To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 28(5)
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The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. We didn't even needjackets. The wind was growing stronger, and Jem said it might be raining before we gothome. There was no moon. The street light on the corner cast sharp shadows on theRadley house. I heard Jem laugh softly. "Bet nobody bothers them tonight," he said.
 
Jem was carrying my ham costume, rather awkwardly, as it was hard to hold. I thought itgallant of him to do so.
 
"It is a scary place though, ain't it?" I said. "Boo doesn't mean anybody any harm, butI'm right glad you're along." "You know Atticus wouldn't let you go to the schoolhouse byyourself," Jem said.
 
"Don't see why, it's just around the corner and across the yard."
 
"That yard's a mighty1 long place for little girls to cross at night," Jem teased. "Ain't youscared of haints?"
 
We laughed. Haints, Hot Steams, incantations, secret signs, had vanished with ouryears as mist with sunrise. "What was that old thing," Jem said, "Angel bright, life-in-death; get off the road, don't suck my breath."
 
"Cut it out, now," I said. We were in front of the Radley Place.
 
Jem said, "Boo must not be at home. Listen."
 
High above us in the darkness a solitary2 mocker poured out his repertoire3 in blissfulunawareness of whose tree he sat in, plunging4 from the shrill5 kee, kee of the sunflowerbird to the irascible qua-ack of a bluejay, to the sad lament6 of Poor Will, Poor Will, PoorWill.
 
We turned the corner and I tripped on a root growing in the road. Jem tried to help me,but all he did was drop my costume in the dust. I didn't fall, though, and soon we wereon our way again.
 
We turned off the road and entered the schoolyard. It was pitch black.
 
"How do you know where we're at, Jem?" I asked, when we had gone a few steps.
 
"I can tell we're under the big oak because we're passin' through a cool spot. Carefulnow, and don't fall again."
 
We had slowed to a cautious gait, and were feeling our way forward so as not to bumpinto the tree. The tree was a single and ancient oak; two children could not reach aroundits trunk and touch hands. It was far away from teachers, their spies, and curiousneighbors: it was near the Radley lot, but the Radleys were not curious. A small patch ofearth beneath its branches was packed hard from many fights and furtive7 crap games.
 
The lights in the high school auditorium8 were blazing in the distance, but they blindedus, if anything. "Don't look ahead, Scout9," Jem said. "Look at the ground and you won'tfall."
 
"You should have brought the flashlight, Jem."
 
"Didn't know it was this dark. Didn't look like it'd be this dark earlier in the evening. Socloudy, that's why. It'll hold off a while, though."
 
Someone leaped at us.
 
"God almighty10!" Jem yelled.
 
A circle of light burst in our faces, and Cecil Jacobs jumped in glee behind it. "Ha-a-a,gotcha!" he shrieked11. "Thought you'd be comin' along this way!"
 
"What are you doin' way out here by yourself, boy? Ain't you scared of Boo Radley?"
 
Cecil had ridden safely to the auditorium with his parents, hadn't seen us, then hadventured down this far because he knew good and well we'd be coming along. Hethought Mr. Finch12'd be with us, though.
 
"Shucks, ain't much but around the corner," said Jem. "Who's scared to go around thecorner?" We had to admit that Cecil was pretty good, though. He had given us a fright,and he could tell it all over the schoolhouse, that was his privilege.
 
"Say," I said, "ain't you a cow tonight? Where's your costume?"
 
"It's up behind the stage," he said. "Mrs. Merriweather says the pageant13 ain't comin'on for a while. You can put yours back of the stage by mine, Scout, and we can go withthe rest of 'em."
 
This was an excellent idea, Jem thought. He also thought it a good thing that Ceciland I would be together. This way, Jem would be left to go with people his own age.
 
When we reached the auditorium, the whole town was there except Atticus and theladies worn out from decorating, and the usual outcasts and shut-ins. Most of thecounty, it seemed, was there: the hall was teeming14 with slicked-up country people. Thehigh school building had a wide downstairs hallway; people milled around booths thathad been installed along each side.#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Oh Jem. I forgot my money," I sighed, when I saw them.
 
"Atticus didn't," Jem said. "Here's thirty cents, you can do six things. See you later on."
 
