The frigate approached without making a sound, stopped two cable lengths from the animal and coasted.

战舰慢慢地前进着，一点声息也没有，离这动物三百七十米左右的时候关了气门，船现在只凭本身余下的气力走动。

Meanwhile, to avoid running aground, the Nautilus halted three cable lengths from a strand crowned by superb piles of rocks.

可是，诺第留斯号怕搁浅，停在相距六米左右的滩前，有一片雄壮的岩石层高耸在滩上。

We hadn't gone two cable lengths when a hundred savages, howling and gesticulating, entered the water up to their waists.

我们还没有划到二百米远，一百左右的土人大喊大叫，指手画脚地一直走到水深至腰间的海水中。

Two cable lengths off the Abraham Lincoln's starboard quarter, the sea seemed to be lit up from underneath.

离林肯号右舷约三百七十米左右，海面好像是被水底发出的光照亮了。

They saw nothing except a strong eddy breaking three cable lengths out, as if those sheets of water had been violently churned.

除了有个六百多米宽的大漩涡—好像水面受过猛烈的冲击—以外，他们什么也没有看见，只把事故发生的地点确切地记了下来。

Arriving within a few cable lengths of the cetacean, our longboat slowed down, and the sculls dipped noiselessly into the tranquil waters.

到了距离这鲸科动物还有几盲米远的时候，小艇就慢慢地走，奖没有声息地放到平静的水中去。

Taking advantage of the low tide, some of them had moved forward over the heads of coral to within two cable lengths of the Nautilus.

有些土人乘着低潮，来到珊瑚石尖上，离诺第留斯号约四百米远。

Down came the storm, and smote amain, The vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length.

暴风雪突然来了，用力拍打着帆船，帆船摇摇晃晃，像受惊的马儿，跃起到缆绳那么高。

Unconcerned, the latter let us come within half a cable length; then, not bothering to dive, it got up a little speed, retreated, and was content to keep its distance.

战舰离它半锚链左右的时候，它还不潜入水中，仅略作逃避的样子，不走远，只是保持着这样的距离。

While cruising along only a few cable lengths from the underpinning of Reao Island, I marveled at the gigantic piece of work accomplished by these microscopic laborers.

当我沿着距雷奥岛底部仅几根电缆长度的巡航时，我对这些微观劳动者完成的巨大工作感到惊叹。

He seemed about to give up all hope, when he espied, anchored at the Battery, a cable's length off at most, a trading vessel, with a screw, well–shaped, whose funnel, puffing a cloud of smoke, indicated that she was getting ready for departure.

看来这位绅士的最后打算似乎要失败了。可是就在这时，他发现离他至多有十分之一海里的地方有一艘带有机轮装备的商船，停在炮台的前边。这条船样子很俐落，烟筒里正冒着大团的黑烟，说明它就要出海了。