The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.

黑色棺罩星罗棋布地装饰着泪珠般的白点，风会掀起罩布，露出棺木来。 抬棺材的人走累了，就走慢点，于是棺木一颠一颠，好像迎风破浪、下颠簸的小船。

Why, then, —while so much of the soil around him was bestrewn with the virgin forest leaves, —why should Colonel Pyncheon prefer a site that had already been accurst?

那，为什——虽然他周围的许多土壤都布满了原始森林的树叶——为什校偏爱一个已经被破坏的地点？

The arbor was vacant, and its floor, table, and circular bench were still damp, and bestrewn with twigs and the disarray of the past storm.

凉亭是空的，它的地板、桌子和圆形长凳仍然潮湿，到处都是树枝和过去暴风雨造成的混乱。

The court was all bestrewn with herbs and sprinkled with vinegar as a precaution against gowl air and gowl fever.

法庭内四处撒满了草药，并喷洒了醋，以预防污浊空气和瘟疫。