🔊 (The fore-top. Enter STUBB alone.) STUBB. Ha! ha! ha! ha! hem! clear my throat!-I've been thinking over it ever since, and that ha, ha's the final consequence. Why so? Because a laugh's the wisest, easiest answer to all that's queer; and come what will, one comfort's always left-that unfailing comfort is, it's all predestinated.

（艏楼上。斯塔布独自上场。）斯塔布:哈！哈！哈！哈！哼！清清嗓子！--我打那以后就一直在琢磨这事儿,到头来还是这“哈,哈”最管用。为何如此呢？因为对所有古怪的事情发笑,是最明智、最省事的回答；不管发生什么,总还剩下一丝慰藉--那万无一失的慰藉便是:一切都是命中注定。

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fore-top /ˈfɔːr tɒp/

n. 前桅楼（航海术语）➕

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queer /kwɪər/

adj. 奇怪的,不寻常的➕

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unfailing /ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋ/

adj. 始终如一的,可靠的➕

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predestinated /prɪˈdestɪneɪtɪd/

v. 预定的,命中注定的➕

🔊 I heard not all his talk with Starbuck; but to my poor eye Starbuck then looked something as I the other evening felt. Sure, old mast-hem!-yes, he's asleep. Landlord! landlord! stop that snoring, will ye? Yes, he's asleep again. But that's no matter; he didn't hear me.

我没听见他和斯达巴克的全部谈话；不过依我这双拙眼看,当时斯达巴克那副模样,跟我前几天晚上的感觉差不多。没错,老桅杆--哼！--哎,他睡着了。掌柜的！掌柜的！别打呼噜了,成不？得,他又睡过去了。不过这没什么大不了；反正他没听见我的话。

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snoring /ˈsnɔːrɪŋ/

n. 打鼾➕

🔊 So here I am, in the fore-top. Crow's-nest, they call it; here's the look-out. Here's our chance to see whales. And a fine chance! A regular stand-up. Hem! I can't see anything down here, but the water, and that's getting black. It's getting dark, I suppose. I wonder where he is-Ahab, I mean. I wonder if he'll come up to-night. Any how, I'll stay up here a bit. There's something going on in the air; I feel it.

所以我就待在这儿,在这艏楼上。人们管这叫桅楼；瞭望台就在这儿。在这儿才有机会瞧见鲸鱼。多好的机会啊！一站到底的差事。哼！我从这儿望下去,除了海水什么也看不见,而海水正变得越来越黑。天色渐渐暗了,我猜。不知道他现在在哪儿--我指的是亚哈。不知道他今晚会不会上来。无论如何,我要在这儿多待一会儿。空气里似乎有什么动静；我感觉得到。

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Crow's-nest /ˈkrəʊz nɛst/

n. 桅杆瞭望台➕

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look-out /ˈlʊk aʊt/

n. 瞭望,监视➕

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stand-up /ˈstænd ʌp/

adj. 直立的；站立表演的➕

🔊 Well, Stubb, wise Stubb-that's my title-well, I don't know what to think. Ha! ha! ha! ha! There he goes again! No, that's not a laugh; that's a groan. I wish I could see him. Maybe I shall, to-night. I'll look out for him. Four bells he'll be up-five-six-seven-eight. Well, I'll wait. But here comes the other watch. (Exit.)

好吧,斯塔布,聪明的斯塔布--那是我的头衔--唉,我真不知道该作何想。哈！哈！哈！哈！他又来了！不,那不是在笑；那是在呻吟。我真希望能看见他。也许今晚就能看见。我会留神等他的。再敲四下钟他就会上来--五下--六下--七下--八下。好吧,我等着。可另一班岗的人来了。（下场。）

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groan /ɡrəʊn/

n. 呻吟声➕

Chapter thirty-nine: First Night-Watch. (第三十九章:第一次夜间守望。)

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