博斯科姆比溪谷秘案 25现场调查(3)

We called at the door, when the maid, at Holmes's request, showed us the boots which her master wore at the time of his death,

我们在门口叫门，里面的女仆应福尔摩斯的要求，让我们看了她主人死的时候穿的那双靴子，

and also a pair of the son's, though not the pair which he had then had.

也让我们看了他儿子的一双靴子，虽然不是他当时穿着的那双。

Having measured these very carefully from seven or eight different points,

福尔摩斯在这些靴子上的七八个不同部位仔细量了一量之后，

Holmes desired to be led to the court-yard, from which we all followed the winding¹ track which led to Boscombe Pool.

要求女仆把我们领到院子里去，我们从院里沿着一条弯弯曲曲的小路走到博斯科姆比池塘。

Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent² as this.

每当福尔摩斯这样热切地探究细索的时候，他变得和原来判若两人。

Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician³ of Baker⁴ Street would have failed to recognize him.

只熟悉贝克街那个沉默寡言的思想家和逻辑学家的人，这时将会是认不出他来的。

His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn⁵ into two hard black lines,

他的脸色一会儿涨得通红，一会儿又阴沉得发黑。他双眉紧蹙，形成了两道粗粗的黑线，

while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter.

眉毛下面那双眼睛射出刚毅的光芒。

His face was bent⁶ downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed,

他脸部朝下，两肩向前躬着，嘴唇紧闭，

and the veins⁷ stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy⁸ neck.

他那细长而坚韧的脖子上，青筋突出，犹如鞭绳。

His nostrils⁹ seemed to dilate¹⁰ with a purely¹¹ animal lust¹² for the chase,

他张大鼻孔，完完全全象渴望捕猎物的野兽一样；

and his mind was so absolutely concentrated upon the matter before him that a question or remark fell unheeded upon his ears,

他是那么全神贯注地进行侦察，谁要向他提个问题或说句话，他全当作耳边风，

or, at the most, only provoked a quick, impatient snarl¹³ in reply.

或者充其量给你一个急促的不耐烦的粗暴回答。

1 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

2 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

3 logician   

n.逻辑学家

参考例句：

• Mister Wu Feibai is a famous Mohist and logician in Chinese modern and contemporary history. 伍非百先生是中国近、现代著名的墨学家和逻辑学家。 来自互联网

4 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

5 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

6 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

7 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》

8 sinewy   

adj.多腱的，强壮有力的

参考例句：

• When muscles are exercised often and properly,they keep the arms firm and sinewy.如果能经常正确地锻炼肌肉的话，双臂就会一直结实而强健。
• His hard hands and sinewy sunburned limbs told of labor and endurance.他粗糙的双手，被太阳哂得发黑的健壮四肢,均表明他十分辛勤，非常耐劳。

9 nostrils   

鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Her nostrils flared with anger. 她气得两个鼻孔都鼓了起来。
• The horse dilated its nostrils. 马张大鼻孔。

10 dilate   

vt.使膨胀，使扩大

参考例句：

• At night,the pupils dilate to allow in more light.到了晚上，瞳孔就会扩大以接收更多光线。
• Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain.运动会使大脑表层的血管扩张。

11 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

12 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。

13 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。