To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 4(4)
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The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious1 than the first. Indeed, theywere an endless Project that slowly evolved into a Unit, in which miles of constructionpaper and wax crayon were expended2 by the State of Alabama in its well-meaning butfruitless efforts to teach me Group Dynamics3. What Jem called the Dewey DecimalSystem was school-wide by the end of my first year, so I had no chance to compare itwith other teaching techniques. I could only look around me: Atticus and my uncle, whowent to school at home, knew everything -- at least, what one didn't know the other did.
 
Furthermore, I couldn't help noticing that my father had served for years in the statelegislature, elected each time without opposition4, innocent of the adjustments myteachers thought essential to the development of Good Citizenship5. Jem, educated on ahalf-Decimal half-Duncecap basis, seemed to function effectively alone or in a group,but Jem was a poor example: no tutorial system devised by man could have stoppedhim from getting at books. As for me, I knew nothing except what I gathered from Timemagazine and reading everything I could lay hands on at home, but as I inchedsluggishly along the treadmill6 of the Maycomb County school system, I could not helpreceiving the impression that I was being cheated out of something. Out of what I knewnot, yet I did not believe that twelve years of unrelieved boredom7 was exactly what thestate had in mind for me.
 
As the year passed, released from school thirty minutes before Jem, who had to stayuntil three o'clock, I ran by the Radley Place as fast as I could, not stopping until Ireached the safety of our front porch. One afternoon as I raced by, something caughtmy eye and caught it in such a way that I took a deep breath, a long look around, andwent back.
 
Two live oaks stood at the edge of the Radley lot; their roots reached out into the side-road and made it bumpy8. Something about one of the trees attracted my attention.
 
Some tinfoil9 was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking10 at me in theafternoon sun. I stood on tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole,and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers.
 
My first impulse was to get it into my mouth as quickly as possible, but I rememberedwhere I was. I ran home, and on our front porch I examined my loot. The gum lookedfresh. I sniffed11 it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did notdie I crammed12 it into my mouth: Wrigley's Double-Mint.
 
When Jem came home he asked me where I got such a wad. I told him I found it.
 
"Don't eat things you find, Scout13."
 
"This wasn't on the ground, it was in a tree."
 
 
"Well it was," I said. "It was sticking in that tree yonder, the one comin‘ from school."
 
"Spit it out right now!"
 
I spat15 it out. The tang was fading, anyway. "I've been chewin‘ it all afternoon and I ain'tdead yet, not even sick."
 
Jem stamped his foot. "Don't you know you're not supposed to even touch the treesover there? You'll get killed if you do!"
 
"You touched the house once!"
 
"That was different! You go gargle -- right now, you hear me?"
 
"Ain't neither, it'll take the taste outa my mouth."
 
"You don't ‘n' I'll tell Calpurnia on you!"
 
Rather than risk a tangle16 with Calpurnia, I did as Jem told me. For some reason, myfirst year of school had wrought17 a great change in our relationship: Calpurnia's tyranny,unfairness, and meddling18 in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of generaldisapproval. On my part, I went to much trouble, sometimes, not to provoke her.
 
Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience19. Summer was our bestseason: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in thetreehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parchedlandscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.
 
The authorities released us early the last day of school, and Jem and I walked hometogether. "Reckon old Dill'll be coming home tomorrow," I said.
 
"Probably day after," said Jem. "Mis'sippi turns ‘em loose a day later."
 
As we came to the live oaks at the Radley Place I raised my finger to point for thehundredth time to the knot-hole where I had found the chewing gum, trying to make Jembelieve I had found it there, and found myself pointing at another piece of tinfoil.#p#分页标题#e#
 
"I see it, Scout! I see it-"
 
Jem looked around, reached up, and gingerly pocketed a tiny shiny package. We ranhome, and on the front porch we looked at a small box patchworked20 with bits of tinfoilcollected from chewing-gum wrappers. It was the kind of box wedding rings came in,purple velvet21 with a minute catch. Jem flicked22 open the tiny catch. Inside were twoscrubbed and polished pennies, one on top of the other. Jem examined them.
 
