英语听书《白鲸记》第430期

3D NANTUCKET SAILOR 南塔开特水手丙:

Spell oh!-whew! this is worse than pulling after whales in a calm-give us a whiff, Tash. 歇歇啊...哎呀!这比在无风的海上划小艇追大鲸还要精...给我们喷口烟吧,塔斯。

They cease dancing, and gather in clusters. Meantime the sky darkens-the wind rises. 他们都停止跳舞了,一群群地聚在一起。这时天空变黑起风了。

LASCAR SAILOR 东印度水手:

By Brahma! boys, it'll be douse¹ sail soon.  千真万确!伙伴们,帆快要给扯下来了。

The sky-born, high-tide Ganges turned to wind! Thou showest thy black brow, Seeva! 来自上天的。怒潮高涨的恒河起风喽!你板起你的黑脸吧,湿婆神呀!

MALTESE SAILOR (Reclining and shaking his cap) 马耳他岛水手:(躺在那里抖着他的帽子。)

It's the waves--the snow's caps turn to jig² it now.  这是海浪呀!现在轮到雪帽跳舞了。

They'll shake their tassels³ soon.  缨带也快要抖动啦。

Now would all the waves were women, then I'd go drown, and chassee with them evermore!  这些海浪要是女人的话,那我就跳将下去,永远跟它们舞下去!

There's naught⁴ so sweet on earth--heaven may not match it!As those swift glances of warm, wild bosoms⁵ in the dance, when the over-arboring arms hide such ripe, bursting grapes. 地上可没有这么甜蜜...天堂也许还比它不上!跳起舞来,那些一闪闪的。暖烘烘的。热狂的胸脯呀,还有那藏在粗大的胳膊下的熟得要暴开来的葡萄。

SICILIAN SAILOR (Reclining) 西西里水手:(躺着)

Tell me not of it! Hark ye, lad--fleet interlacings of the limbs-lithe swayings-coyings-flutterings! lip! heart! hip⁶! all graze:  别对我说这些话!听着,小伙子...四肢交错如飞...柔软的摆动...羞答答的...抖来抖去...嘴唇,胸脯,屁股!全都碰到啦:

unceasing touch and go! not taste, observe ye, else come satiety⁷. Eh, Pagan? (Nudging.) 不住的接触又分开!可别去尝试,得留神,否则,就要吃胀了。是么,异教徒?(用胳膊肘儿轻轻地推着)

TAHITAN SAILOR (Reclining on a mat) 塔希提水手:(躺在席子上)

Hail, holy nakedness of our dancing girls!--the Heeva-Heeva! Ah! low veiled, high palmed Tahiti!  嗨,我们的舞女的神圣裸体呀!希瓦...希瓦(一种塔希提的舞蹈。)呀!啊,帐篷低低,棕榈高耸的塔希提!

1 douse   

v.把…浸入水中，用水泼；n.泼洒

参考例句：

• Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.人们提来一桶桶水灭火。
• He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.他用灭火器把火焰扑灭。

2 jig   

n.快步舞（曲）；v.上下晃动；用夹具辅助加工；蹦蹦跳跳

参考例句：

• I went mad with joy and danced a little jig.我欣喜若狂，跳了几步吉格舞。
• He piped a jig so that we could dance.他用笛子吹奏格舞曲好让我们跳舞。

3 tassels   

n.穗( tassel的名词复数 )；流苏状物；（植物的）穗；玉蜀黍的穗状雄花v.抽穗， （玉米）长穗须( tassel的第三人称单数 )；使抽穗， （为了使作物茁壮生长）摘去穗状雄花；用流苏装饰

参考例句：

• Tassels and Trimmings, Pillows, Wall Hangings, Table Runners, Bell. 采购产品垂饰，枕头，壁挂，表亚军，钟。 来自互联网
• Cotton Fabrics, Embroidery and Embroiders, Silk, Silk Fabric, Pillows, Tassels and Trimmings. 采购产品棉花织物，刺绣品而且刺绣，丝，丝织物，枕头，流行和装饰品。 来自互联网

4 naught   

n.无，零 [=nought]

参考例句：

• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。
• I hope that all your efforts won't go for naught.我希望你的努力不会毫无结果。

5 bosoms   

胸部( bosom的名词复数 )； 胸怀； 女衣胸部（或胸襟）； 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形

参考例句：

• How beautifully gold brooches glitter on the bosoms of our patriotic women! 金光闪闪的别针佩在我国爱国妇女的胸前，多美呀！
• Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there weep our sad bosoms empty. 我们寻个僻静的地方，去痛哭一场吧。

6 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

7 satiety   

n.饱和；(市场的)充分供应

参考例句：

• There is no satiety in study.学无止境。
• Their presence in foods induces satiety at meal time.它们在食物中的存在诱导进餐时的满足感。