《哈利波特1》｜单词注释｜Chapter 16 ｜
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
1
THROUGH THE
TRAPDOOR
trapdoor /'træpdɔr/ n. 活板门
2
In years to come, Harry would never quite remember how he had managed to get through his exams when he half expected Voldemort to come bursting through the door at any moment.
3
Yet the days crept by, and there could be no doubt that Fluffy was still alive and well behind the locked door.
4
It was
sweltering
hot, especially in the large classroom where they did their written papers.
sweltering /ˈsweltərɪŋ/ adj. 闷热的
5
They had been given special, new quills for the exams, which had been bewitched with an Anti-
Cheating
spell.
cheat /tʃiːt/ vi. 作弊
6
They had
practical
exams as well.
practical /ˈpræktɪkl/ adj. 实践的
7
Professor Flitwick called them one by one into his class to see if they could make a
pineapple
tap-dance
across
a desk.
pineapple /'paɪn'æpl/ n. 菠萝
tap-dance /'tæpdɑ:ns/ v. 跳踢踏舞
across /ə'krɔs/ prep. 穿过
8
Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a
snuffbox
— points were given for how pretty the snuffbox was, but taken away if it had
whiskers
.
snuffbox /'snʌfbɑks/ n. 鼻烟盒
whiskers /'hwiskəz/ n. 腮须
9
Snape made them all nervous, breathing down their necks while they tried to remember how to make a
Forgetfulness
potion.
forgetfulness /fə'getfəlnis/ 健忘
10
Harry did the best he could, trying to ignore the
stabbing
pains in his forehead, which had been bothering him ever since his trip into the forest.
stabbing /'stæbɪŋ/ adj. (尤指疼痛)有如刀割的
11
Neville thought Harry had a bad case of
exam nerves
because Harry couldn’t sleep,
exam nerves 考前紧张症
12
but the truth was that Harry kept being woken by his old nightmare, except that it was now worse than ever because there was a
hooded
figure
dripping
blood in it.
hooded /'hʊdɪd/ adj. 有罩盖的
drip /drɪp/ vt. & vi. (使)滴下
13
Maybe it was because they hadn’t seen what Harry had seen in the forest, or because they didn’t have scars burning on their foreheads,
14
but Ron and Hermione didn’t seem as worried about the Stone as Harry.
15
The idea of Voldemort certainly scared them, but he didn’t keep visiting them in dreams,
16
and they were so busy with their revision they didn’t have much time to
fret
about what Snape or anyone else might be up to.
fret /fret/ v. 烦恼
17
Their very last exam was History of Magic.
18
One hour of answering questions about
batty
old wizards who’d invented self-
stirring
cauldrons and they’d be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out.
batty /'bæti/ adj. 古怪的
stir /stɜːr/ vt. & vi. 搅拌
19
When the ghost of Professor Binns told them to put down their quills and roll up their parchment, Harry couldn’t help cheering with the rest.
20
“That was far easier than I thought it would be,” said Hermione as they joined the crowds
flocking
out onto the sunny grounds.
flock /flɑːk/ v. 群集
21
“I needn’t have learned about the 1637
Werewolf
Code
of
Conduct
or the
uprising
of Elfric the Eager.”
werewolf /'wɛrwʊlf/ n. 狼人
code /koʊd/ n. 行为规范
conduct /kənˈdʌkt/ n. 行为举止
uprising /ˈʌpraɪzɪŋ/ n. 起义
22
Hermione always liked to go through their exam papers afterward, but Ron said this made him feel ill, so they wandered down to the lake and flopped under a tree.
23
The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan were
tickling
the
tentacles
of a giant
squid
, which was
basking
in the warm shallows.
tickle /ˈtɪkl/ vt. 使发痒
tentacle /'tɛntəkl/ n. 触须
squid /skwɪd/ n. （食用的）鱿鱼
bask /bæsk/ vi. 晒太阳
24
“No more revision,” Ron sighed happily, stretching out on the grass. “You could look more cheerful, Harry, we’ve got a week before we find out how badly we’ve done, there’s no need to worry yet.”
25
Harry was
rubbing
his forehead.
rub /rʌb/ v. 按摩（尤指疼痛部位）
26
“I wish I knew what this means!” he burst out angrily. “My scar keeps hurting — it’s happened before, but never as often as this.”
27
“Go to Madam Pomfrey,” Hermione suggested.
28
“I’m not ill,” said Harry. “I think it’s a warning . . . it means danger’s coming. . . .”
29
Ron couldn’t
get worked up
, it was too hot.
get worked up 激动
30
“Harry, relax, Hermione’s right, the Stone’s safe as long as Dumbledore’s around.
31
Anyway, we’ve never had any proof Snape found out how to get past Fluffy. He nearly had his leg
ripped off
once, he’s not going to try it again
in a hurry
.
rip off 扯掉
in a hurry 立即
32
And Neville will play Quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down.”
