The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 73
门非常坚固,锁也极好;木匠声称如果使用暴力,他会遇到很大麻烦,而且会造成很大的损坏;锁匠也几乎绝望了。
The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.
但这位锁匠是个手巧的人,经过两个小时的工作,门打开了。
But this last was a handy fellow, and after two hour's work, the door stood open.
标记E的柜子被打开了;我取出抽屉,在里面填满稻草,用床单包好,然后带着它回到卡文迪什广场。
The press marked E was unlocked; and I took out the drawer, had it filled up with straw and tied in a sheet, and returned with it to Cavendish Square.
在这里我开始检查里面的东西。
Here I proceeded to examine its contents.
这些粉末制作得相当精细,但不像配药师那样精确;因此很明显它们是杰基尔私人制造的;当我打开其中一个包装纸时,我发现里面似乎是一种白色的简单结晶盐。
The powders were neatly enough made up, but not with the nicety of the dispensing chemist; so that it was plain they were of Jekyll's private manufacture; and when I opened one of the wrappers I found what seemed to me a simple crystalline salt of a white colour.
接下来我转向那个小瓶,它大约装了半瓶血红色的液体,闻起来气味刺鼻,我觉得里面含有磷和某种挥发性醚。
The phial, to which I next turned my attention, might have been about half full of a blood-red liquor, which was highly pungent to the sense of smell and seemed to me to contain phosphorus and some volatile ether.
至于其他成分,我无法猜测。
At the other ingredients I could make no guess.
那本书是一本普通的记录簿,里面除了一系列日期几乎没有别的内容。
The book was an ordinary version book and contained little but a series of dates.
这些日期跨越了许多年,但我注意到记录在将近一年前就突然停止了。
These covered a period of many years, but I observed that the entries ceased nearly a year ago and quite abruptly.
Vocabulary
- door
- 门,建筑物的出入口
- was
- be动词的过去式,表示过去的状态
- very
- 副词,表示非常、很
- strong
- 形容词,表示强壮的、坚固的
- lock
- 锁,用于关闭门窗的装置
- excellent
- 形容词,表示极好的、优秀的
- carpenter
- 木匠,制作和修理木制品的工匠
- avowed
- 动词,公开声明、承认
- would
- 助动词,表示将要、会
- have
- 动词,有、拥有
- great
- 形容词,表示巨大的、伟大的
- trouble
- 名词,麻烦、困难
- do
- 动词,做、执行
- much
- 形容词或副词,表示许多、大量
- damage
- 名词或动词,损害、破坏
- if
- 连词,如果
- force
- 名词或动词,力量、强迫
- were
- be动词的过去式复数形式
- be
- 动词,是、存在
- used
- 动词use的过去式,使用
- locksmith
- 锁匠,制作和修理锁的工匠
- near
- 介词或形容词,接近、附近
- despair
- 名词或动词,绝望
- But
- 连词,但是
- last
- 形容词或动词,最后的、持续
- handy
- 形容词,手巧的、方便的
- fellow
- 名词,家伙、人
- after
- 介词或连词,在……之后
- hour
- 名词,小时
- work
- 名词或动词,工作
- stood
- 动词stand的过去式,站立
- open
- 形容词或动词,开着的、打开
- press
- 名词或动词,柜子、按压
- marked
- 动词mark的过去式,标记
- unlocked
- 动词unlock的过去式,开锁
- took
- 动词take的过去式,拿取
- out
- 副词或介词,出去、外面
- drawer
- 名词,抽屉
- had
- 动词have的过去式,有
- filled
- 动词fill的过去式,装满
- up
- 副词,向上、完全
- with
- 介词,用、与
- straw
- 名词,稻草、麦秆
- tied
- 动词tie的过去式,系、绑
- sheet
- 名词,床单、纸张
- returned
- 动词return的过去式,返回
- Square
- 名词,广场
- Here
- 副词,这里
- proceeded
- 动词proceed的过去式,继续进行
- examine
- 动词,检查、审查
- contents
- 名词,内容物
- powders
- 名词powder的复数,粉末
- neatly
- 副词,整洁地
- enough
- 副词或形容词,足够地
- made
- 动词make的过去式,制作
- but
- 连词,但是
- nicety
- 名词,精确、细节
- dispensing
- 动词dispense的现在分词,分配、配药
- chemist
- 名词,化学家、药剂师
- so
- 副词或连词,如此、所以
- plain
- 形容词,清楚的、朴素的
- private
- 形容词,私人的、私密的
- manufacture
- 名词或动词,制造、生产
- when
- 连词或副词,当……时候
- opened
- 动词open的过去式,打开
- wrappers
- 名词wrapper的复数,包装纸
- found
- 动词find的过去式,发现
- what
- 代词,什么
- seemed
- 动词seem的过去式,似乎
- simple
- 形容词,简单的
- crystalline
- 形容词,结晶的、晶体的
- salt
- 名词,盐
- white
- 形容词,白色的
- colour
- 名词,颜色
- phial
- 名词,小药瓶
- which
- 代词,哪个、哪些
- next
- 形容词或副词,下一个、接下来
- turned
- 动词turn的过去式,转动
- attention
- 名词,注意力
- might
- 助动词,可能
- been
- 动词be的过去分词
- about
- 介词或副词,关于、大约
- half
- 名词或形容词,一半
- full
- 形容词,满的
- blood
- 名词,血液
- red
- 形容词,红色的
- liquor
- 名词,液体、酒
- highly
- 副词,高度地、非常
- pungent
- 形容词,刺激的、辛辣的
- sense
- 名词,感觉、意义
- smell
- 名词或动词,气味、闻
- contain
- 动词,包含
- phosphorus
- 名词,磷元素
- some
- 形容词或代词,一些
- volatile
- 形容词,挥发性的、不稳定的
- ether
- 名词,乙醚、以太
- At
- 介词,在
- other
- 形容词或代词,其他的
- ingredients
- 名词ingredient的复数,成分、配料
- could
- 助动词can的过去式,能够
- make
- 动词,制作、使
- guess
- 名词或动词,猜测
- book
- 名词,书
- ordinary
- 形容词,普通的、平常的
- version
- 名词,版本、说法
- contained
- 动词contain的过去式,包含
- little
- 形容词或副词,少的、小的
- series
- 名词,系列、连续
- dates
- 名词date的复数,日期
- covered
- 动词cover的过去式,覆盖、涵盖
- period
- 名词,时期、阶段
- many
- 形容词,许多的
- years
- 名词year的复数,年
- observed
- 动词observe的过去式,观察、注意到
- entries
- 名词entry的复数,条目、记录
- ceased
- 动词cease的过去式,停止
- nearly
- 副词,几乎、将近
- year
- 名词,年
- ago
- 副词,以前
- quite
- 副词,相当、完全
- abruptly
- 副词,突然地、唐突地
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