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Hallowe’en is almost upon us! The spookiest holiday of the year lets us celebrate zombies, spiders, witches, skeletons, and – of course – the most terrifying block that Minecraft has to offer. It’s the Jack o’Lantern. Read on, if you dare...
万圣将近！让我们在这每年中最为恐怖的日子里为僵尸、蜘蛛、骷髅、女巫们送上节日祝福，当然，也不能少了Minecraft中最恐怖的方块——南瓜灯。那么继续读下去吧，你要你够胆...

Now teeeeeeechnically speaking we wrote a bit about the Jack o’Lantern when we covered pumpkin blocks waaaaay back in 2017 . But we didn’t actually talk much in that article about the role that Jack o’Lanterns play in Minecraft, so let’s fix that today!
现在从技————术上讲，我们早————在2017年介绍南瓜方块时就提到过一点关于南瓜灯的内容。不过实际上在那篇文章中我们并没有谈论太多关于南瓜灯在Minecraft中的形象，所以让我们今天来一劳永逸地解决这个问题吧！

Jack o’Lanterns were added to Minecraft in the Halloween Update, way back in October 2010, making them a little under ** old. Happy birthday, Jack! They were added alongside a handful of other scary things. Like... er... the entirety of the Nether dimension. And sunrises. And fish.
早在2010年10月的万圣更新中，南瓜灯就已经被添加进了Minecraft，这样算来它们马上就要满十周岁了。所以也要祝你生日快乐，南瓜灯！当时它和其他一些可怕的东西一起被加入游戏。就像...呃...下界维度。还有日出。还有鱼。

They’re pretty easy to make. Find a pumpkin – either out in the world, or in a shipwreck, or from a trader, or by growing on yourself from seeds – then use shears on it to carve a spooky face into the front. Finally, stick a candle inside in a crafting grid to light it up.
南瓜灯很容易制作。找一个南瓜——要么在平原上，要么在沉船宝藏中，要么从村民那里购买，或者从种子开始把它们种出来——然后用剪刀在它的前面刻上一张骇人的脸。最后，只需在合成栏中给它“插”上一支火把来点燃它。

Alternatively, you can go hunting. You’ll occasionally find a pre-made Jack o’Lantern in the piles of pumpkins which generate in taiga and snowy taiga villages. They’re most easily found at night because Jack o’Lanterns will glow brightly – even under water – and melt snow and ice around them.
或者，南瓜灯也可以通过采集获得。你有时可以在针叶林和其中的村庄里的南瓜堆中发现一个已经制作好的南瓜灯。在晚上最容易发现它们，因为南瓜灯会发光，即使在水下也不受影响，而且还能融化周围的冰雪。

As well as lighting, Jack o’Lanterns are used to make golems – of both the snow and iron varieties. Once you’ve stacked up the requisite number of blocks of snow or iron in the right configuration, pop a Jack o’Lantern on top and wait for spooky magic to animate your creation. Pro tip: screaming “It’s alive... IT’S ALLIIIIVEEE” may speed up the process.
除了照明，南瓜灯还可以被用来制作傀儡——无论雪傀儡或是铁傀儡。你只需把所需数量的雪块或铁块按正确方式摆放，最后在上面放上一个南瓜灯，然后就可以等待神奇的魔法来激活你的造物。专业提示：尖叫“它活过来了...它活活活活过过过来来来了！“有可能会加快生成进程。

My erstwhile colleague Alex explained the creepy story of why Jack o’Lanterns are called Jack o’Lanterns back in 2017, so I won’t repeat that. But I will tell you that back in the early 2000s Nasa’s Spitzer Space Telescope discovered a nebula that looks uncannily like a Jack o’Lantern, including a star at the centre lighting it all up.
我的老同事Alex曾在2017年讲述了一个令人毛骨悚然的故事，解释了为什么南瓜灯的又被称为“杰克灯”，所以我不再重复。但我要告诉你，早在21世纪初，美国宇航局的斯皮策太空望远镜就发现了一个像南瓜灯的星云，而位于它中心的一颗恒星照亮了它。

The star, which is huge – about 15 to 20 times more massive than the Sun – is probably responsible for sculpting this cosmic terror, spewing out radiation and particles which cut through the surrounding gas and dust. Studying the baby stars living in the Jack o’Lantern nebula is helping astrophysicists figure out whether stars nearer the middle of the galaxy grow faster or not.
这颗质量大约是太阳的15到20倍的巨大恒星，是这星际恐怖景象的成因，它喷出的辐射和粒子流穿透了周围的气体和尘埃。对在南瓜灯星云中形成的婴儿期恒星开展研究有助于天体物理学家弄清靠近星系中心的恒星是否形成得更快。

Back in Minecraft, you don’t need to worry about that. But you do need to worry about zombies approaching your home at night. So do yourself a favour and light a Jack o’Lantern and put it outside your door. That way you’ll at least see them coming...
回到Minecraft，你当然不用担心这个问题。但你需要担心僵尸会在晚上偷袭你的家。所以点上一盏南瓜灯吧，把它放在门外。这样你至少可以看清它们一步步地缓缓逼近过来………

【xiang_xge译自官网 2020 年 10 月 29 日发布的 Block of the Week: Jack o'Lantern；原作者 Duncan Geere】
【本文排版借助了：SPX】