一起读《小王子》 | 第七章生词与解析

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一起读《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 7

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• Abruptly, without anything to lead up to it, and as if the question had been born of long and silent meditation on his problem, he demanded:

abruptly 突然地
lead up to （把谈话）引向（某个话题）
meditation 深思熟虑；苦思冥想
demand 严肃地问 to ask a question in a very firm or angry way

• Even flowers that have thorns?

thorn 刺，棘刺

• At that moment I was very busy trying to unscrew a bolt that had got stuck in my engine.

unscrew 拧开；旋开 bolt 螺栓

• The little prince never let go of a question, once he had asked it.

let go of (something/someone) 放开；松开

• Then the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind of resentfulness:

resentfulness 怨恨；愤慨；憎恨

• They reassure themselves as best they can.

reassure 使安心

• I am very busy with matters of consequence!

of consequence ** 重要的；有价值的。所以在文中反复出现的关键词matters of consequence**是什么呢？

• He stared at me, thunderstruck.

thunderstruck 极其惊讶的；震惊的

• But he went on, relentlessly:

relentlessly 不停地；持续地

• And that makes him swell up with pride

swell up with pride 非常的骄傲（多用于书面语） swell up with joy 非常高兴

• But he is not a man-- he is a mushroom!

mushroom 蘑菇

• Is the warfare between the sheep and the flowers not important?

warfare 作战；战争

• If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars,

blossom 花， 花簇

• His words were choked by sobbing.

choke (使)噎住；(使)哽住；(使)卡住
sobbing 啜泣

• I will draw you a muzzle for your sheep. I will draw you a railing to put around your flower.

muzzle (罩住狗的口鼻的)嘴套，口套
railing （金属的）栏杆，围栏

• I felt awkward and blundering.

awkward 使人尴尬的；难处理的；棘手的
blundering. 愚蠢的；粗心的

• I did not know how I could reach him, where I could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him once more.

这一句需要意译了。