🔊 The Parisians who nowadays on entering on the Rue Rambuteau at the end near the Halles, notice on their right, opposite the Rue Mondétour, a basket-maker's shop having for its sign a basket in the form of Napoleon the Great with this inscription:-- Napoleon Is Made Wholly Of Willow, have no suspicion of the terrible scenes which this very spot witnessed hardly thirty years ago.

如今的巴黎人,无论是谁,只要从靠近中央菜市场的那一头走进朗布托街,就会注意到右侧,正对着蒙德图尔街的地方,有一家箍桶铺,招牌上画着一个形似拿破仑大帝的篮子,上面写着:--「拿破仑大帝全是柳条编的。」他们绝想不到,就在这同一个地方,不到三十年前,曾上演过何等恐怖的情景。

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inscription /ɪnˈskrɪpʃən/

n. 铭文,碑文,题字➕

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witnessed /ˈwɪtnəst/

v. 目睹,见证（过去式）➕

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Wholly /ˈhoʊli/

adv. 完全地,整体地➕

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suspicion /səˈspɪʃən/

n. 怀疑,嫌疑➕

🔊 It was there that lay the Rue de la Chanvrerie, which ancient deeds spell Chanverrerie, and the celebrated public-house called Corinthe.

那里,便是当年的麻厂街（古时文献称其为「尚弗勒里街」）,以及那家鼎鼎大名的酒馆--科林斯。

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deeds /diːdz/

n. 行为,事迹；契据（复数）➕

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celebrated /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/

adj. 著名的,驰名的➕

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public-house /ˈpʌblɪk haʊs/

n. 酒馆,酒吧（英式）➕

🔊 The reader will remember all that has been said about the barricade effected at this point, and eclipsed, by the way, by the barricade Saint-Merry. It was on this famous barricade of the Rue de la Chanvrerie, now fallen into profound obscurity, that we are about to shed a little light.

读者想必还记得,我们曾描述过此处构筑的那道街垒,虽说它后来被圣梅里教堂的街垒抢了风头。我们即将对这道著名的麻厂街街垒（如今已湮没无闻）略加追述,为其投上一丝光亮。

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barricade /ˈbærɪkeɪd/

n. 路障,街垒➕

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effected /ɪˈfektɪd/

v. 实现,实施（过去式）➕

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eclipsed /ɪˈklɪpst/

v. 使黯然失色,超越（过去式）➕

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profound /prəˈfaʊnd/

adj. 深刻的,深远的➕

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obscurity /əbˈskjʊrəti/

n. 模糊,默默无闻➕

🔊 May we be permitted to recur, for the sake of clearness in the recital, to the simple means which we have already employed in the case of Waterloo. Persons who wish to picture to themselves in a tolerably exact manner the constitution of the houses which stood at that epoch near the Pointe Saint-Eustache, at the northeast angle of the Halles of Paris, where today lies the embouchure of the Rue Rambuteau, have only to imagine an N touching the Rue Saint-Denis with its summit and the Halles with its base, and whose two vertical bars should form the Rue de la Grande-Truanderie, and the Rue de la Chanvrerie, and whose transverse bar should be formed by the Rue de la Petite-Truanderie. The old Rue Mondétour cut the three strokes of the N at the most crooked angles. So that the labyrinthine confusion of these four streets sufficed to form, on a space three fathoms square, between the Halles and the Rue Saint-Denis on the one hand, and between the Rue du Cygne and the Rue des Prêcheurs on the other, seven islands of houses, oddly cut up, of varying sizes, placed crosswise and haphazard, and barely separated, like the blocks of stone in a dock, by narrow crannies.

为了叙述清晰,请允许我们再次采用当年描述滑铁卢战役时用过的那种简单手法。凡是希望相当准确地想象当时矗立在圣厄斯塔什角、巴黎中央菜市场东北角（也就是如今朗布托街入口处）的那些房屋布局的人,只需设想一个字母N:它的顶端触及圣但尼街,底部触及中央菜市场；两条竖线构成大流浪街和麻厂街,横线则构成小流浪街。古老的蒙德图尔街以最曲折的角度穿过这三笔笔画。因此,这四条街交织成的迷宫,在一块三平方托阿兹的区域内--一边是中央菜市场与圣但尼街,另一边是天鹅街与传教士街--形成了七座房屋的岛屿,它们被奇怪地切割,大小不一,东倒西歪地交叉排列,彼此之间只隔着窄如船坞中石板缝隙的裂隙。