"Okay," I said, quite content with thirty cents and Cecil. I went with Cecil down to thefront of the auditorium, through a door on one side, and backstage. I got rid of my hamcostume and departed in a hurry, for Mrs. Merriweather was standing15 at a lectern infront of the first row of seats making last-minute, frenzied16 changes in the script.
 
"How much money you got?" I asked Cecil. Cecil had thirty cents, too, which made useven. We squandered17 our first nickels on the House of Horrors, which scared us not atall; we entered the black seventh-grade room and were led around by the temporaryghoul in residence and were made to touch several objects alleged18 to be componentparts of a human being. "Here's his eyes," we were told when we touched two peeledgrapes on a saucer. "Here's his heart," which felt like raw liver. "These are his innards,"
 
and our hands were thrust into a plate of cold spaghetti.
 
Cecil and I visited several booths. We each bought a sack of Mrs. Judge Taylor'shomemade divinity. I wanted to bob for apples, but Cecil said it wasn't sanitary19. Hismother said he might catch something from everybody's heads having been in the sametub. "Ain't anything around town now to catch," I protested. But Cecil said his mothersaid it was unsanitary to eat after folks. I later asked Aunt Alexandra about this, and shesaid people who held such views were usually climbers.
 
We were about to purchase a blob of taffy when Mrs. Merriweather's runnersappeared and told us to go backstage, it was time to get ready. The auditorium wasfilling with people; the Maycomb County High School band had assembled in front belowthe stage; the stage footlights were on and the red velvet20 curtain rippled21 and billowedfrom the scurrying22 going on behind it.
 
Backstage, Cecil and I found the narrow hallway teeming with people: adults inhomemade three-corner hats, Confederate caps, Spanish-American War hats, andWorld War helmets. Children dressed as various agricultural enterprises crowdedaround the one small window.
 
"Somebody's mashed23 my costume," I wailed24 in dismay. Mrs. Merriweather galloped25 tome, reshaped the chicken wire, and thrust me inside.
 
"You all right in there, Scout?" asked Cecil. "You sound so far off, like you was on theother side of a hill."
 
"You don't sound any nearer," I said.
 
The band played the national anthem26, and we heard the audience rise. Then the bassdrum sounded. Mrs. Merriweather, stationed behind her lectern beside the band, said:
 
"Maycomb County Ad Astra Per Aspera." The bass27 drum boomed again. "That means,"
 
said Mrs. Merriweather, translating for the rustic28 elements, "from the mud to the stars."
 
She added, unnecessarily, it seemed to me, "A pageant."
 
"Reckon they wouldn't know what it was if she didn't tell 'em," whispered Cecil, whowas immediately shushed.
 
"The whole town knows it," I breathed.
 
"But the country folks've come in," Cecil said.
 
"Be quiet back there," a man's voice ordered, and we were silent.
 
The bass drum went boom with every sentence Mrs. Merriweather uttered. Shechanted mournfully about Maycomb County being older than the state, that it was a partof the Mississippi and Alabama Territories, that the first white man to set foot in thevirgin forests was the Probate Judge's great-grandfather five times removed, who wasnever heard of again. Then came the fearless Colonel Maycomb, for whom the countywas named.
 
Andrew Jackson appointed him to a position of authority, and Colonel Maycomb'smisplaced self-confidence and slender sense of direction brought disaster to all whorode with him in the Creek30 Indian Wars. Colonel Maycomb persevered31 in his efforts tomake the region safe for democracy, but his first campaign was his last. His orders,relayed to him by a friendly Indian runner, were to move south. After consulting a tree toascertain from its lichen32 which way was south, and taking no lip from the subordinateswho ventured to correct him, Colonel Maycomb set out on a purposeful journey to routthe enemy and entangled33 his troops so far northwest in the forest primeval that theywere eventually rescued by settlers moving inland.
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Mrs. Merriweather gave a thirty-minute description of Colonel Maycomb's exploits. Idiscovered that if I bent34 my knees I could tuck them under my costume and more or lesssit. I sat down, listened to Mrs. Merriweather's drone and the bass drum's boom andwas soon fast asleep.
 