33
Harry nodded, but he couldn’t shake off a
lurking
feeling that there was something he’d forgotten to do, something important.
lurk /lɜːrk/ vi. 潜藏
34
When he tried to explain this, Hermione said, “That’s just the exams. I woke up last night and was halfway
through
my
Transfiguration
notes before I remembered we’d done that one.”
through /θru/ prep. 从头到尾
transfiguration /ˌtrænzfɪɡjʊ'reʃən/ n. 变形
35
Harry was quite sure the
unsettled
feeling didn’t have anything to do with work, though. He watched an owl flutter toward the school across the
bright blue
sky, a note
clamped
in its mouth.
unsettled /ʌn'sɛtld/ adj. 未解决的
bright blue 中湖蓝
clamp /klæmp/ v. 紧紧夹住
36
Hagrid was the only one who ever sent him letters. Hagrid would never
betray
Dumbledore.
betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ vt. 背叛
37
Hagrid would never tell anyone how to get past Fluffy . . . never . . . but — Harry suddenly jumped to his feet.
38
“Where’re you going?” said Ron sleepily.
39
“I’ve just thought of something,” said Harry. He had gone white. “We’ve got to go and see Hagrid, now.”
40
“Why?” panted Hermione, hurrying to keep up.
41
“Don’t you think it’s a bit odd,” said Harry,
scrambling
up the
grassy
slope
,
scramble /ˈskræmbl/ v. 匆忙地移动
grassy /ˈɡræsi/ adj. 长满草的
slope /sloʊp/ n. 倾斜
42
“that what Hagrid wants more than anything else is a dragon, and a stranger turns up who just happens to have an egg in his pocket?
43
How many people wander around with dragon eggs if it’s against wizard law? Lucky they found Hagrid, don’t you think? Why didn’t I see it before?”
44
“
What are you on about
?” said Ron, but Harry,
sprinting
across the grounds toward the forest, didn’t answer.
what are you on about 你在说什么?
sprint /sprɪnt/ vi. 全速跑
45
Hagrid was sitting in an armchair outside his house; his
trousers
and sleeves were rolled up, and he was
shelling
peas into a large
bowl
.
trousers /'traʊzɚz/ n. 裤子
shell /ʃel/ vt. 剥皮
bowl /boʊl/ n. 碗
46
“Hullo,” he said, smiling. “Finished yer exams? Got time fer a drink?”
47
“Yes, please,” said Ron, but Harry
cut across
him.
cut across 打断
48
“No, we’re in a hurry. Hagrid, I’ve got to ask you something. You know that night you won Norbert? What did the stranger you were playing cards with look like?”
49
“Dunno,” said Hagrid casually, “he wouldn’
take his cloak off
.”
take sth off 脱掉
50
He saw the three of them look
stunned
and raised his eyebrows.
stun /stʌn/ v. 使震惊
51
“It’s not that unusual, yeh get a lot o’ funny
folk
in the Hog’s Head — that’s one o’ the
pubs
down in the village. Mighta bin a dragon
dealer
, mightn’ he? I never saw his face, he kept his
hood
up.”
folk /foʊk/ n. 人们
pub /pʌb/ n. 酒馆
dealer /ˈdiːlər/ n. 商人
hood /hʊd/ n. 兜帽
52
Harry sank down next to the bowl of peas.
53
“What did you talk to him about, Hagrid? Did you mention Hogwarts at all?”
54
“Mighta come up,” said Hagrid, frowning as he tried to remember.
come up vi. 提及
55
“Yeah . . . he asked what I did, an’ I told him I was gamekeeper here. . . . He asked a bit about the sorta creatures I
look after
. . . so I told him . . .
look after 照看(某人或某物)
56
an’ I said what I’d always really wanted was a dragon . . . an’ then . . . I can’ remember too well, ’cause he kept buyin’ me drinks. . . .
57
Let’s see . . . yeah, then he said he had the dragon egg an’ we could play cards fer it if I wanted . . . but he had ter be sure I could
handle
it, he didn’ want it ter go ter any old home. . . .
handle /ˈhændl/ v. 应付
58
So I told him,
after
Fluffy, a dragon would be easy. . . .”
after /'æftɚ/ prep. 对比
59
“And did he — did he seem interested in Fluffy?” Harry asked, trying to keep his voice
calm
.
calm /kɑːm/ adj. 平静的
60
“Well — yeah — how many three-headed dogs d’yeh meet, even around Hogwarts?
61
So I told him, Fluffy’s a piece o’ cake if yeh know how to calm him down, jus’ play him a bit o’ music an’ he’ll go straight off ter sleep —”
62
Hagrid suddenly looked
horrified
.
horrified / ˈhɔrəˌfaɪd/ adj. 惊骇的
63
“I shouldn’ta told yeh that!” he
blurted out
. “Forget I said it! Hey — where’re yeh goin’?”
blurt out 脱口而出
64
Harry, Ron, and Hermione didn’t speak to each other at all until they came to a halt in the entrance hall, which seemed very cold and
gloomy
after the grounds.
gloomy /ˈɡluːmi/ adj. 阴郁的
65
“We’ve got to go to Dumbledore,” said Harry.
66
“Hagrid told that stranger how to get past Fluffy, and it was either Snape or Voldemort under that cloak — it must’ve been easy, once he’d got Hagrid drunk.
