A sperm whale's colon can bulge to five times its usual diameter to accommodate one of these snowballing concretions, but eventually, it ruptures, killing the whale and releasing a huge butt-pearl of ambergris into the ocean.

抹香鲸的结肠可以隆起到通常直径的五倍，以容纳球式的凝结物，但最终会破裂，导致鲸鱼死亡，并向海洋释放出巨大的龙涎香。

Now this ambergris is a very curious substance, and so important as an article of commerce, that in 1791 a certain Nantucket-born Captain Coffin was examined at the bar of the English House of Commons on that subject.

龙涎香一种非常珍奇的物质，作为一种商品也很重要。一七九一年，楠塔基特出生的船长考芬为此还在英国下院法庭受到过审问。

" In vain it was to rake for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan, insufferable fetor denying not inquiry." SIR T. BROWNE, V. E.

“要想在大海兽的肚子里找到龙涎香徒劳的，难以忍受的恶却还阻止不了人们的寻根问底。”——托马斯·布朗爵士阁下。

For centuries, perfume-makers have been obsessed with ambergris, a rare, gross-looking substance that gives fragrances a long-lasting, animalistic odor.

几个世纪以来，香水制造商一直痴迷于龙涎香，龙涎香一种罕见的、看起来很恶心的物质，能给香水带来持久的动物香味。

Now that the incorruption of this most fragrant ambergris should be found in the heart of such decay; is this nothing?

既然不会朽坏、芳香至极的龙涎香在那腐朽之物的最深处找到的，难无足轻重的东西吗？

For amber, though at times found on the sea-coast, is also dug up in some far inland soils, whereas ambergris is never found except upon the sea.

就琥珀而言，可以在海岸上时有发现，在遥远内陆的土壤里也能挖到，而龙涎香则只能在海上找到，别的地方都没有。

Though the word ambergris is but the French compound for grey amber, yet the two substances are quite distinct.

尽管龙涎香个词不过灰色琥珀的法文复合词，但两种物质确实大有区别。

By some, ambergris is supposed to be the cause, and by others the effect, of the dyspepsia in the whale.

有人认为，龙涎香鲸鱼消化不良的原因，有人则认为消化不良的结果。

It came to pass, that in the ambergris affair Stubb's after-oarsman chanced so to sprain his hand, as for a time to become quite maimed; and, temporarily, Pip was put into his place.

事情样发生的，在龙涎香事件中，斯塔布的一个后桨手扭伤了手，一时间几乎无法动弹，于，皮普就暂时顶替了他的位置。

No, —I exaggerate; I never thought there was any consecrating virtue about her: it was rather a sort of pastille perfume she had left; a scent of musk and amber, than an odour of sanctity.

不，——我言过其实了；我从来没有认为她有什么地方具有天赋的才能：那只不过她所留下的一种熏香的香味，一种龙涎香和琥珀的气息，而不什么天惠的芬芳。

There's even a substance called ambergris that comes from the intestines of a type of whale called a sperm whale that is used to make perfume, and is incredibly expensive.

甚至有一种叫做龙涎香的物质， 它来自一种叫抹香鲸的肠， 用于制作香水，价格极其昂贵。

Do most people who use perfume that contains ambergris know, do you think, that it comes from whale vomit?

你认为大多数使用含有龙涎香的香水的人知它来自鲸鱼呕吐物吗？

The Englishman was bravely dressed for the occasion, led " three fair mastiffs in coats of red cloth" , and carried a letter from Elizabeth " the paper whereof did smell most fragrantly of camphor and ambergris, and the ink of perfect musk" .

位英国人在个场合盛装打扮，牵着“三头身着红布大衣的漂亮獒犬”，并带着伊丽莎白的一封信，“信纸上确实散发着樟脑和龙涎香的味，还有完美麝香的墨水”。

Ria, if I say to you ambergris and musk, do you know what those two things are?

莉亚，如果我提到龙涎香和麝香，你知两种东西什么吗？

Yes, it's whale phlegm, and so ambergris was very luxurious, used in perfumes, as you say.

的，就鲸鱼痰液，所以龙涎香非常珍贵，正如你所说，它被用于香水制作。