They said later that Mrs. Merriweather was putting her all into the grand finale, thatshe had crooned, "Po-ork," with a confidence born of pine trees and butterbeansentering on cue. She waited a few seconds, then called, "Po-ork?" When nothingmaterialized, she yelled, "Pork!"
 
I must have heard her in my sleep, or the band playing Dixie woke me, but it waswhen Mrs. Merriweather triumphantly35 mounted the stage with the state flag that I choseto make my entrance. Chose is incorrect: I thought I'd better catch up with the rest ofthem.
 
They told me later that Judge Taylor went out behind the auditorium and stood thereslapping his knees so hard Mrs. Taylor brought him a glass of water and one of his pills.
 
Mrs. Merriweather seemed to have a hit, everybody was cheering so, but she caughtme backstage and told me I had ruined her pageant. She made me feel awful, but whenJem came to fetch me he was sympathetic. He said he couldn't see my costume muchfrom where he was sitting. How he could tell I was feeling bad under my costume I don'tknow, but he said I did all right, I just came in a little late, that was all. Jem wasbecoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong.
 
Almost -- not even Jem could make me go through that crowd, and he consented to waitbackstage with me until the audience left.
 
"You wanta take it off, Scout?" he asked.
 
"Naw, I'll just keep it on," I said. I could hide my mortification36 under it.
 
"You all want a ride home?" someone asked.
 
"No sir, thank you," I heard Jem say. "It's just a little walk."
 
"Be careful of haints," the voice said. "Better still, tell the haints to be careful of Scout."
 
"There aren't many folks left now," Jem told me. "Let's go."
 
We went through the auditorium to the hallway, then down the steps. It was still blackdark. The remaining cars were parked on the other side of the building, and theirheadlights were little help. "If some of 'em were goin' in our direction we could seebetter," said Jem. "Here Scout, let me hold onto your -- hock. You might lose yourbalance."
 
"I can see all right."
 
"Yeah, but you might lose your balance." I felt a slight pressure on my head, andassumed that Jem had grabbed that end of the ham. "You got me?"
 
"Uh huh."
 
We began crossing the black schoolyard, straining to see our feet. "Jem," I said, "Iforgot my shoes, they're back behind the stage."
 
"Well let's go get 'em." But as we turned around the auditorium lights went off. "Youcan get 'em tomorrow," he said.
 
"But tomorrow's Sunday," I protested, as Jem turned me homeward.
 
"You can get the Janitor37 to let you in… Scout?"
 
"Hm?"
 
"Nothing."
 
Jem hadn't started that in a long time. I wondered what he was thinking. He'd tell mewhen he wanted to, probably when we got home. I felt his fingers press the top of mycostume, too hard, it seemed. I shook my head. "Jem, you don't hafta -- "
 
"Hush29 a minute, Scout," he said, pinching me.
 
We walked along silently. "Minute's up," I said. "Whatcha thinkin' about?" I turned tolook at him, but his outline was barely visible.
 
"Thought I heard something," he said. "Stop a minute."
 
We stopped.
 
"Hear anything?" he asked.
 
"No."
 
We had not gone five paces before he made me stop again.
 
"Jem, are you tryin' to scare me? You know I'm too old -- "
 
"Be quiet," he said, and I knew he was not joking.
 
The night was still. I could hear his breath coming easily beside me. Occasionallythere was a sudden breeze that hit my bare legs, but it was all that remained of apromised windy night. This was the stillness before a thunderstorm. We listened.#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Heard an old dog just then," I said.
 
"It's not that," Jem answered. "I hear it when we're walkin' along, but when we stop Idon't hear it."
 
"You hear my costume rustlin'. Aw, it's just Halloween got you…"
 
I said it more to convince myself than Jem, for sure enough, as we began walking, Iheard what he was talking about. It was not my costume.
 
"It's just old Cecil," said Jem presently. "He won't get us again. Let's don't let him thinkwe're hurrying."
 
We slowed to a crawl. I asked Jem how Cecil could follow us in this dark, looked to melike he'd bump into us from behind.
 
"I can see you, Scout," Jem said.
 
"How? I can't see you."
 
