Adventure VI: The man with the Twisted Lip

ADVENTURE VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP

drenched 給(牲口)灌藥his tobacco with laudanum【藥】鴉片酊,勞丹酊

a slave to the drug

upon the linoleum亞麻油地氈,鋪地板油布[U]

We soothed and comforted her by such words as we could find.

Hitherto his orgies狂歡;縱慾;縱酒[C] had always been confined to one day

twitching使抽動;使痙攣and shattered【英】【口】(用作表語)極度疲勞的,非常虛弱的

among the dregs(常用複)渣滓;沈澱物;糟粕;廢物 of the docks闊葉野草

at the Bar of Gold, in Upper Swandam Lane (Upper Swandam Lane is described as ‘a vile alley lurking behind the high wharves’ which gives the place a criminal-like character since only bad guys lurk in dark, dirty alleyways.)

among the ruffians惡棍,流氓,暴徒[C]

cheery令人愉快的;明亮的sitting-room

Upper Swandam Lane is a vile骯髒的,污穢的 alley lurking潛伏,埋伏 behind the
high wharves碼頭;停泊處 which line the north side of the river to the east
of London Bridge.

a slop稀薄乏味的液體食物(或飲料)[P1] -shop and a gin-shop

a steep flight of steps leading down to a black gap

den骯髒簡陋的小房間

latch閂;門閂;窗閂

terraced with wooden berths(火車、船等的)舖位;坐位

waned 使變蒼白;使呈病態

pale, haggard憔悴的,形容枯槁的, and unkempt未梳理的,蓬亂的;不整潔的

in sheer lassitude困乏, 厭倦

It took all my self-control to prevent me from breaking out into a cry of astonishment.

instantly, as he
turned his face half round to the company once more, subsided

doddering心智衰退的;(因年老而)變衰弱的 , loose-lipped senility高齡;衰老;年老糊

sottish酗酒的, 癡呆的friend

a quiet air of mastery

adventures which were the normal condition of his existence

decrepit衰老的;東倒西歪的;破舊的

sots醉鬼

rascally卑鄙地
Lascar(在歐洲船上工作的)印度水手

a broad balustraded(balustrade欄杆,扶手[C]) bridge

murky黑暗的;陰鬱的.幽暗的

sluggishly慢吞吞地;懶怠地

mortar灰漿,灰泥;黏合物

wrack沖上岸(或漂浮水面)的海草;遇難船的殘骸was drifting

By degrees he made friends in the neighbourhood

Have you followed me so far? -"It is very clear."

agitated激動的

something was有錯誤的,出差錯的 (=wrong)with him

wretch卑鄙的人,可恥的人of hideous aspect

Mrs. St. Clair had been deluded受矇騙的;輕信的

Out there fell a cascade瀑布狀的東西;一連串的東西of children's bricks【英】積木[C].

abominable可惡的,令人討厭的crime

the vilest antecedents 前事,前情

in wax vestas短火柴

a bulldog chin

mendicants乞丐

chaff無價值的東西,廢物

incriminate控告 him

ebbing落潮,退潮tide might afford

hoard積聚錢財;貯藏貨物

straggling掉隊,落伍;流離houses h

rattled 使發出咯咯聲 along with a country hedge樹籬;籬笆 upon either side of us

clad in some sort of light mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy
pink chiffon女服的裝飾品(如花邊、絲帶等)[P] at her neck and wrists

He has been of most vital use to me in several of my cases

can be of any assistance, either to you or to my friend here

“Do not trouble about my feelings. I am not hysterical, nor given
to fainting. I simply wish to hear your real, real opinion."

Sherlock Holmes sprang out of his chair as if he had been
galvanised用電流刺激.

blotting-paper吸墨紙

signet圖章;私章-ring刻有小印章的戒指;圖章戒指

a book, octavo八開本size

the flap has been gummed (信封用舌lick)

have a very strong piece of evidence to corroborate證實,確證your view

With these he constructed a sort of Eastern divan, 長沙發椅,沙發床upon which he perched himself cross-legged

aquiline似鷹嘴)彎曲的,鉤狀的features

trap二輪輕馬車

as blind as a mole鼴鼠,錢鼠

the stone-flagged(道路)鋪有石板的 passage

in a peaked有遮簷的;尖的;有尖峰的 cap and frogged (用細繩等做的)飾扣 jacket

with a coloured shirt protruding through the rent裂縫,破洞[C][(+in)] in his
tattered 破爛的coat

grime塵垢;污點 which covered his face

wheal. (皮膚上隆起的)條痕;傷痕 from an old scar ran right across it from eye to chin

takes the cake (Carry off the honours. Sometimes used to express incredulity. For example, "That's three goals he's missed in one game. If that don't take the cake...".)

green-room演員休息室

ostensibly表面上as a match-seller but really as a beggar

For seven hours I plied不斷地工作 my trade

I backed支持;援助;贊助a bill for a friend and had a writ served upon me for 25 pounds.

creditor債權人;貸方,

arduous艱鉅的;費力的;困難的work

emerge as a squalid髒的beggar

a lascar(在歐洲船上工作的)印度水手

repartee機敏的應答;機敏應答的才能