爱丽丝漫游奇境记-第05章 毛毛虫的建议
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Advice from a Caterpillar1

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.

`Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alicereplied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'

`What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar sternly. `Explain yourself!'

`I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir' said Alice, `because I'm not myself, you see.'

`I don't see,' said the Caterpillar.

`I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very politely, `for I can't understand it myself to begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.'

`It isn't,' said the Caterpillar.

`Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet,' said Alice; `but when you have to turn into a chrysalis--you will some day, you know--and then after that into a butterfly, I should think you'll feel it a little queer, won't you?'

`Not a bit,' said the Caterpillar.

`Well, perhaps your feelings may be different,' said Alice; `all I know is, it would feel very queer to ME.'

`You!' said the Caterpillar contemptuously. `Who are YOU?'

Which brought them back again to the beginning of the conversation. Alice felt a little irritated at the Caterpillar's making such VERY short remarks, and she drew herself up and said, very gravely, `I think, you ought to tell me who YOU are, first.'

`Why?' said the Caterpillar.

Here was another puzzling question; and as Alice could not think of any good reason, and as the Caterpillar seemed to be in a VERY unpleasant state of mind, she turned away.

`Come back!' the Caterpillar called after her. `I've something important to say!'

This sounded promising3, certainly: Alice turned and came back again.

`Keep your temper,' said the Caterpillar.

`Is that all?' said Alice, swallowing down her anger as well as she could.

`No,' said the Caterpillar.

Alice thought she might as well wait, as she had nothing else to do, and perhaps after all it might tell her something worth hearing. For some minutes it puffed4 away without speaking, but at last it unfolded its arms, took the hookah out of its mouth again, and said, `So you think you're changed, do you?'

`I'm afraid I am, sir,' said Alice; `I can't remember things as I used--and I don't keep the same size for ten minutes together!'

`Can't remember WHAT things?' said the Caterpillar.

`Well, I've tried to say "HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE," but it all came different!' Alice replied in a very melancholy5 voice.

`Repeat, "YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM,"' said the Caterpillar.

Alice folded her hands, and began:--

`You are old, Father William,' the young man said, `And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly6 stand on your head-- Do you think, at your age, it is right?'

`In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, `I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly7 sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.'

`You are old,' said the youth, `as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly8 fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-- Pray, what is the reason of that?'

`In my youth,' said the sage9, as he shook his grey locks, `I kept all my limbs very supple10 By the use of this ointment--one shilling the box-- Allow me to sell you a couple?'

`You are old,' said the youth, `and your jaws12 are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-- Pray how did you manage to do it?'

`In my youth,' said his father, `I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw11, Has lasted the rest of my life.'

`You are old,' said the youth, `one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel2 on the end of your nose-- What made you so awfully13 clever?'

`I have answered three questions, and that is enough,' Said his father; `don't give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!'

`That is not said right,' said the Caterpillar.

`Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Alice, timidly; `some of the words have got altered.'

`It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes.

The Caterpillar was the first to speak.

`What size do you want to be?' it asked.

`Oh, I'm not particular as to size,' Alice hastily replied; `only one doesn't like changing so often, you know.'

`I DON'T know,' said the Caterpillar.

Alice said nothing: she had never been so much contradicted in her life before, and she felt that she was losing her temper.

`Are you content now?' said the Caterpillar.

`Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice: `three inches is such a wretched height to be.'

`It is a very good height indeed!' said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke14 (it was exactly three inches high).

`But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. And she thought of herself, `I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!'

`You'll get used to it in time,' said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.

This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again. In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself. Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, merely remarking as it went, `One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.'

`One side of WHAT? The other side of WHAT?' thought Alice to herself.

`Of the mushroom,' said the Caterpillar, just as if she had asked it aloud; and in another moment it was out of sight.

Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which were the two sides of it; and as it was perfectly round, she found this a very difficult question. However, at last she stretched her arms round it as far as they would go, and broke off a bit of the edge with each hand.

`And now which is which?' she said to herself, and nibbled15 a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment she felt a violent blow underneath16 her chin: it had struck her foot!

She was a good deal frightened by this very sudden change, but she felt that there was no time to be lost, as she was shrinking rapidly; so she set to work at once to eat some of the other bit. Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel17 of the lefthand bit.

`Come, my head's free at last!' said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.

