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English → Chinese CHAPTER I Level 9/10

In Chancery

在大法院

London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall.

伦敦。米迦勒节开庭期刚刚结束，大法官坐镇林肯律师学院大厅。

Implacable November weather.

严酷无情的十一月天气。

As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.

街道上泥泞遍地，仿佛洪水刚刚从大地上退去，若是在霍尔本山上遇见一头约四十英尺长、像巨象蜥蜴般蹒跚而行的斑龙，也不足为奇。

Smoke lowering down from chimney-pots, making a soft black drizzle, with flakes of soot in it as big as full-grown snowflakes—gone into mourning, one might imagine, for the death of the sun.

烟雾从烟囱口低沉地弥漫下来，形成一片柔软的黑色细雨，其中夹杂着如同成熟雪花般大小的煤烟碎片——仿佛在为太阳之死披麻戴孝。

Dogs, undistinguishable in mire.

狗儿们陷于泥潭之中，难以辨认。

Horses, scarcely better; splashed to their very blinkers.

马儿们也好不到哪里去，污泥溅到了它们的眼罩上。

Foot passengers, jostling one another's umbrellas in a general infection of ill temper, and losing their foot-hold at street-corners, where tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.

行人们在普遍弥漫的烦躁情绪中互相碰撞着雨伞，在街角处失去立足之地——自天光破晓以来（若这一天真曾破晓），无数行人在此滑行跌撞，不断为层层叠叠的泥垢增添新的沉积，顽固地粘附在路面上，以复利般的速度不断积累。

Fog everywhere.

雾霭无处不在。

Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.

河流上游雾气弥漫，河水在绿色的小岛和草地之间流淌；河流下游雾气滚滚，污浊地穿行于层层叠叠的船只和一座伟大（而肮脏的）城市的水边污秽之间。

Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights.

埃塞克斯沼泽上雾气笼罩，肯特郡高地上雾气沉沉。

Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.

