1. Dudley jerked awake.
jerk n. 肌肉抽搐；性情古怪的人；蠢人；急拉 vi. 痉挛；急拉；颠簸地行进 vt. 猛拉
2.There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room.
skid n. 刹车；打滑；滑轨，滑动垫木 vt. 滚滑；刹住，使减速 vi. 打滑
3.He was holding a rifle in his hands – now they knew what had been in the long, thin package he had brought with them.
rifle n.步枪
4.The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges and with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor.
hinge n. 铰链 vt. & vi. 用铰链连接(某物), 给(某物)装上铰链
deafening adj. 震耳欲聋的;极喧闹的 n. 隔音
5.His face was almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair.
shaggy adj. 表面粗糙的；蓬松的；毛发粗浓杂乱的
mane n. （马等的）鬃毛
tangle n. 乱糟糟的一堆, 混乱 vt. & vi. (使)缠结, (使)乱作一团
glint n. 闪光；闪烁 vi. 闪闪发光；闪烁；（光线）反射 vt. 使闪光；使发光
beetlen. 甲虫
6.Dudley squeaked and ran to hide behind his mother, who was crouching, terrified, behind Uncle Vernon.
squeak vi. 告密；吱吱叫；侥幸成功 n. 吱吱声；机会 vt. 以短促尖声发出
crouch vi. 屈膝, 蹲伏
7.Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’
summat pron. 〈英〉〈方〉某事，某物，某东西
fer pref. 带，拿来
8.His eyes fell on the empty grate with the shrivelled crisp packets in it and he snorted.
grate vt. 装格栅于；磨擦 vi. 发摩擦声 n. 壁炉；格栅
snort vt. & vi. 喷鼻息(以表示不耐烦, 轻蔑等) n. 喷鼻息, 鼻息声;(潜水艇的)通气管
9.The giant sat back down on the sofa, which sagged under his weight, and began taking all sorts of things out of the pockets of his coat: a copper kettle, a squashy package of sausages, a poker, a teapot, several chipped mugs and a bottle of some amber liquid which he took a swig from before starting to make tea.
sag vi. 向下凹或中间下陷;松弛或不整齐地悬着 n. 下陷或松弛；下陷或松弛的地方; 下陷或松弛的程度
squashy adj. 柔软的；熟透的；容易压坏的；又湿又软的
chip n. 碎片;缺口;炸马铃薯条;集成电路片 vt. & vi. (使)切掉碎片
amber adj. 琥珀色的；琥珀制的 n. 琥珀；琥珀色 vt. 使呈琥珀色
swig vi. 牛饮；大喝特喝 n. 痛饮，大喝；牛饮 vt. 牛饮；大喝特喝，豪饮
10.Nobody said a thing while the giant was working, but as he slid the first six fat, juicy, slightly burnt sausages from the poker, Dudley fidgeted a little.
fidget vi. 烦躁；坐立不安；玩弄 n. 烦躁；坐立不安；烦躁不安的人 vt. 使烦乱；使不安
11.The giant took a gulp of tea and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
gulp vt. 狼吞虎咽地吃, 吞咽;大口地吸(气)vi. 哽住 n. 吞咽;一大口(尤指液体)
12.The Dursleys were cowering against the wall.
cower vi. 退缩；抖缩；蜷缩；[英方]弯腰屈膝
13.A braver man than Vernon Dursley would have quailed under the furious look Hagrid now gave him; when Hagrid spoke, his every syllable trembled with rage.
quail vi. 感到恐惧；畏缩，胆怯 n. 鹌鹑
syllable n. 音节
tremble vi. 战栗；焦虑；发抖；摇晃 vt. 使挥动；用颤抖的声音说出 n. 颤抖；战栗；摇晃
14.An’ I reckon it’s abou’ time yeh read yer letter.’
reckon vt. 猜想; 估计;〈非正〉思忖; 设想;考虑; 认为;〈正〉计算
