《哈利波特1》｜單詞注釋?zhuān)麮hapter 16 ｜
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
1
THROUGH THE?
TRAPDOOR
trapdoor /'tr?pd?r/ n.?活板門(mén)
2
In years to come, Harry would never quite remember how he had managed to get through his exams when he half expected Voldemort to come bursting through the door at any moment.
3
Yet the days crept by, and there could be no doubt that Fluffy was still alive and well behind the locked door.
4
It was?
sweltering
?hot, especially in the large classroom where they did their written papers.?
sweltering /?swelt?r??/ adj.?悶熱的
5
They had been given special, new quills for the exams, which had been bewitched with an Anti-
Cheating
?spell.
cheat /t?i?t/ vi.?作弊
6
They had?
practical
?exams as well.
practical /?pr?kt?kl/ adj.?實(shí)踐的
7
Professor Flitwick called them one by one into his class to see if they could make a?
pineapple
?
tap-dance
?
across
?a desk.
pineapple /'pa?n'?pl/ n.?菠蘿
tap-dance /'t?pdɑ:ns/ v.?跳踢踏舞
across /?'kr?s/ prep.?穿過(guò)
8
Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a?
snuffbox
?— points were given for how pretty the snuffbox was, but taken away if it had?
whiskers
.
snuffbox /'sn?fbɑks/ n.?鼻煙盒
whiskers /'hwisk?z/ n.?腮須
9
Snape made them all nervous, breathing down their necks while they tried to remember how to make a?
Forgetfulness
?potion.
forgetfulness /f?'getf?lnis/?健忘
10
Harry did the best he could, trying to ignore the?
stabbing
?pains in his forehead, which had been bothering him ever since his trip into the forest.
stabbing /'st?b??/ adj. (尤指疼痛)有如刀割的
11
Neville thought Harry had a bad case of?
exam nerves
?because Harry couldn’t sleep,
exam nerves?考前緊張癥
12
but the truth was that Harry kept being woken by his old nightmare, except that it was now worse than ever because there was a?
hooded
?figure?
dripping
?blood in it.
hooded /'h?d?d/ adj.?有罩蓋的
drip /dr?p/ vt. & vi. (使)滴下
13
Maybe it was because they hadn’t seen what Harry had seen in the forest, or because they didn’t have scars burning on their foreheads,?
14
but Ron and Hermione didn’t seem as worried about the Stone as Harry.
15
The idea of Voldemort certainly scared them, but he didn’t keep visiting them in dreams,
16
and they were so busy with their revision they didn’t have much time to?
fret
?about what Snape or anyone else might be up to.
fret /fret/ v.?煩惱
17
Their very last exam was History of Magic.
18
One hour of answering questions about?
batty
?old wizards who’d invented self-
stirring
?cauldrons and they’d be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out.
batty /'b?ti/ adj.?古怪的
stir /st??r/ vt. & vi.?攪拌
19
When the ghost of Professor Binns told them to put down their quills and roll up their parchment, Harry couldn’t help cheering with the rest.
20
“That was far easier than I thought it would be,” said Hermione as they joined the crowds?
flocking
?out onto the sunny grounds.
flock /flɑ?k/ v.?群集
21
“I needn’t have learned about the 1637?
Werewolf
?
Code
?of?
Conduct
?or the?
uprising
?of Elfric the Eager.”
werewolf /'w?rw?lf/ n.?狼人
code /ko?d/ n.?行為規(guī)范
conduct /k?n?d?kt/ n.?行為舉止
uprising /??pra?z??/ n.?起義
22
Hermione always liked to go through their exam papers afterward, but Ron said this made him feel ill, so they wandered down to the lake and flopped under a tree.
23
The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan were?
tickling
?the?
tentacles
?of a giant?
squid
, which was?
basking
?in the warm shallows.
tickle /?t?kl/ vt.?使發(fā)癢
tentacle /'t?nt?kl/ n.?觸須
squid /skw?d/ n.?（食用的）魷魚(yú)
bask /b?sk/ vi.?曬太陽(yáng)
24
“No more revision,” Ron sighed happily, stretching out on the grass. “You could look more cheerful, Harry, we’ve got a week before we find out how badly we’ve done, there’s no need to worry yet.”
25
Harry was?
rubbing
?his forehead.
rub /r?b/ v.?按摩（尤指疼痛部位）
26
“I wish I knew what this means!” he burst out angrily. “My scar keeps hurting — it’s happened before, but never as often as this.”
27
“Go to Madam Pomfrey,” Hermione suggested.
28
“I’m not ill,” said Harry. “I think it’s a warning . . . it means danger’s coming. . . .”
29
Ron couldn’t?
get worked up
, it was too hot.
get worked up?激動(dòng)
30
“Harry, relax, Hermione’s right, the Stone’s safe as long as Dumbledore’s around.
31
Anyway, we’ve never had any proof Snape found out how to get past Fluffy. He nearly had his leg?
ripped off
?once, he’s not going to try it again?
in a hurry
.
rip off?扯掉
in a hurry?立即
32
And Neville will play Quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down.”
33
Harry nodded, but he couldn’t shake off a?
lurking
?feeling that there was something he’d forgotten to do, something important.
lurk /l??rk/ vi.?潛藏
34
When he tried to explain this, Hermione said, “That’s just the exams. I woke up last night and was halfway?
through
my?
