英语听书《海底两万里》第345期 第23章 珊瑚王国(42)

 　　Other zoophytes swarming¹ near the sponges consisted chiefly of a very elegant species of jellyfish;  在海绵类旁边繁殖着的其他植虫动物，主要是形状很美观的一种水母。

　　mollusks were represented by varieties of squid that, according to Professor Orbigny, are unique to the Red Sea;  软体类有各种各样的枪乌贼，据奥比尼说，这些枪乌贼是红海的特产。

　　and reptiles² by virgata turtles belonging to the genus Chelonia, which furnished our table with a dainty but wholesome³ dish. 爬虫类有属于龟鳖属的条纹甲鱼，这种甲鱼可以供应我们餐桌上一盘又卫生又好吃砌食品。

　　As for fish, they were numerous and often remarkable⁴. Here are the ones that the Nautilus's nets most frequently hauled on board:  至于鱼类；这里有很多，并且很值得注意。下面是诺络留斯号的鱼网时常拉到船上来的鱼：

　　rays, including spotted⁵ rays that were oval in shape and brick red in color, their bodies strewn with erratic⁶ blue speckles and identifiable by their jagged double stings,  鳃鱼类，里面有椭圆形、砖石色，身上有不等的蓝黑斑点的稣鱼，从它们身上带有双重的齿形刺就可以认出来。

　　silver-backed skates, common stingrays with stippled⁷ tails, butterfly rays that looked like huge two-meter cloaks flapping at middepth,  背色银白的白鳍鱼，尾带小点的赤醇鱼，以及锦带谭鱼，像长两米的宽大套子，在水中间滚来滚去。

　　toothless guitarfish that were a type of cartilaginous fish closer to the shark, trunkfish known as dromedaries that were one and a half feet long and had humps ending in backward-curving stings, serpentine⁸ moray eels⁹ with silver tails and bluish backs plus brown pectorals trimmed in gray piping,  没齿稣，完全没有牙齿，是跟鲛鱼相近的软骨鱼。驼峰牡蛎，峰顶是弯的尖刺，身长一英尺半。蛇鱼类，像尾色银白、背上淡蓝、褐色胸部带灰色边线的海鳗一样。有光鱼，属鳍科的一种，身上有窄条的金色纹，带法国国旗的红蓝白三色。

　　a species of butterfish called the fiatola decked out in thin gold stripes and the three colors of the French flag, Montague blennies four decimeters long, superb jacks¹⁰ handsomely embellished¹¹ by seven black crosswise streaks¹² with blue and yellow fins¹³ plus gold and silver scales, snooks, standard mullet with yellow heads, parrotfish, wrasse, triggerfish, gobies, etc., plus a thousand other fish common to the oceans we had already crossed. 长四分米的楔形硬鳍鱼；美丽的加郎鱼，身上有漆黑的六条横带，蓝色和黄色的鳍,金色和银色的鳞。还有团足鱼，黄头耳形豚鱼，硬鳍斯加鱼，海婆鱼，箭鱼，虾虎鱼以及我们已经走过的海洋都有的其他千百种鱼类。

1 swarming   

密集( swarm的现在分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
• The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。

2 reptiles   

n.爬行动物，爬虫( reptile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 wholesome   

adj.适合；卫生的；有益健康的；显示身心健康的

参考例句：

• In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
• It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。

4 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

5 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

6 erratic   

adj.古怪的，反复无常的，不稳定的

参考例句：

• The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
• The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

7 stippled   

v.加点、绘斑，加粒( stipple的过去式和过去分词 )；（把油漆、水泥等的表面）弄粗糙

参考例句：

• They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds. 他们穿过点缀着紫色草的田地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was a gray stubble of beard stippled over Primitivo's jaws, his lip and his neck. 普里米蒂沃的下巴上，嘴唇上，脖子上布满了灰色的胡茬。 来自辞典例句

8 serpentine   

adj.蜿蜒的，弯曲的

参考例句：

• One part of the Serpentine is kept for swimmers.蜿蜒河的一段划为游泳区。
• Tremolite laths and serpentine minerals are present in places.有的地方出现透闪石板条及蛇纹石。

9 eels   

abbr. 电子发射器定位系统（=electronic emitter location system）

参考例句：

• Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames. 鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。
• She bought some eels for dinner. 她买回一些鳗鱼做晚餐。

10 jacks   

n.抓子游戏；千斤顶( jack的名词复数 )；（电）插孔；[电子学]插座；放弃

参考例句：

• Hydraulic jacks under the machine produce the movement. 是机器下面的液压千斤顶造成的移动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The front end is equipped with hydraulic jacks used for grade adjustment. 前瑞安装有液压千斤顶用来调整坡度。 来自辞典例句

11 embellished   

v.美化( embellish的过去式和过去分词 )；装饰；修饰；润色

参考例句：

• The door of the old church was embellished with decorations. 老教堂的门是用雕饰美化的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The stern was embellished with carvings in red and blue. 船尾饰有红色和蓝色的雕刻图案。 来自辞典例句

12 streaks   

n.（与周围有所不同的）条纹( streak的名词复数 )；（通常指不好的）特征（倾向）；（不断经历成功或失败的）一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 )；使布满条纹

参考例句：

• streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
• Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 fins   

[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌

参考例句：

• The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
• Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句