List of works by H.P. Lovecraft
The Nameless City
The Festival
The Colour out of Space
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
Dreams in the Witch-house
The Haunter of the Dark
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow out of Time
At the Mountain of Madness
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Azathoth
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Celephais
Cool Air
Dagon
Ex Oblivione
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
From Beyond
He
Herbert West: Reanimator
Hypnos
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
In the Vault
Medusa's Coil
Memory
Nyarlathotep
Pickman's Model
Poetry of the Gods
The Alchemist
The Beast in the Cave
The Book
The Cats of Ulthar
The Crawling Chaos
The Descendant
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Evil Clergyman
The Horror at Martin's Beach
The Horror at Red Hook
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Moon Bog
The Music of Erich Zann
The Other Gods
The Outsider
The Picture in the House
The Quest of Iranon
The Rats in the Walls
The Shunned House
The Silver Key
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Street
The Temple
The Terrible Old Man
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Tomb
The Transition of Juan Romero
The Tree
The Unnamable
The White Ship
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
What the Moon Brings
Polaris
The Very Old Folk
THE CALL OF CTHULHU - H.P. Lovecraft
Algernon Blackwood (Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre.)
the piecing together of dissociated knowledge
his passing at the age of ninety-two
I felt much averse反對的; 不願意的; 嫌惡的[F][(+t... from showing to other eyes. It
the queer clay bas-relief淺浮雕and the disjointed jottings略記, 草草記下的筆記, ramblings, and cuttings which I found
It seemed to be a sort of monster, or symbol representing a monster
shockingly frightful
comments on long-surviving secret societies and hidden cults
The cuttings largely alluded to outré超出常規的 mental illness and outbreaks of group folly or mania in the spring of 1925.
Wilcox was a precocious早熟的, 早成的youth of known genius but great eccentricity,
He called himself "psychically hypersensitive"
stilted誇張的; 矯揉造作的manner
verbatim逐字的(地)
ooze
sinister
with scientific minuteness
ignorant of any cult or system of cryptic隱祕的lore(有關某一學科的)全部知識; 傳說
delirium精神錯亂, 說胡話[U][C]
lumbered笨重地移動about
account for my continued distrust of the artist
with leanings toward theosophy and occultism
a dire可怕的; 悲慘的future
problems for expert solution.
a commonplace-looking middle-aged man
infinitely more diabolic than even the blackest of the African voodoo circles
the erratic古怪的; 乖僻的and unbelievable tales extorted from the captured members
was scarcely prepared for the sensation which his offering created
throw the assembled men of science into a state of tense excitement
a monster of vaguely anthropoid (猿等)似人類的; 類人的outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers觸角; 觸鬚[P], a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind.
cephalopod頭足綱（學名：Cephalopoda）是軟體動物門的一個綱(A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan phylum Cephalopoda, eg. Inkfish, octopus )
baffling令人困惑的, 難對付的; 難解的
old and unhallowed cycles of life in which our world and our conceptions have no part.
the members severally各自地shook their heads and confessed defeat at the Inspector's problem
who presently told with some diffidence缺乏自信, 懦怯; 羞怯[U] of the odd trifle he knew
angekok or wizard-priest
began at once to ply不斷使用; 不斷給; 不斷問; 不斷做his informant with questions.
hellish rituals
mongrel雜種狗; 雜種動物; 雜交植物
savoured給...加調味品; 使有風味of the wildest dreams of myth-maker and theosophist,
There are vocal qualities peculiar to men, and vocal qualities peculiar to beasts
Sime or an Angarola (Anthony Angarola (1893-1929[1]) was an American painter, printmaker, and art instructor. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since he was an Italian immigrant himself, his work focused on people who struggled to adapt to a foreign culture)
Void of clothing
the prisoners all proved to be men of a very low, mixed-blooded, and mentally aberrant偏離正道的, 脫離常軌的type
manifest顯然的, 明白的, 清楚的
There was a secret which even torture could not extract.
mestizo混血兒(尤指拉丁民族與印第安族的)
theosophists
There had been aeons when other Things ruled on the earth
They had, indeed, come themselves from the stars, and brought Their images with Them.
The spells that preserved them intact完整無缺的; 原封不動的; 未受損傷的[F] likewise prevented Them from making an initial move, and They could only lie awake in the dark and think whilst uncounted millions of years rolled by.
sepulchres墳墓, 墓穴
Necronomicon (The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound",[1] written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City".[2] Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.) of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred
historic affiliations of the cult
charlatanry吹牛; 騙子行為; 庸醫之行為and imposture
Esquimaux diabolists and mongrel Louisianans
flaunts炫耀, 誇示
stuccoed【建】用灰泥粉飾過的
Arthur Machen
unkempt未梳理的, 蓬亂的; 不整潔的
probing查究; 調查[(+for/into)]
They and their subconscious residuum had influenced his art profoundly
The youth was of a type, at once slightly affected and slightly ill-mannered, which I could never like
I took leave of him amicably, and wish him all the success his talent promises.
at times I had visions of personal fame from researches into its origin and connections
I now heard so graphically at first-hand
on the track of a very real, very secret, and very ancient religion
My attitude was still one of absolute materialism
have come to sinister ears
If heaven ever wishes to grant me a boon恩惠
portentous預兆的, 預示的; 影響未來的Its consequences were historically portentous. 其後果具有重大的歷史影響。凶兆的, 不祥的; 令人畏懼的, 令人驚訝的; 自命不凡的, 矜持的
It read as follows:
all profess complete bafflement
after recovering his senses
peremptorily決定性地; 獨斷地; 橫蠻地; 斷然地
abhorrent
is queerly reticent無言的; 沈默的; 謹慎的; 抑制的 about this part of his story
but what a train of ideas it started in my mind!
lapsed suddenly into delirium
emerged unharmed from the bondage of strange fever
tottering on the brink of cosmic horrors beyond man's power to bear
monstrous menace威脅, 恐嚇[C][U][(+to)]
Waterfront scum was far too common for special mention
after a perfunctory敷衍的, 馬虎的; 得過且過的and inconclusive questioning at Sydney
balefully災難性地 exquisite workmanship
knocked with palpitant heart
Gustaf Johansen was no more.
He had not long survived his return, said his wife, for the doings at sea in 1925 had broken him.
I now felt gnawing (折磨人的; 令人痛苦的gnawing anxiety 折磨人的煩惱 )at my vitals that dark terror which will never leave me till I, too, am at rest; "accidentally" or otherwise.
I cannot attempt to transcribe it verbatim in all its cloudiness and redundance
thank God
abominable
poignantly
miasma沼氣; 臭氣
the geometry of the place was all wrong
He climbed interminably無限地; 冗長地; 漫無止境地along the grotesque stone moulding
tenebrousness陰沈
gibbous【天】凸圓的sky
two perished of pure fright in that accursed instant
eldritch怪異的; 可怕的
mountainous monstrosity怪物; 巨人; 可怕的東西
floundering掙扎
charnel陰森森的; 藏骸所; 埋葬場所
a stench as of a thousand opened graves
Death would be a boon if only it could blot out the memories.
prance雀躍, 歡快地行走and slay ( 【美】【俚】(過去式和過去分詞常作slayed)使大為高興, 使禁不住大笑That clown just slays me. 那小丑真叫我笑死了。
around idol-capped monoliths in lonely places
Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise.
the piecing together of dissociated knowledge
his passing at the age of ninety-two
I felt much averse反對的; 不願意的; 嫌惡的[F][(+t... from showing to other eyes. It
the queer clay bas-relief淺浮雕and the disjointed jottings略記, 草草記下的筆記, ramblings, and cuttings which I found
It seemed to be a sort of monster, or symbol representing a monster
shockingly frightful
comments on long-surviving secret societies and hidden cults
The cuttings largely alluded to outré超出常規的 mental illness and outbreaks of group folly or mania in the spring of 1925.
Wilcox was a precocious早熟的, 早成的youth of known genius but great eccentricity,
He called himself "psychically hypersensitive"
stilted誇張的; 矯揉造作的manner
verbatim逐字的(地)
ooze
sinister
with scientific minuteness
ignorant of any cult or system of cryptic隱祕的lore(有關某一學科的)全部知識; 傳說
delirium精神錯亂, 說胡話[U][C]
lumbered笨重地移動about
account for my continued distrust of the artist
with leanings toward theosophy and occultism
a dire可怕的; 悲慘的future
problems for expert solution.
a commonplace-looking middle-aged man
infinitely more diabolic than even the blackest of the African voodoo circles
the erratic古怪的; 乖僻的and unbelievable tales extorted from the captured members
was scarcely prepared for the sensation which his offering created
throw the assembled men of science into a state of tense excitement
a monster of vaguely anthropoid (猿等)似人類的; 類人的outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers觸角; 觸鬚[P], a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind.
cephalopod頭足綱（學名：Cephalopoda）是軟體動物門的一個綱(A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan phylum Cephalopoda, eg. Inkfish, octopus )
baffling令人困惑的, 難對付的; 難解的
old and unhallowed cycles of life in which our world and our conceptions have no part.
the members severally各自地shook their heads and confessed defeat at the Inspector's problem
who presently told with some diffidence缺乏自信, 懦怯; 羞怯[U] of the odd trifle he knew
angekok or wizard-priest
began at once to ply不斷使用; 不斷給; 不斷問; 不斷做his informant with questions.
hellish rituals
mongrel雜種狗; 雜種動物; 雜交植物
savoured給...加調味品; 使有風味of the wildest dreams of myth-maker and theosophist,
There are vocal qualities peculiar to men, and vocal qualities peculiar to beasts
Sime or an Angarola (Anthony Angarola (1893-1929[1]) was an American painter, printmaker, and art instructor. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since he was an Italian immigrant himself, his work focused on people who struggled to adapt to a foreign culture)
Void of clothing
the prisoners all proved to be men of a very low, mixed-blooded, and mentally aberrant偏離正道的, 脫離常軌的type
manifest顯然的, 明白的, 清楚的
There was a secret which even torture could not extract.
mestizo混血兒(尤指拉丁民族與印第安族的)
theosophists
There had been aeons when other Things ruled on the earth
They had, indeed, come themselves from the stars, and brought Their images with Them.
