Madame Bovary

soirees【法】晚會;社交聚會

scandal-mongering販賣

ecarte埃卡泰牌戲(兩人玩的一種紙牌遊戲)

chignon【法】假髻

lampshade燈罩

gauze薄紗;網紗

phrenological骨相學的head

balustrade欄杆,扶手[C]

joists【建】欄柵;托樑;桁

roofing蓋屋頂;蓋屋頂的材料;屋頂

gable【建】山牆,三角牆[C]

platitude平凡;陳腐;陳詞濫調

tasting in her irritation a sort of depraved墮落的;頹廢的;邪惡的 pleasure

limpid清澈的;透明的

volubility健談;口若懸河[U]

decoction煎熬的藥

obsequiousness諂媚,奉承

crape黑紗

filliped彈(指);輕擊

spangles閃閃發光的飾片

scintillate發出火花

a flannel法蘭絨;棉絨vest

rake放蕩的人,浪子[C]

dusters抹布;防塵外衣

ivory thimble頂針 -case

she relapsed重新陷入;故態復萌 into silence

an apotheosis尊奉為神, 理想的人物,完美的典型, 神化;美化;崇拜

did she not seem to be passing through life scarcely touching it, and to bear on her brow the vague impress of some divine destiny?

she was eaten up with desires, with rage, with hate.

voluptuousness性感,肉感, 快感;感官享受

clave黏著,黏住 (cleave) to it the more

bewailed為...痛哭;為...悲傷 the happiness she had missed, her too exalted dreams

What exasperated激怒的;惱火的 her was that Charles did not seem to notice her anguish.

a vague chasm (意見、感情等的)隔閡,分歧