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dawn. 1.jackdaw. crow寒鸦,乌鸦。 △Tw.3.4.39 (35): “Atyour request! Yes. nightingales answer daws.” i.e.Must I answer the request of a serving-girl? Indeed.nightingales should answer the calls of crows. 要我回答你的问题吗? 不错,夜莺应该回答乌鸦的叫声。 △Oth.1.1.64: “But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve ╱ Fordaws to peck at: I am not what I am.”我就会把我的心挂在袖子上让乌鸦来啄了;那么我也就不是我自己了(又译:我不是我表面上这样的一个人)。 2. jackdaw,i.e.foolish bird,simpleton寒鸦,(转义)呆鸟,傻瓜。 △Ado.2.3.275 (254): “just so much (pleas-ure) as you may take upon a knife’s point,and chokea daw withal.” 其愉快恰似举起尖刀来杀死一只呆鸟。 △1H.VI.2.4. 17: “But in these nice sharp quillets ofthe law,╱Good faith. I am no wiser than a daw.”但是对于法律方面这些精确、微妙的差别之处,说老实话,我却是不比傻瓜更聪明。 |