Another phenomenon, still more strikingly modern, was a package of lucifer matches, which, in old times, would have been thought actually to borrow their instantaneous flame from the nether fires of Tophet.

另一种更引人注目的现代现象一包萤，在过去，这实际上被认为从 Tophet 的幽冥中借用了它们的瞬间焰。

Didn't you once say that whatever ship Ahab sails in, that ship should pay something extra on its insurance policy, just as though it were loaded with powder barrels aft and boxes of lucifers forward?

说过，无论亚哈驾驶哪条船，那船就得在保险单上额外再付一笔保险费，就像船头载的一桶桶药，船尾载的一箱箱？