A man's naked torso seemed for an instant to be floating towards them through the dappled green half-light; then they saw that his waist joined smoothly into a horse's chestnut body.

似乎只有一眨眼的工夫，一个男赤裸的上半身穿过斑驳的绿色暗光朝他们飘过来；他们看到他的腰部光滑自然地和红棕色的马身连接在一起。

Only the modern technology of clamps and sharp scissors permits the slithery tube to be dealt with at speed.

只有和剪现代工具，才能迅速地处理光滑的脐带。

Even their crest is slicked  back to maximize speed.

甚至他们的波峰也向后光滑以最大限度地提高速度。

The face of the cliff back of it, and on both sides, is smoothly covered and embossed with mosses, against which the white water shines out in showy relief, like a silver instrument in a velvet case.

它后面和两侧的悬崖表面光滑地覆盖着苔藓，浮雕着苔藓，白色的水在它的衬托下闪耀着浮雕般的光芒，就像天鹅绒盒里的银色乐器。

From their position at the top of the lawns overlooking the grounds, they had a clear view of the smooth black surface of the water – except that the surface was suddenly not smooth at all.

从他们位于俯瞰地面的草坪顶部的位置，他们可以清楚地看到光滑的黑色水面——只是水面突然变得一点也不光滑了。