To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 8(2)
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For reasons unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County,autumn turned to winter that year. We had two weeks of the coldest weather since 1885,Atticus said. Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when childrendisobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other, the seasonswould change: Jem and I were burdened with the guilt1 of contributing to the aberrationsof nature, thereby2 causing unhappiness to our neighbors and discomfort3 to ourselves.
 
Old Mrs. Radley died that winter, but her death caused hardly a ripple4 -- theneighborhood seldom saw her, except when she watered her cannas. Jem and Idecided that Boo had got her at last, but when Atticus returned from the Radley househe said she died of natural causes, to our disappointment.
 
"Ask him," Jem whispered.
 
"You ask him, you're the oldest."
 
"That's why you oughta ask him."
 
"Atticus," I said, "did you see Mr. Arthur?"
 
Atticus looked sternly around his newspaper at me: "I did not."
 
Jem restrained me from further questions. He said Atticus was still touchous about usand the Radleys and it wouldn't do to push him any. Jem had a notion that Atticusthought our activities that night last summer were not solely5 confined to strip poker6. Jemhad no firm basis for his ideas, he said it was merely a twitch7.
 
Next morning I awoke, looked out the window and nearly died of fright. My screamsbrought Atticus from his bathroom half-shaven.
 
"The world's endin‘, Atticus! Please do something -- !" I dragged him to the window andpointed.
 
"No it's not," he said. "It's snowing."
 
Jem asked Atticus would it keep up. Jem had never seen snow either, but he knewwhat it was. Atticus said he didn't know any more about snow than Jem did. "I think,though, if it's watery9 like that, it'll turn to rain."
 
The telephone rang and Atticus left the breakfast table to answer it. "That was EulaMay," he said when he returned. "I quote -- ‘As it has not snowed in Maycomb Countysince 1885, there will be no school today.'"
 
Eula May was Maycomb's leading telephone operator. She was entrusted10 with issuingpublic announcements, wedding invitations, setting off the fire siren, and giving first-aidinstructions when Dr. Reynolds was away.
 
When Atticus finally called us to order and bade us look at our plates instead of outthe windows, Jem asked, "How do you make a snowman?"
 
"I haven't the slightest idea," said Atticus. "I don't want you all to be disappointed, but Idoubt if there'll be enough snow for a snowball, even."
 
Calpurnia came in and said she thought it was sticking. When we ran to the back yard,it was covered with a feeble layer of soggy snow.
 
"We shouldn't walk about in it," said Jem. "Look, every step you take's wasting it."
 
I looked back at my mushy footprints. Jem said if we waited until it snowed some morewe could scrape it all up for a snowman. I stuck out my tongue and caught a fat flake11. Itburned.
 
"Jem, it's hot!"
 
"No it ain't, it's so cold it burns. Now don't eat it, Scout12, you're wasting it. Let it comedown."
 
"But I want to walk in it."
 
"I know what, we can go walk over at Miss Maudie's."
 
Jem hopped13 across the front yard. I followed in his tracks. When we were on thesidewalk in front of Miss Maudie's, Mr. Avery accosted14 us. He had a pink face and a bigstomach below his belt.
 
"See what you've done?" he said. "Hasn't snowed in Maycomb since Appomattox. It'sbad children like you makes the seasons change."
 
I wondered if Mr. Avery knew how hopefully we had watched last summer for him torepeat his performance, and reflected that if this was our reward, there was somethingto say for sin. I did not wonder where Mr. Avery gathered his meteorological statistics:
 
they came straight from the Rosetta Stone.
 
"Jem Finch15, you Jem Finch!"
 
"Miss Maudie's callin‘ you, Jem."
 
"You all stay in the middle of the yard. There's some thrift16 buried under the snow nearthe porch. Don't step on it!"
 
"Yessum!" called Jem. "It's beautiful, ain't it, Miss Maudie?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Beautiful my hind17 foot! If it freezes tonight it'll carry off all my azaleas!"
 
Miss Maudie's old sunhat glistened18 with snow crystals. She was bending over somesmall bushes, wrapping them in burlap bags. Jem asked her what she was doing thatfor.
 
"Keep ‘em warm," she said.
 
"How can flowers keep warm? They don't circulate."
 
