procession ??n.(人或車輛的) 隊列，行列; 列隊行進; 游行; (一個接著一個而來的) 一隊人，一列人

decorous ??adj.禮貌得體的; 端莊穩重的

mauve ??adj.淡紫色的; ? n.淡紫色;

gong ??n.鑼; 獎章; 勛章

tambourine ??n.鈴鼓(蒙有塑料或皮面，鼓幫裝有金屬圓片，搖動或用手擊打發聲);

water meadow ??浸水草甸

mane ??n.(馬) 鬃; (獅) 鬣毛; 長發; 濃密的頭發;

braid ??n.(裝飾家具和軍裝的) 彩色穗帶; ?v.編織，把（頭發）編成辮子; 調，攪

Their manes were braided with streamers of silver, gold and green.

flare nostrills ?鼻孔張大

prance ??v.闊步行走; 神氣地快速走動; 騰躍; 騰跳

They flared their nostrils and pranced and boasted to one another.

The horse is the only animal who has adopted our ceremonies as his own.

encircle ??v.環繞; 圍繞; 包圍;

crown

The air of morning was so clear that the snow still crowning the Eighteen Peaks burned with white-gold fire across the miles of sunlit air, under the dark blue of the sky. 清晨的空氣如此清爽，以至于十八座山峰上還戴著雪帽。山峰在深藍色的天空下，就像泛著白金色火光，綿延數里。

racecourse ??n.賽馬跑道; 賽馬場

archaic ??adj.古體的; 已不通用的; 早已過時的; 陳舊的; 古代的; 早期的;

All smiles have become archaic.

Given a description such as this one tends to make certain assumptions. Given a description such as this one tends to look next for the king, mounted on a splendid stallion and surrounded by his noble knights, or perhaps in a golden litter borne by great-muscled slaves.

dulcet ??adj.甜美的; 悅耳動聽的; 美妙的

Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive.

puritanical ??adj.清教徒式的; 道德極嚴格的

languor ??n.懶洋洋；慵懶

arcana ??n.秘密事件；神秘事物

clergy ??n.（統稱）圣職人員

provisioner ??n.糧食供應者 ?

?pastry ? n.油酥面團；油酥面皮；油酥糕點

The faces of small children are amiably sticky; in the benign grey beard of a man a couple of crumps of rich pastry are entangled.

rapt ?adj.全神貫注的；專心致志的

his dark eyes wholly rapt in the sweet thin magic of the tune

pavillion ? n.亭子；【建】大帳篷；(臨時)建筑物；【建】場館

cobweb ??n.蜘蛛網 ?v.使布滿蛛網

broom closet ??雜物室

feeble-minded ??adj.弱智的; 低能的; 愚笨的; 意志薄弱的; 優柔寡斷的; 無決斷的

defective ? adj.有缺點的; 有缺陷的; 有毛病的; ?n.身心有缺陷的人; 變化不全的詞;

imbecile ??n.笨蛋; 蠢貨; 低能者; 弱智者;

pick one's nose 挖鼻子

fumble ??v.笨手笨腳地做(某事); 胡亂摸找(某物); 笨嘴拙舌地說話; 支支吾吾地說; 失球; 接球失誤; 漏接;

? ? ? ? ? ? ?n.笨拙的手部動作; 亂摸; (美式足球) 失球，接球失誤，漏接;

peer ? n.身份(或地位)相同的人; 同齡人; 同輩; (英國) 貴族成員;

? ? ? ? ? v.仔細看; 端詳;

water jug ? ?水壺

whine ??v.哭哭啼啼；哀鳴；哭嚷；慘叫 ?n.嘎吱聲；吱吱聲；嘎嘎聲；（兒童發出的）哭喊聲

Its buttocks and thighs are a mass of festered sores, as it sits in its own excrement continually.

brood over?郁悶地沉思；悶悶不樂；仔細考慮籠罩在……上

vague ??adj.含糊的；不明確的；不清楚的；含糊其辭的

uncouth ??adj.粗魯的；無禮的；無教養的

vapid ??adj.乏味的；枯燥的；愚蠢的

compassion ? ?n.同情；憐憫

poignancy ? ?n.辛辣；尖銳；強烈；深刻

It is the existence of the child, and their knowledge of its existence, that makes possible the nobility of their architecture, the poignancy of their music, the profundity of their science.

snivel ??n.哭訴；啜泣；吸鼻涕(聲)；假哭 ? ?v.（令人討厭地）哭訴