Transfiguration
?notes before I remembered we’d done that one.”
through /θru/ prep.?從頭到尾
transfiguration /?tr?nzf?ɡj?'re??n/ n.?變形
35
Harry was quite sure the?
unsettled
?feeling didn’t have anything to do with work, though. He watched an owl flutter toward the school across the?
bright blue
?sky, a note?
clamped
?in its mouth.
unsettled /?n's?tld/ adj.?未解決的
bright blue?中湖藍(lán)
clamp /kl?mp/ v.?緊緊夾住
36
Hagrid was the only one who ever sent him letters. Hagrid would never?
betray
?Dumbledore.
betray /b??tre?/ vt.?背叛
37
Hagrid would never tell anyone how to get past Fluffy . . . never . . . but — Harry suddenly jumped to his feet.
38
“Where’re you going?” said Ron sleepily.
39
“I’ve just thought of something,” said Harry. He had gone white. “We’ve got to go and see Hagrid, now.”
40
“Why?” panted Hermione, hurrying to keep up.
41
“Don’t you think it’s a bit odd,” said Harry,?
scrambling
?up the?
grassy
?
slope
,
scramble /?skr?mbl/ v.?匆忙地移動(dòng)
grassy /?ɡr?si/ adj.?長(zhǎng)滿(mǎn)草的
slope /slo?p/ n.?傾斜
42
“that what Hagrid wants more than anything else is a dragon, and a stranger turns up who just happens to have an egg in his pocket?
43
How many people wander around with dragon eggs if it’s against wizard law? Lucky they found Hagrid, don’t you think? Why didn’t I see it before?”
44
“
What are you on about
?” said Ron, but Harry,?
sprinting
?across the grounds toward the forest, didn’t answer.
what are you on about?你在說(shuō)什么?
sprint /spr?nt/ vi.?全速跑
45
Hagrid was sitting in an armchair outside his house; his?
trousers
?and sleeves were rolled up, and he was?
shelling
peas into a large?
bowl
.
trousers /'tra?z?z/ n.?褲子
shell /?el/ vt.?剝皮
bowl /bo?l/ n.?碗
46
“Hullo,” he said, smiling. “Finished yer exams? Got time fer a drink?”
47
“Yes, please,” said Ron, but Harry?
cut across
?him.
cut across?打斷
48
“No, we’re in a hurry. Hagrid, I’ve got to ask you something. You know that night you won Norbert? What did the stranger you were playing cards with look like?”
49
“Dunno,” said Hagrid casually, “he wouldn’?
take his cloak off
.”
take sth off?脫掉
50
He saw the three of them look?
stunned
?and raised his eyebrows.
stun /st?n/ v.?使震驚
51
“It’s not that unusual, yeh get a lot o’ funny?
folk
?in the Hog’s Head — that’s one o’ the?
pubs
?down in the village. Mighta bin a dragon?
dealer
, mightn’ he? I never saw his face, he kept his?
hood
?up.”
folk /fo?k/ n.?人們
pub /p?b/ n.?酒館
dealer /?di?l?r/ n.?商人
hood /h?d/ n.?兜帽
52
Harry sank down next to the bowl of peas.
53
“What did you talk to him about, Hagrid? Did you mention Hogwarts at all?”
54
“Mighta come up,” said Hagrid, frowning as he tried to remember.
come up vi.?提及
55
“Yeah . . . he asked what I did, an’ I told him I was gamekeeper here. . . . He asked a bit about the sorta creatures I?
look after
?. . . so I told him . . .
look after?照看(某人或某物)
56
an’ I said what I’d always really wanted was a dragon . . . an’ then . . . I can’ remember too well, ’cause he kept buyin’ me drinks. . . .
57
Let’s see . . . yeah, then he said he had the dragon egg an’ we could play cards fer it if I wanted . . . but he had ter be sure I could?
handle
?it, he didn’ want it ter go ter any old home. . . .
handle /?h?ndl/ v.?應(yīng)付
58
So I told him,?
after
?Fluffy, a dragon would be easy. . . .”
after /'?ft?/ prep.?對(duì)比
59
“And did he — did he seem interested in Fluffy?” Harry asked, trying to keep his voice?
calm
.
calm /kɑ?m/ adj.?平靜的
60
“Well — yeah — how many three-headed dogs d’yeh meet, even around Hogwarts?
61
So I told him, Fluffy’s a piece o’ cake if yeh know how to calm him down, jus’ play him a bit o’ music an’ he’ll go straight off ter sleep —”
62
Hagrid suddenly looked?
horrified
.
horrified / ?h?r??fa?d/ adj.?驚駭?shù)?/p>
63
“I shouldn’ta told yeh that!” he?
blurted out
. “Forget I said it! Hey — where’re yeh goin’?”
blurt out?脫口而出
64
Harry, Ron, and Hermione didn’t speak to each other at all until they came to a halt in the entrance hall, which seemed very cold and?
gloomy
?after the grounds.
gloomy /?ɡlu?mi/ adj.?陰郁的
65
“We’ve got to go to Dumbledore,” said Harry.
66
“Hagrid told that stranger how to get past Fluffy, and it was either Snape or Voldemort under that cloak — it must’ve been easy, once he’d got Hagrid drunk.
67
I just hope Dumbledore believes us. Firenze might back us up if Bane doesn’t stop him. Where’s Dumbledore’s office?”