The spells that preserved them intact完整無缺的; 原封不動的; 未受損傷的[F] likewise prevented Them from making an initial move, and They could only lie awake in the dark and think whilst uncounted millions of years rolled by.
sepulchres墳墓, 墓穴
Necronomicon (The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound",[1] written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City".[2] Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.) of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred
historic affiliations of the cult
charlatanry吹牛; 騙子行為; 庸醫之行為and imposture
Esquimaux diabolists and mongrel Louisianans
flaunts炫耀, 誇示
stuccoed【建】用灰泥粉飾過的
Arthur Machen
unkempt未梳理的, 蓬亂的; 不整潔的
probing查究; 調查[(+for/into)]
They and their subconscious residuum had influenced his art profoundly
The youth was of a type, at once slightly affected and slightly ill-mannered, which I could never like
I took leave of him amicably, and wish him all the success his talent promises.
at times I had visions of personal fame from researches into its origin and connections
I now heard so graphically at first-hand
on the track of a very real, very secret, and very ancient religion
My attitude was still one of absolute materialism
have come to sinister ears
If heaven ever wishes to grant me a boon恩惠
portentous預兆的, 預示的; 影響未來的Its consequences were historically portentous. 其後果具有重大的歷史影響。凶兆的, 不祥的; 令人畏懼的, 令人驚訝的; 自命不凡的, 矜持的
It read as follows:
all profess complete bafflement
after recovering his senses
peremptorily決定性地; 獨斷地; 橫蠻地; 斷然地
abhorrent
is queerly reticent無言的; 沈默的; 謹慎的; 抑制的 about this part of his story
but what a train of ideas it started in my mind!
lapsed suddenly into delirium
emerged unharmed from the bondage of strange fever
tottering on the brink of cosmic horrors beyond man's power to bear
monstrous menace威脅, 恐嚇[C][U][(+to)]
Waterfront scum was far too common for special mention
after a perfunctory敷衍的, 馬虎的; 得過且過的and inconclusive questioning at Sydney
balefully災難性地 exquisite workmanship
knocked with palpitant heart
Gustaf Johansen was no more.
He had not long survived his return, said his wife, for the doings at sea in 1925 had broken him.
I now felt gnawing (折磨人的; 令人痛苦的gnawing anxiety 折磨人的煩惱 )at my vitals that dark terror which will never leave me till I, too, am at rest; "accidentally" or otherwise.
I cannot attempt to transcribe it verbatim in all its cloudiness and redundance
thank God
abominable
poignantly
miasma沼氣; 臭氣
the geometry of the place was all wrong
He climbed interminably無限地; 冗長地; 漫無止境地along the grotesque stone moulding
tenebrousness陰沈
gibbous【天】凸圓的sky
two perished of pure fright in that accursed instant
eldritch怪異的; 可怕的
mountainous monstrosity怪物; 巨人; 可怕的東西
floundering掙扎
charnel陰森森的; 藏骸所; 埋葬場所
a stench as of a thousand opened graves
Death would be a boon if only it could blot out the memories.
prance雀躍, 歡快地行走and slay ( 【美】【俚】(過去式和過去分詞常作slayed)使大為高興, 使禁不住大笑That clown just slays me. 那小丑真叫我笑死了。
around idol-capped monoliths in lonely places
Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise.
THE ALCHEMIST - H.P. Lovecraft
gnarled (樹乾、樹枝)多瘤的; 多節的trees
battlements碉堡上的城垛
turrets角塔, 塔樓
a pride of name that forbids its alleviation by the pursuits of commercial life
tell a gloomy tale of fallen grandeur
the wild ravines溝壑, 深谷[C] and grottos洞穴, 石室of the hillside below
parapets (陽臺、橋邊等的)低矮擋牆或欄杆, 女兒牆
my care and education devolved被轉移, 被移交[(+on/upon)] solely upon one remaining servitor
excluding me from the society of the peasant children
my noble birth placed me above association with such plebeian (古羅馬的)平民, 庶民; 百姓, 普通人; 粗俗的人 company
I spent the hours of my childhood in poring鑽研, 熟讀over the ancient tomes that filled the shadow-haunted library of the chateau
It was perhaps an effect of such surroundings that my mind early acquired a shade of melancholy. Those studies and pursuits which partake帶有某種性質(或特徵)[(+of)] of the dark and occult in nature most strongly claimed my attention.
to piece together disconnected fragments of discourse
impregnable攻不破的, 難以攻陷的; 堅不可摧的
This pair, shunned躲開, 避開, 迴避by all honest folk, were suspected of the most hideous practices.
Yet through the dark natures of the father and son ran one redeeming ray of humanity; the evil old man loved his offspring with fierce intensity, whilst the youth had for his parent a more than filial affection.
the lowly abode of the alchemist
pronounced in dull yet terrible accents the curse
Godfrey, innocent cause of the whole tragedy
seigneur封建領主; 莊園主; 爵爺
I delved探究, 鑽研; 搜索deeper and deeper into the mysteries of the hidden world of black magic.
endeavor to find a spell, that would release my house from its terrible burden.
old Pierre was called to the land beyond (died)
in my utter solitude my mind began to cease its vain protest against the impending doom,
become almost reconciled to the fate
which in youth fear had caused me to shun
Cobwebs in a profusion never before seen by me were spun everywhere
I was resolved at least that it should not find me a cowardly or a passive victim.
I came upon the culminating達到最高點; 達到高潮; 告終
at the foot of the last staircase
impeded妨礙, 阻礙; 阻止my journey
sputter發劈啪聲
repellent令人厭惡的; 令人反感的[(+to)]
fell to my experience one of the most profound and maddening shocks capable of reception by the human mind.
My immediate sensations were incapable of analysis.
produced in my brain a horror of the most acute description.
his hands, long, claw-like, and gnarled (手、指)粗糙的,
profound in expression of understanding, yet inhuman in degree of wickedness. These were now fixed upon me, piercing my soul with their hatred
the wrong perpetrated做(壞事); 犯(罪) by my ancestor
his vengeful curse
Prompted by some preserving instinct of self-defense
averted避開, 移開 f
those words which have ever afterward haunted my days and nights
battlements碉堡上的城垛
turrets角塔, 塔樓
a pride of name that forbids its alleviation by the pursuits of commercial life
tell a gloomy tale of fallen grandeur
the wild ravines溝壑, 深谷[C] and grottos洞穴, 石室of the hillside below
parapets (陽臺、橋邊等的)低矮擋牆或欄杆, 女兒牆
my care and education devolved被轉移, 被移交[(+on/upon)] solely upon one remaining servitor
excluding me from the society of the peasant children
my noble birth placed me above association with such plebeian (古羅馬的)平民, 庶民; 百姓, 普通人; 粗俗的人 company
I spent the hours of my childhood in poring鑽研, 熟讀over the ancient tomes that filled the shadow-haunted library of the chateau
It was perhaps an effect of such surroundings that my mind early acquired a shade of melancholy. Those studies and pursuits which partake帶有某種性質(或特徵)[(+of)] of the dark and occult in nature most strongly claimed my attention.
to piece together disconnected fragments of discourse
impregnable攻不破的, 難以攻陷的; 堅不可摧的
This pair, shunned躲開, 避開, 迴避by all honest folk, were suspected of the most hideous practices.
Yet through the dark natures of the father and son ran one redeeming ray of humanity; the evil old man loved his offspring with fierce intensity, whilst the youth had for his parent a more than filial affection.
the lowly abode of the alchemist
pronounced in dull yet terrible accents the curse
Godfrey, innocent cause of the whole tragedy
seigneur封建領主; 莊園主; 爵爺
I delved探究, 鑽研; 搜索deeper and deeper into the mysteries of the hidden world of black magic.
endeavor to find a spell, that would release my house from its terrible burden.
old Pierre was called to the land beyond (died)
in my utter solitude my mind began to cease its vain protest against the impending doom,
become almost reconciled to the fate
which in youth fear had caused me to shun
Cobwebs in a profusion never before seen by me were spun everywhere
I was resolved at least that it should not find me a cowardly or a passive victim.
I came upon the culminating達到最高點; 達到高潮; 告終
at the foot of the last staircase
impeded妨礙, 阻礙; 阻止my journey
sputter發劈啪聲
repellent令人厭惡的; 令人反感的[(+to)]
fell to my experience one of the most profound and maddening shocks capable of reception by the human mind.
My immediate sensations were incapable of analysis.
produced in my brain a horror of the most acute description.
his hands, long, claw-like, and gnarled (手、指)粗糙的,
profound in expression of understanding, yet inhuman in degree of wickedness. These were now fixed upon me, piercing my soul with their hatred
the wrong perpetrated做(壞事); 犯(罪) by my ancestor
his vengeful curse
Prompted by some preserving instinct of self-defense
averted避開, 移開 f
those words which have ever afterward haunted my days and nights
Dagon - H.P. Lovecraft
Dagon: 大袞是閃米特人的一個主要的神，司農業，由早期阿摩利人所崇拜。祂的形狀是一個披著魚皮的男人，是非利士人的眾神之首，被古代以色列人視為魔鬼。Chief God of the Philistines 聖經183 OLD TESTAMENT, 上半身是人, 下半身是魚Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.
Origin: < Latin < Greek < Hebrew dāghōn
supercargo【商】貨物管理員
Never a competent navigator
mire泥沼; 污泥
undulations (水面等的)波動; 小浪
there was in the air and in the rotting soil a sinister quality which chilled me to the very core
The region was putrid腐敗的; 放出惡臭的with the carcasses of decaying fish
oppressed me with a nauseating fear.
under unfathomable深不可測的watery depths
As the day progressed
I was too much concerned with graver things to mind so slight an evil
I was awake in a cold perspiration
Such visions as I had experienced were too much for me to endure again
I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.
Through my terror ran curious reminiscences of Paradise Lost, and of Satan's hideous climb through the unfashioned realms of darkness.
Ledges and outcroppings of rock afforded fairly easy foot-holds for a descen
Urged on by an impulse which I cannot definitely analyse
Stygian冥河的; 地獄的; 陰沈的deeps
contour輪廓; 輪廓線and position were not altogether the work of Nature
A closer scrutiny filled me with sensations I cannot express
Dazed and frightened, yet not without a certain thrill of the scientist's or archaeologist's delight, I examined my surroundings more closely.
The moon, now near the zenith【天】天頂[the S]
inscriptions and crude sculptures
hold me spellbound
would have excited the envy of Doré (Paul Gustave Doré (French pronunciation: [pɔl ɡystav dɔʁe]; January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor.)
Of their faces and forms I dare not speak in detail; for the mere remembrance makes me grow faint.
Grotesque beyond the imagination of a Poe or a Bulwer(Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed",[1] "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", as well as the famous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night".[2] He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction.)
they were damnably human in general outline despite webbed蜘蛛網狀的; 張有蜘蛛網的; 有蹼的 hands and feet, shockingly wide and flabby lips, glassy, bulging eyes, and other features less pleasant to recall
Awestruck at this unexpected glimpse into a past
I heard peals of thunder and other tones which Nature utters only in her wildest moods.
enthnologist人種學者, 民族學者
I tried morphine; but the drug has given only transient surcease暫停; 停歇; 停止, 中止
Origin: < Latin < Greek < Hebrew dāghōn
supercargo【商】貨物管理員
Never a competent navigator
mire泥沼; 污泥
undulations (水面等的)波動; 小浪
there was in the air and in the rotting soil a sinister quality which chilled me to the very core
The region was putrid腐敗的; 放出惡臭的with the carcasses of decaying fish
oppressed me with a nauseating fear.
under unfathomable深不可測的watery depths
As the day progressed
I was too much concerned with graver things to mind so slight an evil
I was awake in a cold perspiration
Such visions as I had experienced were too much for me to endure again
I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.
Through my terror ran curious reminiscences of Paradise Lost, and of Satan's hideous climb through the unfashioned realms of darkness.
Ledges and outcroppings of rock afforded fairly easy foot-holds for a descen
Urged on by an impulse which I cannot definitely analyse
Stygian冥河的; 地獄的; 陰沈的deeps
contour輪廓; 輪廓線and position were not altogether the work of Nature
A closer scrutiny filled me with sensations I cannot express
Dazed and frightened, yet not without a certain thrill of the scientist's or archaeologist's delight, I examined my surroundings more closely.