"Your fat streaks38 are showin'. Mrs. Crenshaw painted 'em with some of that shiny stuffso they'd show up under the footlights. I can see you pretty well, an' I expect Cecil cansee you well enough to keep his distance."
 
I would show Cecil that we knew he was behind us and we were ready for him. "CecilJacobs is a big wet he-en!" I yelled suddenly, turning around.
 
We stopped. There was no acknowledgement save he-en bouncing off the distantschoolhouse wall.
 
"I'll get him," said Jem. "He-y!"
 
Hay-e-hay-e-hay-ey, answered the schoolhouse wall. It was unlike Cecil to hold out forso long; once he pulled a joke he'd repeat it time and again. We should have been leaptat already. Jem signaled for me to stop again.
 
He said softly, "Scout, can you take that thing off?"
 
"I think so, but I ain't got anything on under it much."
 
"I've got your dress here."
 
"I can't get it on in the dark."
 
"Okay," he said, "never mind."
 
"Jem, are you afraid?"
 
"No. Think we're almost to the tree now. Few yards from that, an' we'll be to the road.
 
We can see the street light then." Jem was talking in an unhurried, flat toneless voice. Iwondered how long he would try to keep the Cecil myth going.
 
"You reckon we oughta sing, Jem?"
 
"No. Be real quiet again, Scout."
 
We had not increased our pace. Jem knew as well as I that it was difficult to walk fastwithout stumping39 a toe, tripping on stones, and other inconveniences, and I wasbarefooted. Maybe it was the wind rustling40 the trees. But there wasn't any wind andthere weren't any trees except the big oak.
 
Our company shuffled41 and dragged his feet, as if wearing heavy shoes. Whoever itwas wore thick cotton pants; what I thought were trees rustling was the soft swish ofcotton on cotton, wheek, wheek, with every step.
 
I felt the sand go cold under my feet and I knew we were near the big oak. Jempressed my head. We stopped and listened.
 
Shuffle-foot had not stopped with us this time. His trousers swished softly and steadily42.
 
Then they stopped. He was running, running toward us with no child's steps.
 
"Run, Scout! Run! Run!" Jem screamed.
 
I took one giant step and found myself reeling: my arms useless, in the dark, I couldnot keep my balance.
 
"Jem, Jem, help me, Jem!"
 
Something crushed the chicken wire around me. Metal ripped on metal and I fell to theground and rolled as far as I could, floundering to escape my wire prison. Fromsomewhere near by came scuffling, kicking sounds, sounds of shoes and flesh scrapingdirt and roots. Someone rolled against me and I felt Jem. He was up like lightning andpulling me with him but, though my head and shoulders were free, I was so entangledwe didn't get very far.
 
We were nearly to the road when I felt Jem's hand leave me, felt him jerk backwardsto the ground. More scuffling, and there came a dull crunching44 sound and Jemscreamed.
 
I ran in the direction of Jem's scream and sank into a flabby male stomach. Its ownersaid, "Uff!" and tried to catch my arms, but they were tightly pinioned45. His stomach wassoft but his arms were like steel. He slowly squeezed the breath out of me. I could notmove. Suddenly he was jerked backwards43 and flung on the ground, almost carrying mewith him. I thought, Jem's up.#p#分页标题#e#
 
One's mind works very slowly at times. Stunned46, I stood there dumbly. The scufflingnoises were dying; someone wheezed47 and the night was still again.
 
Still but for a man breathing heavily, breathing heavily and staggering. I thought hewent to the tree and leaned against it. He coughed violently, a sobbing48, bone-shakingcough.
 
"Jem?"
 
There was no answer but the man's heavy breathing.
 
"Jem?"
 
Jem didn't answer.
 
The man began moving around, as if searching for something. I heard him groan49 andpull something heavy along the ground. It was slowly coming to me that there were nowfour people under the tree.
 
"Atticus…?"
 
The man was walking heavily and unsteadily toward the road.
 
I went to where I thought he had been and felt frantically50 along the ground, reachingout with my toes. Presently I touched someone.
 
"Jem?"
 
My toes touched trousers, a belt buckle51, buttons, something I could not identify, acollar, and a face. A prickly stubble on the face told me it was not Jem's. I smelled stalewhiskey.
 