"Indian-heads," he said. "Nineteen-six and Scout, one of em's nineteen-hundred.
 
These are real old."
 
"Nineteen-hundred," I echoed. "Say-"
 
"Hush23 a minute, I'm thinkin‘."
 
"Jem, you reckon that's somebody's hidin‘ place?"
 
"Naw, don't anybody much but us pass by there, unless it's some grown person's-"
 
"Grown folks don't have hidin‘ places. You reckon we ought to keep 'em, Jem?"
 
"I don't know what we could do, Scout. Who'd we give ‘em back to? I know for a factdon't anybody go by there -- Cecil goes by the back street an' all the way around by townto get home."
 
Cecil Jacobs, who lived at the far end of our street next door to the post office, walkeda total of one mile per school day to avoid the Radley Place and old Mrs. HenryLafayette Dubose. Mrs. Dubose lived two doors up the street from us; neighborhoodopinion was unanimous that Mrs. Dubose was the meanest old woman who ever lived.
 
Jem wouldn't go by her place without Atticus beside him.
 
"What you reckon we oughta do, Jem?"
 
Finders were keepers unless title was proven. Plucking an occasional camellia, gettinga squirt of hot milk from Miss Maudie Atkinson's cow on a summer day, helpingourselves to someone's scuppernongs was part of our ethical24 culture, but money wasdifferent.
 
"Tell you what," said Jem. "We'll keep ‘em till school starts, then go around and askeverybody if they're theirs. They're some bus child's, maybe -- he was too taken up withgettin' outa school today an‘ forgot 'em. These are somebody's, I know that. See howthey've been slicked up? They've been saved."
 
"Yeah, but why should somebody wanta put away chewing gum like that? You know itdoesn't last."
 
"I don't know, Scout. But these are important to somebody…"
 
"How's that, Jem…?"
 
"Well, Indian-heads -- well, they come from the Indians. They're real strong magic, theymake you have good luck. Not like fried chicken when you're not lookin‘ for it, but thingslike long life 'n‘ good health, 'n‘ passin' six-weeks tests… these are real valuable tosomebody. I'm gonna put em in my trunk."
 
Before Jem went to his room, he looked for a long time at the Radley Place. Heseemed to be thinking again.
 
Two days later Dill arrived in a blaze of glory: he had ridden the train by himself fromMeridian to Maycomb Junction25 (a courtesy title -- Maycomb Junction was in AbbottCounty) where he had been met by Miss Rachel in Maycomb's one taxi; he had eatendinner in the diner, he had seen two twins hitched26 together get off the train in Bay St.
 
Louis and stuck to his story regardless of threats. He had discarded the abominableblue shorts that were buttoned to his shirts and wore real short pants with a belt; he wassomewhat heavier, no taller, and said he had seen his father. Dill's father was taller thanours, he had a black beard (pointed), and was president of the L & N Railroad.
 
"I helped the engineer for a while," said Dill, yawning.
 
"In a pig's ear you did, Dill. Hush," said Jem. "What'll we play today?"
 
"Tom and Sam and Dick," said Dill. "Let's go in the front yard." Dill wanted the RoverBoys because there were three respectable parts. He was clearly tired of being ourcharacter man.
 
"I'm tired of those," I said. I was tired of playing Tom Rover, who suddenly lost hismemory in the middle of a picture show and was out of the script until the end, when hewas found in Alaska.
 
"Make us up one, Jem," I said.
 
"I'm tired of makin‘ 'em up."
 
Our first days of freedom, and we were tired. I wondered what the summer wouldbring.#p#分页标题#e#
 
We had strolled to the front yard, where Dill stood looking down the street at thedreary face of the Radley Place. "I -- smell -- death," he said. "I do, I mean it," he said,when I told him to shut up.
 
