and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.

如果不蒙上双眼她的皮肤就不再具有识别物体的能力。这是千真万确的。

The holes are only borings, less than a foot in diameter.

这些洞只不过是一些钻孔，直径不到1英尺。

and if he found it necessary to shoot a sheriff or rob a bank along the way,

如果他认为在进行过程中有必要枪击一个司法官或抢劫一个银行，

Later it crossed the Channel, riding smoothly over the waves, which presented no problem.

后来气垫船跨越英吉利海峡，平稳地在波浪上方行驶，波浪不再产生阻力。

There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents;

荒凉地区的孩子无时无刻不在父母关怀下成长。

There are even stories of half-trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pined to death when by some unavoidable circumstance they have been deprived of their own trainer.

训练了一半的小象，由于不可避免的情况与他们的主人分离后，竟拒绝吃食，消瘦至死。