I made my way along in what I thought was the direction of the road. I was not sure,because I had been turned around so many times. But I found it and looked down to thestreet light. A man was passing under it. The man was walking with the staccato stepsof someone carrying a load too heavy for him. He was going around the corner. He wascarrying Jem. Jem's arm was dangling52 crazily in front of him.
 
By the time I reached the corner the man was crossing our front yard. Light from ourfront door framed Atticus for an instant; he ran down the steps, and together, he and theman took Jem inside.
 
I was at the front door when they were going down the hall. Aunt Alexandra wasrunning to meet me. "Call Dr. Reynolds!" Atticus's voice came sharply from Jem's room.
 
"Where's Scout?"
 
"Here she is," Aunt Alexandra called, pulling me along with her to the telephone. Shetugged at me anxiously. "I'm all right, Aunty," I said, "you better call."
 
She pulled the receiver from the hook and said, "Eula May, get Dr. Reynolds, quick!"
 
"Agnes, is your father home? Oh God, where is he? Please tell him to come over hereas soon as he comes in. Please, it's urgent!"
 
There was no need for Aunt Alexandra to identify herself, people in Maycomb kneweach other's voices.
 
Atticus came out of Jem's room. The moment Aunt Alexandra broke the connection,Atticus took the receiver from her. He rattled53 the hook, then said, "Eula May, get me thesheriff, please."
 
"Heck? Atticus Finch. Someone's been after my children. Jem's hurt. Between hereand the schoolhouse. I can't leave my boy. Run out there for me, please, and see if he'sstill around. Doubt if you'll find him now, but I'd like to see him if you do. Got to go now.
 
Thanks, Heck."
 
"Atticus, is Jem dead?"
 
"No, Scout. Look after her, sister," he called, as he went down the hall.
 
Aunt Alexandra's fingers trembled as she unwound the crushed fabric54 and wire fromaround me. "Are you all right, darling?" she asked over and over as she worked me free.
 
It was a relief to be out. My arms were beginning to tingle55, and they were red withsmall hexagonal marks. I rubbed them, and they felt better.
 
"Aunty, is Jem dead?"
 
"No -- no, darling, he's unconscious. We won't know how badly he's hurt until Dr.
 
Reynolds gets here. Jean Louise, what happened?"
 
"I don't know."
 
She left it at that. She brought me something to put on, and had I thought about itthen, I would have never let her forget it: in her distraction56, Aunty brought me myoveralls. "Put these on, darling," she said, handing me the garments she most despised.
 
She rushed back to Jem's room, then came to me in the hall. She patted me vaguely,and went back to Jem's room.
 
A car stopped in front of the house. I knew Dr. Reynolds's step almost as well as myfather's. He had brought Jem and me into the world, had led us through every childhooddisease known to man including the time Jem fell out of the treehouse, and he hadnever lost our friendship. Dr. Reynolds said if we had been boil-prone things would havebeen different, but we doubted it.#p#分页标题#e#
 
He came in the door and said, "Good Lord." He walked toward me, said, "You're stillstanding," and changed his course. He knew every room in the house. He also knewthat if I was in bad shape, so was Jem.
 
After ten forevers Dr. Reynolds returned. "Is Jem dead?" I asked.
 
"Far from it," he said, squatting57 down to me. "He's got a bump on the head just likeyours, and a broken arm. Scout, look that way -- no, don't turn your head, roll your eyes.
 
Now look over yonder. He's got a bad break, so far as I can tell now it's in the elbow.
 
Like somebody tried to wring58 his arm off… Now look at me."
 
"Then he's not dead?"
 
"No-o!" Dr. Reynolds got to his feet. "We can't do much tonight," he said, "except try tomake him as comfortable as we can. We'll have to X-ray his arm -- looks like he'll bewearing his arm 'way out by his side for a while. Don't worry, though, he'll be as good asnew. Boys his age bounce."
 
While he was talking, Dr. Reynolds had been looking keenly at me, lightly fingering thebump that was coming on my forehead. "You don't feel broke anywhere, do you?"
 
Dr. Reynolds's small joke made me smile. "Then you don't think he's dead, then?"
 
