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And yet, I've sometimes thought my brain was very calm — frozen calm, this old skull1 cracks so, like a glass in which the contents turned to ice, and shiver it. And still this hair is growing now; this moment growing, and heat must breed it; but no, it's like that sort of common grass that will grow anywhere, between the earthy clefts2 of Greenland ice or in Vesuvius lava3. How the wild winds blow it; they whip it about me as the torn shreds4 of split sails lash5 the tossed ship they cling to. A vile6 wind that has no doubt blown ere this through prison corridors and cells, and wards7 of hospitals, and ventilated them, and now comes blowing hither as innocent as fleeces. Out upon it! — it's tainted8. Were I the wind, I'd blow no more on such a wicked, miserable9 world. I'd crawl somewhere to a cave, and slink there. And yet, 'tis a noble and heroic thing, the wind! who ever conquered it? In every fight it has the last and bitterest blow. Run tilting10 at it, and you but run through it. Ha! a coward wind that strikes stark11 naked men, but will not stand to receive a single blow. Even Ahab is a braver thing — a nobler thing than that. Would now the wind but had a body; but all the things that most exasperate12 and outrage13 mortal man, all these things are bodiless, but only bodiless as objects, not as agents.

然而,我有时候倒认为我的脑子是十分镇静的——静得像冻结了,这只老脑壳就这么格格发响,直象一只玻璃杯里的东西结了冰,里头还在哆嗦那样。可是,这顶头发这会儿还在不断地长出来,此刻就在长出来,这准是热气使它长出来的;可是,不,它也许象是一种到处都会生长的杂草那样,不管是在格陵兰那种冰天雪地的土缝里,还是在维苏威的熔岩里都长得出来。狂风可把它刮得多厉害呀;风呼呼地刮着我的头发,就象是刮着紧缚在复船上的支离破碎的篷帆。这股邪风,肯定是要先刮进牢狱的走廊。死牢。医院的病房,把那些地方都刮遍后,这才刮到这里,刮得象飞雪一样清白。滚,给我滚!——这是有毒的风。如果我是风呀,我可就不再刮这样一个邪气十足。卑鄙无耻的世界。我宁可悄悄地爬到什么地方的一个洞穴里,偷偷地在那里躲起来。不过话得说回来,风呀,它可是一种高贵而英勇的东西!谁曾征服过风来着?在每次的交手中,它最后总会使出最最厉害的绝招来。如果你去攻击它,你也不过是直穿过去,准扑个空。哈!那种吹打赤身裸体的人们的怯懦的风,一拳都也吃不消。哪怕亚哈,也比它勇敢——比它高贵。要是这会儿风有个形体可多好;不过,一切最会对人类施行暴行而使人最为愤怒的东西,所有这些东西都是没有形体的,而且都是象怪异的东西一样,而不是象神明那样的没有形体。

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1 skull CETyO     
n.头骨;颅骨
参考例句:
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
2 clefts 68f729730ad72c2deefa7f66bf04d11b     
n.裂缝( cleft的名词复数 );裂口;cleave的过去式和过去分词;进退维谷
参考例句:
  • Clefts are often associated with other more serious congenital defects. 裂口常与其他更严重的先天性异常并发。 来自辞典例句
  • Correction of palate clefts is much more difficult and usually not as satisfactory. 硬腭裂的矫正更为困难,且常不理想。 来自辞典例句
3 lava v9Zz5     
n.熔岩,火山岩
参考例句:
  • The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
  • His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。
4 shreds 0288daa27f5fcbe882c0eaedf23db832     
v.撕碎,切碎( shred的第三人称单数 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件)
参考例句:
  • Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮,切成丝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
5 lash a2oxR     
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
参考例句:
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
6 vile YLWz0     
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
参考例句:
  • Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢?
  • Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。
7 wards 90fafe3a7d04ee1c17239fa2d768f8fc     
区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态
参考例句:
  • This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
  • It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区,下设三个分区。
8 tainted qgDzqS     
adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏
参考例句:
  • The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
  • He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
10 tilting f68c899ac9ba435686dcb0f12e2bbb17     
倾斜,倾卸
参考例句:
  • For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he's really just tilting at windmills. 不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他,但其实他不过是在庸人自扰。
  • So let us stop bickering within our ranks.Stop tilting at windmills. 所以,让我们结束内部间的争吵吧!再也不要去做同风车作战的蠢事了。
11 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
参考例句:
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
12 exasperate uiOzX     
v.激怒,使(疾病)加剧,使恶化
参考例句:
  • He shouted in an exasperate voice.他以愤怒的声音嚷着。
  • The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.它毫无用处,这让她很生气。
13 outrage hvOyI     
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
参考例句:
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

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