Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 6
我不需要任何人来告诉我，这是一个非常不吉利的征兆，会给我带来厄运，所以我吓坏了，身上的衣服都几乎抖落了。
I didn't need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me.
我站起来，在原地转了三圈，每次都在胸前划十字；然后我用一根线扎起一小缕头发，用来驱赶女巫。
I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast every time; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away.
但我心里一点底都没有。
But I hadn't no confidence.
这种做法是当你捡到一块马蹄铁却没有把它钉在门上方、而是弄丢了的时候才用的，但我从没听说过有人说这能驱走杀死蜘蛛带来的厄运。
You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you'd killed a spider.
我浑身颤抖着重新坐下，掏出烟斗抽起烟来；因为这时屋子里静得像死一样，所以寡妇不会知道。
I set down again, a-shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke; for the house was all as still as death now, and so the widow wouldn't know.
过了很久，我听到远处镇上的钟声响起——当——当——当——敲了十二下；然后又是一片寂静——比以前更静了。
Well, after a long time I heard the clock away off in the town go boom—boom—boom—twelve licks; and all still again—stiller than ever.
不一会儿，我听到黑暗中树林里传来树枝折断的声音——有什么东西在动。
Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees—something was a stirring.
我静静地坐着，侧耳倾听。
I set still and listened.
过了一会儿，我隐约听到下面传来"喵——喵！喵——喵！"的声音。
Directly I could just barely hear a "me-yow! me-yow!" down there.
太好了！
That was good!
我尽量轻声地回应道："喵——喵！喵——喵！"然后我熄灭了灯，从窗口爬出去，跳上了棚顶。
Says I, "me-yow! me-yow!" as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and scrambled out of the window on to the shed.
Vocabulary
- need
- 需要，必须有或做某事
- anybody
- 任何人，用于否定或疑问句中
- tell
- 告诉，把信息传达给某人
- awful
- 极糟糕的，令人不安或恐惧的
- sign
- 征兆，预示某事将发生的迹象
- fetch
- 带来，去取回某物或某人
- luck
- 运气，好的或坏的机遇
- scared
- 感到害怕的，因恐惧而颤抖
- shook
- shake的过去式，使颤抖或振动
- clothes
- 衣服，穿在身上的服装总称
- tracks
- 原地，脚步所在的位置
- crossed
- cross的过去式，在胸前画十字
- breast
- 胸部，身体正面的胸口位置
- tied
- tie的过去式，用线或绳绑住
- lock
- 一缕（头发），一小束毛发
- thread
- 线，细线，用于缝纫或绑扎
- witches
- 女巫，传说中施行巫术的女人
- confidence
- 信心，相信某事有效的心理
- lost
- lose的过去式，丢失某物
- horseshoe
- 马蹄铁，传统上被视为好运符号
- instead
- 代替，作为替代，换而言之
- nailing
- nail的进行时，用钉子钉住某物
- killed
- kill的过去式，杀死，消灭
- spider
- 蜘蛛，有八条腿的节肢动物
- a-shaking
- 颤抖着，方言进行时表示持续颤抖
- pipe
- 烟斗，用来吸烟的器具
- smoke
- 抽烟，吸烟斗或香烟
- still
- 安静的，一动不动的，寂静
- death
- 死亡，生命的终结状态
- widow
- 寡妇，丈夫已去世的女性
- boom
- 嗡嗡声或敲击声，象声词
- licks
- 敲击声，钟声的每一响
- stiller
- still的比较级，更安静更寂静
- Pretty
- 相当，很，程度副词（口语）
- twig
- 细枝，树上的小枝条
- snap
- 折断声，细枝折断的声音
- amongst
- 在……之中，among的变体形式
- stirring
- 移动，轻微活动，有东西在动
- Directly
- 不久，立刻，方言表示稍后
- barely
- 几乎不，勉强，仅仅能够
- me-yow
- 猫叫声的拼写，模仿猫咪叫声
- soft
- 轻声地，小声地，柔和地
- scrambled
- scramble的过去式，爬出，匆忙出去
- shed
- 小棚子，简易的储物小屋
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