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roadstead
But tonight the smell of the land breeze came very early and he knew it was too early in his dream and went on dreaming to see the white peaks of the Islands rising from the sea and then he dreamed of the different harbours and roadsteads of the Canary Islands.
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dusk
:the time of day when the light has almost gone, but it is not yet dark
He only dreamd of places now and of the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved the boy.
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urinate 英 [ˈjʊərɪneɪt] 美 [ˈjʊrɪneɪt , ˈjʊrəneɪt] v. 排尿;小便
He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on. He urinated otuside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy.
shack
简陋的小屋；棚屋
a small building, usually made of wood or metal, that has not been built well
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take hold of
verb
1 take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.
他压抑住想要抓住艾薇摇晃她的冲动。
He took hold of on foot gently and held it until the boy woke and turned and looked at him.
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condense
英 [kənˈdens] 美 [kənˈdens]
v. (由气体)冷凝;(使气体)凝结;(使)浓缩，变浓，变稠;简缩，压缩(文字、信息等)
They had coffee from condensed milk cans at an early morning place that served fishermen.
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row out
英 [rəʊ aʊt] 美 [roʊ aʊt] 使划得精疲力尽
He fitted the rope lashing of the oars onto the thole pins and, leaning forward against the thrust of the blades in the water, he began to row out of the harbour in the dark.
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phosphorescence
N-UNCOUNT磷光（现象）
Phosphorescenceis a glow or soft light which is produced in the dark without using heat.
He saw phosphorescence of the Gulf weed in the water as he rowed over the part of the ocean that the fishermen called the great well because there was a sudden deep of seven hundred fathoms where all sorts of fish congregated because of the swirl the current made against the steep walls of the floor of the ocean.
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buoy
浮标
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hang on
抓紧；抓住
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spurt out
喷出
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