《哈利波特2》｜单词注释｜Chapter 5
CHAPTER FIVE
1
THE
WHOMPING
WILLOW
whomp /wɒmp/ vi. 发撞击声
willow /'wɪləʊ/ n. 柳树
2
The end of the summer holidays came too quickly
for Harry’s liking
.
for one's liking 合...的意
3
He was looking forward to getting back to Hogwarts, but his month at the Burrow had been the happiest of his life.
4
It was difficult not to feel
jealous
of Ron when he thought of the Dursleys and the sort of
welcome
he could expect next time he turned up on Privet Drive.
jealous /ˈdʒeləs/ adj. 妒忌的
welcome /'welkəm/ n. 迎接
5
On their last evening, Mrs. Weasley
conjured
up a
sumptuous
dinner which included all of Harry’s favorite things, ending with a
mouthwatering
treacle
pudding.
conjure /ˈkʌndʒə(r)/ vt. 用魔术变出
sumptuous /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ adj. 奢侈的
mouthwatering /'maʊθ'wɔːtərɪŋ/ adj. 令人垂涎的
treacle /'triːk(ə)l/ n. 糖蜜
6
Fred and George
rounded off
the evening with a
display
of
Filibuster
fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour.
round off 圆满结束
display /dɪˈspleɪ/ n. 表演
filibuster /ˈfɪlɪbʌstə(r)/ n. 海盗
7
Then it was time for a last
mug
of hot chocolate and
bed
.
mug /mʌɡ/ n. 一大杯容量
bed /bed/ vi. 上床
8
It took a long
while
to get started next morning.
while /wail/ n. 一段时间
9
They were up at
cock-crow
, but somehow they still seemed to have a
great deal
to do.
cockcrow /'kɒkkrəʊ/ n. 鸡叫
great deal 大量
10
Mrs. Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept
colliding
on the stairs,
half-dressed
with bits of toast in their hands;
collide /kəˈlaɪd/ vi. 碰撞
half-dressed adj. 半裸的
11
and Mr. Weasley nearly broke his neck,
tripping
over a
stray
chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny’s trunk to the car.
trip /trɪp/ vi. 绊倒
stray /streɪ/ adj. 零散的
12
Harry couldn’t see how eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia.
13
He had
reckoned
, of course, without the special
features
which Mr. Weasley had added.
reckon /ˈrekən/ vt. 猜想
feature /ˈfiːtʃə(r)/ n. 特点
14
“Not a word to Molly,” he whispered to Harry as he opened the
boot
and showed him how it had been magically
expanded
so that the trunks fitted easily.
boot /buːt/ n. 汽车行李箱
expand /ɪkˈspænd/ vi. 张开
15
When at last they were all in the car, Mrs. Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said,
16
“Muggles do know more than we
give them credit for
, don’t they?” She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it
resembled
a park bench.
give sb credit for sth 因...而称赞某人
resemble /rɪˈzembl/ vt. 显得像
17
“I mean, you’d never know it was this
roomy
from the outside, would you?”
roomy /'ruːmɪ/ adj. 宽敞的
18
Mr. Weasley started up the engine and they
trundled
out of the yard, Harry turning back for a last look at the house.
trundle /'trʌnd(ə)l/ v. （车）缓慢地移动
19
He barely had time to wonder when he’d see it again when they were back — George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks.
20
Five minutes after that, they
skidded
to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick.
skid /skɪd/ v. 刹住
21
They had almost reached the motorway when Ginny
shrieked
that she’d left her
diary
.
shriek /ʃriːk/ vt. & vi. 尖叫
diary /ˈdaɪəri/ n. 日记
22
By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and
tempers
were running high.
temper /ˈtempə(r)/ n. 脾气
23
Mr. Weasley glanced at his watch and then at his wife.
24
“Molly, dear —”
25
“No, Arthur —”
26
“No one would see — this little button here is an Invisibility
Booster
I
installed
— that’d get us up in the air — then we fly above the clouds.
booster /'buːstə/ n.（宇宙飞船的）助推器
install /in'stɔ:l/ vt. 安装
27
We’d be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the
wiser
—”
wiser /'waizə/ adj. 聪明的
28
“I said no, Arthur, not in
broad daylight
—”
broad daylight 光天化日
29
They reached King’s Cross at a quarter to eleven.
30
Mr. Weasley dashed across the road to get
trolleys
for their trunks and they all hurried into the station.
trolley /ˈtrɒli/ n. (两轮或四轮的)手推车
31
Harry had caught the Hogwarts Express the
previous year
.
previous year 前一年
32
The
tricky
bit was getting onto platform nine and three-quarters, which wasn’t visible to the Muggle eye.
tricky /ˈtrɪki/ adj. 棘手的
33
What you had to do was walk through the solid
barrier
dividing platforms nine and ten.
barrier /ˈbæriə(r)/ n. 障碍物
34
It didn’t hurt, but it had to be done carefully so that none of the Muggles noticed you vanishing.
35
“Percy first,” said Mrs. Weasley, looking nervously at the clock
overhead
, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier.
overhead /ˌəʊvəˈhed/ adv. 在头顶上
36
Percy
strode
briskly forward and vanished. Mr. Weasley went next; Fred and George followed.
strode /strəʊd/ v. 大步走（stride的过去式）
37
“I’ll take Ginny and you two come right after us,” Mrs. Weasley told Harry and Ron, grabbing Ginny’s hand and setting off. In the blink of an eye they were gone.
38
“Let’s go together, we’ve only got a minute,” Ron said to Harry.
39
Harry made sure that Hedwig’s cage was safely wedged on top of his trunk and wheeled his trolley about to face the barrier.
40
He felt perfectly confident; this wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as using Floo powder.
41
Both of them bent low over the handles of their trolleys and walked
purposefully
toward the barrier, gathering speed.
purposefully /'pə:pəsfuli/ adv. 有决心地
42
A few feet away from it, they broke into a run and —
43
CRASH.
