冰与火之歌系列之《权利的游戏》第6期:序曲(6)

 Ser Waymar shrugged¹. You ought dress more warmly, Gared. 威玛爵士耸耸肩道：我说盖瑞，你该多穿两件衣服。

Gared glared at the lordling, the scars around his ear holes flushed red with anger where Maester Aemon had cut the ears away. 盖瑞怒视着他的年轻长官，气得耳根发红。当年伊蒙学士把他坏死的耳朵割去，如今耳洞旁还留着伤疤。

We'll see how warm you can dress when the winter comes. He pulled up his hood² and hunched³ over his garron, silent and sullen⁴. 等冬天真正来临时，看你能穿得多暖。他拉起兜帽，缩着身子骑上马，阴沉地不再吭声。

If Gared said it was the cold? Will began. 既然盖瑞都说是天气的关系了……威尔正要开口。

Have you drawn⁵ any watches this past week, Will? 威尔，上周你有没有站岗？

Yes, my lord. There never was a week when he did not draw a dozen bloody⁶ watches. What was the man driving at? 有啊，大人。他哪星期没抽到站岗的签，这家伙究竟想说什么？

And how did you find the Wall? 长城的情形如何？

Weeping, Will said, frowning. He saw it clear enough, now that the lordling had pointed⁷ it out.  在‘哭泣’啊，威尔皱着眉头说。这下他明白了。

They couldn't have froze. Not if the Wall was weeping. It wasn't cold enough. 所以他们不是冻死的，假如城墙会滴水，表示天气还不够冷。

Royce nodded. Bright lad. We’ve had a few light frosts this past week, 罗伊斯点点头。聪明。过去这周结了点霜，

and a quick flurry of snow now and then, but surely no cold fierce enough to kill eight grown men.  偶尔还下点雪，但绝对没有冷到冻死八个人的地步。

Men clad in fur and leather, let me remind you, with shelter near at hand, and the means of making fire.  更何况他们穿着保暖的毛皮御寒，所处地形足以遮挡风雪，还有充足的生火材料。

The knight's smile was cocksure. 骑士露出充满自信的笑容。

Will, lead us there. I would see these dead men for myself. 威尔，带路罢，我要亲眼看看这些死人。

And then there was nothing to be done for it. The order had been given, and honor bound them to obey. 事情至此，他们别无选择。既然命令已下，也只有照办的份儿。

 

1 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

3 hunched   

（常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦）耸肩弓身的，伏首前倾的

参考例句：

• He sat with his shoulders hunched up. 他耸起双肩坐着。
• Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette. 斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。

4 sullen   

adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的

参考例句：

• He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
• Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐，因为昨晚没睡好。

5 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

6 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

7 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。