《哈利波特1》｜单词注释｜Chapter 8

CHAPTER EIGHT

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THE POTIONS MASTER

2

There, look.”

3

“Where?”

4

“Next to the tall kid with the red hair.”

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“Wearing the glasses?”

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“Did you see his face?”

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“Did you see his scar?”

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Whispers followed Harry from the moment he left his dormitory the next day.

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People 

queuing 

outside classrooms 

stood on tiptoe

 to get a look at him, or doubled back to pass him in the corridors again, staring.

queue /kjuː/ vi. 排队

stand on tiptoe 足尖站立

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Harry wished they wouldn’t, because he was trying to concentrate on finding his way to classes.

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There were a hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts: 

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wide, 

sweeping

 ones; narrow, 

rickety

 ones; some that led somewhere different on a Friday; some with a vanishing step 

halfway

 up that you had to remember to jump.

sweeping /'swipɪŋ/ adj. 弧线的

rickety /'rɪkəti/ adj. 摇晃的

halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/ adj. & adv. 半途(的)

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Then there were doors that wouldn’t open unless you asked politely, or 

tickled

 them in exactly the right place, and doors that weren’t really doors at all, but solid walls just pretending.

tickle /ˈtɪkl/ vt. (使)发痒

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It was also very hard to remember where anything was, because it all seemed to move around a lot. 

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The people in the 

portraits

 kept going to visit each other, and Harry was sure the coats of 

armor

 could walk.

portrait /ˈpɔːrtrət/ n. 画像

armor /ˈɑːmər/ n. 盔甲

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The ghosts didn’t 

help

, either. 

help /hɛlp/ v. 对......有益

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It was always a 

nasty

 shock when one of them 

glided

 suddenly through a door you were trying to open.

nasty /ˈnæsti/ adj. 令人厌恶的

glide /ɡlaɪd/ vi. 使滑行

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Nearly Headless Nick was always happy to point new Gryffindors in the right direction,

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but Peeves the 

Poltergeist

 was worth two locked doors and a 

trick

 staircase if you met him when you were late for class.

poltergeist /'poltɚ'gaɪst/ n. 令人不快的事物

trick /trɪk/ adj. 骗人的

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He would drop wastepaper baskets on your head, pull 

rugs

 from under your feet, 

pelt

 you with bits of 

chalk

, or sneak up behind you, invisible, grab your nose, and screech, “GOT YOUR 

CONK

!”

rug /rʌɡ/ n. 小块地毯

pelt /pelt/ vt. (连续地)投掷

chalk /tʃɔːk/ n. 粉笔

conk /kɑŋk/ n. 鼻

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Even worse than Peeves, if that was possible, was the 

caretaker

, Argus Filch.

caretaker /'kɛr'tekɚ/ n. 看门人

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Harry and Ron managed to 

get on the wrong side of him

 on their very first morning.

get on the wrong side of sb 使某人生气

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Filch found them trying to 

force their way

 through a door which 

unluckily

turned out

 to be the entrance to the 

out-of-bounds

 corridor on the third floor.

force one's way 强行前进或进入

unluckily /ʌnˈl ʌkɪlɪ/ 不凑巧地

turn out 结果是

out-of-bounds /ˈaʊtəvˈbaʊndz/ adj. 禁止入内的

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He wouldn’t believe they were 

lost

, was sure they were trying to 

break into

 it on purpose, and was 

threatening

 to lock them in the 

dungeons

 when they were rescued by Professor Quirrell, who was passing.

lost /lɔst/ adj. 迷路的

break into 闯入

threaten /ˈθretn/ vi. 威胁

dungeon /'dʌndʒən/ n. 地牢

25

Filch owned a cat called Mrs. Norris, a 

scrawny

, dust-colored creature with 

bulging

, lamplike eyes just like Filch’s. 

scrawny /'skrɔni/ adj. 骨瘦如柴的

bulge /bʌldʒ/ n. 膨胀

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She 

patrolled

 the corridors alone. Break a rule in front of her, put just one 

toe

 out of line, and she’d 

whisk

 off for Filch, who’d appear, 

wheezing

, two seconds later.