44
Both trolleys hit the barrier and bounced backward;
45
Ron’s trunk fell off with a loud
thump
, Harry was
knocked off
his feet, and Hedwig’s cage bounced onto the
shiny
floor, and she rolled away, shrieking
indignantly
;
thump /θʌmp/ n. 砰的重击声
knock off 击倒
shiny /ˈʃaɪni/ adj. 有光泽的
indignantly /in'dignəntli/ adv. 愤怒地
46
people all around them stared and a guard nearby yelled, “What
in blazes
d’you think you’re doing?”
in blazes 究竟
47
“Lost control of the trolley,” Harry gasped, clutching his
ribs
as he got up.
rib /rɪb/ n. 肋骨
48
Ron ran to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about
cruelty
to animals from the surrounding crowd.
cruelty /ˈkruːəlti/ n. 残酷的行为
49
“Why can’t we get through?” Harry hissed to Ron.
50
“I dunno —”
51
Ron looked
wildly
around. A dozen curious people were still watching them.
wildly /'waildli/ adv. 失控地
52
“We’re going to miss the train,” Ron whispered. “I don’t understand why the gateway’s
sealed
itself —”
seal /siːl/ v. 封锁
53
Harry looked up at the giant clock with a
sickening
feeling in the pit of his stomach. Ten seconds . . . nine seconds . . .
sickening /'sɪkənɪŋ/ adj. 令人作呕的
54
He wheeled his trolley forward cautiously until it was right against the barrier and pushed with all his
might
. The
metal
remained solid.
might /maɪt/ n. 强大力量
metal /ˈmetl/ n. 筑路碎石
55
Three seconds . . . two seconds . . . one second . . .
56
“It’s gone,” said Ron, sounding stunned. “The train’s left. What if Mum and Dad can’t get back through to us? Have you got any Muggle money?”
57
Harry gave a
hollow
laugh. “The Dursleys haven’t given me
pocket money
for about six years.”
hollow /ˈhɒləʊ/ adj. 空洞的
pocket money 零用钱
58
Ron pressed his ear to the cold barrier.
59
“Can’t hear a thing,” he said
tensely
. “What’re we going to do? I don’t know how long it’ll take Mum and Dad to get back to us.”
tensely /'tensli/ adv. 紧张地
60
They looked around. People were still watching them, mainly because of Hedwig’s continuing screeches.
61
“I think we’d better go and wait by the car,” said Harry. “We’re attracting too much atten —”
62
“Harry!” said Ron, his eyes
gleaming
. “The car!”
gleam /ɡliːm/ v. （因兴奋而眼睛）发光
63
“What about it?”
64
“We can fly the car to Hogwarts!”
65
“But I thought —”
66
“We’re stuck, right? And we’ve got to get to school, haven’t we?
67
And even underage wizards are allowed to use magic if it’s a real
emergency
, section nineteen or something of the
Restriction
of
Thingy
—”
emergency /iˈmɜːdʒənsi/ n. 紧急情况
restriction /rɪˈstrɪkʃn/ n. 限制
thingy /'θiŋi/ adj. 某东西
68
Harry’s feeling of panic turned suddenly to excitement.
69
“Can you fly it?”
70
“No problem,” said Ron, wheeling his trolley around to face the exit. “C’mon, let’s go. If we hurry we’ll be able to follow the Hogwarts Express —”
71
And they marched off through the crowd of curious Muggles, out of the station and back onto the side road where the old Ford Anglia was parked.
72
Ron unlocked the
cavernous
boot with a series of taps from his wand. They heaved their trunk back in, put Hedwig on the back seat, and got into the front.
cavernous /'kævənəs/ adj. 大而深的
73
“Check no one’s watching,” said Ron, starting the
ignition
with another tap of his wand.
ignition /ɪg'nɪʃ(ə)n/ n. (汽油引擎的)发火装置
74
Harry stuck his head out of the window:
Traffic
was
rumbling
along the
main road
ahead, but their street was empty.
traffic /'træfɪk/ n. 交通
rumble /ˈrʌmbl/ vi. 发出隆隆声
main road 主干道
75
“Okay,” he said.
76
Ron pressed a tiny silver button on the dashboard. The car around them vanished — and so did they.
77
Harry could feel the seat
vibrating
beneath him, hear the engine, feel his hands on his knees and his glasses on his nose, but for all he could see,
vibrate /vaɪˈbreɪt/ vi. 振动
78
he had become a pair of
eyeballs
, floating a few feet above the ground in a
dingy
street full of parked cars.
eyeball /'aɪbɔːl/ n. 眼球
dingy /ˈdɪndʒi/ adj. 肮脏的
79
“Let’s go,” said Ron’s voice from his right.
80
The ground and the dirty buildings on either side fell away, dropping out of sight as the car rose; in seconds, the whole of London lay, smoky and glittering, below them.
81
Then there was a popping noise and the car, Harry, and Ron reappeared.
82
“Uh-oh,” said Ron,
jabbing
at the Invisibility Booster. “It’s
faulty
—”
jab /dʒæb/ vt. (用尖物)戳
faulty /ˈfɔːlti/ adj. 出毛病的
83
Both of them
pummeled
it. The car vanished. Then it flickered back again.
pummel /'pʌm(ə)l/ vt. 用拳头连续揍
84
“Hold on!” Ron yelled, and he slammed his foot on the
accelerator
; they shot straight into the low,
woolly
clouds and everything turned dull and foggy.
accelerator /ək'seləreɪtə/ n. 加速装置(尤指车辆的油门踏板)
woolly /ˈwʊli/ adj. 像羊毛的
85
“Now what?” said Harry, blinking at the solid
mass
of cloud pressing in on them from all sides.
mass /mæs/ n. 团
86
“We need to see the train to know what direction to go in,” said Ron.
