英语听书《海底两万里》第430期 第26章 大头鲸和长须鲸(11)

 Often, no longer seeing any way out, I thought we were imprisoned¹ for good, but Captain Nemo, guided by his instincts, discovered new passageways from the tiniest indications.  有时看不见通路了，我想我们是定作了俘虏了；可是本能领导着他，根据一些轻微的迹象，足摩船长就可以发现新的通路。

He was never wrong when he observed slender threads of bluish water streaking² through these ice fields.  他注视那在冰田上显出来的一条一条淡蓝色细水纹，他决不至搞错。

Accordingly, I was sure that he had already risked his Nautilus in the midst of the Antarctic seas. 所以，我心中并不怀疑他是已经驾驶诺第留斯号，在这南极海水中探过险的。

However, during the day of March 16, these tracts³ of ice completely barred our path.  但是，在8月15日那天，层层的冰群完全把我们的路挡住了。

It wasn't the Ice Bank as yet, just huge ice fields cemented together by the cold.  这还不是真正的冰山，只是寒冷冻结起来的阔大冰地。

This obstacle couldn't stop Captain Nemo, and he launched his ship against the ice fields with hideous⁴ violence.  这种障碍物不能阻止尼摩船长，诺第留斯号用猛烈怕人的力量向冰地冲去。

The Nautilus went into these brittle⁵ masses like a wedge, splitting them with dreadful cracklings.  像楔子一般穿进这粉未的块团中，响得伯人的破裂声把冰块划开了。

It was an old-fashioned battering⁶ ram⁷ propelled with infinite power.  那是古代的攻城机，被无穷大的力量推动一样。

Hurled⁸ aloft, ice rubble⁹ fell back around us like hail.  冰的碎片投射到高空，像雹子那样在我们周围落下。

Through brute¹⁰ force alone, the submersible carved out a channel for itself.  单单由于它本身所有的推动力，我们的船就挖出一条水路。

Carried away by its momentum¹¹, the ship sometimes mounted on top of these tracts of ice and crushed them with its weight, or at other times, when cooped up beneath the ice fields, it split them with simple pitching movements, creating wide punctures¹². 有时，由于它力量的凶猛，它爬到冰田上来，它的重量压碎了冰地，或偶然套在冰地下，它就用简单的摇摆动作，把冰分开，造成阔大的裂口。

1 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

2 streaking   

n.裸奔（指在公共场所裸体飞跑）v.快速移动( streak的现在分词 )；使布满条纹

参考例句：

• Their only thought was of the fiery harbingers of death streaking through the sky above them. 那个不断地在空中飞翔的死的恐怖把一切别的感觉都赶走了。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• Streaking is one of the oldest tricks in the book. 裸奔是有书面记载的最古老的玩笑之一。 来自互联网

3 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。

4 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。

5 brittle   

adj.易碎的；脆弱的；冷淡的；(声音)尖利的

参考例句：

• The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.池塘覆盖了一层易碎的冰。
• She gave a brittle laugh.她冷淡地笑了笑。

6 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

8 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

10 brute   

n.野兽，兽性

参考例句：

• The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
• That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

11 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

12 punctures   

n.（尖物刺成的）小孔( puncture的名词复数 )；（尤指）轮胎穿孔；（尤指皮肤上被刺破的）扎孔；刺伤v.在（某物）上穿孔( puncture的第三人称单数 )；刺穿（某物）；削弱（某人的傲气、信心等）；泄某人的气

参考例句：

• My car has had two punctures this week. 这个星期我的汽车轮胎被戳破两次。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• SCULLY: Needle punctures, maybe. An animal bite. Electrocution of some kind. 针刺的，也许。动物的咬伤。某种电击。 来自互联网