海底兩萬里 第77期 第6章 開足馬力(19)

　　All at once his arm shot forward and the harpoon was launched. I heard the weapon collide resonantly, as if it had hit some hard substance.

　　忽然，他的胳膊使勁地一伸，魚叉投了出去。我聽到魚叉發(fā)出響亮的聲音，像是碰上了堅硬的軀殼。

　　The electric light suddenly went out, and two enormous waterspouts crashed onto the deck of the frigate, racing like a torrent from stem to stern,

　　對面的電光突然熄滅，兩團巨大的水猛撲到戰(zhàn)艦甲板上來，像急流一般從船頭沖至船尾，

　　toppling crewmen, breaking spare masts and yardarms from their lashings.

　　沖倒船上的人，打斷了護(hù)墻桅的繩索。

　　A hideous collision occurred, and thrown over the rail with no time to catch hold of it, I was hurled into the sea.

　　接著船被狠狠撞了一下，我沒來得及站穩(wěn)，從船欄桿被拋擲到海中去了。