冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第445期:第二十六章 艾莉亚(1)

 　　The one-eared black tom arched his back and hissed¹ at her. 独耳的黑公猫拱起背朝她嘶叫。

　　Arya padded down the alley², balanced lightly on the balls of her bare feet, listening to the flutter of her heart, breathing slow deep breaths.  艾莉亚沿着小路走，赤裸的脚跟保持平衡，倾听心脏疾跳，深呼吸缓吐气。静如影，她告诉自己，轻如羽。

　　Quiet as a shadow, she told herself, light as a feather. The tomcat watched her come, his eyes wary³. 公猫看着她渐渐逼近，眼里充满警戒。

　　Catching⁴ cats was hard. Her hands were covered with half-healed scratches, and both knees were scabbed over where she had scraped them raw in tumbles.  抓猫难。她手上到处都是未愈的抓痕，两脚膝盖则因跌倒擦伤，结满了疤。

　　At first even the cook's huge fat kitchen cat had been able to elude⁵ her, but Syrio had kept her at it day and night.  刚开始，连厨师养的那只厨房胖猫都能躲过她，但西利欧叫她日夜不停地练习。

　　When she'd run to him with her hands bleeding, he had said, So slow? Be quicker, girl.  当她满手是血找上他时，他只说："怎么这么慢？小妹妹，动作要快。

　　Your enemies will give you more than scratches. He had dabbed⁶ her wounds with Myrish fire, which burned so bad she had had to bite her lip to keep from screaming.  等你遇到敌人，就不只是抓伤而已了。"他为她在伤口涂上密尔火，烫极了，她咬紧嘴唇才没大声尖叫。

　　Then he sent her out after more cats. 然后他又叫她继续去抓猫。

　　The Red Keep was full of cats: lazy old cats dozing⁷ in the sun, cold-eyed mousers twitching⁸ their tails, quick little kittens with claws like needles,  红堡到处都是猫：有在太阳下打盹的慵懒老猫、有冷眼摆尾的捕鼠猫、有爪子利如尖针的灵巧小猫、

　　ladies' cats all combed and trusting, ragged⁹ shadows prowling the midden heaps.  还有宫廷仕女养的猫，一身的毛梳理柔顺，乖巧听话，以及浑身脏兮兮、专门在垃圾堆里出没的黑猫。

　　One by one Arya had chased them down and snatched them up and brought them proudly to Syrio Forel all but this one, this one-eared black devil of a tomcat.  艾莉亚一只一只追踪到底，然后拎起来，得意万分地带回去给西利欧·佛瑞尔…如今就只差这只独耳的黑色小恶魔啦。

　　That's the real king of this castle right there, one of the gold cloaks had told her.  那家伙才是城堡里真正的王，有位穿金披风的都城守卫告诉她。

1 hissed   

发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 )； 发嘘声表示反对

参考例句：

• Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech? 你在演讲中有没有被嘘过？
• The iron hissed as it pressed the wet cloth. 熨斗压在湿布上时发出了嘶嘶声。

2 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

3 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

4 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

5 elude   

v.躲避，困惑

参考例句：

• If you chase it,it will elude you.如果你追逐着它， 它会躲避你。
• I had dared and baffled his fury.I must elude his sorrow.我曾经面对过他的愤怒，并且把它挫败了；现在我必须躲避他的悲哀。

6 dabbed   

（用某物）轻触( dab的过去式和过去分词 )； 轻而快地擦掉（或抹掉）； 快速擦拭； （用某物）轻而快地涂上（或点上）…

参考例句：

• She dabbed her eyes and blew her nose. 她轻轻擦了几下眼睛，擤了擤鼻涕。
• He dabbed at the spot on his tie with a napkin. 他用餐巾快速擦去领带上的污点。

7 dozing   

v.打瞌睡,假寐 n.瞌睡

参考例句：

• The economy shows no signs of faltering. 经济没有衰退的迹象。
• He never falters in his determination. 他的决心从不动摇。

8 twitching   

n.颤搐

参考例句：

• The child in a spasm kept twitching his arms and legs. 那个害痉挛的孩子四肢不断地抽搐。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My eyelids keep twitching all the time. 我眼皮老是跳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。