歪唇男人 32揭开迷雾(5)

We both put our eyes to the grating.

我们两人从隔栅往里瞧。

The prisoner lay with his face towards us, in a very deep sleep, breathing slowly and heavily.

那囚犯脸朝我们躺着，正在酣睡，呼吸缓慢而又深沉。

He was a middle-sized man, coarsely clad as became his calling,

他中等身材，穿着和他的行当相称的粗料子衣服，

with a coloured shirt protruding¹ through the rent in his tattered² coat.

贴身一件染过色的衬衫从破烂的上衣裂缝处露了出来。

He was, as the inspector³ had said, extremely dirty,

他的确像巡官说的那样，污秽肮脏到了无以复加的地步，

but the grime which covered his face could not conceal⁴ its repulsive⁵ ugliness.

可是他脸上的污垢还是掩盖不了他那可憎的丑容。

A broad wheal from an old scar ran right across it from eye to chin,

从眼边到下巴有一道宽宽的旧伤疤，

and by its contraction⁶ had turned up one side of the upper lip,

这伤疤收缩后把上唇的一边往上吊起，

so that three teeth were exposed in a perpetual snarl⁷.

三颗牙齿露在外面，像是一直在嗥叫的样子。

A shock of very bright red hair grew low over his eyes and forehead.

一头蓬松光亮的红发低低覆盖着两眼和前额。

"He's a beauty, isn't he?" said the inspector.

"是个美人儿，是不是？"巡官说。

"He certainly needs a wash," remarked Holmes.

"他的确需要洗一洗，"福尔摩斯说，

"I had an idea that he might, and I took the liberty of bringing the tools with me."

"我想了个他可以洗一洗的主意，还自作主张地带了些家伙来。"

He opened the Gladstone bag as he spoke⁸, and took out, to my astonishment⁹, a very large bath-sponge.

他一边说一边打开那个格拉德斯通制造的软提包，取出了一块很大的洗澡海绵，使我吃了一惊。

1 protruding   

v.（使某物）伸出，（使某物）突出( protrude的现在分词 )；凸

参考例句：

• He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall. 他把上衣挂在凸出墙面的一根钉子上。
• There is a protruding shelf over a fireplace. 壁炉上方有个突出的架子。 来自辞典例句

2 tattered   

adj.破旧的，衣衫破的

参考例句：

• Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
• Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。

3 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

4 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

5 repulsive   

adj.排斥的，使人反感的

参考例句：

• She found the idea deeply repulsive.她发现这个想法很恶心。
• The repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous.核子内部的斥力是巨大的。

6 contraction   

n.缩略词，缩写式，害病

参考例句：

• The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
• The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。

7 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。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。