波洛圣诞探案记10

时间：2024-08-05 07:08:16

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The bell pealed¹ aggressively. Tressilian rose from his seat in the pantry and went slowly out andalong to the door.

The bell pealed again. Tressilian frowned. Through the frosted glass of the door he saw thesilhouette of a man wearing a slouch hat.

Tressilian passed a hand over his forehead. Something worried him. It was as thougheverything was happening twice.

Surely this had happened before. Surely—

He drew back the latch² and opened the door.

Then the spell broke. The man standing³ there said:

“Is this where Mr. Simeon Lee lives?”

“Yes, sir.”

“I’d like to see him, please.”

A faint echo of memory awoke in Tressilian. It was an intonation⁴ of voice that heremembered from the old days when Mr. Lee was first in England.

Tressilian shook his head dubiously⁵.

“Mr. Lee is an invalid⁶, sir. He doesn’t see many people now. If you—”

The stranger interrupted.

He drew out an envelope and handed it to the butler.

“Please give this to Mr. Lee.”

“Yes, sir.”

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1 pealed
v.（使）（钟等）鸣响，（雷等）发出隆隆声( peal的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The bells pealed (out) over the countryside. 钟声响彻郊野。来自辞典例句 A gun shot suddenly pealed forth and shot its flames into the air. 突然一声炮响，一道火光升上天空。来自辞典例句

2 latch
n.门闩，窗闩；弹簧锁
参考例句：
She laid her hand on the latch of the door.她把手放在门闩上。 The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.修理工在门上安了铁门闩。

3 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 intonation
n.语调，声调；发声
参考例句：
The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。 Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。

5 dubiously
adv.可疑地，怀疑地
参考例句：
"What does he have to do?" queried Chin dubiously. “他有什么心事？”琴向觉民问道，她的脸上现出疑惑不解的神情。来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26） He walked out fast, leaving the head waiter staring dubiously at the flimsy blue paper. 他很快地走出去，撇下侍者头儿半信半疑地瞪着这张薄薄的蓝纸。来自辞典例句

6 invalid
n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的
参考例句：
He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。 A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。