The Old Man And The Sea Flashcards
take
Obtain by winning
furl
Roll up
Theme: alone
self-sufficient, independent
The flag of permanent defeat
Defeat
Patch
打補丁、補綴
Gaunt
Very thin
Erosion
侵蝕
Santiago’s glorious past
曹操《龜雖壽》
老驥伏櫪。志在千里。烈士暮年。壯心不已。
Haul up
Draw up, pull up
Everything about him [Santiago] was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.
Happy and tough = eyes
They [Santiago and the boy] sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry.
Calm and cool inside
Block and tackle
滑輪
Humility
Humbleness
Subdue
制服
Skin cancer
皮膚癌
Relics
遺物
Resolution
Firmness
Phosphorescence
磷光
Congregate
Come together
Ineffectual
Ineffective, uneffective
Plankton
浮游生物
Mysticism
神秘主義
On watch
On duty
Straggler
Strayer
Tentative
試探性的,嘗試性的
Imperceptible
感知不到的
Cramps
抽筋
Scythe
鐮刀
Snare
Trap
Longitudinally
Longwise
Conscientiously
Religiously
Of one’s own accord
主動
Cumulus
積雨雲
Diarrhea
腹瀉
Erect
Upright, vertical
Prolong
Extent
Phosphorus
磷光體
Discolor
Color
Scavenger
食腐動物
Flinch
Draw back
Spinal cord
脊髓
Vertebrae
脊椎骨
Cartilage
軟骨