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Smithfield:1. (lit.“smooth field”) district or open space north ofSt. Paul’s Cathedral,London,cattle and horse market down to 1855 (The horses sold there had a poor repu-tation.) 司密斯菲尔德，伦敦圣保罗大教堂北面地名，过去为牛马市场。
△2H.IV.1.2.55 (50): “He's gone into Smith-field to buy your worship a horse.”他到司密斯菲尔德给你老爷买马去了。
2.i.e. a cattle market in olden times,used as a placeof execution where heretics were burnt in the 16th century ( It is now the central meat market ofLondon.) 司密斯菲尔德，古时为牲口市，16世纪时曾用为烧死异教徒的刑场。
△2H.VI.2.3.7: “The witch in Smith-field shall be burnt to ashes.”女巫要在司密斯菲尔德被烧为灰烬。
3. i.e.scene of the encounter between Richard II andthe rebelling peasants and the murder of Wat Tyler in1381司密斯菲尔德，1381年理查二世在此与造反农民会见及农民领袖瓦特·泰勒被杀.均在此处。
△2H.VI.4.5.10 (9):“But get you to Smithfield and gather head，”但是你可以到司密斯菲尔德去召集一支兵力。 |