读《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Hound of the Baskervilles
阿瑟·柯南·道尔在《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》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。
moor/ˈmʊɹ/荒野；旷野书中出现159次
… for by the aid of the growth of ivy which covered (and still covers) the south wall she came down from under the eaves, and so homeward across the moor, there being three leagues betwixt the Hall and her father’s farm.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/猎犬书中出现69次
… more drunken than the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her.
baronet/ˈbɛɹənət/准男爵书中出现48次
Our clients were punctual to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr. Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young baronet.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现34次
At the last instant came this terrible catastrophe.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色的, 阴沉的书中出现22次
… which jutted out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/胡须书中出现18次
At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab.
alley/ˈæɫi/小路, 巷书中出现16次
Sir Charles Baskerville was in the habit every night before going to bed of walking down the famous yew alley of Baskerville Hall.
neighbour/ˈneɪbɝ/邻居, 邻接的东西, 邻国书中出现15次
… in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those parts …
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/男管家, 司膳总管书中出现13次
… and his indoor servants at Baskerville Hall consisted of a married couple named Barrymore, the husband acting as butler and the wife as housekeeper.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明显地, 根据现有证据来看书中出现13次
“And a man of precise mind, evidently.”
heir/ˈɛɹ/继承人, 嗣子, 后嗣书中出现13次
It is well that this is so, for it is obviously of the utmost importance that Sir Charles’s heir should settle at the Hall and continue the good work which has been so sadly interrupted.
telegram/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæm/电报, 一封电报书中出现12次
You will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/异常的, 单一的书中出现12次
When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and stared across at Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
keen/ˈkin/锋利的, 敏锐的, 强烈的书中出现12次
He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods.
presume/pɹɪˈzum/假定, 推测, 擅自书中出现12次
I presume that it is Mr. Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not—”
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/孤单的, 孤寂的, 荒凉的书中出现12次
… as I walked back along the grey, lonely road, that my friend might soon be freed from his preoccupations and able to come down to take this heavy burden of responsibility from my shoulders.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/英里书中出现11次
With the exception of Mr. Frankland, of Lafter Hall, and Mr. Stapleton, the naturalist, there are no other men of education within many miles.
yonder/ˈjɑndɝ/在那边书中出现11次
“A false step yonder means death to man or beast.
mire/ˈmaɪɝ/泥沼, 泥泞书中出现11次
“The mire has him.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/很快地, 即刻书中出现11次
The moon shone clear above them, and they rode swiftly abreast, taking that course which the maid must needs have taken if she were to reach her own home.
granite/ˈɡɹænət/花岗岩书中出现11次
In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer …
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/脸发红, 奔涌, 旺盛书中出现11次
His dark brows knitted and his face flushed to a dusky red as he spoke.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/魔鬼书中出现11次
… as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for …
beast/ˈbist/畜生, 动物, 野兽书中出现11次
… a great, black beast, shaped like a hound …
moorland/ˈmʊɹˌɫænd/高沼地书中出现10次
But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/中心, 中心点, 中锋书中出现10次
The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of fear and of fatigue.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/忧郁的, 使人悲伤的, 愁思的书中出现10次
Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a grey, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit …
exceedingly/ɪkˈsidɪŋɫi/极端地, 极度地, 非常书中出现10次
I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch with several interesting English cases.
lurk/ˈɫɝk/暗藏, 潜伏, 埋伏书中出现10次
… on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast …
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/大圆石书中出现10次
Still steadily rising, we passed over a narrow granite bridge and skirted a noisy stream which gushed swiftly down, foaming and roaring amid the grey boulders.
hut/ˈhət/小屋, 茅舍, 临时军营书中出现10次
As you look at their grey stone huts against the scarred hillsides you leave your own age behind you, and if you were to see a skin-clad …
vague/ˈveɪɡ/含糊的, 不清楚的, 茫然的书中出现10次
Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.
cabman马车夫书中出现9次
“It puts him in the power of the cabman.”
naturalist/ˈnætʃɝəɫəst/自然主义者书中出现9次
There is a house indicated here which may be the residence of the naturalist—Stapleton, if I remember right, was his name.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/忧郁, 暗处, 幽暗书中出现9次
“The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name has been mentioned as the probable Liberal candidate for Mid-Devon at the next election, has cast a gloom over the county.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/可怕的书中出现9次
… Mr. Holmes, he was honestly convinced that a dreadful fate overhung his family, and certainly the records which he was able to give of his ancestors were not encouraging.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/雪茄书中出现9次
That night he went out as usual for his nocturnal walk, in the course of which he was in the habit of smoking a cigar.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现9次
An instant afterwards he gave a little cry of satisfaction, and …
countryside/ˈkəntɹiˌsaɪd/乡下地方, 乡下居民书中出现9次
Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole countryside should, within his own lifetime …
dull/ˈdəɫ/钝的, 无趣的, 呆滞的书中出现9次
A dull light shone through heavy mullioned windows, and from the high chimneys which rose from the steep, high-angled roof there sprang a single black column of smoke.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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