【有声英语文学名著】蝇王(5b)
时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:有声英语文学名著
英语课
( CHAPTER FIVE - Continued )
There was a long pause while the assembly grinned at the thought of anyone going out in the darkness. Then Simon stood up and Ralph looked at him in astonishment 1.
“You! What were you mucking about in the dark for?”
Simon grabbed the conch convulsively.
“I wanted—to go to a place—a place I know.”
“What place?”
“Just a place I know. A place in the jungle.”
He hesitated.
Jack 2 settled the question for them with that contempt in his voice that could sound so funny and so final.
“He was taken short.”
With a feeling of humiliation 3 on Simon’s behalf, Ralph took back the conch, looking Simon sternly in the face as he did so.
“Well, don’t do it again. Understand? Not at night. There’s enough silly talk about beasts, without the littluns seeing you gliding 4 about like a——”
The derisive 5 laughter that rose had fear in it and condemnation 6. Simon opened his mouth to speak but Ralph had the conch, so he backed to his seat.
When the assembly was silent Ralph turned to Piggy.
“Well, Piggy?”
“There was another one. Him.”
The littluns pushed Percival forward then left him by himself. He stood knee-deep in the central grass, looking at his hidden feet, trying to pretend he was in a tent. Ralph remembered another small boy who had stood like this and he flinched 7 away from the memory. He had pushed the thought down and out of sight, where only some positive reminder 8 like this could bring it to the surface. There had been no further numberings of the littluns, partly because there was no means of ensuring that all of them were accounted for and partly because Ralph knew the answer to at least one question Piggy had asked on the mountain-top. There were little boys, fair, dark, freckled 9, and all dirty, but their faces were all dreadfully free of major blemishes 10. No one had seen the mulberry-coloured birthmark again. But that time Piggy had coaxed 11 and bullied 12. Tacitly admitting that he remembered the unmentionable, Ralph nodded to Piggy.
“Go on. Ask him.”
Piggy knelt, holding the conch.
“Now then. What’s your name?”
The small boy twisted away into his tent. Piggy turned helplessly to Ralph, who spoke 13 sharply.
“What’s your name?”
Tormented 14 by the silence and the refusal the assembly broke into a chant.
“What’s your name? What’s your name?”
“Quiet!”
Ralph peered at the child in the twilight 15.
“Now tell us. What’s your name?”
“Percival Wemys Madison, The Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele——”
As if this information was rooted far down in the springs of sorrow, the littlun wept. His face puckered 16, the tears leapt from his eyes, his mouth opened till they could see a square black hole. At first he was a silent effigy 17 of sorrow; but then the lamentation 18 rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch.
“Shut up, you! Shut up!”
Percival Wemys Madison would not shut up. A spring had been tapped, far beyond the reach of authority or even physical intimidation 19. The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it.
“Shut up! Shut up!”
For now the littluns were no longer silent. They were reminded of their personal sorrows; and perhaps felt themselves to share in a sorrow that was universal. They began to cry in sympathy, two of them almost as loud as Percival.
Maurice saved them. He cried out.
“Look at me!”
He pretended to fall over. He rubbed his rump and sat on the twister so that he fell in the grass. He clowned badly; but Percival and the others noticed and sniffed 20 and laughed. Presently they were all laughing so absurdly that the biguns joined in.
Jack was the first to make himself heard. He had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but nobody minded.
“And what about the beast?”
Something strange was happening to Percival. He yawned and staggered, so that Jack seized and shook him.
“Where does the beast live?”
Percival sagged 21 in Jack’s grip.
“That’s a clever beast,” said Piggy, jeering 22, “if it can hide on this island.”
“Jack’s been everywhere——”
“Where could a beast live?”
“Beast my foot!”
Percival muttered something and the assembly laughed again. Ralph leaned forward.
“What does he say?”
Jack listened to Percival’s answer and then let go of him. Percival, released, surrounded by the comfortable presence of humans, fell in the long grass and went to sleep.
Jack cleared his throat, then reported casually 23.
“He says the beast comes out of the sea.”
The last laugh died away. Ralph turned involuntarily, a black, humped figure against the lagoon 24. The assembly looked with him; considered the vast stretches of water, the high sea beyond, unknown indigo 25 of infinite possibility; heard silently the sough and whisper from the reef.
