The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 94
但我现在看到的这只手,在伦敦早晨的黄色光线中看得非常清楚,半握着躺在床单上,瘦削、筋脉突出、关节粗大,呈暗淡的苍白色,上面浓密地覆盖着黝黑的毛发。
But the hand which I now saw, clearly enough, in the yellow light of a mid-London morning, lying half shut on the bedclothes, was lean, corded, knuckly, of a dusky pallor and thickly shaded with a swart growth of hair.
这是爱德华·海德的手。
It was the hand of Edward Hyde.
我一定盯着它看了将近半分钟,完全陷入了惊讶的呆滞之中,直到恐惧在我胸中醒来,如同钹的撞击声一样突然而惊人;我从床上跳起来,冲向镜子。
I must have stared upon it for near half a minute, sunk as I was in the mere stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals; and bounding from my bed I rushed to the mirror.
看到镜中映入我眼帘的景象,我的血液变成了某种极其稀薄而冰冷的东西。
At the sight that met my eyes, my blood was changed into something exquisitely thin and icy.
是的,我上床时是亨利·杰基尔,醒来时却是爱德华·海德。
Yes, I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde.
这要如何解释呢?
How was this to be explained?
我问自己;然后,又一阵恐惧袭来——这要如何补救?
I asked myself; and then, with another bound of terror—how was it to be remedied?
现在已经是上午了;仆人们都起来了;我所有的药物都在柜子里——从我当时站立的地方要走很长的路程,下两层楼梯,穿过后面的通道,越过露天庭院,再穿过解剖教室。
It was well on in the morning; the servants were up; all my drugs were in the cabinet—a long journey down two pairs of stairs, through the back passage, across the open court and through the anatomical theatre, from where I was then standing horror-struck.
也许确实可以遮住我的脸;但那有什么用呢,如果我无法掩盖我身材的变化?
It might indeed be possible to cover my face; but of what use was that, when I was unable to conceal the alteration in my stature?
然后,带着一种压倒性的甜蜜宽慰感,我想起来仆人们已经习惯了我的第二个自我的来来去去。
And then with an overpowering sweetness of relief, it came back upon my mind that the servants were already used to the coming and going of my second self.
Vocabulary
- But
- 连词,表示转折或对比关系
- the
- 定冠词,特指某个事物
- hand
- 身体部位,用于抓握和触摸的器官
- which
- 关系代词,用于引导定语从句
- I
- 第一人称单数主格代词,我
- now
- 副词,表示现在、此刻
- saw
- 动词see的过去式,看见
- clearly
- 副词,清楚地、明显地
- enough
- 副词或形容词,足够地、充分地
- in
- 介词,表示位置、时间或状态
- yellow
- 形容词或名词,黄色的
- light
- 名词,光线、光亮
- of
- 介词,表示所属或关于
- a
- 不定冠词,表示一个
- morning
- 名词,早晨、上午时段
- lying
- 动词lie的现在分词,躺着
- half
- 副词或名词,一半、部分地
- shut
- 动词或形容词,关闭的、合上的
- on
- 介词,表示在...上面
- bedclothes
- 名词,床上用品,包括床单被子等
- was
- 动词be的过去式,是
- lean
- 形容词,瘦的、无脂肪的
- and
- 连词,和、与、并且
- thickly
- 副词,浓密地、厚厚地
- shaded
- 动词shade的过去分词,遮蔽的、有阴影的
