Even the cabin table itself had been knocked into kindling-wood; and the cabin mess dined off the broad head of an oil-butt, lashed down to the floor for a centrepiece.

甚至船长室的桌子也被劈成了引火柴，一只大油桶被牢牢捆在船长室的地中央，大家就乱糟糟地把宽大的桶顶当作餐桌就餐。

There is that delicate blossom who can't drink any claret under ninety-four, and who would as soon think of dining off cat's meat as off plain roast mutton.

有一个娇嫩的花朵，九十四岁以下不能喝红葡萄酒，谁会立刻想到吃猫肉就像吃普通的烤羊肉一样。

Where a good food source is suddenly available-for instance, when a whale dies and sinks to the bottom, as many as 390 species of marine creature have been found dining off it.

据发现，只要哪里突然出现丰富的食料——比如一头沉到海底的死鲸，便会事多达390种海洋动物前来进食。