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索做成的冗长的绳梯，而是像流星一般，纷纷从分开的后索和升降索上滑落到板，亚哈没有那下来，但也迅速地从他的瞭望处降了下来。

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

“斯图亚特！斯图亚特！降下三角帆！降下索帆！” 斯图亚特往升降索跑去，拉下了三角帆和前桅索。

The San Felipe and the San Mateo were peppered with holes, their scuppers running with blood, their sails shredded, loose shrouds and halyards just dangling down.

“圣费利佩” 号和“圣马特奥” 号布满了，板上的排水沟流淌着鲜血， 船帆被撕得粉碎，松散的缆绳和吊索垂荡着。

The wind was shifting, Davos could feel it, see it in the way the black canvas rippled. He reached for the halyards. " Help me bring in the sail. I'll row us the rest of the way" .

风向在变，戴佛斯觉察得出，更看见黑帆上的波纹。于是他拉住升降索，" 请帮我收帆。剩下的路我划过去。"

Seth, you clap your knife across the fore throat and peak halyards; and you, John, cut the main.

赛特，你用刀划过前喉咙和尖顶吊索;而你，约翰，剪掉了主线。

The fore and main halyards were cut, and the two graplings cast off at the same instant, and, as the heavy gaffs came rattling down, our five heroes leaped on board the pirate.

船头和主吊索被剪断了，两根抓杆同时被甩开，当沉重的鱼镣嘎作响地落下时，我们的五位英雄跳上了海盗的船。