brazedpa. p. =brassed ~ p.a. (lit.) plated with brass: brazened. hardened.made insensible(原义)镀上了黄铜;厚脸皮的,变得麻木的,变得无感觉的。 △Lr.1.1.10:“I have so often blushed toacknowledge him,that now I am brazed to’t.” (Ed-mund is Gloucester’s illegitimate son.)我常常红着脸承认他(是我的儿子),回数多了,脸皮也就厚了。(按:爱德蒙是葛罗斯特的私生子。) |