Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 13
他刚一结束,那年轻人便开始了——不是演奏,而是发出单调的声音,既不像老人乐器的和声,也不像鸟儿的歌声;我后来才发现他是在朗读,但当时我对文字或字母的学问一无所知。
So soon as he had finished, the youth began, not to play, but to utter sounds that were monotonous, and neither resembling the harmony of the old man's instrument nor the songs of the birds; I since found that he read aloud, but at that time I knew nothing of the science of words or letters.
这家人如此忙碌了片刻之后,熄灭了灯火,退去休息——我是这样猜想的。
The family, after having been thus occupied for a short time, extinguished their lights and retired, as I conjectured, to rest.
Vocabulary
- soon
- 很快,不久之后
- finished
- 完成,结束某件事情
- youth
- 年轻人;青春时期
- began
- begin的过去式,开始做某事
- play
- 演奏乐器;玩耍;表演
- utter
- 发出声音;说出话语
- sounds
- 声音,由物体振动产生的音响
- monotonous
- 单调乏味的,缺乏变化的
- neither
- 两者都不,用于否定两个选项
- resembling
- 类似于,与……相像
- harmony
- 和声;和谐悦耳的音乐效果
- instrument
- 乐器;仪器;工具
- nor
- 也不,与neither搭配表示双重否定
- songs
- 歌曲,用于演唱的音乐作品
- since
- 自从;因为;此后
- aloud
- 大声地,出声朗读
- science
- 科学,研究自然规律的学科
- letters
- 字母;信件;文字
- thus
- 因此,以这种方式,如此
- occupied
- 忙于某事;占用;从事
- extinguished
- 熄灭火焰或灯光
- retired
- 退休;退下;去休息就寝
- conjectured
- 推测,根据不充分证据做出猜测
- rest
- 休息;剩余部分
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