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一起讀《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 12
- The next planet was inhabited by a tippler.
tippler 嗜酒者排龄，酒徒
- This was a very short visit, but it plunged the little prince into deep dejection.
plunge （使）突然陷入欠动；（使）突然遭受 plunge into 是常見搭配。
dejection 沮喪控漠；失意艺沼；泄氣
- replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.
lugubrious 悲戚的扒秸；悲傷的
- "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
confessed 懺悔，告解
hang 垂下趾代，低下贯底。hang ones head in shame，羞愧的低下頭來撒强。
- The tippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.
impregnable 牢不可破的禽捆；固若金湯的；無法攻取的
