《哈利波特1》｜单词注释｜Chapter 4
CHAPTER FOUR
1
THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS
2
BOOM. They knocked again. Dudley
jerked
awake.
jerk /dʒɜːrk/ v. 猝然一动
3
“Where’s the
cannon
?” he said stupidly.
cannon /ˈkænən/ n. 大炮
4
There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came
skidding
into the room.
skid /skɪd/ vt. 滚滑
5
He was holding a rifle in his hands — now they knew what had been in the long, thin package he had brought with them.
6
“Who’s there?” he shouted. “I warn you — I’m
armed
!”
armed /ɑːrmd/ adj. 带枪的
7
There was a pause. Then —
8
SMASH!
smash /smæʃ/ n. 破碎(声)
9
The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its
hinges
and with a
deafening
crash
landed
flat on the floor.
hinge /hɪndʒ/ n. 合页
deafening /'dɛfnɪŋ/ adj. 震耳欲聋的
land /lænd/ v. 跌落
10
A giant of a man was standing in the doorway.
11
His face was almost completely hidden by a long,
shaggy
mane
of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes,
glinting
like black beetles under all the hair.
shaggy /'ʃægi/ adj. 毛发粗浓杂乱的
mane /men/ n. 浓密的头发
glint /ɡlɪnt/ vt. 闪烁
12
The giant squeezed his way into the
hut
,
stooping
so that his head just
brushed
the ceiling.
hut /hʌt/ n. 小屋
stoop /stuːp/ vt. & vi. 弯腰
brush /brʌʃ/ vi. 擦过
13
He bent down, picked up the door, and
fitted
it easily back into its frame.
fit /fɪt/ vt. 安装
14
The noise of the storm outside dropped a little. He turned to look at them all.
15
“Couldn’t make us a cup o’ tea, could yeh? It’s not been an easy journey. . . .”
16
He
strode
over to the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear.
stride /straɪd/ vi. 大步行走
17
“
Budge
up, yeh great
lump
,” said the stranger.
budge /bʌdʒ/ vt. & vi. (使)稍微移动
lump /lʌmp/ n. [非正式] 傻大个
18
Dudley squeaked and ran to hide behind his mother, who was
crouching
, terrified, behind Uncle Vernon.
crouch /kraʊtʃ/ vi. 蹲伏
19
“An’ here’s Harry!” said the giant.
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Harry looked up into the
fierce
, wild,
shadowy
face and saw that the beetle eyes were
crinkled
in a smile.
fierce /fɪrs/ adj. 凶猛的
shadowy /'ʃædoi/ adj. 模糊的
crinkle /'krɪŋkl/ vt. 起皱
21
“Las’ time I saw you, you was only a baby,” said the giant. “Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh’ve got yer mum’s eyes.”
22
Uncle Vernon made a funny
rasping
noise.
rasp /ræsp/ v. 发出刺耳声
23
“I demand that you leave at once, sir!” he said. “You are
breaking and entering
!”
breaking and entering n. 强行入侵他人住宅(或公共场合)
24
“Ah, shut up, Dursley, yeh great
prune
,” said the giant;
prune /pruːn/ n. [非正式] 讨厌的人
25
he reached over the back of the sofa, jerked the gun out of Uncle Vernon’s hands, bent it into a
knot
as easily as if it had been made of rubber, and threw it into a corner of the room.
knot /nɑːt/ n. （绳等的）结
26
Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being
trodden
on.
tread /tred/ vt. 踩
27
“Anyway — Harry,” said the giant, turning his back on the Dursleys, “a very happy birthday to yeh. Got
summat
fer yeh here — I mighta sat on it at some
point
, but it’ll taste all right.”
summat pron. 〈英〉〈方〉某物
point /pɔɪnt/ n. (特定的)时刻
28
From an inside pocket of his black overcoat he pulled a slightly
squashed
box.
squash /skwɔʃ/ vt. 将(某人[某物])压扁
29
Harry opened it with trembling fingers.
30
Inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green
icing
.
icing /'aɪsɪŋ/ n. 糖衣
31
Harry looked up at the giant.