87
“
Dip
back down again — quickly —”
dip /dɪp/ vt. & vi.(使)下沉
88
They dropped back beneath the clouds and twisted around in their seats, squinting at the ground.
89
“I can see it!” Harry yelled. “Right ahead — there!”
90
The Hogwarts Express was
streaking
along below them like a scarlet snake.
streak /striːk/ vi. 疾驰
91
“Due north,” said Ron, checking the
compass
on the dashboard. “Okay, we’ll just have to check on it every half hour or so — hold on —”
compass /ˈkʌmpəs/ n. 罗盘
92
And they shot up through the clouds. A minute later, they burst out into a blaze of sunlight.
93
It was a different world. The wheels of the car
skimmed
the sea of
fluffy
cloud, the sky a bright,
endless
blue under the
blinding
white sun.
skim /skɪm/ vi. 掠过
fluffy /ˈflʌfi/ adj. 蓬松的
endless /ˈendləs/ adj. 无止境的
blinding /'blaɪndɪŋ/ adj. 使人眩目的
94
“All we’ve got to worry about now are airplanes,” said Ron.
95
They looked at each other and started to laugh; for a long time, they couldn’t stop.
96
It was as though they had been plunged into a
fabulous
dream.
fabulous /ˈfæbjələs/ adj. 难以置信的
97
This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel — past
swirls
and
turrets
of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of
toffees
in the
glove compartment
,
swirl /swɜːl/ n. 涡状形
turret /'tʌrɪt/ n. 角楼
toffee /'tɒfɪ/ n. 太妃糖
glove compartment n. （汽车前排座位前放小物件的）杂物箱
98
and the
prospect
of seeing Fred’s and George’s
jealous
faces when they landed smoothly and
spectacularly
on the
sweeping
lawn in front of Hogwarts castle.
prospect /ˈprɒspekt/ n. 展望
jealous /ˈdʒeləs/ adj. 妒忌的
spectacular /spekˈtækjələ(r)/ adj. 壮观的
sweeping /'swiːpɪŋ/ adj. 范围广的
99
They made
regular
checks on the train as they flew farther and farther north, each dip beneath the clouds showing them a different view.
regular /ˈreɡjələ(r)/ adj. 定期的
100
London was soon far behind them,
replaced
by neat green fields
replace /rɪˈpleɪs/ v. 取代
101
which
gave way
in turn to wide, purplish
moors
, villages with tiny toy churches and a great city alive with cars like
multi-coloured
ants
.
give way 被......取代
moor /mɔː/ n. 沼泽
multicolored /'mʌlti,kʌləd/ adj. 多彩的
ant /ænt/ n. 蚂蚁
102
Several
uneventful
hours later, however, Harry had to admit that some of the fun was
wearing off
.
uneventful /ˌʌnɪˈventfl/ adj. 无特别事件的
wear off 逐渐消逝
103
The toffees had made them extremely
thirsty
and they had nothing to drink.
thirsty /'θɜːstɪ/ adj. 口渴的
104
He and Ron had pulled off their jumpers, but Harry’s T-shirt was sticking to the back of his seat and his glasses kept sliding down to the end of his sweaty nose.
105
He had stopped noticing the fantastic cloud shapes now and was thinking
longingly
of the train miles below, where you could buy ice-cold pumpkin juice from a trolley pushed by a plump witch.
longingly /'lɔ:ŋiŋli/ adj. 渴望地
106
Why hadn’t they been able to get onto platform nine and three-quarters?
107
“Can’t be much further, can it?” croaked Ron, hours later still, as the sun started to sink into their floor of cloud,
staining
it a deep pink.
stain /steɪn/ vt. 给…着色
108
“Ready for another check on the train?”
109
It was still right below them, winding its way past a
snowcapped
mountain.
wind /wɪnd/ v. 蜿蜒而行
snowcapped /'sno,kæpt/ adj. 顶部被雪所盖着的
110
It was much darker beneath the
canopy
of clouds.
canopy /ˈkænəpi/ n. 苍穹
111
Ron put his foot on the accelerator and drove them upward again, but as he did so, the engine began to
whine
.
whine /waɪn/ v. （机器）嘎嘎响
112
Harry and Ron exchanged nervous glances.
113
“It’s probably just tired,” said Ron. “It’s never been this far before. . . .”
114
And they both pretended not to notice the whining growing louder and louder as the sky became
steadily
darker.
steadily /ˈstedəli/ adv. 逐渐地
115
Stars were
blossoming
in the blackness.
blossom /ˈblɒsəm/ vi. 兴盛
116
Harry pulled his jumper back on, trying to ignore the way the windscreen wipers were now waving
feebly,
as though in
protest
.
feebly /'fi:bli/ adv. 无力地
protest /ˈprəʊtest/ n. 抗议
117
“Not far,” said Ron, more to the car than to Harry, “not far now,” and he patted the dashboard nervously.
118
When they flew back beneath the clouds a little while later, they had to squint through the darkness for a
landmark
they knew.
landmark /ˈlændmɑːk/ n. 地标
119
“There!” Harry shouted, making Ron and Hedwig jump. “Straight ahead!”
120
Silhouetted
on the dark horizon, high on the
cliff
over the lake, stood the many
turrets
and towers of Hogwarts castle.
silhouette /ˌsɪlʊ'et/ v. 使现出影像（或轮廓）
cliff /klɪf/ n. 悬崖
turret /'tʌrɪt/ n. 角楼
121
But the car had begun to
shudder
and was losing speed.
shudder /ˈʃʌdə(r)/ vi. 发抖
122
“Come on,” Ron said
cajolingly
, giving the steering wheel a little shake, “nearly there, come on —”
cajolingly adv. 哄骗地
123
The engine groaned.
124
Narrow jets of steam were
issuing
from under the
bonnet
.
issue /ˈɪʃuː/ vt. 排出
bonnet /'bɒnɪt/ n. [机]阀盖
125
Harry found himself gripping the edges of his seat very hard as they flew toward the lake.
