lurch 突然倾斜；蹒跚而行

barrel 桶

scullery 碗碟厨房

stirring 激动人心的

fluttering 飘动的；颤动的

barn 谷仓

regard 问候；尊重；考虑；注视；关于；看待

ensconce 安置
	- settle down
	> Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw

straw 稻草；吸管

beam 房梁；平衡木；光柱；微笑；定向传送

stout 肥胖的；粗壮的；勇敢的，顽强的

benevolent [BrE bɪˈnɛvələnt, AmE bəˈnɛvələnt] 仁慈的，慈善的
	> The stout man, who has just been ensconced in this city, is very benevolent and well regarded in our company.

sort of 有点儿；可以算是
	> I’m sort of tired;
	> It’s sort  of a new idea.

perch 栖息，坐落；放置
	> The hens perched themselves on the window-sills.

chew the cud 反刍；反复考虑

hoof 蹄

conceal 隐藏；掩饰

stripe 条纹

seldom 很少地

solemn 严肃的；庄严的；郑重的

cynical 愤世嫉俗的；冷漠自私的

remark 言论；注意；议论

devote 奉献；把…专用于
	> she devoted her life to helping the poor


orchard 果园

brood 一窝；一大家孩子

file 一列；排成纵队行进
	> a file of cars
	> A brood of ducklings filed into the barn

wander 游荡；闲逛

treed 行走；踩踏

nestle down 安卧

squeeze 挤；塞入

be with sb. 与某人在一起；支持某人,理解某人
	> I shall be with you for many months
	> Do you think she is with us?

stall 摊位；座位；隔间；车位

miserable 悲惨的；不幸的；痛苦的
	> The animals lives are miserable, laborious, and short.

decent 正派的；得体的

dignity 尊贵；高尚；自尊

dwell upon 居住在；老是想着
	> Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it?

abundance 大量；富足

inhabit 居住于；栖息于

till 耕种

dung 粪；粪肥

sturdy 结实的；健壮的

ration 口粮

grumble 抱怨
	> As a decent man, he never grumbled about the miserable life for his dignity when he inhabited his aunt's house.

spring from 来自于
	> Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?

tyranny 暴政；专制国家

beneath 在…之下

resolution 坚定；决定；决议；分解

falter 减少；犹豫；畏缩
	> Your resolution must never falter.

lead sb. astray 把某人引入邪路

prosperity 繁荣

creep 悄悄行进；缓慢行进；逐渐发展；讨厌鬼；马屁精

trotter 猪蹄

dissent 异议

resemble 像，类似于
	> We must not come to resemble him.

enmity 敌意；不和
	> Remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.

hearken 倾听

tiding 消息
	> Hearken to my joyful tidings of the golden future time.

soon or later 迟早
	> soon or later, the day is coming.

harness 挽具；保护带；系上（保护带）；
	> I harnessed myself into the seat.

wheat 小麦

barley 大麦

oat 燕麦

hay 干草

clover 三叶草

toil 辛勤工作

sake 目的；利益

in unison 一齐(歌唱)

seize 抓住；利用

get rid of 摆脱
	> Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own.

at once 立即
	> The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. 

fall upon 落到（某人身上）；遭遇；袭击
	> The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs.

pre-eminent 卓越的

vivacious 活泼的

nimble 灵活的，敏捷的

inventive 有创意的

shrill 刺耳的；尖叫

elaborate 详尽阐述；精细的
	> They elaborated his teachings into a complete system of thought.

expound 阐述；详细说明

apathy 冷漠
	> At the beginning they met with much stupidity and apathy.

situate 使…位于；将…置于

disciple 追随者；信徒

as it turned out 事实证明

lounge 客厅；休息室；懒洋洋地躺着
	> He would lounge in his chair in the kitchen.

be ready for doing 准备做某事
	> The hay was almost ready for cutting.

fling 扔

fling oneself 猛冲
	> They flung themselves upon their tormentors.

tormentor 折磨者

butt 顶撞

maltreat 虐待

pursue 追逐；追查

triumph [BrE ˈtrʌɪʌmf, AmE ˈtraɪəmf] 胜利；获胜

slam 猛烈甩(门)
	> They slammed the five-barred gate behind them.

gallop 飞奔

reign 统治；主宰；支配

caper vi.跳跳蹦蹦；n.雀跃；n.玩笑

in a very little while 不一会儿

utmost a.极度的，最大的；n.极限
	> The animals entered in single file, walking with the utmost care for fear of disturbing anything.

from now onwards 从现在开始
	> This was to be the name of the farm from now onwards.

inscribe 铭刻

neatly 整洁
	> It was very neatly written.

mash n.饲料；n.麦芽浆；vt.攻击；vt.泡（茶）

implements n.工具

drawback n.缺点，障碍；n.撤回

humblest 低贱的

conceive 构想；设想
	> The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be.

chaff n.谷壳，糠；

mighty 强有力的

motto 座右铭

maxim 普遍真理，行为准则

shirk 开小差；逃避工作

peculiar 古怪的

overthrow 推翻，打倒

recreation 娱乐，游戏

scrap 片断；摘录

mischief 坏事

as a matter of course 理所应当
	> The animals had assumed as a matter of course that these would be shared out equally.


welfare 福利；幸福
	> Day and night we are watching over your welfare.

mingle 混合；交往
	> The pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighboring farms.

on bad terms 关系不好
	> It was lucky that the owners of the two farms which adjoined Animal Farm were on permanently bad terms.

scorn 轻蔑；鄙视

wickedness 邪恶

flourish 盛行；繁荣
	> Frederick and Pilkington changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm.

vague n.时尚；a.模糊的

distorte a.扭曲的
	> Rumours of a wonderful farm, where the human beings had been turned out and the animals managed their own affairs, continued to circulate in vague and distorted forms, and throughout that year a wave of rebelliousness ran through the countryside.

thresh 脱粒

retreat 后退；躲避

sorrowfully 悲伤地
	> Boxer said  sorrowfully.

no intention of doing sth. 无意做某事

on purpose 故意的

take to flight 逃跑
	> She had taken to flight as soon as the gun went off.

exploit 英勇行为；业绩；开采；利用

confer 授予

as winter drew on 随着冬季到来

pretext 借口

scarlet 猩红色

ratify 批准

cartage 运输；运送

incubator 孵化器；孵化员

held aloof 远离
	> Only Napoleon held aloof.

snuff 闻

faction 派别；宗派；小集团

restive 焦躁不安的

advocate 支持

articulate 擅于表达

moonshine 月光；大话；vi欺骗

exaggerated 夸张的；过大的

vain 无价值的；徒劳的
	> Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody—namely, to utilize the force of gravity.

slope 山坡

timidly 胆怯地

dread 害怕；畏惧

repose 休息；睡眠

reassure 保证

frost 冰冻；白霜；冷淡

out of spite 出于恶意

drastically 激烈的；极端的

conceal 隐藏；掩盖
	> It was vitally necessary to conceal this fact from the outside world.

emerge 出现；出来
	> When he did emerge, it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near.

ruthlessly 无情的；冷酷的；残忍的
	> Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly.

timber 木材
	> a pile of timber

vanity 自负；虚荣
	> We had thought that Snowball's rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition.

at any rate 无论如何
	> At any rate, we should give it a try.

incite 刺激；煽动

in the hearing of 在…听得到的范围内
	> No one cared to mention it in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs.

inhabit 居住于
	> Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others.

Serves you right 活该

pension 养老金；津贴；补助 金

in sb. honour 为纪念某人
	> The pigs intended to hold a memorial banquet in Boxer’s honour.

come to an end 结束