英语听书《白鲸记》第942期

 To sailors, oaths are household words; they will swear in the trance of the calm, and in the teeth of the tempest; 对水手们说来，赌神发誓本来就是家常便饭的事；他们在静得出神的时候，要咒骂，碰到暴风雨时，要咒骂；

they will imprecate curses from the topsail-yard-arms, when most they teeter over to a seething¹ sea; 碰到他们在翻卷过来的海浪中，张弄着中帆桁的时候，也要大加咒骂一顿。

but in all my voyagings, seldom have I heard a common oath when God's burning finger has been laid on the ship; 不过，在我所有的航程中，可难得碰上这样的情况，就是说，当上帝的炽热的手指已经按在船上的时候；

when His "Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin" has been woven into the shrouds² and the cordage. 当上帝的"弥尼，弥尼，提客勒，乌法珥新"已跟护桅索和索具交织在一块儿的时候，竟会听到这么一种咒骂。

While this pallidness⁴ was burning aloft, few words were heard from the enchanted⁵ crew; 这种青白色的火光正在高高地烧着的当儿，那些着迷似的水手们话也不多了；

who in one thick cluster stood on the forecastle, all their eyes gleaming in that pale phosphorescence, like a faraway constellation⁶ of stars. 他们都紧挤在一起，站在船头楼上，在那股灰白的磷光的照射下，大家的眼睛都亮闪闪的，象是远远的群星。

Relieved against the ghostly light, the gigantic jet negro, Daggoo, loomed⁷ up to thrice his real stature⁸, 那个乌黑发亮的魁梧黑人大个儿，衬着那鬼火，更其轮廓鲜明，他的身材赫然显得比他原来的身躯大了三倍，

and seemed the black cloud from which the thunder had come. 似乎巨雷就是发自那团黑云。

The parted mouth of Tashtego revealed his shark-white teeth, which strangely gleamed as if they too had been tipped by corpusants; 塔斯蒂哥那只张开的嘴巴，露出了他那副雪白的鲨鱼牙齿，牙齿发出的闪光，煞是奇特，仿佛在那上面也有一层电光似的；

while lit up by the preternatural light, Queequeg's tattooing⁹ burned like Satanic blue flames on his body. 魁魁格身上的刺花，给这股不可思议的亮光一照，好象也燃得身上发出了恶魔似的蓝光。

The tableau¹⁰ all waned¹¹ at last with the pallidness aloft; 后来随着那股青白色的火光的上升，这个戏剧性的场面也就完全消逝了；

and once more the Pequod and every soul on her decks were wrapped in a pall³. "裴廓德号"和甲板上的全部船员又再次给笼罩在黑色的帷幕里。

A moment or two passed, when Starbuck, going forward, pushed against some one. It was Stubb. 隔不多久，斯达巴克向前走去时，撞上了个什么人。原来是斯塔布。

"What thinkest thou now, man; I heard thy cry; it was not the same in the song." "喂，你现在觉得怎样，老朋友；我听到你在哭呢，那声音可跟歌声不同呀。"

 

1 seething   

沸腾的，火热的

参考例句：

• The stadium was a seething cauldron of emotion. 体育场内群情沸腾。
• The meeting hall was seething at once. 会场上顿时沸腾起来了。

2 shrouds   

n.裹尸布( shroud的名词复数 )；寿衣；遮蔽物；覆盖物v.隐瞒( shroud的第三人称单数 )；保密

参考例句：

• 'For instance,' returned Madame Defarge, composedly,'shrouds.' “比如说，”德伐日太太平静地回答，“裹尸布。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• Figure 3-10 illustrates the result of a study or conical shrouds. 图3-10表明了对锥形外壳的研究结果。 来自辞典例句

3 pall   

v.覆盖，使平淡无味；n.柩衣，棺罩；棺材；帷幕

参考例句：

• Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.饭店里的饭菜已经不像以前那样诱人。
• I find his books begin to pall on me after a while.我发觉他的书读过一阵子就开始对我失去吸引力。

4 pallidness   

参考例句：

5 enchanted   

adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
• He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。

6 constellation   

n.星座n.灿烂的一群

参考例句：

• A constellation is a pattern of stars as seen from the earth. 一个星座只是从地球上看到的某些恒星的一种样子。
• The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation. 北斗七星本身不是一个星座。

7 loomed   

v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
• The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 stature   

n.（高度）水平，（高度）境界，身高，身材

参考例句：

• He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
• The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。

9 tattooing   

n.刺字，文身v.刺青，文身( tattoo的现在分词 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• tattooing and body piercing 文身和穿体装饰
• On earth most work of the absolute shy cattle ^s skin-tattooing world! 地球上最牛的纹身绝对惊世之作！ 来自互联网

10 tableau   

n.画面，活人画（舞台上活人扮的静态画面）

参考例句：

• The movie was a tableau of a soldier's life.这部电影的画面生动地描绘了军人的生活。
• History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.历史不过是由罪恶和灾难构成的静止舞台造型罢了。

11 waned   

v.衰落( wane的过去式和过去分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡

参考例句：

• However,my enthusiasm waned.The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. 然而，我的热情减退了。我在做操上花的时间逐渐减少了。 来自《用法词典》
• The bicycle craze has waned. 自行车热已冷下去了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》