32
He meant to say thank you, but the words got lost on the way to his mouth, and what he said instead was, “Who are you?”
33
The giant chuckled. “True, I haven’t introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid,
Keeper
of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.”
keeper /'kipɚ/ n. 看守人
34
He held out an enormous hand and shook Harry’s whole arm.
35
“What about that tea then, eh?” he said, rubbing his hands together. “I’d not say no ter summat stronger if yeh’ve got it,
mind
.”
mind /maɪnd/ 牢记
36
His eyes fell on the empty
grate
with the
shriveled
chip bags in it and he snorted.
grate /ɡreɪt/ n. 壁炉
shrivel /ˈʃrɪvl/ vi. 皱缩
37
He bent down over the
fireplace
; they couldn’t see what he was doing but when he
drew back
a second later, there was a
roaring
fire there.
fireplace /ˈfaɪərpleɪs/ n. 壁炉
draw back 退却
roaring /'rɔrɪŋ/ adj. (火)熊熊燃烧的
38
It filled the whole
damp
hut with flickering light and Harry felt the warmth wash over him as though he’d sunk into a hot
bath
.
damp /dæmp/ adj. 潮湿的
bath /bæθ/ n. 浴室
39
The giant sat back down on the sofa, which
sagged
under his weight, and began taking all sorts of things out of the pockets of his coat:
sag /sæɡ/ vi. 向下凹或中间下陷
40
a
copper
kettle
, a squashy package of
sausages
,
copper /ˈkɑːpər/ n. 铜
kettle /ˈketl/ n. (烧水用的)壶
sausage /ˈsɔːsɪdʒ/ n. 香肠
41
a
poker
, a
teapot
, several
chipped
mugs
,
poker /'pokɚ/ n. 拨火棍
teapot /'ti'pɑt/ n. 茶壶
chipped /tʃɪpt/ adj. 有缺口的
mug /mʌɡ/ n. 圆筒形有柄大杯
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and a bottle of some
amber
liquid which he took a
swig
from before starting to
make tea
.
amber /'æmbɚ/ adj. 琥珀色的
swig /swɪɡ/ n. 痛饮
make tea 泡茶
43
Soon the hut was full of the sound and smell of
sizzling
sausage.
sizzle /'sɪzl/ v. 发出(油煎食物的)咝咝声
44
Nobody said a thing while the giant was working, but as he slid the first six fat,
juicy
, slightly
burnt
sausages from the poker,
juicy /'dʒusi/ adj. 多汁的
burnt /bɝnt/ adj. 烧坏的
45
Dudley
fidgeted
a little.
fidget /'fɪdʒɪt/ v. 坐立不安
46
Uncle Vernon said sharply, “Don’t touch anything he gives you, Dudley.”
47
The giant chuckled darkly. “Yer great
puddin
’ of a son don’ need
fatten
in’ anymore, Dursley, don’ worry.”
puddin 布丁
fatten /ˈfætn/ vt. (使)长胖
48
He passed the sausages to Harry, who was so hungry he had never tasted anything so wonderful, but he still couldn’t take his eyes off the giant.
49
Finally, as nobody seemed about to explain anything, he said, “I’m sorry, but I still don’t really know who you are.”
50
The giant took a
gulp
of tea and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
gulp /ɡʌlp/ n. 一大口(尤指液体)
51
“Call me Hagrid,” he said, “everyone does. An’ like I told yeh, I’m Keeper of Keys at Hogwarts — yeh’ll know all about Hogwarts, o’ course.”
52
“Er — no,” said Harry.
53
Hagrid looked shocked.
54
“Sorry,” Harry said quickly.
55
“Sorry?”
barked
Hagrid, turning to stare at the Dursleys, who
shrank
back into the shadows.
bark /bɑːrk/ vt. 大声喊叫
shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ vt. & vi. 退缩
56
“It’s them as should be sorry! I knew yeh weren’t gettin’ yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn’t even know abou’ Hogwarts,
fer cryin’ out loud
! Did yeh never wonder where yer parents learned it all?”
for crying out loud 搞什么名堂(不耐烦的一种表现)
57
“All what?” asked Harry.
