To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 24
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Calpurnia wore her stiffest starched1 apron2. She carried a tray of charlotte. She backedup to the swinging door and pressed gently. I admired the ease and grace with whichshe handled heavy loads of dainty things. So did Aunt Alexandra, I guess, because shehad let Calpurnia serve today.
 
August was on the brink3 of September. Dill would be leaving for Meridian4 tomorrow;today he was off with Jem at Barker's Eddy5. Jem had discovered with angry amazementthat nobody had ever bothered to teach Dill how to swim, a skill Jem considerednecessary as walking. They had spent two afternoons at the creek6, they said they weregoing in naked and I couldn't come, so I divided the lonely hours between Calpurnia andMiss Maudie.
 
Today Aunt Alexandra and her missionary7 circle were fighting the good fight all overthe house. From the kitchen, I heard Mrs. Grace Merriweather giving a report in thelivingroom on the squalid lives of the Mrunas, it sounded like to me. They put the womenout in huts when their time came, whatever that was; they had no sense of family -- Iknew that'd distress8 Aunty -- they subjected children to terrible ordeals9 when they werethirteen; they were crawling with yaws and earworms, they chewed up and spat10 out thebark of a tree into a communal11 pot and then got drunk on it.
 
Immediately thereafter, the ladies adjourned12 for refreshments13.
 
I didn't know whether to go into the diningroom or stay out. Aunt Alexandra told me tojoin them for refreshments; it was not necessary that I attend the business part of themeeting, she said it'd bore me. I was wearing my pink Sunday dress, shoes, and apetticoat, and reflected that if I spilled anything Calpurnia would have to wash my dressagain for tomorrow. This had been a busy day for her. I decided14 to stay out.
 
"Can I help you, Cal?" I asked, wishing to be of some service.
 
Calpurnia paused in the doorway15. "You be still as a mouse in that corner," she said,"an' you can help me load up the trays when I come back."
 
The gentle hum of ladies' voices grew louder as she opened the door: "Why,Alexandra, I never saw such charlotte… just lovely… I never can get my crust like this,never can… who'd've thought of little dewberry tarts16… Calpurnia?… who'da thought it…anybody tell you that the preacher's wife's… nooo, well she is, and that other one notwalkin' yet…"
 
They became quiet, and I knew they had all been served. Calpurnia returned and putmy mother's heavy silver pitcher17 on a tray. "This coffee pitcher's a curiosity," shemurmured, "they don't make 'em these days."
 
"Can I carry it in?"
 
"If you be careful and don't drop it. Set it down at the end of the table by MissAlexandra. Down there by the cups'n things. She's gonna pour."
 
I tried pressing my behind against the door as Calpurnia had done, but the door didn'tbudge. Grinning, she held it open for me. "Careful now, it's heavy. Don't look at it andyou won't spill it."
 
My journey was successful: Aunt Alexandra smiled brilliantly. "Stay with us, JeanLouise," she said. This was a part of her campaign to teach me to be a lady.
 
It was customary for every circle hostess to invite her neighbors in for refreshments,be they Baptists or Presbyterians, which accounted for the presence of Miss Rachel(sober as a judge), Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford. Rather nervous, I took aseat beside Miss Maudie and wondered why ladies put on their hats to go across thestreet. Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension18 and a firm desire tobe elsewhere, but this feeling was what Aunt Alexandra called being "spoiled."
 
The ladies were cool in fragile pastel prints: most of them were heavily powdered butunrouged; the only lipstick19 in the room was Tangee Natural. Cutex Natural sparkled ontheir fingernails, but some of the younger ladies wore Rose. They smelled heavenly. Isat quietly, having conquered my hands by tightly gripping the arms of the chair, andwaited for someone to speak to me.
 
Miss Maudie's gold bridgework twinkled. "You're mighty20 dressed up, Miss JeanLouise," she said, "Where are your britches today?"
 
"Under my dress."
 
I hadn't meant to be funny, but the ladies laughed. My cheeks grew hot as I realizedmy mistake, but Miss Maudie looked gravely down at me. She never laughed at meunless I meant to be funny.
 
