英语听书《海底两万里》第394期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(20)

 Among bony fish, Conseil noticed some blackish marlin three meters long with a sharp sword jutting¹ from the upper jaw,  在多骨鱼类中，康塞尔记出有淡墨色的帆船鱼，长三米，上颚有一把尖利的刺刀。

bright-colored weevers known in Aristotle's day as sea dragons and whose dorsal² stingers make them quite dangerous to pick up,  有颜色生动的海鳝，亚里士多德时代，名字叫海龙，脊背上有利刺，捕捉它们的时候很危险。

then dolphinfish with brown backs striped in blue and edged in gold, handsome dorados, moonlike opahs that look like azure³ disks but which the sun's rays turn into spots of silver,  其次有哥利芬鱼，脊背褐色，带蓝色小条纹，圈在边缘金黄的框子里面。有美丽的扁鱼！月形金口鱼，像发出天蓝色光线的盘，阳光照在上面，像银白色的斑点一般。

finally eight-meter swordfish from the genus Xiphias, swimming in schools, sporting yellowish sickle-shaped fins⁴ and six-foot broadswords, stalwart animals, plant eaters rather than fish eaters, obeying the tiniest signals from their females like henpecked husbands. 最后有旗形一角鱼，长八米，成群结队地走过，它们带淡黄色的鳍，鳍长六英尺，作镰刀和长剑形，这是很勇敢大胆的鱼，爱吃革叶，不爱吃小鱼，雄一角鱼看见雌一角鱼的些微动作，立即服从，就像素有训练的很驯服的丈夫那样。

But while observing these different specimens⁵ of marine⁶ fauna⁷, I didn't stop examining the long plains of Atlantis.  但是，就在观察这些海洋动物的不同品种的时候，我也不停地看那大西洋洲的辽阔平原。

Sometimes an unpredictable irregularity in the seafloor would force the Nautilus to slow down, and then it would glide⁸ into the narrow channels between the hills with a cetacean's dexterity⁹.  有时，由于平原地面的崎岖不平，使得诺第留斯号的速度要缓慢些；它于是像鲸鱼类一样巧妙，溜进许多丘陵形成的狭窄曲折的水道里面去。

If the labyrinth¹⁰ became hopelessly tangled¹¹, the submersible would rise above it like an airship, and after clearing the obstacle,  如果这个五花八门的地带无从走出，它就跟轻气球一般浮上来，越过了障碍后，

it would resume its speedy course just a few meters above the ocean floor.  它再到深几米的海底下迅速行驶。

It was an enjoyable and impressive way of navigating¹² that did indeed recall the maneuvers¹³ of an airship ride, with the major difference that the Nautilus faithfully obeyed the hands of its helmsman. 真是使人钦佩和使人神迷的航行，让人联想起空中飞行的轻气球的情形，但有这样一种分别，就是诺第留斯号完全服从它的领航人的两手。

1 jutting   

v.（使）突出( jut的现在分词 )；伸出；（从…）突出；高出

参考例句：

• The climbers rested on a sheltered ledge jutting out from the cliff. 登山者在悬崖的岩棚上休息。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldier saw a gun jutting out of some bushes. 那士兵看见丛林中有一枝枪伸出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 dorsal   

adj.背部的，背脊的

参考例句：

• His dorsal fin was down and his huge pectorals were spread wide.它的脊鳍朝下耷拉着，巨大的胸鳍大张着。
• The shark's dorsal fin was cut off by the fisherman.鲨鱼的背鳍被渔夫割了下来。

3 azure   

adj.天蓝色的，蔚蓝色的

参考例句：

• His eyes are azure.他的眼睛是天蓝色的。
• The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.清朗蔚蓝的天空中阳光明媚。

4 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

5 specimens   

n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人

参考例句：

• Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
• The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

7 fauna   

n.(一个地区或时代的)所有动物，动物区系

参考例句：

• This National Park is an area with unique fauna and flora.该国家公园区域内具有独特的动物种群和植物种群。
• Fauna is a biological notion means all the animal life in a particular region or period. 动物群是一个生物学的概念，指的是一个特定时期或者地区的所有动物。

8 glide   

n./v.溜，滑行；(时间)消逝

参考例句：

• We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着，眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
• So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞，宛如滑翔。

9 dexterity   

n.(手的)灵巧，灵活

参考例句：

• You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.玩好电子游戏手要灵巧。
• I'm your inferior in manual dexterity.论手巧，我不如你。

10 labyrinth   

n.迷宫；难解的事物；迷路

参考例句：

• He wandered through the labyrinth of the alleyways.他在迷宫似的小巷中闲逛。
• The human mind is a labyrinth.人的心灵是一座迷宫。

11 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

12 navigating   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网

13 maneuvers   

n.策略，谋略，花招( maneuver的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到，她已经侦察到他的行动。 来自辞典例句
• Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。 来自辞典例句