It smelled of grain and of harness dressing and of axle grease and of rubber boots and of new rope.

这里偶尔还会有谷粒的香味，马具上的草料味，车子上的润滑油味，橡胶靴子味，或是新扎的草绳味儿。

This wasn't the worst of it, though; he had evidently tried to tame his hair, using large quantities of what appeared to be axle grease.

不过，这还不是最糟糕的：他显然尝试过把头发理顺，用了大量的机器润滑油一类的东西。