Ulysses — Page 6
巴克·穆利根用手指戳了戳下唇下方的凹陷处。
Buck Mulligan attacked the hollow beneath his underlip.
——真是荒唐，他心满意足地说。应该叫做第二条腿裤子。天知道是哪个臭混蛋把它们脱下来扔掉的。我有一条漂亮的裤子，带细发条纹，灰色的。你穿上一定神气极了。我没开玩笑，金奇。你穿得整齐的时候看起来真他妈帅。
—The mockery of it, he said contentedly. Secondleg they should be. God knows what poxy bowsy left them off. I have a lovely pair with a hair stripe, grey. You'll look spiffing in them. I'm not joking, Kinch. You look damn well when you're dressed.
——谢了，斯蒂芬说。灰色的我没法穿。
—Thanks, Stephen said. I can't wear them if they are grey.
——他没法穿，巴克·穆利根对着镜子里自己的脸说。礼节就是礼节。他杀死了自己的母亲，却没法穿灰色长裤。
—He can't wear them, Buck Mulligan told his face in the mirror. Etiquette is etiquette. He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers.
他利落地折好剃刀，用手指轻柔地抚摸着光滑的皮肤。
He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.
斯蒂芬将目光从大海移开，转向那张丰腴的脸，以及脸上那双烟蓝色流转的眼睛。
Stephen turned his gaze from the sea and to the plump face with its smokeblue mobile eyes.
——昨晚我在船舱酒馆碰到的那个家伙，巴克·穆利根说，说你得了麻痹性痴呆。他现在在多蒂维尔疯人院，跟康诺利·诺曼在一起。全身性麻痹性精神病！
—That fellow I was with in the Ship last night, said Buck Mulligan, says you have g. p. i. He's up in Dottyville with Connolly Norman. General paralysis of the insane!
他将镜子在空中划了个半圆，让阳光——此刻正灿烂地照耀着海面——把这消息四处闪传。他那刮得光洁、微微上翘的嘴唇笑了起来，洁白闪亮的牙齿也露出了笑意。笑声震动了他那强健结实的躯干。
He swept the mirror a half circle in the air to flash the tidings abroad in sunlight now radiant on the sea. His curling shaven lips laughed and the edges of his white glittering teeth. Laughter seized all his strong wellknit trunk.
——看看你自己，他说，你这个可怕的吟游诗人！
—Look at yourself, he said, you dreadful bard!
斯蒂芬俯身向前，凝视着递到他面前的镜子，镜面被一道歪斜的裂缝劈开。头发竖立着。正如他自己和别人眼中所见的我。是谁为我选了这张脸？这具用来驱除害虫的躯壳。它也在问我。
Stephen bent forward and peered at the mirror held out to him, cleft by a crooked crack. Hair on end. As he and others see me. Who chose this face for me? This dogsbody to rid of vermin. It asks me too.
Vocabulary
- attacked
- 攻击；此处指用手触碰或拨弄
- hollow
- 凹陷的部分；空洞处
- beneath
- 在……下方；低于某物之下
- underlip
- 下嘴唇，嘴部下方的唇
- mockery
- 嘲弄；讽刺；取笑他人的行为
- contentedly
- 满足地；心满意足地做某事
- poxy
- （俚语）讨厌的；低劣的；带贬义
- lovely
- 可爱的；美丽的；令人愉快的
- pair
- 一对；两件配套的事物
- stripe
- 条纹；细长的色带或线条
- grey
- 灰色的；介于黑白之间的颜色
- spiffing
- （英式俚语）极好的；出色的
- joking
- 开玩笑；说笑话而非认真
- damn
- （俚语）非常；该死的，用于加强语气
- dressed
- 穿好衣服的；着装整齐的
- mirror
- 镜子；反射图像的玻璃器具
- Etiquette
- 礼节；社交场合中的行为规范
- etiquette
- 礼节；礼仪规范，重复强调
- trousers
- 裤子；一种覆盖腿部的服装
- folded
- 折叠好的；整齐叠起的状态
- razor
- 剃刀；用于刮胡子的刀具
- neatly
- 整洁地；有条不紊地安排摆放
- stroking
- 抚摸；轻轻摩挲某物或某人
- smooth
- 光滑的；表面平整无粗糙感
- gaze
- 凝视；长时间注视某处
- plump
- 圆润的；肉感的；丰满的
- mobile
- 流动的；善变的；可移动的
- fellow
- 家伙；男性，常用于非正式场合
- General
- 全身性的；普遍的；将军
- paralysis
- 瘫痪；身体丧失运动能力的状态
- insane
- 精神失常的；疯狂的；神志不清
- swept
- 挥动；大幅度扫过某个方向
- circle
- 圆圈；圆形；半圆弧线动作
- flash
- 闪光；快速一闪而过的光亮
- tidings
- 消息；新闻；喜讯或坏消息
- abroad
- 四处；广泛传播；在外流传
- sunlight
- 阳光；太阳照射产生的光线
- radiant
- 光芒四射的；容光焕发的
- curling
- 卷曲的；向上或向外弯曲的
- shaven
- 剃光的；已刮净胡须或毛发的
- edges
- 边缘；物体的边界或轮廓线
- glittering
- 闪闪发光的；光芒闪烁的
- Laughter
- 笑声；笑的声音或行为
- seized
- 抓住；突然占据或控制某物
- wellknit
- 体格结实的；肌肉紧实协调的
- trunk
- 躯干；身体去除四肢和头的部分
- dreadful
- 可怕的；糟糕透顶的；令人不安的
- bard
- 诗人；吟游诗人；文学创作者
- bent
- 弯下身；身体向前倾斜
- forward
- 向前；朝前方移动或倾斜
- peered
- 凝视；仔细端详；眯眼看
- cleft
- 裂缝；分裂的；有裂口的
- crooked
- 弯曲的；不直的；歪斜的
- crack
- 裂缝；细长的裂纹或破损处
- chose
- 选择了；过去时，做出选择
- dogsbody
- （俚语）做杂活的人；打杂者
- rid
- 除去；摆脱；清除不需要的
- vermin
- 害虫；有害动物；令人厌恶之物
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