Adventure IV The Boscombe Valley Mystery

ADVENTURE IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY

You know me too well to think that I am boasting when I say that I shall either confirm or destroy his theory by means which he is quite incapable of employing, or even of understanding.


constabulary警官的;警察的

rift裂縫,裂口

a scheming慣耍陰謀的;詭計多端的man

deserts逃跑, (常複數)賞罰;(尤指)懲罰
bandy相互投擲;來回傳遞
contrition悔罪,痛悔

plaid (蘇格蘭高地人穿的)彩格披肩

barometric氣壓的

abomination令人厭惡的事情[C]

The case is as plain as a pikestaff矛桿;有鐵尖的行路杖

"I hope we may clear洗刷(某人)的嫌疑;為(某人)辯白[(+of)] him, Miss Turner," said Sherlock Holmes.

Ample大量的,豐富的,充裕的

puny微小的;弱小的;次要的

glade【文】林間空地[C]
the posterior third of the left parietal【生】腔壁的;【解】顱頂骨的;【植】子房壁的bone

the left half of the occipital【解】枕骨的bone

I cudgelled用棍棒打my brains to find some possible explanation

hardihood大膽;剛毅

upbraided責罵,訓斥

"Oh, yes! In a hundred other ways he has helped him. Everybody
about here speaks of his kindness to him."

cocksure過分自信的;獨斷的
demurely裝成端莊地;認真地

It was a widespread分佈(或散佈)廣的, comfortable-looking building, two-storied, slate-roofed

blotches污點 of lichen【植】地衣

a stricken被擊中的,受傷的 (cursed)
his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely (色澤、硬度、強度等)似鋼的;鋼鐵般的glitter.

whipcord (外科手術用的)腸線

sinewy (多)肌腱的neck

nostrils鼻孔

reed-girt包圍
sodden濕透的

peering凝視,盯著看eyes

mole鼴鼠,錢鼠

wallowed(豬等在泥水中)打滾[(+in)] all over it

beech【植】山毛櫸,椈[C]

jagged有尖突的;有缺口的;鋸齒狀的stone

lodge旅舍;山林小屋;印第安人的棚屋


"Nous verrons我們要觀察一下," answered Holmes calmly

let me expound解釋;詳細述說

It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

he limped一瘸一拐地走,跛行—he was lame跛腳的,瘸的.

decrepitude衰老;老朽, and yet his hard, deep-lined, craggy峭壁多的;崎嶇的features

tangled beard, grizzled【文】灰色的,夾雜白髮的,有灰斑的 hair

ashen像灰的;灰白色的;蒼白的white

he was in the grip of受…控制[約束],在…支配下some deadly and chronic disease. (Haitians in the grip of lethal diseases)

Young McCarthy must be got off免於受罰

He was a devil incarnate化身

at the diggings【英】寄宿舍

convoy受護送的船隊(或車隊等);(互相護送的)同行船隊

at the first volley (槍砲、弓箭等的)齊射;排槍射擊

swag掠奪品;贓物

her wee極小的,很小的hand

I braved不把...放在眼裡;敢於冒犯him to do his worst

Could I not snap突然折斷;拉斷the bond

I have led a life of martyrdom受難,折磨to atone補償,彌補;贖回for it.

compunction良心的責備;悔恨;內疚

foul and venomous惡意的;惡毒的beast

Why does fate play such tricks with poor, helpless worms?

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