Maurice spoke—so loudly that they jumped.
“Daddy said they haven’t found all the animals in the sea yet.”
Argument started again. Ralph held out the glimmering 26 conch and Maurice took it obediently. The meeting subsided 27.
“I mean when Jack says you can be frightened because people are frightened anyway that’s all right. But when he says there’s only pigs on this island I expect he’s right but he doesn’t know, not really, not certainly I mean”—Maurice took a breath—“My daddy says there’s things, what d’you call’em that make ink—squids—that are hundreds of yards long and eat whales whole.” He paused again and laughed gaily 28. “I don’t believe in the beast of course. As Piggy says, life’s scientific, but we don’t know, do we? Not certainly, I mean——”
Someone shouted.
“A squid couldn’t come up out of the water!”
“Could!”
“Couldn’t!”
In a moment the platform was full of arguing, gesticulating shadows. To Ralph, seated, this seemed the breaking-up of sanity 29. Fear, beasts, no general agreement that the fire was all-important: and when one tried to get the thing straight the argument sheered off, bringing up fresh, unpleasant matter.
He could see a whiteness in the gloom near him so he grabbed it from Maurice and blew as loudly as he could. The assembly was shocked into silence. Simon was close to him, laying hands on the conch. Simon felt a perilous 30 necessity to speak; but to speak in assembly was a terrible thing to him.
“Maybe,” he said hesitantly, “maybe there is a beast.”
The assembly cried out savagely 31 and Ralph stood up in amazement 32.
“You, Simon? You believe in this?”
“I don’t know,” said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. “But….”
The storm broke.
“Sit down!”
“Shut up!”
“Take the conch!”
“Sod you!”
“Shut up!”
Ralph shouted.
“Hear him! He’s got the conch!”
“What I mean is … maybe it’s only us.”
“Nuts!”
That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum. Simon went on.
“We could be sort of….”
Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness. Inspiration came to him.
“What’s the dirtiest thing there is?”
As an answer Jack dropped into the uncomprehending silence that followed it the one crude expressive 33 syllable 34. Release was like an orgasm. Those littluns who had climbed back on the twister fell off again and did not mind. The hunters were screaming with delight.
Simon’s effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenceless to his seat.
At last the assembly was silent again. Someone spoke out of turn.
“Maybe he means it’s some sort of ghost.”
Ralph lifted the conch and peered into the gloom. The lightest thing was the pale beach. Surely the littluns were nearer? Yes—there was no doubt about it, they were huddled 35 into a tight knot of bodies in the central grass. A flurry of wind made the palms talk and the noise seemed very loud now that darkness and silence made it so noticeable. Two grey trunks rubbed each other with an evil squeaking 37 that no one had noticed by day.
Piggy took the conch out of his hands. His voice was indignant.
“I don’t believe in no ghosts—ever!”
Jack was up too, unaccountably angry.
“Who cares what you believe—Fatty!”
“I got the conch!”
There was the sound of a brief tussle 38 and the conch moved to and fro.
“You gimme the conch back!”
Ralph pushed between them and got a thump 39 on the chest. He wrested 40 the conch from someone and sat down breathlessly.
“There’s too much talk about ghosts. We ought to have left all this for daylight.”
A hushed and anonymous 41 voice broke in.
“Perhaps that’s what the beast is—a ghost.”
The assembly was shaken as by a wind.
“There’s too much talking out of turn,” Ralph said, “because we can’t have proper assemblies if you don’t stick to the rules.”
He stopped again. The careful plan of this assembly had broken down.
“What d’you want me to say then? I was wrong to call this assembly so late. We’ll have a vote on them; on ghosts I mean; and then go to the shelters because we’re all tired. No—Jack is it?—wait a minute. I’ll say here and now that I don’t believe in ghosts. Or I don’t think I do. But I don’t like the thought of them. Not now that is, in the dark. But we were going to decide what’s what.”
He raised the conch for a moment.
“Very well then. I suppose what’s what is whether there are ghosts or not——”
He thought for a moment, formulating 42 the question.
“Who thinks there may be ghosts?”
