Lesson 9 The Ones Who Walk Away

procession   n.(人或车辆的) 队列，行列; 列队行进; 游行; (一个接着一个而来的) 一队人，一列人

decorous   adj.礼貌得体的; 端庄稳重的

mauve   adj.淡紫色的;   n.淡紫色;

gong   n.锣; 奖章; 勋章

tambourine   n.铃鼓(蒙有塑料或皮面，鼓帮装有金属圆片，摇动或用手击打发声);

water meadow   浸水草甸

mane   n.(马) 鬃; (狮) 鬣毛; 长发; 浓密的头发;

braid   n.(装饰家具和军装的) 彩色穗带;  v.编织，把（头发）编成辫子; 调，搅

Their manes were braided with streamers of silver, gold and green.

flare nostrills  鼻孔张大

prance   v.阔步行走; 神气地快速走动; 腾跃; 腾跳

They flared their nostrils and pranced and boasted to one another.

The horse is the only animal who has adopted our ceremonies as his own.

encircle   v.环绕; 围绕; 包围;

crown

The air of morning was so clear that the snow still crowning the Eighteen Peaks burned with white-gold fire across the miles of sunlit air, under the dark blue of the sky. 清晨的空气如此清爽，以至于十八座山峰上还戴着雪帽。山峰在深蓝色的天空下，就像泛着白金色火光，绵延数里。

racecourse   n.赛马跑道; 赛马场

archaic   adj.古体的; 已不通用的; 早已过时的; 陈旧的; 古代的; 早期的;

All smiles have become archaic.

Given a description such as this one tends to make certain assumptions. Given a description such as this one tends to look next for the king, mounted on a splendid stallion and surrounded by his noble knights, or perhaps in a golden litter borne by great-muscled slaves.

dulcet   adj.甜美的; 悦耳动听的; 美妙的

Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive.

puritanical   adj.清教徒式的; 道德极严格的

languor   n.懒洋洋；慵懒

arcana   n.秘密事件；神秘事物

clergy   n.（统称）圣职人员

provisioner   n.粮食供应者  

 pastry   n.油酥面团；油酥面皮；油酥糕点

The faces of small children are amiably sticky; in the benign grey beard of a man a couple of crumps of rich pastry are entangled.

rapt  adj.全神贯注的；专心致志的

his dark eyes wholly rapt in the sweet thin magic of the tune

pavillion   n.亭子；【建】大帐篷；(临时)建筑物；【建】场馆

cobweb   n.蜘蛛网  v.使布满蛛网

broom closet   杂物室

feeble-minded   adj.弱智的; 低能的; 愚笨的; 意志薄弱的; 优柔寡断的; 无决断的

defective   adj.有缺点的; 有缺陷的; 有毛病的;  n.身心有缺陷的人; 变化不全的词;

imbecile   n.笨蛋; 蠢货; 低能者; 弱智者;

pick one's nose 挖鼻子

fumble   v.笨手笨脚地做(某事); 胡乱摸找(某物); 笨嘴拙舌地说话; 支支吾吾地说; 失球; 接球失误; 漏接;

             n.笨拙的手部动作; 乱摸; (美式足球) 失球，接球失误，漏接;

peer   n.身份(或地位)相同的人; 同龄人; 同辈; (英国) 贵族成员;

          v.仔细看; 端详;

water jug    水壶

whine   v.哭哭啼啼；哀鸣；哭嚷；惨叫  n.嘎吱声；吱吱声；嘎嘎声；（儿童发出的）哭喊声

Its buttocks and thighs are a mass of festered sores, as it sits in its own excrement continually.

brood over 郁闷地沉思；闷闷不乐；仔细考虑笼罩在……上

vague   adj.含糊的；不明确的；不清楚的；含糊其辞的

uncouth   adj.粗鲁的；无礼的；无教养的

vapid   adj.乏味的；枯燥的；愚蠢的

compassion    n.同情；怜悯

poignancy    n.辛辣；尖锐；强烈；深刻

It is the existence of the child, and their knowledge of its existence, that makes possible the nobility of their architecture, the poignancy of their music, the profundity of their science.

snivel   n.哭诉；啜泣；吸鼻涕(声)；假哭    v.（令人讨厌地）哭诉