With the choke full out, the engine answered at once to the starter and the roar drowned the faltering words of the commissionaire who jumped aside as the rear wheels whipped gravel at his piped trouser-legs.

阻风门全开后，发动机立即响应启动器，轰鸣声淹没了售票员结结巴巴的话，当后轮在他的滚边裤腿上抽打碎石时，售票员跳到一边。