To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 14(3)
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Although we heard no more about the Finch2 family from Aunt Alexandra, we heardplenty from the town. On Saturdays, armed with our nickels, when Jem permitted me toaccompany him (he was now positively3 allergic4 to my presence when in public), wewould squirm our way through sweating sidewalk crowds and sometimes hear, "There'shis chillun," or, "Yonder's some Finches." Turning to face our accusers, we would seeonly a couple of farmers studying the enema bags in the Mayco Drugstore window. Ortwo dumpy countrywomen in straw hats sitting in a Hoover cart.
 
"They c'n go loose and rape5 up the countryside for all of 'em who run this countycare," was one obscure observation we met head on from a skinny gentleman when hepassed us. Which reminded me that I had a question to ask Atticus.
 
"What's rape?" I asked him that night.
 
Atticus looked around from behind his paper. He was in his chair by the window. Aswe grew older, Jem and I thought it generous to allow Atticus thirty minutes to himselfafter supper.
 
He sighed, and said rape was carnal knowledge of a female by force and withoutconsent.
 
"Well if that's all it is why did Calpurnia dry me up when I asked her what it was?"
 
Atticus looked pensive6. "What's that again?"
 
"Well, I asked Calpurnia comin' from church that day what it was and she said ask youbut I forgot to and now I'm askin' you."
 
His paper was now in his lap. "Again, please," he said.
 
I told him in detail about our trip to church with Calpurnia. Atticus seemed to enjoy it,but Aunt Alexandra, who was sitting in a corner quietly sewing, put down her embroideryand stared at us.
 
"You all were coming back from Calpurnia's church that Sunday?"
 
Jem said, "Yessum, she took us."
 
I remembered something. "Yessum, and she promised me I could come out to herhouse some afternoon. Atticus. I'll go next Sunday if it's all right, can I? Cal said she'dcome get me if you were off in the car."
 
"You may not."
 
Aunt Alexandra said it. I wheeled around, startled, then turned back to Atticus in timeto catch his swift glance at her, but it was too late. I said, "I didn't ask you!"
 
For a big man, Atticus could get up and down from a chair faster than anyone I everknew. He was on his feet. "Apologize to your aunt," he said.
 
"I didn't ask her, I asked you -- "
 
Atticus turned his head and pinned me to the wall with his good eye. His voice wasdeadly: "First, apologize to your aunt."
 
"I'm sorry, Aunty," I muttered.
 
"Now then," he said. "Let's get this clear: you do as Calpurnia tells you, you do as I tellyou, and as long as your aunt's in this house, you will do as she tells you. Understand?"
 
I understood, pondered a while, and concluded that the only way I could retire with ashred of dignity was to go to the bathroom, where I stayed long enough to make themthink I had to go. Returning, I lingered in the hall to hear a fierce discussion going on inthe livingroom. Through the door I could see Jem on the sofa with a football magazine infront of his face, his head turning as if its pages contained a live tennis match.
 
"…you've got to do something about her," Aunty was saying. "You've let things go ontoo long, Atticus, too long."
 
"I don't see any harm in letting her go out there. Cal'd look after her there as well asshe does here."
 
Who was the "her" they were talking about? My heart sank: me. I felt the starchedwalls of a pink cotton penitentiary8 closing in on me, and for the second time in my life Ithought of running away. Immediately.
 
"Atticus, it's all right to be soft-hearted, you're an easy man, but you have a daughterto think of. A daughter who's growing up."
 
"That's what I am thinking of."
 
"And don't try to get around it. You've got to face it sooner or later and it might as wellbe tonight. We don't need her now."
 
Atticus's voice was even: "Alexandra, Calpurnia's not leaving this house until shewants to. You may think otherwise, but I couldn't have got along without her all theseyears. She's a faithful member of this family and you'll simply have to accept things theway they are. Besides, sister, I don't want you working your head off for us -- you've noreason to do that. We still need Cal as much as we ever did."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"But Atticus -- "
 
"Besides, I don't think the children've suffered one bit from her having brought themup. If anything, she's been harder on them in some ways than a mother would havebeen… she's never let them get away with anything, she's never indulged them the waymost colored nurses do. She tried to bring them up according to her lights, and Cal'slights are pretty good -- and another thing, the children love her."
 
