He swam swiftly toward a seven-foot-tall merman with a long green beard and a choker of shark fangs and tried to mime a request to borrow the spear.

他飞快地朝一个长着绿色长胡子、戴着鲨鱼牙齿做的短项链的七英尺高的人鱼游去，比比划划地要求借它的长矛用一用。