Edgar Allan Poe

stifling令人發悶的;鬱悶難受的;令人窒息的

replete充實的,詳盡的,完備的

The true wretchedness, indeed -- the ultimate woe -- is particular, not diffuse傳播;散佈;普及

cessations停止;中斷

sets in motion the magic pinions小齒輪[ and the wizard wheels

premature interments埋葬

baffled使困惑,難住the skill of her physicians

The lady was deposited放下,放置;寄存in her family vault墓穴

she had revived甦醒;復甦within two days after her entombment

a case of living inhumation埋葬,土葬happened in France

litterateur: 【法】文學家A professional writer.

disinterring發掘;掘出the corpse,

he unearths (從地下)發掘,掘出 the coffin

the unclosing打開of the beloved eyes

he was aroused by the caresses of her lover from the lethargy昏睡;瞌睡

Her woman's heart was not adamant堅硬無比的

he bestowed把...贈與,把...給與it upon Bossuet

The "Chirurgical Journal" (Chirurgical Journal:"Chirurgeon" is an old word for surgeon. The journal may or may not have existed but there was a Medico-Chirurgical Society of Dresden in 1817.) of Leipsic

received a very severe contusion 【醫】挫傷upon the head

Trepanning: 用環鋸行手術A form of surgery in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the skull, while leaving the membrane around the brain intact. It was performed to reduce abnormal intracranial pressure. Trepanation is generally no longer practiced and is now illegal in most parts of the world.

fell into a more and more hopeless state of stupor不省人事;恍惚

felt a commotion騷動,喧鬧of the earth, as if occasioned by some one struggling beneath

asseveration: 誓言,斷言;鄭重聲明A strong and earnest statement or affirmation.

the dogged頑固的,固執的obstinacy固執行為

He was forthwith立即,馬上,毫不猶豫地 (=then) conveyed to the nearest hospital

asphytic:having asphyxia, a lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that is usually caused by interruption of breathing and that causes unconsciousness.

inhumed:buried, as in a grave.

galvanic:Relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity.

typhus: (醫】斑疹傷寒A name given to several similar diseases caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Symptoms are headache, fever, chills, exhaustion, and rash. Also known as "prison fever" and as "ship fever", because it becomes prevalent in crowded conditions in prisons and aboard ships.Typhoid fever is a completely different disease caused by various strains of Salmonella, and should not be confused with typhus.

supervened接著引起;隨後發生

pectoral muscles:Any of the muscles which connect the ventral walls of the chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder.

his resuscitation復活;復甦was withheld抑制;阻擋, until a relapse (病等)復發was no longer to be apprehended

Scarcely, in truth, is a graveyard ever encroached侵入;侵佔upon

unseen but palpable可觸知的;可摸到的;極其明瞭的

nethermost最下面的Hell