Peter Pan — Page 8
事实是,他们在大快朵颐之后,此刻都有些发胖,但假以时日,这些赘肉自会消去。然而,眼下这正是他们最大的危险所在。
The fact is that they are all a little fat just now after the heavy gorging, but in time they will work this off. For the moment, however, it constitutes their chief danger.
红人们如影子般悄然消失,随即野兽们取而代之,组成一支庞大而杂乱的队伍:狮子、老虎、熊,以及无数逃离它们的凶残小动物——因为在这座得天独厚的岛上,各种野兽,尤其是所有食人的猛兽,都比邻而居。它们伸着舌头,今夜饥肠辘辘。
The redskins disappear as they have come like shadows, and soon their place is taken by the beasts, a great and motley procession: lions, tigers, bears, and the innumerable smaller savage things that flee from them, for every kind of beast, and, more particularly, all the man-eaters, live cheek by jowl on the favoured island. Their tongues are hanging out, they are hungry to-night.
野兽们过去之后,最后一个身影出现了——一条巨大的鳄鱼。我们很快便会看清它在寻找谁。
When they have passed, comes the last figure of all, a gigantic crocodile. We shall see for whom she is looking presently.
鳄鱼走过了,但男孩们很快又出现了,因为这支队伍必须不断地循环往复,直到其中一方停下或改变步伐。那时,他们便会迅速撞在一起。
The crocodile passes, but soon the boys appear again, for the procession must continue indefinitely until one of the parties stops or changes its pace. Then quickly they will be on top of each other.
所有人都在全神贯注地注视着前方,却没有一个人想到危险可能正从身后悄悄逼近。这正说明那座岛屿是多么真实。
All are keeping a sharp look-out in front, but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind. This shows how real the island was.
第一个脱离移动圈的是男孩们。他们一头扑倒在草地上,就在他们地下住所的旁边。
The first to fall out of the moving circle was the boys. They flung themselves down on the sward, close to their underground home.
「我真希望彼得快点回来,」他们每一个人都紧张地说道,尽管无论是身高还是更甚的体型宽度,他们都比自己的队长要高大。
"I do wish Peter would come back," every one of them said nervously, though in height and still more in breadth they were all larger than their captain.
Vocabulary
- fact
- 事实,真实存在的情况或信息
- little
- 形容词,少量的;副词,稍微
- fat
- 形容词,肥胖的;名词,脂肪
- just
- 副词,刚刚;恰好;仅仅
- after
- 介词/连词,在……之后
- heavy
- 形容词,沉重的;大量的
- gorging
- 动词,狼吞虎咽地大量进食
- work
- 动词,消耗掉;努力处理某事
- off
- 副词,去掉;消除;离开
- moment
- 名词,片刻,短暂的一段时间
- however
- 副词/连词,然而,不过
- constitutes
- 动词,构成,形成,组成某事物
- chief
- 形容词,主要的,最重要的
- danger
- 名词,危险,威胁安全的情况
- redskins
- 名词,旧时对北美原住民的称呼(现已过时)
- disappear
- 动词,消失,不再可见或存在
- shadows
- 名词复数,影子,阴影
- place
- 名词,地方;动词,放置
- taken
- 动词,take的过去分词,被占据
- beasts
- 名词复数,野兽,凶猛的动物
- motley
- 形容词,各种各样混杂的,杂乱的
- procession
- 名词,游行队伍,一列行进的人或物
- lions
- 名词复数,狮子,非洲大型猛兽
- tigers
- 名词复数,老虎,亚洲大型猛兽
- bears
- 名词复数,熊,大型哺乳动物
- innumerable
- 形容词,无数的,多得数不清
- savage
- 形容词,凶猛的,野蛮的,残暴的
- flee
- 动词,逃跑,迅速逃离危险
- kind
- 名词,种类;形容词,善良的
- beast
- 名词,野兽,凶猛的动物
- particularly
- 副词,特别地,尤其地
- man-eaters
- 名词复数,专门捕食人类的野兽
- cheek
- 名词,脸颊;短语cheek by jowl意为紧挨着
- jowl
- 名词,下颌,脸颊;cheek by jowl表示紧挨着
- favoured
- 形容词,受偏爱的,特别受欢迎的
- island
- 名词,岛屿,四面被水包围的陆地
- tongues
- 名词复数,舌头;语言
- hanging
- 动词,悬挂;hang out表示伸出
- hungry
- 形容词,饥饿的,想吃东西的
- passed
- 动词,pass的过去式,经过,通过
- last
- 形容词,最后的;动词,持续
- figure
- 名词,人影,身形;数字;图形
- gigantic
- 形容词,巨大的,体型庞大的
- crocodile
- 名词,鳄鱼,生活在热带的爬行动物
- shall
- 助动词,将要,表将来或建议
- whom
- 代词,who的宾格,指人(宾语)
- presently
- 副词,不久,过一会儿;目前
- passes
- 动词,pass的第三人称单数,经过
- appear
- 动词,出现,开始被看见
- must
- 情态动词,必须,表示义务或必要性
- continue
- 动词,继续,不停止地进行
- indefinitely
- 副词,无限期地,没有明确终点地
- until
- 连词/介词,直到……为止
- parties
- 名词复数,各方,群体;聚会
- changes
- 动词,change的第三人称单数,改变
- pace
- 名词,速度,步伐,行进节奏
- quickly
- 副词,迅速地,快速地
- top
- 名词,顶部;短语on top of each other表示叠在一起
- keeping
- 动词,keep的进行时,保持;注视
- sharp
- 形容词,锐利的;敏锐的,警觉的
- look-out
- 名词,警戒,瞭望;保持警惕观察
- front
- 名词,前方,正面
- none
- 代词,没有一个,没有任何人
- suspects
- 动词,怀疑,猜测有某事发生
- may
- 情态动词,可能,也许;可以
- creeping
- 动词,悄悄地缓慢爬行或靠近
- behind
- 介词/副词,在……后面,从后方
- shows
- 动词,show的第三人称单数,展示,说明
- real
- 形容词,真实的,真正的
- fall
- 动词,跌倒;落下;名词,秋天
- moving
- 形容词,移动的;动词,move的进行时
- circle
- 名词,圆圈,圆形;循环
- flung
- 动词,fling的过去式,用力抛出,猛扑
- themselves
- 反身代词,他们自己
- sward
- 名词,草地,覆盖青草的地面
- close
- 形容词,接近的;动词,关闭
- underground
- 形容词/副词,地下的,在地面以下
- wish
- 动词,希望,盼望某事发生
- would
- 情态动词,will的过去式,愿意;将会
- back
- 副词,回来;名词,背部,后面
- nervously
- 副词,紧张地,不安地,焦虑地
- though
- 连词,虽然,尽管,即使
- height
- 名词,高度,身高
- still
- 副词,仍然,还;形容词,静止的
- breadth
- 名词,宽度,广度
- larger
- 形容词,更大的,large的比较级
- captain
- 名词,船长,队长,指挥官
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