《哈利波特2》｜单词注释｜Chapter 12｜1
CHAPTER TWELVE
1
The Polyjuice Potion
2
They stepped off the stone staircase at the top and Professor McGonagall
rapped
on the door. It opened silently and they entered.
rap /ræp/ vi. 敲击
3
Professor McGonagall told Harry to wait, and left him there, alone.
4
Harry looked around. One thing was certain: of all the teachers’ offices Harry had visited so far this year, Dumbledore’s was
by far
the most interesting.
by far 到目前为止
5
If he hadn’t been scared
out of his wits
that he was about to be thrown out of school, he would have been very pleased to have a chance to look around it.
out of wits 惊慌失措
6
It was a large and beautiful
circular
room, full of funny little noises.
circular /ˈsɜːkjələ(r)/ adj. 圆形的
7
A number of curious silver
instruments
stood on
spindle
-legged tables,
whirring
and
emitting
little puffs of smoke.
instrument /ˈɪnstrəmənt/ n. 器具
spindle /'spɪnd(ə)l/ adj. 细长的
whir /wɜː/ vi. 作呼呼声
emit /iˈmɪt/ v. 散发（尤指气体、辐射物）
8
The walls were covered with portraits of old headmasters and headmistresses, all of whom were snoozing gently in their frames.
9
There was also an enormous, claw-footed desk, and, sitting on a shelf behind it, a
shabby
,
tattered
wizard’s hat – the Sorting Hat.
shabby /ˈʃæbi/ adj. 破旧的
tattered /'tætəd/ adj. 破烂的
10
Harry hesitated. He cast a
wary
eye around the sleeping witches and wizards on the walls.
wary /ˈweəri/ adj. 谨慎的
11
Surely
it couldn’t
hurt
if he took the Hat down and tried it on again? Just to see … just to make sure it had put him in the right house.
surely /'ʃʊəlɪ/ adv. 想必
hurt /hɜːt/ vi. [口]有坏处
12
He walked quietly around the desk, lifted the Hat from its shelf, and lowered it slowly onto his head. It was much too large and slipped down over his eyes, just as it had done the last time he’d put it on.
13
Harry stared at the black inside of the Hat, waiting. Then a small voice said in his ear, ‘
Bee in your bonnet
, Harry Potter?’
bee in your bonnet 没完没了地想某件事
14
‘Er, yes,’ Harry muttered. ‘Er – sorry to
bother
you – I wanted to ask –’
bother /ˈbɒðə(r)/ vt. 打扰
15
‘You’ve been wondering whether I put you in the right house,’ said the Hat
smartly
.
smartly /'sma:tli/ adv. 机敏地
16
‘Yes … you were particularly difficult to place. But I stand by what I said before –’ Harry’s heart leapt ‘– you would have done well in Slytherin.’
17
Harry’s stomach
plummeted
. He grabbed the
point
of the Hat and pulled it off. It hung
limply
in his hand,
grubby
and faded. Harry pushed it back onto its shelf, feeling sick.
plummet /ˈplʌmɪt/ vi. 垂直落下
point /pɒɪnt/ n. 尖端
limply /'limpli/ adv. 软绵绵地
grubby /'grʌbɪ/ adj. 肮脏的
18
‘You’re wrong,’ he said aloud to the still and silent Hat. It didn’t move. Harry backed away, watching it. Then a strange,
gagging
noise behind him made him wheel around.
gag /gæg/ vt. 使窒息
19
He wasn’t alone after all. Standing on a golden
perch
behind the door was a
decrepit
-looking bird which
resembled
a half-
plucked
turkey.
perch /pɜːtʃ/ n. 栖枝，栖木
decrepit /dɪˈkrepɪt/ adj. 老朽的
resemble /rɪˈzembl/ vt. 像…
pluck /plʌk/ v. 拔去（鸡或鸟的毛）
20
Harry stared at it and the bird looked
balefully
back, making its gagging noise again. Harry thought it looked very ill. Its eyes were dull and, even as Harry watched, a couple more feathers fell out of its tail.
balefully /'beilfuli/ adv. 灾难地
21
Harry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore’s pet bird to die while he was alone in the office with it, when the bird burst into flames.