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recur /rɪˈkɜːr/

v. 重现,再次发生➕

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recital /rɪˈsaɪtl/

n. 叙述；独奏会➕

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constitution /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃən/

n. 构成,宪法；体质➕

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epoch /ˈiːpɒk/

n. 时代,纪元➕

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embouchure /ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊər/

n. 河口；管乐器吹奏法➕

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summit /ˈsʌmɪt/

n. 顶峰,最高点➕

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vertical /ˈvɜːtɪkəl/

adj. 垂直的,竖立的➕

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transverse /trænsˈvɜːs/

adj. 横向的,横断的➕

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crooked /ˈkrʊkɪd/

adj. 弯曲的；不诚实的➕

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labyrinthine /ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn/

adj. 迷宫般的,错综复杂的➕

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sufficed /səˈfaɪst/

v. 足够（过去式）➕

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fathoms /ˈfæðəmz/

n. 英寻（长度单位,复数）➕

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oddly /ˈɒdli/

adv. 古怪地,奇怪地➕

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crosswise /ˈkrɒswaɪz/

adv. 交叉地,横斜地➕

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haphazard /hæpˈhæzəd/

adj. 随意的,无计划的➕

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crannies /ˈkræniz/

n. 裂缝,缝隙（复数）➕

🔊 We say narrow crannies, and we can give no more just idea of those dark, contracted, many-angled alleys, lined with eight-story buildings. These buildings were so decrepit that, in the Rue de la Chanvrerie and the Rue de la Petite-Truanderie, the fronts were shored up with beams running from one house to another. The street was narrow and the gutter broad, the pedestrian there walked on a pavement that was always wet, skirting little stalls resembling cellars, big posts encircled with iron hoops, excessive heaps of refuse, and gates armed with enormous, century-old gratings. The Rue Rambuteau has devastated all that.

我们说「窄隙」,再没有比这更能形容那些阴暗、局促、多角的巷子了,它们两旁矗立着八层高的楼房。这些楼房破旧不堪,在麻厂街和小流浪街一带,正面都用横梁从一栋房子撑到另一栋房子。街道狭窄,阴沟宽阔,行人走的路面总是湿漉漉的,两旁是像地窖似的小铺子、围着铁箍的大柱子、堆积如山的垃圾,以及装着巨大百年铁栅的大门。朗布托街的出现,将这一切都夷为平地了。

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decrepit /dɪˈkrepɪt/

adj. 破旧的,衰老的➕

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pedestrian /pəˈdestriən/

n. 行人➕

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skirting /ˈskɜːtɪŋ/

v. 绕过,沿着边缘走（现在分词）➕

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encircled /ɪnˈsɜːrkəld/

v. 环绕,包围（过去分词）➕

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excessive /ɪkˈsesɪv/

adj. 过多的,过度的➕

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refuse /ˈrefjuːs/

n. 垃圾,废物➕

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gratings /ˈɡreɪtɪŋz/

n. 格栅,栅栏（复数）➕

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devastated /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/

v. 毁坏,使荒芜（过去分词）➕

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many-angled /ˈmeni ˈæŋɡəld/

adj. 多角的,有许多角的➕

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eight-story /eɪt ˈstɔːri/

adj. 八层的（指楼房）➕

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century-old /ˈsentʃəri oʊld/

adj. 百年之久的,古老的➕

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shored up /ʃɔːrd ʌp/

v. 支撑,加固（过去式短语）➕

🔊 The name of Mondétour paints marvellously well the sinuosities of that whole set of streets. A little further on, they are found still better expressed by the Rue Pirouette, which ran into the Rue Mondétour.

「蒙德图尔」这个街名,极其巧妙地描绘了那整片街区的蜿蜒曲折。再往前走一点,人们会发现,旋转街（它汇入蒙德图尔街）这个名字表达得更为贴切。

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marvellously /ˈmɑːrvələsli/

adv. 绝妙地,令人惊叹地➕

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sinuosities /ˌsɪnjuˈɒsɪtiz/

n. 蜿蜒,曲折（复数）➕

🔊 The passerby who got entangled from the Rue Saint-Denis in the Rue de la Chanvrerie beheld it gradually close in before him as though he had entered an elongated funnel. At the end of this street, which was very short, he found further passage barred in the direction of the Halles by a tall row of houses, and he would have thought himself in a blind alley, had he not perceived on the right and left two dark cuts through which he could make his escape. This was the Rue Mondétour, which on one side ran into the Rue de Prêcheurs, and on the other into the Rue du Cygne and the Petite-Truanderie. At the bottom of this sort of cul-de-sac, at the angle of the cutting on the right, there was to be seen a house which was not so tall as the rest, and which formed a sort of cape in the street. It is in this house, of two stories only, that an illustrious wine-shop had been merrily installed three hundred years before. This tavern created a joyous noise in the very spot which old Theophilus described in the following couplet:-- Là branle le squelette horrible D’un pauvre amant qui se pendit. The situation was good, and tavern-keepers succeeded each other there, from father to son.

