英语听书《白鲸记》第921期
日期:2019-01-11 17:58

(单词翻译:单击)

Now, mustering the spare poles from below, and selecting one of hickory, with the bark still investing it, Ahab fitted the end to the socket of the iron. A coil of new tow-line was then unwound, and some fathoms of it taken to the windlass, and stretched to a great tension. Pressing his foot upon it, till the rope hummed like a harp-string, then eagerly bending over it, and seeing no strandings, Ahab exclaimed, "Good! and now for the seizings."
于是,亚哈打甲板上捡起几根备用的杆子,挑了一根上面还有枝桠的胡桃木,把它插进标枪的承口。接着,抖开一捆新缆索,撒了十几英尺,结在绞车上,拉扯得紧绷绷的。亚哈一只脚踏在索上,把绳索弄得直象一支竖琴弦在嗡嗡发响后,急忙俯身下去,看到索股没有散开,高声大叫起来,"好极啦!哼,现在可以去抓它啦。"
At one extremity the rope was unstranded, and the separate spread yarns were all braided and woven round the socket of the harpoon; the pole was then driven hard up into the socket; from the lower end the rope was traced halfway along the pole's length, and firmly secured so, with inter-twistings of twine. This done, pole, iron, and rope — like the Three Fates — remained inseparable, and Ahab moodily stalked away with the weapon; the sound of his ivory leg, and the sound of the hickory pole, both hollowly ringing along every plank. But ere he entered his cabin, a light, unnatural, half-bantering, yet most piteous sound was heard. Oh! Pip, thy wretched laugh, thy idle but unresting eye; all thy strange mummeries not unmeaningly blended with the black tragedy of the melancholy ship, and mocked it!
绳尾的索股散开来了,那些散开来的绳股又被辫扎起来,然后,把标枪的承口绕来绕去扎住了;于是,杆子就跟承口接得牢牢靠靠;再把下面的绳头缠到杆子半中间,以交叉的缠法顺着杆子直绕上去,紧紧地缚住。这样都弄舒齐后,杆子,标枪头和绳索,就象是命运三女神一般难分难舍了。于是,亚哈心事重重地拿着这支标枪蹑手蹑足走开了;他那条牙腿和那根胡桃木杆的声响,沿着船板空洞洞地响着。但是,他还没有走进他的舱室,却听到一阵轻轻的、不自然的、半开玩笑的,然而却是最可怜的声音。啊!比普,你那令人讨厌的笑声,你那空幻而眨个不停的眼色,你所有的奇特的哑剧,跟这艘忧郁的船的凶恶的悲剧混在一起,可不是毫无意义的呀!你嘲弄它吧!

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重点单词
  • ivoryn. 象牙,乳白色 adj. 象牙制的,乳白色的
  • melancholyn. 忧沉,悲哀,愁思 adj. 忧沉的,使人悲伤的,愁
  • barkv. (狗)吠,咆哮 n. 狗吠,咆哮 n. (树)茎皮
  • spreadv. 伸展,展开,传播,散布,铺开,涂撒 n. 伸展,传
  • separaten. 分开,抽印本 adj. 分开的,各自的,单独的 v
  • socketn. 插座,插口,穴孔 vt. 装上或插入插座
  • tensionn. 紧张,拉力,张力,紧张状态,[电]电压 vt. 使
  • pressingadj. 紧迫的,紧急的 press的现在分词
  • idleadj. 无目的的,无聊的; 懒惰的,闲散的; 无根据的
  • spareadj. 多余的,闲置的,备用的,简陋的 v. 抽出,饶