Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 8
鲸鱼呼出的气息常常散发出难以忍受的臭味，足以令人头脑失常。
the breath of the whale is frequently attended with such an insupportable smell, as to bring on a disorder of the brain.
我们将这重要的职责——守护衬裙——托付给五十位精选的、颇具声望的精灵。我们曾多次见证那七重屏障失守，尽管其中填满了鲸骨圈、撑着鲸骨肋条。
To fifty chosen sylphs of special note, We trust the important charge, the petticoat. Oft have we known that seven-fold fence to fail, Tho' stuffed with hoops and armed with ribs of whale.
若将陆地动物与栖居于深海的动物在体型上加以比较，我们会发现陆地动物相形之下显得微不足道。鲸鱼无疑是造物中最大的动物。
If we compare land animals in respect to magnitude, with those that take up their abode in the deep, we shall find they will appear contemptible in the comparison. The whale is doubtless the largest animal in creation.
如果你要为小鱼写一则寓言，你会让它们像大鲸鱼一样开口说话。
If you should write a fable for little fishes, you would make them speak like great whales.
那天下午，我们看见一个被认为是礁石的东西，后来发现那是一头死鲸，几个亚洲人将其杀死后正拖往岸边。他们似乎想躲在鲸鱼后面，以免被我们发现。
In the afternoon we saw what was supposed to be a rock, but it was found to be a dead whale, which some Asiatics had killed, and were then towing ashore. They seemed to endeavor to conceal themselves behind the whale, in order to avoid being seen by us.
较大的鲸鱼，他们很少敢于攻击。他们对其中一些怀有极大的恐惧，以至于在海上时都不敢提及它们的名字，并在船上携带粪便、石灰石、杜松木以及其他一些同类物品，以便驱吓它们，阻止它们过于靠近。
The larger whales, they seldom venture to attack. They stand in so great dread of some of them, that when out at sea they are afraid to mention even their names, and carry dung, lime-stone, juniper-wood, and some other articles of the same nature in their boats, in order to terrify and prevent their too near approach.
Vocabulary
- breath
- 呼吸；气息
- whale
- 鲸鱼，大型海洋哺乳动物
- frequently
- 经常地；频繁地
- attended
- 伴随；陪同；参加
- such
- 这样的；如此的
- insupportable
- 无法忍受的；令人难以接受的
- smell
- 气味；臭味；嗅觉
- bring
- 带来；引起；导致
- disorder
- 混乱；疾病；失调
- brain
- 大脑；思维能力
- fifty
- 五十；数字50
- chosen
- 被选中的；精选的
- sylphs
- 精灵；空气精灵；优雅女性
- special
- 特别的；专门的；独特的
- note
- 注意；记录；便条
- trust
- 信任；相信；委托
- important
- 重要的；有意义的
- charge
- 指控；费用；责任
- petticoat
- 衬裙；女性衣着的内层服装
- Oft
- 常常；经常（古英语/诗歌用法）
- known
- 知道；认识；了解
- seven-fold
- 七倍的；七层的
- fence
- 围栏；篱笆；防护
- fail
- 失败；不及格；失效
- Tho
- 虽然；尽管（古英语/诗歌用法）
- stuffed
- 填充的；塞满的
- hoops
- 箍；圈；裙撑
- armed
- 武装的；装备好的
- ribs
- 肋骨；肋条
- compare
- 比较；对比；比作
- land
- 陆地；土地；着陆
- animals
- 动物；兽类
- respect
- 尊重；方面；关于
- magnitude
- 大小；规模；量级
- take
- 拿；带；花费
- abode
- 住所；居住地；停留
- deep
- 深的；深处；深深地
- shall
- 将要；应该（助动词）
- find
- 找到；发现；判断
- appear
- 出现；显得；似乎
- contemptible
- 可鄙的；渺小的；令人轻视的
- comparison
- 比较；对比；比喻
- doubtless
- 无疑地；毫无疑问地
- largest
- 最大的；最巨大的
- animal
- 动物；兽类
- creation
- 创造；创作品；世界
- should
- 应该；应当；可能
- write
- 写；著述；记录
- fable
- 寓言；神话故事
- little
- 小的；少量的
- fishes
- 鱼；鱼类
- would
- 将要；会；愿意
- make
- 制造；做；使得
- speak
- 说话；讲述；发言
- like
- 喜欢；像；类似
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