从圣但尼街拐进麻厂街的行人,会看到街道在他面前逐渐收窄,仿佛走进了一只细长的漏斗。这条街很短,走到尽头,朝中央菜市场方向的路被一排高大的房屋挡住。若不是看到左右两边各有一条黑暗的缺口可以逃生,他会以为自己走进了一条死胡同。这就是蒙德图尔街,它一头通向传教士街,另一头通向天鹅街和小流浪街。在这条死胡同般的底部,右侧缺口的拐角处,矗立着一栋比其他房屋稍矮的房子,它在街上形成一个岬角。就是这栋只有两层楼的房子,三百年前曾是一家生意兴隆的著名酒馆。这家酒馆在此地发出的欢声笑语,正是老泰奥菲尔在以下诗句中所描述的情景:--「那儿摇晃着可怕的骨架,/ 是一个可怜的情人吊死的。」这里地段良好,酒馆老板们一代代地传承下去。

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passerby /ˌpæsərˈbaɪ/

n. 行人,过路人（单数）➕

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entangled /ɪnˈtæŋɡəld/

v. 缠住,卷入（过去分词）➕

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beheld /bɪˈheld/

v. 看见（ behold的过去式）➕

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elongated /ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪtɪd/

adj. 拉长的,延长的➕

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funnel /ˈfʌnəl/

n. 漏斗；烟囱➕

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barred /bɑːrd/

v. 阻挡,禁止（过去分词）➕

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blind alley /blaɪnd ˈæli/

n. 死胡同；绝境➕

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perceived /pərˈsiːvd/

v. 察觉,意识到（过去式）➕

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cul-de-sac /ˈkʌl də sæk/

n. 死胡同,尽头路➕

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cape /keɪp/

n. 海角；披肩➕

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illustrious /ɪˈlʌstriəs/

adj. 杰出的,著名的➕

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wine-shop /waɪn ʃɒp/

n. 酒店,酒馆➕

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tavern /ˈtævərn/

n. 酒馆,客栈➕

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couplet /ˈkʌplɪt/

n. 对句,两行诗➕

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tavern-keepers /ˈtævərn ˌkiːpərz/

n. 酒馆老板（复数）➕

🔊 In the time of Mathurin Régnier, this cabaret was called the Pot-aux-Roses, and as the rebus was then in fashion, it had for its signboard, a post (poteau) painted rose-color. In the last century, the worthy Natoire, one of the fantastic masters nowadays despised by the stiff school, having got drunk many times in this wine-shop at the very table where Régnier had drunk his fill, had painted, by way of gratitude, a bunch of Corinth grapes on the pink post. The keeper of the cabaret, in his joy, had changed his device and had caused to be placed in gilt letters beneath the bunch these words: "Au Raisin de Corinthe." Hence the name of Corinthe. Nothing is more natural to drunken men than ellipses. The ellipsis is the zigzag of the phrase. Corinthe gradually dethroned the Pot-aux-Roses. The last proprietor of the dynasty, Father Hucheloup, no longer acquainted even with the tradition, had the post painted blue.

在马蒂兰·雷尼埃的时代,这家小酒馆叫作「玫瑰壶酒馆」。当时流行字谜,店招牌便是一根涂成玫瑰色的柱子（法文poteau意为柱子）。上个世纪,那位备受僵化学派鄙夷的杰出怪才纳图瓦,曾在这家酒馆里--就在雷尼埃曾经喝得酩酊大醉的那张桌子上--多次痛饮,出于感激,他在那根粉红色的柱子上画了一串科林斯葡萄。酒馆老板大喜过望,便将招牌改换,在那串葡萄下面用金字写上:「科林斯葡萄。」于是便有了「科林斯」这个名字。对于醉汉而言,省略之法再自然不过；省略,就是语言的曲折之舞。「科林斯」逐渐取代了「玫瑰壶酒馆」。这个家族的末代店主--于什鲁老爹--连这传统都不再知晓,竟然把那根柱子涂成了蓝色（而那蓝色正是补赎的位置）。