"I cannot answer that question, Jem Finch. All I know is if it freezes tonight theseplants'll freeze, so you cover ‘em up. Is that clear?"
 
"Yessum. Miss Maudie?"
 
"What, sir?"
 
"Could Scout and me borrow some of your snow?"
 
"Heavens alive, take it all! There's an old peach basket under the house, haul it off inthat." Miss Maudie's eyes narrowed. "Jem Finch, what are you going to do with mysnow?"
 
"You'll see," said Jem, and we transferred as much snow as we could from MissMaudie's yard to ours, a slushy operation.
 
"What are we gonna do, Jem?" I asked.
 
"You'll see," he said. "Now get the basket and haul all the snow you can rake up fromthe back yard to the front. Walk back in your tracks, though," he cautioned.
 
"Are we gonna have a snow baby, Jem?"
 
"No, a real snowman. Gotta work hard, now."
 
Jem ran to the back yard, produced the garden hoe and began digging quickly behindthe woodpile, placing any worms he found to one side. He went in the house, returnedwith the laundry hamper19, filled it with earth and carried it to the front yard.
 
When we had five baskets of earth and two baskets of snow, Jem said we were readyto begin.
 
"Don't you think this is kind of a mess?" I asked.
 
"Looks messy now, but it won't later," he said.
 
Jem scooped20 up an armful of dirt, patted it into a mound21 on which he added anotherload, and another until he had constructed a torso.
 
"Jem, I ain't ever heard of a nigger snowman," I said.
 
"He won't be black long," he grunted22.
 
Jem procured23 some peachtree switches from the back yard, plaited them, and bentthem into bones to be covered with dirt.
 
"He looks like Stephanie Crawford with her hands on her hips," I said. "Fat in themiddle and little-bitty arms."
 
"I'll make ‘em bigger." Jem sloshed water over the mud man and added more dirt. Helooked thoughtfully at it for a moment, then he molded a big stomach below the figure'swaistline. Jem glanced at me, his eyes twinkling: "Mr. Avery's sort of shaped like asnowman, ain't he?"
 
Jem scooped up some snow and began plastering it on. He permitted me to coveronly the back, saving the public parts for himself. Gradually Mr. Avery turned white.
 
Using bits of wood for eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons, Jem succeeded in making Mr.
 
Avery look cross. A stick of stovewood completed the picture. Jem stepped back andviewed his creation.
 
"It's lovely, Jem," I said. "Looks almost like he'd talk to you."
 
"It is, ain't it?" he said shyly.
 
We could not wait for Atticus to come home for dinner, but called and said we had abig surprise for him. He seemed surprised when he saw most of the back yard in thefront yard, but he said we had done a jim-dandy job. "I didn't know how you were goingto do it," he said to Jem, "but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you,son, you'll always have an idea."
 
Jem's ears reddened from Atticus's compliment, but he looked up sharply when hesaw Atticus stepping back. Atticus squinted24 at the snowman a while. He grinned, thenlaughed. "Son, I can't tell what you're going to be -- an engineer, a lawyer, or a portraitpainter. You've perpetrated a near libel here in the front yard. We've got to disguise thisfellow."
 
Atticus suggested that Jem hone down his creation's front a little, swap25 a broom forthe stovewood, and put an apron26 on him.
 
Jem explained that if he did, the snowman would become muddy and cease to be asnowman.
 
"I don't care what you do, so long as you do something," said Atticus. "You can't goaround making caricatures of the neighbors."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Ain't a characterture," said Jem. "It looks just like him."
 
"Mr. Avery might not think so."
 
"I know what!" said Jem. He raced across the street, disappeared into Miss Maudie'sback yard and returned triumphant27. He stuck her sunhat on the snowman's head andjammed her hedge-clippers into the crook28 of his arm. Atticus said that would be fine.
 
Miss Maudie opened her front door and came out on the porch. She looked across thestreet at us. Suddenly she grinned. "Jem Finch," she called. "You devil, bring me backmy hat, sir!"
 
Jem looked up at Atticus, who shook his head. "She's just fussing," he said. "She'sreally impressed with your -- accomplishments29."
 
Atticus strolled over to Miss Maudie's sidewalk, where they engaged in an arm-wavingconversation, the only phrase of which I caught was "…erected an absolute morphoditein that yard! Atticus, you'll never raise ‘em!"
 
