英语听书《白鲸记》第608期

 　　But this critical act is not always unattended with the saddest and most fatal casualties. 不过，这种临急慌忙的动作也并不是始终没有发生过最惨重的祸难的。

　　Furthermore: you must know that when the second iron is thrown overboard,  而且，必须知道，二枪被抛到海里后，

　　it thenceforth becomes a dangling¹, sharp-edged terror, skittishly² curvetting about both boat and whale,  它又变成一种威胁了，它晃来晃去的荡在水里，刀锋那么锐利，在小艇和大鲸的左右轻佻地翻腾着，

　　entangling³ the lines, or cutting them, and making a prodigious⁴ sensation in all directions.  不是把捕鲸索弄得乱七八糟，就会割断绳索，弄得大家神经十分紧张。

　　Nor, in general, is it possible to secure it again until the whale is fairly captured and a corpse⁵. 同时，一般说来，那支标枪还得等到那条鲸被顺利地捉到手，成为一架死尸后，才收得回来。

　　Consider, now, how it must be in the case of four boats all engaging one unusually strong, active, and knowing whale; 那么，请想想看，当这四只小艇全都集中精力在对付一条非凡的强壮、活跃和狡猾的大鲸时，那该是怎样一种场面。

　　when owing to these qualities in him, as well as to the thousand concurring⁶ accidents of such an audacious enterprise,  这时，一方面是大鲸天生的这种特性，一方面是这样一种大胆的行业，随时都会发生无数的事故，

　　eight or ten loose second irons may be simultaneously⁷ dangling about him.  此外，它身边又同时有八支到十支二枪在晃荡着。

　　For, of course, each boat is supplied with several harpoons⁸ to bend on to the line should the first one be ineffectually darted⁹ without recovery.  因为每一只小艇自然都配备有几支挂在捕鲸索上的标枪，以备万一在头枪投不准又找不到时，可以随时拿来抵用。

　　All these particulars are faithfully narrated¹⁰ here,  我所以要在这里对这种细节加以如实的叙述，

　　as they will not fail to elucidate¹¹ several most important however intricate passages, in scenes hereafter to be painted. 是因为这些细节可以解释明白以后将要描述的几个虽然比较曲折。却是极其重要的场面。

1 dangling   

悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 )； 摆动不定； 用某事物诱惑…； 吊胃口

参考例句：

• The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
• The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。

2 skittishly   

参考例句：

• The horse pranced around skittishly. 那匹马在周围欢快地腾跃。 来自互联网

3 entangling   

v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• We increasingly want an end to entangling alliances. 我们越来越想终止那些纠缠不清的盟约。 来自辞典例句
• What a thing it was to have her love him, even if it be entangling! 得到她的爱是件多么美妙的事，即使为此陷入纠葛中去也值得！ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

4 prodigious   

adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
• He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

5 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

6 concurring   

同时发生的，并发的

参考例句：

• Concurring with expectations, the degree of polymorphism was highest in the central. 正如所料，多型性程度在中部种群中最高。
• The more an affect arises from a number of causes concurring together, the greater it is. 同时凑合起来以激起一个情感的原因愈多，则这个情感将必愈大。

7 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

8 harpoons   

n.鱼镖，鱼叉( harpoon的名词复数 )v.鱼镖，鱼叉( harpoon的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Greenpeace hopes to position its boats between the harpoons and the whales. 绿色和平希望他们的船能开到港口与鲸鱼群之间的地方。 来自互联网
• NIV Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? 7[和合]你能用倒钩枪扎满它的皮，能用鱼叉叉满它的头吗？ 来自互联网

9 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• 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》

10 narrated   

v.故事( narrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Some of the story was narrated in the film. 该电影叙述了这个故事的部分情节。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island. 笛福生动地叙述了鲁滨逊·克鲁索在荒岛上的冒险故事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 elucidate   

v.阐明，说明

参考例句：

• The note help to elucidate the most difficult parts of the text.这些注释有助于弄清文中最难懂的部分。
• This guide will elucidate these differences and how to exploit them.这篇指导将会阐述这些不同点以及如何正确利用它们。