For a long time there was silence and no apparent movement. Then Ralph peered into the gloom and made out the hands. He spoke flatly.
“I see.”
The world, that understandable and lawful 43 world, was slipping away. Once there was this and that; and now—and the ship had gone.
The conch was snatched from his hands and Piggy’s voice shrilled 44.
“I didn’t vote for no ghosts!”
He whirled round on the assembly.
“Remember that all of you!”
They heard him stamp.
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages 45? What’s grown-ups going to think? Going off—hunting pigs—letting fires out—and now!”
A shadow fronted him tempestuously 46.
“You shut up, you fat slug!”
There was a moment’s struggle and the glimmering conch jigged 47 up and down. Ralph leapt to his feet.
“Jack! Jack! You haven’t got the conch! Let him speak.”
Jack’s face swam near him.
“And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there—telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing——”
“I’m chief. I was chosen.”
“Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don’t make any sense——”
“Piggy’s got the conch.”
“That’s right—favour Piggy as you always do——”
“Jack!”
Jack’s voice sounded in bitter mimicry 48.
“Jack! Jack!”
“The rules!” shouted Ralph, “you’re breaking the rules!”
“Who cares?”
Ralph summoned his wits.
“Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!”
But Jack was shouting against him.
“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat——”
He gave a wild whoop 49 and leapt down to the pale sand. At once the platform was full of noise and excitement, scramblings, screams and laughter. The assembly shredded 50 away and became a discursive 51 and random 52 scatter 53 from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond night-sight. Ralph found his cheek touching 54 the conch and took it from Piggy.
“What’s grown-ups going to say?” cried Piggy again. “Look at ’em!”
The sound of mock hunting, hysterical 55 laughter and real terror came from the beach.
“Blow the conch, Ralph.”
Piggy was so close that Ralph could see the glint of his one glass.
“There’s the fire. Can’t they see?”
“You got to be tough now. Make ’em do what you want.”
Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem.
“If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.”
“If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway. I can’t see what they’re doing but I can hear.”
The dispersed 56 figures had come together on the sand and were a dense 57 black mass that revolved 58. They were chanting something and littluns that had had enough were staggering away, howling. Ralph raised the conch to his lips and then lowered it.
“The trouble is: Are there ghosts, Piggy? Or beasts?”
“Course there aren’t.”
“Why not?”
“’Cos things wouldn’t make sense. Houses an’ streets, an’—TV—they wouldn’t work.”
The dancing, chanting boys had worked themselves away till their sound was nothing but a wordless rhythm.
“But s’pose they don’t make sense? Not here, on this island? Supposing things are watching us and waiting?”
Ralph shuddered 59 violently and moved closer to Piggy, so that they bumped frighteningly.
“You stop talking like that! We got enough trouble, Ralph, an’ I’ve had as much as I can stand. If there is ghosts——”
“I ought to give up being chief. Hear ’em.”
“Oh lord! Oh no!”
Piggy gripped Ralph’s arm.
“If Jack was chief he’d have all hunting and no fire. We’d be here till we died.”
His voice ran up to a squeak 36.
“Who’s that sitting there?”
“Me. Simon.”
“Fat lot of good we are,” said Ralph. “Three blind mice. I’ll give up.”
“If you give up,” said Piggy, in an appalled 60 whisper, “what’ud happen to me?”
“Nothing.”
“He hates me. I dunno why. If he could do what he wanted—you’re all right, he respects you. Besides—you’d hit him.”
“You were having a nice fight with him just now.”
“I had the conch,” said Piggy simply. “I had a right to speak.”
Simon stirred in the dark.
“Go on being chief.”
“You shut up, young Simon! Why couldn’t you say there wasn’t a beast?”
“I’m scared of him,” said Piggy, “and that’s why I know him. If you’re scared of someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ then when you see him again; it’s like asthma 61 an’ you can’t breathe. I tell you what. He hates you too, Ralph——”
“Me? Why me?”
“I dunno. You got him over the fire; an’ you’re chief an’ he isn’t.”
“But he’s, he’s, Jack Merridew!”
“I been in bed so much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me.”
“Piggy’s right, Ralph. There’s you and Jack. Go on being chief.”
“We’re all drifting and things are going rotten. At home there was always a grown-up. Please, sir; please, miss; and then you got an answer. How I wish!”
