Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 12
and the grand hall, with its gilding, its azure, its statues, its pointed arches, its pillars, its immense vault, all fretted with carvings?
还有那大厅，那鎏金、那蔚蓝、那雕像、那尖拱、那廊柱、那雕饰繁复的巨大穹顶？
and the gilded chamber?
还有那镀金厅？
and the stone lion, which stood at the door, with lowered head and tail between his legs, like the lions on the throne of Solomon, in the humiliated attitude which befits force in the presence of justice?
还有那石狮，立于门前，低头垂尾，夹尾于两腿之间，宛如所罗门宝座上的狮子，以一种在正义面前屈服的谦卑姿态展示着力量？
and the beautiful doors? and the stained glass? and the chased ironwork, which drove Biscornette to despair?
还有那精美的门扉？那彩绘玻璃？那令比斯科内特绝望的锻铁雕花？
and the delicate woodwork of Hancy?
还有汉西那精巧的木雕？
What has time, what have men done with these marvels?
岁月与人类究竟对这些奇迹做了什么？
What have they given us in return for all this Gallic history, for all this Gothic art?
他们以什么来回馈我们，来换取这一切高卢历史、这一切哥特艺术？
The heavy flattened arches of M. de Brosse, that awkward architect of the Saint-Gervais portal.
不过是德·布罗斯先生那笨拙沉重的扁平拱门——那位圣热尔韦门廊的蹩脚建筑师的手笔。
So much for art; and, as for history, we have the gossiping reminiscences of the great pillar, still ringing with the tattle of the Patru.
艺术方面如此，至于历史，我们所拥有的不过是大廊柱那喋喋不休的回忆，耳边仍萦绕着帕特吕的闲言碎语。
It is not much.
这实在算不了什么。
Let us return to the veritable grand hall of the veritable old palace.
让我们回到那真正古老宫殿里真正的大厅去吧。
The two extremities of this gigantic parallelogram were occupied, the one by the famous marble table, so long, so broad, and so thick that, as the ancient land rolls—in a style that would have given Gargantua an appetite—say, "such a slice of marble as was never beheld in the world";
这座巨大平行四边形的两端各有所占：一端是那张著名的大理石桌，如此之长、如此之宽、如此之厚，以至于古老的地契——以一种足以令卡冈都亚食欲大开的笔调——如此写道："世间从未有人见过如此一块大理石"；
the other by the chapel where Louis XI.
另一端则是路易十一世曾做礼拜的那座小礼拜堂。
Vocabulary
- 还有
- hái yǒu — also; in addition; there is also
- 那
- nà — that; those
- 大厅
- dà tīng — main hall; large lobby or room
- 鎏金
- liú jīn — gilded; covered with gold overlay
- 蔚蓝
- wèi lán — azure; bright clear blue color
- 雕像
- diāo xiàng — sculpture; carved statue or figurine
- 尖拱
- jiān gǒng — pointed arch typical of Gothic architecture
- 廊柱
- láng zhù — colonnade pillar; column along a corridor
- 雕饰
- diāo shì — carved decoration; ornamental sculpted detail
- 繁复
- fán fù — intricate and elaborate; complex and ornate
- 的
- de — structural particle indicating possession or modification
- 巨大
- jù dà — enormous; very large in size
- 穹顶
- qióng dǐng — dome; vaulted ceiling or roof
- 镀金厅
- dù jīn tīng — gilded hall; room decorated with gold
- 石狮
- shí shī — stone lion; carved lion statue
- 立于
- lì yú — standing at; positioned upright at a place
- 门前
- mén qián — in front of the door or gate
- 低头
- dī tóu — lower one's head; bow down submissively
- 垂尾
- chuí wěi — drooping tail; tail hanging downward
- 夹尾
- jiā wěi — tail tucked between legs submissively
- 于
- yú — at; in; on; classical preposition of location
- 两腿
- liǎng tuǐ — both legs; the two legs
- 之间
- zhī jiān — between; in the middle of two things
- 宛如
- wǎn rú — just like; as if; resembling closely
- 所罗门
- Suǒ luó mén — Solomon; biblical king known for wisdom
- 宝座
- bǎo zuò — throne; royal or sacred seat of power
- 上
- shàng — on; above; upper surface
- 狮子
- shī zi — lion; large wild cat
- 以
- yǐ — with; by means of; using
- 一种
- yī zhǒng — a kind of; a type of something
- 在
- zài — at; in; existing at a location
- 正义
- zhèng yì — justice; righteousness; moral correctness
- 面前
- miàn qián — before; in front of; in someone's presence
- 屈服
- qū fú — to yield; to submit; to give in
- 谦卑
- qiān bēi — humble; modest; showing meekness
- 姿态
- zī tài — posture; attitude; manner or stance
- 展示
- zhǎn shì — to display; to show; to demonstrate
- 着
- zhe — aspect particle indicating ongoing state or action
- 力量
- lì liàng — strength; power; force or energy
- 精美
- jīng měi — exquisite; elegant and finely crafted
- 门扉
- mén fēi — door panel; the leaf of a door
- 彩绘
- cǎi huì — colored painting; decorative polychrome artwork
- 玻璃
- bō li — glass; transparent solid material
- 令
- lìng — to make; to cause; to order someone
- 绝望
- jué wàng — despair; hopelessness; complete loss of hope
- 锻铁
- duàn tiě — wrought iron; iron shaped by forging
- 雕花
- diāo huā — carved floral pattern; decorative engraving
- 精巧
- jīng qiǎo — delicate and skillful; ingeniously crafted
- 木雕
- mù diāo — wood carving; sculpture made from wood
- 岁月
- suì yuè — years; the passage of time
- 与
- yǔ — and; with; together with
- 人类
- rén lèi — humanity; human beings as a species
- 究竟
- jiū jìng — after all; exactly; in the end
- 对
