读《黑珍珠》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The black pearl
玛丽·莱昂在《黑珍珠》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。
aunt/ˈænt/阿姨, 姨妈, 舅妈书中出现26次
… ‘Old Meg,’ who directs everything here and holds us in ‘the path of virtue’ with an iron hand—Meg, your aunt’s faithful maid for thirty years, and now the right hand of Molly …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现17次
I am sure that a Martian savant ere this has discovered the cause, and explained it as a ceremony celebrated in honour of our satellite.”
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/珍珠书中出现15次
I have had it attached as a pendant to a string of pearls of my own, which will look much better on your white neck than in my casket.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/简直不, 一定不, 仅仅书中出现15次
Absence does not stop the everlasting pæan of praise, for as it is, he is scarcely ever at home.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/低声说书中出现15次
I murmured, wonderingly, to Daisy.
pearl/ˈpɝɫ/珍珠, 珠灰色, 杰出者书中出现14次
“I want to give you a black pearl which I have been keeping in trust.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/主妇, 女主人, 情妇书中出现14次
“Now you have seen the real mistress of Gwylata, Jeannette …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/项链书中出现14次
In it lies a necklace composed of exquisite pearls, some white and milky, others gleaming opalesquely in tints merging from grey to rose.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/牺牲, 祭祀, 贱卖书中出现13次
She would suffer martyrdom herself and sacrifice everybody for Molly, and, above all, for Hector.”
verandah阳台, 走廊书中出现11次
I run to the verandah to see this relic of bygone days.
utter/ˈətɝ/全然的, 绝对的, 完全的书中出现11次
“Who is this man, an utter stranger an hour ago, whose gaze stirs my pulses, rousing latent forces and strangely elusive memories?
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现11次
“What a contrast to the ‘Brasier’ motor in which you drove me here yesterday, uncle,” I exclaim.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/影响, 病, 喜爱书中出现11次
I have as much need of affection as of air.
awaken/əˈweɪkən/唤醒, 唤起, 使意识到书中出现10次
It is rather a kind of obsession, a response to the appeal in his eyes which awakens something obscure, half forgotten.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/高兴, 愉快书中出现10次
It is one of my greatest delights to get him to talk during our rides.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/吸引力, 魔力, 符咒书中出现10次
While I contemplate this charming production of budding genius, Mr. Deslandes enters my little sitting-room, to which he has admission at all times.
keen/ˈkin/锋利的, 敏锐的, 强烈的书中出现9次
… the need of devoting myself to someone or something; the keen suffering I experience when I find myself in a chilly atmosphere of indifference.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/出卖, 背叛, 辜负书中出现9次
In the unconscious pride underlying the belief that all customs are perfect because they are English, there is betrayed a certain strength of character and will which refuses to be influenced by environment.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/矮树丛书中出现8次
Yesterday a motor, to-day the old coach which carries letters to far-off bush homes, among them probably some from the Old World by the Messageries Boat on which you were a passenger.”
sombre昏暗的, 阴沉的, 阴暗的书中出现8次
Tall palms bent their sombre tufted heads and plantains waved their pale green leaves in the breeze.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现8次
… unless,” bowing profoundly, “you will allow me to take his place and ride with you to-morrow.”
yacht/ˈjɑt/快艇, 游艇书中出现8次
“He has a big yacht as big as a ship,” says Gladys, extending her small arms.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现8次
A kiss soft as a sigh brushes my trembling lips.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/发红光, 红光焕发, 发热书中出现8次
His eyes, brilliant windows of the soul imprisoned in his stunted graceless body, glow at this proof of confidence.
tender/ˈtɛndɝ/嫩的, 柔软的, 脆弱的书中出现8次
Passionate, yet tender, evoking a shadowy, dim remembrance of forgotten things, it allures even while it repels me.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/平静的, 冷静的书中出现8次
I wonder if one day I also shall come across a man who will love me simply and purely with a calm, untroubled affection like theirs …
magnetism/ˈmæɡnəˌtɪzəm/磁性, 吸引力, 磁学书中出现7次
Pearls are feminine, it is said, and want light, heat and the magnetism of soft, warm flesh, or they lose their colour and die.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/认识, 辩认, 认出书中出现7次
It is with the greatest astonishment that I recognise almost all the ritual of the Mass—the Vestments of the priest, the Crucifix, the flowers, and even the candles burning on the altar.
wherein/hwɛˈɹɪn/在哪方面, 在那方面书中出现7次
I have had a strange dream wherein, by a sort of dual personality, I beheld myself smaller and slimmer.
detach/ˈdɪˌtætʃ/使分离, 分遣书中出现7次
The gigantic trees, with their twisted branches and gnarled trunks detached against the sombre background of sapphire, recall the weird eerie effects of Gustave Doré.
vibrate/ˈvaɪbɹeɪt/振动, 颤动, 激动书中出现7次
As I pass out he whispers in a tone vibrating with triumph, “A demain.”
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现7次
I am still too much of a novice in the equestrian art to do other than venture the mild excitement of following the hounds in a carriage.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明显地, 根据现有证据来看书中出现7次
He has evidently determined to make me a good horsewoman.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/心爱的书中出现7次
… taking with us Daisy, who can scarcely tear herself from her beloved Dick.
regain/ɹɪˈɡeɪn/取回, 恢复, 重回书中出现7次
His short absence enables me to regain mastery over my feelings, and to analyse the bewildering sensations I have just experienced.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/小屋, 茅舍书中出现7次
On the road, I remarked a cottage where the wife was doing the family washing, hanging the clothes on ropes suspended between gum trees, which apparently serve many purposes.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/神秘的, 难解的, 不可思议的书中出现7次
The man with the mysterious eyes is standing before me.
divine/dɪˈvaɪn/神的, 神圣的, 非凡的书中出现7次
reçoit participation insigne de sa prime et divine origine et en contemplation de cette infinie sphère à laquelle rien n’advient, rien ne passe …
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/下降, 世代相传, 屈尊书中出现7次
It is the only souvenir which remained to your mother of her great ancestress, the Begum Jeanne, wife of Dupleix, from whom she was so proud to have descended.
favourite/ˈfeɪvɝɪt/喜爱的, 宠爱的书中出现6次
… containing all I possess in the world, my favourite books and the presents of my Parisian school-mates whom I left in tears at the idea of my departure for the antipodes—“a country of kangaroos and savages, where I would surely be eaten alive,” they sobbed.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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