n. one of the radiating bars of a wheel (车轮的)辐条。
△Ham.3.3.19:“To whose huge spokes tenthousand lesser things / Are mortised and adjoined,”在它那极大的轮辐上,千孔百眼装上了千万种小物件。
spoke
vb. pa.p.
1. spoken说,说出。
△Tw.1.5.119(112):“Thou hastspoke for us,madonna,as if thy eldest son should bea fool;”小姐,你帮我们这一行说了话,好像你的大儿子将来也要做小丑一般。
△Rom.1.4.1: “What,shall this speechbe spoke for our excuse? / Or shall we on without a-pology?”(When uninvited maskers wished to attend aparty,it was customary for them to send ahead a mes-senger,sometimes dressed as Cupid,to make a formalspeech announcing their arrival and explaining theirintrusion.) i. e. shall we deliver this speech excusing our uninvited appearance,or shall we enter without a-pology?怎么,我们就拿这一番话作为借口,还是根本不道歉昂然直入呢?
△ Rom.2.2.88: “fain deny / What I havespoke,”愿意把我方才说过的话全都否认。
△Ham.1.1.45:“It would be spoke to.”它要人对它说话。
△1H.IV.3.1.11:“And you in hell,as oft as he hears / Owen Glen-dower spoke of.”希望你下地狱,当他每次听见有人说起欧文·格兰道尔的时候。
△2H.VI.3.1.183: “Far truerspoke than meant.”你说出的话比你心里想的要真实得多。spoke of: spoken of被说起。
△ Shr.2.1.193(192):“Thy virtues spoke of”. 你的美德被人说起。
△1H.IV.4.1.84:“There is not such a word / Spoke of in Scot-land as this term of fear.”恐惧这个名词,在苏格兰从来没有人说起过。
spoke withal: spoken with听(人)谈话。
△R.III.3.7.56 (57): “I think the Duke will not be spoke withal.”我想公爵不愿接见人。
2. recited背诵。
△Rom.1.4.7:“faintly spoke / Afterthe prompter,”i.e. feebly recited after the prompter.跟着提词人有气无力地背诵。
3. requested,bespoken被请求,被约定。
△Mer. 2. 4. 5:“We have not spoke us (= for ourselves) yet of torch-bearers.”我们还没有约好拿火把的人。
spoke to: asked,requested,engaged被要求,被请求,被约定。
△H.VIII.1.3.66:“For I was spoke to,with SirHenry Guildford / This night to be comptrollers.” 因为我和亨利·吉尔福德爵士已经被邀请做今天晚上的典礼官。