67
I just hope Dumbledore believes us. Firenze might back us up if Bane doesn’t stop him. Where’s Dumbledore’s office?”
68
They looked around, as if hoping to see a sign pointing them in the right direction. They had never been told where Dumbledore lived, nor did they know anyone who had been sent to see him.
69
“We’ll just have to —” Harry began, but a voice suddenly rang across the hall.
70
“What are you three doing inside?”
71
It was Professor McGonagall, carrying a large pile of books.
72
“We want to see Professor Dumbledore,” said Hermione, rather bravely, Harry and Ron thought.
73
“See Professor Dumbledore?” Professor McGonagall repeated, as though this was a very
fishy
thing to want to do. “Why?”
fishy /'fɪʃi/ adj. 可疑的
74
Harry swallowed —
now what
?
now what 现在该怎么办呢
75
“It’s sort of secret,” he said, but he wished at once he hadn’t, because Professor McGonagall’s
nostrils
flared
.
nostrils /'nɔstril/ <拉>鼻孔
flare /fler/ v. 张开
76
“Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago,” she said coldly. “He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew off for London at once.”
77
“He’s gone?” said Harry
frantically
. “Now?”
frantically /ˈfræntɪklɪ/ adv. 疯狂地
78
“Professor Dumbledore is a very great wizard, Potter, he has many
demands
on his time —”
demand /dɪˈmænd/ n. (尤指困难、使人劳累等的)要求
79
“But this is important.”
80
“Something you have to say is more important than the Ministry of Magic, Potter?”
81
“Look,” said Harry, throwing
caution
to the winds, “Professor – it’s about the Philosopher’s Stone –”
caution /ˈkɔːʃn/ n. 小心
82
Whatever Professor McGonagall had expected, it wasn’t that. The books she was carrying
tumbled
out of her arms, but she didn’t pick them up.
tumble /ˈtʌmbl/ vi. 翻滚
83
“How do you know — ?” she
spluttered
.
splutter /'splʌtɚ/ vi. 语无伦次地说
84
“Professor, I think — I know — that Sn — that someone’s going to try and steal the Stone. I’ve got to talk to Professor Dumbledore.”
85
She eyed him with a mixture of shock and
suspicion
.
suspicion /səˈspɪʃn/ n. 怀疑
86
“Professor Dumbledore will be back tomorrow,” she said finally. “I don’t know how you found out about the Stone, but
rest assured
, no one can possibly steal it, it’s too well protected.”
rest assured 放心
87
“But Professor —”
88
“Potter, I know what I’m talking about,” she said shortly. She bent down and gathered up the fallen books. “I suggest you all go back outside and enjoy the sunshine.”
89
But they didn’t.
90
“It’s tonight,” said Harry, once he was sure Professor McGonagall was out of
earshot
.
earshot /'ɪrʃɑt/ n. 听力所及之范围
91
“Snape’s going through the
trapdoor
tonight.
trapdoor /'træpdɔr/ n. 活板门
92
He’s found out everything he needs, and now he’s got Dumbledore out of the way. He sent that note, I bet the Ministry of Magic will get a real shock when Dumbledore turns up.”
93
“But what can we —”
94
Hermione gasped. Harry and Ron
wheeled
round.
wheel /wil/ v. (使)迅速转身
95
Snape was standing there.
96
“Good afternoon,” he said
smoothly
.
smoothly /'smʊðli/ adv. 圆滑地
97
They stared at him.
98
“You shouldn’t be inside on a day like this,” he said, with an odd,
twisted
smile.
twisted /'twɪstɪd/ adj. 扭曲的
99
“We were —” Harry began, without any idea what he was going to say.
100
“You want to be more careful,” said Snape. “Hanging around like this, people will think you’re up to something. And Gryffindor really can’t afford to lose any more points, can it?”
101
Harry flushed. They turned to go outside, but Snape called them back.
102
“Be warned, Potter — any more nighttime wanderings and I will
personally
make sure you are expelled. Good day to you.”
personally /ˈpɜːrsənəli/ adv. 亲自地
103
He strode off in the direction of the
staffroom
.
staffroom 教师休息室
104
Out on the stone steps, Harry turned to the others.
105
“Right, here’s what we’ve got to do,” he whispered urgently. “One of us has got to keep an eye on Snape — wait outside the staffroom and follow him if he leaves it. Hermione, you’d better do that.”
106
“Why me?”
107
“It’s obvious,” said Ron. “You can
pretend
to be waiting for Professor Flitwick, you know.” He put on a high voice, “‘Oh Professor Flitwick, I’m so worried, I think I got question fourteen b wrong. . . .’”
pretend /prɪˈtend/ vt. & vi. 假装
108
“Oh, shut up,” said Hermione, but she agreed to go and watch out for Snape.
109
“And we’d better stay outside the third-floor
corridor
,” Harry told Ron. “Come on.”
corridor /ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/ n. 走廊(指在房屋内部的走廊)
110
But that part of the plan didn’t work.
