【双语有声阅读】如花的托斯卡纳(7)

Also there are the huge bud-spikes¹ of the stout², thick-flowering pink orchid³, huge buds like fat ears of wheat, hard-purple and splendid.

 

当然。也少不了顶着巨大的花苞穗，长满茂密花儿的强壮粉红兰花，兰花那巨大的花苞穗如同饱满地麦穗一样，配上耀眼地紫色，让人觉得完美无缺。

But already odd grains of the wheat-ear are open, and out of the purple hangs the delicate pink rag of floweret.

但零星的麦穗已经开花了，在紫色中旋着一幅由娇嫩小花编织成花布。

Also there are very lovely and choice cream-cloured orchids⁴ with brown spots on the long and delicate lip.

还有那些非常可爱的、米色的兰花。在它们的细长花蕊上有些棕色斑点。

These grow in the more moist places, and have exotic tender spikes, very rare-seeming.

兰花喜欢在较潮湿的地方生长，因此它奇异柔和的穗是不常见的。

Another orchid is a little, pretty yellow one.

其他的兰花都是小小的花形，漂亮的黄色。

By May, the nightingale will sing an unbroken song, and the discreet⁵, barely audible Tuscan cuckoo will be a little more audible.

五月一到，夜莺便不间断地唱着一首歌。这时候，小心翼翼的托斯卡纳杜鹃也会唱出平日里听不到的歌。

Then the lovely pale-lilac irises⁶ will come out in all their showering abundance of tender, proud, spiky⁷ bloom, till the air gleam with mauve, and a new crystalline lightness will be everywhere.

接着，浅淡紫色的丁香花大量地出现，展示着它们柔嫩、穗状的花，直到空气中露出紫红，清澈透明的轻柔四处飘荡。

1 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。

3 orchid   

n.兰花，淡紫色

参考例句：

• The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.兰花这类植物我从来没种过。
• There are over 35 000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.有35,000多种兰花分布在世界各地。

4 orchids   

n.兰花( orchid的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare. 兰花和报春花这类野花越来越稀少了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She breeds orchids in her greenhouse. 她在温室里培育兰花。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 discreet   

adj.(言行)谨慎的；慎重的；有判断力的

参考例句：

• He is very discreet in giving his opinions.发表意见他十分慎重。
• It wasn't discreet of you to ring me up at the office.你打电话到我办公室真是太鲁莽了。

6 irises   

n.虹( iris的名词复数 )；虹膜；虹彩；鸢尾（花）

参考例句：

• The cottage gardens blaze with irises, lilies and peonies. 村舍花园万紫千红，鸢尾、百合花和牡丹竞相争艳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The irises were of flecked grey. 虹膜呈斑驳的灰色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 spiky   

adj.长而尖的，大钉似的

参考例句：

• Your hairbrush is too spiky for me.你的发刷，我觉得太尖了。
• The spiky handwriting on the airmail envelope from London was obviously hers.发自伦敦的航空信封上的尖长字迹分明是她的。