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cabaret /ˈkæbəreɪ/

n. 卡巴莱,有歌舞表演的餐厅➕

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rebus /ˈriːbəs/

n. 画谜,字谜➕

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signboard /ˈsaɪnbɔːrd/

n. 招牌,告示牌➕

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despised /dɪˈspaɪzd/

v. 鄙视,厌恶（过去分词）➕

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device /dɪˈvaɪs/

n. 装置；手法；图案➕

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dethroned /dɪˈθroʊnd/

v. 废黜,推翻（过去分词）➕

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proprietor /prəˈpraɪətər/

n. 所有者,业主➕

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dynasty /ˈdɪnəsti/

n. 王朝,朝代➕

🔊 A room on the ground floor, where the bar was situated, one on the first floor containing a billiard-table, a wooden spiral staircase piercing the ceiling, wine on the tables, smoke on the walls, candles in broad daylight--this was the style of this cabaret. A staircase with a trap-door in the lower room led to the cellar. On the second floor were the lodgings of the Hucheloup family. They were reached by a staircase which was a ladder rather than a staircase, and had for their entrance only a private door in the large room on the first floor. Under the roof, in two mansard attics, were the nests for the servants. The kitchen shared the ground floor with the taproom.

楼下一间大厅作酒吧,楼上第一层有一张台球桌,一座木制螺旋楼梯穿透天花板,桌上放着酒,墙上烟雾缭绕,大白天也点着蜡烛--这就是这家酒馆的风格。底层有一道带活板门的楼梯通往地窖。第二层是于什鲁一家的住处。要上去得走一道与其说是楼梯、不如说是梯子的东西,入口只有第一层大房间内的一扇私门。屋顶下有两间复折式阁楼,是仆人们的窝。厨房和酒吧一起挤在底层。

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billiard-table /ˈbɪliərd ˌteɪbəl/

n. 台球桌➕

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spiral /ˈspaɪrəl/

adj. 螺旋形的➕

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piercing /ˈpɪrsɪŋ/

v. 刺穿,穿透（现在分词）➕

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trap-door /træp dɔːr/

n. 活板门,地板门➕

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cellar /ˈselər/

n. 地窖,地下室➕

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lodgings /ˈlɒdʒɪŋz/

n. 住所,寄宿处（复数）➕

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mansard /ˈmænsɑːrd/

n. 双重斜坡屋顶,曼萨德式屋顶➕

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attics /ˈætɪks/

n. 阁楼,顶楼（复数）➕

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taproom /ˈtæpruːm/

n. 酒吧间,（酒馆的）售酒处➕

🔊 Father Hucheloup had, possibly, been born a chemist, but the fact is that he was a cook; people did not confine themselves to drinking alone in his wine-shop, they also ate there. Hucheloup had invented a capital thing which could be eaten nowhere but in his house, stuffed carps, which he called carpes au gras. These were eaten by the light of a tallow candle or of a lamp of the time of Louis XVI, on tables to which were nailed waxed cloths in lieu of tablecloths. People came thither from a distance. Hucheloup, one fine morning, had seen fit to notify passersby of this "specialty"; he had dipped a brush in a pot of black paint, and as he was an orthographer on his own account, as well as a cook after his own fashion, he had improvised on his wall this remarkable inscription:-- Carpes ho gras One winter, the rainstorms and the showers had taken a fancy to obliterate the S which terminated the first word, and the G which began the third; this is what remained:-- Carpe ho ras Time and rain assisting, a humble gastronomical announcement had become a profound piece of advice.

于什鲁老爹或许生来就该当药剂师,但事实上他是个厨子；在他的酒馆里,人们不光喝酒,也吃饭。于什鲁发明了一样绝世好菜,别处吃不到:就是塞馅鲤鱼,他称之为「油浸鲤鱼」。人们就着牛油蜡烛或路易十六时期的油灯灯光,在钉着漆布（权当桌布）的桌子上吃这道菜。食客从远处慕名而来。有一天早晨,于什鲁心血来潮,想把这道「特色菜」广而告之；他拿刷子蘸了一罐黑漆,由于他既是自成一派的厨师,也是自成一派的拼写家,便信手在墙上涂了这么一行醒目的字:--「油浸鲤鱼」（Carpes ho gras）。一个冬天,雨水和暴雨偏偏把那第一个词末尾的S和第三个词开头的G冲刷掉了,结果就剩下:--「鲤,鱼」（Carpe ho ras）。在时间和雨水的帮助下,一个谦卑的美食广告变成了一句深刻的箴言。

