英语听书《海底两万里》第163期 第11章 诺第留斯号(14)

 　　A whole series of top-shell snails¹-greenish yellow ones fished up from American seas, others colored reddish brown that patronize the waters off Queensland,

　　其次，整整一组的洼贝，有些是青黄色，从美洲海中打来的, 另一些是棕储色，是新荷兰岛海中繁殖的，

　　the former coming from the Gulf³ of Mexico and notable for their overlapping⁴ shells, the latter some sun-carrier shells found in the southernmost seas,

　　后一种产自墨西哥湾，壳作鳞次柿比形, 最为突出，前一种是从南冰洋中采取的星状贝。

　　finally and rarest of all, the magnificent spurred-star shell from New Zealand;

　　这组中最稀罕的、最好看的是新西兰的马刺形贝。

　　then some wonderful peppery-furrow shells;

　　又其次，好看的带硫磺质的版形贝，

　　several valuable species of cythera clams⁵ and venus clams; the trellis wentletrap snail² from Tranquebar on India's eastern shore;

　　珍贵的西德列和维纳斯优美贝，上阑格巴沿海的格子花盘贝，

　　a marbled turban snail gleaming with mother-of-pearl;

　　螺钿光辉的细纹蹄贝，

　　green parrot shells from the seas of China; the virtually unknown cone⁶ snail from the genus Coenodullus;

　　中国海的绿色帆贝，锥形贝类中差不多没人知道的圆锥贝，

　　every variety of cowry used as money in India and Africa; a glory-of-the-seas,the most valuable shell in the East Indies;

　　印度和非洲作为货币使用的各种各类的磁贝，东印度群岛最珍贵的贝壳—海的光荣。

　　finally, common periwinkles, delphinula snails, turret⁷ snails, violet snails, European cowries, volute snails, olive shells, miter shells, helmet shells, murex snails, whelks,

　　最后是纽丝螺、燕子螺、金字塔形螺、海介蛤、卵形贝、螺旋贝、僧帽贝、

　　harp⁸ shells, spiky⁹ periwinkles, triton snails, horn shells, spindle shells, conch shells, spider conchs, limpets, glass snails, sea butterflies-every kind of delicate,

　　铁盔贝、朱红贝、油螺、竖琴螺、岩石螺、法螺、化石螺、纺锤螺、袖形贝、带翼贝、笠形贝、硝子贝、棱形贝，

　　fragile seashell that science has baptized with its most delightful¹⁰ names.

　　这些精美脆酥的烷贝，科学家把最美丽的名词作为它们的名字。

1 snails   

n.蜗牛；迟钝的人；蜗牛( snail的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I think I'll try the snails for lunch—I'm feeling adventurous today. 我想我午餐要尝一下蜗牛——我今天很想冒险。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Most snails have shells on their backs. 大多数蜗牛背上有壳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 snail   

n.蜗牛

参考例句：

• Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。
• Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 overlapping   

adj./n.交迭（的）

参考例句：

• There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
• A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。

5 clams   

n.蛤；蚌，蛤( clam的名词复数 )v.（在沙滩上）挖蛤( clam的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The restaurant's specialities are fried clams. 这个餐厅的特色菜是炸蚌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We dug clams in the flats et low tide. 退潮时我们在浅滩挖蛤蜊。 来自辞典例句

6 cone   

n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

• Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
• The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。

7 turret   

n.塔楼，角塔

参考例句：

• This ancient turret has attracted many visitors.这座古老的塔楼吸引了很多游客。
• The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔楼攀登上了要塞的城墙。

8 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

9 spiky   

adj.长而尖的，大钉似的

参考例句：

• Your hairbrush is too spiky for me.你的发刷，我觉得太尖了。
• The spiky handwriting on the airmail envelope from London was obviously hers.发自伦敦的航空信封上的尖长字迹分明是她的。

10 delightful   

adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的

参考例句：

• We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
• Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。