冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第780期:第三十八章 琼恩(21)

 　　My father is no traitor¹, he told the direwolf when the rest had gone. “我父亲不是叛徒。”众人离去之后，他对冰原狼说。

　　Ghost looked at him in silence. 白灵静静地看着他。

　　Jon slumped² against the wall, hands around his knees, and stared at the candle on the table beside his narrow bed. 琼恩双手抱膝，颓然靠在墙上，盯着窄床边桌子上的蜡烛。

　　The flame flickered³ and swayed, the shadows moved around him, the room seemed to grow darker and colder. 烛焰摇曳闪动，影子在他周围晃个不休，房间似乎更显阴暗，也更冰冷。

　　I will not sleep tonight, Jon thought. 我今晚绝对不睡，琼恩心想。

　　Yet he must have dozed⁴. 然而他多半还是打了瞌睡吧。

　　When he woke, his legs were stiff and cramped⁵ and the candle had long since burned out. 醒来时只觉双腿僵硬，酸麻无比，蜡烛也早已燃尽。

　　Ghost stood on his hind⁶ legs, scrabbling at the door. 白灵后脚站立，前脚扒着房门。

　　Jon was startled to see how tall he'd grown. 琼恩看它突然间变得那么高，吓了一跳。

　　"Ghost, what is it?" he called softly. “白灵，怎么了？”他轻声唤道。

　　The direwolf turned his head and looked down at him, baring his fangs⁷ in a silent snarl⁸. 冰原狼转过头，向下看着他，露出利齿，无声地咆哮。

　　Has he gone mad? Jon wondered. 它疯了吗？琼恩暗忖。

　　"It's me, Ghost," he murmured, trying not to sound afraid. “白灵，是我啊。”他喃喃低语，试图遮掩声音里的恐惧。

　　Yet he was trembling, violently. 可另一方面，他又在不由自主地剧烈颤抖。

　　When had it gotten so cold? 什么时候变得这么冷？

　　Ghost backed away from the door. There were deep gouges⁹ where he'd raked the wood. 白灵从门边退开，木门被他刨出深深的爪痕。

　　Jon watched him with mounting disquiet¹⁰. 琼恩看着它，心中的不安节节升高。

1 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。

2 slumped   

大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

参考例句：

• Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
• The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。

3 flickered   

（通常指灯光）闪烁，摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The lights flickered and went out. 灯光闪了闪就熄了。
• These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. 这些灯象发狂的交通灯一样不停地闪动着。

4 dozed   

v.打盹儿，打瞌睡( doze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon. 他喝了个通霄，昏沉沉地一直睡到下午。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• I dozed off during the soporific music. 我听到这催人入睡的音乐，便不知不觉打起盹儿来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作

6 hind   

adj.后面的，后部的

参考例句：

• The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.这种动物能够用后肢站立。
• Don't hind her in her studies.不要在学业上扯她后腿。

7 fangs   

n.（尤指狗和狼的）长而尖的牙( fang的名词复数 )；（蛇的）毒牙；罐座

参考例句：

• The dog fleshed his fangs in the deer's leg. 狗用尖牙咬住了鹿腿。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Dogs came lunging forward with their fangs bared. 狗龇牙咧嘴地扑过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 snarl   

v.吼叫，怒骂，纠缠，混乱；n.混乱，缠结，咆哮

参考例句：

• At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
• The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。

9 gouges   

n.凿( gouge的名词复数 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…v.凿( gouge的第三人称单数 )；乱要价；（在…中）抠出…；挖出…

参考例句：

• Clegg and Rollins indicate that nonwrinkleresistant cotton fibers often exhibIt'surface gouges and fibrillation. 克莱格和罗林斯指出，未经防皱处理的棉纤维表面，通常有凿槽和微纤化现象发生。 来自辞典例句
• She didn't mind that we banged into the walls and put gouges in the door jambs. 她一点也不介意我们撞坏墙或是把门框碰出小坑来。 来自互联网

10 disquiet   

n.担心，焦虑

参考例句：

• The disquiet will boil over in the long run.这种不安情绪终有一天会爆发的。
• Her disquiet made us uneasy too.她的忧虑使我们也很不安。