68
They looked around, as if hoping to see a sign pointing them in the right direction. They had never been told where Dumbledore lived, nor did they know anyone who had been sent to see him.
69
“We’ll just have to —” Harry began, but a voice suddenly rang across the hall.
70
“What are you three doing inside?”
71
It was Professor McGonagall, carrying a large pile of books.
72
“We want to see Professor Dumbledore,” said Hermione, rather bravely, Harry and Ron thought.
73
“See Professor Dumbledore?” Professor McGonagall repeated, as though this was a very?
fishy
?thing to want to do. “Why?”
fishy /'f??i/ adj.?可疑的
74
Harry swallowed —?
now what
?
now what?現(xiàn)在該怎么辦呢
75
“It’s sort of secret,” he said, but he wished at once he hadn’t, because Professor McGonagall’s?
nostrils
?
flared
.
nostrils /'n?stril/ <拉>鼻孔
flare /fler/ v.?張開(kāi)
76
“Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago,” she said coldly. “He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew off for London at once.”
77
“He’s gone?” said Harry?
frantically
. “Now?”
frantically /?fr?nt?kl?/ adv.?瘋狂地
78
“Professor Dumbledore is a very great wizard, Potter, he has many?
demands
?on his time —”
demand /d??m?nd/ n. (尤指困難、使人勞累等的)要求
79
“But this is important.”
80
“Something you have to say is more important than the Ministry of Magic, Potter?”
81
“Look,” said Harry, throwing?
caution
?to the winds, “Professor – it’s about the Philosopher’s Stone –”
caution /?k???n/ n.?小心
82
Whatever Professor McGonagall had expected, it wasn’t that. The books she was carrying?
tumbled
?out of her arms, but she didn’t pick them up.
tumble /?t?mbl/ vi.?翻滾
83
“How do you know — ?” she?
spluttered
.
splutter /'spl?t?/ vi.?語(yǔ)無(wú)倫次地說(shuō)
84
“Professor, I think — I know — that Sn — that someone’s going to try and steal the Stone. I’ve got to talk to Professor Dumbledore.”
85
She eyed him with a mixture of shock and?
suspicion
.
suspicion /s??sp??n/ n.?懷疑
86
“Professor Dumbledore will be back tomorrow,” she said finally. “I don’t know how you found out about the Stone, but?
rest assured
, no one can possibly steal it, it’s too well protected.”
rest assured?放心
87
“But Professor —”
88
“Potter, I know what I’m talking about,” she said shortly. She bent down and gathered up the fallen books. “I suggest you all go back outside and enjoy the sunshine.”
89
But they didn’t.
90
“It’s tonight,” said Harry, once he was sure Professor McGonagall was out of?
earshot
.
earshot /'?r?ɑt/ n.?聽(tīng)力所及之范圍
91
“Snape’s going through the?
trapdoor
?tonight.
trapdoor /'tr?pd?r/ n.?活板門(mén)
92
He’s found out everything he needs, and now he’s got Dumbledore out of the way. He sent that note, I bet the Ministry of Magic will get a real shock when Dumbledore turns up.”
93
“But what can we —”
94
Hermione gasped. Harry and Ron?
wheeled
?round.
wheel /wil/ v. (使)迅速轉(zhuǎn)身
95
Snape was standing there.
96
“Good afternoon,” he said?
smoothly
.
smoothly /'sm?eli/ adv.?圓滑地
97
They stared at him.
98
“You shouldn’t be inside on a day like this,” he said, with an odd,?
twisted
?smile.
twisted /'tw?st?d/ adj.?扭曲的
99
“We were —” Harry began, without any idea what he was going to say.
100
“You want to be more careful,” said Snape. “Hanging around like this, people will think you’re up to something. And Gryffindor really can’t afford to lose any more points, can it?”
101
Harry flushed. They turned to go outside, but Snape called them back.
102
“Be warned, Potter — any more nighttime wanderings and I will?
personally
?make sure you are expelled. Good day to you.”
personally /?p??rs?n?li/ adv.?親自地
103
He strode off in the direction of the?
staffroom
.
staffroom?教師休息室
104
Out on the stone steps, Harry turned to the others.
105
“Right, here’s what we’ve got to do,” he whispered urgently. “One of us has got to keep an eye on Snape — wait outside the staffroom and follow him if he leaves it. Hermione, you’d better do that.”
106
“Why me?”
107
“It’s obvious,” said Ron. “You can?
pretend
?to be waiting for Professor Flitwick, you know.” He put on a high voice, “‘Oh Professor Flitwick, I’m so worried, I think I got question fourteen b wrong. . . .’”
pretend /pr??tend/ vt. & vi.?假裝
108
“Oh, shut up,” said Hermione, but she agreed to go and watch out for Snape.
109
“And we’d better stay outside the third-floor?
corridor
,” Harry told Ron. “Come on.”
corridor /?k??r?d??r/ n.?走廊(指在房屋內(nèi)部的走廊)
110
But that part of the plan didn’t work.?