I breathed again. It wasn't me, it was only Calpurnia they were talking about. Revived,I entered the livingroom. Atticus had retreated behind his newspaper and AuntAlexandra was worrying her embroidery7. Punk, punk, punk, her needle broke the tautcircle. She stopped, and pulled the cloth tighter: punk-punk-punk. She was furious.
 
Jem got up and padded across the rug. He motioned me to follow. He led me to hisroom and closed the door. His face was grave.
 
"They've been fussing, Scout9."
 
Jem and I fussed a great deal these days, but I had never heard of or seen anyonequarrel with Atticus. It was not a comfortable sight.
 
"Scout, try not to antagonize Aunty, hear?"
 
Atticus's remarks were still rankling10, which made me miss the request in Jem'squestion. My feathers rose again. "You tryin' to tell me what to do?"
 
"Naw, it's -- he's got a lot on his mind now, without us worrying him."
 
"Like what?" Atticus didn't appear to have anything especially on his mind.
 
"It's this Tom Robinson case that's worryin' him to death -- "
 
I said Atticus didn't worry about anything. Besides, the case never bothered us exceptabout once a week and then it didn't last.
 
"That's because you can't hold something in your mind but a little while," said Jem.
 
"It's different with grown folks, we -- "
 
His maddening superiority was unbearable11 these days. He didn't want to do anythingbut read and go off by himself. Still, everything he read he passed along to me, but withthis difference: formerly12, because he thought I'd like it; now, for my edification andinstruction.
 
"Jee crawling hova, Jem! Who do you think you are?"
 
"Now I mean it, Scout, you antagonize Aunty and I'll -- I'll spank13 you."
 
With that, I was gone. "You damn morphodite, I'll kill you!" He was sitting on the bed,and it was easy to grab his front hair and land one on his mouth. He slapped me and Itried another left, but a punch in the stomach sent me sprawling14 on the floor. It nearlyknocked the breath out of me, but it didn't matter because I knew he was fighting, hewas fighting me back. We were still equals.
 
"Ain't so high and mighty15 now, are you!" I screamed, sailing in again. He was still onthe bed and I couldn't get a firm stance, so I threw myself at him as hard as I could,hitting, pulling, pinching, gouging16. What had begun as a fist-fight became a brawl17. Wewere still struggling when Atticus separated us.
 
"That's all," he said. "Both of you go to bed right now."
 
"Taah!" I said at Jem. He was being sent to bed at my bedtime.
 
"Who started it?" asked Atticus, in resignation.
 
"Jem did. He was tryin' to tell me what to do. I don't have to mind him now, do I?"
 
Atticus smiled. "Let's leave it at this: you mind Jem whenever he can make you. Fairenough?"
 
Aunt Alexandra was present but silent, and when she went down the hall with Atticuswe heard her say, "…just one of the things I've been telling you about," a phrase thatunited us again.
 
Ours were adjoining rooms; as I shut the door between them Jem said, "Night, Scout."
 
"Night," I murmured, picking my way across the room to turn on the light. As I passedthe bed I stepped on something warm, resilient, and rather smooth. It was not quite likehard rubber, and I had the sensation that it was alive. I also heard it move.
 
I switched on the light and looked at the floor by the bed. Whatever I had stepped onwas gone. I tapped on Jem's door.
 
"What," he said.
 
"How does a snake feel?"
 
"Sort of rough. Cold. Dusty. Why?"
 
"I think there's one under my bed. Can you come look?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Are you bein' funny?" Jem opened the door. He was in his pajama bottoms. I noticednot without satisfaction that the mark of my knuckles18 was still on his mouth. When hesaw I meant what I said, he said, "If you think I'm gonna put my face down to a snakeyou've got another think comin'. Hold on a minute."
 