126
The car gave a
nasty
wobble
.
nasty /ˈnɑːsti/ adj. 吓人的
wobble /ˈwɒbl/ n. 摇晃
127
Glancing out of his window, Harry saw the smooth, black,
glassy
surface of the water, a mile below.
glassy /'glɑːsɪ/ adj. 像玻璃的
128
Ron’s knuckles were white on the steering wheel.
129
The car
wobbled
again.
wobble /ˈwɒbl/ vi. 摇晃
130
“Come on,” Ron muttered.
131
They were over the lake — the castle was right ahead — Ron put his foot down.
132
There was a loud
clunk
, a
splutter
, and the engine died completely.
clunk /klʌŋk/ n. 沉闷的金属声
splutter /'splʌtə/ n. 劈啪声
133
“Uh-oh,” said Ron, into the silence.
134
The nose of the car dropped.
135
They were falling, gathering speed, heading straight for the solid castle wall.
136
“Noooooo!” Ron yelled, swinging the steering wheel around;
137
they missed the dark stone wall by inches as the car turned in a great arc, soaring over the dark greenhouses, then the vegetable patch, and then out over the black lawns, losing height all the time.
138
Ron let go of the steering wheel completely and pulled his wand out of his back pocket —
139
“STOP! STOP!” he yelled, whacking the dashboard and the windscreen, but they were still
plummeting
, the ground flying up toward them —
plummet /ˈplʌmɪt/ vi. 垂直落下
140
“MIND THAT TREE!” Harry
bellowed
,
lunging
for the steering wheel, but too late —
bellow /ˈbeləʊ/ vi. 吼叫
lunge /lʌndʒ/ vi. 突进
141
CRUNCH.
142
With an
earsplitting
bang of metal on wood, they hit the thick tree trunk and dropped to the ground with a heavy
jolt
.
earsplitting /'ɪə,splɪtɪŋ/ adj. 震耳欲聋的
jolt /dʒəʊlt/ n. 颠簸
143
Steam was
billowing
from under the
crumpled
bonnet
; Hedwig was shrieking in terror;
billow /'bɪləʊ/ vi. 翻腾
crumpled /'krʌmpld/ adj. 弄皱的
bonnet /'bɒnɪt/ n. [机]阀盖
144
a golf-ball-sized lump was
throbbing
on Harry’s head where he had hit the windscreen; and to his right, Ron let out a low,
despairing
groan.
throb /θrɒb/ v. 阵痛
despairing /dɪ'speərɪŋ/ adj. 感到绝望的
145
“Are you okay?” Harry said urgently.
146
“My wand,” said Ron, in a shaky voice. “Look at my wand —”
147
It had snapped, almost in two; the
tip
was dangling
limply
, held on by a few
splinters
.
tip /tɪp/ n. 尖端
limply /'limpli/ adv. 软绵绵地
splinter /'splɪntə/ n. 尖片
148
Harry opened his mouth to say he was sure they’d be able to mend it up at the school, but he never even got started.
149
At that very moment, something hit his side of the car with the force of a
charging
bull, sending him
lurching
sideways into Ron, just as an
equally
heavy
blow
hit the roof.
charge /tʃɑːdʒ/ vi. 向前冲
lurch /lɜːtʃ/ v. 突然倾斜
equally /ˈiːkwəli/ adv. 同等地
blow /bləʊ/ n. 打击
150
“What’s happen — ?”
151
Ron gasped, staring through the
windscreen
, and Harry looked around just in time to see a branch as thick as a python
smash
into it.
windscreen /'wɪn(d)skriːn/ n. 挡风玻璃
smash /smæʃ/ vt. & vi. 打碎
152
The tree they had hit was attacking them.
153
Its trunk was bent almost
double
, and its gnarled
boughs
were
pummeling
every inch of the car it could reach.
double /'dʌb(ə)l/ adv. 下弯地
bough /baʊ/ n. 大树枝
pommel /'pʌm(ə)l/ vt. 用拳头连续打
154
“Aaargh!” said Ron as another twisted
limb
punched a large
dent
into his door;
limb /lɪm/ n. 枝干
dent /dent/ n. 凹痕
155
the windscreen was now trembling under a
hail
of blows from knuckle-like
twigs
and a branch as thick as a
battering ram
was pounding furiously on the roof, which seemed to be
caving
in —
hail /heɪl/ n. 一阵
twig /twɪg/ n. 细枝
battering ram 破城槌
cave /keɪv/ vt. 使凹陷
156
“Run for it!” Ron shouted, throwing his full weight against his door, but next second he had been knocked backward into Harry’s lap by a
vicious
uppercut
from another branch.
vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ adj. 凶险的
uppercut /'ʌpəkʌt/ n. 上勾拳
157
“We’re
done for
!” he moaned as the ceiling
sagged
, but suddenly the floor of the car was
vibrating
— the engine had
restarted
.
done for 完蛋了
sag /sæɡ/ vi. 向下凹或中间下陷
vibrate /vaɪˈbreɪt/ vi. 振动
restart /ˌri:'stɑ:t/ vi. 重新启动
158
“Reverse!” Harry yelled, and the car shot backward; the tree was still trying to hit them; they could hear its roots
creaking
as it almost
ripped
itself up,
lashing
out at them as they sped out of reach.
creak /kriːk/ vi. 发出咯吱咯吱声
rip /rɪp/ v. （使）撕裂
lash /læʃ/ vt. 鞭打
159
“That,” panted Ron, “was close. Well done, car —”
160
The car, however, had reached the end of its
tether
. With two
smart
clunks
, the doors flew open and Harry felt his seat tip sideways: Next thing he knew he was
sprawled
on the damp ground.
