Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 4
在前者之中，有一条体型极为巨大的怪物……它张着大口向我们游来，掀起四面波涛，将前方的海水拍打成泡沫。
Among the former, one was of a most monstrous size.... This came towards us, open-mouthed, raising the waves on all sides, and beating the sea before him into a foam.
他也曾到访此国，目的是捕猎马鲸——这种鲸的牙骨极为珍贵，他带了一些献给国王……最好的鲸鱼是在他自己的国家捕获的，其中有些长达四十八码，有些长达五十码。他说他是六人之一，曾在两天内杀死了六十条鲸。
He visited this country also with a view of catching horse-whales, which had bones of very great value for their teeth, of which he brought some to the king.... The best whales were catched in his own country, of which some were forty-eight, some fifty yards long. He said that he was one of six who had killed sixty in two days.
所有其他生物，无论是野兽还是船只，一旦进入这头怪物（鲸鱼）那令人胆寒的巨口，便立刻消失、被吞噬殆尽；而海鲫鱼却能安然退入其中，在里面安睡。
And whereas all the other things, whether beast or vessel, that enter into the dreadful gulf of this monster's (whale's) mouth, are immediately lost and swallowed up, the sea-gudgeon retires into it in great security, and there sleeps.
让我们逃吧，让我们逃吧！若这不是高贵的先知摩西在忍耐的约伯生平中所描述的利维坦，就让老尼克把我带走吧。
Let us fly, let us fly! Old Nick take me if it is not Leviathan described by the noble prophet Moses in the life of patient Job.
这条鲸的肝脏重达两车之多。
This whale's liver was two cartloads.
伟大的利维坦使海洋沸腾如滚烫的锅。
The great Leviathan that maketh the seas to seethe like boiling pan.
关于鲸鱼或逆戟鲸那庞大的身躯，我们尚无确切的了解。它们长得极为肥硕，以至于从一头鲸身上可以提炼出难以置信的大量鲸油。
Touching that monstrous bulk of the whale or ork we have received nothing certain. They grow exceeding fat, insomuch that an incredible quantity of oil will be extracted out of one whale.
Vocabulary
- Among
- 在...之中；在...当中
- former
- 前面的；之前的；过去的
- monstrous
- 怪兽般的；巨大的；令人厌恶的
- size
- 大小；尺寸；规模
- towards
- 朝向；接近；对于
- open-mouthed
- 张开嘴的；惊讶的
- raising
- 举起；抬起；增加
- waves
- 波浪；波动
- sides
- 边；侧面；方面
- beating
- 打击；敲打；搅动
- sea
- 海；大海；海洋
- before
- 在...之前；在...面前
- into
- 进入；变成
- foam
- 泡沫；白沫
- visited
- 拜访；游览；访问
- country
- 国家；乡村；地区
- also
- 也；同样地；而且
- view
- 观点；景色；目的
- catching
- 捕捉；抓住；传染
- bones
- 骨头；骨骼
- great
- 伟大的；很大的
- value
- 价值；价格；重要性
- teeth
- 牙齿；复数形式
- brought
- 带来；拿来；动词bring的过去式
- king
- 国王；君主
- best
- 最好的；最佳的
- whales
- 鲸；大型海洋哺乳动物
- catched
- 捕获；抓住
- own
- 自己的；拥有
- forty-eight
- 四十八；数字48
- fifty
- 五十；数字50
- yards
- 码；庭院；测量单位
- long
- 长的；长期的
- said
- 说；讲述；动词say的过去式
- six
- 六；数字6
- killed
- 杀死；致命的；动词kill的过去式
- sixty
- 六十；数字60
- days
- 天；日子
- whereas
- 然而；虽然；相反
- other
- 其他的；另外的
- things
- 事物；东西；事情
- whether
- 是否；不管
- beast
- 野兽；动物；凶残者
- vessel
- 船只；容器；血管
- enter
- 进入；入场；加入
- dreadful
- 可怕的；令人恐惧的
- gulf
- 海湾；深渊；鸿沟
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