Venice had spent centuries concentrating on building galleys that relied upon oars.

几个世纪以来，威尼斯一直专注于建造依靠桨划动的大帆船。

There was a tremendous commotion--wings beating, feet racing, water churned to a froth.

真是好大一阵骚动呀——那么多双翅膀都在拍打，那么多双脚都在划动，搅的水都泛起了泡沫。

The first canoes were simply hollowed-out logs rowed with paddles.

最早的独木舟只是掏空的树干，用船桨划动前行。

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.

其他那些海滩上也有其他船只在出海，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背后，他还看不清他们。

You can see what consistency that is now, it just about pulls through.

你可以看到它的粘稠度，刚刚好能划动。

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。

You need to use paddles or oars to move around.

你需要用桨来划动。

Because, if you are in a boat, on a creek, without a paddle to help move or turn, you can't go forward.

因为在河流中的船上，如果没有船桨帮你划动或转向，你是没法前进的。

I have a habit of dragging my fingers or toes across a patch, mo-mentarily separating the individuals, which brings irregularities into fo-cus.

我有一个习惯，是在一片土地上划动我的手指或脚趾，随时的分开长在一起的草，让不规则的植株成为焦点。

Masked rowers have paddled more than 100 boats down the Grand Canal in Venice to kick off the carnival.

带着面具的赛艇手们划动 100 多艘船沿着威尼斯的大运河前行，拉开狂欢节序幕。

Edmond drank in great gulps of air, all the while moving his feet vigorously to keep himself afloat.

爱德蒙大口地呼吸着空气，一刻不停地用力划动双脚，让自己漂浮在水面上。

Baba Yaga flies through the night sky on a giant mortar that she rose with a giant pestle.

巴巴雅加乘坐巨大的研钵在夜空中飞行，并用巨大的杵划动前进。

Families are sledding and making snow angels.

families are sledding and making snow angels.家庭正在坐雪橇和玩堆雪人。 注：原文中的“making snow angels”通常指的是在雪地上仰卧或俯卧，用手脚划动形成类似天使翅膀的图案，直译为“堆雪天使”不太符合中文表达习惯，因此里翻译为更常见的“玩堆雪人”，但请注意并非完全对应的翻译。如果需要精确对应，可以翻译为“在雪地里摆出天使形状”。

So here we had to sit literally on some bamboo that's tied together and some guy stood on the front and used a stick to move us along the water, which was kind of weird but it was fun.

所以我们当时不不坐在用竹子绑在一起的简陋竹筏上， 前面站着一个人用木棍划动， 把我们推进水里，感觉有点怪异， 但很有趣。

I'll use a variety, but pretty soon, I'm gonna put my kayak in the river, I'm going to get into my kayak, and then I'm going to paddle my kayak.

我会使用多种表达，但很快，我要把我的皮艇放入河中，登上皮艇，然后划动它。

The central sail provided propulsion out at sea, while twenty-five men rowing on each side allowed progress in weak or adverse winds and gave the vessel speed and manoeuvrability inshore.

中央船帆在海上提供推进力，而每侧25名划桨手的划动则使船只在微风或逆风中也能前进， 并赋予了船只近岸时的速度和机动性。

Leaving just room enough for the play of the oars, she kept alongside, drifting when we drifted, and pulling a stroke or two when we pulled.

只留出足够的空间让桨划动，她一直在旁边，我们漂流时她漂流，我们拉动时她也拉一两下。

Some of it wrapped around the suspect, some of it connected to this pen that then scratched away at the scroll of moving paper.

有些缠绕在嫌疑人身上，有些则连接到支笔， 然后在移动的纸卷上划动。

Back into the night through the darkness down to the harbor the get down to the harbor they cease to galleys.

穿过黑夜，他们返回港口，抵达港口后，他们不再划动小船。

These men were giants in stature, and the stroke of their paddles made huge eddies that boiled like the seething tides.

些人都是身材高大的巨人， 他们的桨划动了巨大的漩涡， 像沸腾的潮水一样沸腾。