"You mean when somebody's dyin‘ you can smell it?"
 
"No, I mean I can smell somebody an‘ tell if they're gonna die. An old lady taught mehow." Dill leaned over and sniffed me. "Jean -- Louise -- Finch27, you are going to die inthree days."
 
"Dill if you don't hush I'll knock you bowlegged. I mean it, now-"
 
"Yawl hush," growled Jem, "you act like you believe in Hot Steams."
 
"You act like you don't," I said.
 
"What's a Hot Steam?" asked Dill.
 
"Haven't you ever walked along a lonesome road at night and passed by a hot place?"
 
Jem asked Dill. "A Hot Steam's somebody who can't get to heaven, just wallows aroundon lonesome roads an‘ if you walk through him, when you die you'll be one too, an' you'llgo around at night suckin‘ people's breath-"
 
"How can you keep from passing through one?"
 
"You can't," said Jem. "Sometimes they stretch all the way across the road, but if youhafta go through one you say, ‘Angel-bright, life-in-death; get off the road, don't suck mybreath.' That keeps ‘em from wrapping around you-"
 
"Don't you believe a word he says, Dill," I said. "Calpurnia says that's nigger-talk."
 
Jem scowled28 darkly at me, but said, "Well, are we gonna play anything or not?"
 
"Let's roll in the tire," I suggested.
 
Jem sighed. "You know I'm too big."
 
"You c'n push."
 
I ran to the back yard and pulled an old car tire from under the house. I slapped it upto the front yard. "I'm first," I said.
 
Dill said he ought to be first, he just got here.
 
Jem arbitrated, awarded me first push with an extra time for Dill, and I folded myselfinside the tire.
 
Until it happened I did not realize that Jem was offended by my contradicting him onHot Steams, and that he was patiently awaiting an opportunity to reward me. He did, bypushing the tire down the sidewalk with all the force in his body. Ground, sky andhouses melted into a mad palette, my ears throbbed29, I was suffocating30. I could not putout my hands to stop, they were wedged between my chest and knees. I could onlyhope that Jem would outrun the tire and me, or that I would be stopped by a bump in thesidewalk. I heard him behind me, chasing and shouting.
 
The tire bumped on gravel31, skeetered across the road, crashed into a barrier andpopped me like a cork32 onto pavement. Dizzy and nauseated34, I lay on the cement andshook my head still, pounded my ears to silence, and heard Jem's voice: "Scout, getaway from there, come on!"
 
I raised my head and stared at the Radley Place steps in front of me. I froze.
 
"Come on, Scout, don't just lie there!" Jem was screaming. "Get up, can'tcha?"
 
I got to my feet, trembling as I thawed35.
 
"Get the tire!" Jem hollered. "Bring it with you! Ain't you got any sense at all?"
 
When I was able to navigate36, I ran back to them as fast as my shaking knees wouldcarry me.
 
"Why didn't you bring it?" Jem yelled.
 
"Why don't you get it?" I screamed.
 
Jem was silent.
 
"Go on, it ain't far inside the gate. Why, you even touched the house once,remember?"
 
Jem looked at me furiously, could not decline, ran down the sidewalk, treaded water atthe gate, then dashed in and retrieved37 the tire.
 
"See there?" Jem was scowling38 triumphantly39. "Nothin‘ to it. I swear, Scout, sometimesyou act so much like a girl it's mortifyin'."
 
There was more to it than he knew, but I decided40 not to tell him.
 
Calpurnia appeared in the front door and yelled, "Lemonade time! You all get in outathat hot sun ‘fore you fry alive!" Lemonade in the middle of the morning was asummertime ritual. Calpurnia set a pitcher41 and three glasses on the porch, then wentabout her business. Being out of Jem's good graces did not worry me especially.#p#分页标题#e#
 
Lemonade would restore his good humor.
 
Jem gulped42 down his second glassful and slapped his chest. "I know what we aregoing to play," he announced. "Something new, something different."
 
"What?" asked Dill.
 