He went to the kitchen and fetched the broom. "You better get up on the bed," he said.
 
"You reckon it's really one?" I asked. This was an occasion. Our houses had nocellars; they were built on stone blocks a few feet above the ground, and the entry ofreptiles was not unknown but was not commonplace. Miss Rachel Haverford's excusefor a glass of neat whiskey every morning was that she never got over the fright offinding a rattler coiled in her bedroom closet, on her washing, when she went to hang upher negligee.
 
Jem made a tentative swipe under the bed. I looked over the foot to see if a snakewould come out. None did. Jem made a deeper swipe.
 
"Do snakes grunt19?"
 
"It ain't a snake," Jem said. "It's somebody."
 
Suddenly a filthy20 brown package shot from under the bed. Jem raised the broom andmissed Dill's head by an inch when it appeared.
 
"God Almighty21." Jem's voice was reverent22.
 
We watched Dill emerge by degrees. He was a tight fit. He stood up and eased hisshoulders, turned his feet in their ankle sockets23, rubbed the back of his neck. Hiscirculation restored, he said, "Hey."
 
Jem petitioned God again. I was speechless.
 
"I'm 'bout1 to perish," said Dill. "Got anything to eat?"
 
In a dream, I went to the kitchen. I brought him back some milk and half a pan of cornbread left over from supper. Dill devoured24 it, chewing with his front teeth, as was hiscustom.
 
I finally found my voice. "How'd you get here?"
 
By an involved route. Refreshed by food, Dill recited this narrative25: having been boundin chains and left to die in the basement (there were basements in Meridian26) by his newfather, who disliked him, and secretly kept alive on raw field peas by a passing farmerwho heard his cries for help (the good man poked27 a bushel pod by pod through theventilator), Dill worked himself free by pulling the chains from the wall. Still in wristmanacles, he wandered two miles out of Meridian where he discovered a small animalshow and was immediately engaged to wash the camel. He traveled with the show allover Mississippi until his infallible sense of direction told him he was in Abbott County,Alabama, just across the river from Maycomb. He walked the rest of the way.
 
"How'd you get here?" asked Jem.
 
He had taken thirteen dollars from his mother's purse, caught the nine o'clock fromMeridian and got off at Maycomb Junction28. He had walked ten or eleven of the fourteenmiles to Maycomb, off the highway in the scrub bushes lest the authorities be seekinghim, and had ridden the remainder of the way clinging to the backboard of a cottonwagon. He had been under the bed for two hours, he thought; he had heard us in thediningroom, and the clink of forks on plates nearly drove him crazy. He thought Jem andI would never go to bed; he had considered emerging and helping29 me beat Jem, as Jemhad grown far taller, but he knew Mr. Finch would break it up soon, so he thought it bestto stay where he was. He was worn out, dirty beyond belief, and home.
 
"They must not know you're here," said Jem. "We'd know if they were lookin' foryou…"
 
"Think they're still searchin' all the picture shows in Meridian." Dill grinned.
 
"You oughta let your mother know where you are," said Jem. "You oughta let her knowyou're here…"
 
Dill's eyes flickered30 at Jem, and Jem looked at the floor. Then he rose and broke theremaining code of our childhood. He went out of the room and down the hall. "Atticus,"
 
his voice was distant, "can you come here a minute, sir?"
 
Beneath its sweat-streaked dirt Dill's face went white. I felt sick. Atticus was in thedoorway.
 
He came to the middle of the room and stood with his hands in his pockets, lookingdown at Dill.
 
I finally found my voice: "It's okay, Dill. When he wants you to know somethin', he tellsyou."
 
Dill looked at me. "I mean it's all right," I said. "You know he wouldn't bother you, youknow you ain't scared of Atticus."#p#分页标题#e#
 
"I'm not scared…" Dill muttered.
 
"Just hungry, I'll bet." Atticus's voice had its usual pleasant dryness. "Scout, we can dobetter than a pan of cold corn bread, can't we? You fill this fellow up and when I getback we'll see what we can see."
 
