英语听书《白鲸记》第125期
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That was my first kick. 屁股上就挨了重重的一踢!
Is that the way they heave in the marchant service? he roared. 混蛋,在商船上你就是这么干活的吗?
Spring, thou sheep-head; spring, and break thy backbone 1! Why don't ye spring, I say, all of ye—spring! 他对着我破口大骂,马上就又扭向了别的水手,不依不饶地吼着。 使劲绞,笨蛋!
Quohog! spring, thou chap with the red whiskers; spring there, Scotch-cap; spring, thou green pants. 绞呵,你,刮荷格,
Spring, I say, all of ye, and spring your eyes out! 你这个红胡子鬼,绞啊!
And so saying, he moved along the windlass, here and there using his leg very freely, while imperturbable 2 Bildad kept leading off with his psalmody. 他边说边走,脚落在几乎每个人的屁股上。
Thinks I, Captain Peleg must have been drinking something to-day. 在比勒达船长的歌声中,在法勒船长的叫骂声中,
At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided 3. 裴廓德号起了锚,扬了帆,驶上了荒凉的大海。
It was a short, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged 4 into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, 时值隆冬,圣诞节将至,船舷上的冰栏,
whose freezing spray cased us in ice, as in polished armor. 像一排大白象牙,在月光中闪着冰冷的光。
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。
adj.镇静的
- Thomas,of course,was cool and aloof and imperturbable.当然,托马斯沉着、冷漠,不易激动。
- Edward was a model of good temper and his equanimity imperturbable.爱德华是个典型的好性子,他总是沉着镇定。
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔
- The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
- They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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