Unmindful of the tedious rope-ladders of the shrouds, the men, like shooting stars, slid to the deck, by the isolated backstays and halyards; while Ahab, less dartingly, but still rapidly was dropped from his perch.

水手们毫不理睬那些用侧支索做成的冗长的绳梯，而是像流星般，纷纷从分开的后支索和升降索上滑落到甲板，哈没有那样猛冲下来，但也迅速地从他的瞭望处降了下来。

Just at this moment Stuart heard a splintering crash, saw the bow of the Lillian plow through his rigging, and felt the whole ship tremble from stem to stern with the force of the collision.

阵可怕的嘶嘶声，纵帆船的速度慢了下来，所有的帆也都被风猛烈地吹动, 就在那时特听到了阵撕裂声，看到了正向船的支索撞去的莉莲号的船头，感觉从船头到船尾都有种可怕的力量在撞击。

When Stuart saw the great wave approaching he jumped for the rigging, but he was too late.

当特见到涌过来的巨浪，忙往帆的支索那里跳去，可是却已经太晚了。

" Now back your foresail and give her a full! " screamed the owner of the Wasp.

“现在回到前桅支索那里，把帆张满！”黄蜂号的船主叫。

Stuart grabbed the foresail boom and pulled with all his might.

特抓住前桅支索帆的帆脚，尽可能地将其拉满。

" Stuart! Stuart! Down jib! Down staysail! " Stuart jumped for the halyards, and the jib and the forestaysail came rippling down.

“特！特！降下三角帆！降下支索帆！” 特往升降索跑去，拉下了三角帆和前桅支索。

The Lillian B. Womrath couldn't move because her nose was stuck in the Wasp's rigging.

莉莲· B·沃拉尔号也是，因为她的船头突起的部分插到黄蜂号的支索里去了。

Fighting to keep her balance, she locates the backstay wire and squeezes the bolt cutters.

她奋力保持平衡，找到了后支索，并紧握断线钳。

The next piece of rigging to tackle is the inner forestay wire at the front of the vessel.

接下来要处理的是船首的内前支索。

Lisa repositions herself above the backstay wire.

莉萨重新调整自己的位置，悬于后支索上方。

After dealing with the forestay wire, Lisa disconnected the final two pieces of rigging.

处理完前帆支索后，丽莎解开了最后两件索具。

The first is the backstay wire, running from the top of the mast to the stern.

首先是后支索，从桅杆顶端延伸至船尾。