No sooner
had they reached the door
separating
Fluffy from the rest of the school
than
Professor McGonagall turned up again and this time, she
lost her temper
.
no sooner...than 一...就
separate /ˈseprət/ vt. 使分离
lose one's temper 发脾气
111
“I suppose you think you’re harder to get past than a pack of
enchantments
!” she stormed.
enchantment / ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/ n. 魔法
112
“Enough of this nonsense! If I hear you’ve come anywhere near here again, I’ll take another fifty points from Gryffindor! Yes, Weasley, from my own House!”
113
Harry and Ron went back to the common room. Harry had just said, “At least Hermione’s
on Snape’s tail
,” when the
portrait
of the Fat Lady swung open and Hermione came in.
on one's tail 尾随
portrait /ˈpɔːrtrət/ n. 画像
114
“I’m sorry, Harry!” she
wailed
.
wail /wel/ vi. 悲叹
115
“Snape came out and asked me what I was doing, so I said I was waiting for Flitwick, and Snape went to get him, and I’ve only just got away, I don’t know where Snape went.”
116
“Well,
that’s it
then
, isn’t it?” Harry said.
that’s it 就这样了
then /ðɛn/ adv. 既然如此
117
The other two stared at him. He was pale and his eyes were glittering.
118
“I’m going out of here tonight and I’m going to try and get to the Stone
first
.”
first /fɝst/ adv. 优先
119
“You’re mad!” said Ron.
120
“You can’t!” said Hermione. “After what McGonagall and Snape have said? You’ll be expelled!”
121
“SO WHAT?” Harry shouted.
122
“Don’t you understand? If Snape gets hold of the Stone, Voldemort’s coming back!
123
Haven’t you heard what it was like when he was trying to take over? There won’t be any Hogwarts to get expelled from! He’ll
flatten
it, or turn it into a school for the Dark Arts!
flatten /ˈflætn/ vt. 摧毁
124
Losing points doesn’t matter anymore, can’t you see? D’you think he’ll
leave you and your families alone
if Gryffindor wins the House Cup?
leave sb alone 不干涉某人
125
If I get caught before I can get to the Stone, well, I’ll have to go back to the Dursleys and wait for Voldemort to find me there,
126
it’s only dying a bit later than I would have, because I’m never going over to the Dark Side!
127
I’m going through that trapdoor tonight and nothing you two say is going to stop me! Voldemort killed my parents, remember?”
128
He
glared
at them.
glare /ɡler/ vt. & vi. 怒目而视
129
“You’re right, Harry,” said Hermione in a small voice.
130
“I’ll use the Invisibility Cloak,” said Harry. “It’s just lucky I got it back.”
131
“But will it cover all three of us?” said Ron.
132
“All — all three of us?”
133
“Oh,
come off it
, you don’t think we’d let you go alone?”
come off it 住口
134
“Of course not,” said Hermione
briskly
. “How do you think you’d get to the Stone without us? I’d better go and look through my books, there might be something useful. . . .”
briskly /ˈbrɪsklɪ/ adv. 迅速地
135
“But if we get caught, you two will be expelled, too.”
136
“
Not if I can help it
,” said Hermione
grimly
. “Flitwick told me in secret that I got a hundred and twelve percent on his exam. They’re not throwing me out
after
that.”
not if I can help it 我是希望不要发生，但它要发生我也没有办法
grimly /ˈɡrɪmlɪ/ adv. 坚决地
after /'æftɚ/ adv. 鉴于
137
After dinner the three of them sat nervously
apart
in the common room.
apart /əˈpɑːrt/ adv. 分离着
138
Nobody bothered them; none of the Gryffindors had anything to say to Harry any more, after all. This was the first night he hadn’t been
upset
by it.
upset /ʌpˈset/ vt. 使心烦
139
Hermione was
skimming
through all her notes, hoping to come across one of the
enchantments
they were about to try to
break
.
skim /skɪm/ vi. 浏览
enchantment / ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/ n. 魔法
break v. 打断
140
Harry and Ron didn’t talk much. Both of them were thinking about what they were about to do.
141
Slowly, the room emptied as people
drifted off
to bed.
drift off 渐渐离去
142
“Better get the Cloak,” Ron muttered, as Lee Jordan finally left, stretching and yawning.
143
Harry ran upstairs to their dark dormitory. He pulled out the Cloak and then his eyes fell on the
flute
Hagrid had given him for Christmas. He
pocketed
it to use on Fluffy — he didn’t feel much like singing.
flute /flut/ n. 长笛
pocket /ˈpɑːkɪt/ vt. 将…放入衣袋
144
He ran back down to the common room.
145
“We’d better put the Cloak on here, and make sure it covers all three of us — if Filch spots one of our feet wandering along on its own —”
146
“What are you doing?” said a voice from the corner of the room. Neville appeared from behind an armchair, clutching Trevor the toad, who looked as though he’d been making another
bid
for freedom.
bid /bɪd/ n. 努力争取
147
“Nothing, Neville, nothing,” said Harry, hurriedly putting the Cloak behind his back.
148
Neville stared at their guilty faces.
149
“You’re going out again,” he said.
150
“No, no, no,” said Hermione. “No, we’re not. Why don’t you go to bed, Neville?”
