When the bowls had been cleared away, the boatmen who felt cold or tired out spread their bed ding on the deck and burrowed into their stiff, clammy quilts which they had laid out like tubing.

• 水手们怕冷怕冻的，收拾碗盏后，就莫不在舱板上摊开了被盖，把身体钻进那个预先卷成一筒又冷又湿的硬棉被里去休息。