英语翻译
英语翻译
when the enemy is over the mine the touch of an electric button causes it to spring out of the ground until it is checked by a chain at the height of a yard above the surface,when it explodes,mowing down every man in the vicinity.
请完整翻译整个句子,第一句话好理解：“敌人走到地雷上,触发了电动按钮就会使地雷炸出地面,.地雷爆炸会撂倒每个在附近的敌人”最关键的是until it is checked by a chain at the height of a yard above the surface 这句话如何译呢?
敌人走到地雷上面,会触发（地雷上的）电动按钮,导火索便（点燃发射装药）,将（地雷）推起离地约1码（1码 = 0.9144 米）高,然后地雷爆炸,撂倒在附近的所有敌人.until it is checked by a chain这里可以理解为地雷上的...你的解释比较好理解一点，可是chain 后面的定语 a chain at the height of a yard above the surface又怎么理解呢？这里我觉得at the height of a yard above the surface是causes it to spring out of the ground中的it（即mine）的状语。to spring out of the ground是一个状语，指地雷被（装药燃烧产生的推力）推出地面，而at the height of a yard above the surface是另一个状语，指离地一码的高度。