The snow stopped in the afternoon, the temperature dropped, and by nightfall Mr.
 
Avery's direst predictions came true: Calpurnia kept every fireplace in the house blazing,but we were cold. When Atticus came home that evening he said we were in for it, andasked Calpurnia if she wanted to stay with us for the night. Calpurnia glanced up at thehigh ceilings and long windows and said she thought she'd be warmer at her house.
 
Atticus drove her home in the car.
 
Before I went to sleep Atticus put more coal on the fire in my room. He said thethermometer registered sixteen, that it was the coldest night in his memory, and that oursnowman outside was frozen solid.
 
Minutes later, it seemed, I was awakened30 by someone shaking me. Atticus's overcoatwas spread across me. "Is it morning already?"
 
"Baby, get up."
 
Atticus was holding out my bathrobe and coat. "Put your robe on first," he said.
 
Jem was standing31 beside Atticus, groggy32 and tousled. He was holding his overcoatclosed at the neck, his other hand was jammed into his pocket. He looked strangelyoverweight.
 
"Hurry, hon," said Atticus. "Here're your shoes and socks."
 
Stupidly, I put them on. "Is it morning?"
 
"No, it's a little after one. Hurry now."
 
That something was wrong finally got through to me. "What's the matter?"
 
By then he did not have to tell me. Just as the birds know where to go when it rains, Iknew when there was trouble in our street. Soft taffeta-like sounds and muffled33 scurryingsounds filled me with helpless dread34.
 
"Whose is it?"
 
"Miss Maudie's, hon," said Atticus gently.
 
At the front door, we saw fire spewing from Miss Maudie's diningroom windows. As ifto confirm what we saw, the town fire siren wailed35 up the scale to a treble pitch andremained there, screaming.
 
"It's gone, ain't it?" moaned Jem.
 
"I expect so," said Atticus. "Now listen, both of you. Go down and stand in front of theRadley Place. Keep out of the way, do you hear? See which way the wind's blowing?"
 
"Oh," said Jem. "Atticus, reckon we oughta start moving the furniture out?"
 
"Not yet, son. Do as I tell you. Run now. Take care of Scout, you hear? Don't let herout of your sight."
 
With a push, Atticus started us toward the Radley front gate. We stood watching thestreet fill with men and cars while fire silently devoured36 Miss Maudie's house. "Why don'tthey hurry, why don't they hurry…" muttered Jem.
 
We saw why. The old fire truck, killed by the cold, was being pushed from town by acrowd of men. When the men attached its hose to a hydrant, the hose burst and watershot up, tinkling37 down on the pavement.
 
"Oh-h Lord, Jem…"
 
Jem put his arm around me. "Hush38, Scout," he said. "It ain't time to worry yet. I'll letyou know when."
 
The men of Maycomb, in all degrees of dress and undress, took furniture from MissMaudie's house to a yard across the street. I saw Atticus carrying Miss Maudie's heavyoak rocking chair, and thought it sensible of him to save what she valued most.
 
Sometimes we heard shouts. Then Mr. Avery's face appeared in an upstairs window.#p#分页标题#e#
 
He pushed a mattress39 out the window into the street and threw down furniture until menshouted, "Come down from there, Dick! The stairs are going! Get outta there, Mr.
 
Avery!"
 
Mr. Avery began climbing through the window.
 
"Scout, he's stuck…" breathed Jem. "Oh God…"
 
Mr. Avery was wedged tightly. I buried my head under Jem's arm and didn't look againuntil Jem cried, "He's got loose, Scout! He's all right!"
 
I looked up to see Mr. Avery cross the upstairs porch. He swung his legs over therailing and was sliding down a pillar when he slipped. He fell, yelled, and hit MissMaudie's shrubbery.
 
Suddenly I noticed that the men were backing away from Miss Maudie's house,moving down the street toward us. They were no longer carrying furniture. The fire waswell into the second floor and had eaten its way to the roof: window frames were blackagainst a vivid orange center.
 
"Jem, it looks like a pumpkin40 -- "
 
"Scout, look!"
 
