冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第784期:第三十八章 琼恩(25)

 　　The hooded¹ man lifted his pale moon face, and Jon slashed² at it without hesitation³. 戴着兜帽的人抬起他那张惨白的圆脸，琼恩毫不迟疑，举剑就砍。

　　The sword laid the intruder open to the bone, 利剑将他的鼻子劈成两半，

　　taking off half his nose and opening a gash⁴ cheek to cheek under those eyes, eyes, eyes like blue stars burning. 砍出一道深可见骨、贯穿脸颊的裂口，正好在那双有如燃烧的湛蓝星星般的眼睛下方。

　　Jon knew that face. 琼恩认得这张脸。

　　Othor, he thought, reeling back. Gods, he's dead, he's dead, I saw him dead. 奥瑟，他踉跄后退，诸神保佑，他死了，他死了，我明明看见他死了。

　　He felt something scrabble at his ankle. 他觉得有东西在扒自己脚踝。

　　Black fingers clawed at his calf⁵. The arm was crawling up his leg, ripping at wool and flesh. 低头一看，只见漆黑的手指紧紧钳住他的小腿，那条断臂正往大腿上爬，一边撕扯羊毛和肌肉。

　　Shouting with revulsion, Jon pried⁶ the fingers off his leg with the point of his sword and flipped⁷ the thing away. 琼恩感到一阵剧烈的恶心，他大叫一声，连忙用剑尖把脚上的手指撬开，然后把那东西丢掉。

　　It lay writhing⁸, fingers opening and closing. 断臂在地上蠕动，手指不断开开阖阖。

　　The corpse⁹ lurched forward. 尸体蹒跚着向他逼近。

　　There was no blood. One-armed, face cut near in half, it seemed to feel nothing. 它一滴血都没流，虽然少了一只手，脸也被几乎劈成两半，但它好像毫无知觉。

　　Jon held the longsword before him. "Stay away!" he commanded, his voice gone shrill¹⁰. 琼恩把长剑举在面前。“不要过来！”他命令，声音刺耳。

　　"Corn," screamed the raven¹¹, "corn, corn." “玉米！”乌鸦尖叫，“玉米！玉米！”

　　The severed¹² arm was wriggling¹³ out of its torn sleeve, a pale snake with a black five-fingered head. 地上那条断臂正从裂开的衣袖里钻出来，宛如一条生了五个黑头的白蛇。

　　Ghost pounced¹⁴ and got it between his teeth. Finger bones crunched¹⁵.  白灵挥爪一攫，张口咬住断臂，立即传来指骨碎裂的声音。

　　Jon hacked¹⁶ at the corpse's neck, felt the steel bite deep and hard. 琼恩朝尸体的脖子砍下，感觉剑锋深深陷了进去。

1 hooded   

adj.戴头巾的；有罩盖的；颈部因肋骨运动而膨胀的

参考例句：

• A hooded figure waited in the doorway. 一个戴兜帽的人在门口等候。
• Black-eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes. 黑眼睛的吉卜赛姑娘，用华丽的手巾包着头，突然地闯了进来替人算命。 来自辞典例句

2 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 hesitation   

n.犹豫，踌躇

参考例句：

• After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天，他终于直说了。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。

4 gash   

v.深切，划开；n.(深长的)切(伤)口；裂缝

参考例句：

• The deep gash in his arm would take weeks to heal over.他胳膊上的割伤很深，需要几个星期的时间才能痊愈。
• After the collision,the body of the ship had a big gash.船被撞后，船身裂开了一个大口子。

5 calf   

n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮

参考例句：

• The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
• The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。

6 pried   

v.打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的过去式和过去分词 )；撬开

参考例句：

• We pried open the locked door with an iron bar. 我们用铁棍把锁着的门撬开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer. 因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

7 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

8 writhing   

（因极度痛苦而）扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滚。
• He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。

9 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

10 shrill   

adj.尖声的；刺耳的；v尖叫

参考例句：

• Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
• The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。

11 raven   

n.渡鸟，乌鸦；adj.乌亮的

参考例句：

• We know the raven will never leave the man's room.我们知道了乌鸦再也不会离开那个男人的房间。
• Her charming face was framed with raven hair.她迷人的脸上垂落着乌亮的黑发。

12 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 wriggling   

v.扭动，蠕动，蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 )；（使身体某一部位）扭动；耍滑不做，逃避（应做的事等）；蠕蠕

参考例句：

• The baby was wriggling around on my lap. 婴儿在我大腿上扭来扭去。
• Something that looks like a gray snake is wriggling out. 有一种看来象是灰蛇的东西蠕动着出来了。 来自辞典例句

14 pounced   

v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 )；猛扑；一眼看出；抓住机会（进行抨击）

参考例句：

• As soon as I opened my mouth, the teacher pounced on me. 我一张嘴就被老师抓住呵斥了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police pounced upon the thief. 警察向小偷扑了过去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15 crunched   

v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的过去式和过去分词 )；嘎吱作响；（快速大量地）处理信息；数字捣弄

参考例句：

• Our feet crunched on the frozen snow. 我们的脚嘎吱嘎吱地踩在冻雪上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He closed his jaws on the bones and crunched. 他咬紧骨头，使劲地嚼。 来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命

16 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。