🔊 Days, weeks passed, and under easy sail, the ivory Pequod had slowly swept across four several cruising-grounds; that off the Azores; off the Cape de Verdes; on the Plate (so called), being off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata; and the Carrol Ground, an unstaked, watery locality, southerly from St. Helena.

时光流逝,日复一日,周复一周,象牙色的裴廓德号在轻风中缓缓驶过四个不同的巡游海域:亚速尔群岛附近、佛得角附近、拉普拉塔河口（俗称）附近,以及卡罗尔海域--一个未设标的、水域广阔的所在,位于圣赫勒拿岛以南。

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ivory /ˈaɪvəri/

adj. 象牙色的,乳白色的➕

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cruising-grounds /ˈkruːzɪŋ ɡraʊndz/

n. 巡航区域➕

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unstaked /ʌnˈsteɪkt/

adj. 未打桩的,未标界的➕

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locality /ləʊˈkæləti/

n. 地点,位置➕

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southerly /ˈsʌðəli/

adj. 南方的,向南的➕

🔊 It was while gliding through these latter waters that one serene and moonlight night, when all the waves rolled by like scrolls of silver; and, by their soft, suffusing seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude; on such a silent night a silvery jet was seen far in advance of the white bubbles at the bow. Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial; seemed some plumed and glittering god uprising from the sea.

正是在这片水域中滑行时,一个宁静的月夜,万顷银波如卷轴般翻滚而过；柔和的波涛涌动,带来一种银色的寂静,而非孤寂。在这样的静夜,船首白沫前方远处,一道银色喷水被看见。月光映照下,它恍若天物；仿佛一位羽翼闪烁的神祇正从海中升起。

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serene /səˈriːn/

adj. 平静的,安详的➕

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scrolls /skrəʊlz/

n. 卷轴,卷形物➕

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silvery /ˈsɪlvəri/

adj. 银色的,似银的➕

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suffusing /səˈfjuːzɪŋ/

adj. 弥漫的,遍布的➕

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seethings /ˈsiːðɪŋz/

n. 沸腾,翻腾（指液体或情绪）➕

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celestial /səˈlestiəl/

adj. 天上的,神圣的➕

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plumed /pluːmd/

adj. 有羽毛的,饰以羽毛的➕

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glittering /ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ/

adj. 闪闪发光的➕

🔊 Fedallah first descried this jet. For of these moonlight nights, it was his wont to mount to the main-mast head, and stand a look-out there, with the same precision as if it had been day. And yet, though herds of whales were seen by night, not one whaleman in a hundred would venture a lowering for them. You may think with what emotions, then, the seamen beheld this old Oriental perched aloft at such unusual hours; his turban and the moon, companions in one sky.

费达拉最先发现了这道喷水。因为在这样的月夜,他惯常攀上主桅顶,像白昼般精准地瞭望。然而,即便夜间能望见鲸群,百名捕鲸人中也无一人敢冒险放下小艇追捕。可想而知,水手们目睹这位东方老人在这非常时刻高踞桅顶时的心情；他的头巾与月亮,在同一片天空为伴。

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descried /dɪˈskraɪd/

v. 看见,察觉➕

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wont /wəʊnt/

n. 习惯,惯常做法➕

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main-mast head /ˈmeɪn mæst hed/

n. 主桅杆顶➕

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precision /prɪˈsɪʒən/

n. 精确,精准➕

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whaleman /ˈweɪlmən/

n. 捕鲸人➕

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lowering /ˈləʊərɪŋ/

n. 放下,降下（尤指捕鲸小艇）➕

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Oriental /ˌɔːriˈentəl/

n. 东方人➕

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perched /pɜːtʃt/

v. 栖息,坐在高处➕

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aloft /əˈlɒft/

adv. 在高处,在空中➕

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turban /ˈtɜːbən/

n. 头巾➕

🔊 But when, after spending his uniform interval there for several successive nights without uttering a single sound; when, on the night following the first sight of the jet, he was heard to give utterance to sounds of some sort, though what they were nobody could tell; when he was seen to slide down the rigging, and rush forward, shouting in a frenzied way to the men at the mast-head,-by this time all hands were in a state of excitement.

