Treasure Island — Page 11
那是一个严酷的寒冬，有漫长而坚硬的霜冻和猛烈的大风；从一开始就很明显，我可怜的父亲很难熬过这个冬天，撑到春天。
It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales; and it was plain from the first that my poor father was little likely to see the spring.
他每天都在衰弱，我母亲和我要照料整个客栈，忙得不可开交，根本无暇顾及那位令人不快的房客。
He sank daily, and my mother and I had all the inn upon our hands, and were kept busy enough without paying much regard to our unpleasant guest.
那是一月的一个清晨，非常早——一个刺骨、冰冷的早晨——海湾里到处是白霜，涟漪轻轻地拍打着礁石，太阳还很低，只照到山顶，远远地向海面投射出光芒。
It was one January morning, very early--a pinching, frosty morning--the cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.
船长比平时起得更早，沿着海滩向下走去，他的弯刀在那件旧蓝大衣宽大的下摆下晃荡，黄铜望远镜夹在腋下，帽子向后歪戴在头上。
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm, his hat tilted back upon his head.
我记得他呼出的气息像烟雾一样飘荡在他身后，当他转过那块大岩石时，我听到的最后一个声音是他发出的一声响亮的愤怒哼声，仿佛他的心思还在李维西医生身上。
I remember his breath hanging like smoke in his wake as he strode off, and the last sound I heard of him as he turned the big rock was a loud snort of indignation, as though his mind was still running upon Dr. Livesey.
这时，母亲在楼上陪着父亲，我正在摆早餐桌等候船长回来，这时客厅的门开了，一个我从未见过的男人走了进来。
Well, mother was upstairs with father and I was laying the breakfast-table against the captain's return when the parlour door opened and a man stepped in on whom I had never set my eyes before.
他是个面色苍白、油腻腻的人，左手缺了两根手指，尽管他佩着一把弯刀，但看起来并不像是个好斗之人。
He was a pale, tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the left hand, and though he wore a cutlass, he did not look much like a fighter.
Vocabulary
- bitter
- 形容天气极度寒冷刺骨
- cold
- 形容温度低，寒冷的
- winter
- 一年四季中最寒冷的季节
- hard
- 形容严酷、艰难或坚硬
- frosts
- 霜冻，地面或物体表面结冰现象
- heavy
- 形容程度剧烈或重量大
- gales
- 强风、大风，风力很猛的风
- plain
- 形容显而易见、清楚明白
- poor
- 形容可怜的、不幸的
- likely
- 形容某事有可能发生
- spring
- 春天，冬天之后的温暖季节
- sank
- sink的过去式，指健康状况下降
- daily
- 副词，表示每天、日益
- inn
- 小旅馆，提供住宿和餐饮的地方
- busy
- 形容忙碌、没有空闲时间
- regard
- 关注、注意；也表示尊重
- unpleasant
- 令人不愉快的、讨厌的
- guest
- 客人，旅馆或家中的来访者
- January
- 一月，一年中的第一个月
- pinching
- 形容寒冷刺骨，像被捏住一样
- frosty
- 形容有霜、寒冷结冰的天气
- cove
- 小海湾，三面环陆的小型海湾
- grey
- 灰色的，颜色介于黑白之间
- hoar-frost
- 白霜，附着在地面的细小冰晶
- ripple
- 水面的细小波纹或涟漪
- lapping
- 形容水轻轻拍打岸边的声音
- softly
- 副词，轻柔地、温和地
- touching
- 动词，接触；也形容令人感动
- hilltops
- 山顶，丘陵或山的最高处
- shining
- 发光的，闪闪发亮的
- seaward
- 朝向大海的方向
- captain
- 船长或队长，带领团队的人
- risen
- rise的过去分词，起床或升起
- usual
- 形容平常的、惯常的
- beach
- 海滩，海边的沙地或石地
- cutlass
- 弯刀，一种短而弯的单刃刀
- swinging
- 摆动着，来回晃动的动作
- broad
- 形容宽阔的、宽广的
- skirts
- 衣服的下摆部分
- coat
- 外套，穿在最外层的衣服
- brass
- 黄铜，一种黄色金属材质
- telescope
- 望远镜，用于观察远处物体
- tilted
- 倾斜的，向一侧歪斜的
- breath
- 呼出的气息，呼吸产生的气
- hanging
- 悬挂着，飘浮在空中的状态
- smoke
- 烟，燃烧产生的气体
- wake
- 尾迹，经过后留下的痕迹
- strode
- stride过去式，大步走、迈步
- loud
- 形容声音大、响亮的
- snort
- 哼声，从鼻子发出的粗气声
- indignation
- 愤慨，对不公正事物的强烈不满
- though
- 连词，虽然、尽管
- mind
- 思维、头脑；此处指想着某事
- upstairs
- 楼上，在建筑物的上层
- laying
- 铺设、摆放，此处指摆桌子
- breakfast-table
- 早餐桌，用于吃早饭的桌子
- against
- 介词，为准备某事；对着
- return
- 返回、回来的动作
- parlour
- 客厅，旅馆或家中的接待室
- stepped
- step过去式，迈步走进某处
- whom
- 关系代词宾格，指代人
- pale
- 形容脸色苍白、颜色浅淡
- tallowy
- 形容像牛脂一样蜡黄油腻的肤色
- creature
- 生物；此处指外貌奇特的人
- wanting
- 缺少，此处指缺失手指
- fighter
- 战士、斗士，擅长打斗的人
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