No sooner
?had they reached the door?
separating
?Fluffy from the rest of the school?
than
?Professor McGonagall turned up again and this time, she?
lost her temper
.
no sooner...than?一...就
separate /?sepr?t/ vt.?使分離
lose one's temper?發(fā)脾氣
111
“I suppose you think you’re harder to get past than a pack of?
enchantments
!” she stormed.
enchantment / ?n?t??ntm?nt/ n.?魔法
112
“Enough of this nonsense! If I hear you’ve come anywhere near here again, I’ll take another fifty points from Gryffindor! Yes, Weasley, from my own House!”
113
Harry and Ron went back to the common room. Harry had just said, “At least Hermione’s?
on Snape’s tail
,” when the?
portrait
?of the Fat Lady swung open and Hermione came in.
on one's tail?尾隨
portrait /?p??rtr?t/ n.?畫(huà)像
114
“I’m sorry, Harry!” she?
wailed
.
wail /wel/ vi.?悲嘆
115
“Snape came out and asked me what I was doing, so I said I was waiting for Flitwick, and Snape went to get him, and I’ve only just got away, I don’t know where Snape went.”
116
“Well,?
that’s it
?
then
, isn’t it?” Harry said.
that’s it?就這樣了
then /e?n/ adv.?既然如此
117
The other two stared at him. He was pale and his eyes were glittering.
118
“I’m going out of here tonight and I’m going to try and get to the Stone?
first
.”
first /f?st/ adv.?優(yōu)先
119
“You’re mad!” said Ron.
120
“You can’t!” said Hermione. “After what McGonagall and Snape have said? You’ll be expelled!”
121
“SO WHAT?” Harry shouted.
122
“Don’t you understand? If Snape gets hold of the Stone, Voldemort’s coming back!
123
Haven’t you heard what it was like when he was trying to take over? There won’t be any Hogwarts to get expelled from! He’ll?
flatten
?it, or turn it into a school for the Dark Arts!
flatten /?fl?tn/ vt.?摧毀
124
Losing points doesn’t matter anymore, can’t you see? D’you think he’ll?
leave you and your families alone
?if Gryffindor wins the House Cup?
leave sb alone?不干涉某人
125
If I get caught before I can get to the Stone, well, I’ll have to go back to the Dursleys and wait for Voldemort to find me there,
126
it’s only dying a bit later than I would have, because I’m never going over to the Dark Side!
127
I’m going through that trapdoor tonight and nothing you two say is going to stop me! Voldemort killed my parents, remember?”
128
He?
glared
?at them.
glare /ɡler/ vt. & vi.?怒目而視
129
“You’re right, Harry,” said Hermione in a small voice.
130
“I’ll use the Invisibility Cloak,” said Harry. “It’s just lucky I got it back.”
131
“But will it cover all three of us?” said Ron.
132
“All — all three of us?”
133
“Oh,?
come off it
, you don’t think we’d let you go alone?”
come off it?住口
134
“Of course not,” said Hermione?
briskly
. “How do you think you’d get to the Stone without us? I’d better go and look through my books, there might be something useful. . . .”
briskly /?br?skl?/ adv.?迅速地
135
“But if we get caught, you two will be expelled, too.”
136
“
Not if I can help it
,” said Hermione?
grimly
. “Flitwick told me in secret that I got a hundred and twelve percent on his exam. They’re not throwing me out?
after
?that.”
not if I can help it?我是希望不要發(fā)生，但它要發(fā)生我也沒(méi)有辦法
grimly /?ɡr?ml?/ adv.?堅(jiān)決地
after /'?ft?/ adv.?鑒于
137
After dinner the three of them sat nervously?
apart
?in the common room.
apart /??pɑ?rt/ adv.?分離著
138
Nobody bothered them; none of the Gryffindors had anything to say to Harry any more, after all. This was the first night he hadn’t been?
upset
?by it.
upset /?p?set/ vt.?使心煩
139
Hermione was?
skimming
?through all her notes, hoping to come across one of the?
enchantments
?they were about to try to?
break
.
skim /sk?m/ vi.?瀏覽
enchantment / ?n?t??ntm?nt/ n.?魔法
break v.?打斷
140
Harry and Ron didn’t talk much. Both of them were thinking about what they were about to do.
141
Slowly, the room emptied as people?
drifted off
?to bed.
drift off?漸漸離去
142
“Better get the Cloak,” Ron muttered, as Lee Jordan finally left, stretching and yawning.
143
Harry ran upstairs to their dark dormitory. He pulled out the Cloak and then his eyes fell on the?
flute
?Hagrid had given him for Christmas. He?
pocketed
?it to use on Fluffy — he didn’t feel much like singing.
flute /flut/ n.?長(zhǎng)笛
pocket /?pɑ?k?t/ vt.?將…放入衣袋
144
He ran back down to the common room.
145
“We’d better put the Cloak on here, and make sure it covers all three of us — if Filch spots one of our feet wandering along on its own —”
146
“What are you doing?” said a voice from the corner of the room. Neville appeared from behind an armchair, clutching Trevor the toad, who looked as though he’d been making another?
bid
?for freedom.
bid /b?d/ n.?努力爭(zhēng)取
147
“Nothing, Neville, nothing,” said Harry, hurriedly putting the Cloak behind his back.
148
Neville stared at their guilty faces.
149
“You’re going out again,” he said.
150
“No, no, no,” said Hermione. “No, we’re not. Why don’t you go to bed, Neville?”
