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English → Chinese CHAPTER I Level 8/10

" 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

jiù — then, right away, exactly, as early as
lián — even, including, connecting
tā — he, him (third person masculine pronoun)
倚靠
yǐ kào — to lean against or rely on something
zhe — particle indicating ongoing action or state
de — structural particle linking modifier to noun
nà — that, those (demonstrative pronoun)
shàn — measure word for doors and windows
mén — door, gate, entrance
duì — toward, facing; correct, a pair
话语
huà yǔ — words, speech, utterance
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
wǒ — I, me (first person pronoun)
xiǎng — to think, want, miss someone
正是
zhèng shì — exactly is, precisely, it is just
zhè — this, these (demonstrative pronoun)
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
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
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
rén — person, people, human being
产生
chǎn shēng — to produce, generate, give rise to
兴趣
xìng qù — interest, enthusiasm for something
dāng — when, while; to serve as, to be
看到
kàn dào — to see, catch sight of, notice
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
shí — when, at the time of, moment
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
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
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
bǎ — disposal particle; to take, handle an object
先生
xiān sheng — Mister, sir, gentleman, teacher
mǎ — horse
牵走
qiān zǒu — to lead away, take away by the reins
zài — again, then, in addition
拿些
ná xiē — to fetch some, bring a quantity of something
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
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
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
cǎo — grass, weeds, plants
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
lái — to come; used as directional complement
消化
xiāo huà — to digest food; digestion
晚餐
wǎn cān — dinner, evening meal, supper
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
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
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
zhōng — in, among, within, middle
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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