海底兩萬(wàn)里 第89期 第7章 一種從未見(jiàn)過(guò)的魚(yú)(12)

　　I swiftly hoisted myself to the summit of this half-submerged creature or object that was serving as our refuge.

　　我很快爬到這個(gè)半浸在水中，已經(jīng)作了我們的臨時(shí)避難所的生物上面。

　　I tested it with my foot. Obviously it was some hard, impenetrable substance, not the soft matter that makes up the bodies of our big marine mammals.

　　我用腳踢它，它分明是堅(jiān)固結(jié)實(shí)、鉆不透的硬物體，而不是構(gòu)成海中哺乳類(lèi)動(dòng)物的龐大軀體的柔軟物質(zhì)。

　　But this hard substance could have been a bony carapace, like those that covered someprehistoric animals,

　　不過(guò)這個(gè)堅(jiān)硬物體可能是一種骨質(zhì)的甲殼，跟太古時(shí)代動(dòng)物的甲殼相似，

　　and I might have left it at that and classified this monster among such amphibiousreptiles as turtles or alligators.

　　我很可以把這個(gè)怪物歸人兩棲的爬蟲(chóng)類(lèi)，如龜鱉、鱷魚(yú)、遙龍之類(lèi)。

　　Well, no. The blackish back supporting me was smooth and polished with no overlappingscales.

　　可是!不然!在我腳下的灰黑色的背脊是有光澤的?；锪锏?，而不是粗糙有鱗的。

　　On impact, it gave off a metallic sonority, and as incredible as this sounds, it seemed, I swear, to be made of riveted plates.

　　它被撞時(shí)發(fā)出金屬的響亮聲，這是那么不可思議，看來(lái)，我只好說(shuō)它是由螺絲釘鉚成的鐵板制造的了。

　　No doubts were possible!

　　再不可能懷疑了!