The Adventure of the Speckled Band

THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND

he did rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth

the untimely過早地;不合時宜地death of the lady

He was a late riser, as a rule

Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up(使)筋疲力盡

she retorted反擊;報復upon me

to follow it from the outset最初,開始,開端

admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions

he unravelled闡明;弄清;解決the problems which were submitted to him

threw on my clothes and was ready in a few minutes

her expression was weary and haggard

I can stand this strain no longer; I shall go mad if it continues.

it is out of my power to reward you for your services

an opal tiara(鑲有寶石的)古波斯人的頭飾

defray支付;支付...的費用whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best.

you can see deeply into the manifold各式各樣的;種種的wickedness of the human heart

of a dissolute放蕩的;放縱的and wasteful浪費的;揮霍的;耗費的disposition性格;性情[C]

in the days of the Regency (1795–1820?) Regency is the rule of a regent. It may also refer to: Specific periods when a throne was vacant: Regency in France, 1715–1723, a.k.a. Régence (British Regency, 1811–1820)

had been perpetrated做(壞事);犯(罪) vt.做(壞事);犯(罪)

a morose脾氣壞的;陰鬱的;孤僻的and disappointed man.

bequeathed(立遺囑)把...遺贈給[O1][(+to)] to Dr. Roylott entirely

A series of disgraceful brawls(鬧哄哄的)爭吵,打架[C] took place

he hurled猛力投擲 the local blacksmith馬蹄鐵匠 over a parapet(陽臺、橋邊等的)低矮擋牆或欄杆,女兒牆 into a stream

to avert 避開,移開another public exposure

懸鉤子屬植物;有刺灌木;刺藤 -covered land

a cheetah【動】印度豹 and a baboon【動】狒狒[C]

maiden sister

dreadful time is seared燒烤;打烙印 into my memory

manor莊園主宅第-house

I sleep more heavily than you

A vague feeling of impending即將發生的;逼近的 misfortune impressed me.

amid all the hubbub吵鬧聲;騷動 of the gale

a clanging 發鏗鏘聲 sound

her face blanched使變蒼白 with terror, her hands groping觸摸;暗中摸 for help

speckled有斑點的 band

charred燒黑了的stump (樹倒或被砍後遺留下的)殘幹,根株of a match

herald宣佈,通報, 先驅,預報者her own death

pushed back the frill【口】不必要的裝飾[P1] of black lace

Five little livid (打傷後呈現的)青紫色的spots

he hardly knows his own strength

You are not averse反對的;不願意的;嫌惡的[F][(+to)][+to-v] to this trip, Watson? -“By no means.”

aperture孔,隙縫,洞

His costume was a peculiar mixture of the professional and of the agricultural

a pair of high gaiters有鬆緊而無帶子的鞋;布料高幫套鞋

crocuses【植】番紅花

imperturbably沈著地;冷靜地.

put me off 推遲;拖延

insolence傲慢;無禮;厚顏

pittance少量(或僅足餬口)的津貼;很少數量

dawdling浪費(時間等)

stile【建】窗框;門框[C]

The building was of gray, lichen【植】地衣-blotched有污漬的,弄髒的stone

scratching his chin in some perplexity

squatted 蹲,蹲踞,蹲下down

whipcord鞭繩.

face so grim堅強的,不屈的, 陰森的,令人生畏的;猙獰的 or his brow so dark

roused himself from his reverie白日夢;幻想.

compliance順從;屈從


I have really some scruples 顧慮,顧忌,良心上的不安as to taking you to-night

clamped 鉗緊;夾住[O] to the floor

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession.

catlike whine(狗等)發哀鳴聲

I sat with straining盡力睜大(眼);竭力喊[O2] ears

lashed鞭打,抽打 so savagely

parsonage牧師公館;聖職薪俸, that cry raised the sleepers from their beds

clad in a long gray dressing-gown【英】晨袍;晨褸;浴衣, his bare ankles protruding beneath, and his feet thrust into red heelless Turkish slippers

there reared豎起,舉起 itself from among his hair the squat蹲著的 diamond-shaped head and puffed腫的,腫脹的 neck of a loathsome serpent.

swamp adder(非洲產的)大毒蛇!

Violence does, in truth, recoil 彈回,跳回;產生反作用 upon the violent,

ventilator通風口;通風管;氣窗;氣孔

dummy【口】沈默的人;【貶】啞吧

I coupled 聯想;與...聯繫起來it with my knowledge that