The drakes are Rabelaisian, they are Turks, they are Huns.

德雷克斯是拉伯雷式的， 他们是土， 他们是匈奴。

Some drakes played in the drain but soon were dragged out.

一些公鸭在排水沟里玩耍但很快被拖拽出来。

In odd moments the drakes fight one another.

在奇怪的时刻， 龙兽会互相争斗。

The drakes are displeased and suspicious.

龙兽们很不高兴， 也很怀疑。

Yeah, they're only second on streaming to drake, biggest boy band in the world, the most influential people.

是的，他们在流媒体上仅于德雷克，世界上最大的男孩乐队，最有影响力的。

They must feed surreptitiously by night, for it does not seem as though the drakes give them time by day.

它们必须在夜间偷偷进食， 因龙兽似乎没有在白天给它们时间。

Such a one comes as close as a drake can to unhappiness, lean for lack of love, his neck picked clean of feathers.

这样的就像一只公鸭一样接近不幸， 因爱而瘦弱， 脖子上的羽毛被拔得一干二净。

Then the new clutches are safely raised and join the parent flock and one day in summer it is suddenly almost impossible to tell the drakes from the hens.

然后新的窝被安全地饲养并加入母鸡群， 在夏天的某一天突然之间几乎不可能区分母鸡和公鸭。

I followed the course of a stream to a farm, formerly a delightful walk of mine, and paused at the spot, where, when boys, we used to amuse ourselves making ducks and drakes upon the water.

我顺着一条小溪来到一个农场，我以前喜欢散步，然后在那个地方停了下来， 小时候，我们常常在水上做鸭子和野鸭自娱自乐。

Now and then in the night they burst into an uproar and I know that some small animal trespasser is going by. Sometimes the commotion, I know, comes when one of the drakes is having a nocturnal amorous moment.

他们不时在夜里爆发出喧闹声，我知道有一些小动物闯入者经过。我知道，有时骚动是在中一只龙兽在夜间享受浪漫时刻时发生的。