冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第378期:第二十三章 艾德(19)

 　　It was those rooms, low, dusty garrets at the top of a cramped¹ narrow staircase.  他们当然要。房间在低矮积尘的阁楼内，要经过狭窄老旧的楼梯爬上去。

　　Leave your boots down here, Masha told them after she'd taken their coin.  把鞋子留在这儿，玛莎收了钱后告诉他们，

　　The boy will clean them.  伙计待会儿来清理。

　　I won't have you tracking mud up my stairs. Mind the bell.  我可不想看你们踩着烂泥上楼。注意钟声，来晚了就没得吃了。

　　Those who come late to meals don't eat. There were no smiles, and no mention of sweet cakes. 她脸上没有笑容，也只字未提香甜的蛋糕。

　　When the supper bell rang, the sound was deafening².  当晚餐的钟声真的敲响时，简直震耳欲聋。

　　Catelyn had changed into dry clothes.  凯特琳换了干衣服，

　　She sat by the window, watching rain run down the pane³.  正坐在窗边，凝视雨滴溜下窗棂。

　　The glass was milky⁴ and full of bubbles, and a wet dusk was falling outside.  玻璃模糊不清，水珠密布，雨夜正要降临。

　　Catelyn could just make out the muddy crossing where the two great roads met. 凯特琳勉强分辨得出两条大路交会处的泥泞渡口。

　　The crossroads gave her pause. If they turned west from here, it was an easy ride down to Riverrun.  看到岔路，她飘忽的视线不禁停了下来。假如他们由此向西，便可轻松愉快地抵达奔流城。

　　Her father had always given her wise counsel when she needed it most, and she yearned⁵ to talk to him, to warn him of the gathering⁶ storm.  父亲总会在她需要的时候给予睿智的建议，她也渴望和他谈谈，警告他即将来临的风暴。

　　If Winterfell needed to brace⁷ for war,how much more so Riverrun, so much closer to King's Landing, with the power of Casterly Rock looming⁸ to the west like a shadow.  倘若临冬城当真不免一战，奔流城更是首当其冲，因为它既靠近君临，西面又有如阴影般的凯岩城势力。

　　If only her father had been stronger, she might have chanced it, but Hoster Tully had been bedridden these past two years, and Catelyn was loath⁹ to tax him now. 若是父亲身体健康一点，她或许还会考虑，然而霍斯特·徒利卧病在床已有两年之久，凯特琳不愿再加重他的负担。

　　The eastern road was wilder and more dangerous, climbing through rocky foothills and thick forests into the Mountains of the Moon,  东边的路比较崎岖，也更险恶，攀越岩石山丘和浓密树林，进入明月山脉，

　　past high passes and deep chasms¹⁰ to the Vale of Arryn and the stony¹¹ Fingers beyond.  再穿过陡峭隘口和深渊绝壁，则会到达艾林谷，以及更远处崎岖多石的五指半岛。

1 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作

2 deafening   

adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
• The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。

3 pane   

n.窗格玻璃，长方块

参考例句：

• He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。
• Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

4 milky   

adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的

参考例句：

• Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
• I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。

5 yearned   

渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
• She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。

6 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

7 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

8 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

9 loath   

adj.不愿意的；勉强的

参考例句：

• The little girl was loath to leave her mother.那小女孩不愿离开她的母亲。
• They react on this one problem very slow and very loath.他们在这一问题上反应很慢，很不情愿。

10 chasms   

裂缝( chasm的名词复数 )； 裂口； 分歧； 差别

参考例句：

• She found great chasms in her mathematics and physics. 她觉得她的数学课和物理课的知识还很欠缺。
• The sectarian chasms remain deep, the wounds of strife raw. 各派别的分歧巨大，旧恨新仇交织。

11 stony   

adj.石头的，多石头的，冷酷的，无情的

参考例句：

• The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干，而且布满了石头。
• He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。