patrol /pəˈtroʊl/ vt. 巡逻

toe /toʊ/ n. 脚趾

whisk /wɪsk/ vi. 飞奔

wheeze /wiːz/ vi. 发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声

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Filch knew the secret passageways of the school better than anyone (except perhaps the Weasley twins) and could 

pop up

 as suddenly as any of the ghosts.

pop up v. 突然出现

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The students all hated him, and it was the 

dearest

ambition

 of many to give Mrs. Norris a good kick.

dearest /'diərist/ adj. 由衷的

ambition /æmˈbɪʃn/ n. 追求的目标

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And then, once you had managed to find them, there were the classes themselves. 

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There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.

31

They had to study the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the names of different stars and the 

movements

 of the planets.

movement /ˈmuːvmənt/ n. 活动

32

Three times a week they went out to the 

greenhouses

 behind the castle to study 

Herbology

, with a 

dumpy

 little witch called Professor Sprout,

greenhouse /ˈɡriːnhaʊs/ n. 温室

herbology /hə:'bɔlədʒi/ 草药学

dumpy /'dʌmpi/ adj. 矮胖的

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where they learned how to take care of all the strange plants and 

fungi

, and found out what they were used for.

fungi /ˈfʌŋɡi/ n. 真菌类植物 （fungus 的复数）

34

Easily the most boring lesson was History of Magic, which was the only class taught by a ghost.

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Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he had fallen asleep in front of the 

staff-room

fire

 and got up next morning to teach, leaving his body behind him.

staff-room 教员办公室

fire /ˈfaɪər/ n. 炉火

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Binns 

droned

on and on

 while they scribbled down names and dates, and got Emeric the Evil and Uric the 

Oddballmixed up

.

drone /droʊn/ vi. 嗡嗡作声

on and on 继续不停地

oddball /ˈɑdˌbɔl/ n. 古怪的人

get mixed up 混淆

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Professor Flitwick, the 

Charms

 teacher, was a tiny little wizard who had to stand on a pile of books to see over his desk.

charm /tʃɑːrm/ n. 咒语

38

At the start of their first lesson he took the 

register

, and when he reached Harry’s name he gave an excited squeak and 

toppled

 out of sight.

register /ˈredʒɪstər/ n. 登记表

topple /ˈtɑːpl/ v. (使)不稳而倒下

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Professor McGonagall was again different. 

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Harry had been quite right to think she wasn’t a teacher to cross. Strict and clever, she gave them a 

talking-to

 the moment they sat down in her first class.

talking-to n. 申斥

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“Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts,” she said. “Anyone 

messing

 around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned.”

mess 弄乱

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Then she changed her desk into a pig and back again.

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They were all very impressed and couldn’t wait to get started, but soon realized they weren’t going to be changing the furniture into animals for a long time.

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After taking a lot of complicated notes, they were each given a match and started trying to turn it into a 

needle

.

needle /ˈniːdl/ n. 针

45

By the end of the lesson, only Hermione Granger had 

made any difference

 to her match; 

made any difference 有影响

46

Professor McGonagall showed the class how it had gone all silver and 

pointy

 and gave Hermione a 

rare

 smile.

pointy /'pɔɪnti/ adj. 有尖头的

rare /rer/ adj. 少见的

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The class everyone had really been 

looking forward to

 was 

Defense Against

 the Dark Arts, but Quirrell’s lessons turned out to be a bit of a joke.

looking forward to 期待

defense Against 防御

48

His classroom smelled strongly of 

garlic

, which everyone said was to 

ward

 off a 

vampire

 he’d met in Romania and was afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days.

garlic /ˈɡɑːrlɪk/ n. 大蒜

ward /wɔːrd/ vt. 避开

vampire /ˈvæmˌpaɪr/ n. 吸血鬼

49

His turban, he told them, had been given to him by an African prince as a thank-you for getting rid of a 

troublesomezombie

, but they weren’t sure they believed this story.

troublesome /ˈtrʌblsəm/ adj. 令人烦恼的

zombie /'zɑmbi/ n. 僵尸

50

For one thing, when Seamus Finnigan asked eagerly to hear how Quirrell had fought off the zombie, Quirrell went pink and started talking about the weather;

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for another, they had noticed that a funny smell hung around the turban, and the Weasley twins insisted that it was stuffed full of garlic as well, so that Quirrell was protected wherever he went.

