读《血字的研究》前要掌握的40个英文单词
A Study in Scarlet
阿瑟·柯南·道尔在《血字的研究》中反复使用、又不在英语最常用4000词之内的40个单词。先学会它们，前几章会读得轻松很多。每个单词都附有音标、释义和原书例句。
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明显地, 根据现有证据来看书中出现15次
It is evidently the theory of some arm-chair lounger who evolves all these neat little paradoxes in the seclusion of his own study.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/毒药, 毒, 毒物书中出现14次
“I have to be careful,” he continued, turning to me with a smile, “for I dabble with poisons a good deal.”
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/凶手, 杀人者, 谋害者书中出现13次
“Then, of course, this blood belongs to a second individual—presumably the murderer, if murder has been committed.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色的, 阴沉的书中出现12次
The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现12次
In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar.
stain/ˈsteɪn/污染, 污点, 着色剂书中出现11次
Don’t you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.
keen/ˈkin/锋利的, 敏锐的, 强烈的书中出现10次
The old woman faced round and looked keenly at him from her little red-rimmed eyes.
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/凶猛的, 猛烈的, 热烈的书中出现10次
So powerful and so fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off again and again.
whip/ˈhwɪp/鞭打, 搅拌, 煽动书中出现10次
As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying glass from his pocket.
waggon运货车, 四轮运货马车, 铁路货车书中出现9次
You say over them ones that you used to say every night in the waggon when we was on the Plains.”
astonishment/əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/惊异, 惊愕, 使人惊异的事物书中出现9次
I asked in astonishment.
savage/ˈsævədʒ/未开化的, 野蛮的, 无礼的书中出现8次
… of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs …
deduction/dɪˈdəkʃən/减除, 扣除, 减除额书中出现8次
I pondered over our short conversation, however, and endeavoured to draw my deductions from it.
utter/ˈətɝ/发出声音, 做声, 发表书中出现8次
… and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/大圆石书中出现8次
“Why not here, as well as in a feather bed, twenty years hence,” he muttered, as he seated himself in the shelter of a boulder.
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/吃惊, 使惊愕书中出现8次
So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer.
dull/ˈdəɫ/钝的, 无趣的, 呆滞的书中出现8次
As for myself, I was silent, for the dull weather and the melancholy business upon which we were engaged, depressed my spirits.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/努力, 力图, 尽力书中出现7次
… when I confess how much this man stimulated my curiosity, and how often I endeavoured to break through the reticence which he showed on all that concerned himself.
speedily/ˈspidəɫi/赶紧, 快快地书中出现7次
… are both engaged upon the case, and it is confidently anticipated that these well-known officers will speedily throw light upon the matter.
wanderer/ˈwɑndɝɝ/漫游者, 流浪者, 徘徊者书中出现7次
They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/楼梯书中出现7次
“We have it all here,” said Gregson, pointing to a litter of objects upon one of the bottom steps of the stairs.
unravel/ənˈɹævəɫ/阐明, 解决, 解开书中出现7次
Under these circumstances, I eagerly hailed the little mystery which hung around my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavouring to unravel it.
hail/ˈheɪɫ/向...欢呼, 致敬, 招呼书中出现7次
In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be delighted to see me.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/广告, 启事, 广告宣传书中出现7次
“I have had advertisements sent to all the newspapers, and one of my men has gone to the American Exchange, but he has not returned yet.”
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/雪茄书中出现7次
He was more than six feet high, was in the prime of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed boots and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/使惊吓书中出现7次
John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in his eyes.
fancy/ˈfænsi/想象力, 幻想, 喜好书中出现7次
“No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.”
vague/ˈveɪɡ/含糊的, 不清楚的, 茫然的书中出现7次
There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.”
seldom/ˈsɛɫdəm/很少, 不常书中出现7次
Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/神秘的, 难解的, 不可思议的书中出现7次
The other belonged to the dining-room, which was the apartment in which the mysterious affair had occurred.
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/孤单的, 孤寂的, 荒凉的书中出现7次
The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.
coloured/ˈkəɫɝd/有色的, 有...色的, 经过渲染的书中出现6次
It was familiar ground to me, and I needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor with its vista of whitewashed wall and dun-coloured doors.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现6次
“Call for me here at noon to-morrow, and we’ll go together and settle everything,” he answered.
haired/ˈhɛɹd/有毛发的, 长着...头发的书中出现6次
On another occasion an old white-haired gentleman had an interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform.
constable/ˈkɑnstəbəɫ/[法] 警察, 警官, 巡警书中出现6次
The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers …
telegraph/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæf/打电报书中出现6次
“We telegraphed this morning.”
mil/ˈmɪɫ/英里书中出现6次
Nothing more is known of them until Mr. Drebber’s body was, as recorded, discovered in an empty house in the Brixton Road, many miles from Euston.
resolute/ˈɹɛzəˌɫut/坚决的, 刚毅的, 毅然的书中出现6次
Beside the driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as a leader.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/年轻未婚女子, 少女, 处女书中出现6次
Least of all does the maiden herself know it until the tone of a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her, and she learns …
clatter/ˈkɫætɝ/咔嗒声, 哗啦声, 嘈杂的谈笑声书中出现6次
There rose through the clear air a confused clattering and rumbling from this great mass of humanity, with the creaking of wheels and the neighing of horses.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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