medlarn.
1. medlar-tree,whose fruit,resembling a small apple,is the latest of fruits to ripen and one of the earliest torot (With a pun on “meddler”.)枇杷树(与meddler“爱管闲事者”同音双关。)
△As.3.2.125(117):“I'll graff itwith you (i.e. with the forwardness of the clown).and then I shall graff it with a medlar.”我要把你(指：小丑的放肆脾气)接种在这树上，再把它和爱乱缠的枇杷接种在一起。
2. small apple-like fruit (proverbially “never good tillthey be rotten”); (vulgarism for) female sexual organ枇杷；(粗话，指)阴户。
△Rom.2.1.34: “Now will he situnder a medlar tree. / And wish his mistress werethat kind of fruit . As maids call medlars. when they laugh alone. ”现在他一定是坐在一棵枇杷树下，希望他的情人是一颗枇杷，也就是少女们私下开玩笑时指着什么说的那种枇杷。 medlar欧楂(Mespilus germanica)蔷薇科灌木或乔木。原产欧洲西南部和亚洲中部。株高6米，叶卵圆形，具齿，长15厘米，花白色，五瓣。果实褐色，球形，直径5～6厘米，味酸甜，供生食或制果冻。 |