carpingp. a. faultfinding,mocking吹毛求疵的,嘲弄的。 △1H.VI.4.1.90: “This fellow here with encious carping tongue/Upbraided me about the rose Iwear.” i.e.the red rose of Lancaster. 这个家伙用他那恶毒的、吹毛求疵的舌头对我佩戴的这朵玫瑰横加指责。 △R.III3.5.67 (68): “To avoid the censures of the carpingworld.”免得受到吹毛求疵的世人的指责。 |