It seemed to have become the playground of a million devils; moanings, shriekings, mutterings, and noises of all kinds would constantly interrupt the flow of speech.

仿佛变成了百万鬼子的游乐场；各种呻吟声、尖叫声、喃喃自语声和噪音不断地打断谈话的进行。

It was caused, Carty pointed out, by the circumstance that the telephone, like the telegraph, used a ground circuit for the return wire; the resultant scrapings and moanings and howlings were merely the multitudinous voices of mother earth herself.

卡蒂指出，这是由于电话像电报一样使用接地电路作为回线的情况造成的；由此产生的刮擦声、呻吟声和嚎叫声只是地球母亲自己的无数声音。

At length, however, the mournful notes of a whip-poor-will became blended with the moanings of an owl; his heavy eyes occasionally sought the bright rays of the stars, and he then fancied he saw them through the fallen lids.

然而，最后，一只鞭子可怜的悲哀的音调与一只猫头鹰的呻吟混合在一起；他那双沉重的眼睛偶尔会寻找星星的明亮光芒，然后他觉得自己透过掉落的眼睑看到了它们。