读《换生灵及其他故事》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Changeling, and Other Stories
Donn Byrne在《换生灵及其他故事》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。
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/奇怪的, 不舒服的, 可疑的书中出现37次
"I think to myself: 'This is a queer thing for any one as tough as they tell me Janssen is, to come out with.'
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现34次
As Officer McCarthy paused for an instant in his story the eyes of the court-room seemed by common consent to turn to Anna Janssen in the dock.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/猎犬书中出现29次
Forward of him a hundred and fifty yards the hounds were circling around the copse, while the leaders were inside, raising the red fox.
mill/ˈmɪɫ/压榨机, 磨坊, 制造厂书中出现29次
… moist vat, or ground coffee in the red mill that suggested a ceremonial vessel in a Hindu temple.
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/象书中出现27次
And so her great and gorgeous train went on through the desert, crunch of camels' pads, shuffle of marching men, thud of lumbering elephants, screaming of peacocks, chattering of apes....
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/雷, 雷声书中出现24次
"And then we hear thunder.
lion/ˈɫaɪən/狮子, 狮子座, 国际狮子会会员书中出现24次
"See these brass bases, Balkis, with the borders of lions and oxen and cherubim.
immense/ˌɪˈmɛns/极广大的, 无边的, 非常好的书中出现23次
Two South American commonwealths, with the hearts of children and the bravery of men, decided to span the Andes with an immense bridge.
queen/ˈkwin/王后, 女王书中出现22次
… as tall as he, who moved with the slow dignity of a queen.
damn/ˈdæm/一点, 诅咒, 丝毫书中出现21次
'If I was all alone in the middle of the Pacific, I would n't give a damn, but these here coral insects,' he says …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/低声说书中出现18次
she murmured.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/吼, 大声说出, 叫喊书中出现18次
"Now, listen to me, men," he roared like a maddened bull.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/美元, 元书中出现17次
The ten or twelve dollars a week he made, and what he got for them, compared very unfavorably with the healthful comfort and clean sea air of home.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/胡须书中出现17次
They turned to the foreman, a fine, florid personage, with a fan-shaped red beard, a man who ought to be equal to every occasion, so it seemed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现16次
And I could feel her hands tremble, and then crisp, and then tremble, and suddenly grow firm and fine and powerful.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/尊严, 高贵书中出现16次
Immobile, somehow immaculate, with strange superhuman dignity, she did not blush, she did not smile.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/和蔼的, 温和的, 爽快的书中出现15次
There will be no blight on the milk the cows give, and there will be great luck on the stock of the kindly land.
referee/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/仲裁人, 调解人, 裁判员书中出现15次
Before the bell had gone for the first round, before the referee had called them together for instructions, before even the gloves were laced on him …
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/暮光, 曙光, 黎明书中出现15次
The sun was going down and a soft bronze twilight was beginning to settle.
utter/ˈətɝ/发出声音, 做声, 发表书中出现15次
Their wings flapped wearily, and as they flew landward they uttered faint whimpering cries.
jungle/ˈdʒəŋɡəɫ/丛林, 杂乱的一堆, 弱肉强食的地方书中出现15次
These mountains, that composition of jungle, that smashing drop to the turbulent river, the snarling waters themselves—all these were the work of the Great Mason, the detail of his Divine Hand.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/帆, 篷, 帆船书中出现15次
They reefed down sail until we were flying along under top and foresails.
huntsman/ˈhəntsmən/猎人, 管猎犬者书中出现14次
The hounds were being urged in by the pink-coated huntsman.
hush/ˈhəʃ/肃静, 安静, 缄默书中出现14次
"Excellency, from the time she was on it the bridge stopped quivering, the wind hushed.
fox/ˈfɑks/狐狸, 狡猾的人书中出现14次
… the horseman, the hunter of foxes, and she was of a family whose tradition it was never to hunt or harry a fox …
slim/ˈsɫɪm/瘦的, 苗条的, 微小的书中出现14次
It rose there strong and slim and beautiful and of use to men, but terrible as an army with banners.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/平静的, 冷静的书中出现14次
It seemed impossible that this calm, majestic figure could once have acted the siren of the streets to the officer bringing her from her Tahitian sanctuary.
sinister/ˈsɪnɪstɝ/不吉利的, 凶恶的, 左边的书中出现13次
There are houses and lands that are kindly, and places that are sinister, fields that are surly, meadows that are sweetly generous.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/心爱的书中出现13次
One man is proud that his horse whinnies in the stall when he hears the beloved footstep.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/微风, 煤屑, 轻而易举的事书中出现13次
A light breeze is in shore.
dawn/ˈdɔn/破晓, 黎明书中出现13次
And I was lying on the sand in the dawn, and Janssen was bathing my head.
cove/ˈkoʊv/山凹, 小湾书中出现12次
And that cove is full of fish.'
wail/ˈweɪɫ/恸哭, 呼啸, 悲叹书中出现12次
and then wailed, "My God!
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/斗蓬, 大氅, 掩护书中出现12次
She has let her hair down and it covers her to the knees in a great shining cloak, like some wonderful fur cloak.
pity/ˈpɪti/遗憾, 同情, 怜悯书中出现12次
It's a pity.
tiger/ˈtaɪɡɝ/老虎, 虎, 凶暴的人书中出现12次
Some trainers are born with power over man-eating tigers, some men can handle snakes, some can sooth stampeding cattle.
monk/ˈməŋk/修道士, 僧侣, 和尚书中出现12次
She could understand the ideals of an ancient age, when a community of monks called themselves the Pontist Brothers, the Frères Pontifes.
merchant/ˈmɝtʃənt/商人, 店主书中出现12次
And the soldier's honor and the sailor's courage, and the writer's fire and the builder's genius—yes, and the dreams of great merchants, too, Lovat grimaced—are curbed and roweled by the huckster's purse.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/模糊的, 微弱的, 无力的书中出现12次
He liked the faint powder on her face, and her carefully cultured eyebrows.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/北方书中出现11次
I look everywhere—north, east, south, and west—and there is nothing but boiling sea, white, muddy, with birds fluttering, or floating in the air.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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