Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.

希拉低头盯着地面，似乎准备好要迎接一场情绪风暴。

It's time to batten down the hatches and prepare for another very bumpy ride.

现在是时候放下舱口，并准备另一个非常颠簸的航程。

So really battening down the hatches.

所以真的把舱口打下来了。

Batten down the hatches, young 'un.

做好准备，年轻人。

Better batten down the hatches, B.

最好未雨绸缪吧 B。

Well, isn't battening down the hatches usually the best way?

按常理 此刻坚守不出难道不是上策吗？

OK, so message to listeners is very much: batten down the hatches.

好的，所以给听众的信息非常多：做好准备。

'My heart sinks when I think how we've battened on you all our lives and have given you nothing in return.

“当我想到我们一生都在打击你， 却没有给你任何回报时， 我的心就沉了下去。

As the shuttles dashed through the warp they lifted up the heavy battens, and when the shuttles stopped they let the battens fall and pressed the threads together.

每当梭子飞快地穿过经线的时候，织工们便把沉重的箱座抬起，梭子一停下来又立即放下筘座，把线压在一起。

I pulled down the old rafters, fixed the new ones, put on the battens, slated the roof, all with my own hands, Worm being my assistant.

我拆下旧椽子， 固定新的，装上板条，给屋顶铺石板， 全部都是我亲手完成的， 沃姆是我的助手。