The main ballast tanks were filled with the water that hadn't yet congealed at our line of flotation.

通常使用的储水池装满了浮标线周围的自由海水。

Now then, I have supplementary ballast tanks capable of shipping 100 metric tons of water.

本我有不少的补充储水池，能容百吨的水量。

It was apparently considered out of the question to dive by filling the ballast tanks.

人们很可以想到，现在不是用装满储水池的法潜水下了。

By then it was rising to the surface, but cautiously, while slowly emptying its ballast tanks.

这时，它是很小心的，慢慢排出储水池中的水，往水而上升。

Hissing sounds soon told me that water was being admitted into the ballast tanks.

不久发出哨声，我知道海水吸入储水池中。

Next the ballast tanks filled with water, the boat sank, and was fitted into its socket.

然后，让它的储水池装满了水，它下，装在坑。

Meanwhile the ballast tanks filled with water and the Nautilus sank slowly.

这时，储水池装满了，诺第留斯号慢慢下。

These ballast tanks exist within easy access in the lower reaches of the Nautilus.

教授，事情原就是这：样。这些储水池实际是存在的，它们在诺第留斯号的下层。

But can't we float the Nautilus clear by emptying its ballast tanks, to regain our balance?

“我们把储水池的水排出去，使船重新得到平衡，诺第留斯号不就能脱身吗？”

Just then a fairly loud hissing told me that the ballast tanks were filling, and the Nautilus sank beneath the waves of the Atlantic.

这时候，发出相当响的啸声，我晓得船上储水池盛满水了，诺第留斯号潜入大茵洋水底下去了。

Our full electric power was then put on the pumps, which instantly began to expel water from the ballast tanks.

于是把所有的电力都送到抽水机上，抽水机立即把储水池中的水排出。

I followed Captain Nemo. The hatch closed, the ballast tanks filled with water, and the submersible sank some ten meters down.

我跟着尼摩船长下。嵌板关闭了，储水池装满了水，船潜入水底十米深左右。

Certainly, he replied, since the ballast tanks aren't yet empty, and when they are, the Nautilus must rise to the surface of the sea.

“当然能往上浮，”他回答，“因为储水池还没有排水，排水后，诺第留斯号自然浮上海面。”

Besides, I use my supplementary ballast tanks only to reach an average depth of 1,500 to 2,000 meters, and that with a view to conserving my machinery.

另外，只是要到一千五百和二千米的中等深度时，我才使用那些补充储水池，这是为了爱护我的机器，小心使用它。

I could hardly wait until our position was reported on the chart. Near 11: 30 the ballast tanks emptied, and the submersible rose to the surface of the ocean.

我等待着把船的位记在地图上，心中有些着急。十一点左右，储水池空了，船浮上洋面。