Ulysses — Page 14
Two shafts of soft daylight fell across the flagged floor from the high barbacans: and at the meeting of their rays a cloud of coalsmoke and fumes of fried grease floated, turning.
两束柔和的日光从高高的雉堞射入，斜落在石板地面上：在两束光线交汇之处，一团煤烟与煎油的油烟飘浮旋转着。
—We'll be choked, Buck Mulligan said. Haines, open that door, will you?
——我们要被熏死了，巴克·穆利根说。海因斯，把那扇门打开，好吗？
Stephen laid the shavingbowl on the locker. A tall figure rose from the hammock where it had been sitting, went to the doorway and pulled open the inner doors.
斯蒂芬把剃须碗放在储物柜上。一个高大的身影从他一直坐着的吊床上站起来，走到门口，拉开了里层的门。
—Have you the key? a voice asked.
——你有钥匙吗？一个声音问道。
—Dedalus has it, Buck Mulligan said. Janey Mack, I'm choked!
——代达勒斯拿着，巴克·穆利根说。天哪，我要被熏死了！
He howled, without looking up from the fire:
他没有抬头看炉火，嚷嚷道：
—Kinch!
——金奇！
—It's in the lock, Stephen said, coming forward.
——在锁孔里呢，斯蒂芬说，走上前来。
The key scraped round harshly twice and, when the heavy door had been set ajar, welcome light and bright air entered.
钥匙刺耳地转了两圈，沉重的大门被推开一条缝后，令人欣喜的光亮与清新的空气涌了进来。
Haines stood at the doorway, looking out. Stephen haled his upended valise to the table and sat down to wait.
海因斯站在门口向外张望。斯蒂芬把竖放的旅行箱拖到桌边，坐下来等候。
Buck Mulligan tossed the fry on to the dish beside him. Then he carried the dish and a large teapot over to the table, set them down heavily and sighed with relief.
巴克·穆利根把煎好的食物翻到旁边的盘子里。然后他端着盘子和一只大茶壶走到桌边，砰地放下，如释重负地叹了口气。
—I'm melting, he said, as the candle remarked when... But, hush! Not a word more on that subject! Kinch, wake up! Bread, butter, honey. Haines, come in. The grub is ready. Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts. Where's the sugar? O, jay, there's no milk.
——我都要融化了，他说，就像那支蜡烛说的那样……不过，嘘！这个话题就此打住！金奇，快点！面包、黄油、蜂蜜。海因斯，进来吧。饭好了。主啊，请赐福于我们和这些食物。糖在哪里？哦，天哪，没有牛奶了。
Stephen fetched the loaf and the pot of honey and the buttercooler from the locker. Buck Mulligan sat down in a sudden pet.
斯蒂芬从储物柜里取来面包、蜂蜜罐和黄油盒。巴克·穆利根突然赌气似地坐了下来。
Vocabulary
- 两
- liǎng — Two (used before measure words)
- 束
- shù — Bundle, beam (measure word for light/flowers)
- 柔和
- róuhé — Soft, gentle, mild (describing light or tone)
- 的
- de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
- 日光
- rìguāng — Sunlight, daylight
- 从
- cóng — From, since (indicates starting point)
- 高高
- gāogāo — High up, loftily (reduplicated adjective)
- 射入
- shèrù — To shoot or stream into (light entering space)
- 斜落
- xiéluò — To fall or slant diagonally at an angle
- 在
- zài — At, in, on (indicates location)
- 石板
- shíbǎn — Stone slab, flagstone floor
- 地面
- dìmiàn — Ground surface, floor
- 上
- shàng — On top of, above (location particle)
- 两束
- liǎng shù — Two beams (of light)
- 光线
- guāngxiàn — Ray of light, beam of light
- 交汇
- jiāohuì — To converge, meet, intersect (of flows or beams)
- 之处
- zhī chù — The place where something occurs
- 一团
- yī tuán — A mass, a clump, a cloud (of smoke)
- 与
- yǔ — And, with (formal conjunction)
- 油烟
- yóuyān — Cooking fumes, oily smoke from frying
- 飘浮
- piāofú — To float, drift in the air
- 旋转
- xuánzhuǎn — To rotate, spin, revolve
- 着
- zhe — Particle indicating ongoing action or state
- 我们
- wǒmen — We, us (first person plural)
- 要
- yào — Will, about to; want to (modal verb)
- 被
- bèi — Passive marker indicating action done to subject
- 熏死
- xūnsǐ — To be choked or suffocated by smoke
- 了
- le — Particle indicating completed action or change
- 说
- shuō — To say, speak, tell
- 把
- bǎ — Disposal marker directing action onto object
- 那扇
- nà shàn — That (door/window) — measure word for panels
- 门
- mén — Door, gate, entrance
- 打开
- dǎkāi — To open, to open up
- 好吗
- hǎo ma — Okay? Is that alright? (seeking agreement)
- 放在
- fàng zài — To place on/at a location
- 储物柜
- chǔwù guì — Storage cabinet, cupboard for storing items
- 一个
- yī ge — One (general measure word for objects/people)
- 高大
- gāodà — Tall and big, towering in stature
- 身影
- shēnyǐng — Silhouette, figure of a person
- 他
- tā — He, him (third person singular male)
- 一直
- yīzhí — All along, continuously, straight ahead
- 坐着
- zuòzhe — To be sitting, seated (ongoing state)
- 吊床
- diàochuáng — Hammock, suspended hanging bed
- 站
- zhàn — To stand, to get up
- 起来
- qǐlai — To get up, rise (directional complement)
- 走到
- zǒu dào — To walk to, to reach by walking
- 门口
- ménkǒu — Doorway, entrance, threshold
- 拉开
- lākāi — To pull open, to draw apart
- 里层
- lǐcéng — Inner layer, inner side
- 你