"Boo Radley."
 
Jem's head at times was transparent43: he had thought that up to make me understandhe wasn't afraid of Radleys in any shape or form, to contrast his own fearless heroismwith my cowardice44.
 
"Boo Radley? How?" asked Dill.
 
Jem said, "Scout, you can be Mrs. Radley-"
 
"I declare if I will. I don't think-"
 
"‘Smatter?" said Dill. "Still scared?"
 
"He can get out at night when we're all asleep…" I said.
 
Jem hissed45. "Scout, how's he gonna know what we're doin‘? Besides, I don't thinkhe's still there. He died years ago and they stuffed him up the chimney."
 
Dill said, "Jem, you and me can play and Scout can watch if she's scared."
 
I was fairly sure Boo Radley was inside that house, but I couldn't prove it, and felt itbest to keep my mouth shut or I would be accused of believing in Hot Steams,phenomena I was immune to in the daytime.
 
Jem parceled out our roles: I was Mrs. Radley, and all I had to do was come out andsweep the porch. Dill was old Mr. Radley: he walked up and down the sidewalk andcoughed when Jem spoke46 to him. Jem, naturally, was Boo: he went under the frontsteps and shrieked47 and howled from time to time.
 
As the summer progressed, so did our game. We polished and perfected it, addeddialogue and plot until we had manufactured a small play upon which we rang changesevery day.
 
Dill was a villain48's villain: he could get into any character part assigned him, andappear tall if height was part of the devilry required. He was as good as his worstperformance; his worst performance was Gothic. I reluctantly played assorted49 ladieswho entered the script. I never thought it as much fun as Tarzan, and I played thatsummer with more than vague anxiety despite Jem's assurances that Boo Radley wasdead and nothing would get me, with him and Calpurnia there in the daytime and Atticushome at night.
 
Jem was a born hero.
 
It was a melancholy50 little drama, woven from bits and scraps51 of gossip andneighborhood legend: Mrs. Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley andlost all her money. She also lost most of her teeth, her hair, and her right forefinger(Dill's contribution. Boo bit it off one night when he couldn't find any cats and squirrels toeat.); she sat in the livingroom and cried most of the time, while Boo slowly whittledaway all the furniture in the house.
 
The three of us were the boys who got into trouble; I was the probate judge, for achange; Dill led Jem away and crammed him beneath the steps, poking52 him with thebrushbroom. Jem would reappear as needed in the shapes of the sheriff, assortedtownsfolk, and Miss Stephanie Crawford, who had more to say about the Radleys thananybody in Maycomb.
 
When it was time to play Boo's big scene, Jem would sneak53 into the house, steal thescissors from the sewing-machine drawer when Calpurnia's back was turned, then sit inthe swing and cut up newspapers. Dill would walk by, cough at Jem, and Jem wouldfake a plunge54 into Dill's thigh55. From where I stood it looked real.
 
When Mr. Nathan Radley passed us on his daily trip to town, we would stand still andsilent until he was out of sight, then wonder what he would do to us if he suspected. Ouractivities halted when any of the neighbors appeared, and once I saw Miss MaudieAtkinson staring across the street at us, her hedge clippers poised56 in midair.
 
One day we were so busily playing Chapter XXV, Book II of One Man's Family, we didnot see Atticus standing57 on the sidewalk looking at us, slapping a rolled magazineagainst his knee. The sun said twelve noon.
 
"What are you all playing?" he asked.
 
"Nothing," said Jem.
 
Jem's evasion58 told me our game was a secret, so I kept quiet.
 
"What are you doing with those scissors, then? Why are you tearing up thatnewspaper? If it's today's I'll tan you."
 
"Nothing."
 
"Nothing what?" said Atticus.
 
"Nothing, sir."
 
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"Give me those scissors," Atticus said. "They're no things to play with. Does this byany chance have anything to do with the Radleys?"
 
"No sir," said Jem, reddening.
 