22
Harry yelled in shock and backed away into the desk. He looked
feverishly
around
in case
there was a glass of water somewhere, but couldn’t see one.
feverishly /'fi:vəriʃli/ adv. 紧张忙乱地
in case 如果
23
The bird, meanwhile, had become a fireball; it gave one loud shriek and next second there was nothing but a
smouldering
pile of ash on the floor.
smoulder /'sməʊldə/ v. (无明火地)阴燃
24
The office door opened. Dumbledore came in, looking very
sombre
.
sombre /'sɔmbə/ adj. 严峻的
25
‘Professor,’ Harry gasped, ‘your bird – I couldn’t do anything – he just
caught
fire –’
catch /kætʃ/ v. 着火
26
To Harry’s astonishment, Dumbledore smiled.
27
‘
About time
, too,’ he said. ‘He’s been looking
dreadful
for days, I’ve been telling him to
get a move on
.’
about time 该……的时候了
dreadful /ˈdredfl/ adj. 可怕的
get a move on 赶快
28
He
chuckled
at the
stunned
look on Harry’s face.
chuckle /ˈtʃʌkl/ vi. 咯咯的笑
stunned /stʌnd/ adj. 受惊的
29
‘Fawkes is a
phoenix
, Harry. Phoenixes
burst into flame
when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes. Watch him …’
phoenix /ˈfiːnɪks/ n. 凤凰
burst into flame 突然烧起来
30
Harry looked down in time to see a tiny,
wrinkled
, new-born bird poke its head out of the ashes. It was quite as ugly as the old one.
wrinkled /ˈrɪŋkld/ adj. 有皱纹的
31
‘It’s a
shame
you had to see him on a
Burning
Day,’ said Dumbledore, seating himself behind his desk.
shame /ʃeɪm/ n. 羞耻
burning /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/ n. 燃烧
32
‘He’s really very
handsome
most of the time: wonderful red and gold
plumage
.
handsome /'hæns(ə)m/ adj. （男子）英俊的
plumage /'pluːmɪdʒ/ n. 鸟类羽毛
33
Fascinating creatures, phoenixes. They can carry
immensely
heavy loads, their tears have
healing
powers
and they make highly
faithful
pets.’
immensely /ɪˈmensli/ adv. 非常
heal /hiːl/ vt. 治愈
power /ˈpaʊə(r)/ n. 能力
faithful /ˈfeɪθfl/ adj. 忠诚的
34
In the shock of Fawkes catching fire, Harry had forgotten what he was there for,
35
but it all came back to him as Dumbledore settled himself in the
high-backed chai
r behind the desk and fixed Harry with his
penetrating
, light-blue stare.
high-backed chair 高背椅
penetrating /ˈpenətreɪtɪŋ/ adj. 敏锐的
36
Before Dumbledore could speak another word, however,
37
the door of the office flew open with an
almighty
bang and Hagrid burst in, a
wild
look in his eyes, his
balaclava
perched on top of his
shaggy
black head and the dead rooster still swinging from his hand.
almighty /ɔːlˈmaɪti/ adj. 有强大力量的
wild /waɪld/ adj. 野蛮的
balaclava /ˌbæləˈklɑ:və/ n. 巴拉克拉法帽
shaggy /'ʃægɪ/ adj. 毛发粗浓杂乱的
38
‘It wasn’ Harry, Professor Dumbledore!’ said Hagrid urgently. ‘I was talkin’ ter him seconds before that kid was found, he never had time, sir …’
39
Dumbledore tried to say something, but Hagrid went
ranting on
, waving the rooster around in his
agitation
, sending feathers everywhere.
rant on 喋喋不休
agitation /ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃn/ n. 激动
40
‘… It can’t’ve bin him, I’ll swear it in front o’ the Ministry o’ Magic if I have to …’
41
‘Hagrid, I –’
42
‘… Yeh’ve got the wrong boy, sir, I know Harry never –’
43
‘Hagrid!’ said Dumbledore loudly. ‘I do not think that Harry attacked those people.’
44
‘Oh,’ said Hagrid, the rooster
falling
limply at his side. ‘Right. I’ll wait outside then, Headmaster.’
fall /fɔːl/ vi. 落下
45
And he
stomped
out looking embarrassed.
stomp /stɒmp/ vt. 重踩
46
‘You don’t think it was me, Professor?’ Harry repeated hopefully, as Dumbledore
brushed
rooster feathers off his desk.
brush /brʌʃ/ v. 拂去
47
‘No, Harry, I don’t,’ said Dumbledore, though his face was
sombre
again. ‘But I still want to talk to you.’
sombre /'sɔmbə/ adj. 严峻的
48
Harry waited nervously while Dumbledore considered him, the tips of his long fingers together.
