读《化身博士》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森在《化身博士》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。
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/男管家, 司膳总管书中出现12次
The solemn butler knew and welcomed him; he was subjected to no stage of delay, but ushered direct from the door to the dining-room where Dr. Lanyon sat alone over his wine.
theatre/ˈθiətɝ/戏院, 电影院, 剧场书中出现11次
… to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
cheque/ˈtʃɛk/支票书中出现10次
… in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out with another man’s cheque for close upon a hundred pounds.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/抽屉, 开票人书中出现10次
From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: “And you don’t know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?”
seal/ˈsiɫ/封闭, 盖印, 盖章书中出现10次
… but no cards or papers, except a sealed and stamped envelope, which he had been probably carrying to the post …
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, 未婚女子, 女仆书中出现9次
A maid servant living alone in a house not far from the river, had gone upstairs to bed about eleven.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/凶手, 杀人者, 谋害者书中出现9次
The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/好奇心, 新奇的事物, 珍品书中出现9次
… almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/面容, 面部表情, 支持书中出现8次
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/认识, 辩认, 认出书中出现8次
Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/light的过去式和过去分词书中出现8次
Street after street and all the folks asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.
scarce/ˈskɛɹs/难得的, 稀罕的, 缺乏的书中出现8次
I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/颜色, 面色, 颜料书中出现7次
He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/询问, 问明, 查究书中出现7次
he inquired at last.
disappearance/ˌdɪsəˈpiɹəns/看不见, 失踪, 消失书中出现7次
“And now one word more: it was Hyde who dictated the terms in your will about that disappearance?”
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/吃惊, 使惊愕书中出现7次
He might see a reason for his friend’s strange preference or bondage (call it which you please) and even for the startling clauses of the will.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现7次
‘Set your mind at rest,’ says he, ‘I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.’
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/良心书中出现7次
Ah, it’s an ill conscience that’s such an enemy to rest!
draught/ˈdɹæft/气流, 草稿, 汇票书中出现6次
Let me but escape into my laboratory door, give me but a second or two to mix and swallow the draught that I had always standing ready; and whatever he had done …
pang/ˈpæŋ/剧痛, 悲痛, 苦闷书中出现6次
I put him back, conscious at his touch of a certain icy pang along my blood.
hatred/ˈheɪtɹəd/憎恨, 仇恨, 憎恶书中出现6次
… in the mind of the unimpressionable Enfield, a spirit of enduring hatred.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/苦恼, 贫困, 痛苦书中出现6次
I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies.
stamp/ˈstæmp/捣碎, 跺脚书中出现6次
And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane …
deformity/dɪˈfɔɹməti/残缺, 畸形, 残缺者书中出现5次
He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point.
hitherto/ˈhɪˌðɝˈtu/迄今, 至今书中出现5次
And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/荣誉, 头衔, 信用书中出现5次
I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world.
slumber/ˈsɫəmbɝ/睡眠, 麻木状态书中出现5次
… black as it was, was nearly ripe for the conception of the day—the inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined …
din/ˈdɪn/喧嚣书中出现5次
or shall I give you a light in the dining-room?”
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/异常的, 单一的书中出现5次
It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/战栗, 发抖书中出现5次
But tonight there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy on his memory …
stature/ˈstætʃɝ/身材, 身高, 高度书中出现5次
“Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature?”
doom/ˈdum/命中注定, 判决书中出现5次
And yet when Utterson remarked on his ill looks, it was with an air of great firmness that Lanyon declared himself a doomed man.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/很快地, 即刻书中出现5次
He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor’s …
tempt/ˈtɛmpt/诱惑, 引诱, 引起...的兴趣书中出现5次
It was unlikely that the doctor should fear death; and yet that was what Utterson was tempted to suspect.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/绝望, 失望书中出现5次
But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现5次
But Lanyon’s face changed, and he held up a trembling hand.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/隐藏, 掩盖, 隐瞒书中出现5次
Ah, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, pede claudo, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.”
fancy/ˈfænsi/想象力, 幻想, 喜好书中出现5次
… in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor’s; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/赤热, 光辉, 热情书中出现5次
… as the colour grows richer in stained windows; and the glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside vineyards, was ready to be set free and to disperse the fogs of London.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/不快乐的, 不幸的, 不适当的书中出现5次
… complaining of his exclusion from the house, and asking the cause of this unhappy break with Lanyon; and the next day brought him a long answer …
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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