英语听书《白鲸记》第918期

 Oh! that is the one, sir! Said I not all seams and dents¹ but one? 啊！就是这一样东西！先生，我刚才不是说过除了一样东西吗？

Aye, blacksmith, it is the one; aye, man, it is unsmoothable; 不错，铁匠，就是这一样东西；是呀，老朋友，这是不光坦的，

for though thou only see'st it here in my flesh, it has worked down into the bone of my skull² — that is all wrinkles! 你虽然只看到它是长在我这地方的皮肉上，可它却直钻通到我的头盖骨——全都是皱褶呀！

But, away with child's play; no more gaffs and pikes to-day. 可是，说正经的；今天别再打什么矛尖和标枪啦。

Look ye here! jingling³ the leathern bag, as if it were full of gold coins. 你瞧！皮袋里叮当作响，仿佛那里面装满许多金币。

"I, too, want a harpoon⁴ made; one that a thousand yoke⁵ of fiends could not part, Perth; something that will stick in a whale like his own fin-bone. "我也要打一根标枪；要打一根无数的恶魔都折不断的标枪；柏斯，打得它一戳进鲸身，就象是长在鲸身上的鳍骨那般。

There's the stuff," flinging the pouch⁶ upon the anvil⁷. 材料就在这里，"他把袋口朝铁砧一抖。

"Look ye, blacksmith, these are the gathered nail-stubbs of the steel shoes of racing⁸ horses." "你瞧，铁匠，这些都是我搜集来的骏马蹄铁的钉头钉脑。"

Horse-shoe stubbs, sir? Why, Captain Ahab, thou hast here, then, the best and stubbornest stuff we blacksmiths ever work. 马蹄铁的钉头钉脑，先生？亚哈船长，这么说来，你这些东西，真是我们铁匠从来没有打过的最好最硬的材料。

I know it, old man; these stubbs will weld together like glue from the melted bones of murderers. 我知道，老头；这些钉头钉脑焊接起来，就象是把凶手熬煮后的骨胶一样。

Quick! forge me the harpoon. 快！给我铸一根标枪。

And forge me first, twelve rods for its shank; then wind, and twist, and hammer these twelve together like the yarns⁹ and strands¹⁰ of a tow-line. 先给我熔铸成十二根棒条；然后，把它弄弯，弄曲，再把这十二根棒条给绞在一起，绞得象根绞起来的大缆索。

Quick! I'll blow the fire. 快！我来拉风箱。

 

1 dents   

n.花边边饰；凹痕( dent的名词复数 )；凹部；减少；削弱v.使产生凹痕( dent的第三人称单数 )；损害；伤害；挫伤（信心、名誉等）

参考例句：

• He hammered out the dents in the metal sheet. 他把金属板上的一些凹痕敲掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Tin dents more easily than steel. 锡比钢容易变瘪。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

3 jingling   

叮当声

参考例句：

• A carriage went jingling by with some reclining figure in it. 一辆马车叮当驶过，车上斜倚着一个人。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Melanie did not seem to know, or care, that life was riding by with jingling spurs. 媚兰好像并不知道，或者不关心，生活正马刺丁当地一路驶过去了呢。

4 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。

5 yoke   

n.轭；支配；v.给...上轭，连接，使成配偶

参考例句：

• An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
• The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。

6 pouch   

n.小袋，小包，囊状袋；vt.装...入袋中，用袋运输；vi.用袋送信件

参考例句：

• He was going to make a tobacco pouch out of them. 他要用它们缝制一个烟草袋。
• The old man is always carrying a tobacco pouch with him.这老汉总是随身带着烟袋。

7 anvil   

n.铁钻

参考例句：

• The blacksmith shaped a horseshoe on his anvil.铁匠在他的铁砧上打出一个马蹄形。
• The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly.订书机上的铁砧安装错位。

8 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

9 yarns   

n.纱( yarn的名词复数 )；纱线；奇闻漫谈；旅行轶事

参考例句：

• ...vegetable-dyed yarns. 用植物染料染过色的纱线 来自辞典例句
• Fibers may be loosely or tightly twisted into yarns. 纤维可以是膨松地或紧密地捻成纱线。 来自辞典例句

10 strands   

n.（线、绳、金属线、毛发等的）股( strand的名词复数 )；缕；海洋、湖或河的)岸；（观点、计划、故事等的）部份v.使滞留，使搁浅( strand的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Twist a length of rope from strands of hemp. 用几股麻搓成了一段绳子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She laced strands into a braid. 她把几股线编织成一根穗带。 来自《简明英汉词典》