英语听书《白鲸记》第920期-英语课

时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：白鲸记

英语课

For the white fiend! But now for the barbs 2; thou must make them thyself, man. 是拿去打白魔的！现在打标枪钩吧；你得你自己干喽，老朋友。

Here are my razors — the best of steel; here, and make the barbs sharp as the needle-sleet of the Icy Sea. 这是我的剃刀——最好的钢；喏；把钩子打得象冰海的冰针一样尖。
For a moment, the old blacksmith eyed the razors as though he would fain not use them. 这个老铁匠，好象舍不得用这些剃刀似的，对着它瞪了一会儿。
Take them, man, I have no need for them; for I now neither shave, sup, nor pray till — but here — to work! 拿去呀，老朋友，我用不着了；因为我现在不刮胡子，不吃饭，也不做祷告了，要等到——可是，拿去——干活吧！
Fashioned at last into an arrowy shape, and welded by Perth to the shank, the steel soon pointed 3 the end of the iron; 终于铸成了一支箭式的东西，柏斯把它焊在那枪头上，不一会，就是一支头头很尖的标枪了；
and as the blacksmith was about giving the barbs their final heat, prior to tempering them, he cried to Ahab to place the water-cask near. 铁匠准备把那尖钩再淬最后一次火，他嚷着要亚哈把水桶搬拢些。
No, no — no water for that; I want it of the true death-temper. Ahoy, there! Tashtego, Queequeg, Daggoo! What say ye, pagans! 不，不，水不顶事；我要真正的淬硬。喂，听着！塔斯蒂哥，魁魁格，大个儿！你们觉得怎样，异教徒们！
Will ye give me as much blood as will cover this barb 1? holding it high up. 你们都愿意尽量拿出你们的血来涂抹这只枪钩嘛？他把标枪举得高高的。
A cluster of dark nods replied, Yes. 一抹阴影在点头代替回答。
Three punctures 5 were made in the heathen flesh, and the White Whale's barbs were then tempered. 于是，在三个异教徒的身上戳了三枪后，那支打白鲸的标枪钩便淬硬了。
Ego 4 non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli! deliriously 6 howled Ahab, as the malignant 7 iron scorchingly devoured 8 the baptismal blood. 我不是奉天父之名，而是奉魔鬼之名为你洗礼（拉丁文）。亚哈神志昏迷似地咆哮道，这时，那支大标枪已滋滋地吸干了那洗礼似的血。"

1 barb

n.（鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺

The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。

2 barbs

n.（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 )；带刺的话；毕露的锋芒；钩状毛

She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。来自《简明英汉词典》
I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。来自辞典例句

3 pointed

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。

4 ego

n.自我，自己，自尊

He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。

5 punctures

n.（尖物刺成的）小孔( puncture的名词复数 )；（尤指）轮胎穿孔；（尤指皮肤上被刺破的）扎孔；刺伤v.在（某物）上穿孔( puncture的第三人称单数 )；刺穿（某物）；削弱（某人的傲气、信心等）；泄某人的气