The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 18
细小的声音传得很远;房屋里的家常声响在道路两旁都听得一清二楚;任何行人走近的动静都会提前很久传来。
Small sounds carried far; domestic sounds out of the houses were clearly audible on either side of the roadway; and the rumour of the approach of any passenger preceded him by a long time.
厄特森先生已经在岗位上守候了几分钟,这时他察觉到一阵奇特而轻快的脚步声正在走近。
Mr. Utterson had been some minutes at his post, when he was aware of an odd light footstep drawing near.
在他夜间巡查的过程中,他早已习惯了这种奇妙的效果:一个人的脚步声,当他还在很远的地方时,会突然从城市巨大的嗡嗡声和嘈杂声中清晰地跳脱出来。
In the course of his nightly patrols, he had long grown accustomed to the quaint effect with which the footfalls of a single person, while he is still a great way off, suddenly spring out distinct from the vast hum and clatter of the city.
然而他的注意力从未像现在这样被如此敏锐而果断地吸引住;他怀着一种强烈的、近乎迷信的成功预感,退入了庭院的入口处。
Yet his attention had never before been so sharply and decisively arrested; and it was with a strong, superstitious prevision of success that he withdrew into the entry of the court.
脚步声迅速逼近,当转过街角时,突然变得更响了。
The steps drew swiftly nearer, and swelled out suddenly louder as they turned the end of the street.
律师从入口处向外张望,很快就看清了他要对付的是什么样的人。
The lawyer, looking forth from the entry, could soon see what manner of man he had to deal with.
那人身材矮小,衣着十分朴素,他的模样,即使在那个距离上,也不知怎的强烈地让守候者感到反感。
He was small and very plainly dressed and the look of him, even at that distance, went somehow strongly against the watcher's inclination.
但他径直朝门口走去,横穿马路以节省时间;走过来时,他从口袋里掏出一把钥匙,就像一个人正在回家一样。
But he made straight for the door, crossing the roadway to save time; and as he came, he drew a key from his pocket like one approaching home.
海德先生倒退了一步,倒吸了一口凉气,发出嘶嘶的声音。
Mr. Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of the breath.
Vocabulary
- Small
- 尺寸或数量不大的,小的
- sounds
- 声音,响声(sound的复数形式)
- carried
- 携带,传送(carry的过去式)
- far
- 远的,遥远地
- domestic
- 家庭的,国内的
- out
- 在外面,向外
- of
- 属于,来自,表示所属关系的介词
- the
- 定冠词,特指某个事物
- houses
- 房屋,住宅(house的复数)
- were
- 是,存在(are的过去式)
- clearly
- 清楚地,明显地
- audible
- 听得见的,可听到的
- on
- 在...上面,关于
- either
- 两者之中任何一个,两边的
- side
- 侧面,边,一方
- roadway
- 车行道,道路
- and
- 和,与,连接词
- rumour
- 谣言,传闻(英式拼写)
- approach
- 接近,靠近,方法
- any
- 任何的,一些
- passenger
- 乘客,旅客
- preceded
- 在...之前发生(precede的过去式)
- him
- 他(宾格)
- by
- 通过,由,在...旁边
- a
- 一个,不定冠词
- long
- 长的,长时间的
- time
- 时间,次数
- Mr.