tether /'teðə/ n. 范围
smart /smɑːt/ adj. 猛烈的
clunk /klʌŋk/ n. 沉闷的金属声
sprawl /sprɔːl/ vi. 伸开四肢坐〔躺〕
161
Loud
thuds
told him that the car was
ejecting
their luggage from the
boot
;
thud /θʌd/ n. 重击声
eject /iˈdʒekt/ vt. 喷射
boot /buːt/ vt. 汽车行李箱
162
Hedwig’s cage flew through the air and burst open; she rose out of it with an loud, angry screech and sped off toward the castle without a
backward
look.
backward /ˈbækwəd/ adv. 向后
163
Then,
dented
, scratched, and
steaming
, the car
rumbled
off into the darkness, its rear lights
blazing
angrily.
dent /dent/ vi. 产生凹陷
steam /stiːm/ v. 冒热气
rumble /ˈrʌmbl/ vi. 发出隆隆声
blazing /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/ v. 闪耀
164
“Come back!” Ron yelled after it,
brandishing
his broken wand. “Dad’ll kill me!”
brandish /'brændɪʃ/ vt. 挥舞
165
But the car disappeared from view with one last
snort
from its
exhaust
.
snort /snɔːt/ n. 喷鼻息
exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔːst/ n. 排气装置
166
“Can you believe our luck?” said Ron
miserably
, bending down to pick up Scabbers the rat. “Of all the trees we could’ve hit, we had to get one that hits back.”
miserably /'mizərəbli/ adv. 痛苦地
167
He glanced over his shoulder at the ancient tree, which was still
flailing
its branches
threateningly
.
flail /fleɪl/ vt.&vi. 胡乱摆动
threateningly /'θretəniŋli/ adv. 危险地
168
“Come on,” said Harry
wearily
, “we’d better get up to the school. . . .”
wearily /'wirili/ adv. 疲倦地
169
It wasn’t at all the
triumphant
arrival they had
pictured
.
triumphant /traɪ'ʌmf(ə)nt/ adj. 成功的
picture /ˈpɪktʃə(r)/ vt. 想象
170
Stiff
, cold, and
bruised
, they seized the ends of their trunks and began dragging them up the
grassy
slope, toward the great oak front doors.
stiff /stɪf/ adj. （肌肉或关节）酸痛的
bruised /bru:zd/ adj. [医]青肿的
grassy /ˈɡrɑːsi/ adj. 长满草的
171
“I think the feast’s already started,” said Ron, dropping his trunk at the foot of the front steps and crossing quietly to look through a
brightly lit
window.
brightly lit 灯火通明
172
“Hey — Harry — come and look — it’s the Sorting!”
173
Harry hurried over and, together, he and Ron peered in at the Great Hall.
174
Innumerable
candles were hovering in midair over four long, crowded tables, making the golden plates and
gobletssparkle
.
innumerable /ɪˈnjuːmərəbl/ adj. 无数的
goblet /ˈɡɒblət/ n. 高脚酒杯
sparkle /ˈspɑːkl/ v. 闪耀
175
Overhead, the bewitched ceiling, which always
mirrored
the sky outside, sparkled with stars.
mirror /ˈmɪrə(r)/ vt. 映照
176
Through the forest of pointed black Hogwarts hats, Harry saw a long line of scared-looking first years filing into the Hall.
177
Ginny was among them, easily visible because of her
vivid
Weasley hair.
vivid /ˈvɪvɪd/ adj. 鲜明的
178
Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall, a
bespectacled
witch with her hair in a tight
bun
, was placing the famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat on a
stool
before the
newcomers
.
bespectacled /bɪ'spektək(ə)ld/ adj. 戴眼镜的
bun /bʌn/ n. (女子的)圆发髻
stool /stuːl/ n. 凳子
newcomer /'njuːkʌmə/ n. 新来者
179
Every year, this aged old hat,
patched
,
frayed
, and dirty, sorted new students into the four Hogwarts Houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin).
patch /pætʃ/ vt. 修补
fray /freɪ/ vi. 被磨损
180
Harry well remembered putting it on, exactly one year ago, and waiting,
petrified
, for its decision as it muttered aloud in his ear.
petrify /ˈpetrɪfaɪ/ vt. & vi. 吓呆
181
For a few horrible seconds he had feared that the hat was going to put him in Slytherin, the House that had turned out more Dark witches and wizards than any other —
182
but he had ended up in Gryffindor, along with Ron, Hermione, and the rest of the Weasleys.
183
Last term, Harry and Ron had helped Gryffindor win the House Championship, beating Slytherin for the first time in seven years.
184
A very small,
mousy
-haired boy had been called forward to place the hat on his head.
mousy /'maʊsɪ/ adj. 灰褐色的
185
Harry’s eyes wandered past him to where Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster, sat watching the Sorting from the
staff
table, his long silver beard and half-moon glasses shining brightly in the candlelight.
staff /stɑːf/ n. 教职员
186
Several seats along, Harry saw Gilderoy Lockhart, dressed in robes of
aquamarine
.
aquamarine /ˌækwəmə'riːn/ n. 碧绿色
187
And there at the end was Hagrid, huge and
hairy
, drinking deeply from his goblet.
hairy /'heərɪ/ adj. 多毛的
188
“Hang on . . .” Harry muttered to Ron. “There’s an empty chair at the staff table. . . . Where’s Snape?”
189
Professor Severus Snape was Harry’s
least
favorite teacher.
least /liːst/ adv. 最少
190
Harry also happened to be Snape’s least favorite student.
191
Cruel
,
sarcastic
, and disliked by everybody except the students from his own House (Slytherin), Snape taught Potions.
cruel /ˈkruːəl/ adj. 残酷的
sarcastic /sɑːˈkæstɪk/ adj. 讥讽的
192
“Maybe he’s ill!” said Ron hopefully.
