Words
fudge
乳脂软糖
Thanks for the fudge and the jumper, Mrs Weasley.
wizened
（人或者水果等）干瘪的
- a wizened apple
- a wizened old guard
★ abysmal
极坏的；深不可测的；完全的，极度的
- Her taste is abysmal
- a abysmal cliff
- abysmal ignorance
drift
漂流
Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd.
sack
解雇
It’s not exactly a secret we hate him, Dumbledore’ll think we made it up to get him sacked.
feast
盛宴
On their way down to the Great Hall for the Hallowe’en feast, …
pep talk
鼓励的话
Harry hardly heard a word of Wood’s pep talk.
★ mangle
【常用被动】严重损毁，使残缺不全
One of his legs was bloody and mangled.
flit
- flit: 掠过
- spasm: 痉挛，抽搐
A spasm of fear flitted across Quirrell’s face.
sallow, greasy, hooked
- sallow: 灰黄的，气色不好的
- greasy: 油腻的
- hooked nose: 鹰钩鼻
(Snape) a teacher with greasy black hair, a hooked nose and sallow skin.
dumbfounded
目瞪口呆的
Ron looked dumbfounded.
slime & slimy
slime: 史莱姆，粘质物 slimy: 满是粘泥的，分泌粘泥的
Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor.
vampire
吸血鬼
★ duck
〔尤指为避免被看见或打中而迅速地〕低下（头），弯（腰）
Ducking under Peeves they ran for their lives.
jinx
v. 厄运，使倒霉
“He’s doing something - jinxing the broom,” said Hermione.
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trip
- trip: 绊倒
- bob up: 突然出现
Peeves was bobbing halfway up, loosening the carpet so that people would trip.
bun
圆髻
Her black hair was drawn into a tight bun.
★ fiddle with sth
不停摆弄
‘Ah’, said Hagrid, fiddling nervously with his beard.
treacle tart
糖浆馅饼
window-sill
窗台
miffed
有点恼火，不高兴
Sir Nicholas looked extremely miffed, as if their chat wasn’t going at all the way he wanted.
swarthy
皮肤黝黑的
He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and, Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet.
toil
辛勤劳动；辛苦从事
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil.
pop
【声音】砰
mauve
淡紫色
Madam Malkin was a squat, smiling witch dressed all in mauve.
furore
公众骚动；狂热
the recent furore over the tax increases
gargoyle
石像鬼，面貌丑陋的人
binoculars
双筒望远镜
He stared through his binoculars.
cheery
活泼的，欢乐的；令人愉快的
Charlie’s friends were a cheery lot.
★ crackers
adj，但是不用在名词前
The girl is crackers. 这个女孩疯了。
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charge
冲锋
Harry and Hermione charged through the door and up the next passage way.
get a grip on youself
控制住你自己
Yes, yes, it’s all very sad, but get a grip on yourself, Hagrid.
grit one’s teeth
咬紧牙关
Ron gritted his teeth and stepped carefully over the dog’s legs.
canary
金丝雀
★ streak
条纹；光线；个性特征，倾向；一连串
black with white streaks
a streak of lightening
The boy has a stuborn streak.
a streak of vanity
a streak of bad luck
trolley
手推车
a shopping trolley
bellow
怒吼
bellow at sb.
Firenze bellowed at Bane.
crikey
哎呀，唷
Crikey, I’d like a dragon.
turret
塔楼
a vast castle with many turrets and towers
flocks of
一群
Flocks of owls … shooting stars… Well, they’re not completely stupid.
groan
呻吟，哼
The patient groaned painfully as he was lifted onto the strecher.
prod
刺，戳，捅
She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.
stalagmite & stalactite
stalagmite: 石笋
stalactite: 钟乳石
slouch
没精打采地走
Don’t slouch! Stand up straight!
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bump
碰撞；颠簸
the boat bumped gently into the harbour wall.
The jeep bumped along the gravel road.
ledger
收支总账
About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers.
patched & frayed
patch: 打补丁
fray: 磨损
This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty.
bedspread
床罩
★ crawl
爬行，匍匐前进；缓慢（而费劲）地经过；起鸡皮疙瘩；爬满，挤满；巴结，奉承
She got her job by crawling to the chief engineer.
The strange sound made her skin crawl.
The kitchenwas crawling with ants.
A beatle is crawling along a leaf
The car had to crawl along because of the snow.
The hours crawl by
simmer
用文火慢慢煮，煨，炖
The kettle is simmering on the stove.
poltergeist
吵闹鬼
peeves
★ whisk
搅拌；迅速移动；掸
(Morris) she’d whisk off for Filch
whisk egg whites
whisk the door open
whisk away the flies
waffle
华夫饼
★ quits
adj，抵消的，对等的，不分胜负的
Professor Snape couldn’t bear being in your father’s debt … I do believe he worked so hard to protect you this year because he felt that would make him and your father quits.
stamp
v. 跺脚
A storm of cheering and stamping broke out from the Slytherine table.
raddish
萝卜
creep
爬行，蔓延
The sun crept into their living-room.
twitch
抽动
The cat’s tail twitched and its eyes narrowed.
trowel
泥铲
They dropped their trowels at once and hurried through the grounds to the edge of the forest.
