释义 |
gettingn. 1. acquisitions 获得物。 △H.VIII.4.2.55:“And thoughhe were unsatisfied in getting,”虽然他这个人贪得无厌。 2. begetting 所生的人。 △Ado.2.1. 337(322):“I wouldrather have one of your father's getting.”我倒愿意要个你父亲所生的人做丈夫。 3. earning by labour (with play on “begetting”,i.e.his wife’s children) 自力挣得(双关:自己生出来的——指:孩子)。 △As.3.3.57(55): “Well,that is the dowry ofhis wife,’tis none of his own getting.”哼,那是他老婆带来的嫁妆,又不是他自己弄出来的。 |