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Wordlist - Harry Potter II

Posted on Apr 01, 2019 By 吴杰

Phrases

to the hilt

完全地，彻底地

Harry threw his whole weight behind the sword and drove it to the hilt into the roof of the serpent’s mouth.

buck up

振奋起来

“Harry, buck up there, you need a decent breakfast.”

dung beetle

屎壳郎

He knew it was only their terror that he might turn them all into dung beetles that stopped them locking him in the cupboard.

the end of one’s tether

山穷水尽

The car, however, had reached the end of its tether.

tether: 栓绳，范围

crop up

突然出现

Harry had been wondering when his name was going to crop up.

on all fours

四脚着地

Malfoy was on all fours, banging the ground with his fist.

on tenterhooks

提心吊胆，焦虑不安

He (Nearly Headless Nick) watched Harry on tenterhooks.

butt in

插嘴，插手

‘I’ll make it,’ Lockhart butted in. ‘I must have done it a hundred times.’

bee in one’s bonnet

（某人）奇思异想，头脑发热

—— Then a small voice said in his ear, ‘Bee in your bonnet, Harry Potter?’

—— ‘Er, yes,’ Harry muttered. ‘Er - sorry to bother you - I wanted to ask -‘

nip off

很快走开

—— ‘Oh, get out of the way, Percy’, said Fred. ‘Harry’s in a hurry.’

—— ‘Yeah, he’s nipping off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant,’ said George, chortling.

pore over

用心研读

“It could affect our whole future,” she told Harry and Ron, as they pored over lists of new subjects, marking them with ticks.

keel over

倒下

… as the basilisk keeled over sideways and fell twitching, to the floor.

draw level with

与……比肩

Then, as he drew level with the last pair of pillars, a statue high as the chamber itself loomed in to view, standing against the back wall.

Trying to draw level with Asia in chipmaking would be futile（徒劳的）.

Words

cuff

拍打，掌击

Hagrid turning up at half past three, cuffing Harry on the shoulder.

frail

虚弱的，衰弱的

A wizened, frail-looking wizard, bald except for a few wisps of white hair, was reading a letter by candlelight.

wring

绞，拧

Justin hurried over from the Hufflepuff table to wring his hand and apologise endlessly for suspecting Harry.

incensed

极为愤怒的

With a last, incensed stare at the pair of them, he (Lucius Malfoy) swung his cloak around him and hurried out of sight.

Her ladyship was highly incensed. – Pride and Prejudice

torrent

洪流，（感情的）爆发

Ink spurted out of the diary in torrents, streaming over Harry’s hands, flooding the floor.

recede

逐渐模糊，变得渺茫

He could hear Dobby’s squeals of pain receding around the corner.

slit

缝隙，裂缝

Mr Malfoy went even paler than usual, but his eyes were still slits of fury.

serene

安详的，宁静的

  • serene: si’ri:n
  • serenity: si’reniti
  • serenely: si’rinli

‘Well, you see, Lucius,’ said Dumbledore, smiling serenely, ‘the other eleven goveners contacted me today.’

abject, hem

  • abject: 绝望无助的
  • hem: 边缘
  • crouch: 蜷伏，蹲伏

Dobby went scurrying in after him, crouching at the hem of his cloak, a look of abject terror on his face

tumble

翻跟斗，打滚

Both of the wrestlers tried to tumble the adversary with all their strength.

hoodwink

欺骗，蒙蔽

Older and wiser wizards than she have been hoodwinked by Lord Voldemort.

ordeal

严峻的考验，苦难的经历

This has been a terrible ordeal for her.

frame

设计陷害

And you framed him, didn’t you?

★ hollow

  • adj. 凹的，下陷的；中空的；声音空洞的；虚假的
  • n. 凹陷，盆地，山谷
  • v. 挖空

The hollow eye sockets of the stone snakes seemed to be following him.

They had reached the rim of a vast hollow, a hollow which had been cleared of trees.

pillar

柱子

towering stone pillars entwined with more carved serpents

skirt

绕过，回避

He was tired of people skirting around him in the corridors.

blunder

跌跌撞撞地走

Goyle blundered around, his hands over his eyes.

pixie & pixy

小精灵，小妖精

freshly caught Cornish pixies.

belch

打嗝

Instead he gave an almighty belch and severl slugs dribbled out of his mouth onto his lap.

hearty

（虚假地装出）热情亲切的

He gave a hearty wink and strode off.

volley

齐射，连发

‘Write home for another one,’ Harry suggested, as the wand let off a volley of bangs like a firecracker.

venomous

有毒的；恶毒的，狠毒的

tray

托盘，盘子

She pointed to a row of deep trays as she spoke and everyone shuffled forward for a better look.

earmuff

（御寒用的）耳套

About twenty pairs of different-coloured earmuffs were lying on the bench.

compost

堆肥，混合肥料

… plunged the Mandrake into it, burying him in dark, damp compost.

tuft

一簇，一束

tufts of grass

A hundred or so tufty little plants, purplish green in colour, were growing there in rows.

tentative

试探性的

I’m - I’m Colin Creevey,’ he said breathlessly, taking a tentative step forward.

twinge

剧痛，阵痛

Professor Sprouts arms were full of bandages, and with another twinge of guilt, Harry spotted the Whomping Willow in the distance,…

velvet

丝绒，天鹅绒

They entered the familiar, circular room, with its five four-posters hung with red velvet and its high, narrow windows.

bloke

人，家伙

He was asking that bloke from the Daily Prophet if he’d be able to work the fight into his report.

compartment

分隔间，单间

… with a fat pack of toffees in the glove compartment, …

hex

不祥之物，恶毒的诅咒

And old Mundungus Fletcher tried to put a hex on me when I had my back turned …

gnome

/noum/

侏儒

You’re going to de-gnome the garden for me.

