英语听书《白鲸记》第700期
英语课
It is a German conceit 1, that the vertebrae are absolutely undeveloped skulls 3. 据说德国人就狂妄地认为，脊骨绝对是发育不足的脑壳。
But the curious external resemblance, I take it the Germans were not the first men to perceive. 但是，就外表的奇似说来，我却认为，德国人在这方面，并不是首先发现的人物。
A foreign friend once pointed 4 it out to me, in the skeleton of a foe 5 he had slain 6, 有一回，有位外国朋友就从一个被他杀死了的敌人的骷髅中，指给我看那背脊骨，
and with the vertebrae of which he was inlaying, in a sort of basso-relieve, the beaked 7 prow 8 of his canoe. 他把那脊骨以一种半浮雕的式样，嵌镶在他的独木舟的尖船头上。
Now, I consider that the phrenologists have omitted an important thing in not pushing their investigations 9 from the cerebellum through the spinal 10 canal. 这里，我认为骨相学家们还遗漏了一件大事，他们还没有从小脑而进一步调查研究一下脊髓管。
For I believe that much of a man's character will be found betokened 11 in his backbone 12. 因为，我相信一个人的性格，大都可以从他的背脊骨中找到暗示。
I would rather feel your spine 13 than your skull 2, whoever you are. 不管你是谁，我倒要摸摸你的脊骨，而不愿意摸你的脑壳。
A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul. 从来就没有一根细小的支柱似的脊骨，撑得住一个完整而高贵的灵魂。
I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that flag which I fling half out to the world. 我不禁为我的脊骨而大感高兴，为那使我上半身挺立起来的、坚定而旁若无人的旗杆大感高兴。
Apply this spinal branch of phrenology to the Sperm 14 Whale. 我们把这种骨相学的脊骨派观点应用到抹香鲸上。
His cranial cavity is continuous with the first neck-vertebra; 它那脑盖窝是跟第一根颈脊骨相连的；
and in that vertebra the bottom of the spinal canal will measure ten inches across, being eight in height, 在那根脊骨中，把它的脊髓管的末端量起来横达十英寸，高八英寸，
and of a triangular 15 figure with the base downwards 16. 而且还有一个底朝下的三角形。
As it passes through the remaining vertebrae the canal tapers 17 in size, but for a considerable distance remains 18 of large capacity. 当它通过其余的脊骨时，脊管的末梢便逐渐变细，不过，还是有相当长的一段是很粗的。
n.自负，自高自大
- As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
- She seems to be eaten up with her own conceit.她仿佛已经被骄傲冲昏了头脑。
n.头骨；颅骨
- 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。
颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜
- One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
- We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！
adj.尖的，直截了当的
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
n.敌人，仇敌
- He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
- A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
- The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
- His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
adj.有喙的，鸟嘴状的
- A Fox invited a long-beaked Stork to have dinner with him. 狐狸请长嘴鹳同他一起吃饭。 来自互联网
- Most of the other fossils come from rhynchosaurs (parrot-beaked reptiles). 其他大部分化石来自剪嘴龙（嘴像鹦鹉的爬行动物）。 来自互联网
n.(飞机)机头，船头
- The prow of the motor-boat cut through the water like a knife.汽艇的船头像一把刀子劈开水面向前行驶。
- He stands on the prow looking at the seadj.他站在船首看着大海。
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的
- After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
- Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
v.预示，表示( betoken的过去式和过去分词 )
- Nothing betokened that the man know anything of what had occurred. 显然那个人还不知道已经发生了什么事。 来自互联网
- He addressed a few angry words to her that betokened hostility. 他对她说了几句预示敌意的愤怒的话。 来自互联网
n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气
- The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
- The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。
n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊
- He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
- His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。
n.精子，精液
- Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
- In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。
adj.三角（形）的，三者间的
- It's more or less triangular plot of land.这块地略成三角形。
- One particular triangular relationship became the model of Simone's first novel.一段特殊的三角关系成了西蒙娜第一本小说的原型。
adj./adv.向下的（地），下行的（地）
- He lay face downwards on his bed.他脸向下伏在床上。
- As the river flows downwards,it widens.这条河愈到下游愈宽。
（长形物体的）逐渐变窄( taper的名词复数 )； 微弱的光； 极细的蜡烛
- The pencil tapers to a sharp point. 铅笔的一段细成笔尖。
- She put five tapers on the cake. 她在蛋糕上放了五只小蜡烛。
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