冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第793期:第三十八章 布兰(7)

 　　He tried not to flinch¹ as Hodor ducked through a low door. 阿多低身穿过一道矮门，布兰努力克制住自己不要畏缩。

　　They walked down a long dim hallway, Summer padding easily beside them. 他们沿着一条漫长而阴暗的走廊前进，夏天脚步轻快地走在身边，

　　The wolf glanced up from time to time, eyes smoldering² like liquid gold. 不时抬眼看他，眼睛好似两团熊熊燃烧的液态黄金。

　　Bran would have liked to touch him, but he was riding too high for his hand to reach. 布兰好想摸摸它，可他离地太远，手够不到。

　　The godswood was an island of peace in the sea of chaos³ that Winterfell had become. 这段日子以来，若说临冬城成了一片混乱汪洋，那神木林则是其中的宁静之岛。

　　Hodor made his way through the dense⁴ stands of oak and ironwood and sentinels, to the still pool beside the heart tree. 阿多穿过繁密的橡树、铁树和哨兵树，来到心树下静止无波的水潭边。

　　He stopped under the gnarled limbs of the weirwood, humming. 他停在盘根错节的鱼梁木枝干底，口中哼着歌。

　　Bran reached up over his head and pulled himself out of his seat, drawing the dead weight of his legs up through the holes in the wicker basket. 布兰伸手抓住头顶的树枝，把自己拉出篮子，也将他那双软弱无力的脚自柳篮的两个洞里拉出来。

　　He hung for a moment, dangling⁵, the dark red leaves brushing against his face, 他在那儿挂了一会儿，晃了几下，任暗红的树叶拂过脸庞，

　　until Hodor lifted him and lowered him to the smooth stone beside the water. 然后阿多接住他，把他放在池边平坦的大石上。

　　"I want to be by myself for a while," he said. "You go soak. Go to the pools." “我想独处一下，”他说，“你去洗洗吧，去温泉。”

　　"Hodor." Hodor stomped⁶ through the trees and vanished. “阿多！”阿多踩着“咚咚”大步，消失在树丛中。

　　Across the godswood, beneath the windows of the Guest House, an underground hot spring fed three small ponds. 在神木林的另一边，客房窗户的正下方，有一座天然的地底温泉，注满了三个小池。

　　Steam rose from the water day and night, and the wall that loomed⁷ above was thick with moss⁸.  池水日夜热气蒸腾，池边高墙爬满青苔。

1 flinch   

v.畏缩，退缩

参考例句：

• She won't flinch from speaking her mind.她不会讳言自己的想法。
• We will never flinch from difficulties.我们面对困难决不退缩。

2 smoldering   

v.用文火焖烧，熏烧，慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
• The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句

3 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

5 dangling   

悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 )； 摆动不定； 用某事物诱惑…； 吊胃口

参考例句：

• The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
• The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。

6 stomped   

v.跺脚，践踏，重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲，重步走出办公室。
• She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门，暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句

7 loomed   

v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
• The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。