读《铁路边的孩子们》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Railway Children
伊迪丝·内斯比特在《铁路边的孩子们》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。
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/铁路, 轨道书中出现43次
They were not railway children to begin with.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到...为止书中出现40次
And so they were, but they did not know HOW happy till the pretty life in the Red Villa was over and done with, and they had to live a very different life indeed.
canal/kəˈnæɫ/运河, 水道, 管书中出现30次
The rocks and hills and valleys and trees, the canal, and above all …
jersey/ˈdʒɝzi/运动衫书中出现22次
And so it would have done if the Bargee hadn't let go of Peter's ear—and caught her in his jerseyed arm.
heap/ˈhip/堆, 许多, 累积书中出现20次
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely nursery with heaps of toys, and a Mother Goose wall-paper.
silly/ˈsɪɫi/愚蠢的, 糊涂的书中出现20次
“There's nothing to be good ABOUT now, silly,” said Peter.
darling/ˈdɑɹɫɪŋ/亲爱的, 可爱的人, 可爱的物书中出现19次
“Come, darlings, go at once.”
barge/ˈbɑɹdʒ/驳船书中出现18次
… of course, the bargees, who steered the slow barges up and down …
handkerchief/ˈhæŋkɝtʃif/手帕, 头巾, 围巾书中出现17次
… which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing and waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse.
petticoat/ˈpɛtiˌkoʊt/衬裙, 裙子书中出现16次
she said; “and I thought it was going to be cold; I wish we hadn't put on our—” she stopped short, and then ended in quite a different tone—“our flannel petticoats.”
flannel/ˈfɫænəɫ/法兰绒, 法兰绒衣服书中出现16次
“Now,” said Peter, taking hold of the largest flannel petticoat.
bun/ˈbən/小面包书中出现16次
Whenever an Editor was sensible there were buns for tea.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/恶劣地, 非常地, 极端地书中出现16次
It's awfully tall, isn't it?”
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/非常, 极为书中出现15次
It isn't our fault your secrets are so jolly easy to find out.”
chap/ˈtʃæp/小伙子, 颌, 龟裂书中出现15次
“It always IS undone again,” said Peter, “and the Station Master was more of a gentleman than you'll ever be, Phil—throwing coal at a chap's head like that.”
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/勇敢的, 美好的, 华丽的书中出现15次
“Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are!
horrid/ˈhɔɹəd/可怕的, 极讨厌的, 毛骨悚然的书中出现14次
cried Roberta, putting down her egg-spoon; “don't let's be horrid to each other.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现14次
Twopence indeed,” said he, and produced a bunch of sweetbrier from his hat, “just like a conjurer,” as Phyllis remarked afterwards.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现14次
… and there was Peter firmly held by the jacket, with an old carpenter's bag full of coal in his trembling clutch.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/不快乐的, 不幸的, 不适当的书中出现14次
“I never wanted things to happen to make Mother unhappy,” said Roberta.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/light的过去式和过去分词书中出现13次
There was a candle on the table, and he lighted it.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/吵架, 争论, 挑剔书中出现13次
“You can help me very much,” said Mother, “by being good and happy and not quarrelling when I'm away”—Roberta and Peter exchanged guilty glances—“for I shall have to be away a good deal.”
breathless/ˈbɹɛθɫəs/喘不过气来的, 屏气的, 气喘吁吁的书中出现13次
… who stopped when he heard Peter's hasty boots crunching the road, and coming up with him very breathless and with his ears now quite magenta-coloured, he said:—
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/目前, 不久书中出现13次
When presently the Porter lounged out of his room at the twice-repeated tingling thrill of a gong over the station door, Peter said, “How do you do?”
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/使惊吓书中出现13次
James was so frightened that he went out and did not come back all day.
cart/ˈkɑɹt/二轮运货马车书中出现13次
The cart went at a foot's pace, and they followed the gritty crunch of its wheels.
indignantly/ˌɪnˈdɪɡnəntˌɫi/愤怒地书中出现12次
“We haven't got anything TO blab,” said Bobbie, indignantly.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/猎犬书中出现12次
And now, following the track of the hare by the little white blots of scattered paper, came the hounds.
fireman/ˈfaɪɹmən/[机] 司炉书中出现12次
“You mean a fireman,” said Daddy, pulling and twisting at the engine.
beast/ˈbist/畜生, 动物, 野兽书中出现12次
And it was Father who mended the doll's cradle when no one else could; and with a little glue and some bits of wood and a pen-knife made all the Noah's Ark beasts as strong on their pins as ever they were, if not stronger.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/次日书中出现11次
It'll keep till to-morrow.
mend/ˈmɛnd/改进, 修补, 好转书中出现11次
He could mend all sorts of things.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/聪明的, 精明的书中出现11次
All Peter's hopes for the curing of his afflicted Engine were now fixed on his Father, for Father was most wonderfully clever with his fingers.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/欢呼, 喝彩, 快活起来书中出现11次
But before he went to school he thumped his sister between the shoulders and told her to cheer up.
bushes/ˈbʊʃəz/灌木丛书中出现10次
The way to the railway was all down hill over smooth, short turf with here and there furze bushes and grey and yellow rocks sticking out like candied peel from the top of a cake.
din/ˈdɪn/餐厅书中出现10次
I suppose she's laid it in the dining-room.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/接来, 取来, 售得书中出现10次
So then Peter told the sad tale, and fetched what was left of the Engine.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/晚餐书中出现10次
“The woman I engaged to clean the place, and put the furniture straight and get supper.”
rattle/ˈɹætəɫ/格格响, 喋喋不休书中出现10次
They felt the rush of its passing, and the pebbles on the line jumped and rattled under it as it went by.
dull/ˈdəɫ/钝的, 无趣的, 呆滞的书中出现10次
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull calls to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay calls to her.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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