I opened the glass-door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or breeze, through the grounds.

我打开早餐室的玻璃门：灌木丛静悄悄的：黑色的霜在地面上肆虐，阳光或微风都未曾打破。

I think that they were bats, because they always have very small voices—especially in a black frost, when they talk in their sleep, like the Tailor of Gloucester.

我认为它们是蝙蝠， 因为它们的声音总是很小——尤其是在黑霜中， 当它们在睡梦中说话时， 就像格洛斯特的裁缝。

Overhead was a sunless sky, muffled in clouds that were heavy with snow; underfoot, a black frost; blowing over it, a wind that felt as if it would take your skin off.

头顶上，天空没有太阳，乌云密布，像要下雪；脚下，一层黑霜，一阵风吹来，让人觉得身上的皮都刮掉了。