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confine /kənˈfaɪn/

v. 限制,监禁➕

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capital /ˈkæpɪtəl/

adj. 极好的,上等的（口语用法）➕

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stuffed /stʌft/

adj. 填充的,填塞的➕

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tallow /ˈtæloʊ/

n. 动物油脂,脂➕

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waxed /wækst/

adj. 上过蜡的➕

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lieu /luː/

n. 代替（仅用于短语 in lieu of）➕

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tablecloths /ˈteɪbəlklɒθs/

n. 桌布（复数）➕

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thither /ˈðɪðər/

adv. 到那边,向那里（古语）➕

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notify /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/

v. 通知,告知➕

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passersby /ˌpæsərzˈbaɪ/

n. 过路人,行人（复数）➕

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specialty /ˈspeʃəlti/

n. 特色菜,专长,特产➕

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improvised /ˈɪmprəvaɪzd/

v. 即兴创作,临时做（过去式）➕

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remarkable /rɪˈmɑːrkəbəl/

adj. 显著的,非凡的➕

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rainstorms /ˈreɪnstɔːrmz/

n. 暴风雨（复数）➕

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obliterate /əˈblɪtəreɪt/

v. 抹去,消灭,摧毁➕

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gastronomical /ˌɡæstrəˈnɒmɪkəl/

adj. 美食的,烹饪的➕

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in lieu of /ɪn luː ɒv/

prep. 代替,作为……的替代➕

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taken a fancy to /ˈteɪkən ə ˈfænsi tuː/

phrase. 喜欢上,对……产生好感➕

🔊 In this way it came about, that though he knew no French, Father Hucheloup understood Latin, that he had evoked philosophy from his kitchen, and that, desirous simply of effacing Lent, he had equalled Horace. And the striking thing about it was, that that also meant: "Enter my wine-shop."

就这样,于什鲁老爹虽然不懂法文,却懂了拉丁文；他从厨房里召唤出哲学,本想简简单单地抹去四旬期,结果却与贺拉斯比肩。而更妙的是,这句话的意思同时也是:「请进我的酒馆。」

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came about /keɪm əˈbaʊt/

phrase. 发生,产生➕

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evoked /ɪˈvoʊkt/

v. 唤起,引起（过去式）➕

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philosophy /fɪˈlɒsəfi/

n. 哲学；人生观➕

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desirous /dɪˈzaɪərəs/

adj. 渴望的,希望的➕

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effacing /ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/

v. 抹去,使淡出（现在分词）➕

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equalled /ˈiːkwəld/

v. 等于,比得上（过去式）➕

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striking /ˈstraɪkɪŋ/

adj. 显著的,引人注目的➕

🔊 Nothing of all this is in existence now. The Mondétour labyrinth was disembowelled and widely opened in 1847, and probably no longer exists at the present moment. The Rue de la Chanvrerie and Corinthe have disappeared beneath the pavement of the Rue Rambuteau.

如今这一切都已不复存在。蒙德图尔迷宫在1847年被彻底剖开、展宽,恐怕至今已荡然无存。麻厂街和科林斯都已消失在朗布托街的路面之下。

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disembowelled /ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəld/

v. 挖出内脏；破坏内部（过去分词）➕

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labyrinth /ˈlæbərɪnθ/

n. 迷宫,复杂难解的事物➕

🔊 As we have already said, Corinthe was the meeting-place if not the rallying-point, of Courfeyrac and his friends. It was Grantaire who had discovered Corinthe. He had entered it on account of the Carpe horas, and had returned thither on account of the Carpes au gras. There they drank, there they ate, there they shouted; they did not pay much, they paid badly, they did not pay at all, but they were always welcome. Father Hucheloup was a jovial host.

我们前面说过,科林斯即使不是古费拉克和他朋友们的集结地,也是他们的聚会场所。是格朗泰尔发现了科林斯。他是因为那句「鲤,鱼」才进去的,后来又因为「油浸鲤鱼」经常光顾。他们在那里喝酒,在那里吃饭,在那里叫嚷；他们付得不多,付得很差,甚至根本不付钱,但总是受到欢迎。于什鲁老爹是个快乐好客的老板。

