英语听书《白鲸记》第690期

 Come down, come down! yelled the seamen¹ to Daggoo, 下来，下来！水手们都对大个儿高声叫嚷，

but with one hand holding on to the heavy tackles, so that if the head should drop, he would still remain suspended; 他一只手抓住那只大复滑车，以防万一那只鲸头落了下去，他还可以吊在那里；

the negro having cleared the foul² line, rammed³ down the bucket into the now collapsed⁴ well, 这个黑人把那条纠缠着的绳子理清楚后，就把那只桶塞到那个现在已经瘪了的井洞里去，

meaning that the buried harpooneer should grasp it, and so be hoisted⁵ out. 他心里想，如果那个淹在里面的标枪手抓得到它的话，就可以把他吊出来。

In heaven's name, man, cried Stubb, "are you ramming⁶ home a cartridge⁷ there?—Avast!  喂，斯塔布嚷道，"你是在装火药吗？——别弄啦！

How will that help him; jamming that iron-bound bucket on top of his head? Avast, will ye!" 把这样一只铁箍的桶子压在他头上，怎么救得了他呢？住手，好不好？"

Stand clear of the tackle! cried a voice like the bursting of a rocket. 赶快避开那只复滑车！火箭炮似的突然迸发出一个声音来。

Almost in the same instant, with a thunder-boom, the enormous mass dropped into the sea, like Niagara's Table-Rock into the whirlpool; 差不多就在这当儿，轰地一声巨雷声，那只大头，象尼亚加拉大瀑布的大石板掉进了大涡流里似的落到海里去了。

the suddenly relieved hull⁸ rolled away from it, to far down her glittering copper⁹; 那突然如释重负的船身一阵晃荡，就离开了那只头，教那个摇晃晃的印第安人往下冲去，

and all caught their breath, as half swinging—now over the sailors' heads, and now over the water, 他又旋又晃地，真叫大家吓得透不过气来——一会儿晃在大家头顶，一会儿晃在水上，

Daggoo, through a thick mist of spray, was dimly beheld¹⁰ clinging to the pendulous¹¹ tackles, 透过一层浓雾似的浪沫，人们可以蒙胧地看到大个儿正抓住那钟摆似的大复滑车，

while poor, buried-alive Tashtego was sinking utterly¹² down to the bottom of the sea! 而那个可怜遭了活埋的塔斯蒂哥却正在完全沉到海里去了！

But hardly had the blinding vapor¹³ cleared away, 可是，迷雾刚一散开，

when a naked figure with a boardingsword in his hand, was for one swift moment seen hovering¹⁴ over the bulwarks¹⁵. 却教人一下子看到一个赤身裸体，手里拿着攻船剑的人，翱翔地翻过船舷去。

The next, a loud splash announced that my brave Queequeg had dived to the rescue. 隔了一会，哗啦啦一片水声，说明了我的勇敢的魁魁格已经泅到水里去救人了。

One packed rush was made to the side, 大家一窝蜂拥到船边，

and every eye counted every ripple¹⁶, as moment followed moment, and no sign of either the sinker or the diver could be seen. 每一只眼睛都盯住每一片涟漪，可是，时间一刻一刻地过去，既看不到淹死者的影踪，也看不到那个泅水者的踪迹。

1 seamen   

n.海员

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。

2 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

3 rammed   

v.夯实（土等）( ram的过去式和过去分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输

参考例句：

• Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来，出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。
• I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

5 hoisted   

把…吊起，升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He hoisted himself onto a high stool. 他抬身坐上了一张高凳子。
• The sailors hoisted the cargo onto the deck. 水手们把货物吊到甲板上。

6 ramming   

n.打结炉底v.夯实（土等）( ram的现在分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输

参考例句：

• They are ramming earth down. 他们在夯实泥土。 来自辞典例句
• Father keeps ramming it down my throat that I should become a doctor. 父亲一直逼我当医生。 来自辞典例句

7 cartridge   

n.弹壳，弹药筒；(装磁带等的)盒子

参考例句：

• Unfortunately the 2G cartridge design is very difficult to set accurately.不幸地2G弹药筒设计非常难正确地设定。
• This rifle only holds one cartridge.这支来复枪只能装一发子弹。

8 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

9 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。

10 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

11 pendulous   

adj.下垂的；摆动的

参考例句：

• The oriole builds a pendulous nest.金莺鸟筑一个悬垂的巢。
• Her lip grew pendulous as she aged.由于老迈，她的嘴唇往下坠了。

12 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

13 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。

14 hovering   

鸟( hover的现在分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
• I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。

15 bulwarks   

n.堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 )；保障；支柱；舷墙

参考例句：

• The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一。 来自辞典例句
• Surgery and X-irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和X射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法。 来自辞典例句

16 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。