Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 8

Vocabulary

鲸鱼

jīng yú — whale, a large marine mammal

的

de — structural particle indicating possession or modification

呼吸

hū xī — to breathe; the act of breathing

常常

cháng cháng — often, frequently, usually

伴随

bàn suí — to accompany, to come along with

着

zhe — particle indicating ongoing action or state

一种

yī zhǒng — a type of, a kind of something

难以忍受

nán yǐ rěn shòu — hard to bear, unbearable, intolerable

气味

qì wèi — smell, odor, scent of something

足以

zú yǐ — sufficient to, enough to do something

引发

yǐn fā — to trigger, to cause, to bring about

脑部

nǎo bù — brain region, the area of the brain

疾病

jí bìng — disease, illness, medical condition

南美洲

Nán Měi zhōu — South America, the southern American continent

我们

wǒ men — we, us, our group

将

jiāng — will, about to; also a formal preposition

这

zhè — this, referring to something nearby

重要

zhòng yào — important, significant, of great consequence

使命

shǐ mìng — mission, important duty or assignment

那条

nà tiáo — that (classifier for long objects like skirts)

托付

tuō fù — to entrust something to someone's care

给

gěi — to give; preposition indicating recipient

五十位

wǔ shí wèi — fifty people, a group of fifty persons

精挑细选

jīng tiāo xì xuǎn — carefully selected, chosen with great care

著名

zhù míng — famous, well-known, renowned

精灵

jīng líng — fairy, elf, sprite or magical spirit

曾

céng — once, previously, at some past time

多次

duō cì — many times, on multiple occasions

见证

jiàn zhèng — to witness, to testify; a witness

那

nà — that, referring to something distant

屏障

píng zhàng — barrier, shield, protective obstacle

尽管

jǐn guǎn — although, even though, despite the fact

其中

qí zhōng — among them, within it, inside that

填满

tián mǎn — to fill up completely, to stuff full

了

le — particle indicating completed action or change

并

bìng — and, moreover, simultaneously

以

yǐ — using, by means of, with

为

wéi — to be, to serve as, to act as

甲

jiǎ — armor, protective shell or covering

若

ruò — if, should, supposing that

陆地

lù dì — land, terra firma, dry ground

动物

dòng wù — animal, living creature that moves

与

yǔ — and, together with, as well as

深海

shēn hǎi — deep sea, the deep ocean depths

中

zhōng — in, inside, within a place or group

生物

shēng wù — living organism, creature, life form

在

zài — at, in, on; to be located at

体型

tǐ xíng — body size, body shape or build

上

shàng — above, on top; aspect or regard

加以

jiā yǐ — to proceed to, to apply, to subject to

比较

bǐ jiào — to compare; relatively, comparatively

便会

biàn huì — then will, consequently will happen

发现

fā xiàn — to discover, to find out, to realize

相形之下

xiāng xíng zhī xià — by comparison, when placed side by side

显得

xiǎn de — to appear, to seem, to look like

微不足道

wēi bù zú dào — insignificant, negligible, too trivial to mention

无疑

wú yí — undoubtedly, without doubt, certainly

是

shì — to be, is, am, are

世间

shì jiān — in the world, on earth, worldly

最大

zuì dà — largest, biggest, greatest in size

自然史

zì rán shǐ — natural history, study of nature and animals

你

nǐ — you, second person singular pronoun

要

yào — to want, need to, going to

小鱼

xiǎo yú — small fish, little fish

写

xiě — to write, to compose something

一则

yī zé — one piece of, one item such as a fable

寓言

yù yán — fable, parable, allegorical story

会

huì — can, will, able to do something

让

ràng — to let, to allow, to make someone

它们

tā men — they, them, referring to non-human things

说话

shuō huà — to speak, to talk, to say words

像

xiàng — to resemble, like, similar to

大鲸鱼

dà jīng yú — great whale, a large whale

一样

yī yàng — the same as, just like, identical

致

zhì — to send to, addressed to someone

下午

xià wǔ — afternoon, the time after noon

看见

kàn jiàn — to see, to catch sight of something

一个

yī gè — one, a single item or person

疑似

yí sì — suspected, seemingly, apparently resembling

后来

hòu lái — afterward, later, subsequently

那是

nà shì — that was, it turned out to be

一头

yī tóu — one (classifier for large animals)

一些

yī xiē — some, a few, a number of

亚洲人

Yà zhōu rén — Asian person, people from Asia

正

zhèng — just, right now, in the process of

被

bèi — passive marker, to be done to

岸边

àn biān — shore, edge of the coast or riverbank

他们

tā men — they, them, third person plural

似乎

sì hū — it seems, apparently, as if

试图

shì tú — to attempt, to try to do something

藏身

cáng shēn — to hide oneself, to conceal one's body

于

yú — in, at, from; formal preposition

之后

zhī hòu — after, afterward, following that

以免

yǐ miǎn — so as to avoid, in order to prevent

较大

jiào dà — relatively large, comparatively bigger

甚少

shèn shǎo — very rarely, seldom, hardly ever

敢于

gǎn yú — to dare to, to have courage to

攻击

gōng jī — to attack, to assault, an offensive strike

对

duì — toward, regarding, directed at

怀有

huái yǒu — to harbor, to hold feelings or intentions

极大

jí dà — extremely great, enormous, very large

恐惧

kǒng jù — fear, dread, extreme fright

以至于

yǐ zhì yú — to the extent that, so much that

海上

hǎi shàng — at sea, on the ocean surface

时

shí — when, at the time of, during

连

lián — even, as far as, including

提及

tí jí — to mention, to bring up in conversation

名字

míng zi — name, the name of a person or thing

都

dōu — all, both, even; inclusive adverb

不敢

bù gǎn — dare not, do not have the courage

船上

chuán shàng — on board a ship, aboard a vessel

携带

xié dài — to carry, to bring along with oneself

及

jí — and, as well as, together with

其他

qí tā — other, the rest, other things or people

同类

tóng lèi — of the same kind, similar category

物品

wù pǐn — items, goods, objects, articles

以期

yǐ qī — in hopes of, expecting to achieve

阻止

zǔ zhǐ — to stop, to prevent, to block from happening

过于

guò yú — excessively, too much, overly

靠近

kào jìn — to approach, to get close to something