读《野性的呼唤》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The call of the wild
杰克·伦敦在《野性的呼唤》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。
sled/ˈsɫɛd/雪撬书中出现69次
And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现38次
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
lek/ˈɫɛk/名字书中出现30次
He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.
husky/ˈhəski/强壮结实之人, 爱斯基摩人书中出现30次
They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she.
wolf/ˈwʊɫf/狼, 残忍贪婪之人, 极度穷困书中出现27次
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.
mat/ˈmæt/垫, 丛, 衬边书中出现25次
Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress.
whip/ˈhwɪp/鞭子, 抽打, 车夫书中出现24次
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/马具, 挽具状带子, 甲胄书中出现22次
It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
breed/ˈbɹid/种类, 品种书中出现20次
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/千分之一英寸书中出现19次
That day they made forty miles, the trail being packed; but the next day, and for many days to follow, they broke their own trail, worked harder, and made poorer time.
snarl/ˈsnɑɹɫ/咆哮, 吼叫, 怒骂书中出现19次
… he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
howl/ˈhaʊɫ/狂吠, 咆哮, 呼啸书中出现18次
… on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors …
toil/ˈtɔɪɫ/苦干, 跋涉书中出现16次
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
limp/ˈɫɪmp/柔软的, 无力的, 软弱的书中出现16次
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
bull/ˈbʊɫ/公牛书中出现16次
A band of twenty moose had crossed over from the land of streams and timber, and chief among them was a great bull.
bristle/ˈbɹɪsəɫ/直立, 发怒, 充满书中出现15次
And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes.
yelp/ˈjɛɫp/尖声急叫, 叫吠, 叫喊书中出现14次
… a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
fang/ˈfæŋ/尖牙, 犬牙书中出现13次
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/怒吠, 咆哮, 吼书中出现13次
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger’s hands, he growled menacingly.
fore/ˈfɔɹ/在前的, 以前的书中出现12次
Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.
stagger/ˈstæɡɝ/蹒跚, 踌躇书中出现12次
Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.
jerk/ˈdʒɝk/猛拉书中出现12次
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
sweater/ˈswɛtɝ/毛衣, 毛线衫, 运动衫书中出现12次
A stout man, with a red sweater that sagged generously at the neck, came out and signed the book for the driver.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/狡猾的, 巧妙的, 可爱的书中出现11次
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
lash/ˈɫæʃ/鞭子, 鞭打, 睫毛书中出现11次
They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现11次
It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/霜, 冰冻, 冷漠书中出现10次
He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/吵架, 争论, 挑剔书中出现10次
… for the dog-driver was in constant apprehension of the life-and-death struggle between the two which he knew must take place sooner or later; and on more than one night the sounds of quarrelling and strife among the other dogs turned him out of his sleeping robe, fearful that Buck and Spitz were at it.
moose/ˈmus/麋, 驼鹿书中出现10次
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
whine/ˈhwaɪn/哭诉, 嘎嘎响, 发呜呜声书中出现10次
He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/吼, 咆哮, 轰鸣书中出现10次
With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/木材, 木料书中出现10次
… through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep …
sack/ˈsæk/麻布袋, 洗劫书中出现10次
When they put a clothes-sack on the front of the sled, she suggested it should go on the back …
hairy/ˈhɛɹi/多毛的, 毛状的, 长毛的书中出现9次
At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/高兴, 愉快书中出现9次
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/凶猛的, 猛烈的, 热烈的书中出现9次
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.
nest/ˈnɛst/巢, 窝, 休息所书中出现9次
No matter how breathless the air when he dug his nest by tree or bank, the wind that later blew inevitably found him to leeward, sheltered and snug.
pole/ˈpoʊɫ/辕杆书中出现8次
François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/定额, 定量, 配给书中出现8次
The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/英寸, 身高, 小岛书中出现8次
Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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