He took his foot off the accelerator. The humming of the screws overhead dropped an octave and a half, back through wasp and hornet to bumble bee, to cockchafer,to stag-beetle.

他一松脚下的加速器，头顶上螺旋桨的轰鸣声降低了八度半，从大黄蜂变成了黄蜂、蜜蜂、金龟子、鹿角虫。