Wuthering Heights — Page 2
" even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself.
就连他倚靠着的那扇门,对他的话语也毫无呼应之意;我想正是这一情形促使我接受了邀请:我对一个看起来比我更加矜持的人产生了兴趣。
When he saw my horse's breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court,—"Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood's horse; and bring up some wine."
当他看到我的马胸已径直顶着栅栏时,他才伸出手来将其解开,随后阴沉着脸走在我前面,沿石板路向上走去,待我们进入庭院时,他喊道:"约瑟夫,把洛克伍德先生的马牵走;再拿些酒上来。"
"Here we have the whole establishment of domestics, I suppose," was the reflection suggested by this compound order. "No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters."
这道复合命令令我不禁想到:"我猜,这便是这里全部的家仆了。难怪石板缝里草都长出来了,牲口是唯一修剪篱笆的园丁。"
Joseph was an elderly, nay, an old man, very old, perhaps, though hale and sinewy. "The Lord help us!" he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.
约瑟夫是个上了年纪的人,不,该说是个老人,或许年岁已很大了,却依然硬朗结实。他一边接过我的马缰,一边以一种满腹牢骚的低沉语气自言自语道:"上帝帮帮我们吧!"与此同时,他以如此酸楚的眼神望着我的脸,令我好心地猜测,他大概需要神明的帮助来消化他的晚餐,而他那声虔诚的感叹与我的不期而至并无干系。
Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. "Wuthering" being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather.
呼啸山庄是希斯克利夫先生住所的名称。"呼啸"是一个颇具地方色彩的形容词,描述的是该处在狂风暴雨天气中所承受的大气动荡。
Vocabulary
- 就
- jiù — then, right away, exactly, as early as
- 连
- lián — even, including, connecting
- 他
- tā — he, him (third person masculine pronoun)
- 倚靠
- yǐ kào — to lean against or rely on something
- 着
- zhe — particle indicating ongoing action or state
- 的
- de — structural particle linking modifier to noun
- 那
- nà — that, those (demonstrative pronoun)
- 扇
- shàn — measure word for doors and windows
- 门
- mén — door, gate, entrance
- 对
- duì — toward, facing; correct, a pair
- 话语
- huà yǔ — words, speech, utterance
- 也
- yě — also, too, as well
- 毫无
- háo wú — absolutely without, not the slightest
- 呼应
- hū yìng — to echo, respond, coordinate with each other
- 之意
- zhī yì — the intention or meaning of something
- 我
- wǒ — I, me (first person pronoun)
- 想
- xiǎng — to think, want, miss someone
- 正是
- zhèng shì — exactly is, precisely, it is just
- 这
- zhè — this, these (demonstrative pronoun)
- 一
- yī — one, a, single
- 情形
- qíng xíng — situation, circumstances, state of affairs
- 促使
- cù shǐ — to prompt, urge, cause someone to act
- 接受
- jiē shòu — to accept, receive, take on
- 了
- le — particle indicating completed action or change
- 邀请
- yāo qǐng — to invite; an invitation
- 一个
- yī gè — one (person or thing), a single
- 看起来
- kàn qǐ lái — it looks like, it appears, seemingly
- 比
- bǐ — compared to, more than (comparison particle)
- 更加
- gèng jiā — even more, all the more, to a greater degree
- 矜持
- jīn chí — reserved, restrained, aloof in manner
- 人
- rén — person, people, human being
- 产生
- chǎn shēng — to produce, generate, give rise to
- 兴趣
- xìng qù — interest, enthusiasm for something
- 当
- dāng — when, while; to serve as, to be
- 看到
- kàn dào — to see, catch sight of, notice
- 已
- yǐ — already, by now (indicating completion)
- 径直
- jìng zhí — directly, straight, without detour or hesitation
- 顶着
- dǐng zhe — pressing against, pushing up against something
- 栅栏
- zhà lán — fence, railing, barrier made of posts
- 时
- shí — when, at the time of, moment
- 才
- cái — only then, not until, just
- 伸出
- shēn chū — to stretch out, extend outward (hand, arm)
- 手来
- shǒu lái — hand (coming forward), reaching one's hand out
- 将其
- jiāng qí — to take it, handle it (formal written style)
- 解开
- jiě kāi — to untie, undo, unfasten something
- 随后
- suí hòu — soon after, immediately following, subsequently
- 阴沉
- yīn chén — gloomy, sullen, overcast in expression
- 脸
- liǎn — face, facial expression
- 走在
- zǒu zài — walking at (a position relative to others)
- 前面
- qián miàn — in front, ahead, the front side
- 沿
- yán — along, following the edge or path of
- 石板路
- shí bǎn lù — flagstone path, paved road of flat stones
- 向上
- xiàng shàng — upward, moving in an upward direction
- 走去
- zǒu qù — to walk away, walk toward a destination
- 待
- dài — to wait; when, once (literary usage)
- 我们
- wǒ men — we, us (first person plural pronoun)
- 进入
- jìn rù — to enter, go into a place or state
- 庭院
- tíng yuàn — courtyard, garden yard of a house
- 喊道
- hǎn dào — to shout, cry out, yell saying something
- 把
- bǎ — disposal particle; to take, handle an object
- 先生
- xiān sheng — Mister, sir, gentleman, teacher
- 马
- mǎ — horse
- 牵走
- qiān zǒu — to lead away, take away by the reins
- 再
- zài — again, then, in addition
- 拿些
- ná xiē — to fetch some, bring a quantity of something
- 酒
- jiǔ — alcohol, wine, liquor
- 上来
- shàng lái — to come up, bring up (toward speaker)
- 这道
- zhè dào — this (measure word for orders or commands)
- 复合
- fù hé — compound, composite, combined together
