animal farm（动物庄园）英文原版笔记
第一句
MR JONES, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.
庄园的主人琼斯先生，拖着醉醺醺的身体，只锁好了鸡棚，却忘记了关好那些里面的小门。
manor ★★☆☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词（通常指中世纪）庄园，领地 A manor is a large private house in the country, usually built in the Middle Ages, and also includes the land and smaller buildings around it.
【搭配模式】：oft in names after n
【语域标签】：BRIT 英
Thieves broke into the manor at night.
小偷晚上闯进了庄园。
manor 庄园
→来自拉丁语manere,停留，等待，站稳，词源同manse,mansion,remain.引申词义住所，庄园。
第二句
he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs Jones was already snoring.
他颤颤巍巍地提着摇曳的马灯，穿过漆黑的庭院。走进后门，机械地甩掉了臭皮靴，拿起洗碗间的酒桶里的最后一杯啤酒，一饮而尽。这才终于摸进卧房，倒在了鼾声雷动的琼斯夫人身旁。
scullery
1.N-COUNT 可数名词(厨房旁边的)餐具洗涤室，炊具存放室 A scullery is a small room next to a kitchen where washing and other household tasks are done.
【语域标签】：BRIT 英
【STYLE标签】：OLD-FASHIONED 过时
第三句
At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
少校早已安坐在大谷仓隆起的台子上，在他头顶上方，一盏马灯从房梁上垂下，身底的垫子下铺着厚厚的干草。
ensconce verb
to settle yourself in a place where you feel comfortable and safe
ensconce 安置
→en-, 进入，使。-sconce, 城堡，避难所，可能来自abscond, 隐藏。
第四句
He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
他已经十二岁了，虽然最近微微发福，但依然是一只仪表英俊的猪。不要去在意他从来没有长出犬牙来，他依然呈现出一副慈爱聪慧的智者模样。
stout ★☆☆☆☆
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词肥胖的;肥壮的 A stout person is rather fat.
He was a tall, stout man with gray hair.
他是个又高又胖、头发灰白的男子。
benevolent
adj. 好心肠的; 与人为善的
行善的, 慈善的
tush
n. 犬齿；长牙；獠牙
vi. 发出呸声
int. 表示申斥，轻蔑；呸！
第五句
the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud.
羊和牛悄悄地躺在猪的身后，开始了今天的反刍。
cud
1.PHRASE 短语(牛或羊)咀嚼反刍的食物，倒嚼
A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was
universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work.
但是，那道从鼻梁生出来的白毛，给他的威猛打了折扣，看上去有少许傻气。他的确没有异于常人的高智商，但是他执着坚强的性格和吃苦耐劳的工作表现，获得了庄园里的普遍赞誉。
Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking.
但是，大家都能看得出来，唯一令他佩服和尊敬的就是拳师。你总会在星期天，看到他们两个在果园远处的一片牧场上，默默不语地并肩吃着青草。
paddock ★☆☆☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词（养马的）小围场 A paddock is a small field where horses are kept.
The family kept horses in the paddock in front of the house.
那户人家把马养在屋前的小围场里
第六句
The two horses had just lain down when a brood of ducklings which had lost their mother filed into the barn, cheeping feebly and wandering from side to side to find some place where they would not be trodden on.
当拳师和苜蓿刚刚趴下的时候，一群没有妈妈的小鸭子呼呼啦啦地进了大谷仓，一边无力地叫，一边左看右看地想要找一个不被踩踏的地方。
Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg, and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.
苜蓿那犹如一堵墙一样的前腿所围成的一小块安身之所，于是他们就依偎在苜蓿给他们制造的这一小块天地里进入了梦乡。
nestle ★☆☆☆☆
1.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词(使)(舒适地)安顿下来，安卧，偎依
At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr Jones’s trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with
就在会议快要开始时又进来一匹白母马，虽然漂亮但是却很愚蠢，她就是给琼斯先生拉双轮轻便车的莫丽。只见她嘴里嚼着一块方糖，一摇一摆娇滴滴地走进来，找了个靠前的位置，刚站好就开始试图通过抖动她白色的鬃毛把大家的眼光吸引到那些扎在鬃毛上的红丝带上。
plait
vt. 把…编成辫绳
n. 发辫,辫子
trap
VEHICLE 车辆 a vehicle with two wheels, pulled by a horse 双轮轻便马车
mincing
adj. 装腔作势的；矫饰的
v. 切碎（mince的现在分词）
daintily
adv. 优美地,可口地,难取悦地;讲究地
lump ★★☆☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词（一）块 A lump of something is a solid piece of it.
【搭配模式】：oft N of n
The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
制陶工人把黏土块捏塑成优美的形状。
...a lump of wood...
一块木头
第七句
No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free.
在英格兰，没有动物是有自由的，我们在满周岁后何曾享受过幸福或休闲？
第八句
the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty.
当我们一失去使用价值，我们就会被残忍地杀掉
The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.
我们动物的这一生是多么凄惨、短促和备受奴役啊！
第九句
The soil of England is fertile, its climate is good, it is capable of affording food in abundance to an enormously greater number of animals than now inhabit it.
我们这里是物产丰富的地方，有肥沃的地，宜人的气候，能够养活比现在要多得多的生物。
第十句