读《篝火女孩解谜：卡弗宅邸的圣诞冒险》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House
希尔达·G.弗雷在《篝火女孩解谜：卡弗宅邸的圣诞冒险》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。
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现41次
she exclaimed, demolishing the mountain by throwing the quilt aside with a sudden movement of her arms and disclosing a slender little body wrapped in a grayish woolen dressing gown.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/楼梯书中出现40次
… backed away from the banister, ran down the stairs two steps at a time and disappeared through the front door, leaving Katherine standing in the empty hall …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/百叶窗, 关闭物, 照相机快门书中出现39次
On the inside of the glass—if there was a pane of glass there—was a heavy black iron shutter fastened to the casement with great screws.
footprint/ˈfʊtˌpɹɪnt/足迹书中出现28次
… eager to begin the search for the secret passage again, but whatever plans they had formed were driven entirely out of their minds by the appearance of the footprints on the stairs.
princess/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/公主, 王妃, 女巨头书中出现18次
She did not know how to act when introduced to a princess.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/在楼上, 向楼上, 处于更高地位书中出现18次
With the prospect of a fresh field for investigation the others revived their interest in the search and followed Nyoda eagerly as she led the way upstairs and unlocked the closed door at the head.
exclamation/ˌɛkskɫəˈmeɪʃən/惊呼, 激烈言词, 惊叹词书中出现16次
From somewhere in the room came a sudden exclamation of surprise.
burglar/ˈbɝɡɫɝ/[法] 夜盗, 窃贼, 盗窃者书中出现16次
She must explain quickly, or he would take her for a burglar, coming in that way and looking around with a flashlight.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/在楼下书中出现16次
Upstairs and downstairs they tapped, peered, pried and investigated, but without success.
aunt/ˈænt/阿姨, 姨妈, 舅妈书中出现15次
“Or have you had something to eat since your aunt went away?”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/奇怪的, 不舒服的, 可疑的书中出现14次
Then a queer, bewildered look came into her eyes and she stood still with the book hanging uncertainly from her fingers.
royal/ˈɹɔɪəɫ/王室的, 皇家的, 盛大的书中出现13次
“This is the royal hunting lodge, and I am the Princess Sylvia!”
spell/ˈspɛɫ/符咒, 魅力, 轮值书中出现13次
Katherine felt the spell of it and gradually her hasty steps became slower and at times she stood still and looked upon the quiet scene with a feeling of awe and reverence.
jest/ˈdʒɛst/讲笑话, 嘲笑, 开玩笑书中出现12次
I ain’t tellin’ why I wants it put up; I jest wants it put up, dat’s all.’
bookseller/ˈbʊkˌsɛɫɝ/书商书中出现12次
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers, A.
postpaid邮资已付书中出现12次
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers.
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/地窖, 地下室, 藏酒书中出现12次
The cellar windows had a heavy screening over them on the outside which could not be removed without being destroyed, and this screening was everywhere intact.
receipt/ɹiˈsit/收据, 收入, 收到书中出现12次
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers A.
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/梯, 梯状物, 发迹的途径书中出现12次
In the opening thus made they could see the top of an iron ladder set upright against the wall below.
stove/ˈstoʊv/火炉, 窑书中出现12次
… a cot bed next to the wall; a small stove; a rocking chair and a sewing machine …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/模糊的, 微弱的, 无力的书中出现12次
It loomed large and silent before her, its frost covered window panes shining whitely in the starlight with a faint, ghostly glimmer.
lark/ˈɫɑɹk/云雀, 百灵鸟, 欢乐书中出现11次
“Hark, hark, the lark at heaven’s gate sings,
shriek/ˈʃɹik/尖叫, 发尖声书中出现11次
Nyoda gave a little shriek of laughter and held it up for the Winnebagos to see.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/出声地, 大声地书中出现11次
she said aloud to herself scornfully, with a flash of her brown eyes, and Katherine caught a glimpse of an indomitable spirit that no hardship could bow down.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/航行, 启航, 张帆而行书中出现11次
He’s goin’ ter sail Noo Year’s Day.”
astonishment/əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/惊异, 惊愕, 使人惊异的事物书中出现10次
… leaving Katherine standing in the empty hall, open-mouthed with astonishment.
stairway/ˈstɛɹˌweɪ/楼梯, 阶梯书中出现10次
By the way they point, the man was going downstairs, but they begin in the middle of the stairway.
mahogany/məˈhɑɡəni/桃花心木, 红褐色书中出现10次
Idly she turned her flashlight on the staircase and noticed that the post was of beautifully carved mahogany.
hastily/ˈheɪstəɫi/匆忙地, 急速地, 急躁地书中出现10次
I knocked before I came in,” she added hastily, “but you didn’t come to the door, so I took the liberty of walking in.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/帐单, 清单, 钞票书中出现10次
She looked carefully through the desk first, through old account books and files of papers and bills, but came upon nothing that touched upon repairs made to the house.
eagerly/ˈiɡɝɫi/渴望, 热衷于, 热切书中出现10次
asked Sahwah eagerly, pausing with the nutcracker held open in her hand.
lobster/ˈɫɑbstɝ/龙虾书中出现10次
“Then let’s compromise on lobster croquettes,” said Veronica.
gasp/ˈɡæsp/喘气, 喘息, 渴望书中出现10次
Katherine felt the hair rising on her head; she gave an odd little dry gasp.
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/吃惊, 使惊愕书中出现10次
At the sound of her voice the man gave a startled jump, backed away from the banister …
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现10次
Beginning softly, the tone swelled out in volume till it seemed to Katherine’s ears to fill the whole house and to come pouring out of all the doors and windows.
screw/ˈskɹu/螺旋, 螺杆, 螺钉书中出现10次
It was no easy job, taking that shutter off, for the screws had rusted in so that it was almost impossible to turn them.
costume/ˈkɑstum/装束, 服装书中出现10次
Let’s find a masquerade costume for him, too, so he can be one of us.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/北风书中出现9次
A sportive north wind, racing up the hill, paused at the top to whirl about in a mad frolic, and Katherine shivered from head to foot.
casement窗, 玻璃窗书中出现9次
She knew it was a window because it was framed in a mahogany casement like the other windows in the house, but instead of a pane of glass there was a dark …
latch/ˈɫætʃ/闩上书中出现9次
He examined all the rest of the windows on the first floor, and found them all latched and their latches undisturbed.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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