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a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court - chapter 11
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chapter 11 - the yankee in search of adventures

there never was such a country for wandering 1; and they were of both sexes. hardly a month went by without one of these tramps arriving; and generally loaded with a tale about some princess or other wanting help to get her out of some far-away castle where she was held in 2 by a lawless scoundrel, usually a giant. now you would think that the first thing the king would do after listening to such a novelette from an entire stranger, would be to ask for 3 -- yes, and a pointer or two as to locality of castle, best route to it, and so on. but nobody ever thought of so simple and common-sense a thing at that. no, everybody swallowed these people's lies whole, and never asked a question of any sort or about anything. well, one day when i was not around, one of these people came along -- it was a she one, this time -- and told a tale of the usual pattern. her mistress was a captive in a vast and gloomy castle, along with forty-four other young and beautiful girls, pretty much all of them princesses; they had been 4 in that cruel captivity for twenty-six years; the masters of the castle were three stupendous brothers, each with four arms and one eye -- the eye in the center of the forehead, and as big as a fruit. sort of fruit not mentioned; their usual 5 in statistics.

would you believe it? the king and the whole round table were in 6 over this 7 opportunity for adventure. every 8 of the table jumped for the chance, and begged for it; but to their vexation and 9 the king conferred it upon me, who had not asked for it at all.

by an effort, i contained my joy when clarence brought me the news. but he -- he could not contain his. his mouth 10 delight and 11 in a steady discharge -- delight in my good fortune, gratitude to the king for this splendid mark of his favor for me. he could keep neither his legs nor his body still, but pirouetted about the place in an airy 12 of happiness.

on my side, i could have cursed the kindness that conferred upon me this benefaction, but i kept my vexation under the surface for policy's sake, and did what i could to let on to be glad. indeed, i said i was glad. and in a way it was true; i was as glad as a person is when he is scalped.

well, one must make the best of things, and not waste time with useless 13, but get down to business and see what can be done. in all lies there is wheat among the 14; i must get at the wheat in this case: so i sent for the girl and she came. she was a 15 enough creature, and soft and modest, but, if signs went for anything, she didn't know as much as a lady's watch. i said:

"my dear, have you been questioned as to particulars?"

she said she hadn't.

"well, i didn't expect you had, but i thought i would ask, to make sure; it's the way i've been raised. now you mustn't take it unkindly if i remind you that as we don't know you, we must go a little slow. you may be all right, of course, and we'll hope that you are; but to take it for granted isn't business. you understand that. i'm obliged to ask you a few questions; just answer up fair and square, and don't be afraid. where do you live, when you are at home?"

"in the land of moder, fair sir."

"land of moder. i don't remember hearing of it before. parents living?"

"as to that, i know not if they be yet on live, sith it is many years that i have lain shut up in the castle."

"your name, please?"

"i hight the demoiselle alisande la carteloise, an it please you."

"do you know anybody here who can identify you?"

"that were not likely, fair lord, i being come hither now for the first time."

"have you brought any letters -- any documents -- any proofs that you are trustworthy and 16?"

"of a surety, no; and wherefore should i? have i not a tongue, and cannot i say all that myself?"

"but your saying it, you know, and somebody else's saying it, is different."

"different? how might that be? i fear me i do not understand."

"don't understand? land of -- why, you see -- you see -- why, great scott, can't you understand a little thing like that? can't you understand the difference between your -- why do you look so innocent and 17!"

"i? in truth i know not, but an it were the will of god."

"yes, yes, i reckon that's about the size of it. don't mind my seeming excited; i'm not. let us change the subject. now as to this castle, with fortyfive princesses in it, and three ogres at the head of it, tell me -- where is this harem?"

"harem?"

"the castle, you understand; where is the castle?"

"oh, as to that, it is great, and strong, and well beseen, and lieth in a far country. yes, it is many leagues."

"how many?"

"ah, fair sir, it were woundily hard to tell, they are so many, and do so lap the one upon the other, and being made all in the same image and tincted with the same color, one may not know the one league from its fellow, nor how to count them except they be taken apart, and ye wit well it were god's work to do that, being not within man's capacity; for ye will note --"

"hold on, hold on, never mind about the distance; whereabouts does the castle lie? what's the direction from here?"

