读《王子与贫儿》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Prince and the Pauper
马克·吐温在《王子与贫儿》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。
thou/ˈðaʊ/汝, 你, 尔书中出现206次
“Mind thy manners, thou young beggar!”
thee/ˈði/你书中出现137次
“Tom Canty, an’ it please thee, sir.”
prince/ˈpɹɪns/王子, 亲王, 国君书中出现100次
… and smarting from a thrashing, he unleashed his imagination and soon forgot his aches and pains in delicious picturings to himself of the charmed life of a petted prince in a regal palace.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/统治者, 阁下, 上帝书中出现65次
… unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him—and not caring, either.
royal/ˈɹɔɪəɫ/王室的, 皇家的, 盛大的书中出现50次
Privately, after a while, Tom organised a royal court!
rag/ˈɹæɡ/碎布, 抹布, 碎片书中出现40次
But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现36次
and so bravely dressed!—and there be plays wherein they that play do shout and fight till all are slain, and ’tis so fine to see …
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/当...的时候, 和...同时, 虽然书中出现34次
My mother died whilst I was yet a boy.
palace/ˈpæɫəs/宫, 宫殿, 华丽大厦书中出现34次
… lovely road, past the great cardinal’s stately palace, toward a far more mighty and majestic palace beyond—Westminster.
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/优雅, 风度, 慈悲书中出现30次
Thou speakest well; thou hast an easy grace in it.
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/目前, 不久书中出现28次
… also, presently began to discuss Tom Canty, and to regard him as a most gifted and extraordinary creature.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/喃喃自语, 作低沉声书中出现28次
He kept muttering to himself, “Offal Court—that is the name …
clothe/ˈkɫoʊð/给...穿衣, 盖上, 赋予书中出现25次
They were good-hearted girls, unclean, clothed in rags, and profoundly ignorant.
throne/ˈθɹoʊn/王座, 君主书中出现25次
Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before—the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现24次
Lifting up his hands, he exclaimed—
crown/ˈkɹaʊn/王冠, 王权, 顶点书中出现24次
… with none to rebuke me or forbid, meseemeth I could forego the crown!”
doth/ˈdɔθ/做书中出现23次
How doth thy mother use thee?”
hermit/ˈhɝmət/隐士, 隐居者书中出现21次
The Prince and the hermit.
worship/ˈwɝʃəp/崇拜, 礼拜, 尊敬书中出现21次
“Neither to any other is she, so please your worship.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/高贵的, 高尚的, 贵族的书中出现21次
Splendid carriages, with splendid people in them and splendid servants outside, were arriving and departing by several other noble gateways that pierced the royal enclosure.
liege/ˈɫidʒ/君主, 王侯, 臣下书中出现20次
“But is it not I that speed him hence, my liege?
cease/ˈsis/停止, 终了书中出现20次
The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place.
mock/ˈmɑk/假的, 伪造的, 模拟的书中出现18次
Daily the mock prince was received with elaborate ceremonials borrowed by Tom from his romantic readings; daily the great affairs of the mimic kingdom were discussed in the royal council …
instant/ˈɪnstənt/立即, 瞬间书中出现18次
The next instant one of the soldiers snatched him rudely away, and sent him spinning among the gaping crowd of country gawks and London idlers.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/尊严, 高贵书中出现18次
The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity—
thyself/ˌðaɪˈsɛɫf/你自己书中出现17次
Thou wilt not miscall thyself again, as they say thou didst a little while agone?”
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现17次
Is the prince to tarry uninstalled, because, forsooth, the realm lacketh an Earl Marshal free of treasonable taint to invest him with his honours?
majesty/ˈmædʒəsti/最高权威, 威严, 王权书中出现17次
“I have no knowledge of this tongue, so please your majesty.”
bow/ˈbaʊ/鞠躬, 屈服书中出现17次
Next he drew the beautiful sword, and bowed, kissing the blade …
princely/ˈpɹɪnsɫi/王子的, 威严的, 王候般的书中出现16次
By-and-by Tom’s reading and dreaming about princely life wrought such a strong effect upon him that he began to act the prince, unconsciously.
wrought/ˈɹɔt/work的过去式和过去分词书中出现16次
that he shall cease to speak to any of that lowly birth and life his malady hath conjured out of the unwholesome imaginings of o’er-wrought fancy; that he shall strive with diligence to bring unto his memory again those faces which he was wont to know—and where he faileth he shall hold his peace …
thine/ˈðaɪn/你的东西, 你的书中出现16次
If that I could but clothe me in raiment like to thine, and strip my feet …
multitude/ˈməɫtəˌtud/多数, 群众书中出现16次
… now, among that multitude of strangers; whereas …
royalty/ˈɹɔɪəɫti/皇室, 王族成员, 王权书中出现16次
… with its gilded bars and its magnificent array of colossal granite lions, and other the signs and symbols of English royalty.
utter/ˈətɝ/发出声音, 做声, 发表书中出现16次
It is not meet that one of my degree should utter the thing.”
nought没有, 零, 无书中出现15次
… whensoever any matter shall perplex him as to the thing he should do or the utterance he should make, he shall show nought of unrest to the curious that look on, but take advice in that matter of the Lord Hertford …
reign/ˈɹeɪn/为王, 为君；当政；统治书中出现15次
He raised himself higher still, and went on with energy, “He is mad; but he is my son, and England’s heir; and, mad or sane, still shall he reign!
obey/oʊˈbeɪ/服从, 遵从, 顺从书中出现15次
The soldier that had maltreated Tom obeyed promptly; and as the prince burst through the portal …
mercy/ˈmɝsi/仁慈, 宽恕, 慈悲书中出现15次
“God requite thy mercy, O my King, and save thee long to bless thy land!”
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/出卖, 背叛, 辜负书中出现15次
The King was silent and thoughtful a while, and his face betrayed a growing distress and uneasiness.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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