野性的呼唤第14节 重点词汇

野性的呼唤第14节 重点词汇

A rest comes very good after one has travelled three thousand miles, and it must

be confessed that Buck waxed lazy as his wounds healed, his muscles swelled

out, and the ?esh came back to cover his bones. For that matter, they were all

loa?ng,--Buck, John Thornton, and Skeet and Nig,--waiting for the raft to come

that was to carry them down to Dawson. Skeet was a little Irish setter who early

made friends with Buck, who, in a dying condition, was unable to resent her ?rst

advances. She had the doctor trait which some dogs possess; and as a mother

cat washes her kittens, so she washed and cleansed Buck''s wounds. Regularly,

each morning after he had ?nished his breakfast, she performed her self-

appointed task, till he came to look for her ministrations as much as he did for

Thornton''s. Nig, equally friendly, though less demonstrative, was a huge black

dog, half bloodhound and half deerhound, with eyes that laughed and a

boundless good nature.

g404confess v. 坦?、承认

【搭配】

confess to sth/to doing sth 供认，承认

?

【联想】

confession n. 忏悔，供认

g404appoint? v. 任命；委任?

【搭配】

appoint sb to sth/appoint sb (as) sth

?

【联系】

appointment ?n. 任命, 任命的职位

To Buck''s surprise these dogs manifested no jealousy toward him. They seemed

to share the kindliness and largeness of John Thornton. As Buck grew stronger

they enticed him into all sorts of ridiculous games, in which Thornton himself

could not forbear to join; and in this fashion Buck romped through his

convalescence and into a new existence. Love, genuine passionate love, was his

for the ?rst time. This he had never experienced at Judge Miller''s down in the

sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. With the Judge''s sons, hunting and tramping, it

had been a working partnership ; with the Judge''s grandsons, a sort of pompous

guardianship; and with the Judge himself, a stately and digni?ed friendship. But

love that was feverish and burning, that was adoration , that was madness , it

had taken John Thornton to arouse.

g404manifest? ?v. 表明、清楚展现

【搭配】

manifest sth in sth 表明

?

【联想】

manifest??adj. 明显的；显?易?的

manifestly? adv. 显然地；明?地

manifestation? n. 表现；显示

g404entice? v. 诱使、引诱

【搭配】

entice sb into doing sth 引诱某?做某事

?

【联想】

enticing?? adj. 引诱的

enticement? n. 诱惑；怂恿

This man had saved his life, which was something; but, further, he was the ideal

master. Other men saw to the welfare of their dogs from a sense of duty and

business expediency; he saw to the welfare of his as if they were his own

children, because he could not help it. And he saw further. He never forgot a

kindly greeting or a cheering word, and to sit down for a long talk with them

(“gas” he called it) was as much his delight as theirs . He had a way of taking

Buck''s head roughly between his hands, and resting his own head upon Buck''s,

of shaking him back and forth, the while calling him ill names that to Buck were

love names. Buck knew no greater joy than that rough embrace and the sound of

murmured oaths, and at each jerk back and forth it seemed that his heart would

be shaken out of his body so great was its ecstasy . And when, released, he

sprang to his feet, his mouth laughing, his eyes eloquent , his throat vibrant with

unuttered sound, and in that fashion remained without movement, John Thornton

would reverently exclaim, “God! you can all but speak!”Buck had a trick of love

expression that was akin to hurt. He would often seize Thornton''s hand in his

mouth and close so ?ercely that the ?esh bore the impress of his teeth for some

time afterward. And as Buck understood the oaths to be love words, so the man

understood this feigned bite for a caress.For the most part, however, Buck''s love

was expressed in adoration .While he went wild with happiness when Thornton

touched him or spoke to him, he did not seek these tokens. Unlike Skeet, who

was wont to shove her nose under Thornton''s hand and nudge and nudge till

petted, or Nig, who would stalk up and rest his great head on Thornton''s knee,

Buck was content to adore at a distance. He would lie by the hour, eager, alert,

at Thornton''s feet, looking up into his face, dwelling upon it, studying it, following

with keenest interest each ?eeting expression, every movement or change of

feature. Or, as chance might have it, he would lie farther away, to the side or

rear, watching the outlines of the man and the occasional movements of his

body. And often, such was the communion in which they lived, the strength of

Buck''s gaze would draw John Thornton''s head around, and he would return the

gaze, without speech, his heart shining out of his eyes as Buck''s heart shone out.

g404release? v. 放开；放松

【搭配】

release her arm 放开她的胳膊

?

【其他重要释义】

release v. 释放 ?

release the prisoner ?释放囚犯

g404content? adj. 愿意

【搭配】

content to do sth愿意做某事

?

【其它重要释义】

content adj. 满意的

content with sth 对......满意

g404adore v. 爱慕

【近义】

love/fancy/prefer v. 喜欢；爱慕

adoration? n. 爱慕、崇拜

【联想】

? adorable adj. 可爱的；值得崇拜的

? adoring?adj.?崇拜的；敬慕的

g404shine v. 照耀（?般指太阳、?亮等物体发光、照耀）

【搭配】

? shine in 照射进来

? shine a light ?灯照亮

? shine up to sb [俚语] 竭?讨好某?

?

【近义】

sparkle v. 闪烁、闪耀（明亮?有些闪烁的发光如?花、钻?等）

For a long time after his rescue, Buck did not like Thornton to get out of his

sight. From the moment he left the tent to when he entered it again, Buck would

follow at his heels. His transient masters since he had come into the Northland

had bred in him a fear that no master could be permanent. He was afraid that

Thornton would pass out of his life as Perrault and Francois and the Scotch half-

breed had passed out. Even in the night, in his dreams, he was haunted by this

fear. At such times he would shake o? sleep and creep through the chill to the

?ap of the tent, where he would stand and listen to the sound of his master''s

breathing.

g404rescue n. 营救、抢救

【搭配】

? came to one’s rescue 挽救

? a?rescue attempt/operation??次营救?动

? rescue workers/boats/helicopters?救援?员╱船只╱直升机

g404permanent:? adj. 永久的、?久的

【搭配】

? a permanent job?固定?作

? permanent damage to the brain 永久性脑损伤

?

