Unmindful of the tedious rope-ladders of the shrouds, the men, like shooting stars, slid to the deck, by the isolated backstays and halyards; while Ahab, less dartingly, but still rapidly was dropped from his perch.

水手们毫不理睬那些用侧支索做成的冗长的绳梯，而是像流星一般，纷纷从分开的后支索和升降索上滑落到甲板，亚哈没有那样猛冲下来，但也迅速地从他的瞭望处降了下来。