《新福尔摩斯》精讲 30

Hello.

你好

You want... lucky cat?

买一只招财猫吧

No, thanks, no.

不 谢谢 不用

10! 10 pound!

只要十镑

I think your wife, she will like.

您夫人一定会喜欢

Um, thank you.

不了 谢谢

Sherlock.

夏洛克

The label there.

注意标签

Yes, I see it.

我看到了

It's exactly the same as the cipher¹.

跟那个记号一模一样

It's an ancient number system. Hang Zhou.

这是古老的记数法 苏州码子

These days only street traders use it.

如今只有街头商贩才会使用

Those were numbers written on the wall at the bank and at the library.

这就是写在银行和图书馆墙上的数字

Numbers written in an ancient Chinese dialect.

使用古汉语方言书写的数字

It's a 15.

是十五

What we thought was the artist's tag, it's a number 15.

我们之前以为是涂鸦 其实是数字十五

And the blindfold², the horizontal line. That was a number as well.

画在眼睛上的横线 也是数字

The Chinese number one, John.

汉字书写的数字一

We found it.

我们解开了

 

1 cipher   

n.零；无影响力的人；密码

参考例句：

• All important plans were sent to the police in cipher.所有重要计划均以密码送往警方。
• He's a mere cipher in the company.他在公司里是个无足轻重的小人物。

2 blindfold   

vt.蒙住…的眼睛；adj.盲目的；adv.盲目地；n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]； 障眼物，蒙蔽人的事物

参考例句：

• They put a blindfold on a horse.他们给马蒙上遮眼布。
• I can do it blindfold.我闭着眼睛都能做。