With his bone leg steadied in a hole, one hand raised to hold on to one of the ropes, Captain Ahab stood upright, looking straight out beyond the rolling ship.

• 他那骨腿就稳稳地插入一个洞中，一只手举起来，握住一条绳索，艾伯船长笔直地站著，由颠簸不已的船身，直望出去。