151
Harry looked at the?
grandfather clock
?by the door. They couldn’t afford to waste any more time, Snape might even now be playing Fluffy to sleep.
grandfather clock n.?有擺的落地大座鐘
152
“You can’t go out,” said Neville, “you’ll be caught again. Gryffindor will be in even more trouble.”
153
“You don’t understand,” said Harry, “this is important.”
154
But Neville was clearly?
steeling
?himself to do something desperate.
steel /sti?l/ vt.?使堅(jiān)定
155
“I won’t let you do it,” he said, hurrying to stand in front of the portrait hole. “I’ll — I’ll fight you!”
156
“Neville,” Ron?
exploded
, “get away from that hole and don’t be an idiot —”
explode /?k?splo?d/ v.?勃然(大怒)
157
“Don’t you call me an idiot!” said Neville. “I don’t think you should be breaking any more rules! And you were the one who told me to?
stand up to
?people!”
stand up to?勇敢地面對(duì)
exasperation /?ɡ?z?sp??re??n/ n.?惱怒
158
“Yes, but not to us,” said Ron in?
exasperation
. “Neville, you don’t know what you’re doing.”
exasperation /?ɡ?z?sp??re??n/ n.?惱怒
159
He took a step forward and Neville dropped Trevor the toad, who leapt out of sight.
160
“Go on then, try and hit me!” said Neville, raising his fists. “I’m ready!”
161
Harry turned to Hermione.
162
“Do something,” he said desperately.
163
Hermione stepped forward.
164
“Neville,” she said, “I’m really, really sorry about this.”
165
She raised her wand.
166
“Petrificus Totalus!” she cried, pointing it at Neville.
167
Neville’s arms?
snapped
?to his?
sides
. His legs sprang together. His whole body?
rigid
, he?
swayed
?where he stood and then fell flat on his face, stiff as a board.
snap /sn?p/ vi.?咯嗒一聲關(guān)上
side /sa?d/ n.?（某人左方或右方的）一邊
rigid /?r?d??d/ adj.?僵硬的
sway /swe?/ vi.?搖擺
168
Hermione ran to turn him over. Neville’s jaws were?
jammed
?together so he couldn’t speak. Only his eyes were moving, looking at them in horror.
jam /d??m/ v.?卡住
169
“What’ve you done to him?” Harry whispered.
170
“It’s the full Body-
Bind
,” said Hermione miserably. “Oh, Neville, I’m so sorry.”
bind /ba?nd/ vt.?捆綁
171
“We had to, Neville, no time to explain,” said Harry.
172
“You’ll understand later, Neville,” said Ron as they stepped over him and pulled on the Invisibility Cloak.
173
But leaving Neville lying?
motionless
?on the floor didn’t feel like a very good?
omen
.
motionless /'mo?nl?s/ adj.?不動(dòng)的
omen /'om?n/ n.?兆頭
174
In their nervous state, every statue’s shadow looked like Filch, every distant breath of wind sounded like Peeves?
swooping
?down on them.
swoop /swu?p/ vi.?俯沖
175
At the foot of the first set of stairs, they spotted Mrs. Norris?
skulking
?near the top.
skulk /sk?lk/ vi.?潛伏
176
“Oh, let’s kick her, just this once,” Ron whispered in Harry’s ear, but Harry shook his head. As they climbed carefully around her, Mrs. Norris turned her lamplike eyes on them, but didn’t do anything.
177
They didn’t meet anyone else until they reached the staircase up to the third floor. Peeves was bobbing halfway up,?
loosening
?the carpet so that people would?
trip
.
loosen /?lu?sn/ v.?（使）松開(kāi)
trip /tr?p/ vi.?絆倒（指沒(méi)有看到障礙物而絆倒）
178
“Who’s there?” he said suddenly as they climbed toward him. He narrowed his?
wicked
?black eyes. “Know you’re there, even if I can’t see you. Are you?
ghoulie
?or ghostie or?
wee
?student?
beastie
?”
wicked /?w?k?d/ adj.?頑皮的
ghoul /ɡul/ n.?盜尸者
wee /wi/ adj.?極小的
beastie /?bisti/ n.?小動(dòng)物
179
He rose up in the air and?
floated
?there,?
squinting
?at them.
float /flo?t/ vi.?浮動(dòng)
squint /skw?nt/ v.?瞇著眼
180
“Should call Filch, I should, if something’s a-creeping around?
unseen
.”
unseen /??n'sin/ adj.?未被看見(jiàn)的
181
Harry had a sudden idea.
182
“Peeves,” he said, in a?
hoarse
?whisper, “the Bloody Baron has his own reasons for being invisible.”
hoarse /h??rs/ adj. (指聲音)粗啞的
183
Peeves almost fell out of the air in shock. He caught himself in time and?
hovered
?about a foot off the stairs.
hover /?h?v?r/ vi. (鳥(niǎo)等)盤(pán)旋
184
“So sorry, your bloodiness, Mr. Baron, sir,” he said?
greasily
. “My mistake, my mistake — I didn’t see you — of course I didn’t, you’re invisible — forgive old Peevsie his little joke, sir.”
greasily /'gri:zili/ adv.?奉承地
185
“I have business here, Peeves,”?
croaked
?Harry. “Stay away from this place tonight.”
croak /kro?k/ vt.?用嘶啞的聲音說(shuō)
186
“I will, sir, I most certainly will,” said Peeves, rising up in the air again. “Hope your business goes well, Baron, I’ll not bother you.”
