golden compass p54-55

One of Lyra's brat bræt 没有规矩的人;(尤指)顽童 companions picked up a stone automatically ˌɔːtəˈmætɪkli 自动地;机械地;无意识地;不经思索地 when he heard the commotion kəˈməʊʃn (突然发生的)喧闹，骚乱，骚动, but Lyra said, “Put it down. She's in a temper ˈtempə(r) 脾气;易怒的性情;怒气;火气;阵怒;心情;情绪;心境. She could snap snæp (使喀嚓)断裂，绷断 your backbone ˈbækbəʊn 脊梁骨;脊柱 like a twig twɪɡ 细枝;小枝;嫩枝.” In fact, Ma Costa looked more anxious than angry. The man she was addressing əˈdresɪŋ 向…说话, a horse trader, was shrugging ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ 耸肩(表示不知道或不在乎) and spreading his hands. “Well,I dunno,” he was saying.“ He was here one minute and gone the next. I never saw where he went...” “He was helping you! He was holding your bloody ˈblʌdi 用以加强语气;很多人认为含冒犯意 horses for you!” “Well, he should've stayed there, shouldn't he? Runs off in the middle of a job—” He got no further, because Ma Costa suddenly dealt him a mighty blow bləʊ (用手、武器等的)猛击 on the side of the head, and followed it up with such a volley ˈvɒli (质问、评论、辱骂等的)接连发出 of curses ˈkɜːsɪz 咒骂语;骂人话 and slaps slæps (用手掌)打，拍，掴;拍打声;类似拍打的声音 that he yelled jeld 叫喊;大喊;吼叫 and turned to flee fliː 逃走. The other horse traders nearby jeered dʒɪəd 嘲笑;嘲弄;讥讽;奚落, and a flighty ˈflaɪti 反复无常的,轻浮的 colt kəʊlt (四或五岁以下的)雄马驹 reared rɪəd 用后腿直立 up in alarm 惊慌地;惊恐地. “What's going on?” said Lyra to a gyptian child who'd been watching open-mouthed (因惊愕)张着口的，瞠目结舌的，目瞪口呆的. “What's she angry about?” “It's her kid,” said the child. “It's Billy. She probly (probably) reckons the Gobblers got him. They might've done, too. I ain't seen him meself <方>myself 我自己,我亲自,我本人 since—” “The Gobblers? Has they come to Oxford, then?” The gyptian boy turned away to call to his friends, who were all watching Ma Costa. “She don't know what's going on! She don't know the Gobblers is here!” Half a dozen brats turned with expressions of derision dɪˈrɪʒn 嘲笑;取笑;奚落, and Lyra threw her cigarette down, recognizing the cue kjuː 暗示;提示;信号 for a fight. Everyone's daemon instantly ˈɪnstəntli 立刻;立即;马上 became warlike ˈwɔːlaɪk (threatening war or attack): each child was accompanied əˈkʌmpənid 陪同;陪伴;伴随 by fangs fæŋz 尖牙;犬齿;(蛇的)毒牙, or claws klɔːz (动物或禽类的)爪,脚爪, or bristling ˈbrɪslɪŋ (背部或颈部的毛因惊吓或发怒)竖起,耸起 fur, and Pantalaimon, contemptuous kənˈtemptʃuəs 蔑视的;鄙视的;表示轻蔑的 of the limited imaginations of these gyptian daemons, became a dragon the size of a deer hound haʊnd 猎犬;猎狗. But before they could all join battle, Ma Costa herself waded ˈweɪdɪd 跋涉,涉,蹚(水或淤泥等) in, smacking ˈsmækɪŋ 用巴掌打;掴;使劲碰(或撞) two of the gyptians aside 到旁边 and confronting kənˈfrʌntɪŋ 面对;对抗;与(某人)对峙 Lyra like a prizefighter ˈpraɪzfaɪtə(r) 职业拳击手. “You seen him?” she demanded dɪˈmɑːndɪd\dɪˈmændɪd 强烈要求;需要 of Lyra. “You seen Billy?” “No,” Lyra said. “We just got here. I en't seen Billy for months.”