Then he wanted to escape from there but tripped over a coil of rope.

然后他想逃离那里但被一卷绳索绊倒了。

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"Just imagine a coil of rope or wire that had become so low in tension [or slack] that it buckled, " says Gandevia.

Gandevia说：“只是想象一下一卷已经没有张力，或者是已经变得松弛的绳子或电线”。

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In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discoloured to the hilt with blood.

只有半分钟的工夫他已横越甲板爬到左舷的排水孔那里，从盘成一堆的绳子底下摸出一把长长的小刀，可以说是一把短剑，上面的血一直染到了刀柄上。

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