193
“Maybe he’s left,” said Harry, “because he
missed out
on the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again!”
miss out 错过
194
“Or he might have been
sacked
!” said Ron
enthusiastically
. “I mean, everyone hates him —”
sack /sæk/ vt. 解雇
enthusiastically /ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪkli/ adv. 满腔热情地
195
“Or maybe,” said a very cold voice right behind them, “he’s waiting to hear why you two didn’t arrive on the school train.”
196
Harry
spun
around.
spin /spɪn/ v. (使)急转身
197
There, his black robes
rippling
in a cold breeze, stood Severus Snape.
ripple /ˈrɪpl/ v. （使）如波浪般起伏
198
He was a thin man with
sallow
skin, a
hooked
nose, and
greasy
,
shoulder-length
black hair, and at this moment, he was smiling in a way that told Harry he and Ron were in very deep trouble.
sallow /'sæləʊ/ adj. 灰黄色的
hooked /'hʊkt/ adj. 钩状的
greasy /'griːsɪ/ adj. 油腻的
shoulder-length /'ʃəuldəleɡθ/ adj. 齐肩的
199
“Follow me,” said Snape.
200
Not daring even to look at each other, Harry and Ron followed Snape up the steps into the
vast
, echoing entrance hall, which was lit with flaming
torches
.
vast /vɑːst/ adj. 巨大的
torch /tɔːtʃ/ n. 火把
201
A delicious smell of food was
wafting
from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone
staircase
that led into the dungeons.
waft /wɒft/ vi. 飘荡
staircase /ˈsteəkeɪs/ n. 楼梯
202
“In!” he said, opening a door halfway down the cold passageway and pointing.
203
They entered Snape’s office, shivering.
204
The shadowy walls were
lined
with shelves of large glass
jars
, in which floated
all manner of
revolting
things Harry didn’t really want to know the name of at the moment.
line /laɪn/ vt. 排成一行
jar /dʒɑː(r)/ n. 广口瓶
all manner of adj. 各种各样的
revolting /rɪ'vəʊltɪŋ/ adj. 使人厌恶的
205
The fireplace was dark and empty.
206
Snape closed the door and turned to look at them.
207
“So,” he said softly, “the train isn’t good enough for the famous Harry Potter and his
faithful
sidekick
Weasley. Wanted to arrive with a bang, did we, boys?”
faithful /ˈfeɪθfl/ adj. 可信赖的
sidekick /'saɪdkɪk/ n. 伙伴
208
“No, sir, it was the barrier at King’s Cross, it —”
209
“Silence!” said Snape coldly. “What have you done with the car?”
210
Ron gulped.
211
This wasn’t the first time Snape had given Harry the impression of being able to
read
minds.
read v. 看透（想法或心思）
212
But a moment later, he understood, as Snape
unrolled
today’s issue of the Evening Prophet.
unroll /ʌn'rəʊl/ vt. & vi. 打开
213
“You were seen,” he hissed, showing them the headline: FLYING FORD ANGLIA
MYSTIFIES
MUGGLES.
mystify /'mɪstɪfaɪ/ vt. 使困惑
214
He began to read aloud:
215
“Two Muggles in London, convinced they saw an old car flying over the Post Office tower . . .
216
at noon in Norfolk, Mrs. Hetty Bayliss, while hanging out her
washing
. . . Mr. Angus Fleet, of Peebles,
reported
to police . . .
washing /ˈwɒʃɪŋ/ n. 待洗（或正在洗、刚洗过）的衣物
report /rɪ'pɔːt/ v. 报告（事故）
217
Six or seven Muggles in all. I believe your father works in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office?”
218
he said, looking up at Ron and smiling still more nastily. “Dear, dear . . . his own son . . .”
219
Harry felt as though he’d just been
walloped
in the stomach by one of the mad tree’s larger branches.
wallop /ˈwɒləp/ v. 猛击
220
If anyone found out Mr. Weasley had bewitched the car . . . he hadn’t thought of that. . . .
221
“I noticed, in my search of the park, that
considerable
damage seems to have been done to a very
valuable
Whomping Willow,” Snape went on.
considerable /kənˈsɪdərəbl/ adj. 相当大(或多)的
valuable /'væljʊb(ə)l/ adj. 贵重的
222
“That tree did more damage to us than we —” Ron
blurted out
.
blurt out 脱口而出
223
“Silence!” snapped Snape again.
224
“Most unfortunately, you are not in my House and the decision to expel you does not
rest with
me.
rest with 取决于
225
I shall go and
fetch
the people who do have that happy power. You will wait here.”
fetch /fetʃ/ vt. 接来
226
Harry and Ron stared at each other, white-faced. Harry didn’t feel hungry anymore.
227
He now felt extremely sick.
228
He tried not to look at a large,
slimy
something
suspended
in green liquid on a shelf behind Snape’s desk.
slimy /ˈslaɪmi/ adj. 黏滑的
suspend /səˈspend/ vi. 悬浮
229
If Snape had gone to fetch Professor McGonagall, head of Gryffindor House, they were hardly any
better off
.
better off adj. 状况好的
230
She might be fairer than Snape, but she was still extremely strict.
231
Ten minutes later, Snape returned, and sure enough it was Professor McGonagall who
accompanied
him.
accompany /əˈkʌmpəni/ vt. 陪伴
232
Harry had seen Professor McGonagall angry on several occasions, but either he had forgotten just how thin her mouth could go, or he had never seen her this angry before.
233
She raised her wand the moment she entered; Harry and Ron both
flinched
, but she merely pointed it at the empty fireplace, where flames suddenly erupted.
flinch /flɪntʃ/ vi. 退缩
234
“Sit,” she said, and they both backed into chairs by the fire.
235
“Explain,” she said, her glasses
glinting
ominously
.
glint /glɪnt/ vi. 闪闪发光
ominously /'ɔminəsli/ adv. 恶兆地
236
Ron
launched into
the story, starting with the barrier at the station refusing to let them through.
launch into (热情地)开始做
237
“— so we had no choice, Professor, we couldn’t get on the train.”