151
Harry looked at the
grandfather clock
by the door. They couldn’t afford to waste any more time, Snape might even now be playing Fluffy to sleep.
grandfather clock n. 有摆的落地大座钟
152
“You can’t go out,” said Neville, “you’ll be caught again. Gryffindor will be in even more trouble.”
153
“You don’t understand,” said Harry, “this is important.”
154
But Neville was clearly
steeling
himself to do something desperate.
steel /stiːl/ vt. 使坚定
155
“I won’t let you do it,” he said, hurrying to stand in front of the portrait hole. “I’ll — I’ll fight you!”
156
“Neville,” Ron
exploded
, “get away from that hole and don’t be an idiot —”
explode /ɪkˈsploʊd/ v. 勃然(大怒)
157
“Don’t you call me an idiot!” said Neville. “I don’t think you should be breaking any more rules! And you were the one who told me to
stand up to
people!”
stand up to 勇敢地面对
exasperation /ɪɡˌzæspəˈreɪʃn/ n. 恼怒
158
“Yes, but not to us,” said Ron in
exasperation
. “Neville, you don’t know what you’re doing.”
exasperation /ɪɡˌzæspəˈreɪʃn/ n. 恼怒
159
He took a step forward and Neville dropped Trevor the toad, who leapt out of sight.
160
“Go on then, try and hit me!” said Neville, raising his fists. “I’m ready!”
161
Harry turned to Hermione.
162
“Do something,” he said desperately.
163
Hermione stepped forward.
164
“Neville,” she said, “I’m really, really sorry about this.”
165
She raised her wand.
166
“Petrificus Totalus!” she cried, pointing it at Neville.
167
Neville’s arms
snapped
to his
sides
. His legs sprang together. His whole body
rigid
, he
swayed
where he stood and then fell flat on his face, stiff as a board.
snap /snæp/ vi. 咯嗒一声关上
side /saɪd/ n. （某人左方或右方的）一边
rigid /ˈrɪdʒɪd/ adj. 僵硬的
sway /sweɪ/ vi. 摇摆
168
Hermione ran to turn him over. Neville’s jaws were
jammed
together so he couldn’t speak. Only his eyes were moving, looking at them in horror.
jam /dʒæm/ v. 卡住
169
“What’ve you done to him?” Harry whispered.
170
“It’s the full Body-
Bind
,” said Hermione miserably. “Oh, Neville, I’m so sorry.”
bind /baɪnd/ vt. 捆绑
171
“We had to, Neville, no time to explain,” said Harry.
172
“You’ll understand later, Neville,” said Ron as they stepped over him and pulled on the Invisibility Cloak.
173
But leaving Neville lying
motionless
on the floor didn’t feel like a very good
omen
.
motionless /'moʃnləs/ adj. 不动的
omen /'omən/ n. 兆头
174
In their nervous state, every statue’s shadow looked like Filch, every distant breath of wind sounded like Peeves
swooping
down on them.
swoop /swuːp/ vi. 俯冲
175
At the foot of the first set of stairs, they spotted Mrs. Norris
skulking
near the top.
skulk /skʌlk/ vi. 潜伏
176
“Oh, let’s kick her, just this once,” Ron whispered in Harry’s ear, but Harry shook his head. As they climbed carefully around her, Mrs. Norris turned her lamplike eyes on them, but didn’t do anything.
177
They didn’t meet anyone else until they reached the staircase up to the third floor. Peeves was bobbing halfway up,
loosening
the carpet so that people would
trip
.
loosen /ˈluːsn/ v. （使）松开
trip /trɪp/ vi. 绊倒（指没有看到障碍物而绊倒）
178
“Who’s there?” he said suddenly as they climbed toward him. He narrowed his
wicked
black eyes. “Know you’re there, even if I can’t see you. Are you
ghoulie
or ghostie or
wee
student
beastie
?”
wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/ adj. 顽皮的
ghoul /ɡul/ n. 盗尸者
wee /wi/ adj. 极小的
beastie /ˈbisti/ n. 小动物
179
He rose up in the air and
floated
there,
squinting
at them.
float /floʊt/ vi. 浮动
squint /skwɪnt/ v. 眯着眼
180
“Should call Filch, I should, if something’s a-creeping around
unseen
.”
unseen /ˌʌn'sin/ adj. 未被看见的
181
Harry had a sudden idea.
182
“Peeves,” he said, in a
hoarse
whisper, “the Bloody Baron has his own reasons for being invisible.”
hoarse /hɔːrs/ adj. (指声音)粗哑的
183
Peeves almost fell out of the air in shock. He caught himself in time and
hovered
about a foot off the stairs.
hover /ˈhʌvər/ vi. (鸟等)盘旋
184
“So sorry, your bloodiness, Mr. Baron, sir,” he said
greasily
. “My mistake, my mistake — I didn’t see you — of course I didn’t, you’re invisible — forgive old Peevsie his little joke, sir.”
greasily /'gri:zili/ adv. 奉承地
185
“I have business here, Peeves,”
croaked
Harry. “Stay away from this place tonight.”
croak /kroʊk/ vt. 用嘶哑的声音说
186
“I will, sir, I most certainly will,” said Peeves, rising up in the air again. “Hope your business goes well, Baron, I’ll not bother you.”