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Harry was very relieved to find out that he wasn’t 

miles

 behind everyone else. 

miles /mailz/ n. 很多

53

Lots of people had come from Muggle families and, like him, hadn’t had any 

idea

 that they were witches and wizards.

idea /aɪ'diə/ n. 猜想

54

There was so much to learn that even people like Ron didn’t have much of a 

head start

.

head start 领先

55

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast without getting lost once.

56

“What have we got today?” Harry asked Ron as he poured sugar on his 

porridge

.

porridge /ˈpɔːrɪdʒ/ n. 麦片粥

57

“Double Potions with the Slytherins,” said Ron. “Snape’s Head of Slytherin House. They say he always 

favors

 them — we’ll be able to see if it’s true.”

favor /ˈfeɪvə/ v. 偏袒

58

“Wish McGonagall favored us,” said Harry. Professor McGonagall was head of Gryffindor House, but it hadn’t stopped her from giving them a huge pile of homework 

the day before

.

the day before 前一天

59

Just then, the post arrived.

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Harry had gotten used to this by now, but it had given him a bit of a shock on the first morning, when about a hundred owls had suddenly 

streamed into

 the Great Hall during breakfast,

stream into 不断涌进

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circling the tables until they saw their owners, and dropping letters and packages onto their laps.

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Hedwig hadn’t brought Harry anything 

so far

. She sometimes flew in to 

nibble

 his ear and have a bit of toast before going off to sleep in the 

owlery

 with the other school owls.

so far 到目前为止

nibble /ˈnɪbl/ vt. & vi. 啃

owlery /'auləri/ n. 鸮栖息地

63

This morning, however, she fluttered down between the 

marmalade

 and the 

sugar bowl

 and dropped a note onto Harry’s plate.

marmalade /'mɑrməled/ n. 果子酱

sugar bowl 糖罐子

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Harry 

tore

 it open at once.

tear /tɪr/ v. 扯下

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Dear Harry,

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It said, in a very 

untidy

scrawl

:

untidy /ʌn'taɪdi/ adj. 凌乱的

scrawl /skrɔːl/ n. 潦草的笔迹

67

I know you get Friday afternoons off, so would you like to come and have a cup of tea with me around three? I want to hear all about your first week. Send us an answer back with Hedwig.

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Hagrid

69

Harry borrowed Ron’s 

quill

, 

scribbled

 ‘Yes, please, see you later’ on the back of the note and sent Hedwig off again.

quill /kwɪl/ n. (羽毛管制成的)羽毛笔

scribble /ˈskrɪbl/ v. 匆匆地写

70

It was lucky that Harry had tea with Hagrid to look forward to, because the Potions lesson turned out to be the worst thing that had happened to him so far.

71

At the start-of-term banquet, Harry had gotten the idea that Professor Snape disliked him. 

72

By the end of the first Potions lesson, he knew he’d been wrong. Snape didn’t dislike Harry — he hated him.

73

Potions lessons took place down in one of the 

dungeons

.

dungeon /'dʌndʒən/ n. 地牢

74

It was colder here than up in the main castle, and would have been quite creepy enough without the 

pickled

 animals floating in glass 

jars

 all around the walls.

pickled /'pɪkld/ adj. 腌制的

jar /dʒɑːr/ n. 罐子

75

Snape, like Flitwick, started the class by taking the register, and like Flitwick, he paused at Harry’s name.

