(來(lái)源:滬江英語(yǔ))
The Other said something in a language that Will did not know; his voice was like the cracking of ice on a winter lake, and the words were mocking。
異鬼開(kāi)口用一種威爾聽(tīng)不懂的語(yǔ)言說(shuō)了幾句話,聲音如冰湖碎裂,腔調(diào)充滿嘲弄。
mocking,原形mock,指取笑,或者模仿別人來(lái)譏笑嘲弄,是比較正式的用詞,和laugh at、make fun of sb。都可指嘲笑。需要注意的是mock是動(dòng)詞,這里用了the words were mocking 是過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí),表示那個(gè)時(shí)刻的動(dòng)作。
Ser Waymar Royce found his fury。 “For Robert!” he shouted, and he came up snarling, lifting the frost-covered longsword with both hands and swinging it around in a flat sidearm slash with all his weight behind it。 The Other’s parry was almost lazy。
威瑪·羅伊斯爵士找回了勇氣。“勞勃國(guó)王萬(wàn)歲!”他高聲怒吼,雙手緊緊握住覆滿白霜的長(zhǎng)劍,使盡全身力氣瘋狂揮舞。異鬼泰然自若。
snarling,是指呲牙咧嘴低聲咆哮。這里對(duì)Waymar咬牙怒吼的形象進(jìn)行了細(xì)致地描繪。
The Other’s parry was almost lazy。一個(gè)almost相當(dāng)?shù)膫魃竦乇磉_(dá)了異鬼簡(jiǎn)直懶得抵擋。
When the blades touched, the steel shattered。
兩劍相擊,鋼劍應(yīng)聲碎裂。
shattered,原形shatter, 指突然破碎成幾段或者碎片。911事件,The explosion shattered World Trade Center。
也可指希望或信念破滅。Their hopes and dreams were shattered by war。
珍愛(ài)和平
A scream echoed through the forest night, and the longsword shivered into a hundred brittle pieces, the shards scattering like a rain of needles。 Royce went to his knees, shrieking, and covered his eyes。 Blood welled between his fingers。
尖叫聲回蕩在深夜的林里,羅伊斯的長(zhǎng)劍裂成千千碎片,如同一陣針雨四散甩落。羅伊斯慘叫著跪下,伸手捂住雙眼,鮮血從他指縫間汩汩流下。
brittle, 指堅(jiān)硬而又脆弱??雌饋?lái)好像很矛盾,但是想象一下干脆的樹(shù)枝,陶瓷,和骨質(zhì)酥松……
scattering,原形scatter,撒落。
比如做菜電視節(jié)目主持人說(shuō),把洋蔥撒在魚(yú)的面上。Scatter the onions over the fish。
也可以指把集合在一起的物品給驅(qū)散開(kāi)。美國(guó)是一個(gè)可以持有槍支的國(guó)家,所以那里的人們也有可能遇到這樣的狀況:The sound of gunfire made the crowd scatter in all directions。聽(tīng)到槍聲,人群四散奔逃。
文中的scattering用分詞形式,是獨(dú)立主格的用法。
went to his knees,go/ sink/ fall/ drop to sb’s knees,都是跪下的意思。
shrieking,原形shriek,是驚聲尖叫的意思,和scream的含義相同。原文中shrieking是動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞,表動(dòng)作伴隨狀態(tài)。
還記得一個(gè)綠色怪物的動(dòng)畫(huà)系列電影么?那個(gè)和這個(gè)單詞正好差了一個(gè)字母,,要注意兩者的發(fā)音——元音完全不同。shriek 的ie發(fā)長(zhǎng)音[i]{標(biāo)注, 美式KK音標(biāo)},而Shrek的e發(fā)的是[?]。