187
And he?
scooted
?off.
scoot /skut/ vi.?溜走
188
“Brilliant, Harry!” whispered Ron.
189
A few seconds later, they were there, outside the third-floor corridor — and the door was already ajar.
190
“Well, there you are,” Harry said quietly, “Snape’s already got past Fluffy.”
191
Seeing the open door somehow seemed to?
impress
?upon all three of them what was?
facing
?them.
impress /?m?pres/ v.?使意識(shí)到（重要性或嚴(yán)重性等）
face /fes/ vt. & vi.?面對(duì)
192
Underneath the Cloak, Harry turned to the other two.
193
“If you want to go back, I won’t blame you,” he said. “You can take the Cloak, I won’t need it now.”
194
“Don’t be stupid,” said Ron.
195
“We’re coming,” said Hermione.
196
Harry pushed the door open.
197
As the door creaked, low,?
rumbling
?
growls
?met their ears. All three of the dog’s noses sniffed madly in their direction, even though it couldn’t see them.
rumbling /'r?mbl??/ n.?隆隆聲
growl /ɡra?l/ n.?咆哮
198
“What’s that at its feet?” Hermione whispered.
199
“Looks like a?
harp
,” said Ron. “Snape must have left it there.”
harp /hɑ?rp/ n.?豎琴
200
“It must wake up the moment you stop playing,” said Harry. “Well, here goes . . .”
201
He put Hagrid’s?
flute
?to his lips and blew. It wasn’t really a tune, but from the first note the beast’s eyes began to?
droop
. Harry hardly?
drew breath
.
flute /flut/ n.?長(zhǎng)笛
droop /dru?p/ vi.?下垂
draw breath?歇口氣
202
Slowly, the dog’s growls?
ceased
?— it?
tottered
?on its paws and fell to its knees, then it?
slumped
?to the ground, fast asleep.
cease /si?s/ vt. & vi.?終止
totter /?tɑ?t?r/ vi.?踉蹌
slump /sl?mp/ vi.?沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
203
“Keep playing,” Ron warned Harry as they slipped out of the Cloak and crept toward the trapdoor. They could feel the dog’s hot,?
smelly
?breath as they approached the giant heads.
smelly /'sm?li/ adj.?發(fā)出難聞氣味的
204
“I think we’ll be able to pull the door open,” said Ron, peering over the dog’s back. “Want to go first, Hermione?”
205
“No, I don’t!”
206
“All right.” Ron?
gritted
?his teeth and stepped carefully over the dog’s legs. He bent and pulled the?
ring
?of the trapdoor, which?
swung
?up and open.
grit /ɡr?t/ n.?咬緊牙關(guān)
ring /r??/ n.?環(huán)狀物
swing /sw??/ vi.?轉(zhuǎn)向
207
“What can you see?” Hermione said anxiously.
208
“Nothing — just black — there’s no way of climbing down, we’ll just have to drop.”
209
Harry, who was still playing the flute, waved at Ron to get his attention and pointed at himself.
210
“You want to go first? Are you sure?” said Ron. “I don’t know how deep this thing goes. Give the flute to Hermione so she can keep him asleep.”
211
Harry handed the flute over. In the few seconds’ silence, the dog growled and twitched, but the moment Hermione began to play, it fell back into its deep sleep.
212
Harry climbed over it and looked down through the trapdoor. There was no sign of the bottom.
213
He lowered himself through the hole until he was?
hanging on
?by his?
fingertips
.
hang on?握住不放
fingertip /?f??ɡ??t?p/ n.?指尖
214
Then he looked up at Ron and said, “If anything happens to me, don’t follow. Go straight to the?
owlery
?and send Hedwig to Dumbledore, right?”
owlery /'aul?ri/ n.?鸮棲息地
215
“Right,” said Ron.
216
“See you in a minute, I hope. . . .”
217
And Harry let go. Cold,?
damp
?air?
rushed
?past him as he fell down, down, down and —?
FLUMP
.
damp /d?mp/ adj.?潮濕的
rush /r??/ v.?急促
flump /fl?mp/ vi.?砰的落下
218
With a funny,?
muffled
?sort of thump he landed on something soft. He sat up and felt around, his eyes not?
used to
?the?
gloom
. It felt as though he was sitting on some sort of?
plant
.
muffled / ?m?fl..d/ adj.?聽(tīng)不清的
used to?慣于
gloom /ɡlu?m/ n.?昏暗
plant /pl?nt/ n.?植物
219
“It’s okay!” he called up to the light the size of a?
postage stamp
, which was the open trapdoor, “it’s a soft?
landing
, you can jump!”
postage stamp n.?郵票
landing /?l?nd??/ n.?登陸處
220
Ron followed right away. He landed,?
sprawled
?next to Harry.
sprawl /spr??l/ vi.?伸開(kāi)四肢坐〔躺〕
221
“What’s this stuff?” were his first words.
222
“Dunno, some sort of plant thing. I suppose it’s here to?
break
?the?
fall
. Come on, Hermione!”
break /bre?k/ vt.?削弱
fall /f??l/ n.?跌落
223
The distant music stopped. There was a loud bark from the dog, but Hermione had already jumped. She landed on Harry’s other side.
224
“We must be miles under the school,” she said.
225
“Lucky this plant thing’s here, really,” said Ron.
