冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第593期:第二十七章 凯特琳(15)

 　　The ringing clash of steel on steel jarred Catelyn back to the present.  刀剑的金属交击将凯特琳拉回现实。

　　Ser Vardis was coming hard at Bronn, driving into him with shield and sword.  瓦狄斯爵士剑盾并用，攻势猛烈。

　　The sellsword scrambled¹ backward, checking each blow, stepping lithely² over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe³.  佣兵不断后退，挡下道道攻势，脚步轻灵地跳过石块与树根，眼睛却从未离开对手。

　　He was quicker, Catelyn saw; the knight's silvered sword never came near to touching⁴ him, but his own ugly grey blade hacked⁵ a notch⁶ from Ser Vardis's shoulder plate. 凯特琳发现他的动作极其灵敏，骑士的银剑始终碰不到他，而他那把丑恶的灰剑却在瓦狄斯爵士的肩甲上划了一道。

　　The brief flurry of fighting ended as swiftly as it had begun when Bronn sidestepped and slid behind the statue of the weeping woman.  突然，波隆溜到哭泣女人的雕像背后。

　　Ser Vardis lunged at where he had been, striking a spark off the pale marble of Alyssa's thigh⁷. 瓦狄斯爵士收势不及，一剑朝他刚才的位置挥去，阿莱莎的白色大理石腿上火花迸发，两人这场迅捷的过招才开始没多久，便就暂告段落。

　　They're not fighting good, Mother, the Lord of the Eyrie complained. I want them to fight. 妈咪，他们打得不好看，鹰巢城主抱怨，我要看他们打真的。

　　They will, sweet baby, his mother soothed⁸ him.  宝贝乖，他们马上就打给你看。

　　The sellsword can't run all day. 他母亲安慰他，佣兵跑不了一整天的。

　　Some of the lords on Lysa's terrace were making wry⁹ jests as they refilled their wine cups, but across the garden, Tyrion Lannister's mismatched eyes watched the champions dance as if there were nothing else in the world. 莱莎所在的阳台上，有些贵族一边对波隆冷嘲热讽，一边斟酒笑闹，然而在花园对面，提利昂-兰尼斯特那双大小不一的眼睛却全神贯注地看着两位决斗者你来我往，似乎身边一切都已消失。

　　Bronn came out from behind the statue hard and fast, still moving left, aiming a two-handed cut at the knight's unshielded right side.  波隆倏地自雕像后窜出，依旧向左，双手擎剑朝骑士没有盾牌保护的那边猛砍。

　　Ser Vardis blocked, but clumsily, and the sellsword's blade flashed upward at his head.  瓦狄斯爵士虽然挡下，但挡得很勉强。

　　Metal rang, and a falcon's wing collapsed¹⁰ with a crunch¹¹.  佣兵的剑顺势往上一弹，朝对方的头部扑去。

　　Ser Vardis took a half step back to brace¹² himself, raised his shield.  瓦狄斯爵士后退半步，稳住身子，然后又举起盾牌。

　　Oak chips flew as Bronn's sword hacked at the wooden wall.  只听铿锵一声，猎鹰的一只翅膀应声而断。

　　The sellsword stepped left again, away from the shield, and caught Ser Vardis across the stomach, the razor edge of his blade leaving a bright gash¹³ when it bit into the knight's plate. 波隆的剑攻向这道木墙，砍得木屑四溅。佣兵再度向左，避开盾牌，一剑正中瓦狄斯爵士腹部，在骑士的铠甲上留下一道鲜明的裂口。

1 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 lithely   

adv.柔软地，易变地

参考例句：

3 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

4 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

5 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

6 notch   

n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级

参考例句：

• The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
• He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。

7 thigh   

n.大腿；股骨

参考例句：

• He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。

8 soothed   

v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦

参考例句：

• The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
• The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9 wry   

adj.讽刺的；扭曲的

参考例句：

• He made a wry face and attempted to wash the taste away with coffee.他做了个鬼脸，打算用咖啡把那怪味地冲下去。
• Bethune released Tung's horse and made a wry mouth.白求恩放开了董的马，噘了噘嘴。

10 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

11 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

12 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

13 gash   

v.深切，划开；n.(深长的)切(伤)口；裂缝

参考例句：

• The deep gash in his arm would take weeks to heal over.他胳膊上的割伤很深，需要几个星期的时间才能痊愈。
• After the collision,the body of the ship had a big gash.船被撞后，船身裂开了一个大口子。