英语听书《海底两万里》第72期 第6章 开足马力(14)

 　　As master wishes! Conseil replied.

　　随您先生怎样说都好!康塞尔答。

　　All right, I admit it: I did wish to run this risk!

　　我承认，这个机会，我倒很乐意去碰一碰。

　　The valves were charged. More coal was swallowed by the furnaces. Ventilators shot torrents¹ of air over the braziers.

　　活塞都上好了。煤炭倒人火炉中，凤箱把空气送进去，煽红了火。

　　The Abraham Lincoln's speed increased. Its masts trembled down to their blocks, and swirls² of smoke could barely squeeze through the narrow funnels³.

　　林肯号的速度又增加了，船桅都连根震动了由于烟囱过窄，阵阵突出的浓烟几乎都找不到出路了。

　　We heaved the log a second time.

　　测程器又一次抛下去。

　　Well, helmsman? Commander Farragut asked.

　　现在速度多少？法拉古舰长问。

　　19.3 miles per hour, sir.

　　舰长，十九点三海里。

　　Keep stoking the furnaces.

　　再增加人力。

　　The engineer did so. The pressure gauge⁴ marked ten atmospheres. But no doubt the cetacean itself had warmed up, because without the least trouble, it also did 19.3.

　　工程师照他的话做了。气压表正指＋气压。但这条鲸鱼也添了火力，因为它一点不困难地也以十九点三海里的速度走动。

　　What a chase! No, I can't describe the excitement that shook my very being. Ned Land stayed at his post, harpoon⁵ in hand.

　　多么激烈的追逐呀！不，我真不能描写当时使我全身激动的情绪。尼德·兰站在他的岗位上,手拿着鱼叉。

1 torrents   

n.倾注；奔流( torrent的名词复数 )；急流；爆发；连续不断

参考例句：

• The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Sudden rainstorms would bring the mountain torrents rushing down. 突然的暴雨会使山洪暴发。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 swirls   

n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 )；卷状物；漩涡；尘旋v.旋转，打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Swirls of smoke rose through the trees. 树林中升起盘旋的青烟。 来自辞典例句
• On reaching the southeast corner of Himalaya-Tibet, It'swirls cyclonically across the Yunnan Plateau. 在到达喜马拉雅--西藏高原东南角处，它作气旋性转向越过云南高原。 来自辞典例句

3 funnels   

漏斗( funnel的名词复数 )； （轮船，火车等的）烟囱

参考例句：

• Conventional equipment such as mixing funnels, pumps, solids eductors and the like can be employed. 常用的设备，例如混合漏斗、泵、固体引射器等，都可使用。
• A jet of smoke sprang out of the funnels. 喷射的烟雾从烟囱里冒了出来。

4 gauge   

v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器

参考例句：

• Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

5 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。