"I hope it doesn't," he said shortly, and went inside the house.
 
"Je-m…"
 
"Shut up! He's gone in the livingroom, he can hear us in there."
 
Safely in the yard, Dill asked Jem if we could play any more.
 
"I don't know. Atticus didn't say we couldn't-"
 
"Jem," I said, "I think Atticus knows it anyway."
 
"No he don't. If he did he'd say he did."
 
I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things,that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just gooff and find some to play with.
 
"All right, you just keep it up then," I said. "You'll find out."
 
Atticus's arrival was the second reason I wanted to quit the game. The first reasonhappened the day I rolled into the Radley front yard. Through all the head-shaking,quelling of nausea33 and Jem-yelling, I had heard another sound, so low I could not haveheard it from the sidewalk. Someone inside the house was laughing.


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1 auspicious vu8zs     
adj.吉利的;幸运的,吉兆的
参考例句:
  • The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
  • With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽,正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。
2 expended 39b2ea06557590ef53e0148a487bc107     
v.花费( expend的过去式和过去分词 );使用(钱等)做某事;用光;耗尽
参考例句:
  • She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children. 她把所有精力都花在料理家务和照顾孩子上。
  • The enemy had expended all their ammunition. 敌人已耗尽所有的弹药。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 dynamics NuSzQq     
n.力学,动力学,动力,原动力;动态
参考例句:
  • In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利,你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
  • Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。
4 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
5 citizenship AV3yA     
n.市民权,公民权,国民的义务(身份)
参考例句:
  • He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生,但没有瑞典公民身分。
  • Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后,她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
6 treadmill 1pOyz     
n.踏车;单调的工作
参考例句:
  • The treadmill has a heart rate monitor.跑步机上有个脉搏监视器。
  • Drugs remove man from the treadmill of routine.药物可以使人摆脱日常单调的工作带来的疲劳。
7 boredom ynByy     
n.厌烦,厌倦,乏味,无聊
参考例句:
  • Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
  • A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。
8 bumpy 2sIz7     
adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
参考例句:
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
9 tinfoil JgvzGb     
n.锡纸,锡箔
参考例句:
  • You can wrap it up in tinfoil.你可以用锡箔纸裹住它。
  • Drop by rounded tablespoon onto tinfoil.Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.用大餐勺把刚刚搅拌好的糊糊盛到锡纸上,烘烤9至11分钟,直到变成金黄色。
10 winking b599b2f7a74d5974507152324c7b8979     
n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking. 这谁都办得到,简直易如反掌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The stars were winking in the clear sky. 星星在明亮的天空中闪烁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 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》
12 crammed e1bc42dc0400ef06f7a53f27695395ce     
adj.塞满的,挤满的;大口地吃;快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满;填入;临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)
参考例句:
  • He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
  • All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。
13 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。
14 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 spat pFdzJ     
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声
参考例句:
  • Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
  • There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。
16 tangle yIQzn     
n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱
参考例句:
  • I shouldn't tangle with Peter.He is bigger than me.我不应该与彼特吵架。他的块头比我大。
  • If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them.我要是你,我就不跟他们争吵。
17 wrought EoZyr     
v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的
参考例句:
  • Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany.巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
  • It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower.那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。
18 meddling meddling     
v.干涉,干预(他人事务)( meddle的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
  • They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野,因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句
19 impatience OaOxC     
n.不耐烦,急躁
参考例句:
  • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
  • He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。
20 patchworked 8f820c7c163091de80dbf9090bd11919     
Patchworked
参考例句:
21 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。
22 flicked 7c535fef6da8b8c191b1d1548e9e790a     
(尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的过去式和过去分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等)
参考例句:
  • She flicked the dust off her collar. 她轻轻弹掉了衣领上的灰尘。
  • I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it. 我漫不经心地拿起一本杂志翻看着。
23 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!
24 ethical diIz4     
adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的
参考例句:
  • It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
  • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
25 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。
26 hitched fc65ed4d8ef2e272cfe190bf8919d2d2     
(免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上
参考例句:
  • They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
  • We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。
27 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。
28 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。
29 throbbed 14605449969d973d4b21b9356ce6b3ec     
抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动
参考例句:
  • His head throbbed painfully. 他的头一抽一跳地痛。
  • The pulse throbbed steadily. 脉搏跳得平稳。
30 suffocating suffocating     
a.使人窒息的
参考例句:
  • After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后,她感到自己毫无自由。
  • That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了,我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
31 gravel s6hyT     
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
参考例句:
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
32 cork VoPzp     
n.软木,软木塞
参考例句:
  • We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
  • Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。
33 nausea C5Dzz     
n.作呕,恶心;极端的憎恶(或厌恶)
参考例句:
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
  • He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
34 nauseated 1484270d364418ae8fb4e5f96186c7fe     
adj.作呕的,厌恶的v.使恶心,作呕( nauseate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I was nauseated by the violence in the movie. 影片中的暴力场面让我感到恶心。
  • But I have chewed it all well and I am not nauseated. 然而我把它全细细咀嚼后吃下去了,没有恶心作呕。 来自英汉文学 - 老人与海
35 thawed fbd380b792ac01e07423c2dd9206dd21     
解冻
参考例句:
  • The little girl's smile thawed the angry old man. 小姑娘的微笑使发怒的老头缓和下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He thawed after sitting at a fire for a while. 在火堆旁坐了一会儿,他觉得暖和起来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
36 navigate 4Gyxu     
v.航行,飞行;导航,领航
参考例句:
  • He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
  • Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
37 retrieved 1f81ff822b0877397035890c32e35843     
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息)
参考例句:
  • Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句
38 scowling bbce79e9f38ff2b7862d040d9e2c1dc7     
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • There she was, grey-suited, sweet-faced, demure, but scowling. 她就在那里,穿着灰色的衣服,漂亮的脸上显得严肃而忧郁。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Scowling, Chueh-hui bit his lips. 他马上把眉毛竖起来。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
39 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。
40 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。
41 pitcher S2Gz7     
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
参考例句:
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
42 gulped 4873fe497201edc23bc8dcb50aa6eb2c     
v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住
参考例句:
  • He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out. 他把剩下的茶一饮而尽便出去了。
  • She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her. 她紧张地咽了一下,似乎那问题把她难住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
43 transparent Smhwx     
adj.明显的,无疑的;透明的
参考例句:
  • The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明,可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
  • The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
44 cowardice norzB     
n.胆小,怯懦
参考例句:
  • His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
  • His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
45 hissed 2299e1729bbc7f56fc2559e409d6e8a7     
发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对
参考例句:
  • Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech? 你在演讲中有没有被嘘过?
  • The iron hissed as it pressed the wet cloth. 熨斗压在湿布上时发出了嘶嘶声。
46 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。
47 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
48 villain ZL1zA     
n.反派演员,反面人物;恶棍;问题的起因
参考例句:
  • He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
  • The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。
49 assorted TyGzop     
adj.各种各样的,各色俱备的
参考例句:
  • There's a bag of assorted sweets on the table.桌子上有一袋什锦糖果。
  • He has always assorted with men of his age.他总是与和他年令相仿的人交往。
50 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。
51 scraps 737e4017931b7285cdd1fa3eb9dd77a3     
油渣
参考例句:
  • Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
  • A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
52 poking poking     
n. 刺,戳,袋 vt. 拨开,刺,戳 vi. 戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢
参考例句:
  • He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
  • He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。
53 sneak vr2yk     
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行
参考例句:
  • He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
  • I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
54 plunge 228zO     
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲
参考例句:
  • Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
  • That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
55 thigh RItzO     
n.大腿;股骨
参考例句:
  • He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了,疼得很。
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
56 poised SlhzBU     
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句:
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
57 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。
58 evasion 9nbxb     
n.逃避,偷漏(税)
参考例句:
  • The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
  • The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。
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