49
‘I must ask you, Harry, whether there is anything you’d like to tell me,’ he said gently. ‘Anything at all.’
50
Harry didn’t know what to say. He thought of Malfoy shouting, ‘You’ll be next, Mudbloods!’ and of the Polyjuice Potion,
simmering
away in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.
simmer /ˈsɪmə(r)/ vi. 炖
51
Then he thought of the
disembodied
voice he had heard twice and remembered what Ron had said: ‘Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.’
disembodied /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdid/ adj. 无实体的
52
He thought, too, about what everyone was saying about him, and his growing
dread
that he was somehow connected with Salazar Slytherin …
dread /dred/ vi. 担心
53
‘No,’ said Harry, ‘there isn’t anything, Professor.’
54
The double attack on Justin and Nearly Headless Nick turned what had
hitherto
been nervousness into real panic. Curiously, it was Nearly Headless Nick’s fate that seemed to worry people most.
hitherto /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/ adv. 到目前为止
55
What could possibly do that to a ghost, people asked each other; what terrible power could harm someone who was already dead?
56
There was almost a
stampede
to book seats on the Hogwarts Express so that students could go home for Christmas.
stampede /stæmˈpiːd/ n. 人群的蜂拥
57
‘
At this rate
, we’ll be the only ones left,’ Ron told Harry and Hermione. ‘Us, Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle. What a
jolly
holiday it’s going to be.’
at this rate 照这样下去
jolly /ˈdʒɒli/ adj. 愉快的
58
Crabbe and Goyle, who always did whatever Malfoy did, had signed up to stay over the holidays too.
59
But Harry was glad that most people were leaving.
60
He was
tired of
people
skirting
around him in the corridors, as though he was about to
sprout
fangs or
spit
poison; tired of all the muttering, pointing and hissing as he passed.
tired of 厌烦
skirt /skɜːt/ vi. 绕开
sprout /spraʊt/ v. 从表面凸出
spit /spɪt/ vt. & vi. 吐出
61
Fred and George, however, found all this very funny. They went out of their way to march ahead of Harry down the corridors, shouting, ‘
Make way for
the heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard coming through …’
make way for 为……让路
62
Percy was deeply
disapproving
of this behaviour.
disapproving /ˌdisə'pru:viŋ/ adj. 不满的
63
‘It is not a laughing matter,’ he said coldly.
64
‘Oh, get out of the way, Percy,’ said Fred. ‘Harry’s in a
hurry
.’
hurry /'hʌrɪ/ n. 急忙
65
‘Yeah, he’s
nipping
off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged
servant
,’ said George,
chortling
.
nip /nɪp/ v. <英，非正式>快走
servant /ˈsɜːvənt/ n. 仆人
chortle /ˈtʃɔːtl/ vi. 咯咯笑
66
Ginny didn’t find it
amusing
either.
amusing /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/ adj. 逗人笑的
67
‘Oh, don’t,’ she wailed every time Fred asked Harry loudly who he was planning to attack next, or George pretended to
ward Harry off
with
a large clove of garlic
when they met.
ward off v. 挡住
a clove of garlic 一瓣蒜头
68
Harry didn’t mind; it made him feel better that Fred and George, at least, thought the idea of his being Slytherin’s heir was quite
ludicrous
.
ludicrous /'luːdɪkrəs/ adj. 荒唐可笑的
69
But their
antics
seemed to be
aggravating
Draco Malfoy, who looked
increasingly
sour
each time he saw them at it.
antics /ˈæntiks/ n. 滑稽动作
aggravate /ˈæɡrəveɪt/ vt. 使恼火
increasingly /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli/ adv. 日益
sour /ˈsaʊə(r)/ adj. 坏脾气的
70
‘It’s because he’s
bursting
to say it’s really him,’ said Ron
knowingly
. ‘You know how he hates anyone beating him at anything, and you’re getting all the
credit
for his dirty work.’
bursting /ˈbɜː(r)stɪŋ/ adj. 渴望的
knowingly /ˈnəʊɪŋlɪ/ adv. 会意地
credit /ˈkredɪt/ n. 荣誉
71
‘Not for long,’ said Hermione in a satisfied tone. ‘The Polyjuice Potion’s nearly ready. We’ll be getting the truth out of him any day now.’
