On the Method of Zadig: Essay #1 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" — Page 5
我注意到沙地上有一只动物的足迹，很容易看出那是一只小狗的足迹。
I noticed the track of an animal in the sand, and it was easy to see that it was that of a small dog.
脚印之间沙地小隆起上留下的细长浅痕让我确信，那是一只乳房下垂的母狗，说明她不久前刚生过幼崽。
Long faint streaks upon the little elevations of sand between the footmarks convinced me that it was a she dog with pendent dugs, showing that she must have had puppies not many days since.
沙地上还有一些抓痕，总是紧靠着前爪的印迹，这表明她的耳朵很长。
Other scrapings of the sand, which always lay close to the marks of the forepaws, indicated that she had very long ears.
由于其中一只脚的印迹总是比其他三只浅，我判断我们至尊女王的爱犬——如果我可以冒昧地说——有些跛脚。
And, as the imprint of one foot was always fainter than those of the other three, I judged that the lady dog of our august Queen was, if I may venture to say so, a little lame.
关于万王之王的骏马，请允许我陈述如下：在穿越树林的小路上漫步时，我注意到了马蹄的印迹。
With respect to the horse of the King of Kings, permit me to observe that, wandering through the paths which traverse the wood, I noticed the marks of horse-shoes.
这些蹄印间距完全相等。
They were all equidistant.
我心想："啊！这是一匹驰名的快马。"
"Ah!" said I, "this is a famous galloper."
在一条仅七英尺宽的窄巷中，树干上的尘土在距小路中央三英尺半处被轻微拂动。
In a narrow alley, only seven feet wide, the dust upon the trunks of the trees was a little disturbed at three feet and a half from the middle of the path.
我自言自语道："这匹马的尾巴有三英尺半长，它将尾巴从一侧甩向另一侧，扫去了树干上的尘土。"
"This horse," said I to myself, "had a tail three feet and a half long, and, lashing it from one side to the other, he has swept away the dust."
Vocabulary
- noticed
- 注意到，观察到某事物
- track
- 动物或人留下的足迹、痕迹
- animal
- 动物，有生命的非植物生物
- sand
- 沙子，细小的岩石颗粒
- easy
- 容易的，不需要费力的
- faint
- 微弱的，不清晰的，难以察觉的
- streaks
- 条纹，细长的线状痕迹或纹路
- upon
- 在……上面，与on意思相近
- elevations
- 隆起处，地面上略微凸起的部分
- footmarks
- 脚印，行走时留下的足迹痕迹
- convinced
- 使确信，让人相信某事是真的
- pendent
- 下垂的，悬挂着的
- dugs
- （雌性动物的）乳房、乳头
- puppies
- 幼犬，小狗，未成年的狗
- since
- 自从，从某时间点到现在
- scrapings
- 刮擦痕迹，摩擦留下的痕迹
- marks
- 标记，痕迹，留下的印记
- forepaws
- （动物的）前爪，前脚
- indicated
- 表明，显示，暗示某信息
- imprint
- 印记，压印留下的痕迹或印章
- fainter
- 更微弱的，更不清晰的
- judged
- 判断，推断，作出评估
- august
- 威严的，令人肃然起敬的
- Queen
- 女王，统治国家的最高女性君主
- venture
- 冒险说，大胆尝试某事
- lame
- 跛脚的，因腿脚受伤而行走困难
- respect
- 关于，尊重；涉及某方面
- King
- 国王，统治国家的最高男性君主
- permit
- 允许，准许某人做某事
- observe
- 观察，注意到；也指说出意见
- wandering
- 漫游，无目的地走动或徘徊
- paths
- 小路，道路，供行走的通道
- traverse
- 穿越，横越某地区或空间
- wood
- 树林，森林；也指木头材料
- horse-shoes
- 马蹄铁，钉在马蹄底部的铁片
- equidistant
- 等距的，与某点距离相等的
- famous
- 著名的，广为人知的
- galloper
- 奔驰的马，快速奔跑的马
- narrow
- 狭窄的，宽度小的，不宽阔的
- alley
- 小巷，胡同，两建筑之间的窄路
- feet
- 英尺，长度单位；脚的复数
- dust
- 灰尘，细小的干燥颗粒物
- trunks
- 树干，树木的主体部分
- disturbed
- 被扰动的，被打乱原有状态的
- path
- 小路，供行走的道路或通道
- tail
- 尾巴，动物身体末端的部分
- lashing
- 猛烈甩动，用力抽打或挥动
- swept
- 扫过，横扫，清除某处物体
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