The moon, now near the zenith【天】天頂[the S]
inscriptions and crude sculptures
hold me spellbound
would have excited the envy of Doré (Paul Gustave Doré (French pronunciation: [pɔl ɡystav dɔʁe]; January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor.)
Of their faces and forms I dare not speak in detail; for the mere remembrance makes me grow faint.
Grotesque beyond the imagination of a Poe or a Bulwer(Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed",[1] "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", as well as the famous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night".[2] He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction.)
they were damnably human in general outline despite webbed蜘蛛網狀的; 張有蜘蛛網的; 有蹼的 hands and feet, shockingly wide and flabby lips, glassy, bulging eyes, and other features less pleasant to recall
Awestruck at this unexpected glimpse into a past
I heard peals of thunder and other tones which Nature utters only in her wildest moods.
enthnologist人種學者, 民族學者
I tried morphine; but the drug has given only transient surcease暫停; 停歇; 停止, 中止
IN THE VAULT - H.P. Lovecraft
undertaker (承擔者, 承辦人; 承辦喪葬者, 殯儀業者)
calloused無情的
Birch was lax不嚴格的; 馬馬虎虎的, insensitive, and professionally undesirable; yet I still think he was not an evil man.
liquorish講究吃的
The undertaker grew doubly lethargic瞌睡的; 愛睡的in the bitter weather
flimsier脆弱的; 易損壞的; 輕薄的and ungainlier caskets
nonchalant漠不關心的; 若無其事
nonagenarian九十多歲的人
fateful重大的; 決定命運的
To him Birch had felt no compunction良心的責備; 悔恨; 內疚in assigning分配, 分派the carelessly made coffin which he now pushed out of the way in his quest for the Fenner casket.
The narrow transom【美】楣窗; 氣窗; 橫檔; 橫楣; 過樑; 橫樑admitted only the feeblest of rays
recalcitrant反抗的; 頑強的; 不聽話的
a victim of his own oversight
His day's work was sadly interrupted,
The air had begun to be exceedingly unwholesome不衛生的; 不健康的; 有害身心的
tenebrous陰暗的; 黑暗的
tenacity固執; 堅持, 頑強, 不屈不撓
impending即將發生的; 逼近的; 迫在眉切的
his form had the indolent stoutness of early middle age
poignantly令人辛酸地;深刻地, 強烈地;尖刻地
in his ghastly【口】極壞的, 糟透的; 令人不快的; 可怕的, 恐怖的situation
In another moment he knew fear for the first time that night
in his mind was a vortex of fright mixed with an unquenchable materialism
the emerging moon must have witnessed a horrible sight
he sought to drain from the weakened undertaker every least detail of his horrible experience.
diminutive小的, 微小的Fenner
He always remained lame跛腳的, 瘸的, for the great tendons had been severed; but I think the greatest lameness was in his soul. His thinking processes, once so phlegmatic and logical, had become ineffaceably scarred
He changed his business, but something always preyed upon him.
His drinking, of course, only aggravated what it was meant to alleviate.
Steeled使像鋼; 使堅強, 使下決心by old ordeals in dissecting rooms
He was the devil incarnate
skimp(及物動詞:捨不得給; 克扣; 對...不夠用心; 不及物動詞: 克儉, 節省;不夠用心)
Birch, but you got what you deserved.
The skull turned my stomach, but the other was worse--those ankles cut neatly off to fit Matt Fenner's cast-aside拋棄coffin!"
calloused無情的
Birch was lax不嚴格的; 馬馬虎虎的, insensitive, and professionally undesirable; yet I still think he was not an evil man.
liquorish講究吃的
The undertaker grew doubly lethargic瞌睡的; 愛睡的in the bitter weather
flimsier脆弱的; 易損壞的; 輕薄的and ungainlier caskets
nonchalant漠不關心的; 若無其事
nonagenarian九十多歲的人
fateful重大的; 決定命運的
To him Birch had felt no compunction良心的責備; 悔恨; 內疚in assigning分配, 分派the carelessly made coffin which he now pushed out of the way in his quest for the Fenner casket.
The narrow transom【美】楣窗; 氣窗; 橫檔; 橫楣; 過樑; 橫樑admitted only the feeblest of rays
recalcitrant反抗的; 頑強的; 不聽話的
a victim of his own oversight
His day's work was sadly interrupted,
The air had begun to be exceedingly unwholesome不衛生的; 不健康的; 有害身心的
tenebrous陰暗的; 黑暗的
tenacity固執; 堅持, 頑強, 不屈不撓
impending即將發生的; 逼近的; 迫在眉切的
his form had the indolent stoutness of early middle age
poignantly令人辛酸地;深刻地, 強烈地;尖刻地
in his ghastly【口】極壞的, 糟透的; 令人不快的; 可怕的, 恐怖的situation
In another moment he knew fear for the first time that night
in his mind was a vortex of fright mixed with an unquenchable materialism
the emerging moon must have witnessed a horrible sight
he sought to drain from the weakened undertaker every least detail of his horrible experience.
diminutive小的, 微小的Fenner
He always remained lame跛腳的, 瘸的, for the great tendons had been severed; but I think the greatest lameness was in his soul. His thinking processes, once so phlegmatic and logical, had become ineffaceably scarred
He changed his business, but something always preyed upon him.
His drinking, of course, only aggravated what it was meant to alleviate.
Steeled使像鋼; 使堅強, 使下決心by old ordeals in dissecting rooms
He was the devil incarnate
skimp(及物動詞:捨不得給; 克扣; 對...不夠用心; 不及物動詞: 克儉, 節省;不夠用心)
Birch, but you got what you deserved.
The skull turned my stomach, but the other was worse--those ankles cut neatly off to fit Matt Fenner's cast-aside拋棄coffin!"
Memoirs of a Geisha --- Arthur Golden
made a career of entertaining men
i suppose i would have grasped at 抓, 緊握; 抱; 攫取 anything that offered me comfort
He grasped at every opportunity. 他抓住每一個機會。
Shecradled me in her lap at the edge of the clearing
was more than i could bear
She's the year of the cow
and i burst into tears myself the moment i saw her upset
unlike her clothing, the woman herself wasn't lovely at all. Her teeth protruded so badly that her lips didn't quite cover them.
you may think me cruel to describe her so harshly
while i tried my best to soothe myself with these thoughts
Back then, around 1930
I worked up my courage and said to Mr. Bekku, "Won't you please tell us where we're going?"
the young buck-toothed geisha
obi (日本婦女和服上的寬腰帶)
Gion (袛園) (Geisha District of Kyoto)
Okiya (置屋) (It's where geisha live)
I've never been good at the sight of blood
In the corner of his mouth was a giant mole like a piece of food
her silk change purse (省子包)
in her geisha days she'd used a kind of white makeup we call "China Clay", made with a base of lead
astonishing-looking woman
shamisen (a 3-stringed Japanese musical instruement 三味線) (The body is just a little wooden box with cat skin stretched over the top like a drum)
the students practiced in unison
Maybe you're too just too pretty yourself to be able to see it elsewhere
When a geisha wakes up in the morningshe is just like any other woman. Her face may be greasy from sleep, and her breath unpleasant.
this cream was made from nightingale droppings
I was sick with jealousy and shame
The Japanese man, as a rule, feel about a woman's neck and throat the same way that men in the West might feel about a woman's legs. This is why geisha wear the collars of their kimono so low in the back that the first few bumps of the spine are visible.
I felt miserable with envy, watching her
Hatsumomo had the power to make my life miserable in any way she wanted
The collection of kimono was probably twice as valuable as the entire villages of Yoroido and Senzuru put together.
She may have been as cruel as a spider, but she was more lovely chewing on her fingernail than most geisha looked posing for a photograph
futon蒲團
You don't reall think anyone is empty-headed enough to believe your little story.
her breath had a pungent odor when she spoke
Of course you'll do whatever I want you to do. That isn't even a subject for discussion!
just the thought of seeing her again was enough to bring tears to my eyes.
sold her into slavery when she was a little girl
Couldn't the wrong sort of living trun anyone mean?
If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.
beating me halfheartedly as she had before
I was sick with anxiety, and felt a pit inside myself as big and empty as if the whole world were nothing more than a giant hall empty of people.
the embarrassing sound of Granny passing wind with a groan
I was left where i'd stared with nothing but my own loneliness.
My hands were trembling in my lap as I knelt at the table, probably from the force of trying to keep all my terrible thoughts from rising to the surface of my mind.
at once my mind felt like a broken vase that would not stand. I was lost even within the room around me.
Mr. Tanaka had brought me nothing but suffering; but he also changed my horizons forever.
I was living only half in Gion; the other half of me lived in my dreams of going home. This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: tjeu smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes consume us comletely.
of course we can never flee the misery that is within us.
to look a bit womanly
my body would remain thin and knobby 多節的, 多疙瘩的
The past was gone.
But I suppose that for the past year I'd been dead in a way too.
I'd turned around to look in a different direction, so that i no longer faced backward toward the past, but forward toward the future.
the other young girls in Gion would move ahead in their lives and leave me behind
I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by
He was looking at me as a musician might look at his instrument just before he begins to play, with understanding and mastery
I'm sure my words carried none of fullness of my feelings
I mean to say that if you have experienced an evening more exciting than any in your life, you're sad to see it end; and yet you still feel grateful that it happened.
Now I understood the thing I'd overlooked; the point wasn't to become a geisha, but to be one. To become a geisha...well, that was hardly a purpose in life. But to be a geisha... i could see it now as a stepping stone to something else.
in Shinto, death is the most impure of all the things that can happen
sutra佛經
Heian period (The Heian period (平安時代) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.[1] The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height. The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature. Although the Imperial House of Japan had power on the surface, the real power was in the hands of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful aristocratic family who had intermarried with the imperial family. Many emperors actually had mothers from the Fujiwara family.[2] Heian (平安?) means "peace and tranquility" in Japanese.)
and i'm afraid my eyes and my mind weren't communicating well
in rich talc scent (滑石粉; 爽身粉)
He was my bohisattva (佛教用語)菩薩with a thousand arms who would help me.
my whole body was damp with perspiration
the great master of the setoguro style of ceramics who became a Living National Treasure in the years after WWII
looked at me with a benign expression on her perfect, oval face.
had been treated monstrously by Hatsumomo.
She can't bear to have rivals.
For in an instant Mameha seemed able to read my very thought
It's been more than two years now. I've waited so patiently in the hopes that some opportunity might come along.
Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about.
I'm sure you're a clever girl, Chiyo, but I don't think that was your cleverest moment. Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us.
I'd certainly learned a great many lessons from life already; but I knew nothing at all about patience.
I worked so hard to overhear Mameha and Mother that it wouldn't have surprised me if i had strained all the muscles in my ears.
remained motionless
It's heartbreaking, the choices people are forced to make in these times.
She'd be thrilled to see you fail.
a facade表面; 外觀
Her honesty was all a facade. 她的誠實只是一種表面現象。
The tea itself is made from tea leaves ground into a powder and then whisked with boiled water into a frothy green mix we call matcha
You see, stage fright drains the feeling from your hands; and when you've already grown accustomed to playing with hands that are numbed and miserable, stage fright presents much less of a problem.
