Bosch's creatures were certainly inspired by its gothic gargoyles of curious figures animals and monsters.

博世创作的生物无疑是受到了哥式怪兽的启发。

The gargoyle sprang to life and jumped aside.

怪兽一下子活了，跳到一边。

The settle has carved gargoyles on its arms.

长椅的扶手上刻着滴水嘴兽。

They were at the stone gargoyle within minutes.

几分钟后，他们走到石头怪兽那里。

Snape had just emerged from the hidden staircase behind the stone gargoyle.

他回过头来，斯内普刚从石头怪兽后面的秘密楼梯里出来。

" Ooooh, urgent, is it? " said the other gargoyle in a high-pitched voice.

“哦，迫不得已，是吗？”另一只石兽尖声说。

" It's urgent, apparently, " said the second gargoyle snidely.

“显然是迫不得已。”第二只石兽讥讽道。

" Galloping gargoyles! " shouted Professor Tofty, who also seemed to have forgotten the exam completely.

“天哪！”托福迪教授喊道，他好像也把考试全都忘记了。

Down the moving spiral staircase they went, emerging next to the gargoyle in the darkening corridor.

他们走下旋转楼梯，接着从逐渐黑暗下来的走廊里的怪兽状的滴水嘴旁边出来。

It looks a bit like an oriental gargoyle, and that is pretty well what it was.

它十分类似同期产唐朝的瓦片，但它绝非制造。

Gargoyles were seen to ward off evil spirits and van Eyck places it directly above their joined hands.

滴水嘴兽被看作是用来驱走恶灵的，凡·艾克把它放在他们紧握的手的正上方。

Five minutes later he was hurtling toward a stone gargoyle standing halfway along an empty corridor.

五分钟后，他飞速奔向空空的走廊央竖着的一个石头怪兽。

It would have had a similar position to a gargoyle, high up on a temple or a grand house.

龙通常有一张大嘴，而这个动物的嘴小且具有攻击性。

Harry had walked right past the stone gargoyle guarding the entrance to Dumbledores office without noticing.

利只顾沉思，从邓布利多办公室入口处的石头怪兽旁边走过都没有注意。

Oh, you don't remember the stories? Gargoyles in our closet?

你不记得了吗？ 我们壁橱里的奇怪雕像？

Gargoyles, saints and angels, all the features that make it a masterpiece of the Gothic style but few visitors saw this.

滴水兽，圣徒和天使，所有的点，使它成为一个杰出的哥式风格，但很少游客看到这一点。

“Can we go up? ” he asked the gargoyle.

“我们可以上去吗？”他问石兽。

" Well, then. Gargoyles are hard, but white lumps should be easy" . And they were.

" 这不结了吗？石像鬼难做，小白柱子却是容易的。" 果真如此。

They had reached the stone gargoyle.

他们来到石头怪兽跟前。

" Fizzing Whizzbee, " sang Umbridge; the stone gargoyle jumped aside, the wall behind split open, and they ascended the moving stone staircase.

“滋滋蜜蜂糖。”乌姆里奇有节奏地说。石头怪兽跳到一旁，后面的墙裂成了两半，他们走上正在移动的石头楼梯。