读《普利茅斯快车谋杀案》前要掌握的22个英文单词
The Plymouth Express Affair
阿加莎·克里斯蒂在《普利茅斯快车谋杀案》中反复使用、又不在英语最常用4000词之内的22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。
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, 未婚女子, 女仆书中出现14次
My daughter traveled alone in her carriage, which was reserved as far as Bristol, her maid being in a third-class carriage in the next coach.”
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/先生书中出现10次
“I accept, monsieur, all the more willingly that I saw your daughter in Paris several times.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/珠宝, 贵重物, 镶珠宝的饰物书中出现10次
… with several balls, and in consequence my daughter had with her nearly all her jewels—amounting in value perhaps, to about a hundred thousand dollars.”
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/主妇, 女主人, 情妇书中出现8次
She could have tea in the refreshment-room, but she was to wait at the station for her mistress, who would return to Bristol by an up-train in the course of the afternoon.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现8次
Lieutenant Simpson had the carriage to himself.
accomplice/əˈkɑmpɫəs/共犯, 同谋书中出现5次
Now, Mr. Halliday, let me introduce you to Grace Kidd, otherwise Jane Mason, who will shortly rejoin her accomplice, Red Narky, under the kind escort of Japp.”
luggage/ˈɫəɡədʒ/行李, 皮箱书中出现5次
She directed Mason to get out the luggage and put it in the cloak-room.
compartment/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/分隔间, 卧车包房, 防水舱隔书中出现5次
N., stepped from the platform at Newton Abbot into a first-class compartment of the Plymouth Express.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/不会书中出现4次
“Why the devil wont it go in?”
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/斗蓬, 大氅, 掩护书中出现4次
She put the luggage in the cloak-room and had some tea.
chloroform/ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/氯仿书中出现3次
Yes, chloroform; that was it!
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/美元, 元书中出现3次
He’d pretty well run through his own money on the turf, and I should imagine old man Halliday’s dollars came along in the nick of time.
scoundrel/ˈskaʊndɹəɫ/恶棍书中出现3次
I should say that for a good-looking, well-mannered, utterly unscrupulous young scoundrel, it would be hard to find his match!”
footman/ˈfʊtmən/马夫, 仆役书中出现3次
Halliday rang the bell, and gave a short order to the footman.
toque无边女帽, 羽饰丝绒帽书中出现3次
“She was wearing a white fox fur toque, sir, with a white spotted veil, and a blue frieze coat and skirt—the shade of blue they call electric.”
millionaire/ˌmɪɫjəˈnɛɹ/百万富翁, 大富豪书中出现3次
The millionaire hesitated for a moment, and then replied.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/低语, 低声而言书中出现3次
“That good Inspector believes in matter in motion,” murmured Poirot as our friend departed.
stab/ˈstæb/刺, 戳, 刺入书中出现3次
A young naval officer returning to Plymouth found under the seat of his compartment, the body of a woman, stabbed through the heart.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/出声地, 大声地书中出现3次
For answer he took up the newspaper and read aloud:
suitcase/ˈsutˌkeɪs/手提箱书中出现3次
A porter followed him with a heavy suitcase.
fourteen/ˈfɔɹˈtin/十四, 十四个书中出现3次
She left London by the twelve-fourteen from Paddington, arriving at Bristol (where she had to change) at two-fifty.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/皱眉书中出现3次
Then he sniffed vaguely, and frowned.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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