读《彼得·潘》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Peter Pan
詹姆斯·马修·巴里在《彼得·潘》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。
fairy/ˈfɛɹi/仙女, 精灵书中出现40次
At first Mrs. Darling did not know, but after thinking back into her childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies.
nursery/ˈnɝsɝi/托儿所, 苗圃, 温床书中出现40次
Of course her kennel was in the nursery.
pirate/ˈpaɪɹət/海盗, 盗印者, 侵犯专利权者书中出现34次
“There’s a pirate asleep in the pampas just beneath us,” Peter told him.
redskin/ˈɹɛdˌskɪn/红皮肤人书中出现33次
I say, John, I see the smoke of the redskin camp!”
lagoon/ɫəˈɡun/环礁湖, 近海岸的浅水区, 泻湖书中出现30次
John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
crocodile/ˈkɹɑkəˌdaɪɫ/鳄鱼书中出现25次
When they have passed, comes the last figure of all, a gigantic crocodile.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现22次
It happened to be Nana’s evening off, and Mrs. Darling had bathed them and sung to them till one by one they had let go her hand and slid away into the land of sleep.
kennel/ˈkɛnəɫ/狗舍, 狗屋, 阴沟书中出现18次
Then she gave Mr. Darling such a look, not an angry look: she showed him the great red tear that makes us so sorry for noble dogs, and crept into her kennel.
crow/ˈkɹoʊ/啼叫, 报晓书中出现18次
he crowed rapturously, “oh, the cleverness of me!”
tick/ˈtɪk/滴答声, 一瞬间, 壁虱书中出现18次
… “that crocodile would have had me before this, but by a lucky chance it swallowed a clock which goes tick tick inside it, and so before it can reach me I hear the tick and bolt.”
mermaid/ˈmɝˌmeɪd/美人鱼, 善泳的女子书中出现16次
“And, Wendy, there are mermaids.”
nest/ˈnɛst/巢, 窝, 休息所书中出现16次
… particularly of the Never bird that built in a tree overhanging the lagoon, and how the nest fell into the water, and still the bird sat on her eggs …
claw/ˈkɫɔ/用爪抓, 挖, 搜刮书中出现14次
“He has an iron hook instead of a right hand, and he claws with it.”
silly/ˈsɪɫi/愚蠢的, 糊涂的书中出现14次
To this Tink replied in these words, “You silly ass,” and disappeared into the bathroom.
peep/ˈpip/窥视, 出现, 吱吱叫书中出现13次
… and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent most of her spare time peeping into perambulators, and was much hated by careless nursemaids …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现13次
Wendy exclaimed.
arrow/ˈæɹoʊ/箭, 箭状物, 箭头记号书中出现13次
“Where all the arrows are pointing.”
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/恶劣地, 非常地, 极端地书中出现12次
They were awfully nice little night-lights, and one cannot help wishing that they could have kept awake to see Peter …
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/勇敢的, 美好的, 华丽的书中出现12次
Wendy said “tea first” quickly, and Michael pressed her hand in gratitude, but the braver John hesitated.
stern/ˈstɝn/严厉的, 严格的, 坚定的书中出现11次
He thought Mrs. Darling was not sufficiently impressed, and he went on sternly, “I warn you of this …
plank/ˈpɫæŋk/厚木板, 支架, 木板制品书中出现11次
“We will seize the children and carry them to the boat: the boys we will make walk the plank, and Wendy shall be our mother.”
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/抽屉, 开票人书中出现11次
It is quite like tidying up drawers.
frightfully/ˈfɹaɪtfəɫi/可怕地, 非常地书中出现10次
Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable …
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/可怕的书中出现10次
They would sit there in the empty nursery, recalling fondly every smallest detail of that dreadful evening.
chimney/ˈtʃɪmni/烟囱, 灯罩书中出现10次
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/战栗, 发抖书中出现9次
“John,” he said, shuddering, “it’s most beastly stuff.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/欢呼, 喝彩, 快活起来书中出现9次
“I am back,” he said hotly, “why do you not cheer?”
disturb/dɪˈstɝb/扰乱, 妨碍, 使不安书中出现9次
She hung it out at the window, meaning “He is sure to come back for it; let us put it where he can get it easily without disturbing the children.”
beast/ˈbist/畜生, 动物, 野兽书中出现9次
… black shadows moved about in them, the roar of the beasts of prey was quite different now, and above all …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/颜色, 面色, 颜料书中出现8次
It was the colour of milk; but the children did not have their father’s sense of humour, and they looked at him reproachfully as he poured the medicine into Nana’s bowl.
heartless/ˈhɑɹtɫəs/无情的, 无勇气的书中出现8次
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are …
dagger/ˈdæɡɝ/匕首书中出现8次
Let us pretend to lie here among the sugar-cane and watch them as they steal by in single file, each with his hand on his dagger.
hollow/ˈhɑɫoʊ/洞, 窟窿, 山谷书中出现8次
Look closely, however, and you may note that there are here seven large trees, each with a hole in its hollow trunk as large as a boy.
dart/ˈdɑɹt/疾走, 突进书中出现8次
… no bigger than your fist, which darted about the room like a living thing and I think it must have been this light that wakened Mrs. Darling.
mainland/ˈmeɪnˌɫænd/大陆, 本土书中出现8次
They examined the mushroom, which was of a size and solidity unknown on the mainland; they tried to pull it up …
bark/ˈbɑɹk/吠, 叫骂书中出现8次
Mr. Darling would cry, and Nana’s bark was the echo of it, but Mrs. Darling never upbraided Peter …
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/高兴, 愉快书中出现8次
In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/不快乐的, 不幸的, 不适当的书中出现8次
“That is not Nana’s unhappy bark,” she said, little guessing what was about to happen; “that is her bark when she smells danger.”
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/使困惑, 使为难书中出现8次
… one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more …
sword/ˈsɔɹd/刀, 剑, 战争书中出现8次
… but she herself slept that night in the little house, and Peter kept watch outside with drawn sword, for the pirates could be heard carousing far away and the wolves were on the prowl.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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