我們突然向下望去,只見一個杯狀的窪地,上麵點綴著矮小的橡樹和被多年風暴肆虐扭曲變形的蕨類植物。兩座高聳狹窄的塔樓聳立在樹梢之上。車夫用鞭子指著前方。他說:「巴斯克維爾莊園。」

Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

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Sentence Composition

1 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 突然 rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
3 向下 xiàngxià
  1. down
  2. downward
=4 wàng
  1. full moon
  2. to hope
  3. to expect
  4. to visit
  5. to gaze (into the distance)
  6. to look towards
  7. towards
=4 wàng
  1. 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
  2. old variant of wàng
5
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
6 只見 zhǐjiàn
  1. to see (the same thing) over and over again
  2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
=7 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=7 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=8 bēi
  1. cup
  2. trophy cup
  3. classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
=8 bēi variant of bēi
=8 bēi
  1. variant of bēi
  2. trophy cup
  3. classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
9 zhuàng
  1. (bound form) form; appearance; shape
  2. (bound form) state; condition
  3. (bound form) to describe
  4. (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit
  5. (bound form) certificate
=10 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 窪地 low-lying ground; depression
=12 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=12 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
13 麵點 miàndiǎn pastry
=14 chuò variant of chuò
=14 zhuì
  1. to sew
  2. to stitch together
  3. to combine
  4. to link
  5. to connect
  6. to put words together
  7. to compose
  8. to embellish
=15 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=15 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=15 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=15 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=15 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
16 矮小 ǎixiǎo
  1. short and small
  2. low and small
  3. undersized
=17 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=17 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=17 really and truly
=17 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
18 橡樹 xiàngshù oak
=19 old variant of
=19 surname He
=19
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=19
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=19 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=19 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=19 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=19 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=19 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
=20 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=20
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=20
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=20 alternative form of
21 多年 duōnián
  1. many years
  2. for many years
  3. longstanding
22 風暴 fēngbào
  1. storm
  2. violent commotion
  3. fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
23 肆虐 nüè to wreak havoc; to devastate
24 扭曲 niǔ
  1. to twist
  2. to warp
  3. to distort
25 變形 biànxíng to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
=26 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=26 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=26 really and truly
=26 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
27 蕨類 juélèi (botany) fern; bracken; brake
28 植物 zhí
  1. plant
  2. vegetation

classifier:

=29 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=29 liàng Original form of (liàng).
30 zuò
  1. seat
  2. base; stand
  3. (bound form) constellation
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座 shīzuò)
  5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
31 高聳 gāosǒng
  1. erect
  2. towering
  3. to stand tall
32 狹窄 xiázhǎi narrow
=33 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=33 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=33 really and truly
=33 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
34 塔樓 lóu tower (of building)
35 聳立 sǒng
  1. to stand tall
  2. to tower aloft
36 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
37 樹梢 shùshāo the tip of a tree; treetop
38 之上 zhīshàng above
39 車夫 chē
  1. cart driver
  2. coachman
40 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
41 鞭子 biānzi whip

classifier:

42 zhǐ
  1. finger
  2. to point at or to
  3. to indicate or refer to
  4. to depend on
  5. to count on
  6. (of hair) to stand on end
=43 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=43 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=43 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=43 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=43 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
44 前方 qiánfāng
  1. ahead
  2. the front
45
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=46 shuì to persuade
=46 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=46 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=46 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
=47 巴斯克
  1. Basque
  2. the Basque Country
=47 巴斯克
  1. (~自治區) Basque Country
  2. Basque
  3. Basque Country
=48 Wéi
  1. abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾 Wéiěr
  2. surname Wei
=48 wéi
  1. to preserve
  2. to maintain
  3. to hold together
  4. dimension
  5. vitamin (abbr. for 維生素 wéishēng)
=48 yōng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 盧維卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”)
  2. only used in 盧維卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”)
49 ěr
  1. thus
  2. so
  3. like that
  4. you
  5. thou
50 莊園 zhuāngyuán
  1. manor
  2. feudal land
  3. villa and park