巴斯克威尔的猎犬 三条断了的线索（16）

John Clayton departed chuckling¹, and Holmes turned to me with a shrug² of his shoulders anda rueful smile.

约翰· 克雷屯格格地笑着走了。 福尔摩斯耸了耸肩带着失望的微笑向我转过头来。

"Snap goes our third thread, and we end where we began," said he. "The cunning rascal³! Heknew our number, knew that Sir Henry Baskerville had consulted me, spotted⁴ who I was in RegentStreet, conjectured⁵ that I had got the number of the cab and would lay my hands on the driver, andso sent back this audacious message. I tell you, Watson, this time we have got a foeman who isworthy of our steel. I've been checkmated in London. I can only wish you better luck inDevonshire. But I'm not easy in my mind about it."“咱们的第三条线索又算是断了， 刚摸着点头就又吹了。” 他说道， “这个狡猾的流氓！

他摸了咱们的底， 他知道亨利· 巴斯克维尔爵士曾经找过我， 在摄政街察觉了我是谁， 考虑到我已记下马车的号数， 一定会去找马车夫的， 因此他就送来了这个戏谑的口信。 我告诉你，华生， 这一回咱们可真搞上了一个值得干一场的对手了。 我在伦敦已经遭到了挫折。 但愿你在德文郡运气能够比在这里好一点， 可是我真不放心。”

"About what?"

“对什么不放心呢？ ”

"About sending you. It's an ugly business, Watson, an ugly dangerous business, and the moreI see of it the less I like it. Yes my dear fellow, you may laugh, but I give you my word that I shallbe very glad to have you back safe and sound in Baker⁶ Street once more."“对派你去的这件事不放心。 这事很棘手， 华生， 既棘手而又危险， 这件事我愈看就愈不喜欢它。 是啊， 亲爱的伙伴， 你可以笑我， 可是我跟你讲， 如果你能安安全全地再回到贝克街来， 那我就太高兴了。”

 

1 chuckling   

轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. 他看书时，我能听见他的轻声发笑。
• He couldn't help chuckling aloud. 他忍不住的笑了出来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

2 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。

3 rascal   

n.流氓；不诚实的人

参考例句：

• If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做，我就认为他是个恶棍。
• The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。

4 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

5 conjectured   

推测，猜测，猜想( conjecture的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The old peasant conjectured that it would be an unusually cold winter. 那老汉推测冬天将会异常地寒冷。
• The general conjectured that the enemy only had about five days' supply of food left. 将军推测敌人只剩下五天的粮食给养。

6 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。