187
And he
scooted
off.
scoot /skut/ vi. 溜走
188
“Brilliant, Harry!” whispered Ron.
189
A few seconds later, they were there, outside the third-floor corridor — and the door was already ajar.
190
“Well, there you are,” Harry said quietly, “Snape’s already got past Fluffy.”
191
Seeing the open door somehow seemed to
impress
upon all three of them what was
facing
them.
impress /ɪmˈpres/ v. 使意识到（重要性或严重性等）
face /fes/ vt. & vi. 面对
192
Underneath the Cloak, Harry turned to the other two.
193
“If you want to go back, I won’t blame you,” he said. “You can take the Cloak, I won’t need it now.”
194
“Don’t be stupid,” said Ron.
195
“We’re coming,” said Hermione.
196
Harry pushed the door open.
197
As the door creaked, low,
rumbling
growls
met their ears. All three of the dog’s noses sniffed madly in their direction, even though it couldn’t see them.
rumbling /'rʌmblɪŋ/ n. 隆隆声
growl /ɡraʊl/ n. 咆哮
198
“What’s that at its feet?” Hermione whispered.
199
“Looks like a
harp
,” said Ron. “Snape must have left it there.”
harp /hɑːrp/ n. 竖琴
200
“It must wake up the moment you stop playing,” said Harry. “Well, here goes . . .”
201
He put Hagrid’s
flute
to his lips and blew. It wasn’t really a tune, but from the first note the beast’s eyes began to
droop
. Harry hardly
drew breath
.
flute /flut/ n. 长笛
droop /druːp/ vi. 下垂
draw breath 歇口气
202
Slowly, the dog’s growls
ceased
— it
tottered
on its paws and fell to its knees, then it
slumped
to the ground, fast asleep.
cease /siːs/ vt. & vi. 终止
totter /ˈtɑːtər/ vi. 踉跄
slump /slʌmp/ vi. 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
203
“Keep playing,” Ron warned Harry as they slipped out of the Cloak and crept toward the trapdoor. They could feel the dog’s hot,
smelly
breath as they approached the giant heads.
smelly /'smɛli/ adj. 发出难闻气味的
204
“I think we’ll be able to pull the door open,” said Ron, peering over the dog’s back. “Want to go first, Hermione?”
205
“No, I don’t!”
206
“All right.” Ron
gritted
his teeth and stepped carefully over the dog’s legs. He bent and pulled the
ring
of the trapdoor, which
swung
up and open.
grit /ɡrɪt/ n. 咬紧牙关
ring /rɪŋ/ n. 环状物
swing /swɪŋ/ vi. 转向
207
“What can you see?” Hermione said anxiously.
208
“Nothing — just black — there’s no way of climbing down, we’ll just have to drop.”
209
Harry, who was still playing the flute, waved at Ron to get his attention and pointed at himself.
210
“You want to go first? Are you sure?” said Ron. “I don’t know how deep this thing goes. Give the flute to Hermione so she can keep him asleep.”
211
Harry handed the flute over. In the few seconds’ silence, the dog growled and twitched, but the moment Hermione began to play, it fell back into its deep sleep.
212
Harry climbed over it and looked down through the trapdoor. There was no sign of the bottom.
213
He lowered himself through the hole until he was
hanging on
by his
fingertips
.
hang on 握住不放
fingertip /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌtɪp/ n. 指尖
214
Then he looked up at Ron and said, “If anything happens to me, don’t follow. Go straight to the
owlery
and send Hedwig to Dumbledore, right?”
owlery /'auləri/ n. 鸮栖息地
215
“Right,” said Ron.
216
“See you in a minute, I hope. . . .”
217
And Harry let go. Cold,
damp
air
rushed
past him as he fell down, down, down and —
FLUMP
.
damp /dæmp/ adj. 潮湿的
rush /rʌʃ/ v. 急促
flump /flʌmp/ vi. 砰的落下
218
With a funny,
muffled
sort of thump he landed on something soft. He sat up and felt around, his eyes not
used to
the
gloom
. It felt as though he was sitting on some sort of
plant
.
muffled / ˈmʌfl..d/ adj. 听不清的
used to 惯于
gloom /ɡluːm/ n. 昏暗
plant /plænt/ n. 植物
219
“It’s okay!” he called up to the light the size of a
postage stamp
, which was the open trapdoor, “it’s a soft
landing
, you can jump!”
postage stamp n. 邮票
landing /ˈlændɪŋ/ n. 登陆处
220
Ron followed right away. He landed,
sprawled
next to Harry.
sprawl /sprɔːl/ vi. 伸开四肢坐〔躺〕
221
“What’s this stuff?” were his first words.
222
“Dunno, some sort of plant thing. I suppose it’s here to
break
the
fall
. Come on, Hermione!”
break /breɪk/ vt. 削弱
fall /fɔːl/ n. 跌落
223
The distant music stopped. There was a loud bark from the dog, but Hermione had already jumped. She landed on Harry’s other side.
224
“We must be miles under the school,” she said.
225
“Lucky this plant thing’s here, really,” said Ron.
226
“Lucky!” shrieked Hermione. “Look at you both!”