58
“ALL WHAT?” Hagrid thundered. “Now wait jus’ one second!”
59
He had leapt to his feet.
60
In his anger he seemed to fill the whole hut. The Dursleys were
cowering
against the wall.
cower /ˈkaʊər/ vi. 抖缩
61
“Do you mean ter tell me,” he
growled
at the Dursleys, “that this boy — this boy! — knows nothin’ abou’— about ANYTHING?”
growl /ɡraʊl/ vt. 低声咆哮着说
62
Harry thought this was going a bit
far
. He had been to school, after all, and his
marks
weren’t bad.
far /fɑr/ adv. 过分地
mark /mɑːrk/ n. 分数
63
“I know some things,” he said. “I can, you know, do math and stuff.”
64
But Hagrid simply waved his hand and said, “About our world, I mean. Your world. My world. Yer parents’ world.”
65
“What world?”
66
Hagrid looked as if he was about to
explode
.
explode /ɪkˈsploʊd/ vi. 爆炸
67
“DURSLEY!” he boomed.
68
Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that sounded like “Mimblewimble.” Hagrid stared
wildly
at Harry.
wildly /ˈ waɪldlɪ/ adv. 狂暴地
69
“But yeh must know about yer mum and dad,” he said. “I mean, they’re famous. You’re famous.”
70
“What? My — my mum and dad weren’t famous, were they?”
71
“Yeh don’ know . . . yeh don’ know . . .” Hagrid
ran
his fingers through his hair,
fixing
Harry with a
bewildered
stare.
run /rʌn/ v. 揉擦
fix /fɪks/ vi. 注视
bewilder /bɪˈwɪldər/ vt. 使迷惑
72
“Yeh don’ know what yeh are?” he said finally.
73
Uncle Vernon suddenly
found his voice
.
find one's voice 能说话了
74
“Stop!” he
commanded
. “Stop right there, sir! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!”
command /kəˈmænd/ vi. 命令
75
A braver man than Vernon Dursley would have
quailed
under the furious look Hagrid now gave him;
quail /kweɪl/ vi. 畏缩
76
when Hagrid spoke, his every
syllable
trembled with
rage
.
syllable /ˈsɪləbl/ n. 音节
rage /reɪdʒ/ n. 愤怒
77
“You never told him? Never told him what was in the letter Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, Dursley! An’ you’ve
kept it from him
all these years?”
keep sth from sb 把某事瞒着某人
78
“Kept what from me?” said Harry eagerly.
79
“STOP! I FORBID YOU!” yelled Uncle Vernon in panic.
80
Aunt Petunia gave a gasp of horror.
81
“Ah, go
boil
yer heads, both of yeh,” said Hagrid. “Harry — yer a wizard.”
boil /bɔɪl/ vt. 使...激动
82
There was silence inside the hut. Only the sea and the
whistling
wind could be heard.
whistle /ˈwɪsl/ n. 啸啸声
83
“I’m a what?” gasped Harry.
84
“A wizard, o’ course,” said Hagrid, sitting back down on the sofa, which
groaned
and sank even lower,
groan /ɡroʊn/ vi. 发吱嘎声
85
“an’ a thumpin’ good’un, I’d say, once yeh’ve been
trained
up a bit. With a mum an’ dad like yours, what else would yeh be? An’ I reckon it’s abou’ time yeh read yer letter.”
train /treɪn/ v. 训练
86
Harry stretched out his hand
at last
to take the yellowish envelope, addressed in emerald green to Mr. H. Potter, The Floor, Hut-on-the-Rock, The Sea.
at last 终于
87
He pulled out the letter and read:
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HOGWARTS SCHOOL of
WITCHCRAFT
and
WIZARDRY
witchcraft /'wɪtʃkræft/ n. 魔法
wizardry /'wɪzɚdri/ n. 魔法
89
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
90
(
Order
of Merlin,
First Class
,
order /ˈɔːrdər/ n. [史] 勋章
First Class 最高级
91
Grand
Sorc
.,
Chf
.
