The Nautilus slowed down, hovering above the muddled masses on the seafloor, sometimes grazing them as if wanting to come to rest, sometimes rising unpredictably to the surface of the waves.
诺第留斯号行驶缓慢,在地面认不清的
堆
堆东西上面往来盘旋,有时它接触到这些乱堆,好像它想停留在上面似的;有时又很
意地浮出海水面上来。