时间:2019-02-17 作者:英语课 分类:白鲸记


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 His voice at once announced that he was a Southerner, and from his fine stature 1, I thought he must be one of those tall mountaineers from the Alleghanian Ridge 2 in Virginia.  他一开口,就让人听出是南方人,而且从他那漂亮的身个看来,我想他一定是弗吉尼亚州的阿列根尼亚山一带的高大山民。


When the revelry of his companions had mounted to its height, this man slipped away unobserved, and I saw no more of him till he became my comrade on the sea.  待到他那些同伙的欢乐达到最高峰时,这个人却神不知鬼不觉地溜走了,这样,直到他成为我的海上船友后,我才又看到了他。
In a few minutes, however, he was missed by his shipmates, and being, it seems, for some reason a huge favorite with them, they raised a cry of Bulkington!  可是,他走了没有几分钟,他的伙伴们就发觉他不在,看样子他似乎是他们里面最得人缘的一个,所以他们都放开嗓子喊布金敦!
Bulkington! where's Bulkington? and darted 3 out of the house in pursuit of him. 布金敦!布金敦哪儿去了?,大家都冲出屋子去追他。
It was now about nine o'clock, and the room seeming almost supernaturally quiet after these orgies, I began to congratulate myself upon a little plan that had occurred to me just previous to the entrance of the seamen 4. 这当儿已是快九点了,一场狂欢之后,屋子里显得特别冷清,简直有点阴森,那群水手进来以前不久,我私自庆幸忽然想到一个小计策。
No man prefers to sleep two in a bed.  谁都不愿意两个人共睡一张床。
In fact, you would a good deal rather not sleep with your own brother. I don't know how it is, but people like to be private when they are sleeping.  老实说,就是你的亲兄弟,你也不愿意跟他一起睡.我也说不出个所以然来,不过,人们在睡觉的时候,总不喜欢有人扰他的清梦。

n.(高度)水平,(高度)境界,身高,身材
  • He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
  • The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。
n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭
  • We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
  • The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔
  • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.海员
  • Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
  • In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中,许多海员想,要是他们在陆地上就好了。
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