We hunted the grasshoppers that leaped about like little rockets.

我们捕捉像小火箭一样蹦来蹦去的蚂蚱。

But the fact is that it takes a leap of faith about losing control.

不过事实是它很快就会成为 带有失控风险的一种信念飞跃。

The Strangulator's own tentacles were leaping about wildly, as stiff as boards.

勒死人自己的触角像木板一样猛烈地跳来跳去。

But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about.

只有旷野的走兽卧在那里，咆哮的兽满了房屋；鸵鸟住在那里，野山羊在那里跳舞。

" Oh, you cad" ! she cried and her mind leaped about, trying to think of worse things to call him, things she had heard Gerald call Mr. Lincoln, the MacIntoshes and balky mules, but the words would not come.

" 啊，你这流氓！" 她喊着，一面心急如火，想找出更恶毒的话来骂他，找出她听见杰拉尔德骂林肯先生和麦金托什人以及倔犟骡子的那些话来骂他，可是怎么也找不着。" 你这下流坯，卑鄙肮脏的臭东西！" 同时由于想不出更带侮辱性的手段，她把手抽回来，使出浑身的力气在他嘴巴上打了一巴掌。