遵照邓布利多的指示，海格骑着摩托车把哈利波特送到了女贞路4号，邓布利多把哈利放在了大门口的台阶上，从斗篷里掏出一封信，塞到哈利的毛毯里
Professor McGonagall pulled out a lace handkerchief and **dabbed ** at her eyes beneath her spectacles.
🍒 dab
to touch sth lightly, usually several times
轻触，轻拍，轻拭（几下）
dab at sth
🍃 He dabbed at the cut with his handkerchief.
他用手帕轻轻按了按伤口。
If the motorbike was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it.
🍒 astride
with one leg on each side of sth
跨（或骑）在…上
🍃 to sit astride a horse/bike/chair
骑马╱自行车；跨坐在椅子上
‘But I c-c-can’t stand it – Lily an’ James dead – an’ poor little Harry off ter live with Muggles –’ ‘Yes, yes, it’s all very sad, but get a grip on yourself, Hagrid, or we’ll be found,’ Professor McGonagall whispered.
🍒 get/take a ˈgrip (on yourself)
to improve your behaviour or control your emotions after being afraid, upset or angry
使（自己）镇定下來；控制住（自己的）情绪
🍃 I have to take a grip on myself, he told himself firmly.
我一定要控制住自己的情绪，他坚定地对自己说。
He laid Harry gently on the doorstep, took a letter out of his cloak, tucked it inside Harry’s blankets and then came back to the other two.
🍒 **tuck sth + adv./prep. **
to push, fold or turn the ends or edges of clothes, paper, etc. so that they are held in place or look neat
🍃 把（衣服、纸张等的边缘）塞进，折叠，卷起
‘Yeah,’ said Hagrid in a very muffled voice.
🍒 muffled
not heard clearly because sth is in the way that stops the sound from travelling easily
沉闷的；压抑的；模糊不清的
🍃 muffled voices from the next room
从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
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