【反义】

transient adj. 临时的、短暂的

But in spite of this great love he bore John Thornton, which seemed to bespeak

the soft civilizing in?uence, the strain of the primitive, which the Northland had

aroused in him, remained alive and active. Faithfulness and devotion, things born

of ?re and roof, were his; yet he retained his wildness and wiliness. He was a

thing of the wild, come in from the wild to sit by John Thornton''s ?re, rather than

a dog of the soft Southland stamped with the marks of generations of

civilization. Because of his very great love, he could not steal from this man, but

from any other man, in any other camp, he did not hesitate an instant; while the

cunning with which he stole enabled him to escape detection.His face and body

were scored by the teeth of many dogs, and he fought as ?ercely as ever and

more shrewdly. Skeet and Nig were too good-natured for quarrelling,--besides,

they belonged to John Thornton; but the strange dog, no matter what the breed

or valor, swiftly acknowledged Buck''s supremacy or found himself struggling for

life with a terrible antagonist . And Buck was merciless . He had learned well the

law of club and fang, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a

foe he had started on the way to Death. He had lessoned from Spitz, and from

the chief ?ghting dogs of the police and mail, and knew there was no middle

course. He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness.

Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such

misunderstandings made for death. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law;

and this mandate , down out of the depths of Time, he obeyed.He was older than

the days he had seen and the breaths he had drawn. He linked the past with the

present , and the eternity behind him throbbed through him in a mighty rhythm to

which he swayed as the tides and seasons swayed. He sat by John Thornton''s

?re, a broad-breasted dog, white-fanged and long-furred; but behind him were

the shades of all manner of dogs, half-wolves and wild wolves, urgent and

prompting, tasting the savor of the meat he ate, thirsting for the water he drank,

scenting the wind with him, listening with him and telling him the sounds made by

the wild life in the forest, dictating his moods, directing his actions, lying down to

sleep with him when he lay down, and dreaming with him and beyond him and

becoming themselves the stu? of his dreams.So peremptorily did these shades

beckon him, that each day mankind and the claims of mankind slipped farther

from him. Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this

call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the

?re and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on,

he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding

imperiously, deep in the forest. But as often as he gained the soft unbroken earth

and the green shade, the love for John Thornton drew him back to the ?re again.

g404bear v. ?怀（感情，经常是不好的感情）

【搭配】

? bears no resentment??? 毫?怨恨

? bear a grudge?against sb /bear sb a grudge对某?怀恨在?

g404strain? n. 担忧；焦虑

【搭配】

? under great strain? ?常紧张

? put a strain on sth 对......产?压?

g404retain? v. 保持；保留

【搭配】

? retain one’s independence?保持独?

? retain control of the situation 保持对局势的控制

For Thornton, however, his love seemed to grow and grow. He, alone among men,

could put a pack upon Buck''s back in the summer travelling. Nothing was too

great for Buck to do, when Thornton commanded. One day (they had grub-

staked themselves from the proceeds of the raft and left Dawson for the head-

waters of the Tanana) the men and dogs were sitting on the crest of a cli? which

fell away, straight down, to naked bed-rock three hundred feet below. John

Thornton was sitting near the edge, Buck at his shoulder. A thoughtless whim

seized Thornton, and he drew the attention of Hans and Pete to the experiment

he had in mind. “Jump, Buck!” he commanded, sweeping his arm out and over

the chasm. The next instant he was grappling with Buck on the extreme edge,

while Hans and Pete were dragging them back into safety. “It''s uncanny,” Pete

said, after it was over and they had caught their speech.Thornton shook his head.

“No, it is splendid, and it is terrible, too. Do you know, it sometimes makes me

afraid.” “I''m not hankering to be the man that lays hands on you while he''s

around,” Pete announced conclusively, nodding his head toward Buck. “Py

Jingo!” was Hans''s contribution . “Not mine self either.”

g404seize v. 侵袭；突然控制

【例句】

? Panic seized her.?她突然惊慌失措。?

? He?was seized by?curiosity.?他好奇?顿起。

It was at Circle City, ere the year was out, that Pete''s apprehensions were

realized. “Black” Burton, a man evil-tempered and malicious, had been picking a

quarrel with a tenderfoot at the bar, when Thornton stepped good-naturedly

between. Buck, as was his custom, was lying in a corner, head on paws, watching

his master''s every action. Burton struck out, without warning , straight from the

shoulder. Thornton was sent spinning , and saved himself from falling only by

clutching the rail of the bar.Those who were looking on heard what was neither

bark nor yelp, but a something which is best described as a roar, and they saw

Buck''s body rise up in the air as he left the ?oor for Burton''s throat. The man

saved his life by instinctively throwing out his arm, but was hurled backward to

the ?oor with Buck on top of him. Buck loosed his teeth from the ?esh of the

arm and drove in again for the throat. This time the man succeeded only in partly

blocking, and his throat was torn open. Then the crowd was upon Buck, and he

was driven o?; but while a surgeon checked the bleeding, he prowled up and

down, growling furiously, attempting to rush in, and being forced back by an

array of hostile clubs. A “miners'' meeting,” called on the spot, decided that the

dog had su?cient provocation , and Buck was discharged. But his reputation was

made, and from that day his name spread through every camp in Alaska.

g404block? v.? 拦住

【搭配】

blocked one’s way? 挡着某?的路