冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第926期:第四十四章 琼恩(3)

 　　The cold winds are rising. Summer is at an end, and a winter is coming such as this world has never seen." 冷风吹起，夏日将尽，前所未见的寒冬即将来临。”

　　Winter is coming. The Stark¹ words had never sounded so grim or ominous² to Jon as they did now. 凛冬将至。对琼恩而言，史塔克家的箴言从未如此阴森，如此充满不祥之气。

　　"My lord," he asked hesitantly, "it's said there was a bird last night... " “大人，”他迟疑地说，“听说昨晚又来了一只鸟儿……”

　　There was. What of it? “是有这么回事。怎样？”

　　I had hoped for some word of my father. “我想知道有没有我父亲的消息。”

　　Father, taunted³ the old raven⁴, bobbing its head as it walked across Mormont's shoulders. "Father." “父亲！”老乌鸦在莫尔蒙肩上走来走去，头上下摆动，嘲弄地叫道，“父亲！”

　　The Lord Commander reached up to pinch its beak⁵ shut, 司令伸手想捏住它的长嘴，

　　but the raven hopped⁶ up on his head, fluttered its wings, and flew across the chamber⁷ to light above a window. 但乌鸦跳上他的头，拍拍翅膀，飞过房间，停在窗户上。

　　"Grief and noise," Mormont grumbled⁸. "That's all they're good for, ravens⁹. “就只会吵闹捣蛋，”莫尔蒙咕哝着说，“乌鸦通通这副德行，

　　Why I put up with that pestilential bird... if there was news of Lord Eddard, don't you think I would have sent for you? 真不知我养这只讨人厌的鸟做什么……如果有艾德大人的消息，你觉得我会不叫你来么？

　　Bastard¹⁰ or no, you're still his blood. 无论你是不是私生子，你毕竟是他的亲生骨肉。

　　The message concerned Sir Barristan Selmy. 信上说的是巴利斯坦·赛尔弥爵士的事。

　　It seems he's been removed from the Kingsguard. 他似乎被从御林铁卫里给革职了。

　　They gave his place to that black dog Clegane, and now Selmy's wanted for treason. 他们把他原先的席位给了那条黑狗克里冈，现在赛尔弥正被通缉中，罪名是叛国。

　　The fools sent some watchmen to seize him, but he slew¹¹ two of them and escaped." 那些蠢才派了几个卫士去拿他，结果他宰了两个后逃走了。”

　　Mormont snorted, leaving no doubt of his view of men who'd send gold cloaks against a knight¹² as renowed as Barristan the Bold. 莫尔蒙哼了一声，他对那些派都城守卫去对付像无畏的巴利斯坦如此武艺超凡的人的看法，溢于言表。

1 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

2 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

3 taunted   

嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 )； 嘲弄； 辱骂； 奚落

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。

4 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。

5 beak   

n.鸟嘴，茶壶嘴，钩形鼻

参考例句：

• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
• This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。

6 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

7 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

8 grumbled   

抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 发牢骚； 咕哝； 发哼声

参考例句：

• He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
• The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏，水手们边干活边发着牢骚。

9 ravens   

n.低质煤；渡鸦( raven的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together. 哪里有死尸，哪里就有乌鸦麇集。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A couple of ravens croaked above our boat. 两只乌鸦在我们小船的上空嘎嘎叫着。 来自辞典例句

10 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

11 slew   

v.（使）旋转；n.大量，许多

参考例句：

• He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
• They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。

12 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。