- duì — toward; regarding; facing; correct
- 这些
- zhè xiē — these; referring to nearby plural things
- 奇迹
- qí jì — miracle; wonder; extraordinary achievement
- 做了
- zuò le — did; have done; completed an action
- 什么
- shén me — what; which thing; used in questions
- 他们
- tā men — they; them; third person plural
- 来
- lái — to come; used as directional complement
- 回馈
- huí kuì — to give back; to return something in gratitude
- 我们
- wǒ men — we; us; first person plural pronoun
- 换取
- huàn qǔ — to exchange for; to obtain in return
- 这
- zhè — this; referring to something nearby
- 一切
- yī qiè — everything; all things; the whole lot
- 高卢
- Gāo lú — Gaul; ancient Roman name for France
- 历史
- lì shǐ — history; record of past events
- 哥特
- Gē tè — Gothic; medieval European artistic style
- 艺术
- yì shù — art; artistic creation or expression
- 不过
- bù guò — however; but; merely; only
- 是
- shì — to be; is; am; are
- 先生
- xiān sheng — mister; sir; gentleman; teacher
- 笨拙
- bèn zhuō — clumsy; awkward; lacking skill or grace
- 沉重
- chén zhòng — heavy; weighty; burdensome; oppressive
- 扁平
- biǎn píng — flat; squashed; lacking height or depth
- 拱门
- gǒng mén — archway; arched doorway or gateway
- 那位
- nà wèi — that person; polite reference to someone
- 门廊
- mén láng — porch; entrance portico of a building
- 蹩脚
- biē jiǎo — inferior; clumsy; of poor quality
- 建筑师
- jiàn zhù shī — architect; designer of buildings
- 手笔
- shǒu bǐ — handiwork; style of one's creative output
- 方面
- fāng miàn — aspect; area; regard; dimension of a topic
- 如此
- rú cǐ — like this; so; in such a manner
- 至于
- zhì yú — as for; regarding; as to a topic
- 所拥有
- suǒ yōng yǒu — what one possesses; that which is owned
- 大
- dà — big; large; great in size or degree
- 喋喋不休
- dié dié bù xiū — to chatter endlessly; to talk without stopping
- 回忆
- huí yì — memory; recollection; to recall the past
- 耳边
- ěr biān — beside one's ear; near the ear
- 仍
- réng — still; yet; continuing as before
- 萦绕
- yíng rào — to linger; to hover around persistently
- 闲言碎语
- xián yán suì yǔ — idle gossip; trivial chatter and rumor
- 实在
- shí zài — truly; really; in fact; honestly
- 算不了
- suàn bù liǎo — doesn't count; cannot be considered significant
- 让
- ràng — to let; to allow; to cause someone to
- 回到
- huí dào — to return to; to go back to a place
- 真正
- zhēn zhèng — truly; genuine; real; authentic
- 古老
- gǔ lǎo — ancient; very old; of long history
- 宫殿
- gōng diàn — palace; grand royal or imperial building
- 里
- lǐ — inside; within; interior of something
- 去
- qù — to go; to move away toward a place
- 吧
- ba — particle suggesting suggestion or mild command
- 这座
- zhè zuò — this (building/structure); measure word for buildings
- 平行四边形
- píng xíng sì biān xíng — parallelogram; quadrilateral with parallel opposite sides
- 两端
- liǎng duān — both ends; the two extremities of something
- 各有
- gè yǒu — each has; respectively possessing something
- 所占
- suǒ zhàn — that which is occupied; space or position held
- 一端
- yī duān — one end; one side or extremity
- 那张
- nà zhāng — that (flat object); measure word for flat items
- 著名
- zhù míng — famous; well-known; renowned
- 大理石
- dà lǐ shí — marble; hard crystalline stone used decoratively
- 桌
- zhuō — table; desk; flat-surfaced furniture
- 之长
- zhī cháng — in length; the length of something
- 之宽
- zhī kuān — in width; the width of something
- 之厚
- zhī hòu — in thickness; the thickness of something
- 以至于
- yǐ zhì yú — to the extent that; so much so that
- 地契
- dì qì — land deed; legal document of land ownership
- 足以
- zú yǐ — sufficient to; enough to achieve something
- 食欲大开
- shí yù dà kāi — appetite greatly stimulated; very hungry and eager
- 笔调
- bǐ diào — writing style; tone of a written work
- 写道
- xiě dào — to write (that); used before a quotation
- 世间
- shì jiān — in the world; among all people on earth
- 从未
- cóng wèi — never; not ever at any time
- 有人
- yǒu rén — someone; there is a person; people exist
- 见过
- jiàn guò — have seen; have encountered before
- 一块
- yī kuài — one piece; one block of material
- 另
- lìng — another; other; the other one
- 则是
- zé shì — then is; while the other is; whereas
- 十一世
- shí yī shì — the Eleventh; ordinal title for a monarch
- 曾
- céng — once; formerly; used to; in the past
- 做
- zuò — to do; to make; to perform an action
- 礼拜
- lǐ bài — religious worship; church service; to pray
- 那座
- nà zuò — that (building/structure); measure word for structures
- 小
- xiǎo — small; little; minor in size
- 礼拜堂
- lǐ bài táng — chapel; small place of Christian worship
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