In the sudden silence that followed, Miss Stephanie Crawford called from across theroom, "Whatcha going to be when you grow up, Jean Louise? A lawyer?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Nome, I hadn't thought about it…" I answered, grateful that Miss Stephanie was kindenough to change the subject. Hurriedly I began choosing my vocation21. Nurse? Aviator22?
 
"Well…"
 
"Why shoot, I thought you wanted to be a lawyer, you've already commenced going tocourt."
 
The ladies laughed again. "That Stephanie's a card," somebody said. Miss Stephaniewas encouraged to pursue the subject: "Don't you want to grow up to be a lawyer?"
 
Miss Maudie's hand touched mine and I answered mildly enough, "Nome, just a lady."
 
Miss Stephanie eyed me suspiciously, decided that I meant no impertinence, andcontented herself with, "Well, you won't get very far until you start wearing dresses moreoften."
 
Miss Maudie's hand closed tightly on mine, and I said nothing. Its warmth wasenough.
 
Mrs. Grace Merriweather sat on my left, and I felt it would be polite to talk to her. Mr.
 
Merriweather, a faithful Methodist under duress24, apparently25 saw nothing personal insinging, "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch26 like me…" It wasthe general opinion of Maycomb, however, that Mrs. Merriweather had sobered him upand made a reasonably useful citizen of him. For certainly Mrs. Merriweather was themost devout27 lady in Maycomb. I searched for a topic of interest to her. "What did you allstudy this afternoon?" I asked.
 
"Oh child, those poor Mrunas," she said, and was off. Few other questions would benecessary.
 
Mrs. Merriweather's large brown eyes always filled with tears when she consideredthe oppressed. "Living in that jungle with nobody but J. Grimes Everett," she said. "Not awhite person'll go near 'em but that saintly J. Grimes Everett."
 
Mrs. Merriweather played her voice like an organ; every word she said received its fullmeasure: "The poverty… the darkness… the immorality28 -- nobody but J. Grimes Everettknows. You know, when the church gave me that trip to the camp grounds J. GrimesEverett said to me -- "
 
"Was he there, ma'am? I thought -- "
 
"Home on leave. J. Grimes Everett said to me, he said, 'Mrs. Merriweather, you haveno conception, no conception of what we are fighting over there.' That's what he said tome."
 
"Yes ma'am."
 
"I said to him, 'Mr. Everett,' I said, 'the ladies of the Maycomb Alabama MethodistEpiscopal Church South are behind you one hundred percent.' That's what I said to him.
 
And you know, right then and there I made a pledge in my heart. I said to myself, when Igo home I'm going to give a course on the Mrunas and bring J. Grimes Everett'smessage to Maycomb and that's just what I'm doing."
 
"Yes ma'am."
 
When Mrs. Merriweather shook her head, her black curls jiggled. "Jean Louise," shesaid, "you are a fortunate girl. You live in a Christian29 home with Christian folks in aChristian town. Out there in J. Grimes Everett's land there's nothing but sin andsqualor."
 
"Yes ma'am."
 
"Sin and squalor -- what was that, Gertrude?" Mrs. Merriweather turned on her chimesfor the lady sitting beside her. "Oh that. Well, I always say forgive and forget, forgive andforget. Thing that church ought to do is help her lead a Christian life for those childrenfrom here on out. Some of the men ought to go out there and tell that preacher toencourage her."
 
"Excuse me, Mrs. Merriweather," I interrupted, "are you all talking about MayellaEwell?"
 
"May -- ? No, child. That darky's wife. Tom's wife, Tom -- "
 
"Robinson, ma'am."
 
Mrs. Merriweather turned back to her neighbor. "There's one thing I truly believe,Gertrude," she continued, "but some people just don't see it my way. If we just let themknow we forgive 'em, that we've forgotten it, then this whole thing'll blow over."
 
"Ah -- Mrs. Merriweather," I interrupted once more, "what'll blow over?"
 