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meeting-place /ˈmiːtɪŋ pleɪs/

n. 集合地,聚会地点➕

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rallying-point /ˈræliɪŋ pɔɪnt/

n. 聚集点,号召点➕

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on account of /ɒn əˈkaʊnt ɒv/

prep. 因为,由于➕

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jovial /ˈdʒoʊviəl/

adj. 快乐的；友好的➕

🔊 Hucheloup, that amiable man, as was just said, was a wine-shop-keeper with a moustache; an amusing variety. He always had an ill-tempered air, seemed to wish to intimidate his customers, grumbled at the people who entered his establishment, and had rather the mien of seeking a quarrel with them than of serving them with soup. And yet, we insist upon the word, people were always welcome there. This oddity had attracted customers to his shop, and brought him young men, who said to each other: "Come hear Father Hucheloup growl." He had been a fencing-master. All of a sudden, he would burst out laughing. A big voice, a good fellow. He had a comic foundation under a tragic exterior, he asked nothing better than to frighten you, very much like those snuffboxes which are in the shape of a pistol. The detonation makes one sneeze.

正如刚才所说,于什鲁是个和蔼可亲的人--一个留着胡子的酒馆老板,一种有趣的变种。他总是一副脾气暴躁的样子,好像要吓唬顾客,对进店的客人嘟嘟囔囔,与其说是招呼他们喝汤,不如说是在找茬吵架。然而,我们必须强调:人们在那里总是受欢迎的。这种怪癖吸引顾客上门,也招来那些年轻小伙子,他们互相说:「走,去听听于什鲁老爹骂人。」他以前当过剑术教练。他会突然爆发出一阵大笑。嗓门洪亮,心地善良。他有着悲剧外表下的喜剧底色,他最喜欢吓唬你,就像那些做成手枪形状的鼻烟盒:一声巨响,却只是让你打个喷嚏。

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amiable /ˈeɪmiəbəl/

adj. 和蔼可亲的,友好的➕

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ill-tempered /ɪl ˈtempərd/

adj. 脾气坏的,易怒的➕

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intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/

v. 恐吓,威胁➕

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establishment /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

n. 机构,企业；建立➕

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mien /miːn/

n. 风度,神态,外表➕

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oddity /ˈɒdɪti/

n. 古怪,奇特的人或事物➕

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growl /ɡraʊl/

v. 咆哮,低吼➕

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fencing-master /ˈfensɪŋ ˌmæstər/

n. 击剑教练,击剑大师➕

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all of a sudden /ɔːl ɒv ə ˈsʌdən/

adv. phrase. 突然地➕

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burst out /bɜːrst aʊt/

v. 突然开始,爆发（笑声等）➕

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tragic /ˈtrædʒɪk/

adj. 悲剧的,悲惨的➕

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exterior /ɪkˈstɪriər/

n. 外部,外貌➕

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detonation /ˌdetəˈneɪʃən/

n. 爆炸,爆炸声➕

🔊 Mother Hucheloup, his wife, was a bearded and a very homely creature.

于什鲁大妈,他的妻子,是个长胡须的、奇丑无比的女人。

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bearded /ˈbɪrdɪd/

adj. 有胡子的➕

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homely /ˈhoʊmli/

adj. 朴素的,相貌平平的（英式:家常的）➕

🔊 About 1830, Father Hucheloup died. With him disappeared the secret of stuffed carps. His inconsolable widow continued to keep the wine-shop. But the cooking deteriorated, and became execrable; the wine, which had always been bad, became fearfully bad. Nevertheless, Courfeyrac and his friends continued to go to Corinthe--out of pity, as Bossuet said.

大约在1830年,于什鲁老爹去世了。塞馅鲤鱼的秘方也随之消失。悲痛欲绝的寡妇继续经营酒馆。但菜肴的质量每况愈下,变得糟糕透顶；酒水一向不怎么样,如今更是难喝得吓人。尽管如此,古费拉克和他的朋友们仍然继续去科林斯--用波舒哀的话说,是出于怜悯。

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inconsolable /ˌɪnkənˈsoʊləbl/

adj. 无法安慰的；悲痛欲绝的➕

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execrable /ˈeksɪkrəbl/

adj. 恶劣的；极坏的；糟糕的➕

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fearfully /ˈfɪrfəli/

adv. 非常；可怕地；恐惧地➕

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deteriorated /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪtɪd/

v. 恶化；变坏；质量下降➕

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nevertheless /ˌnevərðəˈles/

adv. 尽管如此；然而➕

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carps /kɑːrps/

n. 鲤鱼（复数）➕

🔊 The Widow Hucheloup was breathless and misshapen and given to rustic recollections. She deprived them of their flatness by her pronunciation. She had a way of her own of saying things, which spiced her reminiscences of the village and of her springtime. It had formerly been her delight, so she affirmed, to hear the loups-de-gorge (rouges-gorges) chanter dans les ogrepines (aubépines)-- to hear the redbreasts sing in the hawthorn-trees.

