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churln. 1.rustic. boor乡下佬,粗野的人。 △2H.Ⅵ.3.2.212:“Thy mother took into her blameful bed/Some sternuntutored churl,and noble stock/Was graft withcrab-tree slip,”你母亲把某个粗野、没有教养的乡巴佬拉上了她那肮脏的床榻,这么一来高贵的根干就嫁接上酸苹果树的插枝。 2. niggard,mean person,miser小气的人,吝啬鬼 △Rom. 5. 3.163: “O churl,drunk all,and left no friendly drop/To help me after?啊,好吝啬的人,全喝干了,连一滴也不给我留下,帮助我随你而去吗? churl[tʃə:l]n. 脾气不好者,守财奴 ‖ churlish adj. 失礼的,吝啬的 churlishly adv.churlishiness n. |