7.For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm whales dying—the turning sunwards of the head, and so expiring—that strange spectacle, beheld of such a placid evening, somehow to Ahab conveyed a wondrousness unknown before.
因为在所有垂死的抹香鲸身
都能观察到那种奇异现象——
们把头转向太
的方向,然后慢慢地咽气——在如此宁静的黄昏,目睹那种奇异的现象,不知怎的,给亚哈带来了一种前所未有的惊异之感。