72
At last the term ended, and a silence deep as the snow on the grounds
descended
on the castle.
descend /dɪˈsend/ vi. (情绪、气氛等)笼罩
73
Harry found it peaceful, rather than gloomy, and enjoyed the fact that he, Hermione and the Weasleys
had the run of
Gryffindor Tower,
had the run of 在……自由活动
74
which meant they could play Exploding Snap loudly without bothering anyone, and practise duelling in private.
75
Fred, George and Ginny had chosen to stay at school rather than visit Bill in
Egypt
with Mr and Mrs Weasley.
Egypt /ˈi:dʒɪpt/ n. 埃及
76
Percy, who disapproved of what he
termed
their childish behaviour, didn’t spend much time in the Gryffindor common room.
term /tɜːm/ v. 把……叫做
77
He had already told them
pompously
that he was only staying over Christmas because it was his duty as a Prefect to support the teachers during this troubled time.
pompously /'pɔmpəsli/ adv. 傲慢地
78
Christmas morning
dawned
, cold and white. Harry and Ron, the only ones left in their dormitory, were woken very early by Hermione, who
burst in
, fully dressed and carrying presents for them both.
dawn /dɔːn/ v. 黎明
burst in 突然出现
79
‘Wake up,’ she said loudly, pulling back the curtains at the window.
80
‘Hermione – you’re not supposed to be in here,’ said Ron,
shielding
his eyes against the light.
shield /ʃiːld/ vt. 遮挡
81
‘Merry Christmas to you, too,’ said Hermione, throwing him his present. ‘I’ve been up for nearly an hour, adding more
lacewings
to the Potion. It’s ready.’
lacewing /'leɪswɪŋ/ n. 草蜻蛉
82
Harry sat up, suddenly wide awake.
83
‘Are you sure?’
84
‘Positive,’ said Hermione, shifting Scabbers the rat so that she could sit down on the end of his four-poster. ‘If we’re going to do it, I say it should be tonight.’
85
At that moment, Hedwig swooped into the room, carrying a very small package in her beak.
86
‘Hello,’ said Harry happily, as she landed on his bed, ‘are you speaking to me again?’
87
She nibbled his ear in an
affectionate
sort of way, which was a far better present than the one which she had brought him, which turned out to be from the Dursleys.
affectionate /əˈfekʃənət/ adj. 温柔亲切的
88
They had sent Harry a
toothpick
and a note telling him to find out whether he’d be able to stay at Hogwarts for the summer holidays, too.
toothpick /'tuːθpɪk/ n. 牙签
89
The rest of Harry’s Christmas presents were far more
satisfactory
.
satisfactory /ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/ adj. 令人满意的
90
Hagrid had sent him a large tin of
treacle
fudge
, which Harry decided to
soften
by the fire before eating;
treacle /'triːk(ə)l/ n. 糖蜜
fudge /fʌdʒ/ n. 乳脂(巧克力)软糖
soften /ˈsɒfn/ vt. 使变柔软
91
Ron had given him a book called Flying with the Cannons, a book of interesting facts about his favourite Quidditch team; and Hermione had bought him a
luxury
eagle-feather quill.
luxury /ˈlʌkʃəri/ n. 奢侈
92
Harry opened the last present to find a new, hand-
knitted
jumper from Mrs Weasley, and a large
plum cake
.
knitted /'nitid/ adj. 编织的
plum cake [食品]葡萄干蛋糕
93
He put up her card with a fresh
surge
of guilt, thinking about Mr Weasley’s car, which hadn’t been seen since its crash with the Whomping Willow,
surge /sɜːdʒ/ n. （情感的）涌起
94
and the
bout
of rule-breaking he and Ron were planning next.
bout /baʊt/ n. 一场
95
No one, not even someone
dreading
taking Polyjuice Potion later, could fail to enjoy Christmas dinner at Hogwarts.
dread /dred/ v. 担心
96
The Great Hall looked
magnificent
.
magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/ adj. 宏伟的
97
Not only were there a dozen
frost
-covered Christmas trees and
frost /frɒst/ n. 霜冻
98
thick
streamers
of
holly
and
mistletoe
criss-crossing
the ceiling, but enchanted snow was falling, warm and dry, from the ceiling.
