goose-quilln. pen鹅毛笔。 △Ham.2.2.366(343):“many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills anddare scarce come thither.” i.e.Rapier-wearing gal-lants are so afraid of being satirized by the pens of thewriters that they dare not visit the common theatres许多佩剑的公子哥儿害怕文人(剧作家)笔下的讥嘲,不敢再去老地方光顾了。 |