释义 |
wordsn. (pl.) 1. mere words(as opposed to “matter”) (与“内容”相对立的)空话。 △H.VIII.5.3.71 (5.2.106):“Your paint-ed gloss discovers(i.e. reveals). / To men that under-stand you,words and weakness.”对于了解你的人们来说.你那华而不实的外貌适足以揭穿你的空话和虚弱。 2. high words,altercations,recriminations厉声怒语,激烈口角,反唇相讥。 △1H.VI.2.5.45:“This day,in argu-ment upon a case,/Some words there grew 'twixtSomerset and me.”今天,为一个问题争论起来,在萨默塞特和我之间发生了口角。 △3H.VI.2.2.177: “These wordswill cost ten thousand lives this day.” 今天这场激烈争吵要使得上万人送命。 |