coracle

coracle

1. "The coracle whirled round, clockwise, then widdershins" (Anthony Bailey)

“这个科拉尔小艇盘旋着，一会按顺时针方向，一会儿按逆时针方向”(安东尼·贝利)

2. coracle net

三层刺网

3. But the great advantage of the coracle it certainly possessed, for it was exceedingly light and portable.

不过，这小笺子一个最大的优点就是极为轻巧，便于携带。

4. until sleep at last supervened, and in my sea-tossed coracle I lay and dreamed of home and the old `Admiral Benbow.

令我喜出望外的是被我抓紧的锚索松了一下，有那么一瞬间，我的手浸人了水中。

5. But even a small change in the disposition of the weight will produce violent changes in the behaviour of a coracle.

但只要重心稍有变动，对小船的航行就会产生严重的影响。

6. but gradually I got into the way of the thing, and guided my coracle among the waves, with only now and then a blow upon her bows and a dash of foam in my face.

但我已逐渐习惯了，能够划着小艇在波浪中上下滑行，只是偶尔有点水从船头泼过来，溅起一股飞沫喷在我脸上。

7. THE coracle - as I had ample reason to know before I was done with her - was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway; but she was the most cross-grained lop-sided craft to manage.

在我还没有抛弃它之前，我有充分的理由认为，这小筏子对于身高和体重像我这样的人来说是非常安全的。 它在海里航行时又轻巧又灵活，只是特别难驾驶，总是偏向一边。

8. Ten to one, if I were so foolhardy as to cut the Hispaniola from her anchor, I and the coracle would be knocked clean out of the water.

如果我冒冒失失真地砍断锚缆，那十有八九我和小筏子都会被弹出水面。

9. There, right behind me, was the glow of the camp fire.The current had turned at right angles, sweeping round along with it the tall schooner and the little dancing coracle;

它能转向任何一个方向，就是不肯走我要去的方向，我大部分时间坐在船的内侧，要不是有潮水帮助，我相信我这辈子也无法靠近大船。

10. The coracle, left to herself, turning from side to side, threaded, so to speak, her way through these lower parts, and avoided the steep slopes and higher, toppling summits of the wave.

小艇从一个浪头滑向另一个浪头时专挑低回的地方，避开浪峰和波尖，这样才会转过来扭过去穿梭自如。

11. The breeze had but little action on the coracle, and I was almost instantly swept against the bows of the Hispaniola.

小艇只稍稍被风推了一下，我几乎一下子对准伊斯班袅拉号的船头撞去。

12. And when, at last, I shouldered the coracle, and groped my way stumblingly out of the hollow where I had supped, there were but two points visible on the whole anchorage.

当我扛起小筏子跌跌撞撞地摸索着走出我吃晚饭的洼地时，整个锚地只有两处亮光。

13. The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.

急流正以同样的速度将小筏子和西斯潘尼奥拉号一起冲向南方。

14. The current had turned at right angles, sweeping round along with it the tall schooner and the little dancing coracle;

急流的方向转了九十度，将高高的大船和我那不停地跳舞的小筏子一起卷走。

15. Immensely tall she looked to me from my low station in the coracle.

我从小艇上仰望大船，它显得异常高大。

16. and since I found I could not push the coracle directly off, I now shoved straight astern.At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbour;

我发现我无论怎样也不能把小艇从大船身边划开，就手撑着大船把小艇划向大船尾部，这才逃离了险境。

17. I was drenched and terrified, and fell instantly back into my old position, whereupon the coracle seemed to find her head again, and led me as softly as before among the billows.

我浑身湿透，惊恐万状，赶紧按老样子躺下。这样一来，小筏子似乎又找到了感觉，再次载着我在巨浪之间轻柔地起伏。

18. and since I found I could not push the coracle directly off, I now shoved straight astern.

我现在意识到我已无法将小筏子移开，便干脆径直向船尾划去。

19. and as I still clung there panting, a dull blow told me that the schooner had charged down upon and struck the coracle, and that I was left without retreat on the Hispaniola.

正当我吊在那里大口喘气时，一声闷响告诉我，大船已经自上而下地撞沉了小筏子，我就这样毫无退路地留在了西斯潘尼奥拉号上。

20. I was just thinking how busy drink and the devil were at that very moment in the cabin of the Hispaniola, where I was surprised by a sudden lurch of the coracle.

正当我琢磨着西斯潘尼奥拉号房舱里酒和魔鬼已经作用到哪一步时，我的小筏子突然一歪，让我吃了一惊。

21. coracle technique

浮舟技术

22. The coracle whirled round, clockwise, then widdershins(Anthony Bailey)

这个科拉尔小艇盘旋着，一会按顺时针方向，一会儿按逆时针方向(安东尼 贝利)

23. THE coracle - as I had ample reason to know before I was done with her - was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway;

那只小艇对于我这样体重和身高的人来说，非常安全。我有充分的体会，直到不再用它为止。