By blocking that chemical, strychnine puts your muscles in a state of constant stimulation, causing seizures until the point of exhaustion and respiratory failure, in as little as 30 minutes.

于是神经「去除抑制」之下，肌肉连续不断的「收缩」命令造成抽搐、角弓反张、狞笑等症状，最后肌肉力竭完全无力，就和肉毒杆菌一样的效果——呼吸衰竭——往往在 30 分钟之内就死亡啦。

One of the former tip-workers I met told me it was later discovered that the soil in some of the places he worked was contaminated with " arsenic, strychnine, who knows what" .

我遇到的一位前垃圾处理工告诉我，后来发现他工作的某些地方的土壤被 “砷、士的宁，乱七八糟的东西” 污染了。

It did not; some snakes manufactured a poison different in every respect from that of others, as different as arsenic is from strychnine, and having different effects.

其实没有。有些蛇产生的毒液也在各方面与另外一些毒蛇产生的毒液不同，就像砒霜不同于马钱子一样。会产生不同的效果。

It's native to India and Southeast Asia, and its bark contains a poison called brucine, but the real lethality comes from the trees round green-to-orange fruit which contains the alkaloid strychnine.

马钱子原产印度与东南亚，它的树皮富含称为 Brucine 的有毒生物。但真正会死人的部分是马钱子-圆圆的，绿色到橙色的果实含有有毒生物：马钱子。

Now, if you ever come across a strychnine tree, and yes there is such a thing, my advice is to stay as far away as possible.

听好，如果你看到一棵马钱子树，别怀疑，这种植物是真的，我的建议是：离它越远越好。

Then, Mr. Newton testified that Palmer bought strychnine from him.

然后，牛顿先生作证说帕尔默从他那里购买了士的宁。

Water was a performance enhancing drug, but strychnine was not.

水是一种提升表现的药物，但马钱子不是。

" Mr. Mace, have you lately sold strychnine to any unauthorized person" ?

“梅斯先生，你最近有没有把士的宁卖给经授权的人”？

Or lemonade and strychnine, which is actually what it was.

或者柠檬水和士的宁, 这实际上就是它。

One day my beautiful pointer dog, Mandy, struggled home from her morning jaunt down the road and died within a few minutes in convulsions. She had been killed by strychnine poison.

有一天，我美丽的猎犬曼迪 (Mandy) 从早上的短途旅行中挣扎着回到家，并在几分钟内死于抽搐。她是被士的宁毒害死的。

All sheep-men carry strychnine to kill coyotes, bears, and panthers, though neither coyotes nor panthers are at all numerous in the upper mountains.

所有牧羊人都携带马钱子来杀死土狼、熊和黑豹，尽管山上的土狼和黑豹根本不多。

The fairy had told the gamekeeper in a dream, to fill the dead dog full of strychnine; and so he did.

仙女在梦中告诉猎场看守，要给死狗灌满士的宁。所以他做到了。

Helms attempted to poison his whole family with strychnine.

【poison】赫尔姆斯企图用马钱子毒死全家。

Blaine argued that Conkling, controlling Treasury jobs, would be like a " strychnine upon your administration - first, bring contortions and then followed by death." Slowly, the cabinet appointments fell into place.

布莱恩认为，控制财政部工作的康克林就像“对你的政府的士的宁——首先是扭曲，然后是死亡。慢慢地，内阁命就位了。

He was actually giving them strychnine.

他实际上是在给他们服用马钱子。

Somebody had slipped him what was believed to be strychnine, which is just a horrible poison.

有人给他塞了一种被认为是马钱子的东西，这是一种可怕的毒药。

And they said, it's egg whites and strychnine.

他们说，这是蛋清和马钱子。

Cyanide Scientists say that cyanide and strychnine are fairly similar in terms of toxicity, but cyanide certainly has the worse reputation.

氰化物 科学家表示，氰化物和士的宁的毒性相当相似， 但氰化物的名声肯定更差。

I spent it in ransacking the library until I discovered a medical book which gave a description of strychnine poisoning.

我把它花在了翻阅图书馆， 直到我发现了一本描述士的宁中毒的医学书籍。

And remember, guests recall Palmer giving his wife glasses of cloudy water, which could have been dosed with strychnine.

而且别忘了， 有客人回忆起帕尔默递给他妻子几杯浑浊的水，这些水可能被掺入了马钱子。