冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第766期:第三十八章 琼恩(7)

 　　Now that he had looked at the bodies, he could not seem to look away. 这会儿他真看了，视线反而离不开尸体。

　　"A fresh kill... the blood would still flow, my lords. “刚死的猎物……大人，血还会流动。

　　Later... later it would be clotted¹, like a... a jelly, thick and... and... " He looked as though he was going to be sick. 之后……之后才会凝结成块，像是……像是肉冻，浓稠的肉冻，而且……而且……”他似乎要吐了。

　　"This man... look at the wrist, it's all... crusty... dry... like ... " “这个人……请看，他的手腕很……很脆……又干又脆……像是……”

　　Jon saw at once what Sam meant. 琼恩立刻明白了山姆的意思。

　　He could see the torn veins² in the dead man's wrist, iron worms in the pale flesh. 他可以看见死人腕部断裂的血管，活像惨白肌肉里的铁蠕虫，

　　His blood was a black dust. 血也冻成黑粉末。

　　Yet Jaremy Rykker was unconvinced. 但杰瑞米·莱克不以为然。

　　"If they'd been dead much longer than a day, they'd be ripe by now, boy. “如果他们真死了一天以上，现在早就臭得要命。

　　They don't even smell." 可他们一点味道也没有。”

　　Dywen, the gnarled old forester who liked to boast that he could smell snow coming on, sidled closer to the corpses⁴ and took a whiff. 饱经风霜的老林务官戴文最爱夸耀自己嗅觉灵敏，常说连降雪都能闻出来。这会儿他悄悄走到尸体旁边，嗅了一下。

　　"Well, they're no pansy flowers, but... m'lord has the truth of it. “嗯，是不怎么好闻，不过……大人说得没错，

　　There's no corpse³ stink⁵." 的确没有尸臭。”

　　They... they aren't rotting. “他们……他们也没有腐烂，”

　　Sam pointed⁶, his fat finger shaking only a little. 山姆指给大家看，胖手指颤抖不休。

　　"Look, there's... there's no maggots or... or... worms or anything... they've been lying here in the woods, “请看，他们身上没有……没有生蛆，也……也……没有其他的虫子……他们在森林里躺了这么久，

　　but they... they haven't been chewed or eaten by animals... only Ghost... otherwise they're... they're... " 却……却没有被动物撕咬或吃掉……若不是白灵……他们……”

1 clotted   

adj.凝结的v.凝固( clot的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• scones and jam with clotted cream 夹有凝脂奶油和果酱的烤饼
• Perspiration clotted his hair. 汗水使他的头发粘在一起。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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 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。

4 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

5 stink   

vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
• The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

6 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。