The seabirds mewled and swooped, unnerved, it seemed, by the spectacle of that vast bowl of water bulging like a blister, lead-blue and malignantly agleam .

海鸟呜鸣着向低处飞去，似乎为象水泡一样膨胀着的，铅蓝色致命闪电般的海水的巨大声势所吓得失去了勇气。