读《睡谷传奇》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
华盛顿·欧文在《睡谷传奇》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。
brook/ˈbɹʊk/小溪书中出现15次
A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose …
haunt/ˈhɔnt/出没, 作祟书中出现13次
The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions …
goblin/ˈɡɑbɫɪn/小妖精书中出现11次
… and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge …
steed/ˈstid/战马书中出现11次
But it is meet I should, in the true spirit of romantic story, give some account of the looks and equipments of my hero and his steed.
schoolmaster/ˈskuɫˌmæstɝ/男教师, 男校长, 教导者书中出现10次
… a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters.
schoolhouse/ˈskuɫˌhaʊs/校舍书中出现10次
His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks.
saddle/ˈsædəɫ/鞍, 马鞍, 车座书中出现9次
He rode with short stirrups, which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers’ …
fearful/ˈfɪɹfəɫ/可怕的, 恐怕的, 担心的书中出现8次
What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night!
pedagogue小学教师, 教员, 学究书中出现7次
… by divers little makeshifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated “by hook and by crook,” the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought …
witch/ˈwɪtʃ/施巫术, 迷惑书中出现7次
Certain it is, the place still continues under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people …
rival/ˈɹaɪvəɫ/竞争的书中出现7次
Certain it is, his advances were signals for rival candidates to retire, who felt no inclination to cross a lion in his amours …
spectre/ˈspɛktɝ/幽灵, 妖怪, 凶兆书中出现6次
… which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides, by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
rustic/ˈɹəstɪk/乡村的, 纯朴的, 手工粗糙的书中出现6次
… this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country.
hollow/ˈhɑɫoʊ/空的, 虚伪的, 空腹的书中出现6次
The old farmers gathered together their families in their wagons, and were heard for some time rattling along the hollow roads, and over the distant hills.
dash/ˈdæʃ/冲撞, 破折号, 短跑书中出现6次
… and with all his overbearing roughness, there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom.
drowsy/ˈdɹaʊzi/昏昏欲睡的书中出现5次
A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/奇异的, 神奇的, 奇迹般的书中出现5次
They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs, are subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air.
churchyard/ˈtʃɝtʃˌjɑɹd/教堂墓地, 教堂庭院书中出现5次
… it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard.
psalm/ˈsɑɫm/圣诗, 圣歌, 诗篇书中出现5次
… either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits, was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow, as they sat by their doors of an evening …
beset/bɪˈsɛt/围绕, 使苦恼, 镶嵌书中出现5次
How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path!
bosom/ˈbʊzəm/胸部, 胸, 胸怀书中出现5次
Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow, yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom.
cock/ˈkɑk/公鸡, 雄禽, 龙头书中出现5次
… and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew.
farmhouse/ˈfɑɹmˌhaʊs/农舍书中出现5次
… therefore, is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse, and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats …
flutter/ˈfɫətɝ/摆动, 鼓翼, 烦扰书中出现5次
To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth …
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/口哨, 汽笛, 啸啸声书中出现5次
… with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity.
glare/ˈɡɫɛɹ/发眩光, 瞪视书中出现5次
… and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare …
pumpkin/ˈpəmkɪn/南瓜书中出现5次
… was found the hat of the unfortunate Ichabod, and close beside it a shattered pumpkin.
sway/ˈsweɪ/摇摆, 影响力, 支配书中出现5次
He laid aside, too, all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating.
unfortunate/ənˈfɔɹtʃənət/不幸的, 不合适的, 不吉利的书中出现5次
Many dismal tales were told about funeral trains, and mourning cries and wailings heard and seen about the great tree where the unfortunate Major André was taken, and which stood in the neighborhood.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/高兴, 愉快书中出现5次
It was often his delight, after his school was dismissed in the afternoon …
repose/ɹiˈpoʊz/休息, 睡眠, 静止书中出现4次
A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity.
urchin/ˈɝtʃən/淘气鬼, 顽童书中出现4次
… but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch.
piazza/piˈæzə/广场, 阳台, 柱廊书中出现4次
… built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/中心, 中心点, 中锋书中出现4次
From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion, and the place of usual residence.
negro/ˈniɡɹoʊ/黑人书中出现4次
It was suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a negro in tow-cloth jacket and trowsers, a round-crowned fragment of a hat …
heiress/ˈɛɹəs/嗣女, 女继承人书中出现4次
Ichabod only lingered behind, according to the custom of country lovers, to have a tête-à-tête with the heiress; fully convinced that he was now on the high road to success.
clatter/ˈkɫætɝ/发出哗啦声, 喧闹的谈笑书中出现4次
… startled out of their sleep, would listen for a moment till the hurry-scurry had clattered by, and then exclaim …
apparition/ˌæpɝˈɪʃən/鬼, 幽灵, 幻影书中出现4次
The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback, without a head.
superstition/ˌsupɝˈstɪʃən/迷信书中出现4次
… haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country …
birch/ˈbɝtʃ/桦树, 桦木, 桦条书中出现4次
… with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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