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elln. measure of 45 inches formely used in England厄尔(英国过去使用的长度名,等于45英寸) △1H.IV.3.3.82(71): “Now as I am a true woman,holland of eightshillings an ell.”我是个诚实女人,那可是八先令一厄尔的细麻布。 △Rom.2.4.90 (83): “O,here’s a wit of chever-el,that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad!”你的俏皮话真像是一块羊羔皮,可以从一英寸窄扯到45英寸宽。(又译:这点俏皮,越扯越长,越拉越多。) △Com.3.2.112(109): “Nell. sir; but her name and three quar-ters,that’s an ell and three quarters,will not measureher from hip to hip.”她叫奈耳,先生:可是她的名字再加上四分之三(那便是一厄耳又四分之三)还不够量她的臀部一周哩。(按:Nell与an ell同音,拿二者双关取笑。) |