cross是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 十字(架) ; 苦难a. 交叉的; 发怒的v. 穿过,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Thus they cross in turn through South America, Australia and New Zealand, besides visiting minor islands.
-- These brilliant constellations began to bestud the sky, and the Southern Cross shone out.
-- These we shall pass by, and cross over the Sierra Tandil, pursuing our search to the very shores of the Atlantic, as far as Point Medano."
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- To cross to the other side of the deck was like walking up the steep gabled roof of a house.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Oh!sir, don't, don't pray be cross to me!'
-- 'Why,' whispered Sikes, 'as you cross the lawn--' 'Yes?'
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Here, leading the way through every walk and cross walk, and scarcely allowing them an interval to utter the praises he asked for, every view was pointed out with a minuteness which left beauty en-tirely behind.
-- Elizabeth thought this was going pretty far; and she listened with increasing astonish-ment as the housekeeper added, 'I have never known a cross word from him in my life, and I have known him ever since he was four years old.'
-- From an unwillingness to confess how much her intima-cy with Mr. Darcy had been over-rated, Elizabeth had never yet answered Mrs. Gardiner's long letter; but now, having THAT to communicate which she knew would be most wel-come, she was almost ashamed to find that her uncle and aunt had already lost three days of happiness, and immedi-ately wrote as follows: 'I would have thanked you before, my dear aunt, as I ought to have done, for your long, kind, satisfactory, detail of particulars; but to say the truth, I was too cross to write.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- And now I began to think sedately; and, upon debate with myself, I concluded that this island (which was so exceedingly pleasant, fruit-ful, and no farther from the mainland than as I had seen) was not so entirely abandoned as I might imagine; that al-though there were no stated inhabitants who lived on the spot, yet that there might sometimes come boats off from the shore, who, either with design, or perhaps never but when they were driven by cross winds, might come to this place; that I had lived there fifteen years now and had not met with the least shadow or figure of any people yet; and that, if at any time they should be driven here, it was prob-able they went away again as soon as ever they could, seeing they had never thought fit to fix here upon any occasion; that the most I could suggest any danger from was from any casual accidental landing of straggling people from the main, who, as it was likely, if they were driven hither, were here against their wills, so they made no stay here, but went off again with all possible speed; seldom staying one night on shore, lest they should not have the help of the tides and daylight back again; and that, therefore, I had nothing to do but to consider of some safe retreat, in case I should see any savages land upon the spot.
-- Having thus fed him with boiled meat and broth, I was resolved to feast him the next day by roasting a piece of the kid: this I did by hanging it before the fire on a string, as I had seen many people do in England, setting two poles up, one on each side of the fire, and one across the top, and tying the string to the cross stick, letting the meat turn con-tinually.
-- Having been thus harassed in my thoughts, my old pilot, to whom I communicated everything, pressed me earnest-ly not to go by sea, but either to go by land to the Groyne, and cross over the Bay of Biscay to Rochelle, from whence it was but an easy and safe journey by land to Paris, and so to Calais and Dover; or to go up to Madrid, and so all the way by land through France.
-- It was within half-an-hour of sunset when we entered the wood, and a little after sunset when we came into the plain: we met with nothing in the first wood, except that in a little plain within the wood, which was not above two furlongs over, we saw five great wolves cross the road, full speed, one after anoth-er, as if they had been in chase of some prey, and had it in view; they took no notice of us, and were gone out of sight in a few moments.
-- For my part, I was never so sensible of danger in my life; for, seeing above three hundred devils come roaring and open- mouthed to devour us, and hav-ing nothing to shelter us or retreat to, I gave myself over for lost; and, as it was, I believe I shall never care to cross those mountains again: I think I would much rather go a thou-sand leagues by sea, though I was sure to meet with a storm once a-week.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Charlotte laughed heartily to think that her husband could not get rid of her; and exultingly said, she did not care how cross he was to her, as they must live together.
-- How can you be so cross as not to come?
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- If she could but stroll up yon broad walk, cross that rich entrance-way, which to her was of the beauty of a jewel, and sweep in grace and luxury to possession and command--oh!how quickly would sadness flee; how, in an instant, would the heartache end.
-- He was thinking if he could only get there and cross the river into Canada, he could take his time about getting to Montreal.
-- He was about to cross to a little red-and-white striped bar which was fastened up beside a door when a voice greeted him familiarly.
-- Coming down Sixth Avenue this evening, Hurstwood chanced to cross east through Twenty-sixth Street toward Third Avenue.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- It swore every boy to stick to the band, and never tell any of the secrets; and if anybody done anything to any boy in the band, whichev-er boy was ordered to kill that person and his family must do it, and he mustn't eat and he mustn't sleep till he had killed them and hacked a cross in their breasts, which was the sign of the band.
-- There was a cross in the left boot-heel made with big nails, to keep off the devil.
-- You see, ef I kep' on tryin' to git away afoot, de dogs 'ud track me; ef I stole a skift to cross over, dey'd miss dat skift, you see, en dey'd know 'bout whah I'd lan' on de yuther side, en whah to pick up my track.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "He was building a little boat with which to cross the ocean.
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