"Mr. Finch, don't tell Aunt Rachel, don't make me go back, please sir! I'll run offagain -- !"
 
"Whoa, son," said Atticus. "Nobody's about to make you go anywhere but to bed prettysoon. I'm just going over to tell Miss Rachel you're here and ask her if you could spendthe night with us -- you'd like that, wouldn't you? And for goodness' sake put some of thecounty back where it belongs, the soil erosion's bad enough as it is."
 
Dill stared at my father's retreating figure.
 
"He's tryin' to be funny," I said. "He means take a bath. See there, I told you hewouldn't bother you."
 
Jem was standing31 in a corner of the room, looking like the traitor32 he was. "Dill, I had totell him," he said. "You can't run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin'."
 
We left him without a word.
 
Dill ate, and ate, and ate. He hadn't eaten since last night. He used all his money for aticket, boarded the train as he had done many times, coolly chatted with the conductor,to whom Dill was a familiar sight, but he had not the nerve to invoke33 the rule on smallchildren traveling a distance alone if you've lost your money the conductor will lend youenough for dinner and your father will pay him back at the end of the line.
 
Dill made his way through the leftovers34 and was reaching for a can of pork and beansin the pantry when Miss Rachel's Do-oo Je-sus went off in the hall. He shivered like arabbit.
 
He bore with fortitude35 her Wait Till I Get You Home, Your Folks Are Out of Their MindsWorryin', was quite calm during That's All the Harris in You Coming Out, smiled at herReckon You Can Stay One Night, and returned the hug at long last bestowed36 upon him.
 
Atticus pushed up his glasses and rubbed his face.
 
"Your father's tired," said Aunt Alexandra, her first words in hours, it seemed. She hadbeen there, but I suppose struck dumb most of the time. "You children get to bed now."
 
We left them in the diningroom, Atticus still mopping his face. "From rape to riot torunaways," we heard him chuckle37. "I wonder what the next two hours will bring."
 
Since things appeared to have worked out pretty well, Dill and I decided38 to be civil toJem. Besides, Dill had to sleep with him so we might as well speak to him.
 
I put on my pajamas39, read for a while and found myself suddenly unable to keep myeyes open. Dill and Jem were quiet; when I turned off my reading lamp there was nostrip of light under the door to Jem's room.
 
I must have slept a long time, for when I was punched awake the room was dim withthe light of the setting moon.
 
"Move over, Scout."
 
"He thought he had to," I mumbled40. "Don't stay mad with him."
 
Dill got in bed beside me. "I ain't," he said. "I just wanted to sleep with you. Are youwaked up?"
 
By this time I was, but lazily so. "Why'd you do it?"
 
No answer. "I said why'd you run off? Was he really hateful like you said?"
 
"Naw…"
 
"Didn't you all build that boat like you wrote you were gonna?"
 
"He just said we would. We never did."
 
I raised up on my elbow, facing Dill's outline. "It's no reason to run off. They don't getaround to doin' what they say they're gonna do half the time…"
 
"That wasn't it, he -- they just wasn't interested in me."
 
This was the weirdest41 reason for flight I had ever heard. "How come?"
 
"Well, they stayed gone all the time, and when they were home, even, they'd get off ina room by themselves."
 
"What'd they do in there?"
 
"Nothin', just sittin' and readin' -- but they didn't want me with 'em."
 
I pushed the pillow to the headboard and sat up. "You know something? I was fixin' torun off tonight because there they all were. You don't want 'em around you all the time,Dill -- "#p#分页标题#e#
 
Dill breathed his patient breath, a half-sigh.
 
" -- good night, Atticus's gone all day and sometimes half the night and off in thelegislature and I don't know what -- you don't want 'em around all the time, Dill, youcouldn't do anything if they were."
 
"That's not it."
 
As Dill explained, I found myself wondering what life would be if Jem were different,even from what he was now; what I would do if Atticus did not feel the necessity of mypresence, help and advice. Why, he couldn't get along a day without me. EvenCalpurnia couldn't get along unless I was there. They needed me.
 