- with
- 介词,表示伴随或使用
- growth
- 名词,生长物、增长
- hair
- 名词,毛发、头发
- It
- 代词,它,指代事物
- must
- 情态动词,必须、一定
- have
- 助动词或动词,有、已经
- stared
- 动词stare的过去式,凝视
- upon
- 介词,在...之上(较正式)
- it
- 代词,它,指代事物
- for
- 介词,表示目的、时间或原因
- near
- 副词或形容词,接近、几乎
- minute
- 名词,分钟、片刻
- sunk
- 动词sink的过去分词,沉没、陷入
- as
- 连词或介词,作为、当...时
- mere
- 形容词,仅仅的、只不过的
- stupidity
- 名词,愚蠢、迟钝
- wonder
- 名词或动词,惊奇、想知道
- before
- 介词或连词,在...之前
- terror
- 名词,恐怖、惊骇
- woke
- 动词wake的过去式,醒来、唤醒
- up
- 副词,向上、起来
- my
- 形容词性物主代词,我的
- breast
- 名词,胸部、胸怀
- sudden
- 形容词,突然的、意外的
- startling
- 形容词,令人吃惊的、惊人的
- crash
- 名词或动词,碰撞声、撞击
- from
- 介词,从、来自
- bed
- 名词,床、床铺
- rushed
- 动词rush的过去式,冲、奔跑
- to
- 介词,到、向
- mirror
- 名词,镜子、反映
- At
- 介词,在(某处或某时)
- sight
- 名词,视力、景象、看见
- that
- 指示代词或连词,那个、以致
- met
- 动词meet的过去式,遇见、满足
- eyes
- 名词eye的复数,眼睛
- blood
- 名词,血液、血统
- changed
- 动词change的过去式,改变
- into
- 介词,进入、变成
- something
- 代词,某事、某物
- thin
- 形容词,薄的、瘦的
- icy
- 形容词,冰冷的、冷淡的
- Yes
- 副词或感叹词,是的、对
- had
- 动词have的过去式,有、已经
- gone
- 动词go的过去分词,去了、消失
- awakened
- 动词awaken的过去分词,觉醒、唤醒
- How
- 副词,如何、怎样
- this
- 指示代词,这个
- be
- 动词,是、存在
- explained
- 动词explain的过去分词,解释
- asked
- 动词ask的过去式,问、询问
- myself
- 反身代词,我自己
- then
- 副词,然后、那时
- another
- 代词或形容词,另一个
- bound
- 名词或动词,跳跃、界限、前往
- how
- 副词,如何、怎样
- well
- 副词或形容词,好、很好地
- servants
- 名词servant的复数,仆人、佣人
- were
- 动词be的过去式复数,是
- all
- 形容词或代词,全部、所有
- drugs
- 名词drug的复数,药物、毒品
- cabinet
- 名词,柜子、内阁
- long
- 形容词或副词,长的、长久地
- journey
- 名词,旅程、行程
- down
- 副词或介词,向下、沿着
- two
- 数词,二、两个
- pairs
- 名词pair的复数,双、对
- stairs
- 名词,楼梯
- through
- 介词,通过、穿过
- back
- 名词、副词或形容词,背部、返回、后面的
- passage
- 名词,通道、走廊、段落
- across
- 介词,穿过、横过
- open
- 形容词或动词,开着的、打开
- court
- 名词,庭院、法院、球场
- theatre
- 名词,剧院、手术室、阶梯教室
- where
- 副词或连词,哪里、在...地方
- standing
- 动词stand的现在分词,站立
- might
- 情态动词,可能、也许
- indeed
- 副词,确实、实际上
- possible
- 形容词,可能的、可行的
- cover
- 动词或名词,覆盖、遮盖
- face
- 名词或动词,脸、面对
- but
- 连词,但是、可是
- what
- 代词或形容词,什么、多么
- use
- 名词或动词,用途、使用
- when
- 副词或连词,何时、当...时
- unable
- 形容词,不能的、无法的
- conceal
- 动词,隐藏、隐瞒
- And
- 连词,和、而且
- an
- 不定冠词,一个(用于元音前)
- sweetness
- 名词,甜蜜、愉快
- relief
- 名词,宽慰、解脱、救济
- came
- 动词come的过去式,来、到达
- mind
- 名词或动词,头脑、介意
- already
- 副词,已经、早已
- used
- 动词use的过去式或形容词,使用、习惯的
- coming
- 动词come的现在分词,来、到来
- going
- 动词go的现在分词,去、前往
- second
- 数词或名词,第二、秒
- self
- 名词,自我、自己
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