Elsewhere in this volume the slanderous aspersion has been disproved, that the vocation of whaling is throughout a slatternly, untidy business.

虽然在本书其它章节中，已驳斥过那种把捕鲸业完全看做是一种邋里邋遢、不干不净污性诽谤。

It was cold and cheerless in the commercial room where I ate my dinner alone at a large table laid for six. I was served by the slatternly Katie. I asked if I could have a fire.

客店那招待旅行推房间又冷又暗，我独自在一张摆了六份餐具大桌子上吃饭。 那邋遢凯蒂在旁边伺候。 我问她能不能生火。