★ foul

  • 难闻的，恶臭的
  • 肮脏的，污秽的
  • 邪恶的，不正当的
  • 犯规的
  • （天气等）恶劣的

Dudley put on a foul, simpering smile.

simper

傻笑

He simpered his explanation.

scrub

用力擦，擦亮

… (Harry) started scrubbing the kitchen clean.

stumble

绊倒

Dudley stumbled backwards at once, a look of panic on his fat face.

fishy

可疑的，靠不住的

‘Very fishy,’ said Fred finally.

haphazard

/,hap’hazard/

随意的，无计划的

Mrs Weasley was clattering around, cooking breakfast a little haphazardly, throwing dirty looks at her sons as she threw sausages into the frying pan.

aghast

吓呆的

Hermione looked aghast at the news.

★ tread

行走于；踩踏，踩碎

Harry walked over to the bed, open-mouthed, treading on a few loose pages of Travels with Trolls.

★ implore

恳求；乞求；哀求

‘I never,’ said Hagrid, looking imploringly at Dumbledore, ‘You know I never, Professor Dumbledore, sir…’

commotion

混乱；骚乱

‘What’s all this commotion?’

irresolute

犹豫不决的

Harry stood, irresolute, trying to catch the voice again, but people were now emerging from the Great Hall behind him, talking loudly.

acne

/’akni/

粉刺，痤疮

The moment their (Mandrake) acne clears up, they’ll be ready for repotting (移栽) again.

★ disperse

驱散，疏散

Percy Weasley did his best to disperse the crowd.

chuck

抛，扔

I don’t know why you don’t chuck it, Harry.

squid

鱿鱼

Maybe he got thirty O.W.Ls or saved a teacher from the giant squid.

surge

汹涌，奔腾

He put up her card with a fresh surge of guilt, thinking about Mr Weasley’s car.

writhe

/raithe/

（因痛苦）打滚

Immediately, his insides started writhing as though he’d just swallowed live snakes.

wrinkled

起皱的

Harry looked down in time to see a tiny, wrinkled, new-born bird poke its head out of the ashes.

tartan

（苏格兰高地人的）格子呢

There was thick tartan scarf bound around his head, and his nose was unusually purple.

blunt

钝的，不锋利的

Getting hit forty-five times in the neck with a blunt axe would qualify you to join the Headless Hunt.

lilac

/’lailək/

丁香花；淡紫色

Harry gave a huge jump and a large lilac blot appeared on Veronica Smethley’s letter.

whack

重打，猛击

Everyone filed out of the classroom except him and Ron, who was whacking his wand furiously on the desk.

morale

精神面貌，斗志

You know, what the school needs now is a morale-booster.

trickle

滴

Thick, pearly tears were trickling down the glossy feathers.

derisive

嘲笑的，嘲弄的

He gave a short, derisive laugh.

shred

些许，最少量（常用否定）

There is not a shred of evidence that Slytherin ever built so much as a secret broom cupboard.

shatter

使破碎，使粉碎

Cream splattered the windows and walls as the dish shattered.

malevolent

恶意的，恶毒

A bad idea, Professor Lockhart,’ said Snape, gliding overr like a large and malevolent bat.

scarper

逃走，溜掉

Ginny jumped up as though her chair had just been electrified, gave Percy a fleeting, frightened look, and scarpered away.

tamper

篡改；贿赂

‘Someone’s tampered with this Bludger,’ Fred grunted, swinging his bat with all his might at it as it launched a new attack on Harry.

bait

n. 诱饵

v. 诱惑

‘Just Muggle-baiting,’ sighed Mr Weasley.

Worms make excellent fish bait.

The open purse was a bait for the hungry young man.

undaunted

顽强的，无畏的

Undaunted, Hermione shoved her hand back into her bag and pulled out what appeared to be a bright red eraser.

abashed

难堪的，为难的，局促不安的

… said Harry under his breath, pleased to see Draco looking both abashed and angry.

remnants

They had been in the changing room so long that the sun was up properly now, although remnants of mist hung over the grass in the stadium.

wheezy

喘息的，吱吱响的

‘My subject is History of Magic,’ he said in his dry, wheezy voice.

divination

占卜术

It’s never too early to think about the future, so I’d recommend Divination.

vulture

秃鹫

Madam Pince, the librarian, was a thin, irritable woman who looked like an underfed vulture.

prop

支撑；支持

Harry and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Hermione, who had her copy of Voyages with Vampires propped open against a milk jug.

throb

抽动，抽痛；跳动

Steam was billowing from under the crumpled bonnet; Hedwig was shrieking in terror, a golf-ball-sized lump was throbbing on Harry’s head where he had hit (the tree).

wary

小心的，留神的，谨慎的

He cast a wary eye around the sleeping witches and wizards on the walls.

plaque

饰板，匾

… a small plaque on it, saying ‘Ronald’s room’.

custard

牛奶蛋糊

Come, Severus, there’s a delicious-looking custard tart I want to sample.

scalp

头皮

… it lifted the hair on Harry’s scalp and made his heart feel as though it was swelling to twice its normal size.

tingle

感到刺痛

Every nerve in Harry’s body was tingling unpleasantly.

dregs

【用作复数】渣滓，糟粕

the dregs of society

If he knew what he means to us, to the lowly, the enslaved, us dregs of the magical world!

cub

幼兽

(Tom Riddle) parentless but so brave, school prefect, model student; on the other hand, big, blundering Hagrid, in trouble every other week, trying to raise werewolf cubs.

blundering

笨拙的，愚蠢的