227
She leapt up and struggled toward a damp wall. She had to struggle because the moment she had landed, the plant had started to twist snakelike
tendrils
around her ankles.
tendril /'tɛndrəl/ n. [植]卷须状物
228
As for Harry and Ron, their legs had already been
bound
tightly in long
creepers
without their noticing.
bound /baʊnd/ v. 限制
creeper /'kripɚ/ n. [植] 匍匐植物
229
Hermione had managed to free herself before the plant got a
firm
grip on her.
firm /fɜːrm/ adj. 牢固的
230
Now she watched in horror as the two boys fought to pull the plant off them, but the more they strained against it, the tighter and faster the plant wound around them.
231
“Stop moving!” Hermione ordered them. “I know what this is — it’s Devil’s
Snare
!”
snare /sner/ n. 圈套
232
“Oh, I’m so glad we know what it’s called, that’s a great help,” snarled Ron, leaning back, trying to stop the plant from curling around his neck.
233
“Shut up, I’m trying to remember how to kill it!” said Hermione.
234
“Well, hurry up, I can’t breathe!” Harry gasped,
wrestling
with it as it curled around his chest.
wrestle /ˈresl/ v. 努力解决
235
“Devil’s Snare, Devil’s Snare . . . what did Professor Sprout say? — it likes the dark and the damp —”
236
“So light a fire!” Harry choked.
237
“Yes — of course — but there’s no wood!” Hermione cried,
wringing
her hands.
wring /rɪŋ/ vt. 紧握
238
“HAVE YOU GONE MAD?” Ron bellowed. “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?”
239
“Oh, right!” said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it, muttered something, and sent a
jet
of the same
bluebell
flames
she had used on Snape at the plant.
jet /dʒet/ n. 喷射
bluebell /'blubɛl/ n. 圆叶风铃草
flame /fleɪm/ n. 火焰
240
In a matter of seconds, the two boys felt it
loosening
its grip as it
cringed
away from the light and warmth.
loosen /ˈluːsn/ vt. & vi. 放松
cringe /krɪndʒ/ vi. 畏缩
241
Wriggling
and
flailing
, it
unraveled
itself from their bodies, and they were able to pull free.
wriggle /'rɪɡl/ vi. 扭动
flail /fleɪl/ vt.&vi. （尤指手臂和双腿）乱动
unravel /ʌnˈrævl/ vt. 解开
242
“Lucky you pay attention in
Herbology
, Hermione,” said Harry as he joined her by the wall, wiping sweat off his face.
herbology /hə:'bɔlədʒi/ 草药学
243
“Yeah,” said Ron, “and lucky Harry doesn’t lose his head in a
crisis
—‘there’s no wood,’ honestly.”
crisis /ˈkraɪsɪs/ n. 危机
244
“This way,” said Harry, pointing down a stone passageway, which was the only way on.
245
All they could hear apart from their footsteps was the
gentle
drip of water
trickling
down the walls.
gentle /ˈdʒentl/ adj. 徐缓的
trickle /ˈtrɪkl/ vi. 滴
246
The passageway
sloped
downward, and Harry was reminded of Gringotts.
slope /sloʊp/ v. 倾斜
247
With an unpleasant
jolt
of the heart, he remembered the dragons said to be guarding
vaults
in the wizards’ bank. If they met a dragon, a fully-grown dragon — Norbert had been bad enough . . .
jolt /dʒoʊlt/ n. 摇晃
vault /vɔːlt/ n. 保险库
248
“Can you hear something?” Ron whispered.
249
Harry listened. A soft rustling and clinking seemed to be coming from up ahead.
250
“Do you think it’s a ghost?”
251
“I don’t know . . . sounds like wings to me.”
252
“There’s light ahead — I can see something moving.”
253
They reached the end of the passageway and saw before them a
brilliantly
lit
chamber
, its ceiling
arching
high above them.
brilliantly /ˈbrɪljəntlɪ/ adv. 光亮地
chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbər/ n. 房间
arch /ɑːrtʃ/ vt. & vi. (使)弯成拱形
254
It was full of small,
jewel
-bright birds, fluttering and
tumbling
all around the room.
jewel /ˈdʒuːəl/ n. 宝石
tumble /ˈtʌmbl/ vi. 翻滚
255
On the opposite side of the chamber was a heavy wooden door.
256
“Do you think they’ll attack us if we cross the room?” said Ron.
257
“Probably,” said Harry. “They don’t look very
vicious
, but I suppose if they all
swooped
down at once . . . Well, there’s nothing for it … I’ll run.”
vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ adj. 邪恶的
swoop /swuːp/ vi. 俯冲
258
He took a deep breath, covered his face with his arms, and
sprinted
across the room.
sprint /sprɪnt/ vi. 冲刺
259
He expected to feel sharp beaks and claws tearing at him any second, but nothing happened. He reached the door
untouched
. He pulled the handle, but it was locked.
untouched /ʌnˈtʌtʃt/ adj. 未受影响的
260
The other two followed him. They
tugged
and
heaved
at the door, but it wouldn’t
budge
, not even when Hermione tried her Alohomora Charm.
tug /tʌɡ/ vt. & vi. 用力拉
heave /hiːv/ vt. 拉
budge /bʌdʒ/ vt. & vi. (使)稍微移动
261
“Now what?” said Ron.