She gave me a pitiful glance
When I say successful, i mean a geisha who has earned her independence.
danna
A true geisha will never soil her reputation by making herself avaliable to men on a nightly basis.
but the real money in Gion gomes from having a danna
In damaging her relationship with the mistress, Hatsumomo had hurt no one so much as herself
In most cases the bond will probably last six monts or so, perhaps longer --- because of course, men tire so quickly of the same thing.
You may have heard something about the famous geisha Mametsuki, who had an affair with the prime minister of Japan shortly before World War I and casued something of a scandal.
She poured sake for the great German writer Thomas Mann... as well as Charlie Chaplin, and Sun Yat-sen, and later Ernest Hemingway
luminaries傑出人物; 才智出眾的人
If you look around at the most successful geisha in Gion, every one of them is a dancer.
Hatsumomo had duped欺騙, 詐騙, 愚弄 her.
I was certainly as determined as anyone to work single-mindedly until I reached my goal.
nothing in life mattered more to me than pleasing him.
I felt sick with disappointment and jealousy
babyish face
with an expression that seemed to say she was very sorry for the way thngs had turned out.
lacquered umbrellas
she understood well that she owed her exalted position to the people who thought highly of her
A girl with a stunning profile will never accidentally give a man the wrong message with it
Then as she neared me her eyes rose to meet mine for just an instant, and very quickly looked away. I must say, i felt an electric jolt; if i'd been a man, i would have thought she'd given herself over very briefly to strong feelings she was struggling to hide.
finding auspicious dates for all the various events that would lead up to my debut --- such as going to the shrine to announce my intentions to the gods
I didn't sleep at all that night. What i had wanted for so long had finally come to pass, and oh, how my stomach churned!
how completely the landscape of my mind had changed.
on the eve of my debut
which i've mentioned
Looking back on it
Dandruff is a great problem among geisha
how provocative the 'split peach' hairstyle really is!
I felt I was someone to be taken seriously; not a girl anymore
go through the ordeal
thanked me for having granted me the wish i'd pleaded for three and a half years earlier, that i should become a geisha.
novice geisha Sayuri
I felt that this new girl, Sayuri, with her gleaming white face and her red lips, had destroyed her.
to act prissy拘謹的
A man is interested in only one thing
I drew my sleeve out of the way enough to show my arm without being too obvious what i was doing.
decrepit衰老的
Now i had to try walking all around Gion in the shoes we call okobo. They're quite tall and made of wood, with lovely lacquered thongs to hold the foot in place.
and now at last my turn had come
So i swallowed my real feelings and followed her up the street.
She always has the best of everything, you know. Just look at her and you can tell
Mameha made a mock-angry face
I wasn't being prim (裝作淑女模樣)
the beautiful tinkling發叮噹聲 sound
I was finding it difficult to believe that these men --- who had paid so considerably to be there, among women wrapped in beautiful, expensive robes - really wanted to hear the same sorts of stories children back in the pond in Yoroido might have told.
in her novitiate
was the one woman i would hae given anything to avoid
""Let's see, where was I? Hatsumomo began. "Oh, yes. Well..."
like a bug on its back
"i'm fourteen, ma'am," I told her, just as politely as i could. "But i'm an old fourteen."
with his thin hair oiled back and his fingersstroking a sake cup in anger
But to see her swallowing so nervously, I could tell she was lying.
But when i thought of its real purpose as I listened to his stories, it ceased to be beautiful at all and became something monstrous instead.
Mameha was very resourceful
beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy
Hatsumomo and Pumpkin will noth pay dearly for this apprentice's award
who every day sinks deeper and deeper into a pit
I turned away from the Chairman with as much difficulty as a hungry child turns away from a plate of food.
it was one of my first efforts at joking with a man
to my astonishment
she's just been thrown off-balance herself. And she won't even find it out until it's too late.
He may just prove to be your rescuer.
I must admit i felt a sickness inside when i heard this. If i was to have a rescuer, i wanted it to be the Chairman and no one else.
But in a moment I understood that she was trying to "lance the boil," as she'd put it.
I went to settle myslef near him and tried to show all the signs of a girl enchanted. Whenever he laughed, for example, i flicked my eyes toward him as though i couldn't resist.
She was captivatingly beautiful
I'd planned to reach into his lap and reclaim it with girlish embarrassment.
It turned out that shortly after we'd visited him, his cat had been bitten by a badger 【動】獾[C]and within a few days was dead from infection
sent me off chaperoned by her maid, Tatsumi
When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.
Things went along smoothly with the Doctor, until one afternoon in the middle of March when i did something foolish and very nearly ruined all Mameha's careful planning.
I kept my face like a mask, and felt pleased with myself that i'd given nothing away.
Hatsumomo had outsmarted us somehow.
I'm sure Mameha felt as shocked as i did, but she didn't show it.
The Shirae's gloomy atmosphere seemed as thick as the water in a pond that night.
"the homeless eel"
And when they've made up their minds that it's comfortable, they mark the cave as their territory ... by spitting.
"The first time a woman's cave is explored by a man's eel. That is what we call mizuage."
Except for what he needs to support his family, he spends it in the pursuit of mizuage.
whose every thought was about money and how to get more of it
Once you know this sort of thing, you can never unknow it.
a noodle vendor
we ended up in an embrace
he was renowned in Gion as a "mizuage specialist"
Pumpkin's upcoming adoption
a kind of sweet-rice cake we call ekubo,
i suppose i would have grasped at 抓, 緊握; 抱; 攫取 anything that offered me comfort
He grasped at every opportunity. 他抓住每一個機會。
Shecradled me in her lap at the edge of the clearing
was more than i could bear
She's the year of the cow
and i burst into tears myself the moment i saw her upset
unlike her clothing, the woman herself wasn't lovely at all. Her teeth protruded so badly that her lips didn't quite cover them.
you may think me cruel to describe her so harshly
while i tried my best to soothe myself with these thoughts
Back then, around 1930
I worked up my courage and said to Mr. Bekku, "Won't you please tell us where we're going?"
the young buck-toothed geisha
obi (日本婦女和服上的寬腰帶)
Gion (袛園) (Geisha District of Kyoto)
Okiya (置屋) (It's where geisha live)
I've never been good at the sight of blood
In the corner of his mouth was a giant mole like a piece of food
her silk change purse (省子包)
in her geisha days she'd used a kind of white makeup we call "China Clay", made with a base of lead
astonishing-looking woman
shamisen (a 3-stringed Japanese musical instruement 三味線) (The body is just a little wooden box with cat skin stretched over the top like a drum)
the students practiced in unison
Maybe you're too just too pretty yourself to be able to see it elsewhere
When a geisha wakes up in the morningshe is just like any other woman. Her face may be greasy from sleep, and her breath unpleasant.
this cream was made from nightingale droppings
I was sick with jealousy and shame
The Japanese man, as a rule, feel about a woman's neck and throat the same way that men in the West might feel about a woman's legs. This is why geisha wear the collars of their kimono so low in the back that the first few bumps of the spine are visible.
I felt miserable with envy, watching her
Hatsumomo had the power to make my life miserable in any way she wanted
The collection of kimono was probably twice as valuable as the entire villages of Yoroido and Senzuru put together.
She may have been as cruel as a spider, but she was more lovely chewing on her fingernail than most geisha looked posing for a photograph
futon蒲團
You don't reall think anyone is empty-headed enough to believe your little story.
her breath had a pungent odor when she spoke
Of course you'll do whatever I want you to do. That isn't even a subject for discussion!
just the thought of seeing her again was enough to bring tears to my eyes.
sold her into slavery when she was a little girl
Couldn't the wrong sort of living trun anyone mean?
If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.
beating me halfheartedly as she had before
I was sick with anxiety, and felt a pit inside myself as big and empty as if the whole world were nothing more than a giant hall empty of people.
the embarrassing sound of Granny passing wind with a groan
I was left where i'd stared with nothing but my own loneliness.
My hands were trembling in my lap as I knelt at the table, probably from the force of trying to keep all my terrible thoughts from rising to the surface of my mind.
at once my mind felt like a broken vase that would not stand. I was lost even within the room around me.
Mr. Tanaka had brought me nothing but suffering; but he also changed my horizons forever.
I was living only half in Gion; the other half of me lived in my dreams of going home. This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: tjeu smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes consume us comletely.
of course we can never flee the misery that is within us.
to look a bit womanly
my body would remain thin and knobby 多節的, 多疙瘩的
The past was gone.
But I suppose that for the past year I'd been dead in a way too.
I'd turned around to look in a different direction, so that i no longer faced backward toward the past, but forward toward the future.
the other young girls in Gion would move ahead in their lives and leave me behind
I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by
He was looking at me as a musician might look at his instrument just before he begins to play, with understanding and mastery
I'm sure my words carried none of fullness of my feelings
I mean to say that if you have experienced an evening more exciting than any in your life, you're sad to see it end; and yet you still feel grateful that it happened.
Now I understood the thing I'd overlooked; the point wasn't to become a geisha, but to be one. To become a geisha...well, that was hardly a purpose in life. But to be a geisha... i could see it now as a stepping stone to something else.
in Shinto, death is the most impure of all the things that can happen
sutra佛經
Heian period (The Heian period (平安時代) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.[1] The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height. The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature. Although the Imperial House of Japan had power on the surface, the real power was in the hands of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful aristocratic family who had intermarried with the imperial family. Many emperors actually had mothers from the Fujiwara family.[2] Heian (平安?) means "peace and tranquility" in Japanese.)
and i'm afraid my eyes and my mind weren't communicating well
in rich talc scent (滑石粉; 爽身粉)
He was my bohisattva (佛教用語)菩薩with a thousand arms who would help me.
my whole body was damp with perspiration
the great master of the setoguro style of ceramics who became a Living National Treasure in the years after WWII
looked at me with a benign expression on her perfect, oval face.
had been treated monstrously by Hatsumomo.
She can't bear to have rivals.
For in an instant Mameha seemed able to read my very thought
It's been more than two years now. I've waited so patiently in the hopes that some opportunity might come along.
Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about.
I'm sure you're a clever girl, Chiyo, but I don't think that was your cleverest moment. Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us.
I'd certainly learned a great many lessons from life already; but I knew nothing at all about patience.
I worked so hard to overhear Mameha and Mother that it wouldn't have surprised me if i had strained all the muscles in my ears.
remained motionless
It's heartbreaking, the choices people are forced to make in these times.
She'd be thrilled to see you fail.
a facade表面; 外觀
Her honesty was all a facade. 她的誠實只是一種表面現象。
The tea itself is made from tea leaves ground into a powder and then whisked with boiled water into a frothy green mix we call matcha
You see, stage fright drains the feeling from your hands; and when you've already grown accustomed to playing with hands that are numbed and miserable, stage fright presents much less of a problem.
She gave me a pitiful glance
When I say successful, i mean a geisha who has earned her independence.
danna
A true geisha will never soil her reputation by making herself avaliable to men on a nightly basis.
but the real money in Gion gomes from having a danna
In damaging her relationship with the mistress, Hatsumomo had hurt no one so much as herself
In most cases the bond will probably last six monts or so, perhaps longer --- because of course, men tire so quickly of the same thing.