`What CAN all that green stuff be?' said Alice. `And where HAVE my shoulders got to? And oh, my poor hands, how is it I can't see you?' She was moving them about as she spoke, but no result seemed to follow, except a little shaking among the distant green leaves.

As there seemed to be no chance of getting her hands up to her head, she tried to get her head down to them, and was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent. She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful18 zigzag19, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss20 made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.

`Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon.

`I'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice indignantly. `Let me alone!'

`Serpent, I say again!' repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued21 tone, and added with a kind of sob22, `I've tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!'

`I haven't the least idea what you're talking about,' said Alice.

`I've tried the roots of trees, and I've tried banks, and I've tried hedges,' the Pigeon went on, without attending to her; `but those serpents! There's no pleasing them!'

Alice was more and more puzzled, but she thought there was no use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished.

`As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching the eggs,' said the Pigeon; `but I must be on the look-out for serpents night and day! Why, I haven't had a wink23 of sleep these three weeks!'

`I'm very sorry you've been annoyed,' said Alice, who was beginning to see its meaning.

`And just as I'd taken the highest tree in the wood,' continued the Pigeon, raising its voice to a shriek24, `and just as I was thinking I should be free of them at last, they must needs come wriggling25 down from the sky! Ugh, Serpent!'

`But I'm NOT a serpent, I tell you!' said Alice. `I'm a--I'm a--'

`Well! WHAT are you?' said the Pigeon. `I can see you're trying to invent something!'

`I--I'm a little girl,' said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number of changes she had gone through that day.

`A likely story indeed!' said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. `I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!'

`I HAVE tasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, who was a very truthful26 child; `but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.'

`I don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if they do, why then they're a kind of serpent, that's all I can say.'

This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, `You're looking for eggs, I know THAT well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?'

`It matters a good deal to ME,' said Alice hastily; `but I'm not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn't want YOURS: I don't like them raw.'

`Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest. Alice crouched27 down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled28 among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it. After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set to work very carefully, nibbling29 first at one and then at the other, and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter, until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height.

It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she got used to it in a few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual. `Come, there's half my plan done now! How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another! However, I've got back to my right size: the next thing is, to get into that beautiful garden--how IS that to be done, I wonder?' As she said this, she came suddenly upon an open place, with a little house in it about four feet high. `Whoever lives there,' thought Alice, `it'll never do to come upon them THIS size: why, I should frighten them out of their wits!' So she began nibbling at the righthand bit again, and did not venture to go near the house till she had brought herself down to nine inches high.

毛毛虫和爱丽丝彼此沉默地注视了好一会。最后,毛毛虫从嘴里拿出了水烟管,用慢吞吞的、瞌睡似的声调同她说起了话。

“你是谁?”毛毛虫问,这可不是鼓励人谈话的开场白,爱丽丝挺不好意思地回答说:“我……眼下很难说,先生……至少今天起床时,我还知道我是谁的,从那时起,可是我就变了好几回了,”
“你这话是什么意思?”毛毛虫严厉地说,“你自己解释一下!”
“我没法解释,先生,”爱丽丝说,“因为我已经不是我自己了,你瞧。”
“我瞧不出。”毛毛虫说。

“我不能解释得更清楚了,”爱丽丝非常有礼貌地回答,“因为我压根儿不懂是怎么开始的,一天里改变好几次大小是非常不舒服的。”
“唉,也许你还没有体会,”爱丽丝说,“可是当你必须变成一只蝶蛹的时候——你知道自己总有一天会这样的——然后再变成一只蝴蝶、我想你会感到有点奇怪的,是不是,”
“一点也不。”毛毛虫说。
“哦!可能你的感觉同我不一样,”爱丽丝说,“可是这些事使我觉得非常奇怪。”
“你!”毛毛虫轻蔑地说,“你是谁?”

这句话又把他们带回了谈话的开头,对于毛毛虫的那些非常简短的回答,爱丽丝颇有点不高兴了,她挺直了身子一本正经地说:“我想还是你先告诉我,你是谁?”
“为什么?”毛毛虫说。
这又成了一个难题:爱丽丝想不出任何比较好的理由来回答它,看来,毛毛虫挺不高兴的,因此爱丽丝转身就走了。

“回来!”毛毛虫在她身后叫道,“我有几句重要的话讲!”这话听起来倒是鼓舞人的,于是爱丽丝回来了。
“别发脾气嘛!”毛毛虫说,
“就这个话吗?”爱丽丝忍住了怒气问。
“不。”毛毛虫说。

