Harrigan — Page 6
他们吆喝着向那白人扑去；一群路过的同乡也加入了混战；整个人群将那高大的男子团团围住。
They closed on the white man with a yell; a passing group of their compatriots joined the affray; the whole mass surged in around the tall fellow.
哈里根仰起头，眼睛微微眯起，像一个正在聆听精妙交响乐的乐评人。
Harrigan's head went back and his eyes half closed like a critic listening to an exquisite symphony.
「啊——！」他喃喃自语道，「看他打架！」
"Ah-h!" he whispered to himself. "Watch him fight!"
警察们挥舞着警棍冲向人群外围，却在那里停了下来。
The policemen struck the outer edge of the circle with drawn clubs, but there they stopped.
他们根本无法撕开这密不透风的人墙。
They could not dent that compacted mass.
士兵们奋力挣扎，却被阻拦在外。
The soldiers struggled manfully, but they were held at bay.
哈里根能从攻击者的头顶上看到那名防守者起伏的肩膀，以及拳头重击发出的脆响。
Harrigan could see the heaving shoulders of the defender over the heads of the assailants, and the crack of hard-driven fists.
攻击者们挤作一团，手臂几乎没有挥拳的空间，而那大个子背靠农舍的墙壁，每一拳都砸得结结实实。
The attackers were crushed together and had little room to swing their arms with full force, while the big man stood with his back against the wall of the cottage and made every smashing punch count.
仿佛心照不宣，士兵们突然停手，纷纷从这个令人胆寒的战士面前退却。
As if by common assent, the soldiers suddenly desisted and gave back from this deadly fighter.
他那得意的怒吼声盖过了喧嚣的人群。
His bellow of triumph rang over the clamor.
他的帽子飞了出去，一头乌黑的长发在风中直直竖起，他挥舞着双臂向他们扑去。
His hat was off; his long black hair stood straight up in the wind; and he leaped after them with flailing arms.
然而此时，警察们已靠着乱棍齐挥，硬是在人群中开出了一条路。
But now the police had managed to pry their way into the mass by dint of indiscriminate battering.
就在那黑发男子与警长正面相遇的瞬间，一道寒光闪过，高高挥起的警棍重重落下；那大个子随即倒地，消失在人群之中。
As the black-haired man came face to face with the sergeant, the light gleamed on a high-swung club that thudded home; and the big man dropped out of sight.
Vocabulary
- closed
- 此处指围拢、逼近某人
- yell
- 大声喊叫；叫喊声
- passing
- 经过的；路过的
- compatriots
- 同胞；来自同一国家或民族的人
- affray
- 公共场所的斗殴或骚乱事件
- mass
- 大量的人群；群众
- surged
- （人群）汹涌涌动、猛烈向前冲
- fellow
- 家伙；男子，口语用词
- critic
- 评论家；批评家
- exquisite
- 精美绝伦的；极其美妙的
- symphony
- 交响乐；大型管弦乐作品
- whispered
- 低声说；耳语
- struck
- strike的过去式，击打；袭击
- outer
- 外部的；外侧的
- edge
- 边缘；外沿
- drawn
- draw的过去分词，此处指形成的圆圈
- clubs
- 警棍；棍棒，复数形式
- dent
- 突破；打开缺口；凹陷
- compacted
- 紧密聚集的；压紧的
- struggled
- 奋力挣扎；努力搏斗
- manfully
- 勇敢地；坚定果断地
- bay
- held at bay指被阻止于一定距离外
- heaving
- 剧烈起伏的；用力移动的
- defender
- 防御者；捍卫者
- assailants
- 攻击者；袭击者，复数形式
- crack
- 此处指拳头击打发出的猛烈声响
- hard-driven
- 用力猛击的；强力挥出的
- fists
- 拳头；复数形式
- attackers
- 进攻者；袭击者，复数形式
- crushed
- 挤压在一起；被压缩
- swing
- 挥动；摆动（手臂或武器）
- force
- 力量；力气
- cottage
- 小屋；农舍
- smashing
- 猛烈的；有力的（形容出拳）
- punch
- 用拳猛击；一拳
- count
- 此处指起作用；有效果
- common
- 共同的；共有的
- assent
- 同意；默契；达成共识
- desisted
- 停止；放弃继续做某事
- deadly
- 致命的；极其危险的
- fighter
- 战士；格斗者；擅长打架的人
- bellow
- 大声吼叫；（胜利时的）吼声
- triumph
- 胜利；成功；凯旋
- rang
- ring的过去式，响彻；回荡
- clamor
- 喧嚣声；嘈杂的吵闹声
- leaped
- leap的过去式，跳跃；猛冲向前
- flailing
- 挥舞手臂；乱挥乱打
- managed
- 设法做到；终于成功
- pry
- 撬开；强行插入
- dint
- by dint of意为凭借；通过……手段
- indiscriminate
- 不加区分的；乱打一气的
- battering
- 持续猛击；反复重击
- sergeant
- 警察中士；警长
- gleamed
- 发出闪光；闪烁
- high-swung
- 高高挥起的；高举过头的
- club
- 警棍；棍棒
- thudded
- 发出沉重砰的一声打中目标
- home
- 此处指准确击中要害
- dropped
- 跌倒；突然倒下
- sight
- 视野；out of sight指从视野中消失
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