于什鲁寡妇气喘吁吁、身材臃肿,满脑子乡下旧事。她特有的发音把那些往事中平淡无奇的棱角都给磨平了。她讲起话来有自己的一套,为她回忆村庄和青春时光增添了趣味。她声称,从前她最爱听红喉鸟在山楂树丛中歌唱。（她总把「红喉鸟」说成「红猴鸟」,把「山楂树」说成「山渣树」。）

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breathless /ˈbreθləs/

adj. 气喘吁吁的；屏息的➕

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misshapen /ˌmɪsˈʃeɪpən/

adj. 畸形的；变形的➕

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rustic /ˈrʌstɪk/

adj. 乡村的；质朴的；粗野的➕

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recollections /ˌrekəˈlekʃənz/

n. 回忆；往事（复数）➕

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deprived /dɪˈpraɪvd/

v. 剥夺；使丧失（过去式/分词）➕

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flatness /ˈflætnəs/

n. 平坦；平淡；单调➕

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pronunciation /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/

n. 发音；读法➕

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spiced /spaɪst/

v. 加香料；增添趣味（过去式/分词）➕

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reminiscences /ˌremɪˈnɪsənsɪz/

n. 回忆；怀旧的往事（复数）➕

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formerly /ˈfɔːrmərli/

adv. 以前；从前➕

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affirmed /əˈfɜːrmd/

v. 断言；证实（过去式/分词）➕

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redbreasts /ˈredbrests/

n. 红胸鸟；知更鸟（复数）➕

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hawthorn-trees /ˈhɔːθɔːrn triːz/

n. 山楂树（复数）➕

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given to /ˈɡɪvən tuː/

phrase. 倾向于；习惯于➕

🔊 The hall on the first floor, where "the restaurant" was situated, was a large and long apartment encumbered with stools, chairs, benches, and tables, and with a crippled, lame, old billiard-table. It was reached by a spiral staircase which terminated in the corner of the room at a square hole like the hatchway of a ship.

楼上第一层那间用作「餐厅」的大厅,又长又大,塞满了板凳、椅子、长凳和桌子,还有一张摇摇晃晃、瘸腿的旧台球桌。要上去得走一座螺旋楼梯,楼梯尽头在房间的角落,开着一个方洞,就像船上的舱口。

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situated /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/

adj. 位于；处于...状态➕

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encumbered /ɪnˈkʌmbərd/

v. 阻碍；堆满；拖累（过去式/分词）➕

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crippled /ˈkrɪpəld/

adj. 跛的；残疾的；严重受损的➕

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lame /leɪm/

adj. 跛的；站不住脚的；蹩脚的➕

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staircase /ˈsteərkeɪs/

n. 楼梯；楼梯间➕

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terminated /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/

v. 终止；结束（过去式/分词）➕

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hatchway /ˈhætʃweɪ/

n. 舱口；出口➕

🔊 This room, lighted by a single narrow window, and by a lamp that was always burning, had the air of a garret. All the four-footed furniture comported itself as though it had but three legs--the whitewashed walls had for their only ornament the following quatrain in honor of Mame Hucheloup:-- Elle étonne à dix pas, elle épouvente à deux, Une verrue habite en son nez hasardeux; On tremble à chaque instant qu’elle ne vous la mouche Et qu’un beau jour son nez ne tombe dans sa bouche. This was scrawled in charcoal on the wall.

这房间只靠一扇窄窗和一盏终年不灭的油灯照明,看起来像个阁楼。所有四条腿的家具都好像只有三条腿--石灰粉刷的墙上唯一的装饰,是以下这首献给于什鲁大妈的四行诗:--「她十步之外令人惊,两步之内吓死人,/ 一个肉瘤长在她那其貌不扬的鼻子上；/ 人们时刻担心她擤鼻涕时,/ 有朝一日那鼻子会掉进她嘴里。」这是用木炭涂写在墙上的。

