冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第509期:第二十七章 艾德(46)

 　　The short man gave a sodden¹ shrug². He was the King's Hand. Doubtless Robert asked him to see that they were provided for. 浑身湿透的矮个子耸耸肩。他是御前首相，想必劳勃要他代为照顾吧。

　　Ned was soaked through to the bone, and his soul had grown cold. It had to be more than that, or why kill him? 奈德被雨淋湿到骨子里去，他的心整个凉了。一定不止这样，否则干嘛杀他？

　　Littlefinger shook the rain from his hair and laughed. Now I see.  小指头甩开头发上的雨珠，笑道：原来如此。

　　Lord Arryn learned that His Grace had filled the bellies³ of some whores and fishwives, and for that he had to be silenced.  想必是因为艾林大人知道国王陛下把一堆妓女和渔姑肚子搞大的底细，不得已只好将他灭口。

　　Small wonder. Allow a man like that to live, and next he's like to blurt⁴ out that the sun rises in the east. 这也难怪，若让这种人活下去，下次他就要说太阳从东边出来啰。

　　There was no answer Ned Stark⁵ could give to that but a frown. For the first time in years, he found himself remembering Rhaegar Targaryen.  奈德·史塔克想不出如何回答，只有皱眉。这么多年来，他发现自己头一遭回忆起雷加·坦格利安。

　　He wondered if Rhaegar had frequented brothels; somehow he thought not. 他很好奇雷加是否也常光顾妓院，不知为什么，他相信没有。

　　The rain was falling harder now, stinging the eyes and drumming against the ground.  雨势转大，刺痛他的双眼，轰然敲打地面。

　　Rivers of black water were running down the hill when Jory called out, My lord, his voice hoarse⁶ with alarm.  黑色的浊流从丘陵往下倾泻，这时乔里喊道：老爷！他嘶哑的声音里带着警觉。

　　And in an instant, the street was full of soldiers. 转眼间，街道上满满的都是兵士。

　　Ned glimpsed ringmail over leather, gauntlets and greaves, steel helms with golden lions on the crests⁷.  奈德瞥见他们皮衣外罩着环甲、铁手套和护膝，戴着金狮修饰的钢盔，

　　Their cloaks clung to their backs, sodden with rain.  被雨浸湿的披风紧紧贴在背上。

　　He had no time to count, but there were ten at least, a line of them, on foot, blocking the street, with longswords and iron-tipped spears.  他无暇细数，但起码有十个，排成一列，徒步挡住去路，手持长剑和铁枪。

　　Behind! he heard Wyl cry, and when he turned his horse, there were more in back of them, cutting off their retreat.  后面！他听见韦尔大喊，他调转马头，发现后面有更多人，切断了他们的退路。

　　Jory's sword came singing from its scabbard. Make way or die! 乔里的剑铮地一声出鞘。挡路者死！

1 sodden   

adj.浑身湿透的；v.使浸透；使呆头呆脑

参考例句：

• We stripped off our sodden clothes.我们扒下了湿透的衣服。
• The cardboard was sodden and fell apart in his hands.纸板潮得都发酥了，手一捏就碎。

2 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。

3 bellies   

n.肚子( belly的名词复数 )；腹部；（物体的）圆形或凸起部份；腹部…形的

参考例句：

• They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
• starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童

4 blurt   

vt.突然说出，脱口说出

参考例句：

• If you can blurt out 300 sentences,you can make a living in America.如果你能脱口而出300句英语，你可以在美国工作。
• I will blurt out one passage every week.我每星期要脱口而出一篇短文！

5 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

6 hoarse   

adj.嘶哑的，沙哑的

参考例句：

• He asked me a question in a hoarse voice.他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
• He was too excited and roared himself hoarse.他过于激动，嗓子都喊哑了。

7 crests   

v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的第三人称单数 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• The surfers were riding in towards the beach on the crests of the waves. 冲浪者们顺着浪头冲向岸边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The correspondent aroused, heard the crash of the toppled crests. 记者醒了，他听见了浪头倒塌下来的轰隆轰隆声。 来自辞典例句