冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第763期:第三十八章 琼恩(4)

 　　Squatting¹ beside the dead man he had named Jafer Flowers, Sir Jaremy grasped his head by the scalp. 杰瑞米爵士在杰佛·佛花身旁蹲下，揪着头皮抓起头颅。

　　The hair came out between his fingers, brittle² as straw. 发束从他指间落下，松脆有如稻草。

　　The knight³ cursed and shoved at the face with the heel of his hand. 骑士骂了一声，伸手把脸部翻过。

　　A great gash⁴ in the side of the corpse⁵'s neck opened like a mouth, crusted with dried blood. 尸体另一侧的脖颈部位有道深深的伤口，好似一张大嘴，其中积满了干涸的血块。

　　Only a few ropes of pale tendon still attached the head to the neck. 头脖之间仅余几条肌腱相连。

　　"This was done with an axe⁶." “他是给斧头砍死的。”

　　Aye, muttered Dywen, the old forester. “没错，”老林务官戴文喃喃道，

　　"Belike the axe that Othor carried, m'lord." “大人，俺说就是奥瑟平日惯用的那把斧头。”

　　Jon could feel his breakfast churning in his belly⁷, but he pressed his lips together and made himself look at the second body. 琼恩只觉早餐在胃里翻涌，但他强自抿紧嘴唇，逼自己朝第二具尸体望去。

　　Othor had been a big ugly man, and he made a big ugly corpse. 奥瑟生前是个高大丑陋的人，死后尸体也是又大又丑。

　　No axe was in evidence. 但四下却没有斧头的踪影。

　　Jon remembered Othor; he had been the one bellowing⁸ the bawdy⁹ song as the rangers¹⁰ rode out. 琼恩还记得奥瑟；他就是那个出发前高唱低俗小调的家伙。

　　His singing days were done. 看来他唱歌的日子是完了。

　　His flesh was blanched¹¹ white as milk, everywhere but his hands. 他全身的肉发白地像牛奶，

　　His hands were black like Jafer's. 而他的双手和杰佛一样完全漆黑。

　　Blossoms of hard cracked blood decorated the mortal wounds that covered him like a rash, breast and groin and throat. 伤口如疹子般覆盖全身，从下体到胸部再到咽喉无一幸免，上面装饰着一朵朵干裂的的血花。

　　Yet his eyes were still open. 他的眼睛依旧睁开，

　　They stared up at the sky, blue as sapphires¹². 蓝宝石般的珠子直瞪天空。

　　Sir Jaremy stood. "The wildlings have axes too." 杰瑞米爵士站起身。“野人也是有斧头的。”

1 squatting   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. 他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
• They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years. 他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 brittle   

adj.易碎的；脆弱的；冷淡的；(声音)尖利的

参考例句：

• The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.池塘覆盖了一层易碎的冰。
• She gave a brittle laugh.她冷淡地笑了笑。

3 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

4 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。

5 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

6 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

7 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

8 bellowing   

v.发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的现在分词 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫

参考例句：

• We could hear he was bellowing commands to his troops. 我们听见他正向他的兵士大声发布命令。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He disguised these feelings under an enormous bellowing and hurraying. 他用大声吼叫和喝采掩饰着这些感情。 来自辞典例句

9 bawdy   

adj.淫猥的，下流的；n.粗话

参考例句：

• After a few drinks,they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices.喝了几杯酒之后，他们就扯着嗓门唱一些下流歌曲。
• His eyes were shrewd and bawdy.他的一双眼睛机灵而轻佻。

10 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

11 blanched   

v.使变白( blanch的过去式 )；使（植物）不见阳光而变白；酸洗（金属）使有光泽；用沸水烫（杏仁等）以便去皮

参考例句：

• The girl blanched with fear when she saw the bear coming. 那女孩见熊（向她）走来，吓得脸都白了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Their faces blanched in terror. 他们的脸因恐惧而吓得发白。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 sapphires   

n.蓝宝石，钢玉宝石( sapphire的名词复数 )；蔚蓝色

参考例句：

• Again there was that moment of splintered sapphires before the lids, dropping like scales, extinguished it. 她眼眶中又闪烁出蓝宝石的光彩，接着眼睑象鱼鳞般地垂落下来，双目又黯然失色了。 来自辞典例句
• She also sported a somewhat gawdy gold watch set with diamonds and sapphires. 她还收到一块镶着钻石和蓝宝石的金表。 来自辞典例句