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lighted /ˈlaɪtɪd/

v. 点燃；照亮（过去分词）➕

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garret /ˈɡærət/

n. 阁楼；顶楼➕

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four-footed /fɔːr ˈfʊtɪd/

adj. 四足的➕

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comported /kəmˈpɔːrtɪd/

v. 举止；表现（过去式/分词）➕

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whitewashed /ˈwaɪtwɒʃt/

adj. 粉刷过的；掩饰的➕

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ornament /ˈɔːrnəmənt/

n. 装饰；装饰物➕

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quatrain /ˈkwɒtreɪn/

n. 四行诗➕

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scrawled /skrɔːld/

v. 潦草地写；乱涂（过去分词）➕

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charcoal /ˈtʃɑːrkoʊl/

n. 木炭；炭笔➕

🔊 Mame Hucheloup, a good likeness, went and came from morning till night before this quatrain with the most perfect tranquillity. Two serving-maids, named Matelote and Gibelotte, and who had never been known by any other names, helped Mame Hucheloup to set on the tables the jugs of poor wine, and the various broths which were served to the hungry patrons in earthenware bowls. Matelote, large, plump, redhaired, and noisy, the favorite ex-sultana of the defunct Hucheloup, was homelier than any mythological monster, be it what it may; still, as it becomes the servant to always keep in the rear of the mistress, she was less homely than Mame Hucheloup. Gibelotte, tall, delicate, white with a lymphatic pallor, with circles round her eyes, and drooping lids, always languid and weary, afflicted with what may be called chronic lassitude, the first up in the house and the last in bed, waited on everyone, even the other maid, silently and gently, smiling through her fatigue with a vague and sleepy smile.

于什鲁大妈--诗里画得活灵活现--从早到晚在这首四行诗面前走来走去,泰然自若。两名女仆,名叫马特洛特和吉布洛特--她们从没有过别的名字--帮着于什鲁大妈把劣酒罐子和各种盛在陶碗里的汤羹端到顾客桌上。马特洛特身材高大、丰满、红发、嗓门大,是先夫于什鲁宠爱的前苏丹妃子,她丑陋得赛过任何神话中的妖怪--尽管如此,鉴于仆人总得比主母略逊一筹,她比起于什鲁大妈来还算是美人了。吉布洛特瘦高、纤弱,脸上带着淋巴性的苍白,眼圈发黑,眼睑低垂,总是倦怠无力,患有可以称之为「慢性疲劳」的毛病,她是店里起得最早、睡得最晚的人,默默地、温顺地伺候所有人,甚至包括另一个女仆,她一边干活一边带着疲乏的微笑,那笑容恍惚而睡意沉沉。

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likeness /ˈlaɪknəs/

n. 相似；肖像➕

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tranquillity /træŋˈkwɪlɪti/

n. 宁静；平静➕

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serving-maids /ˈsɜːrvɪŋ meɪdz/

n. 女服务生；女仆（复数）➕

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jugs /dʒʌɡz/

n. 壶；罐（复数）➕

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broths /brɒθs/

n. 肉汤；菜汤（复数）➕

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earthenware /ˈɜːrθənweər/

n. 陶器；瓦器➕

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patrons /ˈpeɪtrənz/

n. 顾客；赞助人（复数）➕

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defunct /dɪˈfʌŋkt/

adj. 已故的；不再存在的；失效的➕

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homelier /ˈhoʊmliər/

adj. 更普通的；更相貌平平的（homely的比较级）➕

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mythological /ˌmɪθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/

adj. 神话的；神话中的➕

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lymphatic /lɪmˈfætɪk/

adj. 淋巴的；无精打采的➕

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pallor /ˈpælər/

n. 苍白；无血色➕

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drooping /ˈdruːpɪŋ/

adj. 下垂的；无精打采的➕

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lids /lɪdz/

n. 眼睑；盖子（复数）➕

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languid /ˈlæŋɡwɪd/

adj. 无精打采的；倦怠的➕

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weary /ˈwɪri/

adj. 疲倦的；厌倦的➕

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afflicted /əˈflɪktɪd/

v. 使痛苦；折磨（过去分词）➕

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chronic /ˈkrɒnɪk/

adj. 慢性的；长期的➕

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lassitude /ˈlæsɪtjuːd/

n. 疲倦；无精打采➕

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fatigue /fəˈtiːɡ/

n. 疲劳；疲乏➕

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vague /veɪɡ/

adj. 模糊的；含糊的➕

🔊 Before entering the restaurant room, the visitor read on the door the following line written there in chalk by Courfeyrac:-- Régale si tu peux et mange si tu l’oses.

进入餐厅之前,访客会在门上看到古费拉克用粉笔写下的一行字:--「你若能,请款待；你若敢,请品尝。」

Book XII. Corinthe – Chapter one: History of Corinthe from Its Foundation (第一章:科林斯酒馆的建店史)