226
“Lucky!” shrieked Hermione. “Look at you both!”
227
She leapt up and struggled toward a damp wall. She had to struggle because the moment she had landed, the plant had started to twist snakelike?
tendrils
?around her ankles.
tendril /'t?ndr?l/ n. [植]卷須狀物
228
As for Harry and Ron, their legs had already been?
bound
?tightly in long?
creepers
?without their noticing.
bound /ba?nd/ v.?限制
creeper /'krip?/ n. [植]?匍匐植物
229
Hermione had managed to free herself before the plant got a?
firm
?grip on her.
firm /f??rm/ adj.?牢固的
230
Now she watched in horror as the two boys fought to pull the plant off them, but the more they strained against it, the tighter and faster the plant wound around them.
231
“Stop moving!” Hermione ordered them. “I know what this is — it’s Devil’s?
Snare
!”
snare /sner/ n.?圈套
232
“Oh, I’m so glad we know what it’s called, that’s a great help,” snarled Ron, leaning back, trying to stop the plant from curling around his neck.
233
“Shut up, I’m trying to remember how to kill it!” said Hermione.
234
“Well, hurry up, I can’t breathe!” Harry gasped,?
wrestling
?with it as it curled around his chest.
wrestle /?resl/ v.?努力解決
235
“Devil’s Snare, Devil’s Snare . . . what did Professor Sprout say? — it likes the dark and the damp —”
236
“So light a fire!” Harry choked.
237
“Yes — of course — but there’s no wood!” Hermione cried,?
wringing
?her hands.
wring /r??/ vt.?緊握
238
“HAVE YOU GONE MAD?” Ron bellowed. “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?”
239
“Oh, right!” said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it, muttered something, and sent a?
jet
?of the same?
bluebell
?
flames
?she had used on Snape at the plant.
jet /d?et/ n.?噴射
bluebell /'blub?l/ n.?圓葉風(fēng)鈴草
flame /fle?m/ n.?火焰
240
In a matter of seconds, the two boys felt it?
loosening
?its grip as it?
cringed
?away from the light and warmth.?
loosen /?lu?sn/ vt. & vi.?放松
cringe /kr?nd?/ vi.?畏縮
241
Wriggling
?and?
flailing
, it?
unraveled
?itself from their bodies, and they were able to pull free.
wriggle /'r?ɡl/ vi.?扭動(dòng)
flail /fle?l/ vt.&vi.?（尤指手臂和雙腿）亂動(dòng)
unravel /?n?r?vl/ vt.?解開(kāi)
242
“Lucky you pay attention in?
Herbology
, Hermione,” said Harry as he joined her by the wall, wiping sweat off his face.
herbology /h?:'b?l?d?i/?草藥學(xué)
243
“Yeah,” said Ron, “and lucky Harry doesn’t lose his head in a?
crisis
?—‘there’s no wood,’ honestly.”
crisis /?kra?s?s/ n.?危機(jī)
244
“This way,” said Harry, pointing down a stone passageway, which was the only way on.
245
All they could hear apart from their footsteps was the?
gentle
?drip of water?
trickling
?down the walls.
gentle /?d?entl/ adj.?徐緩的
trickle /?tr?kl/ vi.?滴
246
The passageway?
sloped
?downward, and Harry was reminded of Gringotts.
slope /slo?p/ v.?傾斜
247
With an unpleasant?
jolt
?of the heart, he remembered the dragons said to be guarding?
vaults
?in the wizards’ bank. If they met a dragon, a fully-grown dragon — Norbert had been bad enough . . .
jolt /d?o?lt/ n.?搖晃
vault /v??lt/ n.?保險(xiǎn)庫(kù)
248
“Can you hear something?” Ron whispered.
249
Harry listened. A soft rustling and clinking seemed to be coming from up ahead.
250
“Do you think it’s a ghost?”
251
“I don’t know . . . sounds like wings to me.”
252
“There’s light ahead — I can see something moving.”
253
They reached the end of the passageway and saw before them a?
brilliantly
?lit?
chamber
, its ceiling?
arching
?high above them.?
brilliantly /?br?lj?ntl?/ adv.?光亮地
chamber /?t?e?mb?r/ n.?房間
arch /ɑ?rt?/ vt. & vi. (使)彎成拱形
254
It was full of small,?
jewel
-bright birds, fluttering and?
tumbling
?all around the room.
jewel /?d?u??l/ n.?寶石
tumble /?t?mbl/ vi.?翻滾
255
On the opposite side of the chamber was a heavy wooden door.
256
“Do you think they’ll attack us if we cross the room?” said Ron.
257
“Probably,” said Harry. “They don’t look very?
vicious
, but I suppose if they all?
swooped
?down at once . . . Well, there’s nothing for it … I’ll run.”
vicious /?v???s/ adj.?邪惡的
swoop /swu?p/ vi.?俯沖
258
He took a deep breath, covered his face with his arms, and?
sprinted
?across the room.
sprint /spr?nt/ vi.?沖刺
259
He expected to feel sharp beaks and claws tearing at him any second, but nothing happened. He reached the door?
untouched
. He pulled the handle, but it was locked.
untouched /?n?t?t?t/ adj.?未受影響的
260
The other two followed him. They?
tugged
?and?
heaved
?at the door, but it wouldn’t?
budge
, not even when Hermione tried her Alohomora Charm.
tug /t?ɡ/ vt. & vi.?用力拉
heave /hi?v/ vt.?拉
budge /b?d?/ vt. & vi. (使)稍微移動(dòng)
261
“Now what?” said Ron.
