1. Dudley jerked awake.
jerk?n. 肌肉抽搐；性情古怪的人；蠢人；急拉 vi. 痙攣；急拉；顛簸地行進 vt. 猛拉
2.There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room.
skid?n. 剎車；打滑；滑軌，滑動墊木 vt. 滾滑；剎住，使減速 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.步槍
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. 鉸鏈 vt. & vi. 用鉸鏈連接(某物), 給(某物)裝上鉸鏈
deafening?adj. 震耳欲聾的;極喧鬧的 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；毛發粗濃雜亂的
mane n. （馬等的）鬃毛
tangle?n. 亂糟糟的一堆, 混亂 vt. & vi. (使)纏結, (使)亂作一團
glint?n. 閃光；閃爍 vi. 閃閃發光；閃爍；（光線）反射 vt. 使閃光；使發光
beetlen. 甲蟲
6.Dudley squeaked and ran to hide behind his mother, who was crouching, terrified, behind Uncle Vernon.
squeak?vi. 告密；吱吱叫；僥幸成功 n. 吱吱聲；機會 vt. 以短促尖聲發出
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，某東西
?fer?pref. 帶，拿來
8.His eyes fell on the empty grate with the shrivelled crisp packets in it and he snorted.
grate?vt. 裝格柵于；磨擦 vi. 發摩擦聲 n. 壁爐；格柵
snort?vt. & vi. 噴鼻息(以表示不耐煩, 輕蔑等) n. 噴鼻息, 鼻息聲;(潛水艇的)通氣管
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. 向下凹或中間下陷;松弛或不整齊地懸著 n. 下陷或松弛；下陷或松弛的地方; 下陷或松弛的程度
squashy adj. 柔軟的；熟透的；容易壓壞的；又濕又軟的
chip n. 碎片;缺口;炸馬鈴薯條;集成電路片 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. 牛飲；大喝特喝 n. 痛飲，大喝；牛飲 vt. 牛飲；大喝特喝，豪飲
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. 煩躁；坐立不安；玩弄 n. 煩躁；坐立不安；煩躁不安的人 vt. 使煩亂；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(氣)vi. 哽住 n. 吞咽;一大口(尤指液體)
12.The Dursleys were cowering against the wall.
cower?vi. 退縮；抖縮；蜷縮；[英方]彎腰屈膝
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. 感到恐懼；畏縮，膽怯 n. 鵪鶉
?syllable??n. 音節
tremble?vi. 戰栗；焦慮；發抖；搖晃 vt. 使揮動；用顫抖的聲音說出 n. 顫抖；戰栗；搖晃
14.An’ I reckon it’s abou’ time yeh read yer letter.’
reckon?vt. 猜想; 估計;〈非正〉思忖; 設想;考慮; 認為;〈正〉計算