爱丽丝想反正没什么事,不如在这儿等一等,也许最后它会说一点儿值得听的话的。有好几分钟,他只是喷着烟雾不说话。最后它松开胳膊,把水烟管从嘴里拿出来,说:“你认为你已经变了,是吗?”
“我想是的,先生。”爱丽丝说。“我平时知道的事,现在都忘了,而且连把同样的身材保持十分钟都做不到,”
“你忘了些什么?”毛毛虫问。
“我试着背《小蜜蜂怎么干活》,可是背出来的完全变了样!”爱丽丝忧郁地回答。
“那么背诵《你老了,威廉爸爸》吧!”毛毛虫说。

爱丽丝把双手交叉放好,开始背了:
“年轻人说道:
‘你已经老啦,威廉爸爸,
你头上长满了白发。
可你老是头朝下倒立着,
像你这把年纪,这合适吗?’

‘当我年轻的时候,’
威廉爸爸回答儿子,
‘我怕这样会损坏脑子;
现在我脑袋已经空啦,
所以就这样玩个不止,’

‘你已经老啦,’年轻人说:‘像我刚才说的一样,
你已经变得非常肥胖;
可是你一个前空翻翻进门来,
这是怎么搞的?请你讲讲。’

‘当我年轻的时候,’
老哲人摇晃着灰白的卷发说道,
‘我总是让关节保持柔软灵巧,
我用的是这种一先令一盒的油膏,
你想要两盒吗,
请允许我向你推销,’

‘你已经老啦,’年轻人说,
‘你的下巴应该是
衰弱得只能喝些稀汤,
可是你把一只整鹅,
连骨带嘴全都吃光,
请问你怎能这样,’

‘当我年轻的时候,’爸爸说,
研究的是法律条文。
对于每个案子,
都拿来同妻子辩论,
因此我练得下巴肌肉发达,
这使我受用终身。’

‘你已经老啦,’年轻人说,
‘很难想象,
你的眼睛会像从前,一样闪光。
可是你居然能把一条鳗鱼,
竖在鼻子尖上。
请问,你怎会这么棒,’

“够啦,’他的爸爸说,
‘我已经回答了三个问题。
你不要太放肆啦,
我不会整天听你胡言乱语。
快滚吧,不然我就要,
一脚把你踢下楼梯。’”

“背错了。”毛毛虫说。
“我也怕不十分对,”爱丽丝羞怯地说,“有些字已经变了。”
“从头到尾都错了,”毛毛虫干脆地说。然后他们又沉默了几分钟。
毛毛虫首先开腔了:“你想变成多么大小呢?”
“唉!多么大小我倒不在乎。”爱丽丝急忙回答,“可是,一个人总不会喜欢老是变来变去的,这你是知道的。”
“我不知道。”毛毛虫说。
爱丽丝不说话了,她从来没有遭到过这么多的反驳,感到自己要发脾气了。

“你满意现在的样子吗?”毛毛虫说,
“哦,如果你不在意的话,先生,我想再大一点,”爱丽丝说,“像这样三英寸高,太可怜了,”
“这正是一个非常合适的高度。”毛毛虫生气地说,它说话时还使劲儿挺直了身子,正好是三英寸高。
“可我不习惯这个高度!”爱丽丝可怜巴巴地说道,同时心里想:“我希望这家伙可别发火!”
“不久你就会习惯的!”毛毛虫说着又把水烟管放进嘴里抽起来了。

这次,爱丽丝耐心地等着它开口,一两分钟后,毛毛虫从嘴里拿出了水烟管,打了个哈欠,摇了摇身子,然后从蘑菇上下来,向草地爬去,只是在它爬的时候,顺口说道:“一边会使你长高,另一边会使你变矮,”“什么东西的一边,什么东西的另一边?”爱丽丝想。
“蘑菇,”毛毛虫说,就好像爱丽丝在问它似的说完了话,一刹那就不见了。

有那么一两分钟,爱丽丝端详着那个蘑菇,思讨着哪里是它的两边。由于它十公圆,爱丽丝发现这个问题可不容易解决。不管怎样,最后,她伸开双管环抱着它,而且尽量往远伸,然后两只手分别掰下了一块蘑菇边。