“I wish my auntie was here.”
“I wish my father . . O, what’s the use?”
“Keep the fire going.”
The dance was over and the hunters were going back to the shelters.
“Grown-ups know things,” said Piggy. “They ain’t afraid of the dark. They’d meet and have tea and discuss. Then things ’ud be all right——”
“They wouldn’t set fire to the island. Or lose——”
“They’d build a ship——”
The three boys stood in the darkness, striving unsuccessfully to convey the majesty 62 of adult life.
“They wouldn’t quarrel——”
“Or break my specs——”
“Or talk about a beast——”
“If only they could get a message to us,” cried Ralph desperately 63. “If only they could send us something grown-up … a sign or something.”
A thin wail 64 out of the darkness chilled them and set them grabbing for each other. Then the wail rose, remote and unearthly, and turned to an inarticulate gibbering. Percival Wemys Madison, of the Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, lying in the long grass, was living through circumstances in which the incantation of his address was powerless to help him.
n.惊奇,惊异
- They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
- I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
n.羞辱
- He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
- He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。
adj.嘲弄的
- A storm of derisive applause broke out.一阵暴风雨般的哄笑声轰然响起。
- They flushed,however,when she burst into a shout of derisive laughter.然而,当地大声嘲笑起来的时候,她们的脸不禁涨红了。
n.谴责; 定罪
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
v.(因危险和痛苦)退缩,畏惧( flinch的过去式和过去分词 )
- He flinched at the sight of the blood. 他一见到血就往后退。
- This tough Corsican never flinched or failed. 这个刚毅的科西嘉人从来没有任何畏缩或沮丧。 来自辞典例句
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
- I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
- It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
adj.雀斑;斑点;晒斑;(使)生雀斑v.雀斑,斑点( freckle的过去式和过去分词 )
- Her face was freckled all over. 她的脸长满雀斑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Her freckled skin glowed with health again. 她长有雀斑的皮肤又泛出了健康的红光。 来自辞典例句
n.(身体的)瘢点( blemish的名词复数 );伤疤;瑕疵;污点
- make-up to cover blemishes 遮盖霜
- The blemishes of ancestors appear. 祖先的各种瑕疵都渐渐显露出来。 来自辞典例句
v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的过去式和过去分词 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱
- She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
- I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
adj.被欺负了v.恐吓,威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )
- My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
- The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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
- 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。
饱受折磨的
- The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
- He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠,深受嫉妒的折磨。
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
- Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
- Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
v.(使某物)起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 )
- His face puckered , and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱,像要哭了。
- His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. 他皱着脸,眼泪夺眶而出。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.肖像
- There the effigy stands,and stares from age to age across the changing ocean.雕像依然耸立在那儿,千秋万载地凝视着那变幻无常的大海。
- The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.群众焚烧退位独裁者的模拟像。
n.悲叹,哀悼
- This ingredient does not invite or generally produce lugubrious lamentation. 这一要素并不引起,或者说通常不产生故作悲伤的叹息。 来自哲学部分
- Much lamentation followed the death of the old king. 老国王晏驾,人们悲恸不已。 来自辞典例句
n.恐吓,威胁
- The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
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
- 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》
下垂的
- The black reticule sagged under the weight of shapeless objects. 黑色的拎包由于装了各种形状的东西而中间下陷。
- He sagged wearily back in his chair. 他疲倦地瘫坐到椅子上。
adj.嘲弄的,揶揄的v.嘲笑( jeer的现在分词 )
- Hecklers interrupted her speech with jeering. 捣乱分子以嘲笑打断了她的讲话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He interrupted my speech with jeering. 他以嘲笑打断了我的讲话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
- She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
- I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。
n.泻湖,咸水湖
- The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。
- This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。
n.靛青,靛蓝
- The sky was indigo blue,and a great many stars were shining.天空一片深蓝,闪烁着点点繁星。
- He slipped into an indigo tank.他滑落到蓝靛桶中。
n.微光,隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的现在分词 )
- I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. 他这么说是什么意思,我有点明白了。 来自辞典例句
- Now that darkness was falling, only their silhouettes were outlined against the faintly glimmering sky. 这时节两山只剩余一抹深黑,赖天空微明为画出一个轮廓。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上
- After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后,部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚, 暴风雨已经过去,四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.心智健全,神智正常,判断正确
