Chapter Six The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters 从943站台开始的旅程
语境词汇
According to the large clock over the arrivals board, he had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and he had no idea how to do it; he was stranded in the middle of a station with a trunk he could hardly lift, a pocket full of wizard money, and a large owl.
stranded [strændɪd]
adj. 搁浅的；陷于困境的；有…股的（常用来构成复合词）
v. 搁浅（strand的过去式和过去分词）
Now the third brother was walking briskly toward the barrier he was almost there — and then, quite suddenly, he wasn't anywhere.
brisk [brɪsk]
adj. 敏锐的，活泼的，轻快的；凛冽的
vi. 活跃起来；变得轻快
vt. 使……活泼；使……轻快；使……兴旺
People jostled him on their way to platforms nine and ten.
jostle ['dʒɒs(ə)l]
vt. 推挤，撞；争夺vi. 竞争，争夺；推挤
n. 推撞，挤拥
Harry looked behind him and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it, He had done it.
wrought iron
锻铁，熟铁
The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms, and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg.
shriek [ʃriːk]
vi. 尖叫；促人注意vt. 尖声发出
n. 尖声；尖锐的响声
He put Hedwig inside first and then started to shove and heave his trunk toward the train door.
shove [ʃʌv]
vt. 挤；强使；撞；猛推
n. 推；挤
heave [hiːv]
vt. 举起；使起伏；投掷；恶心；发出（叹息等）
vi. 起伏；举起；喘息；呕吐
n. 举起；起伏；投掷；一阵呕吐
He had already changed into his billowing black Hogwarts robes, and Harry noticed a shiny silver badge on his chest with the letter P on it.
badge /bædʒ/
n. 徽章；证章；标记
vt. 授给…徽章
You've already seen him, Ginny, and the poor boy isn't something you goggle at in a zoo.
goggle ['gɒg(ə)l]
vi. 眼珠转动；瞪眼看vt. 使瞪眼；使眼珠转动
n. 护目镜，风镜；眼睛睁视
adj. 瞪眼的，睁眼的
“Listen, we're going down the middle of the train — Lee Jordan's got a giant tarantula down there.”
tarantula /təˈræntʃələ/
n. 狼蛛；塔兰图拉毒蛛
Around half past twelve there was a great clattering outside in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slid back their door and said, “Anything off the cart, dears?”
dimpled
adj. 带酒窝的；有涟漪的
v. 使现酒窝（dimple的过去分词）
“Starving,” said Harry, taking a large bite out of a pumpkin pasty.
pasty ['pæstɪ]
adj. 苍白的；面糊似的
n. 馅饼
Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
alchemy ['ælkɪmɪ]
n. 点金术；魔力
tenpin ['tenpɪn]
n. 打保龄（等于tenpins）；（美）十柱戏的柱子
Harry stared as Dumbledore sidled back into the picture on his card and gave him a small smile.
sidle ['saɪd(ə)l]
vi. 侧身而行；悄悄贴近vt. 侧身而行；悄悄贴近
n. 侧走；挨近
When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor — you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe.
spinach ['spɪnɪdʒ; -ɪtʃ]
n. 菠菜
tripe [traɪp]
n. 肚子；内脏；废话
Harry got toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn't touch, which turned out to be pepper.
sardine /ˌsɑːˈdiːn/
n. 沙丁鱼；庸碌无能的人
vt. 使拥挤不堪
Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow.
mellow /ˈmeləʊ/
adj. 圆润的，柔和的；成熟的；芳醇的
vt. 使成熟；使柔和vi. 成熟；变柔和
Stupid spell — George gave it to me, bet he knew it was a dud.
dud [dʌd]
n. 衣服；[军] 哑弹；无用物
adj. 无用的
Draco Malfoy didn't go red, but a pink tinge appeared in his pale cheeks.
tinge [tɪn(d)ʒ]
n. 淡色；些许味道；风味
vt. 微染；使带气息
Perhaps they thought there were more rats lurking among the sweets, or perhaps they'd heard footsteps, because a second later, Hermione Granger had come in.
lurk [lɜːk]
vi. 潜伏；潜藏；埋伏
n. 潜伏；埋伏
“Scabbers has been fighting, not us,” said Ron, scowling at her.
scowl [skaʊl]
n. 愁容；怒容；阴沉沉的样子
vi. 皱眉；怒视vt. 皱眉表示；对…沉下脸
Harry's stomach lurched with nerves and Ron, he saw, looked pale under his freckles.
lurch [lɜːtʃ]
n. 突然倾斜；蹒跚；挫折
vi. 倾斜；蹒跚vt. 击败
They crammed their pockets with the last of the sweets and joined the crowd thronging the corridor.
throng [θrɒŋ]
n. 人群；众多vt. 群集；挤满
vi. 蜂拥而至；群集adj. 拥挤的
Slipping and stumbling, they followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a steep, narrow path.
stumble ['stʌmb(ə)l]
vi. 踌躇，蹒跚；失足；犯错vt. 使…困惑；使…绊倒
n. 绊倒；蹒跚而行
Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.
turret ['tʌrɪt]
n. 炮塔；角楼；小塔；攻城用的冲车
精彩句型
She pointed at the last and youngest of her sons. He was tall, thin, and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose.
哈利波特最好的朋友之一，罗恩，第一次出场。
He didn't know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.
哈利波特终于走向了真正属于他的世界。
Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first.
罗恩最渴望的事情。年龄小却明白很多事。
“Go on, have a pasty,” said Harry, who had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with.
哈利波特人生中第一次与人分享。
She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.
赫敏格兰杰首次登场。