You may have heard something about the famous geisha Mametsuki, who had an affair with the prime minister of Japan shortly before World War I and casued something of a scandal.
She poured sake for the great German writer Thomas Mann... as well as Charlie Chaplin, and Sun Yat-sen, and later Ernest Hemingway
luminaries傑出人物; 才智出眾的人
If you look around at the most successful geisha in Gion, every one of them is a dancer.
Hatsumomo had duped欺騙, 詐騙, 愚弄 her.
I was certainly as determined as anyone to work single-mindedly until I reached my goal.
nothing in life mattered more to me than pleasing him.
I felt sick with disappointment and jealousy
babyish face
with an expression that seemed to say she was very sorry for the way thngs had turned out.
lacquered umbrellas
she understood well that she owed her exalted position to the people who thought highly of her
A girl with a stunning profile will never accidentally give a man the wrong message with it
Then as she neared me her eyes rose to meet mine for just an instant, and very quickly looked away. I must say, i felt an electric jolt; if i'd been a man, i would have thought she'd given herself over very briefly to strong feelings she was struggling to hide.
finding auspicious dates for all the various events that would lead up to my debut --- such as going to the shrine to announce my intentions to the gods
I didn't sleep at all that night. What i had wanted for so long had finally come to pass, and oh, how my stomach churned!
how completely the landscape of my mind had changed.
on the eve of my debut
which i've mentioned
Looking back on it
Dandruff is a great problem among geisha
how provocative the 'split peach' hairstyle really is!
I felt I was someone to be taken seriously; not a girl anymore
go through the ordeal
thanked me for having granted me the wish i'd pleaded for three and a half years earlier, that i should become a geisha.
novice geisha Sayuri
I felt that this new girl, Sayuri, with her gleaming white face and her red lips, had destroyed her.
to act prissy拘謹的
A man is interested in only one thing
I drew my sleeve out of the way enough to show my arm without being too obvious what i was doing.
decrepit衰老的
Now i had to try walking all around Gion in the shoes we call okobo. They're quite tall and made of wood, with lovely lacquered thongs to hold the foot in place.
and now at last my turn had come
So i swallowed my real feelings and followed her up the street.
She always has the best of everything, you know. Just look at her and you can tell
Mameha made a mock-angry face
I wasn't being prim (裝作淑女模樣)
the beautiful tinkling發叮噹聲 sound
I was finding it difficult to believe that these men --- who had paid so considerably to be there, among women wrapped in beautiful, expensive robes - really wanted to hear the same sorts of stories children back in the pond in Yoroido might have told.
in her novitiate
was the one woman i would hae given anything to avoid
""Let's see, where was I? Hatsumomo began. "Oh, yes. Well..."
like a bug on its back
"i'm fourteen, ma'am," I told her, just as politely as i could. "But i'm an old fourteen."
with his thin hair oiled back and his fingersstroking a sake cup in anger
But to see her swallowing so nervously, I could tell she was lying.
But when i thought of its real purpose as I listened to his stories, it ceased to be beautiful at all and became something monstrous instead.
Mameha was very resourceful
beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy
Hatsumomo and Pumpkin will noth pay dearly for this apprentice's award
who every day sinks deeper and deeper into a pit
I turned away from the Chairman with as much difficulty as a hungry child turns away from a plate of food.
it was one of my first efforts at joking with a man
to my astonishment
she's just been thrown off-balance herself. And she won't even find it out until it's too late.
He may just prove to be your rescuer.
I must admit i felt a sickness inside when i heard this. If i was to have a rescuer, i wanted it to be the Chairman and no one else.
But in a moment I understood that she was trying to "lance the boil," as she'd put it.
I went to settle myslef near him and tried to show all the signs of a girl enchanted. Whenever he laughed, for example, i flicked my eyes toward him as though i couldn't resist.
She was captivatingly beautiful
I'd planned to reach into his lap and reclaim it with girlish embarrassment.
It turned out that shortly after we'd visited him, his cat had been bitten by a badger 【動】獾[C]and within a few days was dead from infection
sent me off chaperoned by her maid, Tatsumi
When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.
Things went along smoothly with the Doctor, until one afternoon in the middle of March when i did something foolish and very nearly ruined all Mameha's careful planning.
I kept my face like a mask, and felt pleased with myself that i'd given nothing away.
Hatsumomo had outsmarted us somehow.
I'm sure Mameha felt as shocked as i did, but she didn't show it.
The Shirae's gloomy atmosphere seemed as thick as the water in a pond that night.
"the homeless eel"
And when they've made up their minds that it's comfortable, they mark the cave as their territory ... by spitting.
"The first time a woman's cave is explored by a man's eel. That is what we call mizuage."
Except for what he needs to support his family, he spends it in the pursuit of mizuage.
whose every thought was about money and how to get more of it
Once you know this sort of thing, you can never unknow it.
a noodle vendor
we ended up in an embrace
he was renowned in Gion as a "mizuage specialist"
Pumpkin's upcoming adoption
a kind of sweet-rice cake we call ekubo,
Around the World in Eighty Days
an enigmatical如謎的; 難以理解的personage大人物, 要人
pernicious有害的, 有毒的; 惡性的, 致命的 insects
He was not lavish非常慷慨的; 浪費的, 濫花的, nor, on the contrary, avaricious貪婪的, 貪得無厭的
his taciturn沈默寡言的; 無言的manner
playing whist (類似橋牌的)惠斯特牌戲
Mr. Fogg played, not to win, but for the sake of playing.
The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty, yet a motionless, unwearying struggle, congenial to his tastes.
his sherry, his port, and his cinnamon-spiced claret紅葡萄酒
I quitted France five years ago, and, wishing to taste the sweets of
domestic life, took service as a valet here in England.
you are in my service
"Faith," muttered Passepartout, somewhat flurried慌張的; 激動的, "I've seen people at Madame Tussaud's as lively as my new master!"
a man about forty years of age
physiognomists人相學者; 相士
"repose in action," a quality of those who act rather than talk
Calm and phlegmatic鎮定的
Phileas Fogg was, indeed, exactitude personified
outside of every social relation
serviceable【古】樂於助人的
His eyes were blue, his complexion rubicund透紅的; 紅潤的, his figure almost portly【婉】【幽】肥胖的; 個頭大的and well-built, his body muscular, and his physical powers fully developed by the exercises of his younger days.
turn out as absolutely methodical辦事有條不紊的; 講究方法的; 有條理的; 秩序井然的as his master required
he found his masters invariably whimsical反覆無常的and irregular,
constantly running about the country, or on the look-out for adventure.
Passepartout, desirous of respecting the gentleman whom he served, ventured a mild remonstrance抗議; 進諫; 告誡 on such conduct; which, being ill-received, he took his leave.
home overnight, he felt sure that this would be the place he was after.
He presented himself, and was accepted, as has been seen.
must have been a very temple of disorder and unrest under the illustrious著名的, 傑出的, 卓越的but dissipated沈迷於酒色的; 閒遊浪蕩的Sheridan
What a domestic and regular gentleman!
an imposing壯觀的; 氣勢宏偉的; 莊嚴的; 給人深刻印象的edifice in Pall
Mall (a street in the City of Westminster, London, and parallel to The Mall, from St. James's Street across Waterloo Place to the Haymarket; while Pall Mall East continues into Trafalgar Square.)
His breakfast consisted of a side-dish, a broiled fish with Reading sauce, a scarlet slice of roast beef garnished裝飾; 添加配菜於with mushrooms, a rhubarb and gooseberry tart, and a morsel of Cheshire cheese, the whole being washed down with several cups of tea, for which the Reform is famous.
a fellow who makes off (To depart in haste; run away) with fifty-five thousand pounds
functionary (尤指政府, 政黨等的)官員; 公務員
who must be a shrewd精明的; 狡猾的fellow
"But that doesn't take into account bad weather, contrary
winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on."
pillage搶劫, 掠奪the luggage-vans, and scalp欺騙, 劫奪the passengers!"
"All included," calmly retorted反駁, 回嘴說Fogg
Phileas Fogg preserved a stoical堅忍的; 禁慾的composure
they had some scruples顧慮, 顧忌, 良心上的不安about betting under conditions so difficult to their friend
mournfully asked for alms施舍(物), 救濟(品); 施舍金
his master's action touched his susceptible易被感動的, 易動感情的; 多情的heart.
snugly暖和舒適地, 安適地ensconced安頓/置好的; 安居的in his corner
not yet recovered from his stupefaction
mental aberration【醫】精神錯亂; 心理失常of its proposer.
could he rely beyond misgiving擔憂, 不安, 疑慮[C][P1] upon accomplishing his task?
The effect of this dispatch派遣; 發送; 快遞was instantaneous.
it betrayed (無意中)暴露, 顯示, feature by feature, the description
of the robber which had been provided to the police
We don't often have such windfalls意外的收穫; 意外之財, 橫財.
The minarets清真寺的尖塔of the town loomed隱約地出現; 陰森地逼近above the houses in the pale rays of the sun.
her gigantic hull船身; 船殼appeared
after vigorously pushing his way through the importunate纏擾不休的; 討厭的; 強求的crowd of porters
"Oh, is that necessary?"
"Quite indispensable必不可少的, 必需的[(+to/for)]."
I hope you will not visa在(護照等)上簽證 the passport.
Ah, that's your lookout 【口】關心的事; 擔心的事[C] (That's your lookout. 那是你自己的事。)
repaired去 to the quay
Mr. Fogg always knew whether he was behind-hand遲的; 慢的or in advance of his time.
chatting volubly喋喋不休地; 口若懸河地
cogitating仔細考慮; 謀劃a project
quite recovered his equanimity平靜; 鎮定
I have spotted my man.
He passes himself off消失as an odd stick
THE RED SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN PROVE PROPITIOUS吉祥的, 吉利的, 順利的; 有利的; 適合的TO THE DESIGNS OF PHILEAS FOGG
the Sepoy (英國殖民印度時代)英國陸軍隊中的印度兵troops
the ladies scrupulously小心翼翼地; 多顧慮地changed their toilets twice a day
the Red Sea is full of caprice多變; 反覆無常; 怪念頭[C][U], and often boisterous狂暴的, 猛烈的
the disorderly raging of the billows巨浪, 波濤
force the Mongolia to slacken減緩; 減弱her speed
the ancient navigators never ventured without propitiating撫慰; 勸解; 取悅the gods by ample sacrifices.
indefatigably不厭倦地; 不屈不撓地
consoled himself with the delusion that his master's whim奇想, 怪念頭; 幻想; 突然的念頭, 一時的興致would end at Bombay
the obliging樂於助人的; 有禮貌的 person
"If I am not mistaken," said he, "…"
Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs苦行者, pagodas (東方寺院的)塔; (公園等的)涼亭, tigers, snakes, elephants!
a man of sound sense ought not to spend his life jumping from a steamer upon a railway train, and from a railway train upon a steamer again, pretending to make the tour of the world in eighty days!
he hasn't the least curiosity
which Passepartout never failed to accept with graceful alacrity樂意, 欣然, mentally pronouncing Fix the best of good fellows
The visa procured (努力)取得, 獲得; 採辦; 為...獲...