262
“These birds . . . they can’t be here just for decoration,” said Hermione.
263
They watched the birds?
soaring
?overhead, glittering — glittering?
soar /s??r/ vi.?翱翔
264
“They’re not birds!” Harry said suddenly.
265
“They’re keys! Winged keys — look carefully. So that must mean . . .” he looked around the chamber while the other two squinted up at the?
flock
?of keys.
flock /flɑ?k/ n.?群
266
“. . . yes — look! Broomsticks! We’ve got to catch the key to the door!”
267
“But there are hundreds of them!”
268
Ron examined the lock on the door.
269
“We’re looking for a big, old-fashioned one — probably silver, like the handle.”
270
They seized a broomstick?
each
?and kicked off into the air, soaring into the?
midst
?of the cloud of keys.?
each /it?/ adv.?各自
midst /m?dst/ n.?中間
271
They grabbed and snatched, but the bewitched keys?
darted
?and dived so quickly it was almost impossible to catch one.
dart /dɑ?rt/ vi.?飛奔
272
Not for nothing
, though, was Harry the youngest Seeker in a century. He had a?
knack
?for spotting things other people didn’t.
not for nothing?并非沒(méi)有道理
knack /n?k/ n.?本領(lǐng)
273
After a minute’s weaving about through the?
whirl
?of rainbow feathers, he noticed a large silver key that had a bent wing, as if it had already been caught and stuffed roughly into the keyhole.
whirl /w??rl/ n.?回旋
274
“That one!” he called to the others. “That big one — there — no, there — with bright blue wings — the feathers are all?
crumpled
?on one side.”
crumple /?kr?mpl/ vt.?弄皺
275
Ron went speeding in the direction that Harry was pointing,?
crashed
?into the ceiling, and nearly fell off his broom.
crash /kr??/ vi.?墜落
276
“We’ve got to?
close in
?on it!” Harry called, not taking his eyes off the key with the?
damaged
?wing.
close in?包圍
damaged adj.?被損壞的
277
“Ron, you come at it from above — Hermione, stay below and stop it from going down — and I’ll try and catch it. Right, NOW!”
278
Ron dived, Hermione?
rocketed
?upward, the key dodged them both, and Harry?
streaked
?after it;
rocket /?rɑ?k?t/ vi.?飛快地移動(dòng)
streak /stri?k/ vi.?疾馳
279
it sped toward the wall, Harry leaned forward and with a nasty,?
crunching
?noise, pinned it against the stone with one hand.
crunch /kr?nt?/ vi.?嘎吱嘎吱地踏過(guò)
280
Ron and Hermione’s cheers echoed around the high chamber.
281
They landed quickly, and Harry ran to the door, the key?
struggling
?in his hand.
struggle /?str?ɡl/ vi.?掙扎
282
He?
rammed
?it into the lock and turned — it worked. The moment the lock had clicked open, the key took flight again, looking very?
battered
?now that it had been caught twice.
ram /r?m/ v.?強(qiáng)迫通過(guò)或接受
battered /'b?t?d/ adj.?磨損的
283
“Ready?” Harry asked the other two, his hand on the door handle. They nodded. He pulled the door open.
284
The next chamber was so dark they couldn’t see anything at all. But as they stepped into it, light suddenly?
flooded
?the room to?
reveal
?an astonishing sight.
flood /fl?d/ v. (光線(xiàn))照亮
reveal /r??vi?l/ vt.?露出
285
They were standing on the edge of a huge?
chessboard
, behind the black chessmen, which were all taller than they were and?
carved
?from what looked like black stone.
chessboard /'t??sb?rd/ n.?棋盤(pán)
carve /kɑ?rv/ vt.?雕刻
286
Facing them, way across the chamber, were the white pieces.
287
Harry, Ron and Hermione shivered slightly — the towering white chessmen had no faces.
288
“Now what do we do?” Harry whispered.
289
“It’s obvious, isn’t it?” said Ron. “We’ve got to play our way across the room.”
290
Behind the white pieces they could see another door.
291
“How?” said Hermione nervously.
292
“I think,” said Ron, “we’re going to have to be chessmen.”
293
He walked up to a black?
knight
?and put his hand out to touch the knight’s horse.?
knight /na?t/ n.?騎士
294
At once, the stone?
sprang to life
. The horse?
pawed
?the ground and the knight turned his?
helmeted
?head to look down at Ron.
spring to life?突然活躍起來(lái)
paw /p??/ v.?用爪子抓（或撓）
helmeted /'h?lm?t?d/?頭盔狀的
295
“Do we — er — have to join you to get across?”
296
The black knight nodded. Ron turned to the other two.
297
“This?
wants
?thinking about …” he said. “I suppose we’ve got to?
take the place of
?three of the black pieces. . . .”
want /wɑnt/ vt.?需要
take the place of?代替
298
Harry and Hermione stayed quiet, watching Ron think. Finally he said, “Now, don’t be?
offended
?or anything, but neither of you are that?
good at
?chess —”
offended /?'fendid/ adj.?生氣
good at?善于
299
“We’re not offended,” said Harry quickly. “Just tell us what to do.”
300