"ah, please you sir, it hath no direction from here; by reason that the road lieth not straight, but turneth evermore; wherefore the direction of its place abideth not, but is some time under the one sky and anon under another, whereso if ye be minded that it is in the east, and wend thitherward, ye shall observe that the way of the road doth yet again turn upon itself by the space of half a circle, and this 18 19 again and yet again and still again, it will grieve you that you had thought by vanities of the mind to 20 and bring to 21 the will of him that giveth not a castle a direction from a place except it pleaseth him, and if it please him not, will the rather that even all castles and all directions thereunto vanish out of the earth, leaving the places wherein they tarried 22 and vacant, so warning his creatures that where he will he will, and where he will not he --"

"oh, that's all right, that's all right, give us a rest; never mind about the direction, hang the direction -- i beg pardon, i beg a thousand pardons, i am not well to-day; pay no attention when i soliloquize, it is an old habit, an old, bad habit, and hard to get rid of when one's 23 is all disordered with eating food that was raised forever and ever before he was born; good land! a man can't keep his functions regular on spring chickens thirteen hundred years old. but come -- never mind about that; let's -- have you got such a thing as a map of that region about you? now a good map --"

"is it peradventure that manner of thing which of late the unbelievers have brought from over the great seas, which, being boiled in oil, and an onion and salt added thereto, doth --"

"what, a map? what are you talking about? don't you know what a map is? there, there, never mind, don't explain, i hate explanations; they fog a thing up so that you can't tell anything about it. run along, dear; good-day; show her the way, clarence."

oh, well, it was reasonably plain, now, why these donkeys didn't 24 these liars for details. it may be that this girl had a fact in her somewhere, but i don't believe you could have 25 it out with a 26; nor got it with the earlier forms of blasting, even; it was a case for 27. why, she was a perfect 28; and yet the king and his 29 had listened to her as if she had been a leaf out of the gospel. it kind of sizes up the whole party. and think of the simple ways of this court: this wandering wench hadn't any more trouble to get access to the king in his palace than she would have had to get into the poorhouse in my day and country. in fact, he was glad to see her, glad to hear her tale; with that adventure of hers to offer, she was as welcome as a 30 is to a coroner.

just as i was ending-up these reflections, clarence came back. i remarked upon the barren result of my efforts with the girl; hadn't got hold of a single point that could help me to find the castle. the youth looked a little surprised, or puzzled, or something, and intimated that he had been wondering to himself what i had wanted to ask the girl all those questions for.

"why, great guns," i said, "don't i want to find the castle? and how else would i go about it?"

"la, sweet your worship, one may lightly answer that, i ween. she will go with thee. they always do. she will ride with thee."

"ride with me? nonsense!"

"but of a truth she will. she will ride with thee. thou shalt see."

"what? she 31 around the hills and 32 the woods with me -- alone -- and i as good as engaged to be married? why, it's scandalous. think how it would look."

my, the dear face that rose before me! the boy was eager to know all about this tender matter. i swore him to secresy and then whispered her name -- "puss flanagan." he looked disappointed, and said he didn't remember the countess. how natural it was for the little courtier to give her a rank. he asked me where she lived.

"in east har--" i came to myself and stopped, a little confused; then i said, "never mind, now; i'll tell you some time."

and might he see her? would i let him see her some day?

it was but a little thing to promise -- thirteen hundred years or so -- and he so eager; so i said yes. but i sighed; i couldn't help it. and yet there was no sense in sighing, for she wasn't born yet. but that is the way we are made: we don't reason, where we feel; we just feel.

my expedition was all the talk that day and that night, and the boys were very good to me, and made much of me, and seemed to have forgotten their vexation and disappointment, and come to be as anxious for me to hive those ogres and set those ripe old 33 loose as if it were themselves that had the contract. well, they were good children -- but just children, that is all. and they gave me no end of points about how to 34 for giants, and how to 35 them in; and they told me all sorts of charms against 36, and gave me salves and other rubbish to put on my wounds. but it never occurred to one of them to reflect that if i was such a wonderful 37 as i was pretending to be, i ought not to need salves or instructions, or charms against enchantments, and, least of all, arms and armor, on a foray of any kind -- even against fire-spouting dragons, and devils hot from perdition, let alone such poor 38 as these i was after, these commonplace ogres of the back settlements.

