basilisk

n.
1. fabulous serpent,supposedto be hatched by a serpent froma cock’s egg,and said to kill byits look怪蛇（据说其目光即能杀人）。
△2H.VI.3.2.52: “Yet do not go away. Come,basilisk,/And kill the innocent gazerwith thy sight.”但是别走开。回来，你这怪蛇，用你的目光把看着你的无辜者杀死吧。
△3H.VI.3.2
187:“I’ll slay more gazers than the basilisk；”我能比妖蛇杀死更多对我注视的人。
△R.III.1.2.151(150):“Wouldthey (i.e.my eyes) were basilisks,to strike theedead. ”但愿我的眼睛是怪蛇，能致你死命！
2. ❶fabulous serpent that killed with its look （神话中的）怪蛇（其眼光可以杀人）。
❷i.e. large brass cannon.heavy ordnance（转指）大铜炮，重炮。
△H.V.5.2.15:“Your eyes,which hitherto have borne in them/Against the French,that met them in their bent,/The fatal balls of murdering basilisks. ”你那一双眼睛，在火线上面对法国人时，一直像是杀人的大炮(双关：怪蛇)待发的(又译：瞪大的)两颗致人死命的炮弹(双关：眼珠子)。
△1H.IV2.3.58(53):“Of basilisks,of cannon,culverin，”讲起重炮、大炮、长炮。

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