Warlock
,
sorcery /ˈsɔːrsəri/ n. 巫术
chief /tʃiːf/ adj. 首席的
warlock /'wɔrlɑk/ n. 术士
92
Supreme
Mugwump
, International
Confed
. of Wizards)
supreme /suːˈpriːm/ adj. 最高的
mugwump /'mʌɡwʌmp/ n. 大人物
Confed abbr. 同盟的
93
Dear Mr. Potter,
94
We are pleased to inform you that you
have a place
at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
have a place 占有一席之地
95
Please find
enclosed
a list of all necessary books and equipment.
enclose /ɪnˈkloʊz/ v. 随信附上
96
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by
no later than
July 31.
no later than adv 不迟于
97
Yours sincerely,
98
Minerva McGonagall,
99
Deputy
Headmistress
deputy /ˈdepjuti/ adj. 副的
100
Questions exploded inside Harry’s head like
fireworks
and he couldn’t decide which to ask first.
fireworks /'faɪr,wɝks/ n. 烟火
101
After a few minutes he
stammered
, “What does it mean, they await my owl?”
stammer /ˈstæmər/ vi. 结结巴巴地说
102
“Gallopin’ Gorgons, that reminds me,” said Hagrid,
clapping
a hand to his forehead with enough force to knock over a
cart horse
,
clap /klæp/ vt. 使......砰然相击
cart horse /ˈkɑrtˌhɔrs/ n. 拉货车的马
103
and from yet another pocket inside his overcoat he pulled an owl — a real, live, rather
ruffled
-looking owl — a long
quill
, and a roll of parchment.
ruffle /ˈrʌfl/ v. (鸟发怒火炫耀)竖起羽毛
quill /kwɪl/ n. 翎(鸟的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛)
104
With his tongue between his teeth he
scribbled
a note which Harry could read
upside-down
:
scribble /ˈskrɪbl/ vt. 潦草地书写
upside down adv. 颠倒地
105
Dear Mr Dumbledore,
106
Given Harry his letter.
107
Taking him to buy his things tomorrow.
108
Weather’s horrible. Hope you’re well.
109
Hagrid
110
Hagrid rolled up the note, gave it to the owl, which
clamped
it in its beak, went to the door, and threw the owl out into the storm.
clamp /klæmp/ vt. 夹紧
111
Then he came back and sat down as though this was as normal as talking on the telephone.
112
Harry realized his mouth was open and closed it quickly.
113
“Where was I?” said Hagrid, but at that moment, Uncle Vernon, still
ashen
-faced but looking very angry, moved into the
firelight
.
ashen /ˈæʃn/ adj. 苍白的
firelight /'faɪɚlaɪt/ n. (炉)火光
114
“He’s not going,” he said.
115
Hagrid
grunted
.
grunt /ɡrʌnt/ v. (表示不愿意讲话时)发出哼声
116
“I’d like ter see a great Muggle like you stop him,” he said.
117
“A what?” said Harry, interested.
118
“A Muggle,” said Hagrid, “it’s what we call nonmagic
folk
like them. An’ it’s your bad luck you grew up in a family o’ the biggest Muggles I ever
laid eyes on
.”
folk /foʊk/ n. 人们
laid eyes on 看见
119
“We swore when we took him in we’d
put a stop to
that rubbish,” said Uncle Vernon, “swore we’d
stamp
it out of him! Wizard
indeed
!”
put a stop to 制止
stamp /stæmp/ vt. 用脚踩踏
indeed /ɪnˈdiːd/ int. 真的（表示惊讶、怀疑、讽刺等）
120
“You knew?” said Harry. “You knew I’m a — a wizard?”
121
“Knew!” shrieked Aunt Petunia suddenly.