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“Ah, yes,” he said 

softly

, “Harry Potter. Our new — 

celebrity

.”

softly /'sɔftli/ adv. 轻声地

celebrity /səˈlebrəti/ n. 名人

77

Draco Malfoy and his friends Crabbe and Goyle 

sniggered

 behind their hands.

snigger /'snɪɡɚ/ vi. 暗笑

78

Snape finished calling the names and looked up at the class. His eyes were black like Hagrid’s, but they had none of Hagrid’s warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels.

79

“You are here to learn the 

subtle

 science and 

exact

art

 of potion-making,” he began.

subtle /ˈsʌtl/ adj. 微妙的

exact /ɪɡˈzækt/ adj. 精确的

art /ɑrt/ n. 技术

80

He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word — like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the 

gift

of keeping a class silent 

without effort

.

gift /ɡɪft/ n. 天赋

without effort 毫不费力

81

“As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic.

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I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly 

simmering

 cauldron with its 

shimmering

fumes

,

simmer /ˈsɪmər/ vi. 炖

shimmer /'ʃɪmɚ/ vi. 闪闪发光

fume /fjuːm/ n. 烟

83

the delicate power of liquids that creep through human 

veins

, 

bewitching

 the mind, 

ensnaring

 the senses. . . .

vein /veɪn/ n. 血管

bewitching /bi'witʃiŋ/ adj. 使人着迷的

ensnare /ɪnˈsner/ vt. 诱捕

84

I can teach you how to 

bottle

 fame, 

brew

glory

, even 

stopper

 death — 

bottle /'bɑtl/ vt. 把…装入瓶中

brew /bruː/ vt. 酿造

glory /ˈɡlɔːri/ n. 荣誉

stopper /'stɑpɚ/ vt. 用塞子塞住

85

if you aren’t as big a bunch of 

dunderheads

 as I usually have to teach.”

dunderhead /ˈdʌndɚˌhɛd/ n. 笨蛋

86

More silence followed this little speech.

87

Harry and Ron exchanged looks with raised eyebrows. 

88

Hermione Granger was on the edge of her seat and looked 

desperate

 to start proving that she wasn’t a dunderhead.

desperate /ˈdespərət/ adj. 极渴望的

89

“Potter!” said Snape suddenly. “What would I get if I added 

powdered

 root of 

asphodel

 to an 

infusion

 of 

wormwood

?”

powdered /'paʊdɚd/ adj. 变成粉末的

asphodel /'æsfə'dɛl/ n. 水仙

infusion /ɪn'fjuʒn/ n. 浸泡

wormwood /'wɝmwʊd/ n. 苦艾

90

Powdered root of what to an infusion of what? Harry glanced at Ron, who looked as 

stumped

 as he was; Hermione’s hand had 

shot

 into the air.

stump /stʌmp/ v. 使困惑

shoot /ʃuːt/ v. (使)急速移动

91

“I don’t know, sir,” said Harry.

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Snape’s lips 

curled

 into a 

sneer

.

curl /kɜːrl/ v. 撇(嘴)

sneer /snɪr/ vi. 冷笑

93

“

Tut

, tut — fame 

clearly

 isn’t everything.”

tut /tʌt/ int. 啧(表示不耐烦或指责)

clearly /ˈklɪrlɪ/ adv. 显然

94

He ignored Hermione’s hand.

95

“Let’s try again. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a 

bezoar

?”

bezoar /'bizor/ n. 胃石

96

Hermione stretched her hand as high into the air as it would go without her leaving her seat, but Harry didn’t have the 

faintest

 idea what a bezoar was.

faintest /'feintist/ adj. 一点也不的（用于否定句，加强语气）

97

He tried not to look at Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, who were shaking with laughter.

98

“I don’t know, sir.”

99

“Thought you wouldn’t open a book before coming, eh, Potter?”

