England.
The pain of the fetter3 was intolerable. I endeavoured in various ways to relieve it, and even privily9 to free my leg; but the more it was swelled, the more was this rendered impossible. I then resolved to bear it with patience: still, the longer it continued, the worse it grew. After two days and two nights, I entreated10 the turnkey to go and ask the surgeon, who usually attended the prison, to look at it, for, if it continued longer as it was, I was convinced it would
收听单词发音
1
accosted
v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 );跟…搭讪;(乞丐等)上前向…乞讨;(妓女等)勾搭
2
ointment
n.药膏,油膏,软膏
3
fetter
n./vt.脚镣,束缚
4
fetters
n.脚镣( fetter的名词复数 );束缚v.给…上脚镣,束缚( fetter的第三人称单数 )
5
swelled
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
6
staple
n.主要产物,常用品,主要要素,原料,订书钉,钩环;adj.主要的,重要的;vt.分类
7
dungeon
n.地牢,土牢
8
censure
v./n.责备;非难;责难
9
privily
adv.暗中,秘密地
10
entreated
恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 )
11
mortify
v.克制,禁欲,使受辱
12
mortification
n.耻辱,屈辱
13
rascal
n.流氓;不诚实的人
14
anguish
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼
15
exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
16
repent
v.悔悟,悔改,忏悔,后悔
17
insolence
n.傲慢;无礼;厚颜;傲慢的态度
18
spoke
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
19
astonishment
n.惊奇,惊异
20
recollect
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
21
deign
v. 屈尊, 惠允 ( 做某事)
22
mimicked
v.(尤指为了逗乐而)模仿( mimic的过去式和过去分词 );酷似
23
resentment
n.怨愤,忿恨
24
determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
25
peremptory
adj.紧急的,专横的,断然的
26
perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
27
benevolent
adj.仁慈的,乐善好施的
28
deficient
adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的
29
accusation
n.控告,指责,谴责
30
garb
n.服装,装束
31
comeliness
n. 清秀, 美丽, 合宜
32
countenance
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
33
utterly
adv.完全地,绝对地
34
obliterated
v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭
35
worthy
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
36
acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(自己)作出某种表现
37
desolate
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
38
perturbed
adj.烦燥不安的v.使(某人)烦恼,不安( perturb的过去式和过去分词 )
39
fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
40
pretence
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰
41
concealment
n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒
42
prospect
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
43
alleviation
n. 减轻,缓和,解痛物
44
abortive
adj.不成功的,发育不全的
45
reprehended
v.斥责,指摘,责备( reprehend的过去式和过去分词 )
46
circumlocution
n. 绕圈子的话,迂回累赘的陈述
47
preamble
n.前言;序文
48
ruminated
v.沉思( ruminate的过去式和过去分词 );反复考虑;反刍;倒嚼
49
overtures
n.主动的表示,提议;(向某人做出的)友好表示、姿态或提议( overture的名词复数 );(歌剧、芭蕾舞、音乐剧等的)序曲,前奏曲
50
detesting
v.憎恶,嫌恶,痛恨( detest的现在分词 )
51
meditations
默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想
52
sprained
v.&n. 扭伤
53
swelling
n.肿胀
54
investigation
n.调查,调查研究
55
apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
56
glimmering
n.微光,隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的现在分词 )
57
melancholy
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
58
meditating
a.沉思的,冥想的
59
implement
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
60
contented
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
61
accurately
adv.准确地,精确地
62
contrived
adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的
63
derive
v.取得;导出;引申;来自;源自;出自
64
confinement
n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限
65
consolation
n.安慰,慰问
66
constraint
n.(on)约束,限制;限制(或约束)性的事物
67
miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
68
immured
v.禁闭,监禁( immure的过去式和过去分词 )
69
previously
adv.以前,先前(地)
70
liberate
v.解放,使获得自由,释出,放出;vt.解放,使获自由
71
negligence
n.疏忽,玩忽,粗心大意
72
proceeding
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
73
exasperated
adj.恼怒的
74
artifice
n.妙计,高明的手段;狡诈,诡计
75
folly
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
76
rascals
流氓( rascal的名词复数 ); 无赖; (开玩笑说法)淘气的人(尤指小孩); 恶作剧的人
77
retaliation
n.报复,反击
78
vented
表达,发泄(感情,尤指愤怒)( vent的过去式和过去分词 )
79
dungeons
n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 )
80
felon
n.重罪犯;adj.残忍的
81
felons
n.重罪犯( felon的名词复数 );瘭疽;甲沟炎;指头脓炎
82
spacious
adj.广阔的,宽敞的
83
dreary
adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的
84
putrid
adj.腐臭的;有毒的;已腐烂的;卑劣的
85
mildew
n.发霉;v.(使)发霉
86
stinking
adj.臭的,烂醉的,讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透
87
gratuitous
adj.无偿的,免费的;无缘无故的,不必要的
88
providently
adv.有远虑地
89
puddle
n.(雨)水坑,泥潭
90
chamber
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
91
mandate
n.托管地;命令,指示
92
forte
n.长处,擅长;adj.(音乐)强音的
93
undesirable
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
94
counteracting
对抗,抵消( counteract的现在分词 )
95
intercourse
n.性交;交流,交往,交际
96
solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
97
avocations
n.业余爱好,嗜好( avocation的名词复数 );职业
98
avocation
n.副业,业余爱好
99
meditated
深思,沉思,冥想( meditate的过去式和过去分词 ); 内心策划,考虑
100
peculiar
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
101
perpendicular
adj.垂直的,直立的;n.垂直线,垂直的位置
102
abode
n.住处,住所
103
narrative
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
104
imprisoned
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
105
mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
106
considerably
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
107
serene
adj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的
108
sufficiently
adv.足够地,充分地
109
complexion
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
110
fortitude
n.坚忍不拔;刚毅
111
sleekness
油滑; 油光发亮; 时髦阔气; 线条明快
112
commiseration
n.怜悯,同情
113
shackled
给(某人)带上手铐或脚镣( shackle的过去式和过去分词 )
114
formerly
adv.从前,以前
115
Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
116
displeased
a.不快的
117
chisel
n.凿子;v.用凿子刻,雕,凿
118
implements
n.工具( implement的名词复数 );家具;手段;[法律]履行(契约等)v.实现( implement的第三人称单数 );执行;贯彻;使生效
119
bosom
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
120
concealed
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
121
accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
122
industrious
adj.勤劳的,刻苦的,奋发的
123
ingenuity
n.别出心裁;善于发明创造
124
undertaking
n.保证,许诺,事业
125
superfluous
adj.过多的,过剩的,多余的
126
detention
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
127
applied
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
128
breach
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
129
contemptible
adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的
130
debtors
n.债务人,借方( debtor的名词复数 )
131
momentary
adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的
132
infinitely
adv.无限地,无穷地
133
mortar
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合
134
petrified
adj.惊呆的;目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆,使惊呆;变僵硬;使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)
135
adamant
adj.坚硬的,固执的
136
incessantly
ad.不停地
137
fatigue
n.疲劳,劳累
138
invincible
adj.不可征服的,难以制服的
139
respite
n.休息,中止,暂缓
140
vigour
(=vigor)n.智力,体力,精力
141
edifice
n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿,教室)
142
devastation
n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
143
warehouses
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
144
bruised
[医]青肿的,瘀紫的
145
exertion
n.尽力,努力
146
ascertain
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清
147
destitute
adj.缺乏的;穷困的