streamer /'striːmə/ n. (作装饰用的)彩色纸带
holly /'hɒlɪ/ n. 冬青树（等于holm oak）
mistletoe /'mɪs(ə)ltəʊ/ n. 槲寄生
criss-crossing 交叉杂交
99
Dumbledore led them in a few of his favourite
carols
, Hagrid
booming
more and more loudly with every goblet of
eggnog
he
consumed
.
carol /'kær(ə)l/ n. 圣诞之歌
boom /buːm/ v. 轰鸣
eggnog /'eɡnɒɡ/ n. 蛋酒
consume /kənˈsjuːm/ vt. 大喝
100
Percy, who hadn’t noticed that Fred had bewitched his prefect badge so that it now read ‘
Pinhead
’, kept asking them all what they were
sniggering
at.
pinhead /'pɪnhed/ n. 傻瓜
snigger /'snɪgə/ vi. 暗笑
101
Harry didn’t even care that Draco Malfoy was making loud,
snide
remarks about his new jumper from the Slytherin table. With a bit of luck, Malfoy would be getting his
come-uppance
in a few hours’ time.
snide /snaɪd/ adj. 暗讽的
come-uppance /kʌmˈʌpəns/ n. 应得的惩罚
102
Harry and Ron had barely finished their third
helpings
of Christmas pudding when Hermione
ushered
them out of the Hall to
finalise
their plans for the evening.
helping /ˈhelpɪŋ/ n. （进餐时的）一份食物
usher /ˈʌʃə(r)/ v. 引领
finalise /'fainəlaiz/ vt. 使…结束
103
‘We still need a bit of the people you’re changing into,’ said Hermione
matter-of-factly
, as though she was sending them to the supermarket for
washing-powder
.
matter-of-factly /ˌmætərəf'fæktli/ adv. 实事求是地
washing-powder n. 洗衣粉
104
‘And obviously, it’ll be best if you can get something of Crabbe and Goyle’s; they’re Malfoy’s best friends, he’ll tell them anything.
105
And we also need to make sure the real Crabbe and Goyle can’t burst in on us while we’re
interrogating
him.
interrogate /ɪnˈterəɡeɪt/ vt. 询问
106
‘I’ve got it all worked out,’ she went on
smoothly
, ignoring Harry and Ron’s
stupefied
faces. She held up two
plump
chocolate cakes.
smoothly /smu: ðlɪ/ adv. 流畅地
stupefy /ˈstjuːpɪfaɪ/ vt. 使惊呆
plump /plʌmp/ adj. 又大又圆的
107
‘I’ve filled these with a simple Sleeping
Draught
. All you have to do is make sure Crabbe and Goyle find them. You know how
greedy
they are, they’re bound to eat them.
draught /drɑːft/ n. 饮剂
greedy /ˈɡriːdi/ adj. 贪吃的
108
Once they’re asleep, pull out a few of their hairs and hide them in a broom
cupboard
.’
cupboard /ˈkʌbəd/ n. 小储藏室
109
Harry and Ron looked
incredulously
at each other.
incredulously /in'kredjuləsli/ adv. 不相信地
110
‘Hermione, I don’t think –’
111
‘That could go seriously wrong –’
112
But Hermione had a
steely
glint
in her eye not unlike the one Professor McGonagall sometimes had.
steely /'stiːlɪ/ adj. 钢铁般的
glint /glɪnt/ n. 闪光
113
‘The Potion will be
useless
without Crabbe and Goyle’s hair,’ she said sternly. ‘You do want to
investigate
Malfoy, don’t you?’
useless /ˈjuːsləs/ adj. 无用的
investigate /ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt/ vt. 审查
114
‘Oh, all right, all right,’ said Harry. ‘But what about you? Whose hair are you
ripping
out?’
rip /rɪp/ v. 猛地扯开
115
‘I’ve already got mine!’ said Hermione brightly, pulling a tiny bottle out of her pocket and showing them the single hair inside it.
116
‘Remember Millicent Bulstrode
wrestling
with me at the Duelling Club? She left this on my robes when she was trying to
strangle
me!
wrestle /ˈresl/ v. (与某人)摔跤
strangle /ˈstræŋɡl/ vt. 扼死
117
And she’s gone home for Christmas – so I’ll just have to tell the Slytherins I’ve decided to come back.’