“可现在哪边是哪边呢?”她问自己,然后啃了右手那块试试。蓦地觉得下巴被猛烈地碰了一下:原来下巴碰着脚背了。这突然的变化使她战栗,缩得太快了,再不抓紧时间就完了,于是,她立即去吃另一块,虽然下巴同脚顶得太紧,几乎张不开口,但总算把左手的蘑菇啃着了一点。

“啊,我的头自由了!”爱丽丝高兴地说,可是转眼间高兴变成了恐惧。这时,她发现找不见自己的肩膀了,她往下看时,只能见到了很长的脖子,这个脖子就像是矗立在绿色海洋中的高树杆。

“那些绿东西是什么呢?”爱丽丝说,“我的肩膀呢?哎呀!我的可怜的双手啊,怎样才能再见到你们呢?”她说话时挥动着双手,可是除了远处的绿树丛中出现一些颤动外,什么也没有了。

看起来,她的手没法举到头上来了,于是,她就试着把头弯下去凑近手。她高兴地发现自己的脖子像蛇一样,可以随便地往上下左右扭转,她把脖子朝下,变成一个“z”字形,准备伸进那些绿色海洋里去,发现这些绿色海洋不是别的,正是刚才曾经在它下面漫游的树林的树梢。就在这对,一种尖利的嘶声,使得她急忙缩回了头。一只大鸽子朝她脸上飞来,并且呼搧着翅膀疯狂地拍打她。

“蛇!”鸽子尖叫着。
“我不是蛇!”爱丽丝生气地说,“你走开!”
“我再说一遍,蛇!”鸽子重复着,可是已经是用很低的声音在说话了,然后还呜咽地加了一句:“我各种方法都试过了,但是没有一样能叫它们满意!”
“你的话我一点几都不懂!”爱丽丝说,
“我试了树根,试了河岸,还试了篱笆,”鸽子继续说着,并不注意她,“可是这些蛇!没法子让它们高兴!”
  
爱丽丝越来越奇怪了,但是她知道,鸽子不说完自己的话,是不会让别人说话的。
  
“仅仅是孵蛋就够麻烦的啦,”鸽子说,“我还得日夜守望着蛇,天哪!这三个星期我还没合过眼呢!”
“我很同情,你被人家扰乱得不得安宁,”爱丽丝开始有点明白它的意思了,
“我刚刚把家搬到树林里最高的树上,”鸽子继续说,把嗓门提高成了尖声嘶叫,“我想已经最后摆脱它们了,结果它们还非要弯弯曲曲地从天上下来不可。唉!这些蛇呀!”
“我可不是蛇,我告诉你!”爱丽丝说,“我是一个……我是一个……,
“啊,你是什么呢?”鸽子说,“我看得出你正想编谎哩!”
“我是一个小姑娘。”爱丽丝拿不准地说,因为她想起了这一天中经历的那么多的变化。

“说得倒挺像那么回事!”鸽子十分轻蔑地说,“我这辈子看见过许多小姑娘,可从来没有一个长着像你这样的长脖子的!没有,绝对没有!你是一条蛇,辩解是没有用的,我知道你还要告诉我,你从来没有吃过一只蛋吧!”
“我确实吃过许多的蛋,”爱丽丝说,(她是一个非常诚实的孩子。)“你知道,小姑娘也像蛇那样,要吃好多蛋的。”
“我不相信,”鸽子说,“假如她们吃蛋的话,我只能说她们也是一种蛇。”
这对于爱丽丝真是个新的概念,她愣了几分钟。于是鸽子趁机加了一句:“反正你是在找蛋,因此,你是姑娘还是蛇,对我都一样。”
“这对我很不一样,”爱丽丝急忙分辩,“而且老实说,我不是在找蛋,就算我在找蛋,我还不要你的呢?我是不吃生蛋的。”
“哼,那就滚开!”鸽子生气地说着,同时又飞下去钻进它的窝里了。爱丽丝费劲儿地往树林里蹲,因为她的脖子常常会被树叉挂住,要随时停下来排解。过了一会,她想起了手里的两块蘑菇,于是她小心地咬咬这块,又咬咬那块,因此她一会儿L长高,一会缩小,最后终于使自己成了平常的高度了。
  
由于她已经不是正常高度了,所以开头还有点奇怪,不过几分钟就习惯了。然后又像平常那样同自己说话了。“好啊,现在我的计划完成一半了。这些变化多么奇怪,我无法知道下一分钟我会是什么样儿。不管怎样,现在我总算回到自己原来的大小了,下一件事情就是去那个美丽的花园。可是我不知道该怎么去做呢?”说话间来到了一片开阔地,这里有一间四英尺高的小房子。“别管是谁住在这里,”爱丽丝想,“我现在这样的大小不能进去,邓会把它们吓得灵魂出窍的,”她小口小口地咬了一点右手上的蘑菇,一直到自己变成九英寸高,才走向那座小房子。



