读《蒙大拿女孩》前要掌握的40个英文单词
That Girl Montana
玛拉·埃利斯·瑞安在《蒙大拿女孩》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。
squaw女人, 妻子书中出现75次
She was giving the money and some directions to the Indian, when a word from a squaw drew her attention to the river.
canoe/kəˈnu/独木舟, 轻舟书中出现55次
Why, I have gone alone in a canoe on a longer trail than we floated over, and I think I will again some day.
utter/ˈətɝ/发出声音, 做声, 发表书中出现33次
… after a cool glance at them all, she walked directly past them and spoke to the tall Indian who had first uttered her name to the others.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/和蔼的, 温和的, 爽快的书中出现31次
Then the color swept upward over her face 11 as she met his kindly glance, and drawing herself a little straighter, she walked indifferently away.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/计算, 总计, 估计书中出现27次
I reckon you folks heard how Lee Holly—toughest man in the 3 length of the Columbia—was wiped off the living earth by her last week.”
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/脸发红, 奔涌, 旺盛书中出现27次
The man she called Max bent his head and whispered something to her, at which her face flushed just a little and a tiny wrinkle crept between her straight, beautiful brows.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现26次
“To-morrow I would ask that Black Bow and the chief Akkomi eat at our table.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/奇怪的, 不舒服的, 可疑的书中出现26次
While I was waiting for—Dan,” she said in a queer tone, and bent her head over the clay image.
miner/ˈmaɪnɝ/矿工, 开矿机, 坑道工兵书中出现24次
“Some miner rushing down to see the train go by,” remarked Mr. Haydon; but the girl did not answer.
helpless/ˈhɛɫpɫəs/无助的, 无能为力的, 无依无靠的书中出现23次
… and swam out to the little fellow who had struggled to keep his head above water, but was fast growing helpless in the chill of the mountain river.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现23次
He prates about civilization and Eastern culture till I get weary sometimes.
clasp/ˈkɫæsp/扣紧, 紧握书中出现21次
Her face grew even more pale, and her hands clasped each other nervously.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明显地, 根据现有证据来看书中出现21次
… and was carried bodily up to one of the lodges, while another squaw—evidently the mother—carried the little redskin who had caused all the commotion.
guardian/ˈɡɑɹdiən/看守者, 监护人, 保护人书中出现21次
murmured Mr. Lyster, as he eyed the stalwart form of the retreating guardian, who was so bent on guarding.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/喃喃自语, 作低沉声书中出现21次
she muttered, and all the color and bravado were gone from her face …
heap/ˈhip/堆, 许多, 累积书中出现20次
Young ones of any sort do take a heap of looking after.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现20次
Oh, well, never mind,” he added, as he saw the red mouth tremble, and tears show in her eyes as she looked at him.
clay/ˈkɫeɪ/泥土, 肉体, 黏土书中出现20次
At first all he could see were the hands—hands playing with a bit of wet clay—or so it seemed to him.
assent/əˈsɛnt/同意书中出现19次
“We heard she was cleared of it,” assented the stranger.
commence/kəˈmɛns/开始, 得学位书中出现18次
“Only don’t commence by disliking, that’s all …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现18次
“Well, now, he is good-natured to take it like that, and speak so beautiful,” she exclaimed, admiringly; “and you surely did try any man’s patience, Mr. Dan.
fancy/ˈfænsi/想象, 设想, 相信书中出现18次
“If my stepson at times forgets what is due a gentleman in your house, do not fancy that I reflect on you in the slightest for it.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/损坏, 破坏, 溺爱书中出现17次
“In fact, I’m afraid she’ll be a nuisance, and spoil our jolly good time all the way home.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/美元, 元书中出现16次
I’d rather lose a thousand dollars than meet them now!
paddle/ˈpædəɫ/桨, 划桨, 明轮翼书中出现16次
He was not using the paddle, and his chin was resting on one clenched hand, while in the other he held something to which he was giving earnest attention.
brow/ˈbɹaʊ/眉毛, 额书中出现16次
He looked at her moodily from under his dark brows, and noticed the color flutter over her cheek and throat in an adorable way.
curt/ˈkɝt/简略的, 简短的, 生硬的书中出现15次
With this curt reply, she turned her shoulder very coolly on the searcher for information.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/晚餐书中出现15次
I’d give half my supper to know if she has killed herself with that ice-bath.”
ward/ˈwɔɹd/病房, 守卫, 保卫书中出现15次
She’s a ward of mine.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/向北书中出现14次
That it had become the one topic of general interest in the community was due partly to the personality of the girl, and partly to the fact that the murdered man had been one of the most notorious in all that wild land extending north and west into British Columbia.
impatience/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns/性急, 难耐, 焦急书中出现14次
said the other man, with a sort of impatience.
earnest/ˈɝnɪst/认真的, 热心的, 重要的书中出现14次
’Tana saw Mr. Haydon among them, in earnest conversation with the conductor; saw Max …
keen/ˈkin/锋利的, 敏锐的, 强烈的书中出现14次
Even the Indians were aroused from their lethargy, and watched with keen curiosity the approaching canoes.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/魔鬼书中出现14次
“I didn’t hear a word he said to her; but his eyes spoke strongly enough, poor devil!
fool/ˈfuɫ/傻的书中出现14次
“He—he might have thought it was nice, if you hadn’t been here with your fool speeches.
careless/ˈkɛɹɫəs/粗心的, 不关心的, 无忧无虑的书中出现13次
Her gaze rested lightly on the two strangers and their trophies of the chase, on the careless ferryman, and the few stragglers from the ranch and the cabins.
bead/ˈbid/用珠装饰书中出现13次
… making remarks about the Indians, admiring particularly one boy’s beaded dress, and garnishing her remarks with a good deal of slang.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/皱眉头书中出现13次
And it was not a woman at all,—only a girl of perhaps sixteen years instead—who shrank back into the gloom, and frowned on him with great, dark …
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/用符咒, 有魅力书中出现13次
… or so fittingly and picturesquely dressed, for Mr. Maxwell Lyster was artist enough to make the most of his many good points and to exhibit them all with charming unconsciousness.
tramp/ˈtɹæmp/践踏, 重步行走, 步行书中出现12次
… with their trophies of elk-horn and beaver paws, with their scarred outfit and a general air of elation gained from a successful “outing,” tramped down to the 2 little station after a last lingering view toward far hunting grounds.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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