Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 14
大约两点钟,雾气散去,我们看见四面八方延伸着辽阔而崎岖不平的冰原,似乎望不到边际。
About two o'clock the mist cleared away, and we beheld, stretched out in every direction, vast and irregular plains of ice, which seemed to have no end.
我的几个同伴发出呻吟声,我自己的心中也开始充满焦虑的思绪,变得惶惶不安,
Some of my comrades groaned, and my own mind began to grow watchful with anxious thoughts,
就在这时,一个奇异的景象突然吸引了我们的注意,使我们暂时忘却了自身的处境。
when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention and diverted our solicitude from our own situation.
我们看见一辆低矮的雪橇车,由狗拉着,在半英里外向北方驶去;
We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a mile;
雪橇上坐着一个形似人类、却身形巨大的生物,正在驾驭着那些狗。
a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.
我们用望远镜注视着这位旅人迅速前进,直到他消失在远处起伏不平的冰原之中。
We watched the rapid progress of the traveller with our telescopes until he was lost among the distant inequalities of the ice.
这一景象令我们无比惊奇。我们自以为距离任何陆地都有数百英里之遥,
This appearance excited our unqualified wonder. We were, as we believed, many hundred miles from any land;
但这个幽灵般的出现似乎表明,陆地其实并不像我们所想象的那样遥远。
but this apparition seemed to denote that it was not, in reality, so distant as we had supposed.
然而,被冰封困住,我们无法追寻他的踪迹,尽管我们曾以极大的注意力观察过那踪迹。
Shut in, however, by ice, it was impossible to follow his track, which we had observed with the greatest attention.
大约在这件事发生两小时后,我们听到了冰下海浪的声响,入夜之前,冰层破裂,我们的船得以解脱。
About two hours after this occurrence we heard the ground sea, and before night the ice broke and freed our ship.
然而,我们停船等到天亮,因为担心在黑暗中遭遇冰层破裂后四处漂浮的大块浮冰。
We, however, lay to until the morning, fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the breaking up of the ice.
我利用这段时间休息了几个小时。
I profited of this time to rest for a few hours.
Vocabulary
- About
- 大约,用于表示时间或数量的近似值
- o'clock
- 表示整点时刻,如两点整
- mist
- 薄雾,空气中悬浮的细小水滴
- cleared
- (雾或云)消散,变得清晰明朗
- beheld
- (behold的过去式)注视,看见某物
- stretched
- 延伸,向某方向伸展或扩展
- direction
- 方向,指空间中某一特定朝向
- vast
- 广阔的,形容面积或规模极大
- irregular
- 不规则的,形状或排列不整齐的
- plains
- 平原,广阔平坦的陆地或冰面
- comrades
- 同伴,共同经历危险或困难的伙伴
- groaned
- 发出呻吟声,表示痛苦或不满
- watchful
- 警觉的,保持高度注意和警惕的
- anxious
- 焦虑的,担心或忧虑某件事情
- sight
- 景象,视野中出现的事物或场景
- attracted
- 吸引,引起某人的注意或兴趣
- attention
- 注意力,将心思集中于某事物
- diverted
- 转移,使注意力或方向改变
- solicitude
- 忧虑,对某事的关切与担心
- situation
- 处境,所处的环境或状况
- perceived
- 察觉,感知到某事物的存在
- carriage
- 车厢,供人乘坐的有轮交通工具
- fixed
- 固定的,被安装或附着在某处的
- sledge
- 雪橇,在雪或冰上滑行的交通工具
- drawn
- 被拉动,由动物牵引前进
- towards
- 朝向,往某个方向移动
- distance
- 距离,两点之间的空间间隔
- mile
- 英里,英制长度单位,约1.6公里
- being
- 生物,存在的个体或生命体
- shape
- 形状,物体的外形或轮廓
- apparently
- 显然,从表面来看似乎是这样
- gigantic
- 巨大的,体型或规模异常庞大
- stature
- 身材,人的身高或体型大小
- guided
- 驾驭,引导或控制某物的方向
- rapid
- 迅速的,速度非常快的
- progress
- 前进,向目标方向移动或推进
- traveller
- 旅行者,正在旅途中的人
- telescopes
- 望远镜,用于观察远处物体的仪器
- until
- 直到,表示持续到某个时间点
- among
- 在……之间,处于多个事物中间
- distant
- 遥远的,在较远距离处的
- inequalities
- 起伏不平处,地形高低不均的地方
- appearance
- 出现,某物突然进入视野的现象
- excited
- 激起,引发某种强烈的情绪反应
- unqualified
- 十足的,完全的,毫无保留的
- wonder
- 惊奇,对奇异事物产生的惊叹感
- apparition
- 幽灵,幻象,突然出现的神秘形象
- denote
- 表示,意味着某种含义或指向
- reality
- 现实,真实存在的事物或状态
- supposed
- 以为,推测某事可能是真的
- however
- 然而,表示转折或对比的副词
- impossible
- 不可能的,无法实现或做到的
- track
- 足迹,轨迹,行进留下的痕迹
- observed
- 观察,密切注意并记录某事物
- occurrence
- 事件,发生的事情或现象
- freed
- 使自由,从束缚或困境中解脱
- fearing
- 害怕,担忧某种危险的发生
- encounter
- 遭遇,意外碰到危险或困难
- loose
- 松散的,不固定的,自由漂移的
- masses
- 大块,大量聚集在一起的物体
- float
- 漂浮,在水面或空中悬浮移动
- profited
- 利用,从某事中获得益处
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