"Dill, you ain't telling me right -- your folks couldn't do without you. They must be justmean to you. Tell you what to do about that -- "
 
Dill's voice went on steadily42 in the darkness: "The thing is, what I'm tryin' to say is -- they do get on a lot better without me, I can't help them any. They ain't mean. They buyme everything I want, but it's now -- you've-got-it-go-play-with-it. You've got a roomful ofthings. I-got-you-that-book-so-go-read-it." Dill tried to deepen his voice. "You're not aboy. Boys get out and play baseball with other boys, they don't hang around the houseworryin' their folks."
 
Dill's voice was his own again: "Oh, they ain't mean. They kiss you and hug you goodnight and good mornin' and good-bye and tell you they love you -- Scout, let's get us ababy."
 
"Where?"
 
There was a man Dill had heard of who had a boat that he rowed across to a foggyisland where all these babies were; you could order one -- "That's a lie. Aunty said God drops 'em down the chimney. At least that's what I thinkshe said." For once, Aunty's diction had not been too clear.
 
"Well that ain't so. You get babies from each other. But there's this man, too -- he hasall these babies just waitin' to wake up, he breathes life into 'em…"
 
Dill was off again. Beautiful things floated around in his dreamy head. He could readtwo books to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions. He could addand subtract faster than lightning, but he preferred his own twilight43 world, a world wherebabies slept, waiting to be gathered like morning lilies. He was slowly talking himself tosleep and taking me with him, but in the quietness of his foggy island there rose thefaded image of a gray house with sad brown doors.
 
"Dill?"
 
"Mm?"
 
"Why do you reckon Boo Radley's never run off?"
 
Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me.
 
"Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to…"


