A Study in Scarlet — Page 8

English → Chinese CHAPTER I. Level 6/10

" he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit.

他热情地说道，握住我的手，力道之大令我始料未及。

"You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive."

「我看你去过阿富汗。」

"How on earth did you know that?" I asked in astonishment.

「你究竟是怎么知道的？」我惊讶地问道。

"Never mind," said he, chuckling to himself.

「没关系，」他自顾自地轻声笑道。

"The question now is about hæmoglobin. No doubt you see the significance of this discovery of mine?"

「现在的问题是关于血红蛋白。你无疑看出了我这项发现的重要意义吧？」

"It is interesting, chemically, no doubt," I answered, "but practically——"

「从化学角度来说，这无疑是很有趣的，」我回答道，「但在实际应用上——」

"Why, man, it is the most practical medico-legal discovery for years.

「哎呀，老兄，这是多年来最具实用价值的法医学发现。

Don't you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.

你难道没看出来，这为我们提供了一种检验血迹的万无一失的方法吗。

Come over here now!"

快过来看看！」

He seized me by the coat-sleeve in his eagerness, and drew me over to the table at which he had been working.

他急切地抓住我的衣袖，把我拉到他一直工作的那张桌子旁。

"Let us have some fresh blood," he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger, and drawing off the resulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette.

「我们来取些新鲜的血，」他说着，将一根长针刺入手指，用化学吸管吸取渗出的一滴血。

"Now, I add this small quantity of blood to a litre of water.

「现在，我将这少量的血加入一升水中。

You perceive that the resulting mixture has the appearance of pure water.

你可以看到，所得到的混合物看起来与纯水无异。

The proportion of blood cannot be more than one in a million.

血液的比例不超过百万分之一。

I have no doubt, however, that we shall be able to obtain the characteristic reaction."

然而，我毫不怀疑，我们将能够获得其特有的反应。」

As he spoke, he threw into the vessel a few white crystals, and then added some drops of a transparent fluid.

说话间，他向容器中投入几粒白色晶体，随后又加入几滴透明液体。

In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar.

转瞬间，容器中的液体变成了暗红褐色，一层褐色的沉淀物析出沉积于玻璃瓶底部。

"Ha!