- nǐ — You (second person singular)
- 有
- yǒu — To have, to possess, there is
- 钥匙
- yàoshi — Key (for a lock)
- 吗
- ma — Question particle for yes/no questions
- 声音
- shēngyīn — Sound, voice, noise
- 问道
- wèn dào — To ask, to inquire (literary usage)
- 拿着
- názhe — Holding, carrying (ongoing state of holding)
- 天哪
- tiān na — Oh my, good heavens (exclamation of surprise)
- 我
- wǒ — I, me (first person singular)
- 没有
- méiyǒu — Don't have, there isn't, no
- 抬头
- táitóu — To raise one's head, look up
- 看
- kàn — To look, see, watch
- 炉火
- lúhuǒ — Fire in a stove or furnace
- 嚷嚷
- rāngrāng — To shout, yell, clamor noisily
- 道
- dào — Said (literary verb after direct speech)
- 锁孔
- suǒkǒng — Keyhole, the hole in a lock
- 里
- lǐ — Inside, within (location word)
- 呢
- ne — Particle for questions or softening statements
- 走
- zǒu — To walk, go, leave
- 上前
- shàng qián — To step forward, move ahead
- 来
- lái — To come (directional verb/complement)
- 刺耳
- cì'ěr — Harsh to the ears, grating, shrill
- 地
- de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
- 转
- zhuǎn — To turn, rotate
- 两圈
- liǎng quān — Two turns, two rotations
- 沉重
- chénzhòng — Heavy, weighty (physically or emotionally)
- 大门
- dàmén — Main gate, large door, front entrance
- 推开
- tuīkāi — To push open
- 一条
- yī tiáo — A strip, a crack (measure word for long things)
- 缝
- fèng — Crack, gap, slit
- 后
- hòu — After, behind, afterwards
- 令人欣喜
- lìng rén xīnxǐ — Pleasing, delightful, making one feel happy
- 光亮
- guāngliàng — Bright, luminous, shining light
- 清新
- qīngxīn — Fresh, clean and refreshing (air or style)
- 空气
- kōngqì — Air, atmosphere
- 涌
- yǒng — To surge, gush, pour in rapidly
- 进来
- jìnlai — To come in, to enter (directional complement)
- 站在
- zhàn zài — To stand at/in a place
- 向外
- xiàng wài — Outward, toward the outside
- 张望
- zhāngwàng — To look around, peer outward, gaze about
- 竖放
- shù fàng — To place upright, set vertically
- 旅行箱
- lǚxíng xiāng — Suitcase, travel trunk
- 拖到
- tuō dào — To drag to a location
- 桌边
- zhuō biān — Side of the table, table's edge
- 坐
- zuò — To sit down
- 下来
- xiàlai — To come/sit down (directional complement)
- 等候
- děnghòu — To wait, await (more formal than 等)
- 煎好
- jiān hǎo — Finished frying, cooked through frying
- 食物
- shíwù — Food, foodstuff
- 翻到
- fān dào — To flip over to, turn food to other side
- 旁边
- pángbiān — Beside, next to, nearby
- 盘子
- pánzi — Plate, dish, tray
- 然后
- ránhòu — Then, after that, afterwards
- 端着
- duān zhe — Carrying (a tray/plate level with both hands)
- 和
- hé — And, together with
- 一只
- yī zhī — One (measure word for small objects/animals)
- 大
- dà — Big, large, great
- 茶壶
- cháhú — Teapot
- 砰地
- pēng de — With a bang, thudding down noisily
- 放下
- fàng xia — To put down, set down
- 如释重负
- rú shì zhòng fù — Like shedding a heavy burden; great relief
- 叹
- tàn — To sigh, to heave a sigh
- 口气
- kǒuqì — Tone, breath; a breath (measure word)
- 都
- dōu — All, both, entirely (adverb of inclusion)
- 融化
- rónghuà — To melt, dissolve, thaw
- 就像
- jiù xiàng — Just like, exactly as
- 那支
- nà zhī — That (candle) — measure word for stick-like things
- 蜡烛
- làzhú — Candle
- 那样
- nàyàng — Like that, in that way
- 不过
- búguò — But, however, yet (mild contrast)
- 嘘
- xū — Shh, hush (sound to request silence)
- 这个
- zhège — This, this one
- 话题
- huàtí — Topic of conversation, subject matter
- 就此
- jiùcǐ — At this point, herewith, stop here
- 打住
- dǎzhù — To stop, halt, cut short (a topic)
- 快点
- kuài diǎn — Hurry up, quickly, faster
- 面包
- miànbāo — Bread
- 黄油
- huángyóu — Butter
- 蜂蜜
- fēngmì — Honey
- 吧
- ba — Particle suggesting suggestion or mild command
- 饭
- fàn — Meal, cooked rice, food
- 好了
- hǎo le — Ready, done, all set
- 请
- qǐng — Please, to request, to invite
- 于
- yú — To, at, in (formal/literary preposition)
- 这些
- zhèxiē — These (plural demonstrative)
- 糖
- táng — Sugar, candy, sweets
- 哪里
- nǎlǐ — Where? What place?
- 哦
- ó / ò — Oh (exclamation of realization or response)
- 牛奶
- niúnǎi — Milk (cow's milk)
- 取来
- qǔ lái — To fetch, bring over, retrieve
- 蜂蜜罐
- fēngmì guàn — Honey jar, container holding honey
- 黄油盒
- huángyóu hé — Butter dish, container for butter
- 突然
- tūrán — Suddenly, all of a sudden
- 赌气
- dǔqì — To act out of spite or pique, in a huff
- 似地
- shì de — As if, seemingly (comparison particle)
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