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1 caterpillar ir5zf     
n.毛虫,蝴蝶的幼虫
参考例句:
  • A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
  • A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。
2 eel bjAzz     
n.鳗鲡
参考例句:
  • He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
  • In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆,他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。
3 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
4 puffed 72b91de7f5a5b3f6bdcac0d30e24f8ca     
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
参考例句:
  • He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟,狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了,便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 melancholy t7rz8     
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
6 incessantly AqLzav     
ad.不停地
参考例句:
  • The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight. 机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。
  • It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks. 雨不间断地下了整整两个星期。
7 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
8 uncommonly 9ca651a5ba9c3bff93403147b14d37e2     
adv. 稀罕(极,非常)
参考例句:
  • an uncommonly gifted child 一个天赋异禀的儿童
  • My little Mary was feeling uncommonly empty. 我肚子当时正饿得厉害。
9 sage sCUz2     
n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的
参考例句:
  • I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
  • The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。
10 supple Hrhwt     
adj.柔软的,易弯的,逢迎的,顺从的,灵活的;vt.使柔软,使柔顺,使顺从;vi.变柔软,变柔顺
参考例句:
  • She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好,因为她的天性柔和。
  • He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。
11 jaw 5xgy9     
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
参考例句:
  • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
  • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
12 jaws cq9zZq     
n.口部;嘴
参考例句:
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
  • The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
13 awfully MPkym     
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地
参考例句:
  • Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
  • I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。
14 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。
15 nibbled e053ad3f854d401d3fe8e7fa82dc3325     
v.啃,一点一点地咬(吃)( nibble的过去式和过去分词 );啃出(洞),一点一点咬出(洞);慢慢减少;小口咬
参考例句:
  • She nibbled daintily at her cake. 她优雅地一点一点地吃着自己的蛋糕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Several companies have nibbled at our offer. 若干公司表示对我们的出价有兴趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
17 morsel Q14y4     
n.一口,一点点
参考例句:
  • He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought.他们拿来的东西他一口也不吃。
  • The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.从早上起病人一直没有进食。
18 graceful deHza     
adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的
参考例句:
  • His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
  • The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
19 zigzag Hf6wW     
n.曲折,之字形;adj.曲折的,锯齿形的;adv.曲折地,成锯齿形地;vt.使曲折;vi.曲折前行
参考例句:
  • The lightning made a zigzag in the sky.闪电在天空划出一道Z字形。
  • The path runs zigzag up the hill.小径向山顶蜿蜒盘旋。
20 hiss 2yJy9     
v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满
参考例句:
  • We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
  • Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。
21 subdued 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d     
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
  • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
22 sob HwMwx     
n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣
参考例句:
  • The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
  • The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答,也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。
23 wink 4MGz3     
n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
参考例句:
  • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
  • The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
24 shriek fEgya     
v./n.尖叫,叫喊
参考例句:
  • Suddenly he began to shriek loudly.突然他开始大声尖叫起来。
  • People sometimes shriek because of terror,anger,or pain.人们有时会因为恐惧,气愤或疼痛而尖叫。
25 wriggling d9a36b6d679a4708e0599fd231eb9e20     
v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等);蠕蠕
参考例句:
  • The baby was wriggling around on my lap. 婴儿在我大腿上扭来扭去。
  • Something that looks like a gray snake is wriggling out. 有一种看来象是灰蛇的东西蠕动着出来了。 来自辞典例句
26 truthful OmpwN     
adj.真实的,说实话的,诚实的
参考例句:
  • You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心,他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
  • I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。
27 crouched 62634c7e8c15b8a61068e36aaed563ab     
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He crouched down beside her. 他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
  • The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身,准备猛扑。
28 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》
29 nibbling 610754a55335f7412ddcddaf447d7d54     
v.啃,一点一点地咬(吃)( nibble的现在分词 );啃出(洞),一点一点咬出(洞);慢慢减少;小口咬
参考例句:
  • We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives. 我们坐在那儿,喝着葡萄酒嚼着橄榄。
  • He was nibbling on the apple. 他在啃苹果。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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