- 命令
- mìng lìng — order, command, directive
- 令
- lìng — to cause, make, order; a command
- 不禁
- bù jīn — cannot help but, involuntarily do something
- 想到
- xiǎng dào — to think of, occur to one's mind
- 猜
- cāi — to guess, speculate, conjecture
- 便是
- biàn shì — is precisely, that must be, it is just
- 这里
- zhè lǐ — here, this place
- 全部
- quán bù — all, entire, the whole of something
- 家仆
- jiā pú — household servant, domestic servant
- 难怪
- nán guài — no wonder, it is not surprising that
- 石板
- shí bǎn — flagstone, flat stone slab
- 缝里
- fèng lǐ — within the cracks or gaps of something
- 草
- cǎo — grass, weeds, plants
- 都
- dōu — all, both, even (inclusive adverb)
- 长出来
- zhǎng chū lái — to grow out, sprout forth from a surface
- 牲口
- shēng kǒu — livestock, draught animals, farm animals
- 是
- shì — to be, is, am, are (copula verb)
- 唯一
- wéi yī — the only one, sole, unique
- 修剪
- xiū jiǎn — to trim, prune, clip plants or hedges
- 篱笆
- lí ba — hedge, fence made of woven branches
- 园丁
- yuán dīng — gardener, one who tends a garden
- 是个
- shì gè — is a (introducing a description of someone)
- 上了年纪
- shàng le nián jì — getting on in years, advanced in age
- 不
- bù — no, not (negation particle)
- 该说
- gāi shuō — should say, or rather, more accurately
- 老人
- lǎo rén — old person, elderly man or woman
- 或许
- huò xǔ — perhaps, maybe, possibly
- 年岁
- nián suì — age, years of life, one's age
- 很大
- hěn dà — very large, very great, very old
- 却
- què — but, yet, however (adversative conjunction)
- 依然
- yī rán — still, as before, unchanged
- 硬朗
- yìng lǎng — robust, hale and hearty (of elderly person)
- 结实
- jiē shi — sturdy, solid, strong and firm
- 一边
- yī biān — on one side; at the same time as
- 接过
- jiē guò — to take over, receive something handed over
- 马缰
- mǎ jiāng — horse reins, bridle used to control horse
- 以
- yǐ — with, using, by means of (literary)
- 一种
- yī zhǒng — a kind of, a type of, a sort of
- 满腹牢骚
- mǎn fù láo sāo — full of complaints, grumbling discontentedly
- 低沉
- dī chén — low and deep (voice), muffled, depressed
- 语气
- yǔ qì — tone of voice, manner of speaking
- 自言自语
- zì yán zì yǔ — to talk to oneself, mutter under one's breath
- 道
- dào — to say, utter (literary narrative verb)
- 上帝
- Shàng dì — God, the Lord (Christian usage)
- 帮帮
- bāng bang — help (reduplicated, softened request form)
- 吧
- ba — particle suggesting mild request or assumption
- 与此同时
- yǔ cǐ tóng shí — at the same time, meanwhile, simultaneously
- 如此
- rú cǐ — like this, so, in such a manner
- 酸楚
- suān chǔ — bitter, sorrowful, pained, grieved feeling
- 眼神
- yǎn shén — look in one's eyes, gaze, expression
- 望着
- wàng zhe — gazing at, looking toward, staring at
- 好心
- hǎo xīn — good intentions, kindheartedness, goodwill
- 地
- de — adverbial particle (manner of doing something)
- 猜测
- cāi cè — to guess, speculate, conjecture about something
- 大概
- dà gài — probably, approximately, roughly speaking
- 需要
- xū yào — to need, require, necessity
- 神明
- shén míng — deity, divine being, god or goddess
- 帮助
- bāng zhù — to help, assist, aid someone
- 来
- lái — to come; used as directional complement
- 消化
- xiāo huà — to digest food; digestion
- 晚餐
- wǎn cān — dinner, evening meal, supper
- 而
- ér — and, but, yet (literary conjunction)
- 那声
- nà shēng — that sound, that utterance, that cry
- 虔诚
- qián chéng — devout, pious, sincere in religious belief
- 感叹
- gǎn tàn — exclamation, sigh of emotion, lament
- 与
- yǔ — and, with, together with (literary)
- 不期而至
- bù qī ér zhì — to arrive unexpectedly, come without prior notice
- 并无
- bìng wú — has absolutely no, there is none at all
- 干系
- gān xì — connection, relation, involvement with something
- 住所
- zhù suǒ — residence, dwelling place, abode
- 名称
- míng chēng — name, designation, title of something
- 呼啸
- hū xiào — to howl, roar, whistle loudly (wind or sound)
- 颇具
- pō jù — quite having, possessing considerably, fairly rich in
- 地方色彩
- dì fāng sè cǎi — local color, regional character, distinctive flavor
- 形容词
- xíng róng cí — adjective (grammatical term)
- 描述
- miáo shù — to describe, depict, give an account of
- 该处
- gāi chù — that place, the location in question
- 在
- zài — at, in, on (location preposition)
- 狂风暴雨
- kuáng fēng bào yǔ — violent wind and rain, fierce stormy weather
- 天气
- tiān qì — weather, atmospheric conditions
- 中
- zhōng — in, among, within, middle
- 所
- suǒ — particle used before verb in passive structure
- 承受
- chéng shòu — to bear, endure, withstand (pressure or hardship)
- 大气
- dà qì — atmosphere, air; also magnanimous in character
- 动荡
- dòng dàng — turbulence, upheaval, instability, agitation
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