英语听书《海底两万里》第523期 第32章 海湾暖流(14)

 Unshaken by these squalls, Captain Nemo stationed himself on the platform.  尼摩船长站在平台上，迎风傲然不动。

He was lashed¹ around the waist to withstand the monstrous² breakers foaming⁴ over the deck. 为了预防汹涌澎湃的巨浪，他的腰间系着一根缆绳。

I hoisted⁵ and attached myself to the same place, dividing my wonderment between the storm and this incomparable man who faced it head-on. 我也登上平台，系上绳子，欣赏这场暴风雨和这个昂首挺立的无可伦比的人。

The raging sea was swept with huge tattered⁶ clouds drenched⁷ by the waves. 浸在水波中的大块的乌云横扫过海涛翻滚的水面。

I saw no more of the small intervening billows that form in the troughs of the big crests⁸. 我再也见不到那些大涡漩中的小浪花了，

Just long, soot-colored undulations with crests so compact they didn't foam³.  只见一阵阵煤烟色的低矮长浪头，一浪接一浪而来，

They kept growing taller. They were spurring each other on. 慢慢地浪峰越来越高，相互推拥激荡。

The Nautilus, sometimes lying on its side, sometimes standing⁹ on end like a mast, rolled and pitched frightfully. “鹦鹉螺号”，时而侧身卧倒，时而像桅杆一样屹立，发疯地翻转摇晃。

Near five o'clock a torrential rain fell, but it lulled¹⁰ neither wind nor sea. 5点钟左右，一场暴雨降临了，但海浪和狂风并没因此平息。

The hurricane was unleashed¹¹ at a speed of forty-five meters per second, hence almost forty leagues per hour. 暴风以每秒45米，即接近每小时40里的速度脱缰而来。

Under these conditions houses topple, roof tiles puncture¹² doors, iron railings snap in two, and twenty-four-pounder cannons¹³ relocate.  在这种情况下，它可以掀翻房屋，把屋瓦吹进门里，折断铁栏栅，让一架24厘米的大炮挪位。

And yet in the midst of this turmoil¹⁴, the Nautilus lived up to that saying of an expert engineer: "A well-constructed hull¹⁵ can defy any sea!" 然而，在风暴中间，“鹦鹉螺号”船只证实了一个工程师学者的话：“没有不能纵横大海的构造完美的船体！”

This submersible was no resisting rock that waves could demolish;  这不是一座海浪能够冲毁的坚石，

it was a steel spindle, obediently in motion, without rigging or masting, and able to brave their fury with impunity¹⁶. 而是一只驯良、活动的钢铁纺锤，它不用工具，不用桅墙，就能在狂风暴雨中丝毫不损。

Meanwhile I was carefully examining these unleashed breakers.  然而，我认真地观察起扑面而来的海涛。

They measured up to fifteen meters in height over a length of 150 to 175 meters,  它们窜至5米高，宽幅是150至175米，

and the speed of their propagation (half that of the wind) was fifteen meters per second. 推进的速度是风速的一半，即每秒15米。

1 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 monstrous   

adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的

参考例句：

• The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
• Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！

3 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

4 foaming   

adj.布满泡沫的；发泡

参考例句：

• He looked like a madman, foaming at the mouth. 他口吐白沫，看上去像个疯子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is foaming at the mouth about the committee's decision. 他正为委员会的决定大发其火。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hoisted   

把…吊起，升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He hoisted himself onto a high stool. 他抬身坐上了一张高凳子。
• The sailors hoisted the cargo onto the deck. 水手们把货物吊到甲板上。

6 tattered   

adj.破旧的，衣衫破的

参考例句：

• Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
• Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。

7 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 crests   

v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的第三人称单数 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• The surfers were riding in towards the beach on the crests of the waves. 冲浪者们顺着浪头冲向岸边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The correspondent aroused, heard the crash of the toppled crests. 记者醒了，他听见了浪头倒塌下来的轰隆轰隆声。 来自辞典例句

9 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

10 lulled   

vt.使镇静，使安静（lull的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• They lulled her into a false sense of security. 他们哄骗她，使她产生一种虚假的安全感。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The movement of the train lulled me to sleep. 火车轻微的震动催我进入梦乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 unleashed   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
• The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 puncture   

n.刺孔，穿孔；v.刺穿，刺破

参考例句：

• Failure did not puncture my confidence.失败并没有挫伤我的信心。
• My bicycle had a puncture and needed patching up.我的自行车胎扎了个洞，需要修补。

13 cannons   

n.加农炮，大炮，火炮( cannon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Cannons bombarded enemy lines. 大炮轰击了敌军阵地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One company had been furnished with six cannons. 某连队装备了六门大炮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

15 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

16 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。