Out of the way, Commodore! cried one, to a great dromedary that of a sudden rose bodily to the surface, and for an instant threatened to swamp us. 闪开些，艇长！这个叫道，因为他看到突然有一只象单峰大骆驼似的东西冒出了
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But upon flinging the third, in the act of tossing overboard the clumsy wooden block, it caught under one of the seats of the boat, 可是，把第三只甩出去的时候，在刚要把这块笨重木块抛到海里去时，却被小艇的一个座位
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And still in the distracted distance we beheld the tumults of the outer concentric circles, 但是，在纷扰的远处，我们却看到那个同心圆的外圈依然一片喧闹， and saw successive pods of whales, eight or ten in each, swiftly go
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I mention this circumstance, because, as if the cows and calves had been purposely locked up in this innermost fold; 我所以要提到这种情况，是因为那些母牛、小犊，仿佛是被故意扣在这极里圈； and as if the wide extent o
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and while yet drawing mortal nourishment, be still spiritually feasting upon some unearthly reminiscence; 一边在吸取肉体的滋养，一边又在精神上饱享一些神秘的追怀； even so did the young of these whales seem looking up towar
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so now, Starbuck saw long coils of the umbilical cord of Madame Leviathan, by which the young cub seemed still tethered to its dam. 这时，斯达巴克所看到的，就是这般情况。原来是一条鲸太太的一大卷脐带，而那条小鲸似
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Perhaps the only formal whaling code authorized by legislative enactment, was that of Holland. 由立法手续制订出来的唯一正式的捕鲸法典，也许应该算是荷兰那部法典。 It was decreed by the States-General in A.D. 1695. 这部
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Likewise a fish is technically fast when it bears a waif, or any other recognized symbol of possession; so long as the party wailing it plainly evince their ability at any time to take it alongside, as well as their intention so to do. 同样地，顾名
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And when those defendants were remonstrated with, their captain snapped his fingers in the plaintiffs' teeth, and assured them that by way of doxology to the deed he had done, he would now retain their line, harpoons, and boat, which had remained att
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These pleadings, and the counter pleadings, being duly heard, the very learned Judge in set terms decided, to wit, That as for the boat, he awarded it to the plaintiffs, because they had merely abandoned it to save their lives; but that with regard t
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But often possession is the whole of the law. 不过，有了所有权往往就有全部的法律。 What are the sinews and souls of Russian serfs and Republican slaves but Fast-Fish, whereof possession is the whole of the law? 俄罗斯的农奴和共
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As ashore, the ladies often cause the most terrible duels among their rival admirers; just so with the whales, who sometimes come to deadly battle, and all for love. They fence with their long lower jaws, sometimes locking them together, and so striv
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Another point of difference between the male and female schools is still more characteristic of the sexes. 雄鲸队与雌鲸队还有一种更具有性别特征的不同之处。 Say you strike a Forty-barrel-bullpoor devil! all his comrades quit hi
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The same secludedness and isolation to which the schoolmaster whale betakes himself in his advancing years, is true of all aged Sperm Whales. 这个校长在晚年的这种隐退。孤独的生活，倒确是一切上了年纪的抹香鲸的生活。
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In good time, nevertheless, as the ardor of youth declines; as years and dumps increase; as reflection lends her solemn pauses; 然而，到了相当的时候，随着青春活力的衰退，随着年事日长，烦恼增加，随着反射作用的真正
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They are comparatively delicate, indeed; I dare say, not to exceed half a dozen yards round the waist. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied, that upon the whole they are hereditarily entitled to en bon point. 她们真可说是相当细巧，我敢说，她
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Chapter 88 Schools and Schoolmasters 第八十八章 鲸队和队长（原文有学校与校长的意思，作者在本章中即以其双关意义随意讽喻。） The previous chapter gave account of an immense body or herd of Sperm Whales, and the
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This lucky salvation was cheaply purchased by the loss of Queequeg's hat, who, while standing in the bows to prick the fugitive whales, 这一个庆幸生还的代价真便宜，只损失了魁魁格的一顶帽子，当时，他正站在艇头戳那些
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in more and more contracting orbits the whales in the more central circles began to swim in thickening clusters. Yes, the long calm was departing. A low advancing hum was soon heard; and then like to the tumultuous masses of block-ice when the great
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A whale wounded (as we afterwards learned) in this part, but not effectually, as it seemed, had broken away from the boat, carrying along with him half of the harpoon line; and in the extraordinary agony of the wound, he was now dashing among the rev
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