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grind
磨碎，磨块
grind one’s teeth
★ centaur
半人半马的怪物
rattle
v. 使窘迫不安，是惊慌失措
He was rattled.
silky
温和的，轻柔的
‘Be that as it may, fighting is against Hogwarts rules, Hagrid.’ said Snape silkily.
smudge
污点，污迹
You’ve got a smudge of earth on your face.
billow
波浪般起伏；滚滚向前
He had already changed into his billowing black Hogwarts robes.
gingerly
小心翼翼地
pat Hagrid gingerly on the arm
goggle
（由于惊奇等）瞪大眼睛看
The poor boy (Harry) isn’t something you goggle at in the zoo.
clamber
爬，攀登
‘Hurry up!’ their mother said, and the three boys clambered on to the train.
★ tarantula
狼蛛
dimple & dimpled
dimple
- n. 酒窝；涟漪
- v. 使起涟漪，使现酒窝
dimpled: 有酒窝的
A smiling woman slid back their door and said,’Anything off the trolley, dears?’
pasty
肉馅饼
‘Starving’, said Harry, taking a large bite out of a pumpkin pasty.
lumpy
多块的，凹凸不平的
Ron had taken out a lumpy package and unwrapped it. There were four sandwiches in there.
crooked
弯曲的，歪的
(Dumbledore) He wore half-moon glasses, had a long crooked nose and flowing silver hair.
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alchemy
炼金术，炼丹术
sidle
（鬼祟地）侧身而行，悄悄地朝某方向走
Dumbledore sidled back into the picture on his card.
spinach
/’spinich/ 菠菜
nibble
小口小口地咬
She is nibbling the bread.
rummage
搜查，翻找
He rummaged around in his trunk and pulled out a very battered-looking wand.
glint
闪烁，闪耀
Overhead, stars glinted cold and hard.
dazed & daze & dazzle
daze & dazzle: 使眼花缭乱
dazed: 呆若木鸡的
flop
猛然坐下，倒下
‘Yeah,’ said Ron. He flopped back into his seat, looking depressed.
prickle
刺痛
Harry turned this news over in his mind. He was starting to get a prickle of fear every time.
snigger
吃吃窃笑，暗笑
Ron gave a slight cough, which might have been hiding a snigger. Draco Malfoy looked at him.
tinge
色调，色彩
Draco Malfoy didn’t go red, but a pink tinge appeared in his pale cheeks.
★ lurk
潜伏，埋伏；躲藏
Perhaps they thought there were more rats lurking among the sweet.
scowl
皱眉，面露怒色
‘Scabbers has been fighting, not us,’ said Ron, scowling at her.
sniffy
傲慢的
She treats us in a sniffy manner.
lurch
突然倾斜，或偏离
Harry’s stomach lurched with nerves and Ron.
blissful
极乐的，乐而忘忧的
‘Trevor!’ cried Neville blissfully, holding out his hands.
ruff & tights
ruff: 轮状皱领
tights: 紧身衣
A ghost wearing a ruff and tights had suddenly noticed the first-years.
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token
纪念品，信物
‘Tokens from your friends and admirers’, said Dumbledore, beaming.
sorcerer
男巫，术士
If he’d once defeated the greatest sorcerer in the world, how come Dudley had always been able to kick him around like a football?
misty
泪眼模糊的；多雾的
Harry could see himself reflected in those misty eyes.
piece
国际象棋的棋子
serpent
蛇，大蛇或者毒蛇
vapour
雾气，水蒸气
Mere shadow and vapour.
spring
v. 生长；跳起；涌出
n. 弹簧；活力；跳跃
Ropes sprang out of thin air and wrapped themselves tightly around Harry.
vomit
v. 呕吐，吐出 n. 呕吐物
(Dumbledore) I was unfortunate enough in my youth to come across a vomit-flavoured one.
folk
双亲，家属；各位，大伙
It’s not that unusual, yeh get a lot o’funny folk in the Hog’s Head.
club
大棒，棍棒
He handed Harry a small club, a bit like a rounders bat.
crate
板条箱
He was carrying a large wooden crate under his arm.
griffin
狮身鹰首兽
Hissed Rom, pulling Harry behind a large stone griffin.
askew
歪斜地
Professor Quirrell came sprinting into the Hall, his turban askew and terror on his face.
sprint
冲刺，全速跑
troll
巨人
I’ll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll.
peeling
剥落的
Peeling bold letters over the door read Olivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC.
stool
凳子，酒吧的高脚凳
About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high atools behind a long counter.
★ jerk
猛然转向；把…猛地一推
jerk one’s head
She jerked her head back at the Dursley’s dark living-room window.
briefcase
公文包
Mr Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs Dursley on the cheek and tried to kiss Dudley goodbye but missed.
★ peck
（鸟）啄食；轻吻
chortle
咯咯地欢笑
‘Little tyke’, chortled Mr Dursley as he left the house.
tyke: 小孩，小淘气
steering wheel
方向盘，船轮
huddle
杂乱一团
a huddle of
There are a huddle of people around the injured man.