118
When Hermione had bustled off to check on the Polyjuice Potion again, Ron turned to Harry with a
doom-laden
expression.
doom-laden adj. 导致毁灭的
119
‘Have you ever heard of a plan where so many things could go wrong?’
120
But to Harry and Ron’s
utter
amazement,
stage
one of the
operation
went just as
smoothly
as Hermione had said.
utter /ˈʌtə(r)/ adj. 完全的
stage /steɪdʒ/ n. 阶段
smoothly /smu: ðlɪ/ adv. 顺利地
operation /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃn/ n. (军事)行动
121
They lurked in the deserted Entrance Hall after Christmas tea, waiting for Crabbe and Goyle, who had remained alone at the Slytherin table,
shovelling
down fourth helpings of
trifle
.
shovel /'ʃʌv(ə)l/ vt. 把…胡乱塞入
trifle /ˈtraɪfl/ n. 蛋糕
122
Harry had perched the chocolate cakes on the end of the
banisters
.
banister /'bænɪstə/ n. (楼梯的)栏杆
123
When they spotted Crabbe and Goyle coming out of the Great Hall, Harry and Ron hid quickly behind a suit of armour next to the front door.
124
‘How thick can you get?’ Ron whispered
ecstatically
, as Crabbe
gleefully
pointed out the cakes to Goyle and grabbed them.
ecstatically /ik'stætikəli/ adv. 狂喜地
gleefully /'gli:fəli/ adv. 极快乐地
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Grinning stupidly, they stuffed the cakes
whole
into their large mouths.
whole /həʊl/ adv. 完全地
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For a moment, both of them chewed
greedily
, looks of
triumph
on their faces. Then, without the smallest change of expression, they both
keeled
over backwards onto the floor.
greedily /'gri:dili/ adv. 贪婪地
triumph /ˈtraɪʌmf/ n. (巨大成功或胜利的)心满意足
keel /kiːl/ v. (使)翻倒
127
Much the most difficult bit was hiding them in the cupboard across the hall.
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Once they were safely
stowed
amongst
the buckets and
mops
, Harry yanked out a couple of the
bristles
that covered Goyle’s forehead and Ron pulled out several of Crabbe’s hairs.
stow /stəʊ/ vt. 使暂留
amongst /əˈmʌŋst/ prep. 在…之中
mop /mɒp/ n. 拖把
bristle /'brisl/ n. 短而硬的毛发
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They also
stole
their shoes, because their own were far too small for Crabbe- and Goyle-sized feet. Then, still
stunned
at what they had just done, they sprinted up to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.
stole /stəʊl/ vt, 偷窃(steal的过去式)
stun /stʌn/ v. 震惊
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They could hardly see for the thick black smoke
issuing
from the
cubicle
in which Hermione was stirring the cauldron.
issue /ˈɪʃuː/ v. 由……产生
cubicle /'kjuːbɪk(ə)l/ n. 小隔间
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Pulling their robes up over their faces, Harry and Ron knocked softly on the door.
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‘Hermione?’
133
They heard the
scrape
of the lock and Hermione emerged, shiny-faced and looking anxious.
scrape /skreɪp/ n. 摩擦使发出刺耳声
134
Behind her they heard the
gloop
gloop of the
bubbling
,
treacle
-thick Potion. Three
glass tumblers
stood ready on the toilet seat.
gloop /ɡluːp/ n. 粘稠物
bubble /ˈbʌbl/ vi. 冒泡
treacle /'triːk(ə)l/ n. 糖蜜
glass tumbler 大玻璃杯
135
‘Did you get them?’ Hermione asked
breathlessly
.
breathlessly /'breθlisli/ adv. 屏息地
136
Harry showed her Goyle’s hair.
137
‘Good. And I sneaked these
spare
robes out of the
laundry
,’ Hermione said, holding up a small
sack
. ‘You’ll need bigger sizes once you’re Crabbe and Goyle.’
spare /speə/ adj. 备用的
laundry /ˈlɔːndri/ n. 洗衣房
sack /sæk/ n. 麻袋
138
The three of them stared into the cauldron. Close up, the Potion looked like thick, dark mud, bubbling
sluggishly
.
sluggish /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/ adj. 缓慢的
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‘I’m sure I’ve done everything right,’ said Hermione, nervously re-reading the
splotched
page of Moste
Potente
Potions.
splotch /splɒtʃ/ n. 斑点
potent /ˈpəʊtnt/ adj. 强有力的
140
‘It looks like the book says it should … Once we’ve drunk it, we’ll have exactly an hour before we change back into ourselves.’
