Phrases
Words
attic
阁楼，顶楼
In fact, it didn’t look like a classroom at all; more like a cross between someone’s attic and an old-fashioned teashop.
grotesque
古怪的，荒谬的
He(Snape) was pulled into a standing position, head still lolling unpleasantly, like a grotesque puppet.
gag
阻塞，塞物于（口中）
Thin cords shot from Lupin’s wand this time, and next moment, Pettigrew was wriggling on the floor, bound and gagged.
whine
啜泣，哀诉
Stop whining, child!
… whined Pettigrew.
kneel
跪下，跪着
kneel-knelt-knelt
Pettigrew knelt, trembling uncontrollably, and turned his head slowly towards Harry.
ponder
仔细思考，沉思
He seemed to be pondering his answer.
bluff
欺骗，吓唬
I thought it was the perfect plan … a bluff … Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never dream they’d use a weak, talentless thing like Pettigrew.
fathomless
深不可测的
Black’s face looked more skull-like than ever as he stared at Pettigrew with his fathomless eyes.
caption
（报刊等的）标题
And the caption said the boy would be going back to Hogwarts.
fledged
羽翼丰满的，成熟的
Before the Wolfsbane Potion was discovered, however, I became a fully fledged monster once a month.
wane
（月亮）亏
I am able to curl up in my office, a harmless wolf, and wait for the moon to wane again.
★ haunted
闹鬼的
‘No one there …'’The place is haunted!’
‘Very haunted up there, isn’t it?’
★ derisive
/diraisiv/
嘲笑的，嘲弄的
Ahead they could see Malfoy, who was walking with Crabbe and Goyle, and kept looking back, laughing derisively.
surly
/’sə:li/
脾气坏的
A bunch of surly security trolls had been hired to guard her.
convulsive
突然的，发狂的
He pointed at Black, whose face twitched convulsively.
trance
出神，恍惚
Slowly, in a kind of horrified trance, Harry, Ron and Hermione set off silently around Hagrid’s house.