122
“Knew! Of course we knew! How could you not be, my
dratted
sister being what she was?
dratted /ˈdrætɪd/ adj. 〈口〉可恶的
123
Oh, she got a letter just like that and disappeared off to that — that school — and came home every holiday with her pockets full of frog
spawn
, turning teacups into rats.
spawn /spɔn/ n. 卵
124
I was the only one who saw her for what she was — a
freak
!
freak /frik/ n. 怪物
125
But for my mother and father, oh no, it was Lily this and Lily that, they were proud of having a witch in the family!”
126
She stopped to
draw
a deep breath and then went
ranting
on.
draw /drɔː/ v. 吸(气)
rant /rænt/ vt. & vi. 大声抱怨
127
It seemed she had been wanting to say all this for years.
128
“Then she met that Potter at school and they left and got married and had you,
129
and of course I knew you’d be just the same, just as strange, just as — as — abnormal — and then,
if you please
, she went and got herself blown up and we got
landed with
you!”
if you please 对不起
land with 使背上包袱
130
Harry had gone very white.
131
As soon as he found his voice he said, “Blown up? You told me they died in a car crash!”
132
“CAR CRASH!” roared Hagrid, jumping up so angrily that the Dursleys
scuttled
back to their corner.
scuttle /'skʌtl/ vi. 急促地跑
133
“How could a car crash kill Lily an’ James Potter? It’s an
outrage
! A
scandal
! Harry Potter not knowin’ his own story when every kid in our world knows his name!”
outrage /ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/ n. 侮辱
scandal /ˈskændl/ n. 诽谤
134
“But why? What happened?” Harry asked
urgently
.
urgently /ˈə..d ʒəntlɪ/ adv. 急切地
135
The anger faded from Hagrid’s face. He looked suddenly anxious.
136
“I never
expected
this,” he said, in a low, worried voice.
expect /ɪkˈspekt/ vt. 预料
137
“I had no idea, when Dumbledore told me there might be trouble
gettin’ hold of yeh
, how much yeh didn’t know.
get hold of sb 找到某人
138
Ah, Harry, I don’ know if I’m the right person ter tell yeh — but someone’s gotta — yeh can’t go off ter Hogwarts not knowin’.”
139
He threw a
dirty look
at the Dursleys.
dirty look 轻蔑的脸色
140
“Well, it’s best yeh know as much as I can tell yeh — mind, I can’t tell yeh everythin’, it’s a great myst’ry, parts of it. . . .”
141
He sat down, stared into the fire for a few seconds, and then said,
142
“It begins, I suppose, with — with a person called — but it’s
incredible
yeh don’t know his name, everyone in our world knows —”
incredible /ɪnˈkredəbl/ adj. [非正] 难以置信的
143
“Who?”
144
“Well — I don’ like sayin’ the name if I can help it. No one does.”
145
“Why not?”
146
“Gulpin’ gargoyles, Harry, people are still scared.
Blimey
, this is difficult. See, there was this wizard who went . . . bad. As bad as you could go. Worse. Worse than worse. His name was . . .”
blimey /'blaɪmi/ int. 啊呀!
147
Hagrid gulped, but no words came out.
148
“Could you write it down?” Harry suggested.
149
“Nah — can’t spell it. All right — Voldemort.” Hagrid
shuddered
.
shudder /ˈʃʌdər/ n. 战栗
150
“Don’ make me say it again. Anyway, this — this wizard, about twenty years ago now, started lookin’ fer
followers
.
follower /'fɑloɚ/ n. 追随者
151
Got ’em, too — some were afraid, some just wanted a bit o’ his power, ’cause he was gettin’ himself power, all right. Dark days, Harry.
152
Didn’t know who ter trust, didn’t dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches . . . terrible things happened.
153
He was takin’ over. ’Course, some
stood up to
him — an’ he killed ’em. Horribly.
stand up to 抵抗
154
One o’ the only safe places
left
was Hogwarts. Reckon Dumbledore’s the only one You-Know-Who was afraid of. Didn’t dare try takin’ the school, not jus’ then, anyway.
left /lɛft/ adj. 剩余的
155
Now, yer mum an’ dad were as good a witch an’ wizard as I ever knew.
