Animal Farm - George Orwell (1943-45)

pop-holes彈出孔

lurched蹣跚,踉蹌across the yard

scullery洗滌室（老房子中設在廚房旁，洗滌餐具用）

boar野豬

ensconced安置好的;安居的

tushes (馬等的)犬齒,尖牙

reins (a long, narrow, leather band that is fastened around a horse's neck and is held by the rider in order to control the horse 繮繩)

halters (a rope or leather strap put around the head of a horse for leading it with （馬的）籠頭，繮繩)

blinkers(pieces of leather that are placed at the side of a horse's eyes to stop it from looking sideways 馬眼罩)

nosebags (a bag containing food for a horse, that you hang from its head （掛在馬頭上的）飼料袋)

capered 跳躍；雀躍；蹦蹦跳跳with joy

knoll (a small round hill 圓丘；土墩)

they gambolled跳躍；嬉戲round and round

kicked up clods 泥塊；土塊of the black earth

the ploughland, the hayfield乾草地;牧草地, the orchard果園, the pool,
the spinney小樹林

lowing牛鳴聲

udders (母牛、母山羊等的)乳房;乳腺

frothing起泡沫creamy milk

mash（煮軟的）穀物飼料

implements使生效；貫徹；執行；實施

never shirking逃避義務(或責任等),偷懶and never volunteering for extra work either

this cryptic含義隱晦的；晦澀難懂的answer

blacksmithing鐵匠（尤指打馬蹄鐵者）

taproom【主英】酒吧of the Red Lion at Willingdon

skirmishing（尤指政治上對立雙方的）小爭執，小爭論manoeuvre軍事演習；作戰演習

their hobnailed 釘有平頭釘的, 鄉下的boots

ignominious恥辱的；可恥的；不光彩的

manger馬槽；牛槽；飼料槽

An impromptu無準備的；即興的；即席的celebration of the victory was held immediately.

better at canvassing遊說;拉票;募捐;兜銷support for himself

silage (grass or other green crops that are stored without being dried and are used to feed farm animals in winter 青貯飼料)

cartage貨車運送;貨車運費

chaff穀殼；糠-cutter

more restive難駕馭的；焦躁不安的；不耐煩的than ever

spurt（短暫地）加速前進；衝刺

tried hard to marshal結集；收集；安排his thoughts

disinterred發掘;掘出from the orchard

boulders（受水或天氣侵蝕而成的）巨石；漂礫

quarry採石場

cockerel小公雞

weeding除掉(雜草);除去...的雜草

and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over

bushel (a unit for measuring grain and fruit (equal in volume to 8gallons) 蒲式耳（穀物和水果的容量單位，相當於 8 加侖）)

sleet雨夾雪；凍雨and snow

Starvation seemed to stare them in the face.

clutches (a group of eggs that a bird lays at one time; the young birds that come out of a group of eggs at the same time （一次下的）一窩蛋；（同時孵出的）一窩小鳥)

thwart阻止；阻撓；對…構成阻力Napoleon's wishes

capitulated (有條件地)投降; 屈從,停止反抗

coccidiosis【醫】球蟲病

Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball.

ram (a male sheep 公羊)

But still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped
and toiled.

spurs (雞,鳥,蟲等的)距

they clamoured叫囂to be allowed to go out

gander公鵝

privy准許知情；可參與秘事

They were struck dumb with surprise when Napoleon announced that…

a terrible hullabaloo嘈雜；喧鬧；吵鬧聲


hearse靈車；柩車

he had a terrible piece of news to impart通知；透露；傳授

superannuated年老不能工作的；陳舊不中用的；過時的