Again, she turned to me. Mrs. Merriweather was one of those childless adults who findit necessary to assume a different tone of voice when speaking to children. "Nothing,Jean Louise," she said, in stately largo30, "the cooks and field hands are just dissatisfied,but they're settling down now -- they grumbled31 all next day after that trial."#p#分页标题#e#
 
Mrs. Merriweather faced Mrs. Farrow: "Gertrude, I tell you there's nothing moredistracting than a sulky darky. Their mouths go down to here. Just ruins your day tohave one of 'em in the kitchen. You know what I said to my Sophy, Gertrude? I said,'Sophy,' I said, 'you simply are not being a Christian today. Jesus Christ never wentaround grumbling32 and complaining,' and you know, it did her good. She took her eyesoff that floor and said, 'Nome, Miz Merriweather, Jesus never went around grumblin'.' Itell you, Gertrude, you never ought to let an opportunity go by to witness for the Lord."
 
I was reminded of the ancient little organ in the chapel33 at Finch34's Landing. When I wasvery small, and if I had been very good during the day, Atticus would let me pump itsbellows while he picked out a tune35 with one finger. The last note would linger as long asthere was air to sustain it. Mrs. Merriweather had run out of air, I judged, and wasreplenishing her supply while Mrs. Farrow composed herself to speak.
 
Mrs. Farrow was a splendidly built woman with pale eyes and narrow feet. She had afresh permanent wave, and her hair was a mass of tight gray ringlets. She was thesecond most devout lady in Maycomb. She had a curious habit of prefacing everythingshe said with a soft sibilant sound.
 
"S-s-s Grace," she said, "it's just like I was telling Brother Hutson the other day. 'S-s-sBrother Hutson,' I said, 'looks like we're fighting a losing battle, a losing battle.' I said, 'S-s-s it doesn't matter to 'em one bit. We can educate 'em till we're blue in the face, wecan try till we drop to make Christians36 out of 'em, but there's no lady safe in her bedthese nights.' He said to me, 'Mrs. Farrow, I don't know what we're coming to downhere.' S-s-s I told him that was certainly a fact."
 
Mrs. Merriweather nodded wisely. Her voice soared over the clink of coffee cups andthe soft bovine37 sounds of the ladies munching38 their dainties. "Gertrude," she said, "I tellyou there are some good but misguided people in this town. Good, but misguided. Folksin this town who think they're doing right, I mean. Now far be it from me to say who, butsome of 'em in this town thought they were doing the right thing a while back, but allthey did was stir 'em up. That's all they did. Might've looked like the right thing to do atthe time, I'm sure I don't know, I'm not read in that field, but sulky… dissatisfied… I tellyou if my Sophy'd kept it up another day I'd have let her go. It's never entered that woolof hers that the only reason I keep her is because this depression's on and she needsher dollar and a quarter every week she can get it."
 
"His food doesn't stick going down, does it?"
 
Miss Maudie said it. Two tight lines had appeared at the corners of her mouth. Shehad been sitting silently beside me, her coffee cup balanced on one knee. I had lost thethread of conversation long ago, when they quit talking about Tom Robinson's wife, andhad contented23 myself with thinking of Finch's Landing and the river. Aunt Alexandra hadgot it backwards39: the business part of the meeting was blood-curdling, the social hourwas dreary40.
 
"Maudie, I'm sure I don't know what you mean," said Mrs. Merriweather.
 
"I'm sure you do," Miss Maudie said shortly.
 
She said no more. When Miss Maudie was angry her brevity was icy. Something hadmade her deeply angry, and her gray eyes were as cold as her voice. Mrs. Merriweatherreddened, glanced at me, and looked away. I could not see Mrs. Farrow.
 
Aunt Alexandra got up from the table and swiftly passed more refreshments, neatlyengaging Mrs. Merriweather and Mrs. Gates in brisk conversation. When she had themwell on the road with Mrs. Perkins, Aunt Alexandra stepped back. She gave MissMaudie a look of pure gratitude41, and I wondered at the world of women. Miss Maudieand Aunt Alexandra had never been especially close, and here was Aunty silentlythanking her for something. For what, I knew not. I was content to learn that AuntAlexandra could be pierced sufficiently42 to feel gratitude for help given. There was nodoubt about it, I must soon enter this world, where on its surface fragrant43 ladies rockedslowly, fanned gently, and drank cool water.
 