Smoke was rolling off our house and Miss Rachel's house like fog off a riverbank, andmen were pulling hoses toward them. Behind us, the fire truck from Abbottsvillescreamed around the curve and stopped in front of our house.
 
"That book…" I said.
 
"What?" said Jem.
 
"That Tom Swift book, it ain't mine, it's Dill's…"
 
"Don't worry, Scout, it ain't time to worry yet," said Jem. He pointed8. "Looka yonder."
 
In a group of neighbors, Atticus was standing with his hands in his overcoat pockets.
 
He might have been watching a football game. Miss Maudie was beside him.
 
"See there, he's not worried yet," said Jem.
 
"Why ain't he on top of one of the houses?"
 
"He's too old, he'd break his neck."
 
"You think we oughta make him get our stuff out?"
 
"Let's don't pester41 him, he'll know when it's time," said Jem.
 
The Abbottsville fire truck began pumping water on our house; a man on the roofpointed to places that needed it most. I watched our Absolute Morphodite go black andcrumble; Miss Maudie's sunhat settled on top of the heap. I could not see her hedge-clippers. In the heat between our house, Miss Rachel's and Miss Maudie's, the men hadlong ago shed coats and bathrobes. They worked in pajama tops and nightshirts stuffedinto their pants, but I became aware that I was slowly freezing where I stood. Jem triedto keep me warm, but his arm was not enough. I pulled free of it and clutched myshoulders. By dancing a little, I could feel my feet.
 
Another fire truck appeared and stopped in front of Miss Stephanie Crawford's. Therewas no hydrant for another hose, and the men tried to soak her house with handextinguishers.
 
Miss Maudie's tin roof quelled42 the flames. Roaring, the house collapsed43; fire gushedeverywhere, followed by a flurry of blankets from men on top of the adjacent houses,beating out sparks and burning chunks44 of wood.
 
It was dawn before the men began to leave, first one by one, then in groups. Theypushed the Maycomb fire truck back to town, the Abbottsville truck departed, the thirdone remained. We found out next day it had come from Clark's Ferry, sixty miles away.
 
Jem and I slid across the street. Miss Maudie was staring at the smoking black hole inher yard, and Atticus shook his head to tell us she did not want to talk. He led us home,holding onto our shoulders to cross the icy street. He said Miss Maudie would stay withMiss Stephanie for the time being.
 
"Anybody want some hot chocolate?" he asked. I shuddered45 when Atticus started afire in the kitchen stove.
 
As we drank our cocoa I noticed Atticus looking at me, first with curiosity, then withsternness. "I thought I told you and Jem to stay put," he said.
 
"Why, we did. We stayed -- "
 
"Then whose blanket is that?"
 
"Blanket?"
 
"Yes ma'am, blanket. It isn't ours."
 
I looked down and found myself clutching a brown woolen46 blanket I was wearingaround my shoulders, squaw-fashion.
 
"Atticus, I don't know, sir… I -- "#p#分页标题#e#
 
I turned to Jem for an answer, but Jem was even more bewildered than I. He said hedidn't know how it got there, we did exactly as Atticus had told us, we stood down by theRadley gate away from everybody, we didn't move an inch -- Jem stopped.
 
"Mr. Nathan was at the fire," he babbled47, "I saw him, I saw him, he was tuggin‘ thatmattress -- Atticus, I swear…"
 
"That's all right, son." Atticus grinned slowly. "Looks like all of Maycomb was outtonight, in one way or another. Jem, there's some wrapping paper in the pantry, I think.
 
Go get it and we'll -- "
 
"Atticus, no sir!"
 
Jem seemed to have lost his mind. He began pouring out our secrets right and left intotal disregard for my safety if not for his own, omitting nothing, knot-hole, pants and all.
 
"…Mr. Nathan put cement in that tree, Atticus, an‘ he did it to stop us findin' things -- he's crazy, I reckon, like they say, but Atticus, I swear to God he ain't ever harmed us,he ain't ever hurt us, he coulda cut my throat from ear to ear that night but he tried tomend my pants instead… he ain't ever hurt us, Atticus -- "
 
Atticus said, "Whoa, son," so gently that I was greatly heartened. It was obvious thathe had not followed a word Jem said, for all Atticus said was, "You're right. We'd betterkeep this and the blanket to ourselves. Someday, maybe, Scout can thank him forcovering her up."
 
