冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第329期:第二十一章 布兰(6)

 　　Well, Bran said reluctantly¹, yes, only... 嗯，布兰很不情愿地说，是啊，不过…

　　Old Nan nodded. In that darkness, the Others came for the first time, she said as her needles went click click click.  老奶妈点点头。在一片黑暗中，异鬼降临人间，她一边说，手中针线一边作响，咯，咯，咯。

　　They were cold things, dead things, that hated iron and fire and the touch of the sun, and every creature with hot blood in its veins².  他们是冰冷与死亡的怪兽，痛恨钢铁、烈火和阳光，以及所有流淌着温热血液的生命。

　　They swept over holdfasts and cities and kingdoms, felled heroes and armies by the score, riding their pale dead horses and leading hosts of the slain³.  他们骑着苍白的死马，率领死人组成的军队，横扫农村、城市和王国，杀死成千上万的英雄和士兵。

　　All the swords of men could not stay their advance, and even maidens⁴ and suckling babes found no pity in them.  人类的剑无法阻止他们前进，老幼妇孺也难逃魔掌。

　　They hunted the maids through frozen⁵ forests, and fed their dead servants on the flesh of human children. 他们在结冰的森林里追捕少女，用人类婴儿的肉来饲养手下的死灵仆役。

　　Her voice had dropped very low, almost to a whisper, and Bran found himself leaning forward to listen. 此时她的声音已经降得极低，几乎像是呓语，布兰不自觉地倾身向前。

　　Now these were the days before the Andals came, and long before the women fled across the narrow sea from the cities of the Rhoyne,  当时安达尔人还未统治七国，更是早在女人从洛恩河畔的古城邦渡狭海逃亡而来以前。

　　and the hundred kingdoms of those times were the kingdoms of the First Men, who had taken these lands from the children of the forest.  只有先民从森林之子手中夺得土地，建立了林立四方的数百邦国。

　　Yet here and there in the fastness of the woods the children still lived in their wooden cities and hollow⁶ hills, and the faces in the trees kept watch.  但在浓密的森林深处，森林之子依旧蛰居在他们的树上城镇和空山幽谷里。

1 reluctantly   

ad.不情愿地，勉强地

参考例句：

• He finally agreed, albeit reluctantly, to help us. 尽管勉强，他最后还是同意帮助我们。
• She reluctantly communicated the facts. 她不愿把真实情况讲出来。

2 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

4 maidens   

处女( maiden的名词复数 )； 少女； 未婚女子； （板球运动）未得分的一轮投球

参考例句：

• stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
• Transplantation is not always successful in the matter of flowers or maidens. 花儿移栽往往并不成功，少女们换了环境也是如此。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

6 hollow   

adj.空的，中空的，空心的；空洞的，无价值的

参考例句：

• The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.那些孩子挖了个坑准备栽树。
• Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.竹子是一种中空的植物。