Two or three stertorous breaths, and the man was a log.

两三口粗重的， 那人是一根木头。

He listened in the passage, and could hear hard stertorous breathing.

他在走廊里听， 可以听到粗重的声。

Breathing stertorous noises, the woman came back into the living room and stood swaying in the doorway with the tape-tied package.

那个女人的声音， 回到客厅，摇摇晃晃地站在门口， 手里拿用胶带绑的包裹。

But soon there arose from some remote part -- it might easily have been either cellar or attic -- a stertorous, monotonous, regular snoring, a dull, prolonged rumbling, varied by tremors like those of a boiler under pressure of steam.

但是过不了一会儿，不知从什么地方，从说不清哪个方向，也许是从地窖，也许是从阁楼，响起了一阵有力的、单调的、有节奏的鼾声，那是一种低沉而持续的声音，还带汽锅在蒸汽的压力下颤抖的声响。