读《金银岛》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Treasure Island
罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森在《金银岛》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。
squire/ˈskwaɪɹ/乡绅, 大地主, 治安官书中出现99次
And, now I come to think of it, I might as well ride round there myself and report to him or squire.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/航行, 启航, 张帆而行书中出现57次
And indeed bad as his clothes were and coarsely as he spoke, he had none of the appearance of a man who sailed before the mast, but seemed like a mate or skipper accustomed to be obeyed or to strike.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现53次
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
treasure/ˈtɹɛʒɝ/宝物, 财富书中出现44次
What I want to know is this: Supposing that I have here in my pocket some clue to where Flint buried his treasure, will that treasure amount to much?”
stockade/ˈstɑˌkeɪd/栅栏, 围起的地方书中出现37次
From the ship we could see nothing of the house or stockade, for they were quite buried among trees …
ashore/əˈʃɔɹ/向岸, 在岸上书中出现37次
… knew all the seafaring men in Bristol, had lost his health ashore, and wanted a good berth as cook to get to sea again.
aboard/əˈbɔɹd/在船上, 在火车上, 在飞机上书中出现34次
… I will!—to that eternal doctor swab, and tell him to pipe all hands—magistrates and sich—and he’ll lay ’em aboard at the Admiral Benbow—all old Flint’s crew, man and boy …
mate/ˈmeɪt/配偶, 对手, 助手书中出现32次
Much company, mate?”
buccaneer/ˌbəkəˈniɹ/海盗书中出现28次
“It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness …
anchorage/ˈæŋkɝədʒ/下锚, 锚地, 停泊税书中出现28次
… names of hills and bays and inlets, and every particular that would be needed to bring a ship to a safe anchorage upon its shores.
schooner/ˈskunɝ/纵帆船, 大酒杯书中出现28次
You never imagined a sweeter schooner—a child might sail her—two hundred tons; name, Hispaniola.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/计算, 总计, 估计书中出现27次
But you’re able to hear, I reckon; leastways, your ears is big enough.
fancy/ˈfænsi/想象力, 幻想, 喜好书中出现27次
And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/打雷, 轰隆地响, 怒喝书中出现26次
The captain had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy.
mutineer/ˌmjutəˈnɪɹ/暴徒, 反抗者书中出现24次
There was nothing left for me but death by starvation or death by the hands of the mutineers.
coracle/ˈkɔɹəkəɫ/柳条制成的小船书中出现24次
I had not then seen a coracle, such as the ancient Britons made …
crutch/ˈkɹətʃ/拐杖, 支撑, 依靠书中出现24次
His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and under the left shoulder he carried a crutch, which he managed with wonderful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird.
musket/ˈməskət/火枪书中出现23次
‘As for you, Benjamin Gunn,’ says they, ‘here’s a musket,’ they says, ‘and a spade, and pick-axe.
stern/ˈstɝn/严厉的, 严格的, 坚定的书中出现23次
“Now, Morgan,” said Long John very sternly, “you never clapped your eyes on that Black—Black Dog before, did you, now?”
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/吹口哨, 鸣汽笛, 发嘘嘘声书中出现23次
I remember him looking round the cove and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
seaman/ˈsimən/船员, 海员, 水兵书中出现21次
When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour …
pistol/ˈpɪstəɫ/手枪, 信号枪书中出现21次
All they would do was to give me a loaded pistol lest we were attacked, and to promise to have horses ready saddled in case we were pursued on our return …
tide/ˈtaɪd/潮, 潮汐, 趋势书中出现19次
“Why, by the powers,” cried Long John, “if we do, we’ll miss the morning tide!”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/北面书中出现18次
… but above all, three crosses of red ink—two on the north part of the island, one in the southwest—and beside this last …
meantime/ˈminˌtaɪm/其间书中出现18次
In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all knew to mean silence.
bless/ˈbɫɛs/祝福, 祈佑, 使神圣化书中出现18次
And here, sure enough, is my mate Bill, with a spy-glass under his arm, bless his old ’art, to be sure.
cutlass/ˈkətɫəs/短剑, 弯刀书中出现17次
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/水手, 船员, 海员书中出现17次
He sprang to his feet, drew and opened a sailor’s clasp-knife, and balancing it open on the palm of his hand, threatened to pin the doctor to the wall.
mast/ˈmæst/桅, 桅杆, 杆书中出现16次
But now I find that every man before the mast knows more than I do.
mat/ˈmæt/垫, 丛, 衬边书中出现16次
I been in places hot as pitch, and mates dropping round with Yellow Jack, and the blessed land a-heaving like the sea with earthquakes—what do the doctor know of lands like that?—and I lived on rum …
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/吼, 咆哮, 轰鸣书中出现16次
On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms …
anchor/ˈæŋkɝ/锚书中出现16次
She lies at anchor, ready for sea.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/微风, 煤屑, 轻而易举的事书中出现16次
and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/颜色, 面色, 颜料书中出现15次
He was breathing very loud and hard, but his eyes were closed and his face a horrible colour.
coxswain艇长, 舵手书中出现15次
And the coxswain, Israel Hands, was a careful, wily, old, experienced seaman who could be trusted at a pinch with almost anything.
mile/ˈmaɪɫ/英里, 很大距离书中出现14次
Although the breeze had now utterly ceased, we had made a great deal of way during the night and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of the low eastern coast.
gig/ˈɡɪɡ/旋转物, 轻便双轮马车, 赛艇书中出现14次
A turn ashore’ll hurt nobody—the boats are still in the water; you can take the gigs, and as many as please may go ashore for the afternoon.
spit/ˈspɪt/吐唾沫, 吐痰, 唾弃书中出现14次
It did all our hearts good to see him spit in his hand, knit his brows, and make the blade sing through the air.
haul/ˈhɔɫ/拖, 拉, 改变方向书中出现14次
“We was a-talkin’ of keel-hauling,” answered Morgan.
fool/ˈfuɫ/愚人, 受骗者, 奶油拌水果书中出现14次
That doctor’s a fool, I tell you.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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