The Mongolia slowly moved out of the roadstead【海】(開放)錨地; (港外)停泊處
On the Indian Ocean
Passepartout was enchanted with the congenial意氣相投的; 性格相同的[(+to)] companion
rubber (橋牌)三局勝負制[C]
by a bold stroke (幸運等的)機緣, 意想不到的事
the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces
fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally
a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls
The British Crown exercises a real and despotic暴君的; 暴虐的, 專橫的dominion統治, 管轄; 統治權 over the larger portion of this vast country
Certain ferocious rajahs (印度等的)王公; 首領in the interior
The celebrated East India Company was all-powerful from 1756, when the
English first gained a foothold據點, 立足點; 穩固的基礎on the spot where now stands the city of Madras, down to the time of the great Sepoy insurrection起義; 暴動; 造反; 叛亂.
But the East India Company has now passed away, leaving the British possessions in India directly under the control of the Crown.
Formerly one was obliged to travel in India by the old cumbrous累贅的methods of going on foot or on horseback, in palanquins (=palankeen轎; 肩輿) or unwieldy笨重的, 龐大的coaches; now fast steamboats ply定期往返於on the Indus and the Ganges, and a great railway, with branch lines joining the main line at many points on its route, traverses the peninsula from Bombay to Calcutta in three days.
He would not deign降低身分, 屈尊俯就to examine even the masterpieces of Elephanta
the landlord especially recommended a certain giblet (常用複)雞、鴨的內臟of "native rabbit," on which he prided himself
found it far from palatable美味的
and that the journey would be extended
crowds of people of many nationalities--Europeans, Persians with pointed caps, Banyas with round turbans, Sindes with square bonnets, Parsees with black mitres, and long-robed Armenians
Parsee祆教徒; 印度拜火教徒festival
descendants of the sect of Zoroaster
processions列隊行進
Indian dancing-girls, clothed in rose-coloured gauze薄紗; 網紗, looped up with gold and silver
his countenance was that of the greenest booby呆子, 傻子, 笨蛋imaginable
seized with an irresistible desire to see its interior
who forthwith立即, 馬上, 毫不猶豫地fell upon him
in the squabble (為瑣事)爭吵; 口角
crestfallen氣餒的; 低頭的
the train had passed the viaducts高架橋; 高架道路
entered the defiles (山間)隘道, 狹路of the mountains
limpid清澈的; 透明的streams
sectaries門徒of the goddess Kali
though the Thuggees謀財害命 still exist
with evident vanity
His old vagabond nature returned to him; the fantastic ideas of his youth once more took possession of him.
uttering maledictions詛咒; 壞話when the train stopped
regulated on the Greenwich meridian子午線, 經線[C]
conductor【美】(火車的)隨車服務員
wagons drawn by zebus犛牛, 瘤牛
go afoot
made a wry grimace (表示厭惡、不滿等)面部肌肉扭曲的
impart分給; 給予; 傳授to him a ferocity兇猛; 殘暴[U][S] not in his nature,
in default不履行, 違約, 拖欠of any other means of conveyance
he refused point-blank斷然的; 直截了當的
a bet of twenty thousand pounds was at stake (ready to be won or lost; at risk; hanging in the balance; in danger of being lost; 在危急關頭; 把...押下打賭, 拿...冒險)
Passepartout,usually so rubicund透紅的; 紅潤的, was fairly white with suspense.
howdahs(印度的)象轎
a proceeding that seemed to deprive剝奪, 從...奪走; 使喪失[(+of)... poor Passepartout of his vitals (人體的)重要器官.
Passepartout got astride跨(馬等), 兩腿分開著the saddle-cloth between them.
was mounted on the beast's back, and received the direct force of each concussion震動; 衝擊as he trod along
without in the least slackening his regular trot.
quenching熄滅; 撲滅; 平息; 壓制(慾望等), 抑制; 解(渴) his thirst at a
neighbouring spring
have not been able to secure complete dominion統治, 管轄; 統治權[U][(+over)] over this territory
bolstering支撐; 加固; 援助; 支持himself against the trunk of a large tree
"The goddess Kali; the goddess of love and death."
The Parsee祆教徒; 印度拜火教徒made a motion to keep silence.
a woman who faltered蹣跚, 踉蹌; 搖晃 at every step
suttee妻子的殉節(印度古時習俗為寡婦與丈夫屍體同焚); 殉夫自焚的妻子
"A suttee," returned the general, "is a human sacrifice, but a
voluntary one. The woman you have just seen will be burned to-morrow
at the dawn of day."
die in some corner, like a scurvy dog
religious fanaticism狂熱; 盲信; 著迷[U]
"Why, you are a man of heart!"
"Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; "when I have the time."
The project was a bold one, full of difficulty, perhaps impracticable.
His master's idea charmed him; he perceived a heart, a soul, under that
icy exterior. He began to love Phileas Fogg.
her funeral pyre火葬用的柴堆
make a reconnaissance偵察; 勘察; 事先考查around the pagoda
the Indians were in the act of plunging themselves into the drunkenness caused by liquid opium mingled with hemp
The pagoda, whose minarets清真寺的尖塔loomed above the trees in the deepening dusk, stood a hundred steps away.
the silence around was only broken by the low murmuring of the wind among the branches.
In the background, among the trees, the pagoda of Pillaji loomed隱約地出現; 陰森地逼近distinctly.
Much to the guide's disappointment
They stopped, and engaged in a whispered colloquy談話; 討論.
the guide ever and anon (now and then; occasionally. (Literary and archaic.) e.g. Ever and anon the princess would pay a visit to the sorcerer in the small walled garden directly behind the castle.) left them to take an observation on the edge of the wood
It remained to ascertain whether the priests were watching by the side of their victim as assiduously勤勉地; 不懈地as were the soldiers at the door.
"The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment."
Thinking thus, he slipped, with the suppleness of a serpent, to the lowest branches
not daring to lift their eyes and behold such a prodigy奇蹟, 奇事; 奇觀.
the young woman being still in a state of complete prostration衰弱; 意志消沈
Phileas Fogg replied that he would reflect upon the matter.
Passepartout started off forthwith立即, 馬上, 毫不猶豫地
the streets of Allahabad, that is, the City of God, one of the most venerated in India, being built at the junction of the two sacred rivers, Ganges and Jumna, the waters of which attract pilgrims from every part of the peninsula. The Ganges, according to the legends of the Ramayana, rises in heaven, whence, owing to Brahma's agency, it descends to the earth.
an elderly, crusty粗暴的; 易怒的 Jew
of Scotch stuff, a large mantle, and a fine otter-skin pelisse
The influence to which the priests of Pillaji had subjected Aouda began
gradually to yield, and she became more herself, so that her fine eyes
resumed all their soft Indian expression.
the bow of Kama【印神】迦摩天,愛神 the god of love
Passepartout, abashed窘的, 尷尬的, 羞慚的, kept repeating that "it wasn't worth telling."
Hong Kong, which is wholly an English city, though on an island on the Chinese coast.
were performing solemnly their pious ablutions洗禮
you must leave me to my fate! It is on my account that you receive
this treatment, it is for having saved me!"
the clerk proceeded to read in a loud voice a complaint of sacrilege褻瀆聖物against Phileas Fogg and his servant, who were accused of having violated a place held consecrated神聖的by the Brahmin religion.
rewarded by seeing Mr. Fogg and Passepartout arrive, accompanied by a young woman, whose presence he was wholly at a loss to explain.
Had Passepartout been a little less preoccupied, he would have espied
the detective ensconced安置好的; 安居的in a corner of the court-room, watching the proceedings
inasmuch因為, 由於, 鑑於,因…之故
s not done by the connivance默許; 縱容of the master with the servant
Just as the clerk was calling the next case, he rose, and said, "I offer bail."
"You have that right," returned the judge.
"This sum will be restored to you upon your release from prison," said
the judge. "Meanwhile, you are liberated on bail."
crestfallen氣餒的; 低頭的; 羞愧的Passepartout
gave evidence of her deep gratitude for what he had done.
The phlegmatic鎮定的gentleman listened to her, apparently at least, with coldness, neither his voice nor his manner betraying the slightest emotion;
Fogg essayed作嘗試; 試圖to calm her anxieties
forests of palms, arecs, bamboo, teakwood, of the gigantic mimosa【植】含羞草, and tree-like ferns covered the foreground
if worst came to worst
divulge洩露; 暴露any more facts concerning Mr. Fogg
his inveterate根深的habit, took a hand at whist
Passepartout might have cudgelled his brain for a century without
hitting upon the real object which the detective had in view.
thing, either, to be spying Mr. Fogg, who is so honourable a man! Ah,
gentlemen of the Reform, this shall cost you dear!"
But he determined to chaff戲弄, 逗弄Fix, when he had the chance, with mysterious allusions
But Passepartout persisted in chaffing him by asking him if he made much by his present occupation.
He was passing methodically in his orbit around the world, regardless of the lesser stars which gravitated around him.
he was leaning on the railing
The Rangoon reefed縮(桅); 收進(舟首斜桁等) all her sails
Phileas Fogg gazed at the tempestuous sea, which seemed to be
struggling especially to delay him, with his habitual tranquillity.
it seemed as if the storm were a part of his programme, and had been foreseen
It mattered not that they made him sea-sick--he made no account of this
inconvenience; and, whilst his body was writhing under their effects,
his spirit bounded with hopeful exultation.
Passepartout was enraged beyond expression by the unpropitious不吉利的; 惡運的, 不順遂的; 不宜的weather.
Everything had gone so well till now! Earth and sea had seemed to be at his master's service; steamers and railways obeyed him; wind and steam united to speed his journey. Had the hour of adversity come?
he longed to lash the obstinate sea into obedience.
"Ought she not to have gone yesterday?"
"Yes, sir; but they had to repair one of her boilers, and so her
departure was postponed till to-morrow."
"Thank you," returned Mr. Fogg, descending mathematically to the saloon.
Passepartout clasped the pilot's hand and shook it heartily in his
delight, exclaiming, "Pilot, you are the best of good fellows!"
The pilot probably does not know to this day why his responses won him
this enthusiastic greeting. He remounted the bridge, and guided the
steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas, and fishing boats which
crowd the harbour of Hong Kong.
At one o'clock the Rangoon was at the quay, and the passengers were
going ashore.
Chance had strangely favoured Phileas Fogg, for had not the Carnatic
been forced to lie over for repairing her boilers, she would have left
on the 6th of November, and the passengers for Japan would have been
obliged to await for a week the sailing of the next steamer. Mr. Fogg
was, it is true, twenty-four hours behind his time; but this could not
seriously imperil the remainder of his tour.
The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco
made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not
sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four
hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily
regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found
himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days
after leaving London.
The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning.
Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there,
which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.
On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to
the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg,
after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her
cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel
until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.
Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one
would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee
merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh
had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an
immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe--in Holland the
broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally
traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment's
conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that
Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.
Aouda at first said nothing. She passed her hand across her forehead,
and reflected a few moments. Then, in her sweet, soft voice, she said:
"What ought I to do, Mr. Fogg?"
