Dracula — Page 5
他们穿着高筒靴,裤腿塞进靴子里,留着乌黑的长发和浓密的黑色胡须。
They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches.
他们外表颇为生动有趣,但看起来并不讨人喜欢。
They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing.
若是出现在舞台上,人们会立刻把他们看作某个古老东方强盗团伙的成员。
On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands.
不过,据说他们其实非常温和,只是天生缺乏自信罢了。
They are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion.
我们抵达比斯特里茨时,暮色已经昏暗,这是一座颇为有趣的古老城镇。
It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place.
由于此地实际上紧邻边境——博尔戈山口从这里通往布科维纳——它历经了许多动荡,这从城镇面貌上便可清晰看出。
Being practically on the frontier--for the Borgo Pass leads from it into Bukovina--it has had a very stormy existence, and it certainly shows marks of it.
五十年前,这里接连发生了一系列大火,曾在五次不同的事件中造成极大的破坏。
Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions.
十七世纪初,此地曾遭受长达三周的围攻,损失了一万三千人,战争本身的伤亡之外,又加上饥荒与疾病的双重打击。
At the very beginning of the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casualties of war proper being assisted by famine and disease.
德古拉伯爵指示我前往金冕旅馆,令我欣喜的是,那是一家彻头彻尾的老式旅馆,这正合我意,因为我希望尽可能多地了解当地的风土人情。
Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country.
显然旅馆方面已经得到了通知,当我走近门口时,一位面色和蔼的老妇人迎了上来,她穿着当地农民的惯常装束——白色内衬长裙,前后各系一条彩色布料的双层围裙,裁剪得几乎过于紧身。
I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress--white undergarment with long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for modesty.
当我走近时,她鞠了一躬,问道:"这位是英国先生吗?""是的,"我答道,"我是乔纳森·哈克。"
When I came close she bowed and said, "The Herr Englishman?" "Yes," I said, "Jonathan Harker."
Vocabulary
- wore
- wear的过去式,意为"穿着(衣物)"
- high
- 高的,形容高度较大或位置偏上
- boots
- 靴子,一种覆盖脚踝或小腿的鞋
- trousers
- 裤子,穿在腰部以下的两腿分开的服装
- tucked
- tuck的过去式,将衣物折叠塞入某处
- heavy
- 浓密的或厚重的,此处形容胡须浓密
- moustaches
- 髭,上唇部位留的胡须
- picturesque
- 风景如画的,外观生动美丽、极具视觉吸引力
- prepossessing
- 使人产生好感的,外表令人赏心悦目
- stage
- 舞台,供演员表演的平台区域
- set
- set down,归类为某种人或事物
- once
- 立刻,马上,没有任何延迟
- Oriental
- 东方的,来自或属于亚洲东部地区的
- band
- 一群人,有共同目的聚集在一起的团伙
- brigands
- 强盗,在山区或野外抢劫的武装盗匪
- however
- 连词/副词,表示转折,意为"然而/不过"
- harmless
- 无害的,不会造成危险或伤害的
- rather
- 副词,表示"相当/颇为"或轻微程度
- wanting
- 缺乏的,在某方面有所欠缺不足
- natural
- 天生的,与生俱来而非后天习得的
- self-assertion
- 自我主张,坚定表达个人意见和权利的能力
- twilight
- 暮色,日落后天空昏暗的过渡时段
- practically
- 副词,意为"实际上/几乎可以说"
- frontier
- 边境,国家或地区之间的边界地带
- Pass
- 山口,穿越山脉的通道
- stormy
- 动荡的,充满风波和不安定的历史
- existence
- 存在,指某事物存续的状态或过程
- certainly
- 副词,表示"确实/毫无疑问"
- marks
- 痕迹,历史事件留下的明显印记
- series
- 一系列,连续发生的多个同类事件
- fires
- 火灾,无法控制的大规模燃烧事件
- terrible
- 可怕的,程度极其严重令人震惊的
- havoc
- 浩劫,大规模的破坏或混乱状态
- separate
- 各自独立的,彼此不相关联的不同事件
- occasions
- 场合/次,某事发生的具体时间或机会
- seventeenth
- 第十七,序数词,指第十七世纪
- century
- 世纪,一百年为一个世纪
- underwent
- undergo的过去式,意为"经历/遭受"
- siege
- 围攻,军队包围城市或要塞的军事行动
- casualties
- 伤亡人员,在事故或战争中受伤或死亡的人
- war
- 战争,国家或势力之间的武装冲突
- proper
- 本身,指战争本体行为,与附带因素区分
- assisted
- assist的过去分词,表示"得到协助/加剧"
- famine
- 饥荒,大规模粮食短缺导致严重饥饿
- disease
- 疾病,影响身体健康的病症
- Count
- 伯爵,欧洲贵族头衔之一
- directed
- direct的过去式,意为"指示/命令某人做某事"
- delight
- 高兴,感到极大的喜悦和满足
- thoroughly
- 副词,意为"彻底地/完全地"
- old-fashioned
- 老式的,具有过去时代风格而非现代的
- evidently
- 副词,表示"显然/明显地"
- cheery-looking
- 看起来开朗愉快的,外表给人快乐的感觉
- elderly
- 年长的,形容年纪较大的老年人
- usual
- 通常的,日常惯用或常见的
- peasant
- 农民,生活在农村从事农业的普通劳动者
- undergarment
- 内衣,穿在外衣里面贴身的衣物
- double
- 双重的,指前后各一块的围裙样式
- apron
- 围裙,穿在衣服外面保护衣物的布料
- coloured
- 有颜色的,染有鲜艳色彩的布料或物品
- stuff
- 布料/东西,此处指织物或材料
- fitting
- 合身的,衣物与身体曲线紧密贴合的
- almost
- 副词,意为"几乎/差不多"
- tight
- 紧的,衣物与身体贴合非常紧密
- modesty
- 端庄,符合礼节的谦逊和保守行为
- bowed
- bow的过去式,弯腰鞠躬表示礼貌和尊重
- Herr
- 德语"先生",德语中对男性的尊称
- Englishman
- 英国人,来自英格兰的男性
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