「哈！

Vocabulary

热情: rèqíng — Enthusiastic, warm, passionate in manner.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb.
说道: shuōdào — Said, uttered; narrative verb for speech.
握住: wòzhù — To grasp and hold firmly with hand.
力道: lìdào — Force, strength, degree of physical power applied.
之大: zhī dà — Classical phrase meaning 'so great in degree'.
令: lìng — To cause, make someone feel or experience something.
始料未及: shǐliào wèijí — Completely unexpected; beyond one's initial anticipation.
去过: qùguò — Have been to; visited a place before.
阿富汗: Āfùhàn — Afghanistan; country in Central/South Asia.
究竟: jiūjìng — Exactly, after all; used for emphasis in questions.
惊讶: jīngyà — Surprised, astonished, startled by something unexpected.
问道: wèndào — Asked; narrative verb introducing a question.
没关系: méi guānxi — It doesn't matter; no problem, never mind.
自顾自: zìgùzì — On one's own; doing something without regard for others.
轻声: qīngshēng — In a soft, quiet, gentle voice.
笑道: xiàodào — Said with a laugh; laughingly remarked.
关于: guānyú — Regarding, concerning, about a particular topic.
血红蛋白: xuèhóng dànbái — Hemoglobin; oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells.
无疑: wúyí — Undoubtedly, without doubt, certainly true.
看出: kànchū — To perceive, detect, or figure out by looking.
这项: zhè xiàng — This item, this particular (discovery or matter).
发现: fāxiàn — Discovery; to discover or find something new.
意义: yìyì — Meaning, significance, importance of something.
吧: ba — Sentence-final particle suggesting supposition or agreement.
化学: huàxué — Chemistry; the science of substances and reactions.
角度: jiǎodù — Angle, perspective, point of view.
来说: lái shuō — Speaking from; in terms of a perspective.
道: dào — Said; literary verb following spoken dialogue.
实际: shíjì — Practical, actual, real-world application.
应用: yìngyòng — Application, practical use of knowledge or method.
哎呀: āiyā — Exclamation of surprise, excitement, or mild frustration.
老兄: lǎoxiōng — Old chap, buddy; informal address for male friend.
多年来: duō nián lái — Over the course of many years.
具: jù — To possess, have, be equipped with.
实用: shíyòng — Practical, useful, having real-world utility.
价值: jiàzhí — Value, worth, significance of something.
法医学: fǎyīxué — Forensic medicine; medical science for legal investigations.
难道: nándào — Could it be that; rhetorical question marker.
看出来: kàn chūlái — To realize, detect, or see clearly by observation.
提供: tígōng — To provide, supply, offer something to someone.
检验: jiǎnyàn — To test, examine, inspect for verification.
血迹: xuèjì — Bloodstain; a mark or trace of blood.
万无一失: wàn wú yī shī — Absolutely foolproof; no possibility of failure whatsoever.
过来: guòlái — Come over here; move toward the speaker.
急切: jíqiè — Eager, urgent, anxious and impatient.
抓住: zhuāzhù — To grab, seize, catch and hold firmly.
衣袖: yīxiù — Sleeve; the arm part of a garment.
把: bǎ — Particle introducing the object before a verb.
拉到: lādào — To pull someone to a place or position.
一直: yīzhí — Continuously, all along, straight in one direction.
旁: páng — Beside, next to, at the side of.
取些: qǔ xiē — To take some amount of a substance.
新鲜: xīnxiān — Fresh; newly obtained, not stale or old.
血: xuè — Blood; the red fluid in living bodies.
说着: shuōzhe — While speaking; continuing to talk as acting.
将: jiāng — Literary 把; introduces object before verb action.
一根: yī gēn — One (long thin object); measure word for needles.
长针: cháng zhēn — Long needle; a lengthy pointed instrument.
刺入: cìrù — To pierce into, stab into a surface.
吸管: xīguǎn — Pipette or straw; tube for drawing up liquid.
吸取: xīqǔ — To draw up, absorb, or extract liquid.
渗出: shènchū — To seep out, ooze out from a surface.
一滴: yī dī — One drop of liquid.
少量: shǎoliàng — A small amount, a little quantity of something.
加入: jiārù — To add into, put into a mixture or group.
一升: yī shēng — One liter; a unit of liquid volume.
所: suǒ — Classical particle before verb forming nominal phrase.
得到: dédào — To obtain, get, receive something as result.
混合物: hùnhéwù — Mixture; a combination of two or more substances.
看起来: kàn qǐlái — To appear, look like, seem to be something.
与: yǔ — And, with; literary conjunction or preposition.
纯水: chúnshuǐ — Pure water; water without any added substances.
无异: wúyì — No different from; indistinguishable, identical in appearance.
血液: xuèyè — Blood; the bodily fluid circulating in vessels.
比例: bǐlì — Proportion, ratio of one quantity to another.
超过: chāoguò — To exceed, surpass, go beyond a limit.
百万分之一: bǎiwàn fēn zhī yī — One part per million; an extremely tiny proportion.
然而: rán'ér — However, yet, nevertheless; literary contrast conjunction.
毫不怀疑: háo bù huáiyí — Without the slightest doubt; completely certain.
能够: nénggòu — To be able to, capable of doing something.
获得: huòdé — To obtain, acquire, gain a result or item.
其: qí — Its, their; literary third-person possessive pronoun.
特有: tèyǒu — Characteristic of, unique to, specific to something.
反应: fǎnyìng — Reaction; chemical reaction or response to stimulus.
说话间: shuōhuà jiān — While speaking; in the midst of conversation.
向: xiàng — Toward, facing; preposition of direction.
容器: róngqì — Container, vessel for holding substances.
投入: tóurù — To put into, drop into, add to a container.
几粒: jǐ lì — Several grains or pellets of a substance.
晶体: jīngtǐ — Crystal; a solid with regular molecular structure.
随后: suíhòu — Shortly after, subsequently, then immediately following.
几滴: jǐ dī — A few drops of liquid.
透明: tòumíng — Transparent, clear; allowing light to pass through.
液体: yètǐ — Liquid; matter in fluid state, not solid or gas.
转瞬间: zhuǎn shùn jiān — In an instant, in the blink of an eye.
变成: biànchéng — To turn into, become, transform into something else.
暗红褐色: àn hóng hèsè — Dark reddish-brown color.
一层: yī céng — A layer, a stratum of something deposited.
褐色: hèsè — Brown color; a dark yellowish-brown shade.
沉淀物: chéndiànwù — Precipitate; solid matter settling out of solution.
析出: xīchū — To precipitate out, separate out from a solution.
沉积: chénjī — To deposit, settle and accumulate at the bottom.
于: yú — At, in, on; literary preposition of location.
玻璃瓶: bōlipíng — Glass bottle; a transparent glass container.
底部: dǐbù — Bottom part, base of a container or object.
哈: hā — Ha; exclamation of triumph or laughter.

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