“水手”是供台球玩家和酒徒消遣的酒吧。The Seaman was a bar for pool players and hard drinkers.我倒忘记了这些故事是不能供你消遣的.I forget these tales cannot divert you.而大部分是人们自己作出来消遣的.Most other stories we make up to help us deal with real life....

“消遣的”的英语可以翻译为：eguiling，recreative，sportful ...