i was to have an early breakfast, and start at dawn, for that was the usual way; but i had the demon's own time with my armor, and this delayed me a little. it is troublesome to get into, and there is so much detail. first you wrap a layer or two of blanket around your body, for a sort of cushion and to keep off the cold iron; then you put on your sleeves and shirt of chain mail -- these are made of small steel links woven together, and they form a 39 so flexible that if you toss your shirt onto the floor, it 40 into a pile like a peck of wet fish-net; it is very heavy and is nearly the uncomfortablest material in the world for a night shirt, yet plenty used it for that -- tax collectors, and reformers, and one-horse kings with a 41 title, and those sorts of people; then you put on your shoes -- flat-boats roofed over with interleaving bands of steel -- and screw your clumsy spurs into the heels. next you 42 your greaves on your legs, and your cuisses on your 43; then come your backplate and your breastplate, and you begin to feel crowded; then you 44 onto the breastplate the half-petticoat of broad 45 bands of steel which hangs down in front but is scolloped out behind so you can sit down, and isn't any real improvement on an 46 coal 47, either for looks or for wear, or to wipe your hands on; next you belt on your sword; then you put your stove-pipe 48 onto your arms, your iron gauntlets onto your hands, your iron rat-trap onto your head, with a rag of steel web 49 onto it to hang over the back of your neck -- and there you are, 50 as a candle in a candle-mould. this is no time to dance. well, a man that is packed away like that is a nut that isn't worth the cracking, there is so little of the meat, when you get down to it, by comparison with the shell.

the boys helped me, or i never could have got in. just as we finished, sir bedivere happened in, and i saw that as like as not i hadn't chosen the most convenient 51 for a long trip. how stately he looked; and tall and broad and grand. he had on his head a conical steel casque that only came down to his ears, and for visor had only a narrow steel bar that extended down to his upper lip and protected his nose; and all the rest of him, from neck to heel, was flexible chain mail, trousers and all. but pretty much all of him was hidden under his outside garment, which of course was of chain mail, as i said, and hung straight from his shoulders to his ankles; and from his middle to the bottom, both before and behind, was divided, so that he could ride and let the skirts hang down on each side. he was going grailing, and it was just the outfit for it, too. i would have given a good deal for that ulster, but it was too late now to be fooling around. the sun was just up, the king and the court were all on hand to see me off and wish me luck; so it wouldn't be 52 for me to tarry. you don't get on your horse yourself; no, if you tried it you would get disappointed. they carry you out, just as they carry a sun-struck man to the drug store, and put you on, and help get you to rights, and fix your feet in the stirrups; and all the while you do feel so strange and 53 and like somebody else -- like somebody that has been married on a sudden, or struck by lightning, or something like that, and hasn't quite fetched around yet, and is sort of 54, and can't just get his bearings. then they stood up the mast they called a spear, in its 55 by my left foot, and i gripped it with my hand; lastly they hung my shield around my neck, and i was all complete and ready to up anchor and get to sea. everybody was as good to me as they could be, and a maid of honor gave me the stirrup-cup her own self. there was nothing more to do now, but for that damsel to get up behind me on a pillion, which she did, and put an arm or so around me to hold on.

and so we started, and everybody gave us a goodbye and waved their handkerchiefs or helmets. and everybody we met, going down the hill and through the village was respectful to us, except some shabby little boys on the 56. they said:

"oh, what a guy!" and hove clods at us.

in my experience boys are the same in all ages. they don't respect anything, they don't care for anything or anybody. they say "go up, baldhead" to the prophet going his unoffending way in the gray of 57; they sass me in the holy gloom of the middle ages; and i had seen them act the same way in buchanan's administration; i remember, because i was there and helped. the prophet had his bears and settled with his boys; and i wanted to get down and settle with mine, but it wouldn't answer, because i couldn't have got up again. i hate a country without a derrick.