But I was more at home in my father's world. People like Mr. Heck Tate did not trapyou with innocent questions to make fun of you; even Jem was not highly critical unlessyou said something stupid. Ladies seemed to live in faint horror of men, seemedunwilling to approve wholeheartedly of them. But I liked them. There was somethingabout them, no matter how much they cussed and drank and gambled and chewed; nomatter how undelectable they were, there was something about them that I instinctivelyliked… they weren't -- "Hypocrites, Mrs. Perkins, born hypocrites," Mrs. Merriweather was saying. "At leastwe don't have that sin on our shoulders down here. People up there set 'em free, butyou don't see 'em settin' at the table with 'em. At least we don't have the deceit to say to'em yes you're as good as we are but stay away from us. Down here we just say youlive your way and we'll live ours. I think that woman, that Mrs. Roosevelt's lost hermind -- just plain lost her mind coming down to Birmingham and tryin' to sit with 'em. If Iwas the Mayor of Birmingham I'd -- "#p#分页标题#e#
 
Well, neither of us was the Mayor of Birmingham, but I wished I was the Governor ofAlabama for one day: I'd let Tom Robinson go so quick the Missionary Society wouldn'thave time to catch its breath. Calpurnia was telling Miss Rachel's cook the other dayhow bad Tom was taking things and she didn't stop talking when I came into the kitchen.
 
She said there wasn't a thing Atticus could do to make being shut up easier for him, thatthe last thing he said to Atticus before they took him down to the prison camp was,"Good-bye, Mr. Finch, there ain't nothin' you can do now, so there ain't no use tryin'."
 
Calpurnia said Atticus told her that the day they took Tom to prison he just gave uphope. She said Atticus tried to explain things to him, and that he must do his best not tolose hope because Atticus was doing his best to get him free. Miss Rachel's cook askedCalpurnia why didn't Atticus just say yes, you'll go free, and leave it at that -- seemed likethat'd be a big comfort to Tom. Calpurnia said, "Because you ain't familiar with the law.
 
First thing you learn when you're in a lawin' family is that there ain't any definite answersto anything. Mr. Finch couldn't say somethin's so when he doesn't know for sure it's so."
 
The front door slammed and I heard Atticus's footsteps in the hall. Automatically Iwondered what time it was. Not nearly time for him to be home, and on MissionarySociety days he usually stayed downtown until black dark.
 
He stopped in the doorway. His hat was in his hand, and his face was white.
 
"Excuse me, ladies," he said. "Go right ahead with your meeting, don't let me disturbyou. Alexandra, could you come to the kitchen a minute? I want to borrow Calpurnia fora while."
 
He didn't go through the diningroom, but went down the back hallway and entered thekitchen from the rear door. Aunt Alexandra and I met him. The diningroom door openedagain and Miss Maudie joined us. Calpurnia had half risen from her chair.
 
"Cal," Atticus said, "I want you to go with me out to Helen Robinson's house -- "
 
"What's the matter?" Aunt Alexandra asked, alarmed by the look on my father's face.
 
"Tom's dead."
 
Aunt Alexandra put her hands to her mouth.
 
"They shot him," said Atticus. "He was running. It was during their exercise period.
 
They said he just broke into a blind raving44 charge at the fence and started climbing over.
 
Right in front of them -- "
 
"Didn't they try to stop him? Didn't they give him any warning?" Aunt Alexandra's voiceshook.
 
"Oh yes, the guards called to him to stop. They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill.
 
They got him just as he went over the fence. They said if he'd had two good arms he'dhave made it, he was moving that fast. Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn't haveto shoot him that much. Cal, I want you to come out with me and help me tell Helen."
 
"Yes sir," she murmured, fumbling45 at her apron. Miss Maudie went to Calpurnia anduntied it.
 
"This is the last straw, Atticus," Aunt Alexandra said.
 
