国家地理:香氛熏陶的历史(3)

In the narrow lanes of Bara Bazaar¹, the city's main market,

在卡瑙杰的主要市场巴拉市集的狭窄巷弄中，

shops are crammed² with glass bottles holding attar and ruh, or essential oil, each smelling better than the last.

商店里塞满了装着阿塔尔以及称为“如”的香精油的玻璃瓶，一瓶比一瓶好闻。

Men sit cross-legged on cushioned floor mats, sniffing⁴ vials and dabbing⁵ extraordinarily⁶ long perfumed cotton swabs behind their ears.

男士盘腿坐在蓬软的地垫上嗅闻小瓶子，并用沾了精油的超长棉花棒轻触耳后。

Presiding over this age-old commerce is the attar sazh, or perfumer, conjuring⁷ and enticing⁸ with the aura of an imperial alchemist.

主掌这个古老商业活动的是“阿塔尔萨兹”，也就是调香师，他们像皇家炼金术师般，运用香氛进行诱人魔法。

"The world's best perfumers have walked through these narrow lanes, making their way through mud and cow dung to get their hands on Kannauj attar.

“世界一流的调香师都曾走过这些狭窄巷弄，穿越烂泥和牛粪，以取得卡瑙杰的阿塔尔。

There is really nothing like it," says Pranjal Kapoor, the fifth-generation partner at M.L. Ramnarain Perfumers, one of the traditional distillers still operating here.

真的没有什么比得上它。”仍在此处营运的传统蒸馏厂之一M.L.拉姆纳瑞恩香水制造公司的第五代合伙人浦兰久·卡浦尔说。

Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor's godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery.

特格·辛格抵达卡浦尔的仓库并卸下花朵，仓库是个露天庭院，用来当作蒸馏厂。

Ram³ Singh, Kapoor's master attar craftsman⁹, scoops¹⁰ the petals¹¹ into a bulbous copper¹² still and tops it with water.

卡浦尔的阿塔尔专业师傅拉姆·辛格把花瓣舀进铜制的蒸馏器，然后加水盖过。

Before fastening the lid, Ram Singh packs the rims¹³ with a clay-and-cotton mash¹⁴, which hardens and creates a formidable seal.

扣上盖子前，拉姆·辛格用黏土与棉花混合成的糊状物包覆容器边缘，它会变硬并且紧紧封住。

When the flowery concoction¹⁵ begins to simmer, steam travels from the still, via a bamboo reed,

在花瓣混合物开始熬煮后，饱含玫瑰香气的水蒸气会从蒸馏器经由竹管

into a copper pot holding sandalwood oil, which readily imbibes¹⁶ the rose-saturated vapor¹⁷.

流向装有檀香油的铜锅，让檀香油迅速吸收。

1 bazaar   

n.集市，商店集中区

参考例句：

• Chickens,goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar.在集市上，鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
• We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar.我们在集市通过讨价还价买到了一条很漂亮的地毯。

2 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

3 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。

4 sniffing   

n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
• They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 dabbing   

石面凿毛，灰泥抛毛

参考例句：

• She was crying and dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. 她一边哭一边用手绢轻按眼睛。
• Huei-fang was leaning against a willow, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief. 四小姐蕙芳正靠在一棵杨柳树上用手帕揉眼睛。 来自子夜部分

6 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

7 conjuring   

n.魔术

参考例句：

• Paul's very good at conjuring. 保罗很会变戏法。
• The entertainer didn't fool us with his conjuring. 那个艺人变的戏法没有骗到我们。

8 enticing   

adj.迷人的；诱人的

参考例句：

• The offer was too enticing to refuse. 这提议太有诱惑力，使人难以拒绝。
• Her neck was short but rounded and her arms plump and enticing. 她的脖子短，但浑圆可爱；两臂丰腴，也很动人。

9 craftsman   

n.技工，精于一门工艺的匠人

参考例句：

• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
• The craftsman is working up the mass of clay into a toy figure.艺人把一团泥捏成玩具形状。

10 scoops   

n.小铲( scoop的名词复数 )；小勺；一勺[铲]之量；（抢先刊载、播出的）独家新闻v.抢先报道( scoop的第三人称单数 )；（敏捷地）抱起；抢先获得；用铲[勺]等挖（洞等）

参考例句：

• two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
• I used three scoops of flour and one(scoop)of sugar. 我用了三杓面粉和一杓糖。 来自辞典例句

11 petals   

n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
• The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

13 rims   

n.（圆形物体的）边( rim的名词复数 )；缘；轮辋；轮圈

参考例句：

• As she spoke, the rims of her eyes reddened a little. 说时，眼圈微红。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
• Her eyes were a little hollow, and reddish about the rims. 她的眼睛微微凹陷，眼眶有些发红。 来自辞典例句

14 mash   

n.麦芽浆，糊状物，土豆泥；v.把…捣成糊状，挑逗，调情

参考例句：

• He beat the potato into a mash before eating it.他把马铃薯捣烂后再吃。
• Whiskey,originating in Scotland,is distilled from a mash of grains.威士忌源于苏格兰，是从一种大麦芽提纯出来的。

15 concoction   

n.调配(物)；谎言

参考例句：

• She enjoyed the concoction of foreign dishes.她喜欢调制外国菜。
• His story was a sheer concoction.他的故事实在是一纯属捏造之事。

16 imbibes   

v.吸收( imbibe的第三人称单数 )；喝；吸取；吸气

参考例句：

• He imbibes vast quantities of strong coffee. 他喝大量的浓咖啡。 来自辞典例句

17 vapor   

n.蒸汽，雾气

参考例句：

• The cold wind condenses vapor into rain.冷风使水蒸气凝结成雨。
• This new machine sometimes transpires a lot of hot vapor.这部机器有时排出大量的热气。