100

Harry forced himself to keep looking 

straight

 into those cold eyes.

straight /stret/ adv. 径直地

101

He had 

looked through

 his books at the Dursleys’, but did Snape expect him to remember everything in One Thousand Magical 

Herbs

 and 

Fungi

?

look through 浏览

herb /ɜːrb/ n. 药草

fungi /ˈfʌŋɡi/ n. 真菌类植物 （fungus 的复数）

102

Snape was still ignoring Hermione’s 

quivering

 hand.

quivering /'kwivəriŋ/ adj. 颤抖的

103

“What is the difference, Potter, between 

monkshood

 and 

wolfsbane

?”

monkshood /ˈmʌŋksˌhʊd/ n. 舟形乌头

wolfsbane /'wʊlfs,ben/ n. 狼毒

104

At this, Hermione stood up, her hand stretching toward the 

dungeon

 ceiling.

dungeon /'dʌndʒən/ n. 地牢

105

“I don’t know,” said Harry quietly. “I think Hermione does, though, why don’t you try her?”

106

A few people laughed; Harry caught Seamus’s eye, and Seamus winked. Snape, however, was not pleased.

107

“Sit down,” he snapped at Hermione.

108

“For your information, Potter, 

asphodel

 and 

wormwood

 make a sleeping potion so powerful it is 

known as

 the 

Draught

 of Living Death.

asphodel /'æsfə'dɛl/ n. 水仙

wormwood /'wɝmwʊd/ n. 苦艾

known as 被称为

draught /drɑft/ n. 饮剂

109

A 

bezoar

 is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most 

poisons

.

bezoar /'bizor/ n. 胃石

poison /ˈpɔɪzn/ n. 毒药

110

As for 

monkshood

 and 

wolfsbane

, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of 

aconite

. Well? Why aren’t you all copying that down?”

monkshood /ˈmʌŋksˌhʊd/ n. 舟形乌头

wolfsbane /'wʊlfs,ben/ n. 狼毒

aconite /'ækənaɪt/ n. [植]乌头毒草

111

There was a sudden 

rummaging

 for quills and 

parchment

. 

rummage /'rʌmɪdʒ/ vt. 翻找出

parchment /'pɑrtʃmənt/ n. 羊皮纸

112

Over the noise, Snape said, “And a point will be 

taken from

 Gryffindor House for your 

cheek

, Potter.”

taken from v. 降低

cheek /tʃiːk/ vt. 无礼地向…讲话

113

Things didn’t improve for the Gryffindors as the Potions lesson continued.

114

Snape put them all into 

pairs

 and set them to mixing up a simple potion to 

cure

boils

.

pair /pɛr/ n. 两个共事的人

cure /kjʊr/ vt. 治疗

boil /bɔɪl/ n. 疖子

115

He swept around in his long black cloak, watching them weigh 

dried

nettles

 and 

crush

 snake 

fangs

, criticizing almost everyone except Malfoy, whom he seemed to like.

dried /draɪd/ adj. 弄干了的

nettle /ˈnetl/ n. 荨麻

crush /krʌʃ/ vt. & vi. 压碎

fang /fæŋ/ n. (蛇的)毒牙

116

He was just telling everyone to look at the perfect way Malfoy had 

stewed

 his 

horned

slugs

 when clouds of acid green smoke and a loud hissing filled the 

dungeon

.

stewed /stud/ v. 用文火慢慢煨炖

horned /hɔrnd/ adj. 有角的

slug /slʌɡ/ n. 鼻涕虫

dungeon /'dʌndʒən/ n. 地牢

117

Neville had somehow managed to melt Seamus’s 

cauldron

 into a twisted 

blob

, and their potion was 

seeping

 across the stone floor, burning holes in people’s shoes.

cauldron /'kɔldrən/ n. 大锅

blob /blɑb/ n. 难以名状的一团

seep /siːp/ vi. 渗出

118

Within seconds

, the whole class was standing on their stools while Neville, who had been 

drenched

 in the potion when the cauldron collapsed, 

within seconds 在几秒钟内

drench /drentʃ/ vt. 在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体)

119

moaned in pain as 

angry

 red boils 

sprang up

 all over his arms and legs.

angry /'æŋɡri/ adj. 红肿的

spring up 出现

120

“

Idiot

 boy!” 

snarled

 Snape, clearing the 

spilled

 potion away with one wave of his wand. “I suppose you added the 

porcupine

 quills before taking the cauldron off the fire?”

spill /spɪl/ vt. (使)洒出

idiot /ˈɪdiət/ n. 白痴

snarl /snɑːrl/ v. 咆哮

porcupine /'pɔrkjə'paɪn/ n. 豪猪

121

Neville whimpered as boils started to pop up all over his nose.