- I doubt the sanity of such a plan.我怀疑这个计划是否明智。
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
adj.危险的,冒险的
- The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
- We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机,我们如今已安然无恙。
adv. 野蛮地,残酷地
- The roses had been pruned back savagely. 玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番。
- He snarled savagely at her. 他向她狂吼起来。
n.惊奇,惊讶
- All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
- He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
- Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
- He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
n.音节;vt.分音节
- You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
- The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
- We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
- We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
n.吱吱声,逃脱;v.(发出)吱吱叫,侥幸通过;(俚)告密
- 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。
v.短促地尖叫( squeak的现在分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者
- 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》
n.&v.扭打,搏斗,争辩
- They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.他们互相扭打起来,抢夺那支手枪。
- We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。
v.重击,砰然地响;n.重击,重击声
- The thief hit him a thump on the head.贼在他的头上重击一下。
- The excitement made her heart thump.她兴奋得心怦怦地跳。
(用力)拧( wrest的过去式和过去分词 ); 费力取得; (从…)攫取; ( 从… ) 强行取去…
- The usurper wrested the power from the king. 篡位者从国王手里夺取了权力。
- But now it was all wrested from him. 可是现在,他却被剥夺了这一切。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
- Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
- The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
v.构想出( formulate的现在分词 );规划;确切地阐述;用公式表示
- At present, the Chinese government is formulating nationwide regulations on the control of such chemicals. 目前,中国政府正在制定全国性的易制毒化学品管理条例。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
- Because of this, the U.S. has taken further steps in formulating the \"Magellan\" programme. 为此,美国又进一步制定了“麦哲伦”计划。 来自百科语句
adj.法律许可的,守法的,合法的
- It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
- We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。
(声音)尖锐的,刺耳的,高频率的( shrill的过去式和过去分词 )
- Behind him, the telephone shrilled. 在他身后,电话铃刺耳地响了起来。
- The phone shrilled, making her jump. 电话铃声刺耳地响起,惊得她跳了起来。
未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )
- There're some savages living in the forest. 森林里居住着一些野人。
- That's an island inhabited by savages. 那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。
adv.剧烈地,暴风雨似地
- The rain beat strongly against the panes, the wind blew tempestuously. 雨狠狠地抽打着窗玻璃,风狂暴地刮着。 来自辞典例句
- The explosion stirred the atmosphere tempestuously. 那爆炸猛烈地搅乱了大气。 来自辞典例句
v.(使)上下急动( jig的过去式和过去分词 )
- He jigged up and down with excitement. 他激动得又蹦又跳。
- He jigged up and down in anger. 他气得又蹦又跳。 来自辞典例句
n.(生物)拟态,模仿
- One of his few strengths was his skill at mimicry.他为数不多的强项之一就是善于模仿。
- Language learning usually necessitates conscious mimicry.一般地说,学习语言就要进行有意识的摹仿。
n.大叫,呐喊,喘息声;v.叫喊,喘息
- He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.他看到自己的新自行车时,高兴得叫了起来。
- Everybody is planning to whoop it up this weekend.大家都打算在这个周末好好欢闹一番。
shred的过去式和过去分词
- Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶,再把鱼放上,就可以上桌了。
- I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.离题的,无层次的
- His own toast was discursive and overlong,though rather touching.他自己的祝酒词虽然也颇为动人,但是比较松散而冗长。
- They complained that my writing was becoming too discursive.他们抱怨我的文章变得太散漫。
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散
- You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
- Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。
adj.情绪异常激动的,歇斯底里般的
- He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
- His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。
adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的
- The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
- After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后,孩子们四散回家了。
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
- The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
- The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
v.(使)旋转( revolve的过去式和过去分词 );细想
- The fan revolved slowly. 电扇缓慢地转动着。
- The wheel revolved on its centre. 轮子绕中心转动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动
- He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车,车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.使惊骇,使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的;丧胆的
- The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
- They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.气喘病,哮喘病
- I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
- Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。
n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权
- The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
- Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下,您必须赶快做出决定!
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
- He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
- He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。