"Depends on how you look at it," he said. "What was one Negro, more or less, amongtwo hundred of 'em? He wasn't Tom to them, he was an escaping prisoner."
 
Atticus leaned against the refrigerator, pushed up his glasses, and rubbed his eyes.
 
"We had such a good chance," he said. "I told him what I thought, but I couldn't in truthsay that we had more than a good chance. I guess Tom was tired of white men'schances and preferred to take his own. Ready, Cal?"
 
"Yessir, Mr. Finch."
 
"Then let's go."
 
Aunt Alexandra sat down in Calpurnia's chair and put her hands to her face. She satquite still; she was so quiet I wondered if she would faint. I heard Miss Maudie breathingas if she had just climbed the steps, and in the diningroom the ladies chattered46 happily.
 
I thought Aunt Alexandra was crying, but when she took her hands away from herface, she was not. She looked weary. She spoke47, and her voice was flat.
 
"I can't say I approve of everything he does, Maudie, but he's my brother, and I justwant to know when this will ever end." Her voice rose: "It tears him to pieces. He doesn'tshow it much, but it tears him to pieces. I've seen him when -- what else do they wantfrom him, Maudie, what else?"#p#分页标题#e#
 
"What does who want, Alexandra?" Miss Maudie asked.
 
"I mean this town. They're perfectly48 willing to let him do what they're too afraid to dothemselves -- it might lose 'em a nickel. They're perfectly willing to let him wreck49 hishealth doing what they're afraid to do, they're -- "
 
"Be quiet, they'll hear you," said Miss Maudie. "Have you ever thought of it this way,Alexandra? Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we're paying the highest tribute we canpay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple."
 
"Who?" Aunt Alexandra never knew she was echoing her twelve-year-old nephew.
 
"The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is not marked White Only;the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us; the handful ofpeople with enough humility50 to think, when they look at a Negro, there but for the Lord'skindness am l." Miss Maudie's old crispness was returning: "The handful of people inthis town with background, that's who they are."
 
Had I been attentive51, I would have had another scrap52 to add to Jem's definition ofbackground, but I found myself shaking and couldn't stop. I had seen Enfield PrisonFarm, and Atticus had pointed53 out the exercise yard to me. It was the size of a footballfield.
 
"Stop that shaking," commanded Miss Maudie, and I stopped. "Get up, Alexandra,we've left 'em long enough."
 
Aunt Alexandra rose and smoothed the various whalebone ridges54 along her hips55. Shetook her handkerchief from her belt and wiped her nose. She patted her hair and said,"Do I show it?"
 
"Not a sign," said Miss Maudie. "Are you together again, Jean Louise?"
 
"Yes ma'am."
 
"Then let's join the ladies," she said grimly.
 
Their voices swelled56 when Miss Maudie opened the door to the diningroom. AuntAlexandra was ahead of me, and I saw her head go up as she went through the door.
 
"Oh, Mrs. Perkins," she said, "you need some more coffee. Let me get it."
 
"Calpurnia's on an errand for a few minutes, Grace," said Miss Maudie. "Let me passyou some more of those dewberry tarts. 'dyou hear what that cousin of mine did theother day, the one who likes to go fishing?…"
 
And so they went, down the row of laughing women, around the diningroom, refillingcoffee cups, dishing out goodies as though their only regret was the temporary domesticdisaster of losing Calpurnia. The gentle hum began again. "Yes sir, Mrs. Perkins, that J.
 
Grimes Everett is a martyred saint, he… needed to get married so they ran… to thebeauty parlor57 every Saturday afternoon… soon as the sun goes down. He goes to bedwith the… chickens, a crate58 full of sick chickens, Fred says that's what started it all. Fredsays…"
 
Aunt Alexandra looked across the room at me and smiled. She looked at a tray ofcookies on the table and nodded at them. I carefully picked up the tray and watchedmyself walk to Mrs. Merriweather. With my best company manners, I asked her if shewould have some.
 
After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.


