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“And what on earth's a Squib?” said Harry.
“啞炮又是什么玩藝兒？”哈利問。
To his surprise, Ron stifled a snigger.
使他吃驚的是，羅恩居然捂住嘴咯咯笑了起來。
“Well — it's not funny really — but as it's Filch,” he said.
“是這樣——實際上并不可笑——但放在費爾奇身上……”他說，
“A Squib is someone who was born into a wizarding family but hasn't got any magic powers.
“啞炮是指一個人生在巫師家庭，卻沒有一點神奇的能力。
Kind of the opposite of Muggle-born wizards, but Squibs are quite unusual.
啞炮和麻瓜出身的巫師正好相反，不過啞炮是很少見的。
If Filch's trying to learn magic from a Kwikspell course, I reckon he must be a Squib.
如果費爾奇想通過快速念咒函授課程來學習魔法，那他肯定是個啞炮。
It would explain a lot. Like why he hates students so much.” Ron gave a satisfied smile. “He's bitter.”
這就能說明很多問題了，比如他為什么那么仇恨學生，”羅恩露出一個滿意的微笑，“他嫉妒啊?！?/div>
A clock chimed somewhere.
什么地方敲響了鐘聲。
“Midnight,” said Harry. “We'd better get to bed before Snape comes along and tries to frame us for something else.”
“十二點了，”哈利說，“我們趕緊上床睡覺吧，可別等斯內普又過來找我們的茬兒，誣陷我們。”
