读《八十天环游地球》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Around the World in Eighty Days
儒勒·凡尔纳在《八十天环游地球》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。
steamer/ˈstimɝ/汽船, 蒸汽机书中出现109次
From Suez to Bombay, by steamer ....................
mil/ˈmɪɫ/英里书中出现68次
It is thirteen hundred and ten miles from Suez to Aden, at the other end of the Red Sea, and she has to take in a fresh coal supply.”
sail/ˈseɪɫ/帆, 篷, 帆船书中出现46次
She had a hundred and sixty-eight hours in which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north-west, and all sails aiding the engine.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/铁路, 轨道书中出现35次
“But that doesn’t take into account bad weather, contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on.”
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/象书中出现35次
Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs, pagodas, tigers, snakes, elephants!
traveller/ˈtɹævəɫɝ/旅行者书中出现34次
… with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities …
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/强盗, 盗贼书中出现30次
“On the contrary,” broke in Ralph, “I hope we may put our hands on the robber.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/出卖, 背叛, 辜负书中出现30次
… exactitude personified, and this was betrayed even in the expression of his very hands and feet; for in men …
wager/ˈweɪdʒɝ/下赌注, 向...保证书中出现28次
But I would wager four thousand pounds that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible.”
pagoda/pəˈɡoʊdə/宝塔书中出现27次
… its Armenian churches, and the noble pagoda on Malabar Hill, with its two polygonal towers—he cared not a straw to see them.
locomotive/ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/火车头, 机车书中出现27次
Just then the locomotive gave a sharp screech, and the train passed out into the darkness of the night.
eighty/ˈeɪti/八十, 八十个书中出现27次
On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting his successor …
consul/ˈkɑnsəɫ/领事, 执政官书中出现25次
One was the British consul at Suez, who …
steam/ˈstim/蒸汽, 精力书中出现25次
… ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/下降, 世代相传, 屈尊书中出现25次
… he carefully shut the door of his room, and descended to Mr. Fogg.
warrant/ˈwɔɹənt/授权, 正当理由, 根据书中出现23次
Send without delay warrant of arrest to Bombay.
midst/ˈmɪdst/中间书中出现23次
The train stopped, at eight o’clock, in the midst of a glade some fifteen miles beyond Rothal, where there were several bungalows, and workmen’s cabins.
quay/ˈkeɪ/码头, 驳岸书中出现22次
Little by little the scene on the quay became more animated; sailors of various nations, merchants, ship-brokers, porters, fellahs, bustled to and fro as if the steamer were immediately expected.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现21次
“We will trust your word, as a gentleman of honour.”
eleven/ˈiɫɛvən/十一, 十一个书中出现21次
… and he was awaiting his successor, who was due at the house between eleven and half-past.
sledge/ˈsɫɛdʒ/雪橇, 大锤书中出现20次
“No; on a sledge,” replied Fix.
passport/ˈpæsˌpɔɹt/护照, 手段, 通行证书中出现20次
… and, if you will examine my passport when I get back, you will be able to judge whether I have accomplished the journey agreed upon.”
conductor/kənˈdəktɝ/领导者, 指挥者, 售票员书中出现20次
The conductor, passing along the carriages, shouted, “Passengers will get out here!”
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现19次
… exactly at which hour Phileas Fogg rose, till half-past eleven, when he left the house for the Reform Club—all the details of service …
whist惠斯特牌戏书中出现18次
His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist.
voyage/ˈvɔɪədʒ/航行, 航海, 航程书中出现18次
It is a ten days’ voyage by sea.”
worthy/ˈwɝði/有价值的, 可敬的, 值得的书中出现18次
And the worthy fellow returned the watch to its fob with a defiant gesture.
ruin/ˈɹuən/毁灭, 推翻, 废墟书中出现18次
Meanwhile the “Mongolia” was pushing forward rapidly; on the 13th, Mocha, surrounded by its ruined walls whereon date-trees were growing, was sighted, and on the mountains beyond were espied vast coffee-fields.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现17次
… precisely like that in Mr. Fogg’s bedchamber, both beating the same second at the same instant.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/使平静书中出现17次
Whether she would find a protector in him she could not tell; but Mr. Fogg essayed to calm her anxieties, and to assure her that everything would be mathematically—he used the very word—arranged.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/牺牲, 供奉, 祭品书中出现17次
I have two days, which I have already gained, to sacrifice.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现16次
The woman you have just seen will be burned to-morrow at the dawn of day.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/简直不, 一定不, 仅仅书中出现16次
… without ever shedding blood; there was a period when this part of the country could scarcely be travelled over without corpses being found in every direction.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/隐藏, 掩盖, 隐瞒书中出现16次
An English criminal, you know, is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/认识, 辩认, 认出书中出现15次
When Passepartout reached the second story he recognised at once the room which he was to inhabit, and he was well satisfied with it.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/西北书中出现15次
… which means in Arabic “The Bridge of Tears,” and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.
rajah印度王公, 统治者书中出现15次
A considerable portion of India is still free from British authority; and there are certain ferocious rajahs in the interior who are absolutely independent.
madam/ˈmædəm/女士, 夫人书中出现15次
… “It is an accident, madam; nothing more.”
utter/ˈətɝ/发出声音, 做声, 发表书中出现15次
Just as the train was whirling through Sydenham, Passepartout suddenly uttered a cry of despair.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明显地, 根据现有证据来看书中出现15次
The detective was evidently inspired by the hope of obtaining the splendid reward which would be the prize of success, and awaited with a feverish impatience …
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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