英语听书《白鲸记》第690期

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but with one hand holding on to the heavy tackles, so that if the head should drop, he would still remain suspended; 他一只手抓住那只大复滑车，以防万一那只鲸头落了下去，他还可以吊在那里；

the negro having cleared the foul² line, rammed³ down the bucket into the now collapsed⁴ well, 这个黑人把那条纠缠着的绳子理清楚后，就把那只桶塞到那个现在已经瘪了的井洞里去，

meaning that the buried harpooneer should grasp it, and so be hoisted⁵ out. 他心里想，如果那个淹在里面的标枪手抓得到它的话，就可以把他吊出来。

In heaven's name, man, cried Stubb, "are you ramming⁶ home a cartridge⁷ there?—Avast!  喂，斯塔布嚷道，"你是在装火药吗？——别弄啦！

How will that help him; jamming that iron-bound bucket on top of his head? Avast, will ye!" 把这样一只铁箍的桶子压在他头上，怎么救得了他呢？住手，好不好？"

Stand clear of the tackle! cried a voice like the bursting of a rocket. 赶快避开那只复滑车！火箭炮似的突然迸发出一个声音来。

Almost in the same instant, with a thunder-boom, the enormous mass dropped into the sea, like Niagara's Table-Rock into the whirlpool; 差不多就在这当儿，轰地一声巨雷声，那只大头，象尼亚加拉大瀑布的大石板掉进了大涡流里似的落到海里去了。

the suddenly relieved hull⁸ rolled away from it, to far down her glittering copper⁹; 那突然如释重负的船身一阵晃荡，就离开了那只头，教那个摇晃晃的印第安人往下冲去，

and all caught their breath, as half swinging—now over the sailors' heads, and now over the water, 他又旋又晃地，真叫大家吓得透不过气来——一会儿晃在大家头顶，一会儿晃在水上，

Daggoo, through a thick mist of spray, was dimly beheld¹⁰ clinging to the pendulous¹¹ tackles, 透过一层浓雾似的浪沫，人们可以蒙胧地看到大个儿正抓住那钟摆似的大复滑车，

while poor, buried-alive Tashtego was sinking utterly¹² down to the bottom of the sea! 而那个可怜遭了活埋的塔斯蒂哥却正在完全沉到海里去了！

But hardly had the blinding vapor¹³ cleared away, 可是，迷雾刚一散开，

when a naked figure with a boardingsword in his hand, was for one swift moment seen hovering¹⁴ over the bulwarks¹⁵. 却教人一下子看到一个赤身裸体，手里拿着攻船剑的人，翱翔地翻过船舷去。

The next, a loud splash announced that my brave Queequeg had dived to the rescue. 隔了一会，哗啦啦一片水声，说明了我的勇敢的魁魁格已经泅到水里去救人了。

One packed rush was made to the side, 大家一窝蜂拥到船边，

and every eye counted every ripple¹⁶, as moment followed moment, and no sign of either the sinker or the diver could be seen. 每一只眼睛都盯住每一片涟漪，可是，时间一刻一刻地过去，既看不到淹死者的影踪，也看不到那个泅水者的踪迹。

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