122

“Take him up to the 

hospital wing

,” Snape 

spat

 at Seamus. 

hospital wing 校医院

spit /spæt/ v. 怒斥

123

Then he rounded on Harry and Ron, who had been working next to Neville.

124

“You — Potter — why didn’t you tell him not to add the quills? Thought he’d make you look good if he got it wrong, did you? That’s another point you’ve lost for Gryffindor.”

125

This was so unfair that Harry opened his mouth to argue, but Ron kicked him behind their cauldron.

126

“Don’t 

push

 it,” he muttered, “I’ve heard Snape can turn very 

nasty

.”

push /pʊʃ/ v. 说服

nasty /ˈnæsti/ adj. 难对付的

127

As they climbed the steps out of the dungeon an hour later, Harry’s mind was 

racing

 and his spirits were low.

race v. （因害怕、兴奋而）急速跳动

128

He’d lost two points for Gryffindor in his very first week — why did Snape hate him so much?

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“Cheer up,” said Ron, “Snape’s always taking points off Fred and George. Can I come and meet Hagrid with you?”

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At five 

to

 three they left the castle and 

made their way

 across the grounds.

to /tə,tu,tuː/ prep. 差

make one's way 前进

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Hagrid lived in a small wooden house on the edge of the 

forbidden

 forest. 

forbidden /fɚˈbɪdn../ adj. 被禁止的

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A 

crossbow

 and a pair of 

galoshes

 were outside the front door.

crossbow /'krɔs'bo/ n. 石弓

galoshes /ɡə'lɑʃɪz/ n. (雨天用的)胶套鞋

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When Harry knocked they heard a 

frantic

scrabbling

 from inside and several 

booming

 barks. Then Hagrid’s voice rang out, saying, “Back, 

Fang

 — back.”

frantic /ˈfræntɪk/ adj. 狂乱的

scrabble /'skræbl/ vi. 很快地抓(或挠)

booming /'bu:miŋ/ adj. (声音)低沉而洪亮的

fang /fæŋ/ n. (尤指狗和狼的)长而尖的牙

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Hagrid’s big, 

hairy

 face appeared in the 

crack

 as he pulled the door open.

hairy /'hɛri/ adj. 多毛的

crack /kræk/ n. 缝隙

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“

Hang on

,” he said. “Back, Fang.”

hang on 稍等

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He let them in, 

struggling

 to keep a 

hold

 on the 

collar

 of an enormous black 

boarhound

.

struggle /ˈstrʌɡl/ vi. 努力

hold /hoʊld/ n. 抓

collar /ˈkɑːlər/ n. (狗等的)项圈

boarhound /'bɔr,haʊnd/ n. 用以猎野猪的大猎狗

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There was only one room inside. 

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Hams

 and 

pheasants

 were hanging from the ceiling, a 

copper kettle

 was boiling 

on the open fire

, 

ham /hæm/ n. 火腿

pheasant /'fɛznt/ n. 野鸡

copper kettle 紫铜壶

on the open fire 在野外生起的膏火上

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and in the corner stood a 

massive

 bed with a 

patchwork

quilt

 over it.

massive /ˈmæsɪv/ adj. 巨大的

patchwork /'pætʃ'wɝk/ n. 缝缀而成的各色布片

quilt /kwɪlt/ n. 被子

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“

Make yerselves at home

,” said Hagrid, letting go of Fang, who 

bounded

 straight at Ron and started licking his ears. Like Hagrid, Fang was clearly not as 

fierce

 as he looked.

make oneself at home 别客气

bound /baʊnd/ vi. 跳

fierce /fɪrs/ adj. 凶猛的

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“This is Ron,” Harry told Hagrid, who was pouring boiling water into a large teapot and putting 

rock cakes

 onto a plate.

rock cake n. 岩皮饼(一种表面粗硬的糕饼)

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“Another Weasley, eh?” said Hagrid, glancing at Ron’s freckles. “I spent half me life 

chasin’

 yer twin brothers away from the forest.”

chase /tʃeɪs/ vt. 追逐

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The rock cakes almost broke their teeth, but Harry and Ron pretended to be enjoying them as they told Hagrid all about their first lessons.

