Chapter Nine The Midnight Duel 午夜決斗
語境詞匯
Malfoy's eagle owl was always bringing him packages of sweets from home, which he opened gloatingly at the Slytherin table.
gloat? [gl??t]
vi. 幸災(zāi)樂禍；心滿意足地注視
n. 幸災(zāi)樂禍；貪婪的盯視；洋洋得意
Harry had heard Fred and George Weasley complain about the school brooms, saying that some of them started to vibrate if you flew too high, or always flew slightly to the left.
vibrate [va?'bre?t]
vi. 振動；顫動；搖擺；躊躇
vt. 使振動；使顫動
She had short, gray hair, and yellow eyes like a hawk.
hawk? [h??k]
vt. 兜售，沿街叫賣；捕捉；咳出vi. 清嗓；咳嗽；像鷹一般地襲擊
n. 鷹；鷹派成員；掠奪他人的人
Perhaps brooms, like horses, could tell when you were afraid, thought Harry; there was a quaver in Neville's voice that said only too clearly that he wanted to keep his feet on the ground.
quaver? ['kwe?v?]
vt. 顫抖vi. 顫抖；發(fā)顫音
n. 顫抖；八分音符；顫音
Neville, his face tear-streaked, clutching his wrist, hobbled off with Madam Hooch, who had her arm around him.
hobble? ['h?b(?)l]
vi. 蹣跚；跛行vt. 使跛行
n. 跛行步態(tài)
“Look!” said Malfoy, darting forward and snatching something out of the grass.
dart? [dɑ?t]
vt. 投擲，投射；使迅速突然移動
vi. 向前沖，飛奔
n. 飛鏢，標(biāo)槍；飛奔；螯
He leaned forward and grasped the broom tightly in both hands, and it shot toward Malfoy like a javelin.
javelin? ['d??v(?)l?n]
n. 標(biāo)槍，投槍
She wrenched open doors and marched along corridors with Harry trotting miserably behind her.
wrench [ren(t)?]
n. 扳手，扳鉗；扭傷；痛苦；歪曲；猛扭
vt. 扭傷；猛扭；曲解；折磨
vi. 扭傷；猛扭；猛絞
Wood? thought Harry, bewildered; was Wood a cane she was going to use on him?
cane? [ke?n]
n. 手杖；藤條；細(xì)長的莖
vt. 以杖擊；以藤編制
But Wood turned out to be a person, a burly fifth-year boy who came out of Flitwick's class looking confused.
burly? ['b??l?]
adj. 結(jié)實(shí)的；率直的；粗魯?shù)?/p>
Fred and George had hardly disappeared when someone far less welcome turned up: Malfoy, flanked by Crabbe and Goyle.
flank? [fl??k]
n. 側(cè)面；側(cè)翼；側(cè)腹
vt. 守側(cè)面；位于…的側(cè)面；攻擊側(cè)面vi. 側(cè)面與…相接
adv. 在左右兩邊
“Crabbe,” he said. “Midnight all right? We'll meet you in the trophy room; that's always unlocked.”
trophy ['tr??f?]
n. 獎品；戰(zhàn)利品；紀(jì)念品
vt. 用戰(zhàn)利品裝飾
adj. 顯示身份的；有威望的
On the other hand, Malfoy's sneering face kept looming up out of the darkness — this was his big chance to beat Malfoy face-to-face. He couldn't miss it.
loom? [lu?m]
n. 織布機(jī)；若隱若現(xiàn)的景象
vi. 可怕地出現(xiàn)；朦朧地出現(xiàn)；隱約可見vt. 在織布機(jī)上織
A few embers were still glowing in the fireplace, turning all the armchairs into hunched black shadows.
ember? ['emb?]
n. 灰燼，余燼
“Mrs. Norris?” breathed Ron, squinting through the dark.
squint [skw?nt]
vi. 瞇眼看；斜視；窺視；偏移vt. 使斜眼；瞇眼看
n. 斜視；斜孔小窗；一瞥
adj. 斜視的；斜的
Hermione opened her mouth, perhaps to tell Ron exactly how to use the Curse of the Bogies, but Harry hissed at her to be quiet and beckoned them all forward.
beckon? ['bek(?)n]
vt. 召喚；吸引vi. 吸引；（招手或點(diǎn)頭）示意
n. 表召喚的點(diǎn)頭；手勢
Horror-struck, Harry waved madly at the other three to follow him as quickly as possible; they scurried silently toward the door, away from Filch's voice.
scurry ['sk?r?]
n. 急跑；短距離賽跑（或賽馬）
vi. 急趕；急跑vt. 急趕
“RUN!” Harry yelled, and the four of them sprinted down the gallery, not looking back to see whether Filch was following — they swung around the doorpost and galloped down one corridor then another, Harry in the lead, without any idea where they were or where they were going — they ripped through a tapestry and found themselves in a hidden passageway, hurtled along it and came out near their Charms classroom, which they knew was miles from the trophy room.
sprint? [spr?nt]
vi. 沖刺，全速跑vt. 全速奔跑
n. 沖刺；短跑
gallop? ['g?l?p]
n. 疾馳；飛奔
vi. 飛馳；急速進(jìn)行；急急忙忙地說vt. 使飛跑；迅速運(yùn)輸
Three pairs of rolling, mad eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three drooling mouths, saliva hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs.
saliva [s?'la?v?]
n. 唾液；涎
Harry groped for the doorknob — between Filch and death, he'd take Filch.
grope? [gr??p]
vi. 摸索；探索vt. 摸索
n. 摸索；觸摸
精彩句型
He mounted the broom and kicked hard against the ground and up, up he soared; air rushed through his hair, and his robes whipped out behind him — and in a rush of fierce joy he realized he'd found something he could do without being taught — this was easy, this was wonderful.
哈利波特第一次飛行，他最擅長，最喜歡的事情。
We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled.
赫敏格蘭杰的名言。