"Thank who?" I asked.
 
"Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put theblanket around you."
 
My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up when Jem held out the blanket andcrept toward me. "He sneaked48 out of the house -- turn ‘round -- sneaked up, an' went likethis!"
 
Atticus said dryly, "Do not let this inspire you to further glory, Jeremy."
 
Jem scowled49, "I ain't gonna do anything to him," but I watched the spark of freshadventure leave his eyes. "Just think, Scout," he said, "if you'd just turned around,you'da seen him."
 
Calpurnia woke us at noon. Atticus had said we need not go to school that day, we'dlearn nothing after no sleep. Calpurnia said for us to try and clean up the front yard.
 
Miss Maudie's sunhat was suspended in a thin layer of ice, like a fly in amber50, and wehad to dig under the dirt for her hedge-clippers. We found her in her back yard, gazingat her frozen charred51 azaleas. "We're bringing back your things, Miss Maudie," saidJem. "We're awful sorry."
 
Miss Maudie looked around, and the shadow of her old grin crossed her face. "Alwayswanted a smaller house, Jem Finch. Gives me more yard. Just think, I'll have moreroom for my azaleas now!"
 
"You ain't grievin‘, Miss Maudie?" I asked, surprised. Atticus said her house wasnearly all she had.
 
"Grieving, child? Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin‘ fire to it a hundredtimes myself, except they'd lock me up."
 
"But -- "
 
"Don't you worry about me, Jean Louise Finch. There are ways of doing things youdon't know about. Why, I'll build me a little house and take me a couple of roomersand -- gracious, I'll have the finest yard in Alabama. Those Bellingraths'll look plain punywhen I get started!"
 
Jem and I looked at each other. "How'd it catch, Miss Maudie?" he asked.
 
"I don't know, Jem. Probably the flue in the kitchen. I kept a fire in there last night formy potted plants. Hear you had some unexpected company last night, Miss JeanLouise."
 
"How'd you know?"
 
"Atticus told me on his way to town this morning. Tell you the truth, I'd like to've beenwith you. And I'd‘ve had sense enough to turn around, too."
 
Miss Maudie puzzled me. With most of her possessions gone and her beloved yard ashambles, she still took a lively and cordial interest in Jem's and my affairs.
 
She must have seen my perplexity. She said, "Only thing I worried about last nightwas all the danger and commotion52 it caused. This whole neighborhood could have goneup. Mr. Avery'll be in bed for a week -- he's right stove up. He's too old to do things likethat and I told him so. Soon as I can get my hands clean and when StephanieCrawford's not looking, I'll make him a Lane cake. That Stephanie's been after myrecipe for thirty years, and if she thinks I'll give it to her just because I'm staying with hershe's got another think coming."#p#分页标题#e#
 
I reflected that if Miss Maudie broke down and gave it to her, Miss Stephanie couldn'tfollow it anyway. Miss Maudie had once let me see it: among other things, the recipecalled for one large cup of sugar.
 
It was a still day. The air was so cold and clear we heard the courthouse clock clank,rattle and strain before it struck the hour. Miss Maudie's nose was a color I had neverseen before, and I inquired about it.
 
"I've been out here since six o'clock," she said. "Should be frozen by now." She heldup her hands. A network of tiny lines crisscrossed her palms, brown with dirt and driedblood.
 
"You've ruined ‘em," said Jem. "Why don't you get a colored man?" There was no noteof sacrifice in his voice when he added, "Or Scout'n'me, we can help you."
 
Miss Maudie said, "Thank you sir, but you've got a job of your own over there." Shepointed to our yard.
 
"You mean the Morphodite?" I asked. "Shoot, we can rake him up in a jiffy."
 
Miss Maudie stared down at me, her lips moving silently. Suddenly she put her handsto her head and whooped53. When we left her, she was still chuckling54.
 
Jem said he didn't know what was the matter with her -- that was just Miss Maudie.


