He enjoyed speaking in fancy phrases and graceful language, and he liked to think of himself as gliding swanlike.

他讲话时使用新奇的措辞和文雅的语言，也想象着自己天鹅一般滑翔。

A mist hangs low over the pond. The mist rises slowly, like steam from a kettle, while I glide, swanlike, while eggs hatch, while young swans come into existence.

晨雾低低地悬挂池塘的上空。当我天鹅般优雅地滑翔的时候，当蛋被孵成的时候，当小天鹅们来到这个世界上的时候，雾气里的蒸汽一般，正渐渐地升腾。

It was not so easy for Isak to bear with such things; he looked displeased, and showed it, and, as there was nothing swanlike and gentle about Isak, it may well be that he showed it plainly.

白伊萨克忍受这样的事情并不容易；他看起来很不高兴，并且表现出来了，而且，由于白伊萨一点也不天鹅和温柔，所以很可能他表现得很明显。