🔊 It was not very long after the affair of the pipe, that I was going on deck somewhat early one morning, and I saw Queequeg's hatchet lying on the companion-way.

烟斗事件过后不久,一天清晨,我提早走上甲板,看见魁魁格的斧头躺在舷梯上。

🔊

affair /əˈfeər/

n. 事件；事务➕

🔊

somewhat /ˈsʌmwɒt/

adv. 有点；稍微➕

🔊

hatchet /ˈhætʃɪt/

n. 短柄小斧➕

🔊

companion-way /kəmˈpænjən weɪ/

n. 舱梯➕

🔊 The Pequod was now in her last preparations for sea. The crew were all on board; the harpooneers were busy with their gear; the blacksmiths were at their forges; the carpenters were caulking the decks; and the stewards were stowing away the provisions.

裴廓德号此刻正进行着出海前的最后准备。全体船员都已上船；标枪手们正忙着整理装备；铁匠们在炉前锻造；木匠们在填塞甲板缝隙；而管事们则在储藏食物。

🔊

preparations /ˌprepəˈreɪʃənz/

n. 准备；准备工作➕

🔊

harpooneers /hɑːˈpuːniərz/

n. 捕鲸叉手➕

🔊

gear /ɡɪər/

n. 装备；齿轮➕

🔊

forges /ˈfɔːdʒɪz/

n. 锻炉；伪造➕

🔊

carpenters /ˈkɑːpəntərz/

n. 木匠➕

🔊

caulking /ˈkɔːkɪŋ/

v. 填缝；堵漏➕

🔊

stewards /ˈstjuːədz/

n. 乘务员；管家➕

🔊

stowing /ˈstəʊɪŋ/

v. 装载；存放➕

🔊

provisions /prəˈvɪʒənz/

n. 供应品；粮食➕

🔊 Every soul was astir.

人人都在奔忙。

🔊

astir /əˈstɜːr/

adj. 活跃的；骚动的➕

🔊 I went forward to look over the bows, and there I saw the three mates, Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask, directing the operations.

我走到船首望去,看到三位大副--斯达巴克、斯塔布和弗拉斯克--正在指挥作业。

🔊

forward /ˈfɔːwəd/

adv. 向前➕

🔊

bows /baʊz/

n. 船头➕

🔊

mates /meɪts/

n. 伙伴；船员➕

🔊

directing /dɪˈrektɪŋ/

v. 指导；指挥➕

🔊

operations /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃənz/

n. 操作；手术➕

🔊 Starbuck, the chief mate, was a careful man, and he was seeing to the stowage of the water-casks. Stubb, the second mate, was laughing and joking as usual, while Flask, the third mate, a little, fiery man, was cursing at the sailors to make them work faster.

大副斯达巴克是个谨慎的人,他正监督水桶的储藏。二副斯塔布一如既往地嬉笑打趣,而三副弗拉斯克,一个矮小暴躁的家伙,则对着水手们咒骂,催促他们加快工作。

🔊

chief /tʃiːf/

adj. 首席的；主要的➕

🔊

stowage /ˈstəʊɪdʒ/

n. 装载处；存放➕

🔊

water-casks /ˈwɔːtə kɑːsks/

n. 水桶➕

🔊

joking /ˈdʒəʊkɪŋ/

v. 开玩笑➕

🔊

fiery /ˈfaɪəri/

adj. 暴躁的；火的➕

🔊

cursing /ˈkɜːsɪŋ/

v. 咒骂➕

🔊 Then I went aft, and there was old Bildad, one of the owners, reading his Bible as calmly as if the ship were not about to sail. But Captain Peleg was bustling about, giving orders in all directions.

然后我走向船尾,老比尔达德,船东之一,正平静地读着他的《圣经》,仿佛船不是即将启航似的。但佩勒格船长却忙得团团转,四处发号施令。

🔊

aft /ɑːft/

adv. 在船尾➕

🔊

owners /ˈəʊnərz/

n. 所有者➕

🔊

Bible /ˈbaɪbl/

n. 圣经➕

🔊

calmly /ˈkɑːmli/

adv. 平静地➕

🔊

bustling /ˈbʌslɪŋ/

adj. 忙碌的；熙熙攘攘的➕

🔊

directions /dɪˈrekʃənz/

n. 方向；指示➕

🔊 At last, all was ready. The anchors were weighed, and the sails were set. The Pequod began to move slowly out of the harbor of Nantucket.

终于,一切就绪。锚被拉起,帆已张满。裴廓德号开始缓缓驶离楠塔基特港湾。

🔊

anchors /ˈæŋkərz/

n. 锚➕

🔊

weighed /weɪd/

v. 称重；起锚➕

🔊

sails /seɪlz/

n. 帆➕

🔊

harbor /ˈhɑːbər/

n. 港口➕

Chapter twenty: All Astir (第二十章:全体忙碌)

🔒 使用该功能需要授权码