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1 ba6a2311efe2dc9a6d844c9711cd0fff     
说谎者( liar的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • the greatest liars talk most of themselves. 最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
  • honest boys despise lies and liars. 诚实的孩子鄙视谎言和说谎者。
2 qrjzv     
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
参考例句:
  • a zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • he was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
3 credentials     
n.证明,资格,证明书,证件
参考例句:
  • he has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
  • both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。
4 vpcz2c     
a. 衰弱下去的
参考例句:
  • he is languishing for home. 他苦思家乡。
  • how long will she go on languishing for her red-haired boy? 为想见到她的红头发的儿子,她还将为此烦恼多久呢?
5 3dd4c7c0144a6dd89bc42a4195e88f10     
参考例句:
  • slovenliness is no part of religion. 邋遢并非宗教的一部分。 来自辞典例句
  • slovenliness no part of religion. “邋遢”并非宗教的一部分。 来自互联网
6 9c456fd812d0e9fdc436e568ad8e29c6     
极度欢喜( rapture的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • her heart melted away in secret raptures. 她暗自高兴得心花怒放。
  • the mere thought of his bride moves pinkerton to raptures. 一想起新娘,平克顿不禁心花怒放。
7 e1tz2     
adj.荒谬的,可笑的
参考例句:
  • the whole idea was preposterous.整个想法都荒唐透顶。
  • it would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的。
8 w2hxk     
n.骑士,武士;爵士
参考例句:
  • he was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
  • a knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
9 1cyyx     
n.懊恼;气愤;委屈
参考例句:
  • his increasingly visible chagrin sets up a vicious circle.他的明显的不满引起了一种恶性循环。
  • much to his chagrin,he did not win the race.使他大为懊恼的是他赛跑没获胜。
10 de5babf66f69bac96b526188524783de     
v.喷,涌( gush的过去式和过去分词 );滔滔不绝地说话
参考例句:
  • oil gushed from the well. 石油从井口喷了出来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • clear water gushed into the irrigational channel. 清澈的水涌进了灌溉渠道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
11 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。
12 9kjzy     
n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
参考例句:
  • he listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入了神。
  • speechless with ecstasy,the little boys gazed at the toys.小孩注视着那些玩具,高兴得说不出话来。
13 fretting     
n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的
参考例句:
  • fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
  • the old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。
14 hugy5     
v.取笑,嘲笑;n.谷壳
参考例句:
  • i didn't mind their chaff.我不在乎他们的玩笑。
  • old birds are not caught with chaff.谷糠难诱老雀。
15 gweyx     
adj.漂亮的,合宜的
参考例句:
  • his wife is a comely young woman.他的妻子是一个美丽的少妇。
  • a nervous,comely-dressed little girl stepped out.一个紧张不安、衣着漂亮的小姑娘站了出来。
16 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。
17 wcfzd     
adj.白痴的
参考例句:
  • it is idiotic to go shopping with no money.去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
  • the child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble.那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。
18 b2xyg     
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事
参考例句:
  • the robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
  • the operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。
19 869598d9afbc0c829b0106f2b455ef64     
v.偶然发生( hap的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • at no time was the president aware of was happing. 总统决没意识到正在发生的一切。 来自互联网
  • what is happing outside does not concern us. 不知道外面在发生什么事。 来自互联网
20 wirzz     
v.阻挠,妨碍,反对;adj.横(断的)
参考例句:
  • we must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
  • i don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
21 wglxx     
n.无,零 [=nought]
参考例句:
  • he sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。
  • i hope that all your efforts won't go for naught.我希望你的努力不会毫无结果。
22 vmizo     
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
参考例句:
  • the city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • we all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
23 il6zj     
n.消化,吸收
参考例句:
  • this kind of tea acts as an aid to digestion.这种茶可助消化。
  • this food is easy of digestion.这食物容易消化。
24 p01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • this state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • the prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
25 63b3c180c65d5edf6da5cdc579d7dab7     
v.冲洗( sluice的过去式和过去分词 );(指水)喷涌而出;漂净;给…安装水闸
参考例句:
  • the sailors sluiced the deck with hoses. 水手们用水龙带冲洗甲板。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • he sluiced the bath and filled it with water. 他冲洗了浴缸,然后放满了一缸水。 来自辞典例句
26 acdzt     
adj.水力的;水压的,液压的;水力学的
参考例句:
  • the boat has no fewer than five hydraulic pumps.这艘船配有不少于5个液压泵。
  • a group of apprentics were operating the hydraulic press.一群学徒正在开动水压机。
27 rrpxb     
n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)
参考例句:
  • the workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
  • the philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。
28 qvyzk     
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
参考例句:
  • he is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
  • an ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。
29 2061bac208c7bdd2665fbf4b7067e468     
骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马
