The Buffoon and the Countryman |
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At a country fair there was a Buffoon1 who made all the people
laugh by imitating the cries of various animals. He finished off
by squeaking3 so like a pig that the spectators thought that he had
a porker concealed4 about him. But a Countryman who stood by said:
"Call that a pig s squeak2! Nothing like it. You give me till
tomorrow and I will show you what it's like." The audience
laughed, but next day, sure enough, the Countryman appeared on the
stage, and putting his head down squealed5 so hideously6 that the
spectators hissed8 and threw stones at him to make him stop. "You
fools!" he cried, "see what you have been hissing," and held up a
little pig whose ear he had been pinching to make him utter the
squeals.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss7 the real thing.
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buffoon
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| n.演出时的丑角 |
参考例句： |
- They pictured their manager as a buffoon.他们把经理描绘成一个小丑。
- That politician acted like a buffoon during that debate.这个政客在那场辩论中真是丑态百出。
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squeak
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| n.吱吱声，逃脱；v.（发出）吱吱叫，侥幸通过；（俚）告密 |
参考例句： |
- I don't want to hear another squeak out of you!我不想再听到你出声！
- We won the game,but it was a narrow squeak.我们打赢了这场球赛，不过是侥幸取胜。
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squeaking
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| v.短促地尖叫( squeak的现在分词 )；吱吱叫；告密；充当告密者 |
参考例句： |
- Squeaking floorboards should be screwed down. 踏上去咯咯作响的地板应用螺钉钉住。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Can you hear the mice squeaking? 你听到老鼠吱吱叫吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
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concealed
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| a.隐藏的，隐蔽的 |
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- The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
- I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。
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squealed
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| v.长声尖叫，用长而尖锐的声音说( squeal的过去式和过去分词 ) |
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- He squealed the words out. 他吼叫着说出那些话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The brakes of the car squealed. 汽车的刹车发出吱吱声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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hideously
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| adv.可怕地，非常讨厌地 |
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- The witch was hideously ugly. 那个女巫丑得吓人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Pitt's smile returned, and it was hideously diabolic. 皮特的脸上重新浮现出笑容，但却狰狞可怕。 来自辞典例句
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hiss
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| 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。
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hissed
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| 发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 )； 发嘘声表示反对 |
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- 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。
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