The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 31
他简要叙述了女仆所见到的情况,并出示了那根断手杖。
And he briefly narrated what the maid had seen, and showed the broken stick.
厄特森先生一听到海德这个名字就已经退缩了;但当手杖摆在他面前时,他再也无法怀疑了;尽管它已经断裂和损坏,他还是认出这正是他多年前亲自赠送给亨利·杰基尔的那根。
Mr. Utterson had already quailed at the name of Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no longer; broken and battered as it was, he recognised it for one that he had himself presented many years before to Henry Jekyll.
"这位海德先生是个身材矮小的人吗?"他问道。
"Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature?" he inquired.
"特别矮小,而且长相特别凶恶,这是女仆对他的描述,"警官说。
"Particularly small and particularly wicked-looking, is what the maid calls him," said the officer.
厄特森先生沉思了一会儿;然后抬起头说:"如果你愿意和我一起坐我的马车,我想我可以带你去他的住处。"
Mr. Utterson reflected; and then, raising his head, "If you will come with me in my cab," he said, "I think I can take you to his house."
此时大约是早上九点钟,这是本季的第一场雾。
It was by this time about nine in the morning, and the first fog of the season.
一大片巧克力色的幕布笼罩在天空,但风不断地冲击和驱散这些密集的雾气;所以当马车在街道间缓慢行驶时,厄特森先生看到了各种程度和色调的暮光,真是千变万化;这里会像傍晚时分一样黑暗;那里会有一种浓郁的、惨淡的褐色光芒,像某种奇异火光的照耀;而这里,雾气会在某个瞬间完全散开,一缕憔悴的日光会在旋转的雾霭之间闪现。
A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street, Mr. Utterson beheld a marvelous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening; and there would be a glow of a rich, lurid brown, like the light of some strange conflagration; and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up, and a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.
Vocabulary
- briefly
- 简短地，简要地，用简洁的方式
- narrated
- 叙述，讲述（故事或事件的经过）
- maid
- 女仆，女佣人，从事家务工作的女性
- broken
- 破碎的，打破的，损坏的
- stick
- 棍子，手杖，木条状物体
- already
- 已经，早已，表示某事已发生
- quailed
- 畏缩，退缩，因恐惧而胆怯
- laid
- 放置，摆放（lay的过去式和过去分词）
- doubt
- 怀疑，疑问，对某事不确定
- battered
- 破旧的，被反复击打损坏的
- recognised
- 认出，识别，承认（英式拼写）
- presented
- 赠送，呈现，提供（present的过去式）
- stature
- 身高，身材，个子的高度
- inquired
- 询问，打听，正式地提问
- Particularly
- 特别地，尤其，格外地
- particularly
- 特别地，尤其，格外地
- wicked
- 邪恶的，恶毒的，品行不端的
- officer
- 官员，警官，军官，执法人员
- reflected
- 反思，思考，反映（reflect的过去式）
- raising
- 举起，抬起，提高（raise的现在分词）
- cab
- 出租车，马车，计程车
- fog
- 雾，浓雾，大雾天气
- season
- 季节，时节，赛季
- chocolate
- 巧克力，巧克力色，深褐色
- coloured
- 有色的，着色的（英式拼写）
- pall
- 棺罩，幕布，笼罩的阴影或烟雾
- lowered
- 降低，放下（lower的过去式）
- heaven
- 天空，天堂，苍穹
- continually
- 不断地，频繁地，持续地
- charging
- 冲锋，猛冲，充电（charge的现在分词）
- routing
- 击溃，打败，驱散（rout的现在分词）
- embattled
- 陷入困境的，四面楚歌的，严阵以待的
- vapours
- 蒸汽，雾气（vapour的复数，英式拼写）
- crawled
- 爬行，缓慢移动（crawl的过去式）
- beheld
- 看见，目睹（behold的过去式，古语）
- marvelous
- 奇妙的，了不起的，令人惊叹的
- degrees
- 程度，度数（degree的复数形式）
- hues
- 色调，色彩（hue的复数形式）
- twilight
- 黄昏，暮光，微光时分
- glow
- 发光，光辉，微弱稳定的光
- lurid
- 可怕的，耀眼的，苍白恐怖的色彩
- strange
- 形容词，奇怪的，陌生的，异常的
- conflagration
- 大火，火灾，猛烈燃烧
- moment
- 时刻，瞬间，片刻
- haggard
- 憔悴的，疲惫不堪的，面容枯槁的
- shaft
- 轴，杆，一束（光线）
- daylight
- 日光，白天，白昼
- glance
- 一瞥，扫视，快速看一眼
- swirling
- 旋转的，盘旋的（swirl的现在分词）
- wreaths
- 花环，圈状物（wreath的复数形式）
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