The oarlocks creaked; the oars splashed; the boat rode over toppling waves.

船桨吱吱作响，水花四溅。船在海上乘风破浪。

The Blefuscans helped me make huge oars and ten days later, I was ready.

不来夫库人帮助我做了巨大的划桨，十天之，我准备好了。

Today the 1852 trophy oars are the oldest intercollegiate athletic prize in North America.

今天这副1852年的战利品成为北美地区最古老的大学校际体育比赛的奖品。

And while its English name rightly conjures awesome imagery of oars and dragons, the heartbreaking legend behind it dates back more than 2000 years.

英文名称人想到炫酷的龙和划桨，这人黯然神伤的传奇故事要追溯到2000多年前。

At first, Scandinavians incorporated this new technology by replacing their loose paddles with anchored oars.

起初，堪的纳维亚人采用了这种新技术，用固定桨取代了自由单桨。

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.

他那些海滩上也有他船只在出海，老人听到他们的桨落水和划动的声音，尽管此刻月亮已掉到了山，他还看不清他们。

Cleopatra was sailing up the River Cydnus in a barge, its sails purple, its rowers urging it in with silver oars to the sound of the flute blended with pipes and lute.

克利奥帕特拉乘坐一艘驳船沿塞德河逆流而上，船帆呈紫色，划手们划着银色的船桨，他们呐喊着，伴随着笛子与管子和琵琶混合的声音。

He couldn't see any outboard motor, and there were no oars.

他看不到任何舷外发动机，也看不到船桨。

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划动着沉重的桨。

And he says, metaphorically, states have grabbed the oars.

他还打了个比方说，各州已经抓住了船桨。

You need to use paddles or oars to move around.

你需要用桨来划动。

Don't let him chew your oars, boys.

别他咬到船桨。

The oars had churned up the mud, clouding the water.

【churn】船桨翻起淤泥，水变得一片浑浊。

Down by the river bank, the Mole and the Water Rat were hard at work, mending and cleaning boats, looking for lost oars, and getting ready for a summer on the river.

下游的河岸边，鼹鼠和水鼠正卖力地干着活，修补着船然把它清洗干净，又寻找着不知遗落在何处的船桨，为夏天在河上划船做着准备。

The boat had only two wooden oars. They were so thin – it seemed as if they would break against the waves. The sailor, named Billie, directed the boat's movement with one of the oars.

这艘船只有两个木桨，它们太薄了，好像要被波浪冲破。水手名叫比利，他用一只桨指挥着船的移动。

Everything smelled salt and there was no noise except the swishing of water and the clop-clop of water against the sides and the splash of the oars and the jolting noise of the rowlocks.

空气中充满了海水的咸味。海上安静极了，只有水声，海水撞击船舷和船桨拍打水面的哗哗声，以及桨架发出的嘎吱声。

There was scarcely any wind to help them; and the labour of rowing with rude oars, under a broiling sun, soon began to tell upon the strongest arms and the stoutest hearts amongst them.

几乎没有风帮助他们，在酷热的太阳下，用粗糙的桨划船的劳力，很快开始显示出他们之中最强的臂力和坚强的心。

He seemed to be trying to make everyone understand that he would come back if he were able, but the sea was so heavy that he could do nothing with his oars.

他竭力想大家知道，如果他办得到的话，他会回来，可是海上风浪太大，他没法用船桨划回岸边来。

Hello, I'm delighted to welcome you to our mining community and very pleased that you're interested in the oars and pits of this area.

大家好，我很高兴欢迎您来到我们的采矿社区，非常高兴您对这个地区的桨和坑感兴趣。

In two minutes we were on the strand. Loading provisions and weapons into the skiff, pushing it to sea, and positioning its two oars were the work of an instant.

两分钟，我们就到了滩上。把食物和武器放在小艇里，将小艇推人海中，安上两支桨，这是一瞬间的事。