斑点带子案 45多行不义必自毙(4)

It was a singular sight which met our eyes.

出现在我们眼前的是一幅奇特的景象。

On the table stood a darklantern with the shutter¹ half open,

桌上放着一盏遮光灯，遮光板半开着，

throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the iron safe, the door of which was ajar.

一道亮光照到柜门半开的铁保险柜上。

Beside this table, on the wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby Roylott, clad in a long gray dressing-gown,

桌上旁边的那把木椅上，坐着格里姆斯比·罗伊洛特医生，他身上披着一件长长的灰色睡衣，

his bare ankles protruding² beneath, and his feet thrust into red heelless Turkish slippers³.

睡衣下面露出一双赤裸的脚脖子，两脚套在红色土耳其无跟拖鞋里。

Across his lap lay the short stock with the long lash⁴ which we had noticed during the day.

膝盖上横搭着我们白天看到的那把短柄长鞭子。

His chin was cocked upward and his eyes were fixed⁵ in a dreadful, rigid⁶ stare at the corner of the ceiling.

他的下巴向上翘起，他的一双眼睛恐怖地、僵直地盯着天花板的角落。

Round his brow he had a peculiar⁷ yellow band, with brownish speckles, which seemed to be bound tightly round his head.

他的额头上绕着一条异样的、带有褐色斑点的黄带子，那条带子似乎紧紧地缠在他的头上。

As we entered he made neither sound nor motion.

我们走进去的时候，他既没有作声，也没有动一动。

"The band! the speckled band!" whispered Holmes.

"带子！带斑点的带子！"福尔摩斯压低了声音说。

I took a step forward. In an instant his strange headgear began to move,

我向前跨了一步。只见他那条异样的头饰开始蠕动起来，

and there reared itself from among his hair the squat⁸ diamond-shaped head and puffed⁹ neck of a loathsome¹⁰ serpent.

从他的头发中间昂然钻出一条又粗又短、长着钻石型的头部和胀鼓鼓的脖子、令人恶心的毒蛇。

1 shutter   

n.百叶窗；(照相机)快门；关闭装置

参考例句：

• The camera has a shutter speed of one-sixtieth of a second.这架照像机的快门速度达六十分之一秒。
• The shutter rattled in the wind.百叶窗在风中发出嘎嘎声。

2 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

3 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

4 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

5 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

6 rigid   

adj.严格的，死板的；刚硬的，僵硬的

参考例句：

• She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。
• The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。

7 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

8 squat   

v.蹲坐，蹲下；n.蹲下；adj.矮胖的，粗矮的

参考例句：

• For this exercise you need to get into a squat.在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。
• He is a squat man.他是一个矮胖的男人。

9 puffed   

adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟，狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 loathsome   

adj.讨厌的，令人厌恶的

参考例句：

• The witch hid her loathsome face with her hands.巫婆用手掩住她那张令人恶心的脸。
• Some people think that snakes are loathsome creatures.有些人觉得蛇是令人憎恶的动物。