I continued sketching. 我继续工作。 These monsters kept pace in our waters with such precision, 这些怪物非常准确地保持在船的水域中, they seemed to be standing still, and I could have traced their outlines in miniature on the...
Its unstable color would change with tremendous speed as the animal grew irritated, 它身上的颜色不稳定,极其迅速,地随着这头动物的情绪激动程度变化而变化, passing successively from bluish gray to reddish brown. 从灰...
I stared in my turn and couldn't keep back a movement of revulsion. 我上前一看,忍不住感到一阵恶心。 Before my eyes there quivered a horrible monster worthy of a place among the most farfetched teratological legends. 在我的眼前,游...
Aristotle put the dimensions of one squid at five cubits, or 3.1 meters. 亚历士多德曾经确证过一条长3.1米的枪乌贼。 Our fishermen frequently see specimens over 1.8 meters long. 我们现在的渔夫也经常看到一些长超过1.8米...
Aristotle put the dimensions of one squid at five cubits, or 3.1 meters. 亚历士多德曾经确证过一条长3.1米的枪乌贼。 Our fishermen frequently see specimens over 1.8 meters long. 我们现在的渔夫也经常看到一些长超过1.8米...
People not only claimed these devilfish could drag ships under, 人们不仅说这些章鱼能把船只拖走, but a certain Olaus Magnus tells of a cephalopod a mile long that looked more like an island than an animal. 而且还有一位名叫奥拉...
Yet, Conseil asked me, doesn't master believe in gigantic devilfish? 那么,康塞尔问我,先生也不相信有大型章鱼吗? Yikes! Who in Hades ever believed in them? the Canadian exclaimed. 哎!鬼才相信呢!加拿大人喊道。 M...
It was about eleven o'clock when Ned Land drew my attention to a fearsome commotion out in this huge seaweed. 大约11点时,尼德兰提醒我注意大海藻丛中有着一阵阵可怕的骚动。 Well, I said, these are real devilfish caverns, an...
Its slanting fins drew it to depths of 2,000 and 3,500 meters. 船的纵斜机板把船带到了2000至3500米的深海中。 There animal life was represented by nothing more than sea lilies, starfish, 在那里,有生命的动物就只有海百合、...
There were American triggerfish for which nature has ground only black and white pigments, 还有一些大自然给它们涂上黑白颜色的美洲箭鱼; feather-shaped gobies that were long and plump with yellow fins and jutting jaws, sixteen-de...
But we ourselves hadn't severed all ties with humanity. 但我们,我们不能与人类隔绝。 For my part, I didn't want my new and unusual research to be buried with my bones. 至于我,我不愿意把我如此奇特新颖的研究和我一起埋...
This measure was distasteful to me. 但我不赞成这种做法。 To my mind it would lead nowhere. 依我看,这种做法是不会奏效的。 We could hope for nothing from the Nautilus's commander but could depend only on ourselves. 我们不应该...
Chapter 18 The Devilfish 第十八章 章鱼 For some days the Nautilus kept veering away from the American coast. 几天来,鹦鹉螺号船只总是一直避开美洲海岸, It obviously didn't want to frequent the waves of the Gulf of Mexico or...
In truth, this animal is a living fishhook, promising wealth and happiness to the greenest fisherman in the business. 实际上,印鱼是一个活鱼钩,它会给淳朴的钓鱼人带来好运和财富。 The Nautilus's men attached to each fish'...
Their hunting was not a fascinating sport. 但这样的打猎并没有什么意思, The manatees let themselves be struck down without offering any resistance. 因为这些海牛面对捕捉丝毫不做反抗。 Several thousand kilos of meat were...