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Fang rested his head on Harry’s knee and 

drooled

 all over his robes.

drool /druːl/ vi. 流口水

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Harry and Ron were 

delighted

 to hear Hagrid call Filch “that old 

git

.”

delighted /dɪ'laɪtɪd/ adj. 高兴的

git /ɡɪt/ n. [俚]饭桶

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“An’ as fer that cat, Mrs. Norris, I’d like ter introduce her to Fang sometime. D’yeh know, every time I go up ter the school, she follows me everywhere? Can’t get rid of her — Filch 

puts her up to it

.”

put sb up to sth 撺掇

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Harry told Hagrid about Snape’s lesson. Hagrid, like Ron, told Harry not to worry about it, that Snape liked 

hardly any

of the students.

hardly any 几乎没有

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“But he seemed to really hate me.”

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“Rubbish!” said Hagrid. “Why should he?”

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Yet Harry 

couldn’t help

 thinking that Hagrid didn’t quite 

meet

 his eyes when he said that.

can't help 忍不住

meet /miːt/ v. 对视

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“How’s yer brother Charlie?” Hagrid asked Ron. “I liked him a lot — great with animals.”

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Harry wondered if Hagrid had changed the subject on purpose.

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While Ron told Hagrid all about Charlie’s work with dragons, Harry picked up a piece of paper that was lying on the table under the 

tea cozy

.

tea cozy 茶壶套

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It was a cutting from the Daily Prophet:

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GRINGOTTS 

BREAK-IN

 LATEST

break-in /ˈbreɪk ɪn/ n. 非法强行进入

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Investigations

 continue into the break-in at Gringotts on 31 July, 

widely

 believed to be the work of Dark wizards or witches 

unknown

.

investigation /ɪnˌvestɪˈɡeɪʃn/ n. (正式的)调查

widely /'waidli/ adv. 广泛地

unknown /ˌʌn'non/ adj. 未知的

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Gringotts goblins today insisted that nothing had been taken. The vault that was searched had in fact been emptied the same day.

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“But we’re not telling you what was in there, so 

keep your noses out

 if you know what’s good for you,” said a Gringotts 

spokesgoblin

 this afternoon.

keep your nose out 别去多管闲事

speak /spik/ v. 充当......的代言人

159

Harry remembered Ron telling him on the train that someone had tried to rob Gringotts, but Ron hadn’t mentioned the date.

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“Hagrid!” said Harry, “that Gringotts break-in happened on my birthday! It might’ve been happening while we were there!”

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There was no doubt about it, Hagrid 

definitely

 didn’t meet Harry’s eyes this time.

definitely /ˈdefɪnətli/ adv. 明确地

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He grunted and offered him another rock cake.

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Harry read the story again. The vault that was searched had in fact been emptied earlier that same day.

164

Hagrid had 

emptied

 vault seven hundred and thirteen, if you could call it emptying, taking out that 

grubby

 little package. Had that been what the thieves were looking for?

empty /ˈempti/ vt. & vi. 把…弄空

grubby /'ɡrʌbi/ adj. 肮脏的

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As Harry and Ron walked back to the castle for dinner, their pockets 

weighed

 down with rock cakes they’d been too polite to refuse,

weigh /weɪ/ v. 有......重

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Harry thought that none of the lessons he’d had so far had given him as much to think about as tea with Hagrid.

167

Had Hagrid collected that package just in time? Where was it now? And did Hagrid know something about Snape that he didn’t want to tell Harry?

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