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• The next planet was inhabited by a tippler.

tippler 嗜酒者，酒徒

• This was a very short visit, but it plunged the little prince into deep dejection.

plunge （使）突然陷入；（使）突然遭受 plunge into 是常见搭配。
dejection 沮丧；失意；泄气

• replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.

lugubrious 悲戚的；悲伤的

• "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.

confessed 忏悔，告解
hang 垂下，低下。hang ones head in shame，羞愧的低下头来。

• The tippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.

impregnable 牢不可破的；固若金汤的；无法攻取的