"It is very simple," responded the gentleman. "Go on to Europe."
"But I cannot intrude--"
"You do not intrude, nor do you in the least embarrass my project.
Passepartout!"
"Monsieur."
"Go to the Carnatic, and engage three cabins."
Passepartout, delighted that the young woman, who was very gracious to
him, was going to continue the journey with them, went off at a brisk
gait to obey his master's order.
Hong Kong is an island which came into the possession of the English by
the Treaty of Nankin, after the war of 1842; and the colonising genius
of the English has created upon it an important city and an excellent
port. The island is situated at the mouth of the Canton River, and is
separated by about sixty miles from the Portuguese town of Macao, on
the opposite coast. Hong Kong has beaten Macao in the struggle for the
Chinese trade, and now the greater part of the transportation of
Chinese goods finds its depot at the former place. Docks, hospitals,
wharves, a Gothic cathedral, a government house, macadamised streets,
give to Hong Kong the appearance of a town in Kent or Surrey
transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes.
in a large room handsomely decorated, at the end of which was a large camp-bed furnished with cushions. Several persons lay upon this bed in a deep sleep.
in a smoking-house haunted by those wretched, cadaverous, idiotic creatures to whom the English merchants sell every year the miserable drug called opium
so he resolved to make a clean breast of it
"Bah!" retorted Passepartout, with an air of raillery開玩笑; 逗趣.
"Mr. Fogg's wager," resumed Fix, "is only a pretext, of which you and the gentlemen of the Reform are dupes欺騙, 詐騙, 愚弄 . He had a motive for securing your innocent complicity."
You must help me to keep him here in Hong Kong--"
I will never betray him--not for all the gold in the world. I come
from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread!
"What!" responded Fix, feigning裝作, 假裝surprise. "Is he not with you?"
four hardy能吃苦耐勞的; 強壯的; 堅強的mariners
John Bunsby, himself, a man of forty-five or thereabouts, vigorous, sunburnt, with a sprightly expression of the eye, and energetic and self-reliant countenance, would have inspired confidence in the most timid.
The detective had a feeling akin to humiliation in profiting by the
kindness of Mr. Fogg.
cast a last glance at the quay, in the hope of espying發現(意外的東西) Passepartout
taking the wind under her brigantine (前桅為橫帆, 後桅為縱帆的)雙桅帆船, foresail
The Chinese seas are usually boisterous狂暴的, 猛烈的
during the equinoxes晝夜平分時(春分或秋分)[C]
the Tankadere, impelled推進, 推動by favourable winds, conducted
herself admirably.
The young woman, who was seated aft在船尾, 向船尾, 近船尾, was profoundly affected
pernicious有害的, 有毒的; 惡性的, 致命的 insects
He was not lavish非常慷慨的; 浪費的, 濫花的, nor, on the contrary, avaricious貪婪的, 貪得無厭的
his taciturn沈默寡言的; 無言的manner
playing whist (類似橋牌的)惠斯特牌戲
Mr. Fogg played, not to win, but for the sake of playing.
The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty, yet a motionless, unwearying struggle, congenial to his tastes.
his sherry, his port, and his cinnamon-spiced claret紅葡萄酒
I quitted France five years ago, and, wishing to taste the sweets of
domestic life, took service as a valet here in England.
you are in my service
"Faith," muttered Passepartout, somewhat flurried慌張的; 激動的, "I've seen people at Madame Tussaud's as lively as my new master!"
a man about forty years of age
physiognomists人相學者; 相士
"repose in action," a quality of those who act rather than talk
Calm and phlegmatic鎮定的
Phileas Fogg was, indeed, exactitude personified
outside of every social relation
serviceable【古】樂於助人的
His eyes were blue, his complexion rubicund透紅的; 紅潤的, his figure almost portly【婉】【幽】肥胖的; 個頭大的and well-built, his body muscular, and his physical powers fully developed by the exercises of his younger days.
turn out as absolutely methodical辦事有條不紊的; 講究方法的; 有條理的; 秩序井然的as his master required
he found his masters invariably whimsical反覆無常的and irregular,
constantly running about the country, or on the look-out for adventure.
Passepartout, desirous of respecting the gentleman whom he served, ventured a mild remonstrance抗議; 進諫; 告誡 on such conduct; which, being ill-received, he took his leave.
home overnight, he felt sure that this would be the place he was after.
He presented himself, and was accepted, as has been seen.
must have been a very temple of disorder and unrest under the illustrious著名的, 傑出的, 卓越的but dissipated沈迷於酒色的; 閒遊浪蕩的Sheridan
What a domestic and regular gentleman!
an imposing壯觀的; 氣勢宏偉的; 莊嚴的; 給人深刻印象的edifice in Pall
Mall (a street in the City of Westminster, London, and parallel to The Mall, from St. James's Street across Waterloo Place to the Haymarket; while Pall Mall East continues into Trafalgar Square.)
His breakfast consisted of a side-dish, a broiled fish with Reading sauce, a scarlet slice of roast beef garnished裝飾; 添加配菜於with mushrooms, a rhubarb and gooseberry tart, and a morsel of Cheshire cheese, the whole being washed down with several cups of tea, for which the Reform is famous.
a fellow who makes off (To depart in haste; run away) with fifty-five thousand pounds
functionary (尤指政府, 政黨等的)官員; 公務員
who must be a shrewd精明的; 狡猾的fellow
"But that doesn't take into account bad weather, contrary
winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on."
pillage搶劫, 掠奪the luggage-vans, and scalp欺騙, 劫奪the passengers!"
"All included," calmly retorted反駁, 回嘴說Fogg
Phileas Fogg preserved a stoical堅忍的; 禁慾的composure
they had some scruples顧慮, 顧忌, 良心上的不安about betting under conditions so difficult to their friend
mournfully asked for alms施舍(物), 救濟(品); 施舍金
his master's action touched his susceptible易被感動的, 易動感情的; 多情的heart.
snugly暖和舒適地, 安適地ensconced安頓/置好的; 安居的in his corner
not yet recovered from his stupefaction
mental aberration【醫】精神錯亂; 心理失常of its proposer.
could he rely beyond misgiving擔憂, 不安, 疑慮[C][P1] upon accomplishing his task?
The effect of this dispatch派遣; 發送; 快遞was instantaneous.
it betrayed (無意中)暴露, 顯示, feature by feature, the description
of the robber which had been provided to the police
We don't often have such windfalls意外的收穫; 意外之財, 橫財.
The minarets清真寺的尖塔of the town loomed隱約地出現; 陰森地逼近above the houses in the pale rays of the sun.
her gigantic hull船身; 船殼appeared
after vigorously pushing his way through the importunate纏擾不休的; 討厭的; 強求的crowd of porters
"Oh, is that necessary?"
"Quite indispensable必不可少的, 必需的[(+to/for)]."
I hope you will not visa在(護照等)上簽證 the passport.
Ah, that's your lookout 【口】關心的事; 擔心的事[C] (That's your lookout. 那是你自己的事。)
repaired去 to the quay
Mr. Fogg always knew whether he was behind-hand遲的; 慢的or in advance of his time.
chatting volubly喋喋不休地; 口若懸河地
cogitating仔細考慮; 謀劃a project
quite recovered his equanimity平靜; 鎮定
I have spotted my man.
He passes himself off消失as an odd stick
THE RED SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN PROVE PROPITIOUS吉祥的, 吉利的, 順利的; 有利的; 適合的TO THE DESIGNS OF PHILEAS FOGG
the Sepoy (英國殖民印度時代)英國陸軍隊中的印度兵troops
the ladies scrupulously小心翼翼地; 多顧慮地changed their toilets twice a day
the Red Sea is full of caprice多變; 反覆無常; 怪念頭[C][U], and often boisterous狂暴的, 猛烈的
the disorderly raging of the billows巨浪, 波濤
force the Mongolia to slacken減緩; 減弱her speed
the ancient navigators never ventured without propitiating撫慰; 勸解; 取悅the gods by ample sacrifices.
indefatigably不厭倦地; 不屈不撓地
consoled himself with the delusion that his master's whim奇想, 怪念頭; 幻想; 突然的念頭, 一時的興致would end at Bombay
the obliging樂於助人的; 有禮貌的 person
"If I am not mistaken," said he, "…"
Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs苦行者, pagodas (東方寺院的)塔; (公園等的)涼亭, tigers, snakes, elephants!
a man of sound sense ought not to spend his life jumping from a steamer upon a railway train, and from a railway train upon a steamer again, pretending to make the tour of the world in eighty days!
he hasn't the least curiosity
which Passepartout never failed to accept with graceful alacrity樂意, 欣然, mentally pronouncing Fix the best of good fellows
The visa procured (努力)取得, 獲得; 採辦; 為...獲...
The Mongolia slowly moved out of the roadstead【海】(開放)錨地; (港外)停泊處
On the Indian Ocean
Passepartout was enchanted with the congenial意氣相投的; 性格相同的[(+to)] companion
rubber (橋牌)三局勝負制[C]
by a bold stroke (幸運等的)機緣, 意想不到的事
the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces
fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally
a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls
The British Crown exercises a real and despotic暴君的; 暴虐的, 專橫的dominion統治, 管轄; 統治權 over the larger portion of this vast country
Certain ferocious rajahs (印度等的)王公; 首領in the interior
The celebrated East India Company was all-powerful from 1756, when the
English first gained a foothold據點, 立足點; 穩固的基礎on the spot where now stands the city of Madras, down to the time of the great Sepoy insurrection起義; 暴動; 造反; 叛亂.
But the East India Company has now passed away, leaving the British possessions in India directly under the control of the Crown.
Formerly one was obliged to travel in India by the old cumbrous累贅的methods of going on foot or on horseback, in palanquins (=palankeen轎; 肩輿) or unwieldy笨重的, 龐大的coaches; now fast steamboats ply定期往返於on the Indus and the Ganges, and a great railway, with branch lines joining the main line at many points on its route, traverses the peninsula from Bombay to Calcutta in three days.
He would not deign降低身分, 屈尊俯就to examine even the masterpieces of Elephanta
the landlord especially recommended a certain giblet (常用複)雞、鴨的內臟of "native rabbit," on which he prided himself
found it far from palatable美味的
and that the journey would be extended
crowds of people of many nationalities--Europeans, Persians with pointed caps, Banyas with round turbans, Sindes with square bonnets, Parsees with black mitres, and long-robed Armenians
Parsee祆教徒; 印度拜火教徒festival
descendants of the sect of Zoroaster
processions列隊行進
Indian dancing-girls, clothed in rose-coloured gauze薄紗; 網紗, looped up with gold and silver
his countenance was that of the greenest booby呆子, 傻子, 笨蛋imaginable
seized with an irresistible desire to see its interior
who forthwith立即, 馬上, 毫不猶豫地fell upon him
in the squabble (為瑣事)爭吵; 口角
crestfallen氣餒的; 低頭的
the train had passed the viaducts高架橋; 高架道路
entered the defiles (山間)隘道, 狹路of the mountains
limpid清澈的; 透明的streams
sectaries門徒of the goddess Kali
though the Thuggees謀財害命 still exist
with evident vanity
His old vagabond nature returned to him; the fantastic ideas of his youth once more took possession of him.
uttering maledictions詛咒; 壞話when the train stopped
regulated on the Greenwich meridian子午線, 經線[C]
conductor【美】(火車的)隨車服務員
wagons drawn by zebus犛牛, 瘤牛
go afoot
made a wry grimace (表示厭惡、不滿等)面部肌肉扭曲的
impart分給; 給予; 傳授to him a ferocity兇猛; 殘暴[U][S] not in his nature,
in default不履行, 違約, 拖欠of any other means of conveyance
he refused point-blank斷然的; 直截了當的
a bet of twenty thousand pounds was at stake (ready to be won or lost; at risk; hanging in the balance; in danger of being lost; 在危急關頭; 把...押下打賭, 拿...冒險)
Passepartout,usually so rubicund透紅的; 紅潤的, was fairly white with suspense.
howdahs(印度的)象轎
a proceeding that seemed to deprive剝奪, 從...奪走; 使喪失[(+of)... poor Passepartout of his vitals (人體的)重要器官.