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‘Now what?’ Ron whispered.
142
‘We separate it into three glasses and add the hairs.’
143
Hermione
ladled
large
dollops
of the Potion into each of the glasses. Then, her hand trembling, she shook Millicent Bulstrode’s hair out of its bottle into the first glass.
ladle /'leɪd(ə)l/ vt. 以杓舀取
dollop /'dɒləp/ n. 团
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The Potion hissed loudly like a boiling kettle and
frothed
madly. A second later, it had turned a
sick
sort of yellow.
froth /frɒθ/ vi. 起泡沫
sick /sɪk/ adj. 不舒服的
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‘Urgh –
essence
of Millicent Bulstrode,’ said Ron, eyeing it with
loathing
. ‘Bet it tastes
disgusting
.’
essence /ˈesns/ n. 精华
loathing /'ləʊðɪŋ/ n. 嫌恶
disgusting /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ adj. 令人作呕的
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‘Add yours, then,’ said Hermione.
147
Harry dropped Goyle’s hair into the middle glass and Ron put Crabbe’s into the last one.
148
Both glasses hissed and frothed: Goyle’s turned the
khaki
colour of a
bogey
, Crabbe’s a dark,
murky
brown.
khaki /'kɑːkɪ/ adj. 土黄色的
bogey /'bəʊgɪ/ n. 〈英，非正式〉干鼻屎
murky /ˈmɜːki/ adj. 昏暗的
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‘Hang on,’ said Harry, as Ron and Hermione reached for their glasses.
150
‘We’d better not all drink them in here: once we turn into Crabbe and Goyle we won’t fit. And Millicent Bulstrode’s no
pixie
.’
pixie /'pɪksɪ/ n. 小仙子
151
‘Good thinking,’ said Ron, unlocking the door. ‘We’ll take
separate
cubicles.’
separate /ˈseprət/ adj. 单独的
152
Careful not to spill a drop of his Polyjuice Potion, Harry slipped into the
middle
cubicle.
middle /'mɪd(ə)l/ adj. 中间的
153
‘Ready?’ he called.
154
‘Ready,’ came Ron and Hermione’s voices.
155
‘One … two … three …’
156
Pinching his nose, Harry drank the Potion down in two large gulps. It tasted like
overcooked
cabbage.
overcooked /ˌəʊvə'kʊkt/ adj. 煮得过久的
157
Immediately, his insides started
writhing
as though he’d just swallowed live snakes – doubled up,
writhe /raɪð/ vi. 翻滚
158
he wondered whether he was going to be sick – then a
burning
sensation spread
rapidly
from his stomach to the very ends of his fingers and toes.
burning /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/ adj. 火辣辣的
rapidly /'ræpidli/ adv. 迅速地
159
Next, bringing him gasping to
all fours
, came a horrible melting feeling, as the skin all over his body bubbled like hot
wax
,
all fours n. (动物的)四足
wax /wæks/ n. 蜡
160
and before his eyes, his hands began to grow, the fingers
thickened
, the nails
broadened
and the knuckles were
bulging
like
bolts
.
thicken /'θɪk(ə)n/ vi. 变粗
broaden /ˈbrɔːdn/ vi. 变宽
bulge /bʌldʒ/ vi. 膨胀
bolt /bəʊlt/ n. 螺栓
161
His shoulders stretched painfully and a
prickling
on his forehead told him that hair was
creeping
down towards his eyebrows;
prickle /'prɪk(ə)l/ vi. 感到刺痛
creep /kriːp/ vi. 蔓延
162
his robes ripped as his chest expanded like a
barrel
bursting its hoops; his feet were
agony
in shoes four sizes too small …
barrel /ˈbærəl/ n. 桶
agony /ˈæɡəni/ n. 极大的痛苦
163
As suddenly as it had started, everything stopped.
