英语听书《白鲸记》第991期

and with his own hands he rigged a nest of basketed bowlines; and sending a hand aloft, with a single sheaved block, to secure to the mainmast head, he received the two ends of the downwardreeved rope; and attaching one to his basket prepared a pin for the other end, in order to fasten it at the rail. This done, with that end yet in his hand and standing¹ beside the pin, he looked round upon his crew, sweeping² from one to the other; pausing his glance long upon Daggoo, Queequeg, Tashtego; but shunning³ Fedallah; and then settling his firm relying eye upon the chief mate, said, — "Take the rope, sir — I give it into thy hands, Starbuck." Then arranging his person in the basket, he gave the word for them to hoist⁴ him to his perch⁵, Starbuck being the one who secured the rope at last; and afterwards stood near it. And thus, with one hand clinging round the royal mast, Ahab gazed abroad upon the sea for miles and miles, — ahead astern, this side, and that, — within the wide expanded circle commanded at so great a height.

于是，他就亲手用绳索盘起一只象篮子似的帆脚索窠，差一个人爬上去，带着一只小滑车，缚到主桅顶上，他接住了那根从上面倒穿下来的两只绳头，把一端接在他那只篮子上，为另一端准备一只栓子，以便把它钉在栏杆上。这样弄好后，他手里就拿着那一端，站在栓子旁边，朝四周的水手一望，眼光打他们身上一个个地扫过去；眼色久久地落在大个儿、魁魁格、塔斯蒂哥的身上；却避而不看费达拉；然后，他把他的坚信的眼睛落在那个大副身上，说，——"先生，请拿住这根绳子——我亲自交在你手里，斯达巴克。"于是，他自己坐进那只篮子里，吩咐他们把他吊到他的瞭望岗位去，斯达巴克终于成了个缚绳子的。随后又站在绳子旁边的人。亚哈就这样一只手钩着那根最上桅杆，放眼瞭望广袤的海面——望望前边，望望后边，望望左边，又望望右边——在这么高的地方，辽阔的四周尽收眼底。

When in working with his hands at some lofty almost isolated⁶ place in the rigging, which chances to afford no foothold, the sailor at sea is hoisted⁷ up to that spot, and sustained there by the rope; under these circumstances, its fastened end on deck is always given in strict charge to some one man who has the special watch of it. Because in such a wilderness⁸ of running rigging, whose various different relations aloft cannot always be infallibly discerned by what is seen of them at the deck;

海上一般水手双手攀着又高又差不多是悬空的绳子，碰巧没有立脚处时，人们把他吊上去后，就用绳子把他挂在那个地方；碰到这种情况，那头缚在甲板上的绳子总是交给一个特地安置在那里的人严密照管。因为象这样一根极其摇晃不定的绳子，上边可能发生的各种情况，往往不象在甲板上那样，可以时常弄得清楚；

1 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。

2 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

3 shunning   

v.避开，回避，避免( shun的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• My flight was more a shunning of external and internal dangers. 我的出走是要避开各种外在的和内在的威胁。 来自辞典例句
• That book Yeh-yeh gave me-"On Filial Piety and the Shunning of Lewdness"-was still on the table. 我坐下来，祖父给我的那本《刘芷唐先生教孝戒淫浅训》还在桌子上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

4 hoist   

n.升高，起重机，推动；v.升起，升高，举起

参考例句：

• By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼。
• Hoist the Chinese flag on the flagpole,please!请在旗杆上升起中国国旗！

5 perch   

n.栖木，高位，杆；v.栖息，就位，位于

参考例句：

• The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
• Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。

6 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

7 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。

8 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。