英语听书《白鲸记》第1023期

Lower away, he cried, so soon as he had reached his boat — a spare one, rigged the afternoon previous. "Mr. Starbuck, the ship is thine — keep away from the boats, but keep near them. Lower, all!"

放下去，他一走到他的小艇——是一只昨天午后才装配起来的备用小艇——旁边，就叫道。“斯达巴克先生，大船归你啦——跟小艇隔得开些，可是，也要在小艇附近。下去呀！大伙儿！”

As if to strike a quick terror into them, by this time being the first assailant himself, Moby Dick had turned, and was now coming for the three crews. Ahab's boat was central; and cheering his men, he told them he would take the whale head-and-head, that is, pull straight up to his forehead, — a not uncommon¹ thing; for when within a certain limit, such a course excludes the coming onset² from the whale's sidelong vision. But ere that close limit was gained, and while yet all three boats were plain as the ship's three masts to his eye; the White Whale churning himself into furious speed, almost in an instant as it were, rushing among the boats with open jaws³, and a lashing⁴ tail, offered appalling⁵ battle on every side; and heedless of the irons darted⁶ at him from every boat, seemed only intent on annihilating⁷ each separate plank⁸ of which those boats were made. But skilfully⁹ manoeuvred, incessantly¹⁰ wheeling like trained chargers in the field; the boats for a while eluded¹¹ him; though, at times, but by a plank's breadth; while all the time, Ahab's unearthly slogan tore every other cry but his to shreds¹².

莫比－迪克这回象是要给他们来个迅雷不及掩耳的恐怖似的，它先下手了，它身子一转，就朝着这三只小艇游了过来。亚哈的小艇居中；他给他那些人打气后，就对他们说，他要先打大鲸的要害，就是说，要直冲击它的额头，——这是一件并非不平凡的事情。因为在一定的距离内，这样一种动作，就可以在一开始不让大鲸那斜视的眼睛看到。可是，在短兵相接开始之前，在它对三只小艇还是象对大船三支桅杆一样看得清清楚楚时，那条白鲸一阵翻腾，狂奔疾驰起来了，可说是一下子就张起大嘴，在几只小艇间横冲直撞了，那根皮鞭似的尾巴，甩来甩去要进行鏖战了。它不顾每只小艇向它投来的枪矛，似乎只是专心一意地要把做成小艇的每块船板都给摧毁。可是，那些小艇使用巧妙的策略，不停地旋来转去，象是战场上的训练有素的战马。三只小艇暂时总算使它穷于应付；然而，跟它始终只有一块船板的距离；亚哈那怕人的叫喊声，冲散了别人的叫喊声，听来听去始终只有他的嚷叫声。

1 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

2 onset   

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

参考例句：

• The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
• Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

3 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

4 lashing   

n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

6 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 annihilating   

v.（彻底）消灭( annihilate的现在分词 )；使无效；废止；彻底击溃

参考例句：

• There are lots of ways of annihilating the planet. 毁灭地球有很多方法。 来自辞典例句
• We possess-each of us-nuclear arsenals capable of annihilating humanity. 我们两国都拥有能够毁灭全人类的核武库。 来自辞典例句

8 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

9 skilfully   

adv. (美skillfully)熟练地

参考例句：

• Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative. 霍尔巧妙地把历史研究揉进了扣人心弦的故事叙述。
• Enthusiasm alone won't do. You've got to work skilfully. 不能光靠傻劲儿，得找窍门。

10 incessantly   

ad.不停地

参考例句：

• The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight. 机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。
• It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks. 雨不间断地下了整整两个星期。

11 eluded   

v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到

参考例句：

• The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 shreds   

v.撕碎，切碎( shred的第三人称单数 )；用撕毁机撕毁（文件）

参考例句：

• Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮，切成丝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说