164
Harry lay face down on the cold stone floor, listening to Myrtle
gurgling
morosely
in the end toilet. With difficulty, he kicked off his shoes and stood up. So this was what it felt like, being Goyle.
gurgle /'gɜːg(ə)l/ vi. 作汩汩声
morosely /mə'rəusli/ adv. 忧郁地
165
His large hands trembling, he pulled off his old robes, which were hanging a foot above his ankles,
166
pulled on the spare ones and
laced
up Goyle’s boat-like shoes.
lace /leɪs/ vt. & vi. 系紧
167
He reached up to brush his hair out of his eyes and met only the short growth of
wiry
bristles
, low on his forehead.
wiry /ˈwaɪəri/ adj. 铁丝似的
bristle /'brisl/ n. 刚毛
168
Then he realised that his glasses were
clouding
his eyes, because Goyle obviously didn’t need them.
cloud /klaʊd/ v. 模糊不清
169
He took them off and called, ‘Are you two OK?’ Goyle’s low
rasp
of a voice issued from his mouth.
rasp /rɑːsp/ n. 刺耳声
170
‘Yeah,’ came the
deep
grunt
of Crabbe from his right.
grunt /grʌnt/ n. 咕哝声
deep /di:p/ adj. 声音低沉的
171
Harry unlocked his door and stepped in front of the cracked mirror. Goyle stared back at him out of dull,
deep-set
eyes. Harry
scratched
his ear. So did Goyle.
deep-set /'di:pset/ adj. (眼睛等)深陷的
scratch /skrætʃ/ vt. （用指甲）挠
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Ron’s door opened. They stared at each other. Except that he looked pale and shocked, Ron was
indistinguishable
from Crabbe, from the
pudding-basin
haircut to the long,
gorilla
arms.
indistinguishable /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbl/ adj. 难区分的
pudding-basin 倒碗状发型
gorilla /gə'rɪlə/ n. 大猩猩
173
‘This is unbelievable,’ said Ron, approaching the mirror and prodding Crabbe’s
flat nose
. ‘Unbelievable.’
flat nose 扁鼻子
174
‘We’d better get going,’ said Harry,
loosening
the watch that was cutting into Goyle’s thick wrist.
loosen /ˈluːsn/ vt. & vi. (使)松开
175
‘We’ve still got to find out where the Slytherin common room is, I only hope we can find someone to follow …’
176
Ron, who had been gazing at Harry, said, ‘You don’t know how
bizarre
it is to see Goyle thinking.’
bizarre /bɪˈzɑː(r)/ adj. 古怪的
177
He banged on Hermione’s door. ‘C’mon, we need to go …’
178
A
high-pitched
voice answered him. ‘I – I don’t think I’m going to come after all. You go on without me.’
high-pitched /'hai'pitʃt/ adj. 声音尖锐的
179
‘Hermione, we know Millicent Bulstrode’s ugly, no one’s going to know it’s you.’
180
‘No – really – I don’t think I’ll come. You two hurry up, you’re wasting time.’
181
Harry looked at Ron,
bewildered
.
bewilder /bɪˈwɪldə(r)/ vt. 使迷惑
182
‘That looks more like Goyle,’ said Ron. ‘That’s how he looks every time a teacher asks him a question.’
183
‘Hermione, are you OK?’ said Harry through the door.
184
‘Fine – I’m fine … Go on –’
185
Harry looked at his watch. Five of their
precious
sixty minutes had already passed.
precious /ˈpreʃəs/ adj. 宝贵的
186
‘We’ll meet you back here, all right?’ he said.
187
Harry and Ron opened the door of the bathroom carefully, checked that the coast was clear and set off.
188
‘Don’t
swing
your arms like that,’ Harry muttered to Ron.
swing /swɪŋ/ vi. 摇摆
189
‘Eh?’
190
‘Crabbe holds them sort of stiff …’
191
‘How’s this?’
192
‘Yeah, that’s better.’
193
They went down the marble staircase. All they needed now was a Slytherin whom they could follow to the Slytherin common room, but there was nobody around.
194
‘Any ideas?’ muttered Harry.
195
‘The Slytherins always come up to breakfast from over there,’ said Ron, nodding at the entrance to the dungeons. The words had barely left his mouth when a girl with long curly hair emerged from the entrance.
196
‘Excuse me,’ said Ron, hurrying up to her, ‘we’ve forgotten the way to our common room.’
197
‘I
beg your pardon
?’ said the girl stiffly. ‘Our common room? I’m a Ravenclaw.’
beg your pardon 请原谅
198
She walked away, looking suspiciously back at them.
199
Harry and Ron hurried down the stone steps into the darkness, their footsteps echoing particularly loudly as Crabbe and Goyle’s huge feet hit the floor,
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