🔊 Had you descended from the Pequod's try-works to the Pequod's forecastle, where the off duty watch were sleeping, for one single moment you would have almost thought you were standing in some illuminated shrine of canonized kings and counselors. There they lay in their triangular oaken vaults, each mariner a chiselled muteness; a score of lamps flashing upon his hooded eyes.

如果你从裴廓德号的炼油灶下到裴廓德号的前甲板舱室,那里休班的水手正在睡觉,你几乎会以为自己正站在某个圣王与谋士的光辉殿堂中。他们躺在三角形的橡木舱室里,每个水手都如雕像般静默；数十盏灯闪烁在他们遮罩的眼睛上。

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forecastle /ˈfoʊksəl/

n. 船首楼；前甲板室➕

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illuminated /ɪˈluːmɪneɪtɪd/

adj. 被照亮的；发光的➕

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shrine /ʃraɪn/

n. 圣地；神龛➕

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canonized /ˈkænənaɪzd/

adj. 被正式封为圣徒的➕

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oaken /ˈoʊkən/

adj. 橡木制的➕

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vaults /vɔːlts/

n. 拱顶；地下室（复数）➕

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mariner /ˈmærɪnər/

n. 水手；海员➕

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chiselled /ˈtʃɪzəld/

adj. 凿刻的；轮廓分明的➕

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muteness /ˈmjuːtnəs/

n. 沉默；无声➕

🔊 In merchantmen, oil for the sailor is more scarce than the milk of queens. To dress in the dark, and eat in the dark, and stumble in the dark to his pallet, this is his usual lot. But the whaleman, as he seeks the food of light, so he lives in light. He makes his berth an Aladdin's lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest night the ship's black hull still houses an illumination.

在商船上,水手所用的油比皇后的乳汁还要珍贵。摸黑穿衣,摸黑进食,跌跌撞撞摸黑上床,这便是他寻常的命运。但捕鲸人,正如他追寻光明的食物,他也生活在光明中。他将床铺变成阿拉丁的神灯,安卧其中；因而在最漆黑的夜晚,船的黑壳依然容纳着一片光明。

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merchantmen /ˈmɜːrtʃəntmən/

n. 商船（复数）➕

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scarce /skers/

adj. 稀少的；缺乏的➕

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pallet /ˈpælɪt/

n. 简陋的床铺；托盘➕

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whaleman /ˈweɪlmən/

n. 捕鲸人➕

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Aladdin's lamp /əˈlædɪnz læmp/

n. phrase. 阿拉丁神灯（比喻能实现愿望的东西）➕

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pitchiest /ˈpɪtʃiɪst/

adj. 最漆黑的；最暗的（pitchy的最高级）➕

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hull /hʌl/

n. 船体；外壳➕

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illumination /ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən/

n. 照明；发光；启迪➕

🔊 See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, too-and to the perpetual torch of the whale-oil, so he lights his own other torch! It is in the whaling world that we meet with the most astonishing instances of this fact. The whaleman is wrapped in oilskins, and from his cradle he is nursed in blaze. He lights his pipe with a lamp, and when he turns in, his whale-lamp is hung above him, shining on his dark sea-chest and its contents.

看哪,捕鲸人何等自由地取用他那一把灯--常常不过是旧瓶旧罐--并借鲸油的长明火,点燃他自己的另一盏灯！正是在捕鲸界,我们目睹这一事实的最惊人例证。捕鲸人身裹油布衣,自摇篮起便在火焰中哺育。他用灯点燃烟斗,当他躺下时,鲸油灯悬于头顶,照亮他黑色的航海箱及其中的物品。

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vials /ˈvaɪəlz/

n. 小瓶；药水瓶（复数）➕

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perpetual /pərˈpetʃuəl/

adj. 永久的；持续的➕

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whale-oil /ˈweɪl ɔɪl/

n. 鲸油➕

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astonishing /əˈstɑːnɪʃɪŋ/

adj. 惊人的；令人惊讶的➕

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oilskins /ˈɔɪlskɪnz/

n. 油布衣；防水衣（复数）➕

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nursed /nɜːrst/

v. 护理；养育（过去分词）➕

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whale-lamp /ˈweɪl læmp/

n. 鲸油灯➕

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sea-chest /ˈsiː tʃest/

n. 水手箱；航海箱➕

🔊 Thus, then, in the heart of the sea, the whaleman lives and moves; a lamp in his hand, a lamp at his head, a lamp in his heart. And when the great shroud of the ocean rolls over him, he goes down in light.

于是,在海洋之心,捕鲸人生活与移动；手中有灯,头上有灯,心中有灯。当海洋的巨幕席卷他时,他在光明中沉没。

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shroud /ʃraʊd/

n. 裹尸布；覆盖物➕

Chapter ninety-seven: The Lamp (第九十七章:灯)

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