英语听书《海底两万里》第495期 第31章 章鱼(3)

 But we ourselves hadn't severed¹ all ties with humanity. 但我们，我们不能与人类隔绝。

For my part, I didn't want my new and unusual research to be buried with my bones. 至于我，我不愿意把我如此奇特新颖的研究和我一起埋葬掉。

I had now earned the right to pen the definitive² book on the sea, and sooner or later I wanted that book to see the light of day. 我现在有权利写一部关于真正的海洋的书，而且这本书，我更愿意让它早些问世。

There once more, through the panels opening into these Caribbean waters ten meters below the surface of the waves, 目前我们还是在老地方，在安第列斯群岛的水波下10米处。透过打开的嵌板，

I found so many fascinating exhibits to describe in my daily notes! 我看到了多少我应该记入我的日记的有趣海产啊！

Among other zoophytes there were Portuguese⁴ men-of-war known by the name Physalia pelagica, 在植虫动物中，有一些名叫海扁筒的船形腔肠类动物，

like big, oblong bladders with a pearly sheen, spreading their membranes⁵ to the wind, letting their blue tentacles⁶ drift like silken threads; 这是一种肥大的长方形囊袋状动物闪着螺细质光泽，在风中展开它们的膜蓝色的触须像丝线一般浮在水面上，

to the eye delightful⁷ jellyfish, to the touch actual nettles⁸ that ooze⁹ a corrosive¹⁰ liquid. 用眼看是迷人的水母，用手摸却是分泌着腐蚀性汁液的真正荨麻。

Among the articulates there were annelid worms one and a half meters long, furnished with a pink proboscis¹¹, equipped with 1,700 organs of locomotion¹², 在节肢动物中，有一些长1米半，有一条玫瑰色的鼻子和1700个运动器官的环节动物，

snaking through the waters, and as they went, throwing off every gleam in the solar spectrum¹³. 它们在水中蛇行着，经过时闪着像阳光般的微光。

From the fish branch there were manta rays, enormous cartilaginous fish ten feet long and weighing 600 pounds, their pectoral fin³ triangular¹⁴, 在鱼类动物中，有一些蝠鲼，这是一种长10英尺，重600磅的巨型软骨鱼，它的胸鳍是三角形的，

their midback slightly arched, their eyes attached to the edges of the face at the front of the head;  背部中间有点驼，眼睛挤在脸部的前顶端上；

they floated like wreckage¹⁵ from a ship, sometimes fastening onto our windows like opaque¹⁶ shutters¹⁷.  它们像一条船骸一样浮在水面上，有时又像一块不透明的窗板一样，挡在我们的玻璃窗前。

1 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

3 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

4 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

5 membranes   

n.（动物或植物体内的）薄膜( membrane的名词复数 )；隔膜；（可起防水、防风等作用的）膜状物

参考例句：

• The waste material is placed in cells with permeable membranes. 废液置于有渗透膜的槽中。 来自辞典例句
• The sarcoplasmic reticulum is a system of intracellular membranes. 肌浆网属于细胞内膜系统。 来自辞典例句

6 tentacles   

n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 )；触角；触须；触毛

参考例句：

• Tentacles of fear closed around her body. 恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
• Many molluscs have tentacles. 很多软体动物有触角。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 delightful   

adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的

参考例句：

• We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
• Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。

8 nettles   

n.荨麻( nettle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I tingle where I sat in the nettles. 我坐过在荨麻上的那个部位觉得刺痛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard. 那蔓草丛生的凄凉地方是教堂公墓。 来自辞典例句

9 ooze   

n.软泥，渗出物；vi.渗出，泄漏；vt.慢慢渗出，流露

参考例句：

• Soon layer of oceanic ooze began to accumulate above the old hard layer.不久后海洋软泥层开始在老的硬地层上堆积。
• Drip or ooze systems are common for pot watering.滴灌和渗灌系统一般也用于盆栽灌水。

10 corrosive   

adj.腐蚀性的；有害的；恶毒的

参考例句：

• Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。
• Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。

11 proboscis   

n.（象的）长鼻

参考例句：

• Its proboscis has got stuck to a lot of pollen.它的喙上粘了很多花粉。
• It hovers in front of the flower,using its proboscis to look for nectar. 它在兰花前面飞来飞去, 用喙寻找花蜜.

12 locomotion   

n.运动，移动

参考例句：

• By land,air or sea,birds are masters of locomotion.无论是通过陆地，飞越空中还是穿过海洋，鸟应算是运动能手了。
• Food sources also elicit oriented locomotion and recognition behavior patterns in most insects.食物源也引诱大多数昆虫定向迁移和识别行为。

13 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

14 triangular   

adj.三角（形）的，三者间的

参考例句：

• It's more or less triangular plot of land.这块地略成三角形。
• One particular triangular relationship became the model of Simone's first novel.一段特殊的三角关系成了西蒙娜第一本小说的原型。

15 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

16 opaque   

adj.不透光的；不反光的，不传导的；晦涩的

参考例句：

• The windows are of opaque glass.这些窗户装着不透明玻璃。
• Their intentions remained opaque.他们的意图仍然令人费解。

17 shutters   

百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 )； （照相机的）快门

参考例句：

• The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
• The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。