1.「finger」:常見意思名詞“手指”，這里是動詞touch or feel something with your fingers“用手指觸摸”之意。
原句：... and I have fingered its curves, the split in the center and the embossed figures “1620,”...
例句：He fingered the few coins in his pocket. 他用手指摸了摸兜里的幾枚硬幣。
2.「poke」:常見意思“刺、戳”，這里是to move or push something through a space or opening“伸出、探出”之意。
原句：... how Nimrod, the swiftest of the horses, poked his nose into my hands for a pat and a lump of sugar.
例句：He poked a hand into one of his pockets. 他把一只手插進口袋。
3.「rock」:常見意思名詞“巖石”。這里是動詞to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side“來回擺動”之意。
原文：I felt the great billows rock and sink.
例句：The waves rocked the boat from side to side. 波浪使小船左搖右晃。
4.「bound」:常見意思是bind 的過去分詞“使…關系密切”。這里是形容詞If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are traveling towards it.“要去…的，駛往…的”之意。
原文：Mr. Endicott told me about the great ships that came sailing by from Boston, bound for Europe.
例句：The ship was bound for Italy. 這艘船駛向意大利。