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1 starched 1adcdf50723145c17c3fb6015bbe818c     
adj.浆硬的,硬挺的,拘泥刻板的v.把(衣服、床单等)浆一浆( starch的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • My clothes are not starched enough. 我的衣服浆得不够硬。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The ruffles on his white shirt were starched and clean. 白衬衫的褶边浆过了,很干净。 来自辞典例句
2 apron Lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
3 brink OWazM     
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿
参考例句:
  • The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
  • The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
4 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。
5 eddy 6kxzZ     
n.漩涡,涡流
参考例句:
  • The motor car disappeared in eddy of dust.汽车在一片扬尘的涡流中不见了。
  • In Taylor's picture,the eddy is the basic element of turbulence.在泰勒的描述里,旋涡是湍流的基本要素。
6 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。
7 missionary ID8xX     
adj.教会的,传教(士)的;n.传教士
参考例句:
  • She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
  • I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
8 distress 3llzX     
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
参考例句:
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
9 ordeals 1064124844a18f5c55ac38e62732bef4     
n.严峻的考验,苦难的经历( ordeal的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • London had stood triumphant through all her ordeals. 伦敦在经历考验之后仍巍然屹立。 来自辞典例句
  • He's come through some bad personal ordeals. 他个人经历了一些沉痛的考验。 来自辞典例句
10 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。
11 communal VbcyU     
adj.公有的,公共的,公社的,公社制的
参考例句:
  • There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
  • The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。
12 adjourned 1e5a5e61da11d317191a820abad1664d     
(使)休会, (使)休庭( adjourn的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The court adjourned for lunch. 午餐时间法庭休庭。
  • The trial was adjourned following the presentation of new evidence to the court. 新证据呈到庭上后,审讯就宣告暂停。
13 refreshments KkqzPc     
n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待
参考例句:
  • We have to make a small charge for refreshments. 我们得收取少量茶点费。
  • Light refreshments will be served during the break. 中间休息时有点心供应。
14 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。
15 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。
16 tarts 781c06ce7e1617876890c0d58870a38e     
n.果馅饼( tart的名词复数 );轻佻的女人;妓女;小妞
参考例句:
  • I decided to make some tarts for tea. 我决定做些吃茶点时吃的果馅饼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They ate raspberry tarts and ice cream. 大家吃着木莓馅饼和冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句
17 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。
18 apprehension bNayw     
n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑
参考例句:
  • There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑,于是她越来越担心。
  • She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。
19 lipstick o0zxg     
n.口红,唇膏
参考例句:
  • Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红,开始往嘴唇上抹。
  • Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。
20 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。
21 vocation 8h6wB     
n.职业,行业
参考例句:
  • She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
  • She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。
22 aviator BPryq     
n.飞行家,飞行员
参考例句:
  • The young aviator bragged of his exploits in the sky.那名年轻的飞行员吹嘘他在空中飞行的英勇事迹。
  • Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous aviator.数百名爱慕者围困那个著名飞行员。
23 contented Gvxzof     
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
参考例句:
  • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
  • The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。
24 duress DkEzG     
n.胁迫
参考例句:
  • He claimed that he signed the confession under duress.他说他是被迫在认罪书上签字的。
  • These unequal treaties were made under duress.这些不平等条约是在强迫下签订的。
25 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
26 wretch EIPyl     
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人
参考例句:
  • You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他,还埋怨他,真不知好歹。
  • The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。
27 devout Qlozt     
adj.虔诚的,虔敬的,衷心的 (n.devoutness)
参考例句:
  • His devout Catholicism appeals to ordinary people.他对天主教的虔诚信仰感染了普通民众。
  • The devout man prayed daily.那位虔诚的男士每天都祈祷。
28 immorality 877727a0158f319a192e0d1770817c46     
n. 不道德, 无道义
参考例句:
  • All the churchmen have preached against immorality. 所有牧师都讲道反对不道德的行为。
  • Where the European sees immorality and lawlessness, strict law rules in reality. 在欧洲人视为不道德和无规则的地方,事实上都盛行着一种严格的规则。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
29 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
30 largo H90zb     
n.广板乐章;adj.缓慢的,宽广的;adv.缓慢地,宽广地
参考例句:
  • The tempo marking in most cases is andante,adagio,or largo.大多数第一乐章的速度标记是行板、柔板或广板。
  • The second movement is a largo.第二乐章是广板乐章。
31 grumbled ed735a7f7af37489d7db1a9ef3b64f91     
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声
