灰泥匠 meaning in English

stucco plasterer

The scientific men and their disciples who suppose they are solving this question are like plasterers set to plaster one side of a church wall , who , in the absence of the chief superintendent of their work , should in the excess of their zeal plaster over the windows , and the holy images , and the woodwork , and the scaffolding , and rejoice that from the plasterers point of view everything was now so smooth and even
那些自以为能解决这个问题的博物学家和他们的信徒，正如这样一些灰泥匠：本来指定他们粉刷教堂的一面墙壁，可是他们趁着总监工不在，一时热情冲动，粉刷了窗子神像脚手架，还未加扶壁的墙壁，他们心里很高兴，从他们作灰泥匠的观点来看，一切都弄得又平又光滑。