238
“Why didn’t you send us a letter by owl? I believe you have an owl?” Professor McGonagall said coldly to Harry.
239
Harry
gaped
at her. Now she said it, that seemed the obvious thing to have done.
gape /ɡeɪp/ v. 目瞪口呆地凝视
240
“I — I didn’t think —”
241
“That,” said Professor McGonagall, “is obvious.”
242
There was a knock on the office door and Snape, now looking happier than ever, opened it. There stood the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore.
243
Harry’s whole body went
numb
.
numb /nʌm/ adj. 呆滞的
244
Dumbledore was looking unusually
grave
. He stared down his very crooked nose at them, and Harry suddenly found himself wishing he and Ron were still being beaten up by the Whomping Willow.
grave /ɡreɪv/ adj. 严肃地
245
There was a long silence. Then Dumbledore said, “Please explain why you did this.”
246
It would have been better if he had shouted.
247
Harry hated the
disappointment
in his voice.
disappointment /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ n. 失望
248
For some reason, he was unable to
look Dumbledore in the eyes
, and spoke
instead
to his knees.
look in the eye 直视
instead /ɪn'sted/ adv. 代替
249
He told Dumbledore everything except that Mr. Weasley owned the bewitched car, making it sound as though he and Ron had happened to find a flying car parked outside the station.
250
He knew Dumbledore would see through this at once, but Dumbledore asked no questions about the car.
251
When Harry had finished, he
merely
continued to peer at them through his
spectacles
.
merely /ˈmɪəli/ adv. 只是
spectacles /'spektəklz/ n. 眼镜
252
“We’ll go and get our stuff,” said Ron in a
hopeless
sort of voice.
hopeless /ˈhəʊpləs/ adj. 绝望的
253
“What are you talking about, Weasley?” barked Professor McGonagall.
254
“Well, you’re expelling us, aren’t you?” said Ron.
255
Harry looked quickly at Dumbledore.
256
“Not today, Mr. Weasley,” said Dumbledore.
257
“But I must
impress
upon both of you the
seriousness
of what you have done. I will be writing to both your families tonight.
impress /ɪmˈpres/ vt. 使铭记
seriousness /ˈsɪəriəsnəs/ n. 严肃性
258
I must also warn you that if you do anything like this again, I will
have no choice but to
expel you.”
have no choice but to 只好
259
Snape looked as though Christmas had been
canceled
.
cancel /ˈkænsl/ vt. 取消
260
He cleared his throat and said,
261
“Professor Dumbledore, these boys have
flouted
the
Decree
for the Restriction of Underage Wizardry, caused serious damage to an old and valuable tree — surely acts of this
nature
—”
flout /flaʊt/ v. 无视（规则、法律等）
decree /dɪˈkriː/ n. 法令
nature /'neɪtʃə/ n. 性质
262
“It will be for Professor McGonagall to decide on these boys’ punishments, Severus,” said Dumbledore calmly.
263
“They are in her House and are therefore her responsibility.”
264
He turned to Professor McGonagall. “I must go back to the feast, Minerva, I’ve got to give out a few notices. Come, Severus, there’s a delicious-looking
custard
tart
I want to
sample
—”
custard /'kʌstəd/ n. 蛋奶糊
tart /tɑːt/ n. 果馅饼
sample /ˈsɑːmpl/ vt. 尝试
265
Snape shot a look of
pure
venom
at Harry and Ron as he allowed himself to be swept out of his office, leaving them alone with Professor McGonagall, who was still eyeing them like a
wrathful
eagle.
pure /pjʊə(r)/ adj. 纯粹的
venom /ˈvenəm/ n. 愤恨的感情或语言
wrathful /'rɒθfʊl/ adj. 愤怒的
266
“You’d better get along to the hospital wing, Weasley, you’re bleeding.”
267
“Not much,” said Ron, hastily wiping the cut over his eye with his sleeve. “Professor, I wanted to watch my sister being Sorted —”
268
“The Sorting Ceremony is over,” said Professor McGonagall. “Your sister is also in Gryffindor.”
269
“Oh, good,” said Ron.
270
“And speaking of Gryffindor —” Professor McGonagall said sharply, but Harry cut in:
271
“Professor, when we took the car, term hadn’t started, so — so Gryffindor shouldn’t really have points taken from it — should it?” he finished, watching her anxiously.
272
Professor McGonagall gave him a
piercing
look, but he was sure she had almost smiled.
piercing /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ adj. 锐利的
273
Her mouth looked less thin, anyway.
274
“I will not take any points from Gryffindor,” she said, and Harry’s heart
lightened
considerably
. “But you will both get a
detention
.”
lighten /'laɪt(ə)n/ v. (使)感到不那么悲伤(或担忧、严肃)
considerably /kənˈsɪdərəblɪ/ adv. 相当
detention /dɪˈtenʃn/ n. 扣押
275
It was better than Harry had expected.
276
As for
Dumbledore’s writing to the Dursleys, that was nothing.
as for 至于
277
Harry knew
perfectly
well they’d just be
disappointed
that the Whomping Willow hadn’t squashed him flat.
perfectly /'pɜːfɪk(t)lɪ/ adv. 非常清楚
disappointed /dɪsə'pɒɪntɪd/ adj. 失望的
278
Professor McGonagall raised her wand again and pointed it at Snape’s desk.
279
A large plate of sandwiches, two silver goblets, and a
jug
of iced pumpkin juice appeared with a
pop
.
jug /dʒʌɡ/ n. 水壶
pop /pɒp/ n. (发出)砰的一声
280
“You will eat in here and then go straight up to your dormitory,” she said. “I must also return to the feast.”
281
When the door had closed behind her, Ron let out a long, low
whistle
.
whistle /ˈwɪsl/ n. 口哨
282
“I thought we’d had it,” he said, grabbing a sandwich.
