They prayed for the light, and at noontide about The sun o'er the waters shone joyously out.

他们祈祷光明，大约在正午时分海面上倒映着太阳。

The house felt steamingly hot, as though it held in its walls all the heat of the noontide.

屋里热得像个蒸笼，仿佛把中午的热气全都关在里面了似的。

Would the great elm-branches temper so delightfully the noontide rays beating upon them?

巨大的榆树枝条会如此愉快地调节正午的阳光照射在他们身上吗？

" Thou wouldst not promise to take my hand, and mother's hand, to-morrow noontide" !

“你不会答应明天中午牵起我的手和妈妈的手” ！

This flowering period represented the second or noontide division in the cycle of those superficial changes which alone were possible here.

在荒原表面所可能发生的变化周期中，这个百花盛开的时节代表的是第二个时期，或者说是正午时分。

The window was still open to ventilate the room, and it being about noontide the clear air was motionless and quiet without.

屋子里还开着窗子透风， 时近正午，窗外的清风一动不动， 静悄悄的。

" What wouldst thou say, child" ? asked Mr. Dimmesdale. " Wilt thou stand here with mother and me, to-morrow noontide" ? inquired Pearl.

“你想说什么，孩子”？丁梅斯代尔先生问。 “明天中午，你愿意和妈妈和我站在这里吗？”珍珠问。

The commonplace characteristics—which, at noontide, it seemed to have taken a century of sordid life to accumulate—were now transfigured by a charm of romance.

平凡的性格——在正午时分， 似乎是用一个世纪的肮脏生活积累起来的——现在被浪漫的魅力美化了。

Below me, but far off, is the summer sea, still, silent, its ever-changing blue and green dimmed at the long limit with luminous noontide mist.

在我下方，但很远的地方，是夏日的大海，静止、寂静，它不断变化的蓝色和绿色在长长的边界处因午潮时分明亮的薄雾而变得暗淡。

The motherly care of the good widow assigned to Mr. Dimmesdale a front apartment, with a sunny exposure, and heavy window-curtains to create a noontide shadow, when desirable.

好寡妇的母性关怀给丁梅斯代尔先生分配了一间前面的公寓，阳光充足， 厚重的窗帘可以在需要时营造出正午的阴影。