Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 4

Vocabulary

在

zài — At, in, on; indicates location or existence

前者

qián zhě — The former; referring to the first of two mentioned

之中

zhī zhōng — In the middle of; among; within

有

yǒu — To have; there is/are; to exist

一头

yī tóu — One (animal); a head of (creature)

体型

tǐ xíng — Body shape; physical build or size

极为

jí wéi — Extremely; exceedingly; to a great degree

巨大

jù dà — Enormous; huge; gigantic in size

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

怪物

guài wù — Monster; strange creature; bizarre being

它

tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for non-humans

张着

zhāng zhe — Holding open; keeping spread wide

大口

dà kǒu — Wide open mouth; large gaping jaws

向

xiàng — Toward; in the direction of

我们

wǒ men — We; us; first-person plural pronoun

游来

yóu lái — To swim toward; coming by swimming

四面

sì miàn — All four sides; all around; in every direction

掀起

xiān qǐ — To stir up; to raise; to set off waves

波浪

bō làng — Waves; ocean waves; undulating water movement

将

jiāng — About to; will; used before object in causative

前方

qián fāng — In front; ahead; forward direction

海水

hǎi shuǐ — Seawater; ocean water

击打

jī dǎ — To strike; to hit; to beat forcefully

成

chéng — Into; to become; to turn into

泡沫

pào mò — Foam; froth; bubbles on liquid surface

真实

zhēn shí — True; real; genuine; authentic

历史

lì shǐ — History; historical record; past events

他

tā — He; him; third-person singular masculine pronoun

来到

lái dào — To arrive at; to come to a place

这个

zhè ge — This; this one; referring to something nearby

国家

guó jiā — Country; nation; state

也是

yě shì — Also is; likewise; equally so

为了

wèi le — In order to; for the purpose of

捕捉

bǔ zhuō — To catch; to capture; to seize creatures

其

qí — Its; their; his/her; literary possessive pronoun

价值

jià zhí — Value; worth; importance; monetary or intrinsic value

极高

jí gāo — Extremely high; exceedingly great in value

带了

dài le — Brought; carried along; took with oneself

一些

yī xiē — Some; a few; a certain amount of

献给

xiàn gěi — To present to; to dedicate or offer to someone

国王

guó wáng — King; monarch; ruler of a kingdom

最好

zuì hǎo — Best; finest; of the highest quality

鲸鱼

jīng yú — Whale; large marine mammal

是

shì — Is; are; to be; linking verb

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself; self; by one's own effort

捕获

bǔ huò — To capture; to catch; to hunt and obtain

其中

qí zhōng — Among them; within those; in that group

长达

cháng dá — Reaching a length of; as long as

码

mǎ — Yard (unit of length); approximately 0.91 meters

五十

wǔ shí — Fifty; the number 50

说

shuō — To say; to speak; to tell; to explain

之一

zhī yī — One of; among; one member of a group

曾

céng — Once; formerly; at some past time

两天

liǎng tiān — Two days; a period of two days

内

nèi — Within; inside; in the space of

杀死

shā sǐ — To kill; to slay; to cause death

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or change

六十

liù shí — Sixty; the number 60

头

tóu — Head; measure word for large animals

于

yú — At; in; on; literary preposition of time/place

公元

gōng yuán — Common Era (CE); Anno Domini (AD)

年

nián — Year; annual; relating to a specific year

从

cóng — From; since; following; starting from a point

口中

kǒu zhōng — From the mouth; verbally spoken

记录

jì lù — To record; to document; a written record

他人

tā rén — Others; other people; someone else

口述

kǒu shù — Oral account; verbally narrated testimony

凡

fán — All; every; any; whoever (literary usage)

