'And I'll make you a mint julep.

“我给你做一杯薄荷酒。

Like crushed ice in a mint julep, boundaries dissolve.

就像薄荷酒中的碎冰一样，边界消失了。

Stone liked to drink mint juleps, but was bothered by the straws.

斯通喜欢喝薄荷冰酒，但对吸管感到困扰。

? But all I had was a mint julep ?

{\an9}? 可我只有 薄荷冰酒 ?

And Kentucky bourbon is the base of a famous Derby drink: the mint julep.

肯塔基波本威士忌是一种著名的德比酒的基础：薄荷酒。

The notion originated with Daisy's suggestion that we hire five bathrooms and take cold baths, and then assumed more tangible form as 'a place to have a mint julep.'

黛西先有个建议，提议我们租五间浴室去洗冷水澡，后来改为比较切实可行的方案——找个“喝杯凉薄荷酒的地方”。

'Now see here, Tom, ' said Daisy, turning around from the mirror, 'if you're going to make personal remarks I won't stay here a minute. Call up and order some ice for the mint julep.'

“你听着，汤姆，”黛西说，一面从镜子前面掉转身来，“如果你打算进行人身攻击，我就一分钟都不待。打个电话要点冰来做薄荷酒。”

Therein lies his unpredictability, and beyond the half-truth of its fact is a mental and emotional turmoil past the comprehension of the most old-school southern aristocrat who ever slurred his witticisms over a mint julep.

他的不可预测性就在于此， 而在其事实的半真半假之外， 是一种精神和情感上的动荡， 这是最守旧派的南方贵族无法理解的， 他曾在薄荷酒上含糊其辞。