He put on his hat. "Now I may be wrong, of course, but I think he's very alive. Showsall the symptoms of it. Go have a look at him, and when I come back we'll get togetherand decide."
 
Dr. Reynolds's step was young and brisk. Mr. Heck Tate's was not. His heavy bootspunished the porch and he opened the door awkwardly, but he said the same thing Dr.
 
Reynolds said when he came in. "You all right, Scout?" he added.
 
"Yes sir, I'm goin' in to see Jem. Atticus'n'them's in there."
 
"I'll go with you," said Mr. Tate.
 
Aunt Alexandra had shaded Jem's reading light with a towel, and his room was dim.
 
Jem was lying on his back. There was an ugly mark along one side of his face. His leftarm lay out from his body; his elbow was bent slightly, but in the wrong direction. Jemwas frowning.
 
"Jem…?"
 
Atticus spoke59. "He can't hear you, Scout, he's out like a light. He was coming around,but Dr. Reynolds put him out again."
 
"Yes sir." I retreated. Jem's room was large and square. Aunt Alexandra was sitting ina rocking-chair by the fireplace. The man who brought Jem in was standing in a corner,leaning against the wall. He was some countryman I did not know. He had probablybeen at the pageant, and was in the vicinity when it happened. He must have heard ourscreams and come running.
 
Atticus was standing by Jem's bed.
 
Mr. Heck Tate stood in the doorway60. His hat was in his hand, and a flashlight bulgedfrom his pants pocket. He was in his working clothes.
 
"Come in, Heck," said Atticus. "Did you find anything? I can't conceive of anyone low-down enough to do a thing like this, but I hope you found him."
 
Mr. Tate sniffed61. He glanced sharply at the man in the corner, nodded to him, thenlooked around the room -- at Jem, at Aunt Alexandra, then at Atticus.
 
"Sit down, Mr. Finch," he said pleasantly.
 
Atticus said, "Let's all sit down. Have that chair, Heck. I'll get another one from thelivingroom."
 
Mr. Tate sat in Jem's desk chair. He waited until Atticus returned and settled himself. Iwondered why Atticus had not brought a chair for the man in the corner, but Atticusknew the ways of country people far better than I. Some of his rural clients would parktheir long-eared steeds under the chinaberry trees in the back yard, and Atticus wouldoften keep appointments on the back steps. This one was probably more comfortablewhere he was.
 
"Mr. Finch," said Mr. Tate, "tell you what I found. I found a little girl's dress -- it's outthere in my car. That your dress, Scout?"
 
"Yes sir, if it's a pink one with smockin'," I said. Mr. Tate was behaving as if he wereon the witness stand. He liked to tell things his own way, untrammeled by state ordefense, and sometimes it took him a while.
 
"I found some funny-looking pieces of muddy-colored cloth -- "
 
"That's m'costume, Mr. Tate."#p#分页标题#e#
 
Mr. Tate ran his hands down his thighs62. He rubbed his left arm and investigated Jem'smantelpiece, then he seemed to be interested in the fireplace. His fingers sought hislong nose.
 
"What is it, Heck?" said Atticus.
 
Mr. Tate found his neck and rubbed it. "Bob Ewell's lyin' on the ground under that treedown yonder with a kitchen knife stuck up under his ribs63. He's dead, Mr. Finch."