雾气悄悄钻入运煤双桅船的厨房舱；雾气铺展在大船的横桁上，在索具间飘浮萦绕；雾气低垂在驳船和小船的舷缘之上。

Vocabulary

在: zài — At, in, on; indicating location or ongoing action.
伦敦: Lúndūn — London; capital city of England.
刚刚: gānggāng — Just now; very recently completed.
结束: jiéshù — To end, finish, conclude an activity or event.
林肯: Línkěn — Lincoln; place name, also Abraham Lincoln.
大厅: dà tīng — Great hall; large main room of a building.
严酷: yánkù — Harsh, severe, brutal in nature or conditions.
无情: wúqíng — Merciless, ruthless, without compassion or feeling.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
十一月: shíyī yuè — November; the eleventh month of the year.
天气: tiānqì — Weather; atmospheric conditions at a given time.
街道: jiēdào — Street, road; public thoroughfare in a city.
上: shàng — On, above, upper; indicates surface or direction.
泥泞: nínìng — Muddy, miry; covered with wet sticky mud.
遍地: biàndì — Everywhere, all over the ground or place.
仿佛: fǎngfú — As if, seemingly; resembling or appearing like something.
洪水: hóngshuǐ — Flood, floodwater; large overflow of water onto land.
从: cóng — From; indicating starting point of movement or time.
大地: dàdì — The earth, land; vast expanse of ground.
退去: tuìqù — To recede, withdraw, go back from a place.
若是: ruòshì — If, supposing that; introducing a conditional clause.
遇见: yùjiàn — To meet, encounter someone or something unexpectedly.
一头: yī tóu — One (animal); measure word for large animals.
约: yuē — Approximately, about; indicating an estimated quantity.
四十: sìshí — Forty; the number 40.
英尺: yīngchǐ — Foot (unit); imperial measurement equal to 12 inches.
长: cháng — Long; having great length in measurement.
像: xiàng — Like, resembling; to look or seem similar to.
蜥蜴: xīyì — Lizard; small scaly reptile with four legs.
般: bān — Like, similar to; used in comparisons.
蹒跚: pánshān — To waddle, stagger; walking unsteadily with difficulty.
也: yě — Also, too, either; expressing inclusion or concession.
不足为奇: bù zú wéi qí — Not at all surprising; nothing to wonder about.
烟雾: yānwù — Smog, smoke and fog; dense obscuring atmospheric haze.
低沉: dīchén — Low-hanging, heavy; describes oppressive atmosphere or tone.
地: de — Adverbial particle; modifies verbs describing manner.
弥漫: mímàn — To permeate, spread throughout; fill an area densely.
下来: xiàlái — To come down; descend from higher to lower.
形成: xíngchéng — To form, take shape; develop into something definite.
一片: yī piàn — A stretch of; expanse of something covering area.
柔软: róuruǎn — Soft, gentle, pliable; not hard or rough.
黑色: hēisè — Black color; darkest color absorbing all light.
细雨: xìyǔ — Light drizzle; fine gentle rainfall.
其中: qízhōng — Among them, within it; inside a group or thing.
夹杂: jiázá — To be mixed with, interspersed among other things.
着: zhe — Aspect particle indicating ongoing or continuing state.
如同: rútóng — Just like, same as; used for comparisons.
成熟: chéngshú — Ripe, mature; fully developed in size or quality.
雪花: xuěhuā — Snowflake; a single crystal of fallen snow.
大小: dàxiǎo — Size; the dimensions or magnitude of something.
碎片: suìpiàn — Fragments, pieces; small broken bits of something.
为: wèi — For; on behalf of, indicating purpose or reason.
太阳: tàiyáng — The sun; the star at the center of solar system.
狗儿们: gǒu er men — Dogs; plural reference to canine animals.
陷于: xiànyú — To be trapped in, mired in a situation.
泥潭: nítán — Muddy bog, quagmire; deep pool of sticky mud.
之中: zhīzhōng — Within, among, in the middle of something.
难以: nányǐ — Difficult to, hard to; preceding a verb.
辨认: biànrèn — To identify, recognize; distinguish one thing from another.
马儿们: mǎ er men — Horses; affectionate plural reference to horses.
好不到哪里去: hǎo bu dào nǎlǐ qù — No better off; not in any improved situation.
哪里: nǎlǐ — Where; asking about or referring to a location.
去: qù — To go; move away toward a destination.
污泥: wūní — Dirty mud, sludge; filthy wet earthy matter.
溅到: jiàn dào — To splash onto; liquid scattering and hitting surface.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state.
它们: tāmen — They, them; third-person plural for non-human things.
行人们: xíngrén men — Pedestrians; people walking along a street.
普遍: pǔbiàn — Universal, widespread, common; existing everywhere generally.
烦躁: fánzào — Irritable, agitated, restless; feeling annoyed and unsettled.
情绪: qíngxù — Mood, emotion; one's general emotional state.
中: zhōng — In, within, among; inside a space or group.
互相: hùxiāng — Mutually, each other; reciprocal action between parties.
碰撞: pèngzhuàng — To collide, bump into; objects or people hitting together.
雨伞: yǔsǎn — Umbrella; portable canopy for shelter from rain.
街角处: jiē jiǎo chù — Street corner; the turning point where streets meet.
失去: shīqù — To lose; no longer have or possess something.
立足之地: lì zú zhī dì — Foothold, standing ground; a place to stand firmly.
自: zì — Since, from; starting point in time or place.
天光: tiānguāng — Daylight, dawn light; natural light from the sky.
破晓: pòxiǎo — Daybreak, dawn; moment when light first appears.
以来: yǐlái — Since; from a past time up to now.
若: ruò — If, supposing; literary conditional conjunction.
这一天: zhè yī tiān — This day; referring to the specific day mentioned.
无数: wúshù — Countless, innumerable; too many to count.
行人: xíngrén — Pedestrian, passerby; person traveling on foot.
在此: zài cǐ — Here, at this place; referring to the current location.
滑行: huáxíng — To slide, glide; move smoothly along a surface.
不断: bùduàn — Continuously, unceasingly; without stopping or interruption.
层层叠叠: céng céng dié dié — Layer upon layer; stacked in multiple overlapping layers.
增添: zēngtiān — To add to, increase; make something greater in amount.
新的: xīn de — New; recently created or not existing before.
沉积: chénjī — Sediment, deposit; matter that settles and accumulates.
顽固: wángù — Stubborn, tenacious; firmly resistant to change or removal.
路面: lùmiàn — Road surface; top layer of a street or road.
以: yǐ — With, by means of; using as a method.
般的: bān de — Like, resembling; modifying a noun for comparison.
速度: sùdù — Speed, velocity; rate of movement or progress.
积累: jīlěi — To accumulate, build up; gather gradually over time.
雾霭: wù'ǎi — Mist, haze; light fog creating obscured atmosphere.
无处不在: wúchù bù zài — Omnipresent, everywhere; existing in every possible place.
河流: héliú — River; a large natural flowing body of water.
上游: shàngyóu — Upstream; the part of a river nearer its source.
雾气: wùqì — Mist, vapor; thin watery fog in the air.
河水: héshuǐ — River water; the water flowing in a river.
绿色: lǜsè — Green color; color of grass and leaves.
小岛: xiǎodǎo — Small island; a tiny piece of land in water.
和: hé — And; connecting two nouns or clauses together.
草地: cǎodì — Meadow, grassland; area covered with grass.
之间: zhījiān — Between, among; in the space separating two things.
流淌: liútǎng — To flow, stream; liquid moving gently forward.
下游: xiàyóu — Downstream; part of river closer to its mouth.
滚滚: gǔngǔn — Rolling, surging; moving in a powerful turbulent mass.
污浊: wūzhuó — Murky, filthy, turbid; dirty and impure water or air.
穿行: chuānxíng — To pass through, navigate through a space or area.
于: yú — In, at, from; classical preposition of location or time.
船只: chuánzhī — Vessels, boats; collective term for watercraft.
一座: yī zuò — One (large structure); measure word for cities or buildings.
伟大: wěidà — Great, magnificent; impressive in scale or achievement.
而: ér — And yet, but; connecting contrasting or related clauses.
肮脏: āngzāng — Dirty, filthy; covered with unclean matter.
城市: chéngshì — City, urban area; large densely populated settlement.
水边: shuǐbiān — Waterside, waterfront; area along the edge of water.
沼泽: zhǎozé — Marsh, swamp; low wet boggy land area.
笼罩: lǒngzhào — To envelop, shroud; cover completely like a blanket.
高地: gāodì — Highland, upland; elevated area of land.
沉沉: chénchén — Heavily, deeply; oppressively dense or weighty feeling.
悄悄: qiāoqiāo — Quietly, stealthily; moving without making noise.
钻入: zuān rù — To bore into, sneak into; penetrate a narrow space.
铺展: pūzhǎn — To spread out, extend; unfold across a surface.
大船: dà chuán — Large ship, big vessel; a sizable watercraft.
间: jiān — Between, among; in the space separating things.
飘浮: piāofú — To float, drift; suspended lightly in air or water.
萦绕: yíngrào — To linger, hover around; wrap around persistently.
低垂: dīchuí — To hang low, droop down; descending toward the ground.
小船: xiǎo chuán — Small boat; a little watercraft for short trips.
之上: zhī shàng — Above, on top of; classical expression for over something.

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