歪唇男人 33揭开迷雾(6)

"He! he! You are a funny one," chuckled¹ the inspector².

"嘻，嘻！您真是个爱开玩笑的人！"巡官轻声地笑着。

"Now, if you will have the great goodness to open that door very quietly,

"喏，如果您肯做件大好事，悄悄打开这牢门，

we will soon make him cut a much more respectable figure."

咱们很快就会让他现出一副更体面的相貌。"

"Well, I don't know why not," said the inspector.

"行，那又有何不可？"巡官说，

"He doesn't look a credit to the Bow Street cells, does he?"

"他这样子不会给布街看守所增光，是吗？"

He slipped his key into the lock, and we all very quietly entered the cell.

他把钥匙插进门锁里面，我们都悄悄地走进牢房。

The sleeper³ half turned, and then settled down once more into a deep slumber⁴.

那睡着的家伙侧了侧身子，重又进入梦乡。

Holmes stooped to the water-jug, moistened his sponge,

福尔摩斯弯腰就着水罐，蘸湿了海绵，

and then rubbed it twice vigorously across and down the prisoner's face.

在囚犯的脸上使劲地上下左右擦了两下。

"Let me introduce you," he shouted, "to Mr. Neville St. Clair, of Lee, in the county of Kent."

"让我来给你们介绍介绍，"他喊道，"这位是肯特郡李镇的内维尔·圣克莱尔先生。"

Never in my life have I seen such a sight.

我一辈子从没见过这种场面。

The man's face peeled off under the sponge like the bark from a tree.

这人的脸就象剥树皮一样让海绵剥下一层皮。

Gone was the coarse brown tint⁵!

那粗糙的棕色不见了！

Gone, too, was the horrid⁶ scar which had seamed it across, and the twisted lip which had given the repulsive⁷ sneer⁸ to the face!

在脸上横缝着的一道可怕的伤疤和那显出一副可憎的冷笑的歪唇也都不见了。

A twitch⁹ brought away the tangled¹⁰ red hair,

那一堆乱蓬蓬的红头发在一揪之下也全掉了。

and there, sitting up in his bed, was a pale, sad-faced, refined-looking man, black-haired and smooth-skinned,

这时，在床上坐起来的是一个面色苍白、愁眉不展、模样俊秀的人，一头黑发，皮肤起滑，

rubbing his eyes and staring about him with sleepy bewilderment.

他揉搓双眼，凝神打量着周围，睡眼惺忪，不知所以。

Then suddenly realizing the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow.

忽然他明白事已败露，不觉尖叫一声扑在床上，把脸埋在枕头里。

1 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

2 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

3 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

4 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
• Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。

5 tint   

n.淡色，浅色；染发剂；vt.着以淡淡的颜色

参考例句：

• You can't get up that naturalness and artless rosy tint in after days.你今后不再会有这种自然和朴实无华的红润脸色。
• She gave me instructions on how to apply the tint.她告诉我如何使用染发剂。

6 horrid   

adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的

参考例句：

• I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
• The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。

7 repulsive   

adj.排斥的，使人反感的

参考例句：

• She found the idea deeply repulsive.她发现这个想法很恶心。
• The repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous.核子内部的斥力是巨大的。

8 sneer   

v.轻蔑；嘲笑；n.嘲笑，讥讽的言语

参考例句：

• He said with a sneer.他的话中带有嘲笑之意。
• You may sneer,but a lot of people like this kind of music.你可以嗤之以鼻，但很多人喜欢这种音乐。

9 twitch   

v.急拉，抽动，痉挛，抽搐；n.扯，阵痛，痉挛

参考例句：

• The smell made my dog's nose twitch.那股气味使我的狗的鼻子抽动着。
• I felt a twitch at my sleeve.我觉得有人扯了一下我的袖子。

10 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。