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1 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。
2 solitary 7FUyx     
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
参考例句:
  • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
  • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
3 repertoire 2BCze     
n.(准备好演出的)节目,保留剧目;(计算机的)指令表,指令系统, <美>(某个人的)全部技能;清单,指令表
参考例句:
  • There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。
  • He has added considerably to his piano repertoire.他的钢琴演奏曲目大大增加了。
4 plunging 5fe12477bea00d74cd494313d62da074     
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 shrill EEize     
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫
参考例句:
  • Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
  • The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。
6 lament u91zi     
n.悲叹,悔恨,恸哭;v.哀悼,悔恨,悲叹
参考例句:
  • Her face showed lament.她的脸上露出悲伤的样子。
  • We lament the dead.我们哀悼死者。
7 furtive kz9yJ     
adj.鬼鬼崇崇的,偷偷摸摸的
参考例句:
  • The teacher was suspicious of the student's furtive behaviour during the exam.老师怀疑这个学生在考试时有偷偷摸摸的行为。
  • His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion.他鬼鬼祟祟的行为引起了我们的怀疑。
8 auditorium HO6yK     
n.观众席,听众席;会堂,礼堂
参考例句:
  • The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
  • The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出,伸入观众席。
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 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。
11 shrieked dc12d0d25b0f5d980f524cd70c1de8fe     
v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
  • Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫,陆子潇尖声叫:“告诉什么? 来自汉英文学 - 围城
12 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。
13 pageant fvnyN     
n.壮观的游行;露天历史剧
参考例句:
  • Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
  • The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。
14 teeming 855ef2b5bd20950d32245ec965891e4a     
adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 );到处都是;(指水、雨等)暴降;倾注
参考例句:
  • The rain was teeming down. 大雨倾盆而下。
  • the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道
15 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。
16 frenzied LQVzt     
a.激怒的;疯狂的
参考例句:
  • Will this push him too far and lead to a frenzied attack? 这会不会逼他太甚,导致他进行疯狂的进攻?
  • Two teenagers carried out a frenzied attack on a local shopkeeper. 两名十几岁的少年对当地的一个店主进行了疯狂的袭击。
17 squandered 330b54102be0c8433b38bee15e77b58a     
v.(指钱,财产等)浪费,乱花( squander的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He squandered all his money on gambling. 他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
  • She felt as indignant as if her own money had been squandered. 她心里十分生气,好像是她自己的钱给浪费掉了似的。 来自飘(部分)
18 alleged gzaz3i     
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
参考例句:
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
19 sanitary SCXzF     
adj.卫生方面的,卫生的,清洁的,卫生的
参考例句:
  • It's not sanitary to let flies come near food.让苍蝇接近食物是不卫生的。
  • The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.这家饭馆的卫生状况糟透了。
20 velvet 5gqyO     
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
参考例句:
  • This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
  • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。
21 rippled 70d8043cc816594c4563aec11217f70d     
使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • The lake rippled gently. 湖面轻轻地泛起涟漪。
  • The wind rippled the surface of the cornfield. 微风吹过麦田,泛起一片麦浪。
22 scurrying 294847ddc818208bf7d590895cd0b7c9     
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • We could hear the mice scurrying about in the walls. 我们能听见老鼠在墙里乱跑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We were scurrying about until the last minute before the party. 聚会开始前我们一直不停地忙忙碌碌。 来自辞典例句
23 mashed Jotz5Y     
a.捣烂的
参考例句:
  • two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
  • Just one scoop of mashed potato for me, please. 请给我盛一勺土豆泥。
24 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
25 galloped 4411170e828312c33945e27bb9dce358     
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事
参考例句:
  • Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。
  • The children galloped home as soon as the class was over. 孩子们一下课便飞奔回家了。
26 anthem vMRyj     
n.圣歌,赞美诗,颂歌
参考例句:
  • All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
  • As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上,唱起了国歌。
27 bass APUyY     
n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴
参考例句:
  • He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
  • The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
28 rustic mCQz9     
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
参考例句:
  • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
  • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
29 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!
30 creek 3orzL     
n.小溪,小河,小湾
参考例句:
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
31 persevered b3246393c709e55e93de64dc63360d37     
v.坚忍,坚持( persevere的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She persevered with her violin lessons. 她孜孜不倦地学习小提琴。
  • Hard as the conditions were, he persevered in his studies. 虽然条件艰苦,但他仍坚持学习。 来自辞典例句
32 lichen C94zV     
n.地衣, 青苔
参考例句:
  • The stone stairway was covered with lichen.那石级长满了地衣。
  • There is carpet-like lichen all over the moist corner of the wall.潮湿的墙角上布满了地毯般的绿色苔藓。
33 entangled e3d30c3c857155b7a602a9ac53ade890     
adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
  • Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
34 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
35 triumphantly 9fhzuv     
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地
参考例句:
  • The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
  • Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
36 mortification mwIyN     
n.耻辱,屈辱
参考例句:
  • To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected. 使我感到失面子的是:我的稿件被退了回来。
  • The chairman tried to disguise his mortification. 主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。
37 janitor iaFz7     
n.看门人,管门人
参考例句:
  • The janitor wiped on the windows with his rags.看门人用褴褛的衣服擦着窗户。
  • The janitor swept the floors and locked up the building every night.那个看门人每天晚上负责打扫大楼的地板和锁门。
38 streaks a961fa635c402b4952940a0218464c02     
n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹
参考例句:
  • streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
  • Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
39 stumping d2271b7b899995e88f7cb8a3a0704172     
僵直地行走,跺步行走( stump的现在分词 ); 把(某人)难住; 使为难; (选举前)在某一地区作政治性巡回演说
参考例句:
  • She's tired of stumping up for school fees, books and uniform. 她讨厌为学费、课本和校服掏腰包。
  • But Democrats and Republicans are still dumping stumping for the young. 但是民主党和共和党依然向年轻人发表演说以争取他们的支持。
40 rustling c6f5c8086fbaf68296f60e8adb292798     
n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的
参考例句:
  • the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
  • the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声
41 shuffled cee46c30b0d1f2d0c136c830230fe75a     
v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
参考例句:
  • He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
  • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
44 crunching crunching     
v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄
参考例句:
  • The horses were crunching their straw at their manger. 这些马在嘎吱嘎吱地吃槽里的草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog was crunching a bone. 狗正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼骨头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
45 pinioned dd9a58e290bf8ac0174c770f05cc9e90     
v.抓住[捆住](双臂)( pinion的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His arms were pinioned to his sides. 他的双臂被绑在身体两侧。
  • Pinioned by the press of men around them, they were unable to move. 周围的人群挤压着他们,使他们动弹不得。 来自辞典例句
46 stunned 735ec6d53723be15b1737edd89183ec2     
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
  • The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。
47 wheezed 282f3c14e808036e4acb375c721e145d     
v.喘息,发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声( wheeze的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The old organ wheezed out a tune. 那架老风琴呜呜地奏出曲子。 来自辞典例句
  • He wheezed out a curse. 他喘着气诅咒。 来自辞典例句
48 sobbing df75b14f92e64fc9e1d7eaf6dcfc083a     
&lt;主方&gt;Ⅰ adj.湿透的
参考例句:
  • I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
  • Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。
49 groan LfXxU     
vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音
参考例句:
  • The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
  • The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。
50 frantically ui9xL     
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句:
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
51 buckle zsRzg     
n.扣子,带扣;v.把...扣住,由于压力而弯曲
参考例句:
  • The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
  • She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。
52 dangling 4930128e58930768b1c1c75026ebc649     
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口
参考例句:
  • The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果,那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
  • The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上,摇晃着他们的双腿。
53 rattled b4606e4247aadf3467575ffedf66305b     
慌乱的,恼火的
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里,窗户都格格作响。
54 fabric 3hezG     
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织
参考例句:
  • The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
  • I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。
55 tingle tJzzu     
vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动
参考例句:
  • The music made my blood tingle.那音乐使我热血沸腾。
  • The cold caused a tingle in my fingers.严寒使我的手指有刺痛感。
56 distraction muOz3l     
n.精神涣散,精神不集中,消遣,娱乐
参考例句:
  • Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注,不能有丝毫分神。
  • Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
57 squatting 3b8211561352d6f8fafb6c7eeabd0288     
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 );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。
参考例句:
  • They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. 他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
  • They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years. 他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
58 wring 4oOys     
n.扭绞;v.拧,绞出,扭
参考例句:
  • My socks were so wet that I had to wring them.我的袜子很湿,我不得不拧干它们。
  • I'll wring your neck if you don't behave!你要是不规矩,我就拧断你的脖子。
59 spoke XryyC     
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
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
60 doorway 2s0xK     
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
参考例句:
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
61 sniffed ccb6bd83c4e9592715e6230a90f76b72     
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
参考例句:
  • When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣,吸了吸鼻子,擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
62 thighs e4741ffc827755fcb63c8b296150ab4e     
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿
参考例句:
  • He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
63 ribs 24fc137444401001077773555802b280     
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹
参考例句:
  • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
  • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
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