工程师大拇指案 05奇怪的病人(5)

（单词翻译）

He unwound the handkerchief and held out his hand.

他解开手帕，将手伸了出来。

It gave even my hardened nerves a shudder¹ to look at it.

这场面就是铁石心肠的人也会目不忍睹的！

There were four protruding² fingers and a horrid³ red, spongy surface where the thumb should have been.

只见四根突出的手指和一片鲜红可怕的海绵状断面，这里本来该是大拇指的部位。

It had been hacked⁴ or torn right out from the roots.

大拇指已被迫根剁掉或硬拽下来了。

"Good heavens!" I cried, "this is a terrible injury. It must have bled considerably⁵."

"天哪！"我喊着，"多么可怕的创伤，一定流了不少血。"

"Yes, it did. I fainted when it was done, and I think that I must have been senseless for a long time.

"是的，流了不少血。受伤后我昏迷过去，我相信我一定有很长一段时间失去了知觉。

When I came to I found that it was still bleeding,

等我苏醒过来时，我发现它还在流血，

so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced⁶ it up with a twig⁷."

于是我把手帕的一端紧紧地缠在手腕上，并用一根小树枝把它绷紧。"

"Excellent! You should have been a surgeon."

"包扎得好极了！您本应该当一名外科医生才对！"

"It is a question of hydraulics, you see, and came within my own province."

"您瞧，这是一项水利学问题，属于我自己的专业知识范围之内的。"

"This has been done," said I, examining the wound, "by a very heavy and sharp instrument."

"这是用一件非常沉重、锋利的器具砍的。"我边检查伤口边说道。

"A thing like a cleaver," said he.

"像是用屠夫的切肉刀砍的。"他说。

"An accident, I presume?" "By no means."

"我想，这是意外事故，对吗？""决不是。"

"What! a murderous attack?" "Very murderous indeed." "You horrify⁸ me."

"什么？是有人蓄意凶残地砍的吗？""嗯，确实极其凶残。""真吓人。"