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1 guilt 9e6xr     
n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责
参考例句:
  • She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
  • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
2 thereby Sokwv     
adv.因此,从而
参考例句:
  • I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市,因此对它不怎么熟悉。
  • He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民,因而得到了投票权。
3 discomfort cuvxN     
n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便
参考例句:
  • One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
  • She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
4 ripple isLyh     
n.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进
参考例句:
  • The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
  • The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来,碎在沙滩上。
5 solely FwGwe     
adv.仅仅,唯一地
参考例句:
  • Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
  • The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。
6 poker ilozCG     
n.扑克;vt.烙制
参考例句:
  • He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌,把钱都输光了。
  • I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了,可以玩些花样。
7 twitch jK3ze     
v.急拉,抽动,痉挛,抽搐;n.扯,阵痛,痉挛
参考例句:
  • The smell made my dog's nose twitch.那股气味使我的狗的鼻子抽动着。
  • I felt a twitch at my sleeve.我觉得有人扯了一下我的袖子。
8 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
9 watery bU5zW     
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
参考例句:
  • In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
  • Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏,她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
10 entrusted be9f0db83b06252a0a462773113f94fa     
v.委托,托付( entrust的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He entrusted the task to his nephew. 他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。
  • She was entrusted with the direction of the project. 她受委托负责这项计划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 flake JgTzc     
v.使成薄片;雪片般落下;n.薄片
参考例句:
  • Drain the salmon,discard the skin,crush the bones and flake the salmon with a fork.将鲑鱼沥干,去表皮,粉碎鱼骨并用餐叉子将鱼肉切成小薄片状。
  • The paint's beginning to flake.油漆开始剥落了。
12 scout oDGzi     
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
参考例句:
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
13 hopped 91b136feb9c3ae690a1c2672986faa1c     
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花
参考例句:
  • He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
  • He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车,向市区开去。
14 accosted 4ebfcbae6e0701af7bf7522dbf7f39bb     
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
参考例句:
  • She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger. 在街上,一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
  • His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 finch TkRxS     
n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀,金丝雀等)
参考例句:
  • This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。
  • In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚,它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。
16 thrift kI6zT     
adj.节约,节俭;n.节俭,节约
参考例句:
  • He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.他具备节俭和勤奋的美德。
  • His thrift and industry speak well for his future.他的节俭和勤勉预示着他美好的未来。
17 hind Cyoya     
adj.后面的,后部的
参考例句:
  • The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.这种动物能够用后肢站立。
  • Don't hind her in her studies.不要在学业上扯她后腿。
18 glistened 17ff939f38e2a303f5df0353cf21b300     
v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Pearls of dew glistened on the grass. 草地上珠露晶莹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Her eyes glistened with tears. 她的眼里闪着泪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
19 hamper oyGyk     
vt.妨碍,束缚,限制;n.(有盖的)大篮子
参考例句:
  • There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
  • The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。
20 scooped a4cb36a9a46ab2830b09e95772d85c96     
v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等)
参考例句:
  • They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块,在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
21 mound unCzhy     
n.土墩,堤,小山;v.筑堤,用土堆防卫
参考例句:
  • The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
  • The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。
22 grunted f18a3a8ced1d857427f2252db2abbeaf     
(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说
参考例句:
  • She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声,继续看书,不屑抬起头来看一眼。
  • She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。
23 procured 493ee52a2e975a52c94933bb12ecc52b     
v.(努力)取得, (设法)获得( procure的过去式和过去分词 );拉皮条
参考例句:
  • These cars are to be procured through open tender. 这些汽车要用公开招标的办法购买。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • A friend procured a position in the bank for my big brother. 一位朋友为我哥哥谋得了一个银行的职位。 来自《用法词典》
24 squinted aaf7c56a51bf19a5f429b7a9ddca2e9b     
斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 ); 眯着眼睛; 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看
参考例句:
  • Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel. 他把枪顶肩,眯起眼睛瞄准。
  • I squinted through the keyhole. 我从锁眼窥看。
25 swap crnwE     
n.交换;vt.交换,用...作交易
参考例句:
  • I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
  • This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
26 apron Lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
27 triumphant JpQys     
adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的
参考例句:
