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parsee n.1.印度祆教徒〔公元7-8世紀逃到印度的波斯祆教教徒...

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Having purchased the usual quota of shirts and shoes , he took a leisurely promenade about the streets , where crowds of people of many nationalities - europeans , persians with pointed caps , banyas with round turbans , sindis with square bonnets , parsees with black mitres and long - robed armenians - were collected 大街上熙熙攘攘盡是人。其中有不同國籍的歐洲人,戴尖帽子的波斯人用布帶纏頭的本雅斯人戴方帽子的信德人穿長袍子的亞美尼亞人戴黑色高帽子的帕西人。

The parsee , leading the others , noiselessly crept through the wood , and in ten minutes they found themselves on the banks of a small stream , whence , by the light of the rosin torches , they perceived a pyre of wood , on the top of which lay the embalmed body of the rajah , which was to be burned with his wife 借著鐵制火把尖上燃著的樹脂發出的亮光,他們瞅見那邊架著一堆木柴,那就是用浸過香油的貴重的檀香木筑成的火葬壇,壇頂上層,放著土王的熏香尸體,它將和那寡婦一起被火葬。

Phileas fogg and sir francis cromarty plunged to the neck in the peculiar howdahs provided for theme were horribly jostled by the swift trotting of the elephant , spurred on as he was by the skilful parsee ; but they endured the discomfort with true british phlegm , talking little , and scarcely able to catch a glimpse of each other 福克先生和柯羅馬蒂分別坐在兩個鞍椅里,只有兩個腦袋露在外面。象童駕著大象,叫它快步奔走。大象邁起快步,把鞍椅里的人顛得不亦樂乎。

The visa procured , mr fogg returned on board to resume his former habits ; while passepartout , according to custom , sauntered about among the mixed population of somalis , banyans , parsees , jews , arabs and europeans who comprise the twenty - five thousand inhabitants of aden 亞丁這城市有兩萬五千居民,其中有索馬里蘭人巴尼昂人帕西人猶太人阿拉伯人和歐洲人。路路通和往常一樣,在這五光十色的人群中,溜達了一番。

At last , having seen the parsee carnival wind away in the distance , he was turning his steps towards the station , when he happened to espy the splendid pagoda on malabar hill , and was seized with an irresistible desire to see its interior 事實是這樣的:路路通一路上看完了這場帕西人的節日儀式,就向車站走去。可是當他路過瑪勒巴山,看見那座美麗的寺院的時候,他忽然心血來潮,想到里面去看看稀罕。

She had , it seems , a parsee relation , who was one of the principal merchants of hong kong , which is wholly an english city , though on an island on the chinese coast . at half - past twelve the train stopped at benares 正好她有一個親戚住在香港,這個親戚也是帕西人,他是香港的一個大商人,香港雖然是在中國海岸上,但卻是一座道地的英國化的城市。

The elephant , thanks to the skilful guidance of the parsee , was advancing rapidly through the still dark - some forest , and , an hour after leaving the pagoda , had crossed a vast plain 大象平安無事地順從著帕西向導的駕馭,在陰暗的森林中飛快奔馳。離開庇拉吉廟一小時以后,它已經穿過了一片廣闊的平原。

The worthy indian then gave some account of the victim , who , he said , was a celebrated beauty of the parsee race , and the daughter of a wealthy bombay merchant 這個勇敢的印度人于是就把這個女人的情況詳細地介紹了一番:她是個頂有名的印度美女,是帕西人,出身于孟買富商的家庭。

They set noiselessly to work , and the parsee on one side and passepartout on the other began to loosen the bricks so as to make an aperture two feet wide 他們盡可能不搞出聲音來。左邊是帕西人,右邊是路路通,他們把磚頭一塊塊地往外掏,準備挖出一個兩英尺見方的窟窿。

Asked sir francis , putting out his head . i don t know , officer , replied the parsee , listening attentively to a confused murmur which came through the thick branches “軍官先生,我也搞不清楚, ”帕白西人一面回答,一面傾聽著從茂密的樹林中傳來的一陣混亂嘈雜的聲音。

Many of the parsee merchants have made great fortunes there by dealing in cotton ; and one of them , sir jametsee jeejeebhoy , was made a baronet by the english government 她也是帕西人,帕西人在印度各族中占著最重要的地位。很多帕西商人在印度作棉花生意發了大財。

The parsee , who was an accomplished elephant driver , covered his back with a sort of saddle - cloth , and attached to each of his flanks some curiously uncomfortable howdahs 他在象脊背上鋪上鞍墊,在象身兩側,掛上兩個坐著并不太舒服的鞍椅。

The parsee , who was quite familiar with the roads and paths in the district , declared that they would gain twenty miles by striking directly through the forest 他建議從森林里穿過去,這樣,可以少走二十多英里路,大家都同意了他這個辦法。

She spoke english with great purity , and the guide had not exaggerated in saying that the young parsee had been transformed by her bringing up 她英文講得很純熟,向導說這位年輕的帕西女人已經被教育成另一種人了,這話真是半點也沒有夸大。

A young parsee , with an intelligent face , offered his services , which mr fogg accepted , promising so generous a reward as to materially stimulate his zeal 福克先生同意雇了他,并允許給他很高的報酬,這樣當然就會使帕西人加倍賣勁。

Mr fogg repaired to the exchange , where , he did not doubt , every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the parsee merchant 福克先生讓人引他到了交易所。那里人們總不會不知道這位香港富商尊貴的杰吉先生。

The parsee , now convinced that it was impossible to force an entrance to the temple , advanced no farther , but led his companions back again 帕西人不再向前走了。他知道硬闖進去是不可能的,于是他就領著大家退了回來。

Officers , replied the guide , i am a parsee , and this woman is a parsee . command me as you will . excellent , said mr fogg “軍官先生, ”向導回答說, “我是帕西人,那受難的女人也是帕西人,有事您只管吩咐好了。 ”

Aouda confirmed the parsee guide s narrative of her touching history . she didndeed , belong to the highest of the native races of india 艾娥達夫人證實了帕西向導所敘述的關于她自己的那一段可怕的經歷。