Passepartout got astride跨(馬等), 兩腿分開著the saddle-cloth between them.
was mounted on the beast's back, and received the direct force of each concussion震動; 衝擊as he trod along
without in the least slackening his regular trot.
quenching熄滅; 撲滅; 平息; 壓制(慾望等), 抑制; 解(渴) his thirst at a
neighbouring spring
have not been able to secure complete dominion統治, 管轄; 統治權[U][(+over)] over this territory
bolstering支撐; 加固; 援助; 支持himself against the trunk of a large tree
"The goddess Kali; the goddess of love and death."
The Parsee祆教徒; 印度拜火教徒made a motion to keep silence.
a woman who faltered蹣跚, 踉蹌; 搖晃 at every step
suttee妻子的殉節(印度古時習俗為寡婦與丈夫屍體同焚); 殉夫自焚的妻子
"A suttee," returned the general, "is a human sacrifice, but a
voluntary one. The woman you have just seen will be burned to-morrow
at the dawn of day."
die in some corner, like a scurvy dog
religious fanaticism狂熱; 盲信; 著迷[U]
"Why, you are a man of heart!"
"Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; "when I have the time."
The project was a bold one, full of difficulty, perhaps impracticable.
His master's idea charmed him; he perceived a heart, a soul, under that
icy exterior. He began to love Phileas Fogg.
her funeral pyre火葬用的柴堆
make a reconnaissance偵察; 勘察; 事先考查around the pagoda
the Indians were in the act of plunging themselves into the drunkenness caused by liquid opium mingled with hemp
The pagoda, whose minarets清真寺的尖塔loomed above the trees in the deepening dusk, stood a hundred steps away.
the silence around was only broken by the low murmuring of the wind among the branches.
In the background, among the trees, the pagoda of Pillaji loomed隱約地出現; 陰森地逼近distinctly.
Much to the guide's disappointment
They stopped, and engaged in a whispered colloquy談話; 討論.
the guide ever and anon (now and then; occasionally. (Literary and archaic.) e.g. Ever and anon the princess would pay a visit to the sorcerer in the small walled garden directly behind the castle.) left them to take an observation on the edge of the wood
It remained to ascertain whether the priests were watching by the side of their victim as assiduously勤勉地; 不懈地as were the soldiers at the door.
"The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment."
Thinking thus, he slipped, with the suppleness of a serpent, to the lowest branches
not daring to lift their eyes and behold such a prodigy奇蹟, 奇事; 奇觀.
the young woman being still in a state of complete prostration衰弱; 意志消沈
Phileas Fogg replied that he would reflect upon the matter.
Passepartout started off forthwith立即, 馬上, 毫不猶豫地
the streets of Allahabad, that is, the City of God, one of the most venerated in India, being built at the junction of the two sacred rivers, Ganges and Jumna, the waters of which attract pilgrims from every part of the peninsula. The Ganges, according to the legends of the Ramayana, rises in heaven, whence, owing to Brahma's agency, it descends to the earth.
an elderly, crusty粗暴的; 易怒的 Jew
of Scotch stuff, a large mantle, and a fine otter-skin pelisse
The influence to which the priests of Pillaji had subjected Aouda began
gradually to yield, and she became more herself, so that her fine eyes
resumed all their soft Indian expression.
the bow of Kama【印神】迦摩天,愛神 the god of love
Passepartout, abashed窘的, 尷尬的, 羞慚的, kept repeating that "it wasn't worth telling."
Hong Kong, which is wholly an English city, though on an island on the Chinese coast.
were performing solemnly their pious ablutions洗禮
you must leave me to my fate! It is on my account that you receive
this treatment, it is for having saved me!"
the clerk proceeded to read in a loud voice a complaint of sacrilege褻瀆聖物against Phileas Fogg and his servant, who were accused of having violated a place held consecrated神聖的by the Brahmin religion.
rewarded by seeing Mr. Fogg and Passepartout arrive, accompanied by a young woman, whose presence he was wholly at a loss to explain.
Had Passepartout been a little less preoccupied, he would have espied
the detective ensconced安置好的; 安居的in a corner of the court-room, watching the proceedings
inasmuch因為, 由於, 鑑於,因…之故
s not done by the connivance默許; 縱容of the master with the servant
Just as the clerk was calling the next case, he rose, and said, "I offer bail."
"You have that right," returned the judge.
"This sum will be restored to you upon your release from prison," said
the judge. "Meanwhile, you are liberated on bail."
crestfallen氣餒的; 低頭的; 羞愧的Passepartout
gave evidence of her deep gratitude for what he had done.
The phlegmatic鎮定的gentleman listened to her, apparently at least, with coldness, neither his voice nor his manner betraying the slightest emotion;
Fogg essayed作嘗試; 試圖to calm her anxieties
forests of palms, arecs, bamboo, teakwood, of the gigantic mimosa【植】含羞草, and tree-like ferns covered the foreground
if worst came to worst
divulge洩露; 暴露any more facts concerning Mr. Fogg
his inveterate根深的habit, took a hand at whist
Passepartout might have cudgelled his brain for a century without
hitting upon the real object which the detective had in view.
thing, either, to be spying Mr. Fogg, who is so honourable a man! Ah,
gentlemen of the Reform, this shall cost you dear!"
But he determined to chaff戲弄, 逗弄Fix, when he had the chance, with mysterious allusions
But Passepartout persisted in chaffing him by asking him if he made much by his present occupation.
He was passing methodically in his orbit around the world, regardless of the lesser stars which gravitated around him.
he was leaning on the railing
The Rangoon reefed縮(桅); 收進(舟首斜桁等) all her sails
Phileas Fogg gazed at the tempestuous sea, which seemed to be
struggling especially to delay him, with his habitual tranquillity.
it seemed as if the storm were a part of his programme, and had been foreseen
It mattered not that they made him sea-sick--he made no account of this
inconvenience; and, whilst his body was writhing under their effects,
his spirit bounded with hopeful exultation.
Passepartout was enraged beyond expression by the unpropitious不吉利的; 惡運的, 不順遂的; 不宜的weather.
Everything had gone so well till now! Earth and sea had seemed to be at his master's service; steamers and railways obeyed him; wind and steam united to speed his journey. Had the hour of adversity come?
he longed to lash the obstinate sea into obedience.
"Ought she not to have gone yesterday?"
"Yes, sir; but they had to repair one of her boilers, and so her
departure was postponed till to-morrow."
"Thank you," returned Mr. Fogg, descending mathematically to the saloon.
Passepartout clasped the pilot's hand and shook it heartily in his
delight, exclaiming, "Pilot, you are the best of good fellows!"
The pilot probably does not know to this day why his responses won him
this enthusiastic greeting. He remounted the bridge, and guided the
steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas, and fishing boats which
crowd the harbour of Hong Kong.
At one o'clock the Rangoon was at the quay, and the passengers were
going ashore.
Chance had strangely favoured Phileas Fogg, for had not the Carnatic
been forced to lie over for repairing her boilers, she would have left
on the 6th of November, and the passengers for Japan would have been
obliged to await for a week the sailing of the next steamer. Mr. Fogg
was, it is true, twenty-four hours behind his time; but this could not
seriously imperil the remainder of his tour.
The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco
made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not
sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four
hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily
regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found
himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days
after leaving London.
The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning.
Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there,
which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.
On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to
the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg,
after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her
cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel
until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.
Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one
would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee
merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh
had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an
immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe--in Holland the
broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally
traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment's
conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that
Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.
Aouda at first said nothing. She passed her hand across her forehead,
and reflected a few moments. Then, in her sweet, soft voice, she said:
"What ought I to do, Mr. Fogg?"
"It is very simple," responded the gentleman. "Go on to Europe."
"But I cannot intrude--"
"You do not intrude, nor do you in the least embarrass my project.
Passepartout!"
"Monsieur."
"Go to the Carnatic, and engage three cabins."
Passepartout, delighted that the young woman, who was very gracious to
him, was going to continue the journey with them, went off at a brisk
gait to obey his master's order.
Hong Kong is an island which came into the possession of the English by
the Treaty of Nankin, after the war of 1842; and the colonising genius
of the English has created upon it an important city and an excellent
port. The island is situated at the mouth of the Canton River, and is
separated by about sixty miles from the Portuguese town of Macao, on
the opposite coast. Hong Kong has beaten Macao in the struggle for the
Chinese trade, and now the greater part of the transportation of
Chinese goods finds its depot at the former place. Docks, hospitals,
wharves, a Gothic cathedral, a government house, macadamised streets,
give to Hong Kong the appearance of a town in Kent or Surrey
transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes.
in a large room handsomely decorated, at the end of which was a large camp-bed furnished with cushions. Several persons lay upon this bed in a deep sleep.
in a smoking-house haunted by those wretched, cadaverous, idiotic creatures to whom the English merchants sell every year the miserable drug called opium
so he resolved to make a clean breast of it
"Bah!" retorted Passepartout, with an air of raillery開玩笑; 逗趣.
"Mr. Fogg's wager," resumed Fix, "is only a pretext, of which you and the gentlemen of the Reform are dupes欺騙, 詐騙, 愚弄 . He had a motive for securing your innocent complicity."
You must help me to keep him here in Hong Kong--"
I will never betray him--not for all the gold in the world. I come
from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread!
"What!" responded Fix, feigning裝作, 假裝surprise. "Is he not with you?"
four hardy能吃苦耐勞的; 強壯的; 堅強的mariners
John Bunsby, himself, a man of forty-five or thereabouts, vigorous, sunburnt, with a sprightly expression of the eye, and energetic and self-reliant countenance, would have inspired confidence in the most timid.
The detective had a feeling akin to humiliation in profiting by the
kindness of Mr. Fogg.
cast a last glance at the quay, in the hope of espying發現(意外的東西) Passepartout
taking the wind under her brigantine (前桅為橫帆, 後桅為縱帆的)雙桅帆船, foresail
The Chinese seas are usually boisterous狂暴的, 猛烈的
during the equinoxes晝夜平分時(春分或秋分)[C]
the Tankadere, impelled推進, 推動by favourable winds, conducted
herself admirably.
The young woman, who was seated aft在船尾, 向船尾, 近船尾, was profoundly affected
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