参考例句:
  • He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
  • The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏,水手们边干活边发着牢骚。
32 grumbling grumbling     
adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的
参考例句:
  • She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work. 她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
  • We didn't hear any grumbling about the food. 我们没听到过对食物的抱怨。
33 chapel UXNzg     
n.小教堂,殡仪馆
参考例句:
  • The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
  • She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
34 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。
35 tune NmnwW     
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
参考例句:
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
36 Christians 28e6e30f94480962cc721493f76ca6c6     
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
37 bovine ys5zy     
adj.牛的;n.牛
参考例句:
  • He threw off his pack and went into the rush-grass andand munching,like some bovine creature.他丢开包袱,爬到灯心草丛里,像牛似的大咬大嚼起来。
  • He was a gentle,rather bovine man.他是一位文雅而反应迟钝的人。
38 munching 3bbbb661207569e6c6cb6a1390d74d06     
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was munching an apple. 他在津津有味地嚼着苹果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements. 他虽然啃着苹果,但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 来自辞典例句
39 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。
40 dreary sk1z6     
adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的
参考例句:
  • They live such dreary lives.他们的生活如此乏味。
  • She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
41 gratitude p6wyS     
adj.感激,感谢
参考例句:
  • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
  • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
42 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
43 fragrant z6Yym     
adj.芬香的,馥郁的,愉快的
参考例句:
  • The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn.深秋的香山格外美丽。
  • The air was fragrant with lavender.空气中弥漫薰衣草香。
44 raving c42d0882009d28726dc86bae11d3aaa7     
adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地
参考例句:
  • The man's a raving lunatic. 那个男子是个语无伦次的疯子。
  • When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers. 我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时,她暴跳如雷。
45 fumbling fumbling     
n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理
参考例句:
  • If he actually managed to the ball instead of fumbling it with an off-balance shot. 如果他实际上设法拿好球而不是fumbling它。50-balance射击笨拙地和迅速地会开始他的岗位移动,经常这样结束。
  • If he actually managed to secure the ball instead of fumbling it awkwardly an off-balance shot. 如果他实际上设法拿好球而不是fumbling它。50-50提议有时。他从off-balance射击笨拙地和迅速地会开始他的岗位移动,经常这样结束。
46 chattered 0230d885b9f6d176177681b6eaf4b86f     
(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤
参考例句:
  • They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
  • We chattered like two teenagers. 我们聊着天,像两个十多岁的孩子。
47 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。
48 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。
49 wreck QMjzE     
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
参考例句:
  • Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
  • No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
50 humility 8d6zX     
n.谦逊,谦恭
参考例句:
  • Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
  • His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和,甚至有点谦卑。
51 attentive pOKyB     
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
参考例句:
  • She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
  • The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。
52 scrap JDFzf     
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废
参考例句:
  • A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
  • Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
53 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
54 ridges 9198b24606843d31204907681f48436b     
n.脊( ridge的名词复数 );山脊;脊状突起;大气层的)高压脊
参考例句:
  • The path winds along mountain ridges. 峰回路转。
  • Perhaps that was the deepest truth in Ridges's nature. 在里奇斯的思想上,这大概可以算是天经地义第一条了。
55 hips f8c80f9a170ee6ab52ed1e87054f32d4     
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的
参考例句:
  • She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
  • They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》
56 swelled bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73     
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
参考例句:
  • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染,他的手肿了起来。
  • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后,河水猛涨。
57 parlor v4MzU     
n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅
参考例句:
  • She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
  • Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店?
58 crate 6o1zH     
vt.(up)把…装入箱中;n.板条箱,装货箱
参考例句:
  • We broke open the crate with a blow from the chopper.我们用斧头一敲就打开了板条箱。
  • The workers tightly packed the goods in the crate.工人们把货物严紧地包装在箱子里。
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