蓝宝石案 27追踪大鹅的来历(7)

A few yards off he stopped under a lamp-post and laughed in the hearty¹, noiseless fashion which was peculiar² to him.

走出几步以后，他在一个路灯杆子下站住，以他特有的姿势会心而默默地笑了起来。

"When you see a man with whiskers of that cut and the 'Pink 'un' protruding³ out of his pocket,

"当你遇到留着那种络腮胡子的人，而他又不愿泄露机密时，

you can always draw him by a bet," said he.

你总是可以用打赌的方式使他吐露真情，"

"I daresay that if I had put 100 pounds down in front of him,

他说，"我敢说，如果我刚才在那个人面前放上一百镑，

that man would not have given me such complete information as was drawn⁴ from him by the idea that he was doing me on a wager⁵.

那他就决不会象通过打赌的方式那样向我提供那么全面的情况。

Well, Watson, we are, I fancy, nearing the end of our quest,

噢，华生，我真想不到我们已经接近了调查的尾声，

and the only point which remains⁶ to be determined⁷ is whether we should go on to this Mrs. Oakshott to-night,

现在剩下唯一需要决定的是我们今天晚上就应该到这位奥克肖特太太那里去，

or whether we should reserve it for to-morrow.

还是应该等到明天再去。

It is clear from what that surly fellow said that there are others besides ourselves who are anxious about the matter, and I should..."

从那个粗鲁家伙的谈吐中，可以清楚地知道，除了我们之外，还有其它人也急于知道此事，因此，我应该..."

His remarks were suddenly cut short by a loud hubbub⁸ which broke out from the stall which we had just left.

他的话忽然被一片喧噪的吵闹声打断了，声音是从我们刚刚离开的那个货摊那里爆发出来的。

1 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

2 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

3 protruding   

v.（使某物）伸出，（使某物）突出( protrude的现在分词 )；凸

参考例句：

• He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall. 他把上衣挂在凸出墙面的一根钉子上。
• There is a protruding shelf over a fireplace. 壁炉上方有个突出的架子。 来自辞典例句

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 wager   

n.赌注；vt.押注，打赌

参考例句：

• They laid a wager on the result of the race.他们以竞赛的结果打赌。
• I made a wager that our team would win.我打赌我们的队会赢。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 hubbub   

n.嘈杂；骚乱

参考例句：

• The hubbub of voices drowned out the host's voice.嘈杂的声音淹没了主人的声音。
• He concentrated on the work in hand,and the hubbub outside the room simply flowed over him.他埋头于手头的工作，室外的吵闹声他简直象没有听见一般。