  • The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
  • There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。
28 crook NnuyV     
v.使弯曲;n.小偷,骗子,贼;弯曲(处)
参考例句:
  • He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子,他要我向他认错。
  • She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。
29 accomplishments 1c15077db46e4d6425b6f78720939d54     
n.造诣;完成( accomplishment的名词复数 );技能;成绩;成就
参考例句:
  • It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
  • Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
30 awakened de71059d0b3cd8a1de21151c9166f9f0     
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
参考例句:
  • She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
  • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
31 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
32 groggy YeMzB     
adj.体弱的;不稳的
参考例句:
  • The attack of flu left her feeling very groggy.她患流感后非常虚弱。
  • She was groggy from surgery.她手术后的的情况依然很不稳定。
33 muffled fnmzel     
adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己)
参考例句:
  • muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
  • There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
34 dread Ekpz8     
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
参考例句:
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
35 wailed e27902fd534535a9f82ffa06a5b6937a     
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She wailed over her father's remains. 她对着父亲的遗体嚎啕大哭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The women of the town wailed over the war victims. 城里的妇女为战争的死难者们痛哭。 来自辞典例句
36 devoured af343afccf250213c6b0cadbf3a346a9     
吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光
参考例句:
  • She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志,还是报纸,只要能弄得到,她都看得津津有味。
  • The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
37 tinkling Rg3zG6     
n.丁当作响声
参考例句:
  • I could hear bells tinkling in the distance. 我能听到远处叮当铃响。
  • To talk to him was like listening to the tinkling of a worn-out musical-box. 跟他说话,犹如听一架老掉牙的八音盒子丁冬响。 来自英汉文学
38 hush ecMzv     
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静
参考例句:
  • A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
  • Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去!
39 mattress Z7wzi     
n.床垫,床褥
参考例句:
  • The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
  • The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。
40 pumpkin NtKy8     
n.南瓜
参考例句:
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
41 pester uAByD     
v.纠缠,强求
参考例句:
  • He told her not to pester him with trifles.他对她说不要为小事而烦扰他。
  • Don't pester me.I've got something urgent to attend to.你别跟我蘑菇了,我还有急事呢。
42 quelled cfdbdf53cdf11a965953b115ee1d3e67     
v.(用武力)制止,结束,镇压( quell的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Thanks to Kao Sung-nien's skill, the turmoil had been quelled. 亏高松年有本领,弹压下去。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
  • Mr. Atkinson was duly quelled. 阿特金森先生被及时地将了一军。 来自辞典例句
43 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句:
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
44 chunks a0e6aa3f5109dc15b489f628b2f01028     
厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分
参考例句:
  • a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
  • Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大,还能再切小一点吗?
45 shuddered 70137c95ff493fbfede89987ee46ab86     
v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动
参考例句:
  • He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车,车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
46 woolen 0fKw9     
adj.羊毛(制)的;毛纺的
参考例句:
  • She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.冬天她喜欢穿羊毛袜。
  • There is one bar of woolen blanket on that bed.那张床上有一条毛毯。
47 babbled 689778e071477d0cb30cb4055ecdb09c     
v.喋喋不休( babble的过去式和过去分词 );作潺潺声(如流水);含糊不清地说话;泄漏秘密
参考例句:
  • He babbled the secret out to his friends. 他失口把秘密泄漏给朋友了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She babbled a few words to him. 她对他说了几句不知所云的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
48 sneaked fcb2f62c486b1c2ed19664da4b5204be     
v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状
参考例句:
  • I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
  • She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。
49 scowled b83aa6db95e414d3ef876bc7fd16d80d     
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
  • The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。
50 amber LzazBn     
n.琥珀;琥珀色;adj.琥珀制的
参考例句:
  • Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗?
  • This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。
51 charred 2d03ad55412d225c25ff6ea41516c90b     
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式);烧焦
参考例句:
  • the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
  • The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
52 commotion 3X3yo     
n.骚动,动乱
参考例句:
  • They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵,引起了一阵骚乱。
  • Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间,整条街道变得一片混乱。
53 whooped e66c6d05be2853bfb6cf7848c8d6f4d8     
叫喊( whoop的过去式和过去分词 ); 高声说; 唤起
参考例句:
  • The bill whooped through both houses. 此提案在一片支持的欢呼声中由两院匆匆通过。
  • The captive was whooped and jeered. 俘虏被叱责讥笑。
54 chuckling e8dcb29f754603afc12d2f97771139ab     
轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. 他看书时,我能听见他的轻声发笑。
  • He couldn't help chuckling aloud. 他忍不住的笑了出来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
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