In fact, it soon would have hit the underbelly of the Ice Bank, but it had stopped in time and was floating in midwater.

是的，它可能碰上冰山的下部，让它留在水中是好些。

When it plied more heavily traveled seas, we often saw wrecked hulls rotting in midwater, and farther down, cannons, shells, anchors, chains, and a thousand other iron objects rusting away.

当它在交通繁忙的海域航行时，我们经常看到失事的船体在中层水域腐烂，而在更深处，大炮、炮弹、锚、链条和上千种其他铁制物体正在生锈。

There, through the open panels and in a midwater of crystal clarity, our ship enabled us to study wonderful bushes of shining coral and huge chunks of rock wrapped in splendid green furs of algae and fucus.

这里，在水晶一般清澈的海水中间，从打开的嵌板，我可以细细看那色彩鲜明的珊瑚的奇妙丛林，那披上海带和黑角莱的华美青绿毛皮的一片片宽大岩石。