读《秘密花园》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Secret Garden
弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特在《秘密花园》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。
robin/ˈɹɑbən/旅鸫书中出现110次
She thought of the robin and of the way he seemed to sing his song at her, and as she remembered the treetop he perched on she stopped rather suddenly on the path.
moor/ˈmʊɹ/荒野；旷野书中出现90次
The house is six hundred years old and it’s on the edge of the moor, and there’s near a hundred rooms in it, though most of them’s shut up and locked.
thee/ˈði/你书中出现90次
“An’ tha’s browt th’ young ’un with thee.”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/奇怪的, 不舒服的, 可疑的书中出现61次
“How queer and quiet it is,” she said.
skip/ˈskɪp/跳越, 跳读, 跳绳书中出现40次
It was a strong, slender rope with a striped red and blue handle at each end, but Mary Lennox had never seen a skipping-rope before.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/惊恐书中出现36次
The woman looked frightened, but she only stammered that the Ayah could not come and when Mary threw herself into a passion and beat and kicked her …
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/小屋, 茅舍书中出现34次
Then they had passed a church and a vicarage and a little shopwindow or so in a cottage with toys and sweets and odd things set out for sale.
nest/ˈnɛst/巢, 窝, 休息所书中出现32次
He come out of th’ nest in th’ other garden an’ when first he flew over th’ wall he was too weak to fly back for a few days an’ we got friendly.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/询问, 问明, 查究书中出现26次
inquired Mary.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/简直不, 一定不, 仅仅书中出现25次
The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew nothing more for a long time.
gardener/ˈɡɑɹdənɝ/园丁, 花匠, 园艺家书中出现25次
A slow smile spread over it and the gardener looked quite different.
lump/ˈɫəmp/块, 瘤, 很多书中出现23次
“Look along th’ twigs an’ branches an’ if tha’ sees a bit of a brown lump swelling here an’ there, watch it after th’ warm rain an’ see what happens.”
spade/ˈspeɪd/铲子, 锄, 铲刀书中出现22次
Presently an old man with a spade over his shoulder walked through the door leading from the second garden.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现22次
exclaimed the man, turning to his companions.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/柔和地, 静静地, 温柔地书中出现21次
said Mary, and she moved toward the little tree softly and looked up.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现20次
When the next day they set out on their journey to Yorkshire, she walked through the station to the railway carriage with her head up and trying to keep as far away from her as she could, because she did not want to seem to belong to her.
lamb/ˈɫæm/小羊, 羔羊书中出现20次
… and the seeds we planted are up, and Dickon has brought the fox and the crow and the squirrels and a newborn lamb.”
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/硬度, 脾气, 心情书中出现19次
Martha sat up on her heels, with her blacking-brush in her hand, and laughed, without seeming the least out of temper.
hop/ˈhɑp/单脚跳, 跳跃书中出现19次
He hopped about and pecked the earth briskly, looking for seeds and insects.
sour/ˈsaʊɝ/酸的, 酸臭的, 发酵的书中出现19次
She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/矮树丛书中出现18次
The robin flew down from his treetop and hopped about or flew after her from one bush to another.
cushion/ˈkʊʃən/加垫褥, 缓冲, 掩盖书中出现18次
… and they drove off, the little girl found herself seated in a comfortably cushioned corner, but she was not inclined to go to sleep again.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/强制, 施恩惠于, 使感激书中出现18次
Two or three times she lost her way by turning down the wrong corridor and was obliged to ramble up and down until she found the right one; but at last she reached her own floor again …
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/吃惊, 使惊愕书中出现18次
He looked tired and troubled, but when he saw her he was so startled that he almost jumped back.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/神秘的, 难解的, 不可思议的书中出现18次
There was something mysterious in the air that morning.
gasp/ˈɡæsp/喘气, 喘息, 渴望书中出现17次
Mrs. Lennox gasped.
sofa/ˈsoʊfə/沙发书中出现17次
It made her jump and look around at the sofa by the fireplace, from which it seemed to come.
weed/ˈwid/除...的草, 剔除书中出现17次
She searched about until she found a rather sharp piece of wood and knelt down and dug and weeded out the weeds and grass until she made nice little clear places around them.
scent/ˈsɛnt/气味, 香味, 香水书中出现17次
The sun was shining and a little wind was blowing —not a rough wind, but one which came in delightful little gusts and brought a fresh scent of newly turned earth with it.
fond/ˈfɑnd/喜欢的, 宠爱的, 温柔的书中出现16次
Everyone was too panic-stricken to think of a little girl no one was fond of.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/高兴, 愉快书中出现16次
But she knew he had followed her and the surprise so filled her with delight that she almost trembled a little.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/使困惑, 使为难书中出现16次
Mary listened to her with a grave, puzzled expression.
grin/ˈɡɹɪn/露齿而笑书中出现16次
“That’s th’ moor,” with a good-natured grin.
springtime/ˈspɹɪŋˌtaɪm/春天, 春季, 初期书中出现15次
That’s because th’ springtime’s on its way.
tantrum/ˈtæntɹəm/发脾气, 发怒书中出现15次
If he’d been like he is most times he’d have throwed himself into one of his tantrums and roused th’ house.
squirrel/ˈskwɝəɫ/松鼠, 松鼠毛皮书中出现15次
He moved so slowly that it scarcely seemed as though he were moving at all, but at last he stood on his feet and then the squirrel scampered back up into the branches of his tree, the pheasant withdrew his head and the rabbits dropped on all fours and began to hop away …
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现15次
He was a sour young man and got no good of all his money and big place till he was married.”
awake/əˈweɪk/醒着的书中出现15次
She had no intention of going to sleep, and, in fact, she was becoming wider awake every day which passed at Misselthwaite.
rabbit/ˈɹæbət/兔子书中出现15次
“Well,” said Martha stoutly, “I’ve told thee that th’ very birds likes him an’ th’ rabbits an’ wild sheep an’ ponies, an’ th’ foxes themselves.
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/孤单的, 孤寂的, 荒凉的书中出现15次
Since she had been living in other people’s houses and had had no Ayah, she had begun to feel lonely and to think queer thoughts which were new to her.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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