Head
boy an’ girl at Hogwarts in their day!
head /hed/ n. 领导人
156
Suppose the myst’ry is why You-Know-Who never tried to get ’em on his side before . . . probably knew they were too close ter Dumbledore ter want anythin’ ter do with the Dark Side.
157
Maybe he thought he could persuade ’em . . . maybe he just wanted ’em
outta
the way.
outta prep. (非正式,非规范)离开(同out of)
158
All anyone knows is, he
turned up
in the village where you was all living, on
Halloween
ten years ago. You was just a year old. He came ter yer house an’— an’— ”
turn up 出现
Halloween /ˌhæləu'i:n/ n. 万圣节前夕
159
Hagrid suddenly pulled out a very dirty, spotted handkerchief and blew his nose with a sound like a
foghorn
.
foghorn /'fɔɡhɔrn/ n. 雾喇叭(向雾中的船只发警告)
160
“Sorry,” he said.
161
“But it’s that sad — knew yer mum an’ dad, an’ nicer people yeh couldn’t find — anyway . . . You-Know-Who killed ’em.
162
An’ then — an’ this is the real myst’ry of the thing — he tried to kill you, too.
163
Wanted ter make a clean job of it, I suppose, or maybe he just liked killin’ by then.
164
But he couldn’t do it.
165
Never wondered how you got that mark on yer forehead? That was no
ordinary
cut
.
ordinary /ˈɔːrdneri/ adj. 普通的
cut /kʌt/ n. 伤口
166
That’s what yeh get when a powerful, evil
curse
touches yeh — took care of yer mum an’ dad an’ yer house, even — but it didn’t
work
on you, an’ that’s why yer famous, Harry.
curse /kɜːrs/ n. 咒语
work /wɜːrk/ v. 奏效
167
No one ever lived after he decided ter kill ’em, no one except you,
168
an’ he’d killed some o’ the best witches an’ wizards of the
age
— the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts — an’ you was only a baby, an’ you lived.”
age /edʒ/ n. 时代
169
Something very painful was going on in Harry’s mind.
170
As Hagrid’s story came to a close, he saw again the
blinding
flash of green light, more clearly than he had ever remembered it before
blinding /'blaɪndɪŋ/ adj. 使人炫目的
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and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a
high
, cold,
cruel
laugh.
high /haɪ/ adj. 声音尖锐地
cruel /ˈkruːəl/ adj. 残忍的
172
Hagrid was watching him sadly. “Took yeh from the ruined house myself, on Dumbledore’s orders. Brought yeh ter this lot . . .”
173
“
Load of
old
tosh
,” said Uncle Vernon.
a load of 许多
tosh /tɑʃ/ n. [英口]胡说
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Harry jumped; he had almost forgotten that the Dursleys were there.
175
Uncle Vernon certainly seemed to have got back his courage. He was glaring at Hagrid and his fists were
clenched
.
clench /klentʃ/ vt. 紧握
176
“Now, you listen here, boy,” he
snarled
,
snarl /snɑːrl/ vi. 咆哮
177
“I
accept
there’s something strange about you, probably nothing a good beating wouldn’t have
cured
accept /ək'sɛpt/ vt. 承认
cure /kjʊr/ vt. 治愈
178
— and as for all this about your parents, well, they were
weirdos
, no denying it, and the world’s better off without them in my opinion
weirdo /'wɪrdo/ n. 怪人
179
— asked for all they got,
getting mixed up with
these wizarding types — just what I expected, always knew they’d come to a
sticky
end —”
get mixed up with sb 与某人混在一起
sticky /ˈstɪki/ adj. 棘手的
180
But at that moment, Hagrid leapt from the sofa and drew a
battered
pink umbrella from inside his coat.
battered /'bætɚd/ adj. 破旧的
181
Pointing this at Uncle Vernon like a
sword
, he said, “I’m warning you, Dursley — I’m warning you — one more word . . .”
sword /sɔːrd/ n. 剑
182
In danger of being
speared
on the end of an umbrella by a bearded giant, Uncle Vernon’s courage failed again; he
flattened
himself against the wall and fell silent.
spear /spɪr/ v. （用尖利的东西）刺
flatten /ˈflætn/ vt. 击败
183
“That’s better,” said Hagrid, breathing heavily and sitting back down on the sofa, which this time
sagged
right down to the floor.
sag /sæɡ/ vi. 向下凹或中间下陷
184
Harry, meanwhile, still had questions to ask, hundreds of them.