283
“So did I,” said Harry, taking one, too.
284
“Can you believe our luck, though?” said Ron
thickly
through a mouthful of chicken and
ham
.
thickly /'θikli/ adv. 不清晰地
ham /hæm/ n. 火腿
285
“Fred and George must’ve
flown
that car five or six times and no Muggle ever saw them.” He swallowed and took another huge bite. “Why couldn’t we get through the barrier?”
flown /fləʊn/ fly的过去分词
286
Harry shrugged. “We’ll have to
watch our step
from now on, though,” he said, taking a
grateful
swig
of pumpkin juice. “
Wish
we could’ve gone up to the feast. . . .”
watch one's step 小心行事
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfl/ adj. 令人愉快的
swig /swɪɡ/ n. 痛饮
wish /wɪʃ/ v. 真希望（用于表示对未做某事感到后悔或失望）
287
“She didn’t want us
showing off
,” said Ron
sagely
. “Doesn’t want people to think it’s clever, arriving by flying car.”
show off 炫耀
sagely /'seidʒli/ adv. 贤明地
288
When they had eaten as many sandwiches as they could (the plate kept
refilling
itself), they rose and left the office,
treading
the familiar path to Gryffindor Tower.
refill /riː'fɪl/ vt. 再装满
tread /tred/ vt. 踏
289
The castle was quiet; it seemed that the feast was over.
290
They walked past muttering portraits and
creaking
suits of
armor
, and climbed narrow
flights
of stone stairs,
creak /kriːk/ n. 嘎吱嘎吱声
armor /ˈɑːmə(r)/ n. 盔甲
flight /flaɪt/ n. 楼梯的一段
291
until at last they reached the passage where the secret entrance to Gryffindor Tower was hidden, behind an oil painting of a very fat woman in a pink
silk
dress.
silk /sɪlk/ adj. 丝绸的
292
“Password?” she said as they approached.
293
“Er —” said Harry.
294
They didn’t know the new year’s password, not having met a Gryffindor prefect yet, but help came almost immediately;
295
they heard hurrying feet behind them and turned to see Hermione dashing toward them.
296
“There you are! Where have you been? The most ridiculous rumors — someone said you’d been expelled for crashing a flying car —”
297
“Well, we haven’t been expelled,” Harry
assured
her.
assure /əˈʃʊə(r)/ vt. 使确信
298
“You’re not telling me you did fly here?” said Hermione, sounding almost as
severe
as Professor McGonagall.
severe /sɪˈvɪə(r)/ adj. （惩罚、批评）严厉的
299
“Skip the
lecture
,” said Ron impatiently, “and tell us the new password.”
lecture /ˈlektʃə(r)/ n. 教训
300
“It’s ‘
wattlebird,
’” said Hermione impatiently, “but that’s not the point —”
wattlebird /'wɔtlbə:d/ n. (澳洲产)食蜜雀
301
Her words were cut short, however, as the portrait of the fat lady swung open and there was a sudden storm of clapping.
302
It looked as though the whole of Gryffindor House was still awake, packed into the
circular
common room, standing on the
lopsided
tables and
squashy
armchairs, waiting for them to arrive.
circular /ˈsɜːkjələ(r)/ adj. 圆形的
lopsided /ˌlɒpˈsaɪdɪd/ adj. 倾向一方的
squashy /'skwɒʃɪ/ adj. 容易压坏的
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Arms
reached through the portrait hole to pull Harry and Ron inside, leaving Hermione to
scramble
in after them.
arm /ɑːm/ n. 手臂
scramble /ˈskræmbl/ v. 匆忙地移动
304
“Brilliant!” yelled Lee Jordan. “
Inspired
! What an
entrance
! Flying a car right into the Whomping Willow, people’ll be talking about that one for years —”
inspired /ɪnˈspaɪəd/ adj. 有灵感的
entrance /ˈentrəns/ n. 登场
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“Good for you,” said a fifth year Harry had never spoken to; someone was patting him on the back as though he’d just won a
marathon
;
marathon /ˈmærəθən/ n. 马拉松赛跑
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Fred and George pushed their way to the front of the crowd and said together, “Why couldn’t you’ve called us back, eh?”
307
Ron was scarlet in the face, grinning embarrassedly, but Harry could see one person who didn’t look happy at all.
308
Percy was visible over the heads of some excited first years, and he seemed to be trying to get near enough to start
telling them off
.
tell off vt. 责备
309
Harry nudged Ron in the ribs and nodded in Percy’s direction.
310
Ron got the point at once.
311
“Got to get upstairs — bit tired,” he said, and the two of them started
pushing their way
toward the door on the other side of the room, which led to a spiral staircase and the dormitories.
push one's way 挤着前进
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“’Night,” Harry called back to Hermione, who was
wearing
a
scowl
just like Percy’s.
wear /weə/ v. 面带（某种表情）
scowl /skaʊl/ n. 阴沉沉的样子
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They managed to get to the other side of the common room, still having their backs
slapped
, and gained the
peace
of the staircase.
slap /slæp/ vt. 拍击
peace /piːs/ n. 平静
314
They hurried up it, right to the top, and at last reached the door of their old dormitory, which now had a sign on it saying SECOND YEARS.
315
They entered the familiar, circular room, with its five four-posters hung with red velvet and its high, narrow windows.
316
Their trunks had been brought up for them and placed at the ends of their beds.
317
Ron grinned guiltily at Harry. “I know I shouldn’t’ve enjoyed that or anything, but —”
318
The dormitory door flew open and in came the other second year Gryffindor boys, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, and Neville Longbottom.
319
“Unbelievable!” beamed Seamus.
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“Cool,” said Dean.
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“Amazing,” said Neville,
awestruck
.
awestruck /ˈɔːstrʌk/ adj. 肃然起敬的
322
Harry couldn’t help it. He grinned, too.
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