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humorousa. 1. dominated by some eccentric trait,whimsical,crotchety,fantastic,odd脾气古怪的,异想天开的,有怪癖的,怪诞的,古怪的。 △Ham.2.2.344 (322):“the humorous man(i.e. the man who plays the part of an ec-centric character in the play) shall end his part inpeace:”i.e.he is to his part played out unmolested. 阴阳怪气的人可以平安无事地终场。 △1H.IV.3.1.234 (230):“And 'tis no marvel he is so humorous.”怪不得他是那么古怪。 △As.2.3.8:“the humorous Duke”. 那乖僻任性的公爵。 2. changeable,capricious,given to shifting moods ornotions多变的,反复无常的,喜怒无常的,想入非非的。 △As.1.2. 283 (266):“The Duke is humorous;”公爵的脾气喜怒无常。 △2H.IV. 4.4.34: “As humorous as winter,”像冬天一样变幻莫测。 3. feather-brained,unstable 头脑轻浮的,不牢靠的。 △H. V.2.4. 26:“She is so idly kinged,/Her sceptreso fantastically borne,/ By a vain,giddy,shallow,humorous youth,/ That fear attends her not.”英国竟让这么一个无用的人做了国王,她的王杖竟然掌握在这么一个虚妄、轻浮、浅薄、任性的少年手里,那么又何必怕她! 4. moody,sorrowful郁郁不乐的,悲伤的。 △L.L.L.3.1.185 (175):“a humorous sigh,”悲伤的长叹。 △As.4.1.16 (15): “but it is a melancholy of mine own,… and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels,inwhich my often rumination wraps me in a most hu-morous sadness.”i.e. my melancholy is the contem-plation of manifold aspects during my travels,in regard to which my frequent meditation wraps me in amost whimsical sadness. (He represents himself as the traveller and observer who has seen too much of the“human tragedy”.)我的忧愁是我自己所独有的,它是从我的旅行中所得来的多方面的观感,因为时时加以思索,而使我被笼罩在一种极沉郁的悲哀之中了。 5.❶humid,damp,dewy 湿气重的,潮湿的,多露水的。 ❷moody阴郁的。 △Rom.2.1.31:“the humorous night.”潮湿的(双关:阴郁的)夜晚。 |