英语听书《海底两万里》第97期 第7章 一种从未见过的鱼(20)

 　　Daylight appeared. The morning mists surrounded us, but they soon broke up.

　　天亮了。朝雾笼罩着我们，但不久就消散了。

　　I was about to proceed with a careful examination of the hull¹, whose topside formed a sort of horizontal platform, when I felt it sinking little by little.

　　我正要仔细观察一下上层形成平台的船壳的时候，我觉得船渐渐下沉了。

　　"Oh, damnation!" Ned Land shouted, stamping his foot on the resonant² sheet iron. "Open up there, you antisocial navigators!"

　　喂！鬼东西！尼德·兰喊着，用脚狠踢钢板，开门吧，不好客的航海人！

　　But it was difficult to make yourself heard above the deafening³ beats of the propeller⁴. Fortunately this submerging movement stopped.

　　但在推进器拨水的隆隆声响中间，想叫人听到他的活是不容易的。很幸运，船一会儿又不往下沉了。

　　From inside the boat, there suddenly came noises of iron fastenings pushed roughly aside.

　　突然，一片猛然推动铁板的声音从船里面发出来。

　　One of the steel plates flew up, a man appeared, gave a bizarre yell, and instantly disappeared.

　　一块铁板掀起了，出来一个人，这人怪叫了一声，立即又进去不见了。

　　A few moments later, eight strapping⁵ fellows appeared silently, their faces like masks, and dragged us down into their fearsome machine.

　　不久，八个又高又大的壮汉，蒙着脸，一声不响地走出来，把我们拉进了他们的可怕机器中。

1 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

2 resonant   

adj.(声音)洪亮的，共鸣的

参考例句：

• She has a resonant voice.她的嗓子真亮。
• He responded with a resonant laugh.他报以洪亮的笑声。

3 deafening   

adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
• The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。

4 propeller   

n.螺旋桨，推进器

参考例句：

• The propeller started to spin around.螺旋桨开始飞快地旋转起来。
• A rope jammed the boat's propeller.一根绳子卡住了船的螺旋桨。

5 strapping   

adj. 魁伟的, 身材高大健壮的 n. 皮绳或皮带的材料, 裹伤胶带, 皮鞭 动词strap的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• He's a strapping lad—already bigger than his father. 他是一个魁梧的小伙子——已经比他父亲高了。
• He was a tall strapping boy. 他是一个高大健壮的小伙子。