The drakes are Rabelaisian, they are Turks, they are Huns.

德雷克斯是拉伯雷式的， 他们是土耳其人， 他们是匈奴人。

In odd moments the drakes fight one another.

在奇怪的时刻， 龙兽会互相争斗。

The drakes are displeased and suspicious.

龙兽们很不高兴， 也很怀疑。

They must feed surreptitiously by night, for it does not seem as though the drakes give them time by day.

它们必须在夜间偷偷进食， 因为龙兽似乎没有在白天给它们时间。

Such a one comes as close as a drake can to unhappiness, lean for lack of love, his neck picked clean of feathers.

这的人就像一只公鸭一接近不幸， 因为缺乏爱而瘦弱， 脖子上的羽毛被拔得一干二净。

Then the new clutches are safely raised and join the parent flock and one day in summer it is suddenly almost impossible to tell the drakes from the hens.

然后新的窝被安全地饲养并加群， 在夏天的某一天突然之间几乎不可能区分和公鸭。

By inputting the numbers that scientists currently  believe to be most likely, and by making a few assumptions of my own along the way, we will  attempt to solve the drake equation.

通过输科学家目前认为最有可能的数字，并在此过程中做出一些我自己的假设，我们将尝试求解德雷克方程。

I followed the course of a stream to a farm, formerly a delightful walk of mine, and paused at the spot, where, when boys, we used to amuse ourselves making ducks and drakes upon the water.

我顺着一条来到一个农场，我以前喜欢散步，然后在那个地方停了来， 时候，我们常常在水上做鸭子和野鸭自娱自乐。

Now and then in the night they burst into an uproar and I know that some small animal trespasser is going by. Sometimes the commotion, I know, comes when one of the drakes is having a nocturnal amorous moment.

他们不时在夜里爆发出喧闹声，我知道有一些动物闯者经过。我知道，有时骚动是在其中一只龙兽在夜间享受浪漫时刻时发生的。

Yeah, they're only second on streaming to drake, biggest boy band in the world, the most influential people.

是的，他们在流媒体上仅次于德雷克，世界上最大的男孩乐队，最有影响力的人。

There is always one outcast drake among them whom they have evidently agreed shall not have a chance to produce his pariah's progeny.

他们中总会有一只被遗弃的幼龙， 他们显然同意没有机会生育他的贱民后代。