但当他连续几夜在那里度过固定时间却一言不发后；当在初次看见喷水的那个夜晚之后,他被听到发出某种声响,虽然无人能辨其意；当他被看到滑下索具,冲向前方,疯狂地向桅顶瞭望员呼喊时--到此时,所有水手都已兴奋难抑。

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successive /səkˈsesɪv/

adj. 连续的,接连的➕

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utterance /ˈʌtərəns/

n. 发声,话语➕

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rigging /ˈrɪɡɪŋ/

n. 索具, rigging➕

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frenzied /ˈfrenzid/

adj. 狂乱的,疯狂的➕

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mast-head /ˈmæst hed/

n. 桅杆顶➕

🔊 The Corposants were seen. The life-buoy-a long slender cask-was dropped from the stern, where it always hung obedient to a cunning spring; but no hand ever grasped it, and the sun having long beat upon this cask it had shrunken, so that it slowly filled, and that parched wood too filled with spiders; and so everybody knew that it was not yet the appointed time; and no one, not even the sun, though he had seen it, could have saved it; for the sea had now a yellow tinge, and a low rumbling sound was heard, as of a thousand ships’ cables dragging through the street of Corpo Santo. But no, that was in another chapter. This one’s a spirit-spout.

圣艾尔摩之火出现了。救生圈--一个细长的木桶--从船尾落下,它总是挂在灵巧的弹簧上；但无人伸手抓握,太阳长久曝晒此桶,它已干缩,慢慢浸满水,那干裂的木头也爬满了蜘蛛；于是众人都知,尚非预定的时刻；无人,甚至太阳,虽曾目睹,也无力拯救；因为海水如今泛着黄晕,低沉的隆隆声传来,恍如千艘船的缆绳拖过圣体的街道。但不,那是在另一章里。这一章是幽灵喷水。

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slender /ˈslendər/

adj. 细长的,苗条的➕

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cask /kæsk/

n. 桶,木桶➕

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stern /stɜːn/

n. 船尾➕

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obedient /əˈbiːdiənt/

adj. 服从的,顺从的➕

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cunning /ˈkʌnɪŋ/

adj. 狡猾的,巧妙的➕

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grasped /ɡræspt/

v. 抓住,理解➕

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shrunken /ˈʃrʌŋkən/

adj. 收缩的,缩小的➕

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parched /pɑːtʃt/

adj. 干枯的,焦干的➕

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appointed /əˈpɔɪntɪd/

adj. 指定的,约定的➕

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tinge /tɪndʒ/

n. 色调,些许➕

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rumbling /ˈrʌmblɪŋ/

adj. 隆隆作响的➕

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cables /ˈkeɪbəlz/

n. 电缆,缆绳➕

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spirit-spout /ˈspɪrɪt spaʊt/

n. 灵魂喷水（指鲸鱼喷水）➕

🔊 But the silvery jet was still seen; at times, at intervals, now near, now far, but always in advance. It seemed to beckon the ship onward.

但银色喷水依然可见；时而,间或地,时近时远,却总在前方。它仿佛在召唤船只前行。

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beckon /ˈbekən/

v. 招手,吸引➕

🔊 "There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!" cried Ahab.

“她喷水了！--她喷水了！驼峰如雪丘！是莫比·迪克！” 亚哈喊道。

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hump /hʌmp/

n. 驼峰,隆起➕

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snow-hill /ˈsnəʊ hɪl/

n. 雪丘,雪山➕

🔊 But the jet disappeared, and nothing was seen. Yet from that night onward, whenever the ship was in those seas, the same phenomenon was observed; always at night, and always under similar circumstances. It became a subject of superstition among the crew. Some said it was the spirit of some drowned whalemen; others, that it was a sea-spectre, haunting the ship. But Ahab took it for the spout of the White Whale; and as such, he watched it with eager, feverish eyes.

但喷水消失了,再无踪影。然而从那夜起,每当船航行在那片海域,同样的现象就被观察到；总是在夜晚,总是在类似的情形下。这成了船员间迷信的话题。有人说它是溺亡捕鲸人的魂魄；另一些人说它是萦绕船只的海幽灵。但亚哈认定那是白鲸的喷水；因此,他以急切、狂热的目光紧盯着它。

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phenomenon /fəˈnɒmɪnən/

n. 现象➕

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superstition /ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃən/

n. 迷信➕

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drowned /draʊnd/

adj. 溺死的,淹没的➕

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sea-spectre /ˈsiː spektər/

n. 海幽灵➕

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haunting /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/

adj. 萦绕的,难以忘怀的➕

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feverish /ˈfiːvərɪʃ/

adj. 发烧的,狂热的➕

Chapter fifty-one: The Spirit-Spout. (第五十一章:幽灵喷水)

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