Vocabulary: 白鲸
- 工夫 gōng fu: 工夫 gong1 fu5: period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort工夫 gōng fū: 工夫 gong1 fu1: (old) laborer
- to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload
- to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct
- pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag
- to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook
- (so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
- to be abbreviated to; (followed by a verb) slightly
- to festoon; to decorate with a row of colored garlands
- long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)
- to tell in detail
- maze
- a sideshow; vaudeville; juggling
- actor; actress; performer
- common people; ordinary folk
- net for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare (a valuable new team member etc); to bring together under the one umbrella
- bone marrow
- gelatin dessert
- to deal with; to cope
- executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer
- a noose for hanging criminals
- witticism; wisecrack; sarcastic remark; double entendre
- to reply
- red wood; mahogany; rosewood; padauk
- city resident; townspeople
- steam engine
- drive (transmission in an engine)
- arbor; shaft (in a machine)
- to spin rapidly; to whirl around; (of time) to fly by
- cradle (for a baby); (fig.) cradle; birthplace (of a civilization, movement etc)
- must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate
- to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute
- synchronous; to synchronize; to keep step with
- moreover; besides
- prelude; presage
- to wrap; to package (goods etc); packaging; packing materials; (fig.) to present attractively; to craft an image; to package (sb or sth)