读《月光石》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Moonstone
威尔基·柯林斯在《月光石》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120次
… we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt’s house in Yorkshire, two years since.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/主妇, 女主人, 情妇书中出现82次
It was all one to me where I went, so long as my mistress and I were together.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现76次
There I lived till Miss Julia married the late Sir John Verinder.
nightgown女式睡衣, 孩子穿的睡衣, 妇女穿的睡衣书中出现71次
But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna’s things, and have nailed her in that way.
ladyship贵妇身分, 夫人, 小姐书中出现63次
“We gratefully thank your ladyship,” I said; “but we ask your permission to do what is right in this matter by giving up our keys.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/珠宝, 贵重物, 镶珠宝的饰物书中出现58次
… I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/硬度, 脾气, 心情书中出现55次
A foolish wrangle followed; and Herncastle’s unlucky temper got the better of him.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现54次
… two years ago, and how it came to be lost in little more than twelve hours afterwards.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/鸦片书中出现48次
Sometimes they said he was given up to smoking opium and collecting old books; sometimes he was reported to be trying strange things in chemistry …
plainly/ˈpɫeɪnɫi/清楚地, 明白地, 简单地书中出现45次
Herncastle’s fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/在楼上, 向楼上, 处于更高地位书中出现44次
When I wanted to go upstairs, there was my wife coming down; or when my wife wanted to go down, there was I coming up.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现43次
And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth.
smear/ˈsmɪɹ/污点, 污迹, 污蔑书中出现41次
says Mr. Superintendent, suddenly pointing to a little smear of the decorative painting on Miss Rachel’s door, at the outer edge, just under the lock.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/立即地, 即刻地书中出现41次
… when I know a family plate-basket to be out on a pantry-table, is to be instantly reminded of that basket by the sight of a strolling stranger whose manners are superior to my own.
proceedings/pɹəˈsidɪŋz/诉讼, 事项, 行径书中出现39次
… except that he was pretty and delicate-looking—the two girls had stolen along the inner side of the hedge between us and the road, and had watched the proceedings of the foreigners on the outer side.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/苦恼, 贫困, 痛苦书中出现39次
My mistress came out among us, looking sorely puzzled and distressed.
laudanum/ˈɫɔdənəm/鸦片酊书中出现34次
“Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself?”
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/无罪, 无知, 天真无邪书中出现34次
It was no longer a question of quieting my young lady’s nervous excitement; it was a question of proving her innocence.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/强制, 施恩惠于, 使感激书中出现33次
… no doubt, on people who are really obliged to get their living, to be forced to work for the clothes that cover them …
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/询问, 问明, 查究书中出现32次
When I inquire what this means, Penelope says, “Fiddlesticks!”
thief/ˈθif/小偷, 贼书中出现32次
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/间隔, 距离, 间歇书中出现32次
On summoning up my own recollections—and on getting Penelope to help me, by consulting her journal—I find that we may pass pretty rapidly over the interval between Mr. Franklin Blake’s arrival and Miss Rachel’s birthday.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/可怕的书中出现31次
… in regard to thinking about it, being truly dreadful after my lady had gone away, I applied the remedy which I have never yet found to fail me in cases of doubt and emergency.
privately/ˈpɹaɪvətɫi/秘密地；私下地书中出现31次
I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me—and I privately felt, all the time …
quicksand/ˈkwɪkˌsænd/流沙, 流沙区, 危险状态书中出现30次
Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的书中出现30次
We were not a happy couple, and not a miserable couple.
rouse/ˈɹaʊs/唤醒, 鼓舞, 激动书中出现29次
I was roused up by my daughter Penelope running out at me as if the house was on fire.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/抽屉, 开票人书中出现29次
One of the drawers inside was pulled out as far as it would go.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/在楼下书中出现28次
I went downstairs with the message, of which I took the liberty of presenting a new and amended edition of my own contriving …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/水手, 船员, 海员书中出现28次
It is a case (as a sailor would say) of very fine steering.
juggler/ˈdʒəɡəɫɝ/变戏法者, 行骗者书中出现27次
She wanted to have the three Indian jugglers instantly taken up; for this reason …
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/宽恕, 原谅书中出现27次
“One of them (if you will pardon my mentioning it) was never keeping to the matter in hand.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/接来, 取来, 售得书中出现26次
The only difficulty is to fetch out the dates, in the first place.
terrace/ˈtɛɹəs/阶地, 梯田, 房屋之平顶书中出现26次
… when I was stopped by hearing a sound like the soft beating of a drum, on the terrace in front of my lady’s residence.
disposal/dɪˈspoʊzəɫ/丢掉, 处理, 排列书中出现26次
In that case, and in no other, certain sealed instructions relating to the disposal of the Diamond, and deposited with it, were to be opened, and followed implicitly.
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, 未婚女子, 女仆书中出现25次
… when old enough, to be Miss Rachel’s own maid.
useless/ˈjusɫəs/无用的, 无效的, 无益的书中出现25次
Quite useless!
objection/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/异议, 反对, 不喜欢书中出现25次
But she points out one objection.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/难题, 迷惑书中出现25次
“It’s just possible, Betteredge, that my stranger and your three jugglers may turn out to be pieces of the same puzzle.”
stain/ˈsteɪn/污染, 污点, 着色剂书中出现24次
“The stain is taken off,” she said.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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