英文故事缩写
1. This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg. Ahab is so crazed by his desire to kill the whale, that he is prepared to sacrifice everything, including his life, the lives of his crew members, and even his ship to find and destroy his nemesis, Moby Dick.
2.Call Me Ishmael
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale chronicles the strange journey of an ordinary seaman named Ishmael who signs on for a whaling voyage in 1840s Massachusetts. A thoughtful but gloomy young man, Ishmael begins his odyssey in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a prosperous whaling town and crossing point to the island of Nantucket. Arriving on a dark Saturday night in December, he finds cheap lodging in a waterfront dive called The Spouter Inn. There he is forced to share a bed with a South Sea islander and “cannibal” named Queequeg, a fierce-looking harpooner covered with tattoos and carrying a tomahawk and a shrunken head. After some initial uncertainty, the two become close friends and decide to seek a berth together on a whaling ship. Before leaving for Nantucket, however, Ishmael decides to visit the local whaleman’s chapel, where he sees memorial plaques to lost sailors and hears a disturbing sermon about the prophet Jonah and the terrors of the whale.
On Nantucket, the two sailors set out to find the best ship for their voyage. After consulting Queequeg’s “black little god,” a tiny totem named Yojo, they settle on the Pequod, a whaling vessel run by the notorious Captain Ahab. They sign the ship’s papers, but on their way back to the inn to get their belongings, they meet Elijah, a shabbily dressed old man who haunts the docks. Elijah hints at the dangers to come and warns the two not to get involved with the vengeful captain.
繁华的 用英语怎么说
prosperous
英 ['prɒsp(ə)rəs] 美 ['prɑspərəs]
adj. 繁荣的；兴旺的
luxuriant
英 [lʌg'ʒʊərɪənt; lʌg'zjʊə-; lʌk'sjʊə-] 美 [lʌɡ'ʒʊrɪənt]
adj. 繁茂的；丰富的；奢华的；肥沃的
“郁”这个字怎么读？是什么意思？
〈形〉
1.
(形声。从邑,有声。“郁”本是地名,又作姓。“郁”为形声,从林,郁(
yù)省声。本义:繁盛的样子)
2.
同本义
[luxuriant;rush]
郁,木丛生也。——《
说文
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郁彼北林。——《
诗·秦风·晨风
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郁郁园中柳。——《
古诗
》。注:“茂盛也。”
桑榆郁相望,邑里多鸡鸣。——唐·
王维
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赠房卢氏琯
》
