Venice had spent centuries concentrating on building galleys that relied upon oars.

几个世纪以来，威尼斯一直专注于建造依靠桨的大帆。

There was a tremendous commotion--wings beating, feet racing, water churned to a froth.

真是好大一阵骚呀——那么多双翅膀都拍打，那么多双脚都，搅得池塘的水都泛起了泡沫。

The first canoes were simply hollowed-out logs rowed with paddles.

最早的独木舟是掏空的树干，用桨前行。

There were other boats from the other beaches going out to sea and the old man heard the dip and push of their oars even though he could not see them now the moon was below the hills.

其他那些海滩上也有其他出海，老人听到他们的桨落水和的声音，尽管此刻月亮已掉到了山背后，他还看不清他们。

You can see what consistency that is now, it just about pulls through.

可以看到它的粘稠度，刚刚好能。

They stretched out their lean arms and pulled the heavy oars through the water.

他们伸出干枯的双臂往水中着沉重的桨。

You need to use paddles or oars to move around.

需要用桨来。

Because, if you are in a boat, on a creek, without a paddle to help move or turn, you can't go forward.

因为河流中的上，如果没有桨帮或转向，是没法前进的。

I have a habit of dragging my fingers or toes across a patch, mo-mentarily separating the individuals, which brings irregularities into fo-cus.

我有一个习惯，就是一片土地上我的手指或脚趾，随时的分开长一起的草丛，这就让不规则的植株成为焦点。

Masked rowers have paddled more than 100 boats down the Grand Canal in Venice to kick off the carnival.

带着面具的赛艇手们 100 多艘沿着威尼斯的大运河前行，拉开狂欢节序幕。

Edmond drank in great gulps of air, all the while moving his feet vigorously to keep himself afloat.

爱德蒙大口地呼吸着空气，一刻不停地用力双脚，让自己漂浮水面上。

Baba Yaga flies through the night sky on a giant mortar that she rose with a giant pestle.

巴巴雅加乘坐巨大的研钵夜空中飞行，并用巨大的杵前进。

Families are sledding and making snow angels.

families are sledding and making snow angels.家庭正坐雪橇和玩堆雪人。 注：原文中的“making snow angels”通常指的是雪地上仰卧或俯卧，用手脚形成类似天使翅膀的图案，直译为“堆雪天使”不太符合中文表达习惯，因此这里翻译为更常见的“玩堆雪人”，但请注意这并非完全对应的翻译。如果需要精确对应，可以翻译为“雪地里摆出天使形状”。

So here we had to sit literally on some bamboo that's tied together and some guy stood on the front and used a stick to move us along the water, which was kind of weird but it was fun.

所以我们当时不得不坐用竹子绑一起的简陋竹筏上， 前面站着一个人用木棍， 把我们推进水里，这感觉有点怪异， 但很有趣。

I'll use a variety, but pretty soon, I'm gonna put my kayak in the river, I'm going to get into my kayak, and then I'm going to paddle my kayak.

我会使用多种表达，但很快，我就要把我的皮艇放入河中，登上皮艇，然后它。

The central sail provided propulsion out at sea, while twenty-five men rowing on each side allowed progress in weak or adverse winds and gave the vessel speed and manoeuvrability inshore.

中央帆海上提供推进力，而每侧25名桨手的则使得微风或逆风中也能前进， 并赋予了近岸时的速度和机性。

Leaving just room enough for the play of the oars, she kept alongside, drifting when we drifted, and pulling a stroke or two when we pulled.

留出足够的空间让桨，她一直旁边，我们漂流时她漂流，我们拉时她也拉一两下。

Some of it wrapped around the suspect, some of it connected to this pen that then scratched away at the scroll of moving paper.

有些缠绕嫌疑人身上，有些则连接到这支笔， 然后移的纸卷上。

Back into the night through the darkness down to the harbor the get down to the harbor they cease to galleys.

穿过黑夜，他们返回港口，抵达港口后，他们不再小。

These men were giants in stature, and the stroke of their paddles made huge eddies that boiled like the seething tides.

这些人都是身材高大的巨人， 他们的桨了巨大的漩涡， 像沸腾的潮水一样沸腾。