185
“But what happened to Vol-, sorry — I mean, You-Know-Who?”
186
“Good question, Harry. Disappeared. Vanished. Same night he tried ter kill you.
187
Makes yeh even more famous. That’s the biggest myst’ry, see . . . he was gettin’ more an’ more powerful — why’d he go?
188
Some say he died.
Codswallop
, in my opinion.
Dunno
if he had enough
human
left in him to die.
codswallop /'kɑdzwɑləp/ n. 〈英俚〉胡言乱语,废话
dunno /də'no/ vi. [口]我不知道
human /'hjumən/ adj. 显示人的本性的
189
Some say he’s still out there,
bidin’ his time
, like, but I don’ believe it.
bide one's time 等待时机
190
People who was on his side came back ter ours. Some of ’em came outta
kinda
trances
. Don’
reckon
they could’ve done if he was comin’ back.
kinda /'kaində/ adv. 有一点
trance /træns/ n. 恍惚
reckon /ˈrekən/ v. [英，非正式] 指望
191
Most of us reckon he’s still out there somewhere but lost his powers. Too weak to carry on. ’Cause somethin’ about you finished him, Harry.
192
There was somethin’ goin’ on that night he hadn’t
counted
on — I
dunno
what it was, no one does — but somethin’ about you
stumped
him, all right.”
count /kaʊnt/ v. 把......算入
dunno /də'no/ vi. [口]我不知道
stump /stʌmp/ v. 把...难住
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Hagrid looked at Harry with warmth and respect
blazing
in his eyes, but Harry, instead of feeling pleased and proud, felt quite sure there had been a horrible mistake.
blazing /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/ adv. 非常
194
A wizard? Him? How could he possibly be?
195
He’d spent his life being
clouted
by Dudley, and
bullied
by Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon;
clout /klaʊt/ vt. 猛击
bully /ˈbʊli/ vt. 威逼
196
if he was really a wizard, why hadn’t they been turned into
warty
toads
every time they’d tried to lock him in his cupboard?
warty /'wɔ:ti/ adj. 有疣的
toad /tod/ n. 癞蛤蟆
197
If he’d once defeated the greatest
sorcerer
in the world, how come Dudley had always been able to kick him around like a football?
sorcerer /'sɔrsərɚ/ n. 男巫士
198
“Hagrid,” he said quietly, “I think you must have made a mistake. I don’t think I can be a wizard.”
199
To his surprise, Hagrid chuckled. “Not a wizard, eh? Never made things happen when you was scared or angry?”
200
Harry looked into the fire.
201
Now he came to think about it . . .
202
every
odd
thing that had ever made his aunt and uncle furious with him had happened when he, Harry, had been upset or angry . . .
odd /ɑːd/ adj. 奇怪的
203
chased by Dudley’s gang, he had somehow found himself out of their reach . . .
204
dreading
going to school with that ridiculous haircut, he’d managed to make it grow
back
. . .
dread /dred/ vt. 担心
back /bæk/ adv. 恢复原状
205
and the very last time Dudley had hit him, hadn’t he got his
revenge
, without even
realizing
he was doing it? Hadn’t he
set
a boa constrictor on him?
revenge /rɪˈvendʒ/ n. 报复
realize /'riəlaɪz/ vt. 意识到
set /set/ vt. 放
206
Harry looked back at Hagrid, smiling, and saw that Hagrid was
positively
beaming
at him.
positively /'pɑzətɪvli/ adv. 自信地
beam /biːm/ vi. 面露喜色
207
“See?” said Hagrid. “Harry Potter, not a wizard — you wait, you’ll be right famous at Hogwarts.”
