Had you descended from the Pequod's try-works to the Pequod's forecastle, where the off duty watch were sleeping, for one single moment you would have almost thought you were standing in some illuminated shrine of canonized kings and counsellors.

如果你从“裴阔德号”的炼油间下来，到船头楼那里去，有下了班的水手在那里睡觉，有一瞬间，你几乎会以为自己正站在一座光辉的圣殿里，里面供奉着被封为圣徒的王侯将相。

With his straw in his mouth, Mr. Cruncher sat watching the two streams, like the heathen rustic who has for several centuries been on duty watching one stream—saving that Jerry had no expectation of their ever running dry.

克朗彻先生嘴里叼着稻草，坐在那里注视着两条溪流，就像几个世纪以来一直守望着一条溪流的异教徒乡下人一样——杰里没想到它们会干涸。