262
“These birds . . . they can’t be here just for decoration,” said Hermione.
263
They watched the birds
soaring
overhead, glittering — glittering?
soar /sɔːr/ vi. 翱翔
264
“They’re not birds!” Harry said suddenly.
265
“They’re keys! Winged keys — look carefully. So that must mean . . .” he looked around the chamber while the other two squinted up at the
flock
of keys.
flock /flɑːk/ n. 群
266
“. . . yes — look! Broomsticks! We’ve got to catch the key to the door!”
267
“But there are hundreds of them!”
268
Ron examined the lock on the door.
269
“We’re looking for a big, old-fashioned one — probably silver, like the handle.”
270
They seized a broomstick
each
and kicked off into the air, soaring into the
midst
of the cloud of keys.
each /itʃ/ adv. 各自
midst /mɪdst/ n. 中间
271
They grabbed and snatched, but the bewitched keys
darted
and dived so quickly it was almost impossible to catch one.
dart /dɑːrt/ vi. 飞奔
272
Not for nothing
, though, was Harry the youngest Seeker in a century. He had a
knack
for spotting things other people didn’t.
not for nothing 并非没有道理
knack /næk/ n. 本领
273
After a minute’s weaving about through the
whirl
of rainbow feathers, he noticed a large silver key that had a bent wing, as if it had already been caught and stuffed roughly into the keyhole.
whirl /wɜːrl/ n. 回旋
274
“That one!” he called to the others. “That big one — there — no, there — with bright blue wings — the feathers are all
crumpled
on one side.”
crumple /ˈkrʌmpl/ vt. 弄皱
275
Ron went speeding in the direction that Harry was pointing,
crashed
into the ceiling, and nearly fell off his broom.
crash /kræʃ/ vi. 坠落
276
“We’ve got to
close in
on it!” Harry called, not taking his eyes off the key with the
damaged
wing.
close in 包围
damaged adj. 被损坏的
277
“Ron, you come at it from above — Hermione, stay below and stop it from going down — and I’ll try and catch it. Right, NOW!”
278
Ron dived, Hermione
rocketed
upward, the key dodged them both, and Harry
streaked
after it;
rocket /ˈrɑːkɪt/ vi. 飞快地移动
streak /striːk/ vi. 疾驰
279
it sped toward the wall, Harry leaned forward and with a nasty,
crunching
noise, pinned it against the stone with one hand.
crunch /krʌntʃ/ vi. 嘎吱嘎吱地踏过
280
Ron and Hermione’s cheers echoed around the high chamber.
281
They landed quickly, and Harry ran to the door, the key
struggling
in his hand.
struggle /ˈstrʌɡl/ vi. 挣扎
282
He
rammed
it into the lock and turned — it worked. The moment the lock had clicked open, the key took flight again, looking very
battered
now that it had been caught twice.
ram /ræm/ v. 强迫通过或接受
battered /'bætɚd/ adj. 磨损的
283
“Ready?” Harry asked the other two, his hand on the door handle. They nodded. He pulled the door open.
284
The next chamber was so dark they couldn’t see anything at all. But as they stepped into it, light suddenly
flooded
the room to
reveal
an astonishing sight.
flood /flʌd/ v. (光线)照亮
reveal /rɪˈviːl/ vt. 露出
285
They were standing on the edge of a huge
chessboard
, behind the black chessmen, which were all taller than they were and
carved
from what looked like black stone.
chessboard /'tʃɛsbɔrd/ n. 棋盘
carve /kɑːrv/ vt. 雕刻
286
Facing them, way across the chamber, were the white pieces.
287
Harry, Ron and Hermione shivered slightly — the towering white chessmen had no faces.
288
“Now what do we do?” Harry whispered.
289
“It’s obvious, isn’t it?” said Ron. “We’ve got to play our way across the room.”
290
Behind the white pieces they could see another door.
291
“How?” said Hermione nervously.
292
“I think,” said Ron, “we’re going to have to be chessmen.”
293
He walked up to a black
knight
and put his hand out to touch the knight’s horse.
knight /naɪt/ n. 骑士
294
At once, the stone
sprang to life
. The horse
pawed
the ground and the knight turned his
helmeted
head to look down at Ron.
spring to life 突然活跃起来
paw /pɔː/ v. 用爪子抓（或挠）
helmeted /'hɛlmɪtɪd/ 头盔状的
295
“Do we — er — have to join you to get across?”
296
The black knight nodded. Ron turned to the other two.
297
“This
wants
thinking about …” he said. “I suppose we’ve got to
take the place of
three of the black pieces. . . .”
want /wɑnt/ vt. 需要
take the place of 代替
298
Harry and Hermione stayed quiet, watching Ron think. Finally he said, “Now, don’t be
offended
or anything, but neither of you are that
good at
chess —”
offended /ə'fendid/ adj. 生气
good at 善于
299
“We’re not offended,” said Harry quickly. “Just tell us what to do.”
300
