读《汤姆·索亚历险记》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
马克·吐温在《汤姆·索亚历险记》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。
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/计算, 总计, 估计书中出现76次
Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it’s so.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现55次
After struggling till both were hot and flushed, each relaxed his strain with watchful caution, and Tom said:
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/目前, 不久书中出现44次
Ben Rogers hove in sight presently—the very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been dreading.
aunt/ˈænt/阿姨, 姨妈, 舅妈书中出现31次
“I don’t know, aunt.”
widow/ˈwɪdoʊ/寡妇, 孀妇书中出现27次
“I reckon maybe we’ll tackle the old tree that’s over yonder on Cardiff Hill back of the widow’s.”
mighty/ˈmaɪti/很, 极书中出现26次
It’s mighty hard to make him work Saturdays, when all the boys is having holiday …
treasure/ˈtɹɛʒɝ/宝物, 财富书中出现25次
… his pliant toes closed upon it, and he hopped away with the treasure and disappeared round the corner.
fool/ˈfuɫ/愚人, 受骗者, 奶油拌水果书中出现23次
But old fools is the biggest fools there is.
tick/ˈtɪk/滴答声, 一瞬间, 壁虱书中出现19次
“Nothing but a tick.”
pirate/ˈpaɪɹət/海盗, 盗印者, 侵犯专利权者书中出现19次
He would be a pirate!
bout/ˈbaʊt/大约书中出现18次
… and cut the wart so as to get some blood, and then you put the blood on one piece of the bean and take and dig a hole and bury it ’bout midnight at the crossroads in the dark of the moon, and then you burn up the rest of the bean.
lick/ˈɫɪk/舔, 少许, 打书中出现17次
… and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it’s all down again and I can’t hit him a lick.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现17次
The lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it.
tavern/ˈtævɝn/酒馆, 客栈书中出现16次
Here—it’s the number of a room—in a tavern, you know!”
alley/ˈæɫi/小路, 巷书中出现16次
I’ll give you a white alley!”
auntie/ˈænti/阿姨, 姨妈, 舅妈书中出现15次
I must call auntie.”
skiff/ˈskɪf/小艇, 轻舟, 小型帆船书中出现15次
There were a great many skiffs rowing about or floating with the stream in the neighborhood of the ferryboat, but the boys could not determine what the men in them were doing.
awhile/əˈwaɪɫ/片刻, 一会儿书中出现15次
The boy mused awhile over the substantial change which had taken place in his worldly circumstances, and then wended toward headquarters to report.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/接来, 取来, 售得书中出现15次
“Say, Jim, I’ll fetch the water if you’ll whitewash some.”
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/良心书中出现15次
Every time I let him off, my conscience does hurt me so, and every time I hit him my old heart most breaks.
ling/ˈɫɪŋ/铃声书中出现14次
Ting-a-ling-ling!”
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/美元, 元书中出现14次
And they get slathers of money—most a dollar a day, Ben Rogers says.
sermon/ˈsɝmən/说教, 启示, 布道书中出现14次
Two of the children always remained for the sermon voluntarily, and the other always remained too—for stronger reasons.
snatch/ˈsnætʃ/夺取, 攫取书中出现14次
The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger.
mile/ˈmaɪɫ/英里, 很大距离书中出现13次
It was on a hill, about a mile and a half from the village.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/忧郁, 悲哀, 愁思书中出现13次
He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit.
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/强盗, 盗贼书中出现13次
“This ought to be a lesson to grave robbers!”
raft/ˈɹæft/筏, 救生筏, 大量书中出现13次
A log raft in the river invited him, and he seated himself on its outer edge and contemplated the dreary vastness of the stream …
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/呻吟, 叹息书中出现13次
This was lucky; he was about to begin to groan, as a “starter,” as he called it …
circus/ˈsɝkəs/马戏团, 马戏, 竞技场书中出现13次
“Was you ever at a circus?”
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/苦恼, 贫困, 痛苦书中出现13次
… he flung it out of the window, and the voice of distress quickly thinned away and died in the distance.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/魔鬼书中出现13次
you devil!”
mil/ˈmɪɫ/英里书中出现12次
There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer …
trifle/ˈtɹaɪfəɫ/琐事, 少量书中出现12次
Tom was a trifle disconcerted.
dismal/ˈdɪzməɫ/阴沉的, 凄凉的, 令人忧郁的书中出现12次
He got it out, rumpled and wilted, and it mightily increased his dismal felicity.
lad/ˈɫæd/青年, 家伙, 少年书中出现12次
He gathered quite a following of lads interested in the exhibition; and one that had cut his finger and had been a centre of fascination and homage up to this time …
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/战栗, 发抖书中出现12次
How his name would fill the world, and make people shudder!
sob/ˈsɑb/啜泣, 呜咽书中出现12次
The new boy went off brushing the dust from his clothes, sobbing, snuffling …
rag/ˈɹæɡ/碎布, 抹布, 碎片书中出现12次
Huckleberry was always dressed in the cast-off clothes of full-grown men, and they were in perennial bloom and fluttering with rags.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现12次
Potter dropped his knife, and exclaimed:
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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