Two or three stertorous breaths, and the man was a log.

两三口粗重呼吸， 那人是一根木头。

He listened in the passage, and could hear hard stertorous breathing.

廊里听， 可以听到粗重呼吸声。

Breathing stertorous noises, the woman came back into the living room and stood swaying in the doorway with the tape-tied package.

那个女人呼吸嘶哑声音， 回到客厅，摇摇晃晃地站门口， 手里拿用胶带包裹。

But soon there arose from some remote part -- it might easily have been either cellar or attic -- a stertorous, monotonous, regular snoring, a dull, prolonged rumbling, varied by tremors like those of a boiler under pressure of steam.

但是过不了一会儿，不知从什么地方，从说不清哪个方向，也许是从地窖，也许是从阁楼，响起了一阵有力、单调、有节奏鼾声，那是一种低沉而持续声音，还带汽锅蒸汽压力下颤抖声响。