🔊 What was most remarkable in the affair was this: that by the instructions of Ahab, his boat was furnished with a crew of men who, with the exception of the harpooneer, were all as much strangers to the rest of the Pequod's company as if they had but just boarded her.

这件事最引人注目的是:依照亚哈的指令,他的小艇配备了一群船员,除了投叉手外,其余人对裴廓德号上的其他成员来说,都陌生得仿佛他们才刚登船。

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remarkable /rɪˈmɑːrkəbl/

adj. 显著的,非凡的➕

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furnished /ˈfɜːrnɪʃt/

v. 配备,提供➕

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harpooneer /hɑːrˈpuːnɪər/

n. 鱼叉手➕

🔊 These men were, for the most part, as little known to the ship's company as though they had been creatures of another species; and they seemed to have been selected with a view to the peculiar service they were to perform.

这些人,对船上的大部分同伴来说,陌生得仿佛他们是另一个物种的生物；而且他们似乎是被特意挑选出来,以执行他们将要承担的奇特任务。

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species /ˈspiːʃiːz/

n. 物种,种类➕

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peculiar /pɪˈkjuːliər/

adj. 特殊的,奇怪的➕

🔊 Chief among them was Fedallah, a tall, swart figure, with a turban made of his own hair, and a singularly Oriental cast of features.

其中为首的是费达拉,一个高大黝黑的身影,头裹用自己头发编成的缠头巾,面容带有奇特的东方风韵。

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swart /swɔːrt/

adj. 黝黑的,黑皮肤的➕

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turban /ˈtɜːrbən/

n. 头巾➕

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singularly /ˈsɪŋɡjələrli/

adv. 非凡地,异常地➕

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Oriental /ˌɔːriˈentl/

adj. 东方的,亚洲的➕

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cast /kæst/

n. 特征,外貌➕

🔊 He was a creature of the shadows, and seemed to have no more substance than a spectre; yet there was a certain grim reality about him that made him an object of awe to all on board.

他是一个阴影中的造物,仿佛幽灵般虚无缥缈；然而他身上却有一种阴森的实在感,令船上所有人对他心生敬畏。

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spectre /ˈspektər/

n. 幽灵,鬼魂➕

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grim /ɡrɪm/

adj. 严峻的,可怕的➕

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awe /ɔː/

n. 敬畏,惊叹➕

🔊 Ahab had chosen him for his harpooneer, and it was whispered that Fedallah possessed some mysterious power over the whales, or at least that Ahab believed so.

亚哈选他做自己的投叉手,并且有传言说费达拉对鲸鱼拥有某种神秘力量,至少亚哈是这么相信的。

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mysterious /mɪˈstɪriəs/

adj. 神秘的,难以理解的➕

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possessed /pəˈzest/

v. 拥有,持有➕

🔊 Thus was the captain's boat manned, and thus did it stand ready for the chase, a thing apart from the rest of the ship, and dedicated to Ahab's wild purpose.

就这样,船长的小艇配备好了人手,准备就绪以待追猎,它独立于船上其余部分,专为亚哈的狂野目标而设。

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manned /mænd/

v. 配备人员,操纵➕

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dedicated /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/

adj. 专用的,献身的➕

Chapter fifty: Ahab's Boat and Crew. Fedallah (第五十章:亚哈的小艇与船员。费达拉)

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