参考例句:
  • stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
  • he wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。
30 jyiz4     
n.尸体,死尸
参考例句:
  • what she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
  • the corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
31 gswye     
vi.随意翻阅,浏览;(牛、羊等)吃草
参考例句:
  • i had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
  • it is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。
32 odvzj     
v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷
参考例句:
  • mother made me scour the family silver.母亲让我擦洗家里的银器。
  • we scoured the telephone directory for clues.我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
33 2d584d81af9df5624db4e51d856706e5     
处女,童男( virgin的名词复数 ); 童贞玛利亚(耶稣之母)
参考例句:
  • they were both virgins when they met and married. 他们从相识到结婚前都未曾经历男女之事。
  • men want virgins as concubines. 人家买姨太太的要整货。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
34 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。
35 qd1zn     
n.铲子,舀取,独家新闻;v.汲取,舀取,抢先登出
参考例句:
  • in the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
  • uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。
36 41eadda3a96ac4ca0c0903b3d65f0da4     
n.魅力( enchantment的名词复数 );迷人之处;施魔法;着魔
参考例句:
  • the high security vaults have enchantments placed on their doors. 防范最严密的金库在门上设有魔法。 来自互联网
  • place items here and pay a fee to receive random enchantments. 把物品放在这里并支付一定的费用可以使物品获得一个随机的附魔。 来自互联网
37 necromancer     
n. 巫师
参考例句:
  • the necromancer hurls a bolt of dark energies against his enemies. 亡灵法师向对手射出一道带着黑暗能量的影束。
  • the necromancer tried to keep the anticipation out of her voice. 死灵法师尽量让自己的声音不带期待。
38 5e3df56a80cf841a3387bd9fd1360a22     
n.对手,敌手( adversary的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • that would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
  • every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent america. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的,始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句
39 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。
40 1082c8057156c49f6f76483bf4a8f755     
萧条期( slump的名词复数 ); (个人、球队等的)低潮状态; (销售量、价格、价值等的)骤降; 猛跌
参考例句:
  • deflation could emerge from simultaneous slumps in the world's three major economies. 如果世界经济三大主体同时衰退,通货紧缩就会出现。
  • this is the cycle of economic booms and slumps. 这是经济繁荣和经济萧条的周期变化。
41 qnlzz     
adj.有毛病的,有问题的,有瑕疵的
参考例句:
  • the firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
  • if the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷, 顾客有权索赔。
42 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。
43 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》
44 ucgxu     
v.免费搭(车旅行);系住;急提;n.故障;急拉
参考例句:
  • they had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程,最后决定搭便车。
  • all the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。
45 gmqz4t     
adj./n.交迭(的)
参考例句:
  • there is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
  • a trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。
46 184401f335d6b8661e04dfea47b9dcd5     
adj.反向的,倒转的v.使倒置,使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
  • inverted flight is an acrobatic manoeuvre of the plane. 倒飞是飞机的一种特技动作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
47 oejyw     
v.急赶,疾走,逃避;n.天窗;舷窗
参考例句:
  • there was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.下大雨了,人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。
  • the scuttle was open,and the good daylight shone in.明朗的亮光从敞开的小窗中照了进来。
48 d97dcffd67eca7255ca514e4084b746e     
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语)
参考例句:
  • expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
  • expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。
49 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。
50 3tvzg     
adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房
参考例句:
  • he showed us into a snug little sitting room.他领我们走进了一间温暖而舒适的小客厅。
  • she had a small but snug home.她有个小小的但很舒适的家。
51 yjtxc     
n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装
参考例句:
  • jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
  • his father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
52 xiyz0     
n.礼仪,礼节;规矩
参考例句:
  • the rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
  • according to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
53 btzw0     
adj.不透气的,闷热的
参考例句:
  • it's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
  • it was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热,我们感到空气都是潮的。
54 0rizk     
adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木
参考例句:
  • his fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
  • numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵,催着疲惫的马继续往前走。
55 jw9wm     
n.窝,穴,孔,插座,插口
参考例句:
  • he put the electric plug into the socket.他把电插头插入插座。
  • the battery charger plugs into any mains socket.这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座。
56 gmdz7w     
n.郊外,郊区
参考例句:
  • our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • they mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
57 snuzc     
n.古老;高龄;古物,古迹
参考例句:
  • the museum contains the remains of chinese antiquity.博物馆藏有中国古代的遗物。
  • there are many legends about the heroes of antiquity.有许多关于古代英雄的传说。
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