when the above words [shipmates have ye shipped in that ship]

此时[船员把酵运过来了]这句话
were put to us by a stranger who,

是一个陌生人喊给我们听的
pausing before us, leveled his massive forefinger

他在我们前面停下来把他的大拇指
at the vessel in question.

指在了正在讨论中的船上
He was but shabbily appareled in faded jacket and patched trousers,

他穿着已褪色的夹克衫和打着补丁的裤子
a rag of black handkerchief investing his neck.

脖子上系着一条黑色的手帕衣衫褴褛
Just the way that description,

仅仅是这种描述方法
the very brief description of his outfit,

非常简单地就勾勒出他的穿着
what he's wearing around his neck, his hat:

他脖子上围着的他的帽子
they match up, in these two little paragraphs.

他们很协调仅仅用了两小段话
The Mennonite, however, is much more dire,

然而门诺派教徒比起梅尔维尔的以利亚
much less playful than Melville's Elijah.

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