208
But Uncle Vernon wasn’t going to
give in
without a fight.
give in 屈服
209
“Haven’t I told you he’s not going?” he
hissed
.
hiss /hɪs/ vi. 带怒气地低声说出(某事)
210
“He’s going to Stonewall High and he’ll be grateful for it. I’ve read those letters and he needs all sorts of rubbish — spell books and wands and —”
211
“If he wants ter go, a great Muggle like you won’t stop him,” growled Hagrid.
212
“Stop Lily an’ James Potter’s son goin’ ter Hogwarts! Yer mad.
213
His name’s been down ever since he was born. He’s off ter the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world.
214
Seven years there and he won’t know himself. He’ll be with youngsters of his own
sort
, fer a change, an’ he’ll be under the greatest headmaster Hogwarts ever had, Albus Dumbled —”
sort /sɔːrt/ n. 某一种(或某一类)人
215
“I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME
CRACKPOT
OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!” yelled Uncle Vernon.
crackpot /ˈkrækpɑːt/ n. 怪人
216
But he had finally gone too far.
217
Hagrid seized his umbrella and
whirled
it over his head, “NEVER —” he thundered, “—
INSULT
— ALBUS — DUMBLEDORE — IN — FRONT — OF — ME!”
whirl /wɜːrl/ vt. & vi. (使)飞快移动
insult /ɪnˈsʌlt/ vt. 侮辱
218
He brought the umbrella
swishing
down through the air to point at Dudley —
swish /swɪʃ/ vi. 嗖地挥动
219
there was a flash of violet light, a sound like a
firecracker
, a sharp
squeal
,
firecracker /'faɪɚkrækɚ/ n. 鞭炮
squeal /skwil/ n. 尖叫声
220
and the next second, Dudley was dancing
on the spot
with his hands
clasped
over his fat bottom, howling in pain.
on the spot 立刻
clasp /klæsp/ vt. 紧抱
221
When he turned his back on them, Harry saw a curly pig’s tail
poking
through a hole in his
trousers
.
poke /poʊk/ vi. 伸出
trousers /'traʊzɚz/ n. 裤子
222
Uncle Vernon roared.
223
Pulling Aunt Petunia and Dudley into the other room, he
cast
one last
terrified
look at Hagrid and slammed the door behind them.
cast /kæst/ vt. & vi. 投
terrified /'tɛrɪfaɪd/ adj. 极度惊慌的
224
Hagrid looked down at his umbrella and
stroked
his beard.
stroke /stroʊk/ vt. 轻抚
225
“Shouldn’ta
lost me temper
,” he said
ruefully
,
lose temper 发火
ruefully /ˈrufəlɪ/ adv. 悔恨地
226
“but it didn’t work anyway. Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn’t much left ter do.”
227
He cast a sideways look at Harry under his bushy eyebrows.
228
“Be
grateful
if yeh didn’t mention that ter anyone at Hogwarts,” he said.
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfl/ adj. 感谢的
229
“I’m — er — not supposed ter do magic,
strictly
speakin’.
strictly /ˈstrɪktli/ adv. 严格地
230
I was allowed ter do a bit ter follow yeh an’ get yer letters to yeh an’ stuff — one o’ the reasons I was so
keen
ter take on the job”
keen /kiːn/ adj. 热心的
231
“Why aren’t you supposed to do magic?” asked Harry.
232
“Oh, well — I was at Hogwarts meself but I — er — got expelled, ter tell yeh the truth.
233
In me third year. They snapped me wand in half an’ everything. But Dumbledore let me stay on as gamekeeper. Great man, Dumbledore.”
234
“Why were you expelled?”
235
“It’s gettin’ late and we’ve got lots ter do tomorrow,” said Hagrid loudly.
236
“Gotta get up ter town, get all yer books an’ that.”
237
He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry.
238
“You can
kip
under that,” he said. “Don’ mind if it
wriggles
a bit, I think I still got a couple o’
dormice
in one o’ the pockets.”
kip /kɪp/ vi. 躺下睡觉
wriggle /'rɪɡl/ v. 扭动
dormice /ˌdɔr,maɪs/ n. 睡鼠（dormouse的复数）
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