The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck — Page 6
片刻之后，传来了最可怕的声音——狂吠声、嚎叫声、咆哮声和嚎啕声、尖叫声和呻吟声。
A moment afterwards there were most awful noises--barking, baying, growls and howls, squealing and groans.
那位留着狐狸胡须的绅士，从此再也没有人见过他。
And nothing more was ever seen of that foxy-whiskered gentleman.
不久，凯普打开了棚子的门，放出了杰迈玛·水坑鸭。
Presently Kep opened the door of the shed, and let out Jemima Puddle-duck.
不幸的是，小狗们冲了进去，在他来得及阻止之前，便把所有的蛋都吞吃掉了。
Unfortunately the puppies rushed in and gobbled up all the eggs before he could stop them.
他的耳朵被咬了一口，两只小狗也都一瘸一拐的。
He had a bite on his ear and both the puppies were limping.
杰迈玛·水坑鸭因为那些蛋的缘故，含泪被护送回了家。
Jemima Puddle-duck was escorted home in tears on account of those eggs.
她在六月又下了一些蛋，这次被允许自己孵蛋；但只有四只孵化出来了。
She laid some more in June, and she was permitted to keep them herself: but only four of them hatched.
杰迈玛·水坑鸭说，这是因为她神经紧张的缘故；但其实她一直都是个不称职的孵蛋者。
Jemima Puddle-duck said that it was because of her nerves; but she had always been a bad sitter.
Vocabulary
- moment
- 片刻，短暂的时间
- afterwards
- 之后，随后发生的时间
- there
- 那里，或用于引出存在句
- most
- 最，程度最高的修饰词
- awful
- 可怕的，令人不安或厌恶的
- noises
- 噪音，各种令人不快的声响
- barking
- 狗叫声，吠叫的声音
- baying
- 猎犬追猎时发出的长嚎声
- growls
- 动物发出的低沉咆哮声
- howls
- 动物发出的长声嚎叫
- squealing
- 尖叫声，高音刺耳的叫声
- groans
- 痛苦或不满时发出的呻吟声
- nothing
- 什么都没有，表示否定
- ever
- 曾经，任何时候
- foxy-whiskered
- 长着狐狸般胡须的，形容狡猾外貌
- gentleman
- 绅士，有礼貌有教养的男士
- Presently
- 不久，过了一会儿
- shed
- 小屋，储存杂物的简易建筑
- Unfortunately
- 不幸地，遗憾地，结果不好
- puppies
- 小狗，幼犬
- rushed
- 冲进，快速猛地进入某地
- gobbled
- 狼吞虎咽地吃，贪婪地吃光
- bite
- 咬伤，被牙齿咬的伤口
- limping
- 跛行，一瘸一拐地走路
- escorted
- 护送，陪同保护某人前行
- tears
- 眼泪，哭泣时流出的液体
- account
- 原因，由于某事的缘故
- laid
- lay的过去式，产蛋
- June
- 六月，一年的第六个月
- permitted
- 允许，给予某事的许可
- herself
- 她自己，反身代词
- hatched
- 孵化，蛋破壳后小动物出生
- nerves
- 神经，指情绪紧张焦虑状态
- sitter
- 孵蛋者，趴在蛋上孵化的动物
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