Ned Land hadn't missed his target. This was the monster's death rattle.

尼德兰达到了他的目的。这是鲨鱼的最后喘息了。

But there was a mouth... a gaping, shapeless hole, sucking the air with the sound of a death rattle.

但它有嘴..一个没有形状的洞，以死前喉鸣的声音吸着空气。

Where there should have been eyes, there was only thin, gray scabbed skin, stretched blankly over empty sockets. But there was a mouth...a gaping, shapeless hole, sucking the air with the sound of a death rattle.

在应该有眼睛的地方只有薄薄的结痂的灰色皮肤。单调地蒙在空眼眶上。但它有嘴，一个没有形状的洞，以死前喉鸣的声音吸着空气。

I think I may have dropped off into a light sleep, but my senses were still awake, and I was suddenly startled into intense consciousness by a hurried, angry sound, the most awe-inspiring sound anyone can hear, the death rattle.

我想我可能已经睡得很轻，但我的感官仍然清醒，我突然被一种急促、愤怒的声音惊醒，这是任何人都能听到的最令人敬畏的声音，死亡的嘎嘎声。