释义 |
sirrahn. 1.ordinary form of address to inferiors (对下人的通称)小子,家伙,来人。 △Shr.Ind.1.74:“Sirrah,go see whattrumpet ’tis that sounds.”喂,去看看外面吹喇叭是什么人来了。 △Com.2.2.213 (209):“Sirrah,if any ask youfor your master,/Say he dines forth,and let no crea-ture enter.”喂,要是有人要见你的主人,就说他出外吃饭去了,不许任何人进来。 △Gent.2.1.7: “How now,sirrah?”怎么啦,你这家伙? △L.L.L.1.1.279 (281): “But,sir-rah,what say you to this?”但是,小子,你对这个有什么话说? △Wiv.1.1.283 (271): “Go,sirrah,”喂,你去吧。 △Ado.4.2.14 (12):“Yours,sirrah?/I am a gentle-man,sir,”(Conrade is insulted at being called “Sir-rah”.)小子,你的名字呢?——我是一位绅士,先生。(康拉德被称为“小子”,感到受了侮辱。) 2. used as a term of comradeship and familiarity be-tween servants (仆人之间的亲切称呼)伙计。 △1H.IV.1.2. 199 (179): “and,sirrah,I have cases of buckramfor the nonce,”伙计,我还有几套粗麻布袍子以备这回使用。 △2H. IV.2.1.6 (5): “Sirrah ! Where’s Snare?”伙计!绞索在哪里? △H.VIII.5.4.31 (5.3.30):“Keep thedoor close,sirrah.” 把门关紧,伙计。 3. familiar form of address used by parents to children(父母对儿子的一种亲切称呼)小子。 △ Lr.1.2.85 (77):“Go,sirrah,seek him;”去,小子,找他去。 4. (form of address used to chlidren) little fellow (对小孩子的用语)小家伙。 △Mac.4.2.30:“Sirrah ,yourfather’s dead,/ And what will you do now? How willyou live?”小子,你爸爸死了,你现在怎么办? 你怎么生活? 5. term of address used to express disrespect and scorn(表示鄙视不敬的称呼)小子,小伙子。 △1H.IV.1.3.118:“But,sirrah,henceforth/Let me not hear you speakof Mortimer.”但是,小伙子,从今以后你再也不要向我提起摩提麦了。 △1H.VI.3.1.61: “Plantagenet,I see,musthold his tongue,/ Lest it be said,‘Speak,sirrah,when you should;’”普兰纳琪奈特,我看,你还是不要开口,否则人家会说:“小子,等你该开口的时候再说话吧。” |