- 先生的缩写,用于男性姓名前
- had
- 有,已经(have的过去式)
- been
- 是,存在过(be的过去分词)
- some
- 一些,若干
- minutes
- 分钟(minute的复数)
- at
- 在,位于
- his
- 他的(所有格)
- post
- 岗位,职位,邮寄
- when
- 当...时候,什么时候
- he
- 他(主格)
- was
- 是,存在(is的过去式)
- aware
- 意识到的,察觉到的
- an
- 一个(用于元音前的不定冠词)
- odd
- 奇怪的,古怪的
- light
- 轻的,光线,明亮的
- footstep
- 脚步声
- drawing
- 绘画,正在接近(draw的现在分词)
- near
- 近的,接近
- In
- 在...里面,在...期间
- course
- 过程,课程,路线
- nightly
- 每夜的,夜间发生的
- patrols
- 巡逻(patrol的复数或第三人称单数)
- grown
- 生长,成长(grow的过去分词)
- accustomed
- 习惯的,适应的
- to
- 到,向,表示方向或目的
- quaint
- 古怪有趣的,离奇的
- effect
- 效果,影响
- with
- 和...在一起,用
- which
- 哪一个,关系代词
- footfalls
- 脚步声(footfall的复数)
- single
- 单一的,单身的
- person
- 人,个人
- while
- 当...的时候,然而
- is
- 是,存在
- still
- 仍然,静止的
- great
- 伟大的,巨大的
- way
- 方式,道路,路程
- off
- 离开,关闭
- suddenly
- 突然地
- spring
- 春天,跳跃,弹簧
- distinct
- 清楚的,明显的,不同的
- from
- 从,来自
- vast
- 巨大的,广阔的
- hum
- 嗡嗡声,哼唱
- clatter
- 哗啦声,喧闹声
- city
- 城市
- Yet
- 然而,但是,还
- attention
- 注意力,关注
- never
- 从不,永不
- before
- 在...之前,以前
- so
- 如此,这么,所以
- sharply
- 急剧地,尖锐地
- decisively
- 果断地,决定性地
- arrested
- 逮捕,阻止(arrest的过去式)
- it
- 它(主格或宾格)
- strong
- 强壮的,强烈的
- superstitious
- 迷信的
- success
- 成功
- that
- 那个,关系代词
- withdrew
- 撤退,退出(withdraw的过去式)
- into
- 进入,到...里面
- entry
- 入口,进入,条目
- court
- 庭院,法院,球场
- The
- 定冠词,特指某个事物
- steps
- 步骤,脚步(step的复数)
- drew
- 画,拉(draw的过去式)
- swiftly
- 迅速地,敏捷地
- nearer
- 更近的(near的比较级)
- swelled
- 膨胀,增大(swell的过去式)
- louder
- 更大声的(loud的比较级)
- as
- 当...时,作为,因为
- they
- 他们,它们(主格)
- turned
- 转动,转向(turn的过去式)
- end
- 结束,末端
- street
- 街道
- lawyer
- 律师
- looking
- 看,寻找(look的现在分词)
- forth
- 向前,向外
- could
- 能够,可以(can的过去式)
- soon
- 很快,不久
- see
- 看见,理解
- what
- 什么,多么
- manner
- 方式,举止,态度
- man
- 男人,人类
- deal
- 处理,交易,大量
- He
- 他(主格)
- very
- 非常,很
- plainly
- 明显地,简朴地
- dressed
- 穿着(dress的过去式或过去分词)
- look
- 看,外表,表情
- even
- 甚至,平坦的
- distance
- 距离,远处
- went
- 去,行走(go的过去式)
- somehow
- 以某种方式,不知怎么地
- strongly
- 强烈地,坚固地
- against
- 反对,靠着,违背
- watcher's
- 观察者的(watcher的所有格)
- inclination
- 倾向,意愿,斜坡
- But
- 但是,然而
- made
- 制作,使得(make的过去式)
- straight
- 直的,直接地,笔直
- for
- 为了,给,因为
- door
- 门
- crossing
- 穿过,十字路口(cross的现在分词)
- save
- 拯救,节省,除了
- came
- 来(come的过去式)
- key
- 钥匙,关键
- 口袋,衣袋
- like
- 像,喜欢
- one
- 一个,某人
- approaching
- 接近,靠近(approach的现在分词)
- home
- 家,家乡
- shrank
- 收缩,退缩(shrink的过去式)
- back
- 回来,后面,背部
- hissing
- 发嘶嘶声(hiss的现在分词)
- intake
- 吸入,摄取
- breath
- 呼吸,气息
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