进入

jìn rù — To enter; to go into; to move inside

这

zhè — This; indicating something nearby or just mentioned

那

nà — That; indicating something distant or previously mentioned

可怖

kě bù — Terrifying; frightening; horrifying; dreadful

深渊

shēn yuān — Abyss; deep chasm; bottomless pit

其他

qí tā — Other; the rest; remaining ones

生物

shēng wù — Living creature; organism; life form

无论

wú lùn — No matter; regardless of; whether or not

野兽

yě shòu — Wild beast; ferocious animal; savage creature

还是

hái shì — Or; still; used in alternatives or questions

船只

chuán zhī — Vessels; ships; boats; watercraft collectively

都会

dōu huì — Will all; everyone will; invariably would

立即

lì jí — Immediately; at once; without delay

迷失

mí shī — To lose one's way; to become lost

并

bìng — And; furthermore; moreover; also (conjunction)

被

bèi — Passive marker; by; indicates passive voice

吞噬

tūn shì — To devour; to swallow up; to engulf completely

而

ér — But; yet; and; however (conjunction)

却能

què néng — Yet can; but is able to; however capable of

安然

ān rán — Safely; peacefully; without harm or trouble

退入

tuì rù — To retreat into; to withdraw inside safely

那里

nà lǐ — There; that place; over there

安睡

ān shuì — To sleep peacefully; to rest soundly

为

wèi — For; on behalf of; in defense of

辩护

biàn hù — To defend; to argue in defense of someone

让

ràng — Let; allow; to permit; to make someone do

逃跑

táo pǎo — To flee; to run away; to escape

若

ruò — If; supposing; in case (literary conditional)

不是

bú shì — Is not; are not; negation of to be

高贵

gāo guì — Noble; dignified; of high moral or social standing

先知

xiān zhī — Prophet; one who foretells; religious seer

忍耐

rěn nài — Patience; endurance; to bear with tolerance

传记

zhuàn jì — Biography; written account of a person's life

中

zhōng — In; within; middle; inside of something

所

suǒ — Literary particle used before verbs in passive structures

描述

miáo shù — To describe; to depict; a verbal description

魔鬼

mó guǐ — Devil; demon; evil spirit; Satan

把

bǎ — Disposal marker; take; handle; used before objects

我

wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun

带走

dài zǒu — To take away; to carry off; to lead away

吧

ba — Sentence-final particle expressing suggestion or resignation

肝脏

gān zàng — Liver; the hepatic organ of an animal

足有

zú yǒu — As much as; no less than; fully amounting to

之多

zhī duō — As many as; so much; indicating large quantity

编年史

biān nián shǐ — Annals; chronicle; history organized by year

伟大

wěi dà — Great; magnificent; noble and impressive

使

shǐ — To cause; to make; to enable something to happen

海洋

hǎi yáng — Ocean; sea; vast body of salt water

沸腾

fèi téng — To boil; to seethe; to bubble intensely

如

rú — Like; as; similar to; such as

滚烫

gǔn tàng — Boiling hot; scalding; extremely hot to touch

锅

guō — Pot; cooking vessel; cauldron; wok

勋爵

xūn jué — Lord; titled nobleman; British peerage honorific

译

yì — To translate; translated by; version or rendering

诗篇

shī piān — Psalms; poetic scripture; the Book of Psalms

关于

guān yú — About; regarding; concerning a topic

或

huò — Or; either; perhaps; possibly

庞大

páng dà — Enormous; colossal; of massive scale or size

尚未

shàng wèi — Not yet; still not; has not yet occurred

得到

dé dào — To obtain; to receive; to get hold of

任何

rèn hé — Any; whatever; no matter which

确切

què qiē — Exact; precise; definite; accurate information

消息

xiāo xi — News; information; tidings; a piece of news

它们

tā men — They; them; plural pronoun for non-humans

长得

zhǎng de — Grow to be; developed to be (describing appearance)

肥硕

féi shuò — Fat and large; plump and massive in body

以至于

yǐ zhì yú — To such an extent that; so much so that

身上

shēn shàng — On the body; from its body; on oneself

可以

kě yǐ — Can; may; to be able to; permissible

提炼

tí liàn — To extract; to refine; to purify a substance

出

chū — Out; to come out; resulting in; extracting

难以置信

nán yǐ zhì xìn — Hard to believe; incredible; unbelievable amount

大量

dà liàng — Large quantity; great amount; in abundance