英语听书《海底两万里》第378期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(4)

 Just for the record, I'll mention those Mediterranean¹ fish that Conseil and I barely glimpsed.  我单单为记忆起见，举出康塞尔或我只能望见一下的那些地中海的鱼类。

There were whitish eels² of the species Gymnotus fasciatus that passed like elusive³ wisps of steam,  那是拳状电鳗，淡白色，游走时像不可捉摸的气体一样。

conger eels three to four meters long that were tricked out in green, blue, and yellow, three-foot hake with a liver that makes a dainty morsel,  有海鳝鱼，像长三至四米的蛇一样，带青、蓝和黄的美丽颜色。有海鳍鱼，长三英尺，肝是美味好吃的。

wormfish drifting like thin seaweed, sea robins⁴ that poets call lyrefish and seamen⁵ pipers and whose snouts have two jagged triangular⁶ plates shaped like old Homer's lyre,  有带条鱼，浮来浮去，像细长的海藻。有纺拂，诗人称为琴鱼，水手称为笛鱼，嘴上装有三角形和多齿形的两块薄片，形状像老荷马的乐器。

swallowfish swimming as fast as the bird they're named after, redheaded groupers whose dorsal⁷ fins⁸ are trimmed with filaments,  有燕子笛鱼，走得很快，像燕子一样，所以得了这个名称。

some shad (spotted with black, gray, brown, blue, yellow, and green) that actually respond to tinkling⁹ handbells,  有金著稠，头红色，脊鳍上满是丝线条。有芦葵鱼，身上带有黑色、灰色、栗色、蓝色、黄色、青色的斑点，它能发出钟铃的叮当银质声响。

splendid diamond-shaped turbot that were like aquatic¹⁰ pheasants with yellowish fins stippled¹¹ in brown and the left topside mostly marbled in brown and yellow. 有华美的蝶鱼，这鱼是海中的山鸡，全身作菱形，淡黄色的鳍，带粟子色的小斑点，左边上部，通常带有栗色和黄色花纹。

1 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

2 eels   

abbr. 电子发射器定位系统（=electronic emitter location system）

参考例句：

• Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames. 鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。
• She bought some eels for dinner. 她买回一些鳗鱼做晚餐。

3 elusive   

adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的

参考例句：

• Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
• Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

4 robins   

n.知更鸟，鸫( robin的名词复数 )；（签名者不分先后，以避免受责的）圆形签名抗议书（或请愿书）

参考例句：

• The robins occupied their former nest. 那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Benjamin Robins then entered the fray with articles and a book. 而后，Benjamin Robins以他的几篇专论和一本书参加争论。 来自辞典例句

5 seamen   

n.海员

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。

6 triangular   

adj.三角（形）的，三者间的

参考例句：

• It's more or less triangular plot of land.这块地略成三角形。
• One particular triangular relationship became the model of Simone's first novel.一段特殊的三角关系成了西蒙娜第一本小说的原型。

7 dorsal   

adj.背部的，背脊的

参考例句：

• His dorsal fin was down and his huge pectorals were spread wide.它的脊鳍朝下耷拉着，巨大的胸鳍大张着。
• The shark's dorsal fin was cut off by the fisherman.鲨鱼的背鳍被渔夫割了下来。

8 fins   

[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌

参考例句：

• The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
• Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句

9 tinkling   

n.丁当作响声

参考例句：

• I could hear bells tinkling in the distance. 我能听到远处叮当铃响。
• To talk to him was like listening to the tinkling of a worn-out musical-box. 跟他说话，犹如听一架老掉牙的八音盒子丁冬响。 来自英汉文学

10 aquatic   

adj.水生的，水栖的

参考例句：

• Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
• We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。

11 stippled   

v.加点、绘斑，加粒( stipple的过去式和过去分词 )；（把油漆、水泥等的表面）弄粗糙

参考例句：

• They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds. 他们穿过点缀着紫色草的田地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was a gray stubble of beard stippled over Primitivo's jaws, his lip and his neck. 普里米蒂沃的下巴上，嘴唇上，脖子上布满了灰色的胡茬。 来自辞典例句