读《福尔摩斯探案集》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
阿瑟·柯南·道尔在《福尔摩斯探案集》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。
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/异常的, 单一的书中出现33次
… of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现31次
It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front.
goose/ˈɡus/鹅, 雌鹅, 鹅肉书中出现27次
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
coronet/ˈkɔɹəˈnɛt/冠, 小冠冕, 冠状头饰书中出现25次
The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have asked.
keen/ˈkin/锋利的, 敏锐的, 强烈的书中出现25次
… and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, 未婚女子, 女仆书中出现25次
… shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色的, 阴沉的书中出现24次
He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat …
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现22次
It is her carriage.
stepfather/ˈstɛpˌfɑðɝ/继父书中出现21次
“Your father,” said Holmes, “your stepfather, surely, since the name is different.”
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/广告, 启事, 广告宣传书中出现21次
As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon his knee …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/颜色, 面色, 颜料书中出现19次
If my hair would only change colour, here’s a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.’
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/奇特的, 罕见的, 特殊的书中出现19次
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’
fancy/ˈfænsi/想象, 设想, 相信书中出现19次
Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现18次
“If you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.”
deduce/dɪˈdus/推论, 演绎出书中出现18次
“I see it, I deduce it.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现18次
Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/中心, 中心点, 中锋书中出现17次
… who had stepped from her carriage, was the centre of a little knot of flushed and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/英里书中出现17次
… has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.”
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/可怕的书中出现17次
It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/雪茄书中出现17次
… he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
geese/ˈɡis/鹅书中出现17次
“Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese,” said he.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/立即地, 即刻地书中出现17次
It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/努力, 力图, 尽力书中出现16次
“The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,” I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion’s processes.
armchair/ˈɑɹmˌtʃɛɹ/扶手椅书中出现16次
… but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/百叶窗, 关闭物, 照相机快门书中出现16次
Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/使惊吓书中出现16次
She was so frightened by their violence that she ran away and told her mother when she reached home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling near Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to fight.
ventilator/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪtɝ/通风设备, 送风机, 换气扇书中出现15次
You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/地窖, 地下室, 藏酒书中出现15次
Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
lane/ˈɫeɪn/小路, 巷, 弄书中出现15次
“I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/陆军上校, 长官书中出现14次
At the time of the war he fought in Jackson’s army, and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/楼梯书中出现13次
A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door.
gem/ˈdʒɛm/珠宝, 宝石, 珍贵之物书中出现13次
A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be found …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现12次
Whom have I the honour to address?”
madam/ˈmædəm/女士, 夫人书中出现12次
“My dear madam,” said I, “I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very well see that no apology is needed.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/鸦片书中出现12次
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium.
fasten/ˈfæsən/拴紧, 使固定, 系书中出现12次
she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman’s quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, “I am so glad that you have come.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/很快地, 即刻书中出现12次
He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/疲倦的, 萎靡的, 厌倦的书中出现12次
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position …
stain/ˈsteɪn/沾染, 染污, 着色书中出现12次
That trick of staining the fishes’ scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China.
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/吹口哨, 鸣汽笛, 发嘘嘘声书中出现12次
Holmes whistled.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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