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He went home to bed: and dreamed a strange dream. He dreamed that he was in a country with which he was not acquainted. Night was coming on, and he had nowhere to sleep. So he passed the mouth of a sort of cave or house, in which a woman, an old woman, sat. Therefore he entered, and though he could not understand the language, still his second self understood. The cave was a house: and men came home from work. His second self assumed that they were tin-miners.
He wandered uneasily to and fro, no one taking any particular notice of him. And he realized that there was a whole vast country spreading, a sort of underworld country, spreading away beyond him. He wandered from vast apartment to apartment, down narrow corridors like the roads in a mine. In one of the great square rooms, the men were going to eat. And it seemed to him that what they were going to eat was a man, naked man. But his second self knew that what appeared to his eyes as a man was really a man’s skin stuffed tight with prepared meat, as the skin of a Bologna sausage. This did not prevent his seeing the naked man who was to be eaten walk slowly and stiffly across the gangway and down the corridor. He saw him from behind. It was a big handsome man in the prime of life, quite naked and perhaps stupid. But of course he was only a skin stuffed with meat, whom the grey tin-miners were going to eat.
Aaron, the dream-Aaron, turned another way, and strayed along the vast square rooms, cavern2 apartments. He came into one room where there were many children, all in white gowns. And they were all busily putting themselves to bed, in the many beds scattered3 about the room at haphazard4. And each child went to bed with a wreath of flowers on its head, white flowers and pink, so it seemed. So there they all lay, in their flower-crowns in the vast space of the rooms. And Aaron went away.
He could not remember the following part. Only he seemed to have passed through many grey domestic apartments, where were all women, all greyish in their clothes and appearance, being wives of the underground tin-miners. The men were away and the dream-Aaron remembered with fear the food they were to eat.
The next thing he could recall was, that he was in a boat. And now he was most definitely two people. His invisible, conscious self, what we have called his second self, hovered5 as it were before the
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ass
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
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cavern
n.洞穴,大山洞
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scattered
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
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haphazard
adj.无计划的,随意的,杂乱无章的
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hovered
鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
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prow
n.(飞机)机头,船头
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delightful
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
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swirl
v.(使)打漩,(使)涡卷;n.漩涡,螺旋形
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oars
n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 )
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intervals
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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touching
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
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heed
v.注意,留意;n.注意,留心
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steadily
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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idol
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
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relinquished
交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃
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luminous
adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的
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eerily
adv.引起神秘感或害怕地
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heeded
v.听某人的劝告,听从( heed的过去式和过去分词 );变平,使(某物)变平( flatten的过去式和过去分词 )
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flute
n.长笛;v.吹笛
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prospect
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
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orb
n.太阳;星球;v.弄圆;成球形
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peculiar
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
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undoubtedly
adv.确实地,无疑地
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lurked
vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式)
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resentment
n.怨愤,忿恨
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outspoken
adj.直言无讳的,坦率的,坦白无隐的
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deference
n.尊重,顺从;敬意
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behold
v.看,注视,看到
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inevitable
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
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indifference
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
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arrogance
n.傲慢,自大
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arrogant
adj.傲慢的,自大的
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assertive
adj.果断的,自信的,有冲劲的
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wilful
adj.任性的,故意的
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dominion
n.统治,管辖,支配权;领土,版图
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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
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bogs
n.沼泽,泥塘( bog的名词复数 );厕所v.(使)陷入泥沼, (使)陷入困境( bog的第三人称单数 );妨碍,阻碍
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flutes
长笛( flute的名词复数 ); 细长香槟杯(形似长笛)
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obstructs
阻塞( obstruct的第三人称单数 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止
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vagrant
n.流浪者,游民;adj.流浪的,漂泊不定的
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chafing
n.皮肤发炎v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的现在分词 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒
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sarcastically
adv.挖苦地,讽刺地
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ails
v.生病( ail的第三人称单数 );感到不舒服;处境困难;境况不佳
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rivet
n.铆钉;vt.铆接,铆牢;集中(目光或注意力)
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rivets
铆钉( rivet的名词复数 )
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loathe
v.厌恶,嫌恶
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gaols
监狱,拘留所( gaol的名词复数 )
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wagon
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
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hitched
(免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上
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rustled
v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的过去式和过去分词 )
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turquoise
n.绿宝石;adj.蓝绿色的
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adventurously
adv.爱冒险地
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shingle
n.木瓦板;小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌);v.用木瓦板盖(屋顶);把(女子头发)剪短
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velvety
adj. 像天鹅绒的, 轻软光滑的, 柔软的
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acorns
n.橡子,栎实( acorn的名词复数 )
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indigo
n.靛青,靛蓝
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anemones
n.银莲花( anemone的名词复数 );海葵
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squatted
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。
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figs
figures 数字,图形,外形
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dressing
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
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perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
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enjoyment
n.乐趣;享有;享用
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basks
v.晒太阳,取暖( bask的第三人称单数 );对…感到乐趣;因他人的功绩而出名;仰仗…的余泽
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winking
n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
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unwilling
adj.不情愿的
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unwillingly
adv.不情愿地
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attain
vt.达到,获得,完成
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countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
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immortality
n.不死,不朽
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dodge
v.闪开,躲开,避开;n.妙计,诡计
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unwillingness
n. 不愿意,不情愿
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Buddhists
n.佛教徒( Buddhist的名词复数 )
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Christians
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
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trot
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
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whoosh
v.飞快地移动,呼
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swooping
俯冲,猛冲( swoop的现在分词 )
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swoop
n.俯冲,攫取;v.抓取,突然袭击
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vomit
v.呕吐,作呕;n.呕吐物,吐出物
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ecstasy
n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
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recoil
vi.退却,退缩,畏缩
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anarchist
n.无政府主义者
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acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
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jaded
adj.精疲力竭的;厌倦的;(因过饱或过多而)腻烦的;迟钝的
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humiliated
感到羞愧的
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abide
vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受
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consummate
adj.完美的;v.成婚;使完美 [反]baffle
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moth
n.蛾,蛀虫
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germinating
n.& adj.发芽(的)v.(使)发芽( germinate的现在分词 )
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unity
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
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phoenix
n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生
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prescription
n.处方,开药;指示,规定
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frenzies
狂乱( frenzy的名词复数 ); 极度的激动
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passionate
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
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justify
vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护
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creed
n.信条;信念,纲领
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boughs
大树枝( bough的名词复数 )
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innate
adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的
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forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
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harangue
n.慷慨冗长的训话,言辞激烈的讲话
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exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
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inevitably
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地
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anarchy
n.无政府状态;社会秩序混乱,无秩序
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motive
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
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cataclysm
n.洪水,剧变,大灾难
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fructifying
v.结果实( fructify的现在分词 );使结果实,使多产,使土地肥沃
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inception
n.开端,开始,取得学位
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impelled
v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 )
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fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
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subservience
n.有利,有益;从属(地位),附属性;屈从,恭顺;媚态
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submission
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出
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bully
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
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benevolent
adj.仁慈的,乐善好施的
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implicitly
adv. 含蓄地, 暗中地, 毫不保留地
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implicit
a.暗示的,含蓄的,不明晰的,绝对的
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embodied
v.表现( embody的过去式和过去分词 );象征;包括;包含
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persistence
n.坚持,持续,存留
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obedience
n.服从,顺从
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fathomless
a.深不可测的
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pricks
刺痛( prick的名词复数 ); 刺孔; 刺痕; 植物的刺