斑点带子案 21不速之客(1)

The ejaculation had been drawn¹ from my companion by the fact that our door had been suddenly dashed open,

我伙伴这声突如其来的喊叫是因为我们的门突然被人撞开了，

and that a huge man had framed himself in the aperture².

一个彪形大汉堵在房门口。

His costume was a peculiar³ mixture of the professional and of the agricultural,

他的装束很古怪，既象一个专家，又象一个庄稼汉，

having a black top-hat, a long frock- coat, and a pair of high gaiters, with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand.

他头戴黑色大礼帽，身穿一件长礼服，脚上却穿着一双有绑腿的高统靴，手里还挥动着一根猎鞭。

So tall was he that his hat actually brushed the cross bar of the doorway⁴,

他长得如此高大，他的帽子实际上都擦到房门上的横楣了，

and his breadth seemed to span it across from side to side.

他块头之大，几乎把门的两边堵得严严实实。

A large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and marked with every evil passion,

他那张布满皱纹、被太阳炙晒得发黄、充满邪恶神情的宽脸，

was turned from one to the other of us, while his deep-set, bile-shot eyes, and his high, thin, fleshless nose,

一会儿朝我瞧瞧，一会儿朝福尔摩斯瞧瞧，他那一双凶光毕露的深陷的眼睛和那细长的高鹰钩的鼻子，

gave him somewhat the resemblance to a fierce old bird of prey⁵.

使他看起来活象一头老朽、残忍的猛禽。

"Which of you is Holmes?" asked this apparition⁶.

"你们俩谁是福尔摩斯？"这个怪物问道。

"My name, sir; but you have the advantage of me," said my companion quietly.

"先生，我就是，可是失敬得很，你是哪一位？"我的伙伴平静地说。

"I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran."

"我是斯托克莫兰的格里姆斯比·罗伊洛特医生。"

1 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。

2 aperture   

n.孔，隙，窄的缺口

参考例句：

• The only light came through a narrow aperture.仅有的光亮来自一个小孔。
• We saw light through a small aperture in the wall.我们透过墙上的小孔看到了亮光。

3 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。

4 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

5 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

6 apparition   

n.幽灵，神奇的现象

参考例句：

• He saw the apparition of his dead wife.他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。
• But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。