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1 bout Asbzz     
n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛
参考例句:
  • I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
  • That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。
2 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。
3 positively vPTxw     
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
参考例句:
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
4 allergic 4xozJ     
adj.过敏的,变态的
参考例句:
  • Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
  • Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏,比如花粉。
5 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
参考例句:
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
6 pensive 2uTys     
a.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的
参考例句:
  • He looked suddenly sombre,pensive.他突然看起来很阴郁,一副忧虑的样子。
  • He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.他陷入沉思之中,她不想打断他的思路。
7 embroidery Wjkz7     
n.绣花,刺绣;绣制品
参考例句:
  • This exquisite embroidery won people's great admiration.这件精美的绣品,使人惊叹不已。
  • This is Jane's first attempt at embroidery.这是简第一次试着绣花。
8 penitentiary buQyt     
n.感化院;监狱
参考例句:
  • He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.他在这所州监狱任看守长。
  • While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.他坐牢的时候,她的父亲死了,家庭就拆散了。
9 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。
10 rankling 8cbfa8b9f5516c093f42c116712f049b     
v.(使)痛苦不已,(使)怨恨不已( rankle的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Yet the knowledge imparted to him by the chambermaid was rankling in his mind. 可是女仆告诉他的消息刺痛着他的心。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
11 unbearable alCwB     
adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的
参考例句:
  • It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
  • The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。
12 formerly ni3x9     
adv.从前,以前
参考例句:
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
13 spank NFFzE     
v.打,拍打(在屁股上)
参考例句:
  • Be careful.If you don't work hard,I'll spank your bottom.你再不好好学习,小心被打屁股。
  • He does it very often.I really get mad.I can't help spank him sometimes.他经常这样做。我很气愤。有时候我忍不住打他的屁股。
14 sprawling 3ff3e560ffc2f12f222ef624d5807902     
adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着)
参考例句:
  • He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
  • a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
15 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
16 gouging 040ded02b3a58081f7b774c4c20b755f     
n.刨削[槽]v.凿( gouge的现在分词 );乱要价;(在…中)抠出…;挖出…
参考例句:
  • Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
  • If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨,则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网
17 brawl tsmzw     
n.大声争吵,喧嚷;v.吵架,对骂
参考例句:
  • They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
  • I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。
18 knuckles c726698620762d88f738be4a294fae79     
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝
参考例句:
  • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
  • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
19 grunt eeazI     
v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝
参考例句:
  • He lifted the heavy suitcase with a grunt.他咕噜着把沉重的提箱拎了起来。
  • I ask him what he think,but he just grunt.我问他在想什麽,他只哼了一声。
20 filthy ZgOzj     
adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的
参考例句:
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
  • You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发,然后再去买张新的。
21 almighty dzhz1h     
adj.全能的,万能的;很大的,很强的
参考例句:
  • Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
  • It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。
22 reverent IWNxP     
adj.恭敬的,虔诚的
参考例句:
  • He gave reverent attention to the teacher.他恭敬地听老师讲课。
  • She said the word artist with a gentle,understanding,reverent smile.她说作家一词时面带高雅,理解和虔诚的微笑。
23 sockets ffe33a3f6e35505faba01d17fd07d641     
n.套接字,使应用程序能够读写与收发通讯协定(protocol)与资料的程序( Socket的名词复数 );孔( socket的名词复数 );(电器上的)插口;托座;凹穴
参考例句:
  • All new PCs now have USB sockets. 新的个人计算机现在都有通用串行总线插孔。
  • Make sure the sockets in your house are fingerproof. 确保你房中的插座是防触电的。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
24 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。
25 narrative CFmxS     
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
参考例句:
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
26 meridian f2xyT     
adj.子午线的;全盛期的
参考例句:
  • All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度。
  • He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.他现在正值智力全盛期。
27 poked 87f534f05a838d18eb50660766da4122     
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交
参考例句:
  • She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
  • His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
28 junction N34xH     
n.连接,接合;交叉点,接合处,枢纽站
参考例句:
  • There's a bridge at the junction of the two rivers.两河的汇合处有座桥。
  • You must give way when you come to this junction.你到了这个路口必须让路。
29 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
30 flickered 93ec527d68268e88777d6ca26683cc82     
(通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The lights flickered and went out. 灯光闪了闪就熄了。
  • These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. 这些灯象发狂的交通灯一样不停地闪动着。
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 traitor GqByW     
n.叛徒,卖国贼
参考例句:
  • The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
  • He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。
33 invoke G4sxB     
v.求助于(神、法律);恳求,乞求
参考例句:
  • Let us invoke the blessings of peace.让我们祈求和平之福。
  • I hope I'll never have to invoke this clause and lodge a claim with you.我希望我永远不会使用这个条款向你们索赔。
34 leftovers AprzGJ     
n.剩余物,残留物,剩菜
参考例句:
  • He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。
  • She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together.她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。
35 fortitude offzz     
n.坚忍不拔;刚毅
参考例句:
  • His dauntless fortitude makes him absolutely fearless.他不屈不挠的坚韧让他绝无恐惧。
  • He bore the pain with great fortitude.他以极大的毅力忍受了痛苦。
36 bestowed 12e1d67c73811aa19bdfe3ae4a8c2c28     
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
  • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
37 chuckle Tr1zZ     
vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑
参考例句:
  • He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
  • I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个,我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。
38 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
39 pajamas XmvzDN     
n.睡衣裤
参考例句:
  • At bedtime,I take off my clothes and put on my pajamas.睡觉时,我脱去衣服,换上睡衣。
  • He was wearing striped pajamas.他穿着带条纹的睡衣裤。
40 mumbled 3855fd60b1f055fa928ebec8bcf3f539     
含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话,可我没太听清楚。
  • George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。
41 weirdest 1420dbd419e940f3a92df683409afc4e     
怪诞的( weird的最高级 ); 神秘而可怕的; 超然的; 古怪的
参考例句:
  • Think of the weirdest, craziest shit you'd like to see chicks do. 想想这最怪异,最疯狂的屁事。你会喜欢看这些鸡巴表演的。
  • It's still the weirdest damn sound I ever heard out of a Jersey boy. 这是我所听过新泽西人最为怪异的音调了。
42 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
参考例句:
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
43 twilight gKizf     
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
参考例句:
  • Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
  • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
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