“对不起。”他用嘶哑的嗓子说。

"Excuse me," he said hoarsely.

youdao

不对，声音又从外面的小巷子里传来，越来越近：一个男人扯着嘶哑的嗓子在吼，一个女人尖叫了一声，接着又传来一阵轰笑。

Nay, for there it was again, moving closer from the lane outside. A man's hoarse yell, a woman's scream. A mocking laugh.

youdao

在一天结束了的时候，他的嗓子通常是嘶哑的，因为每当写作对话的时候，他总是边写边大声喊出来这也许是他书中对话极其自然的原因。

He's often hoarse at the end of the day because he performs his dialogue out loud as he writes it. This may account for its strikingly naturalistic quality.

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