| 釋義 |
grandsiren.
1. grandfather,ancestor 祖父，祖先。
△Mer.1.1.84:“his grandsire cut in alabaster”，i. e. an alabaster fig-ure of his grandfather. 他的老爺爺?shù)氖嗨芟瘢ㄖ府敃r教堂墳墓上常有的石像）。
2. grandfather 祖父，外祖父。
△Oth.1.1.91: “Or elsethe devil will make a grandsire of you.”要不然那黑魔鬼就要使你當外祖父了。(按：魔鬼為黑色，在此指奧瑟羅。)
3. grandfather,old man 老爺爺，老爺子。
△Rom. 2.4.33(31):“Why,is not this a lamentable thing,grand-sire，”(Mercutio addresses Benvolio,pretending theyare old men complaining of the follies of the young.)唉，老爺子，這豈不是令人痛心的事？
△H.V.3. Cho.19:“And leave your England as dead midnight still,/Guarded with grandsires,babies,and old women，”把你們的英格蘭留在萬籟俱寂的深夜里，讓那些老弱婦孺去保衛(wèi)它吧。
grandsire phrase: ancient proverbial saying,old pro-verb 古老的諺語，古話。
△Rom.1.4.37:“For I am pro-verbed with a grandsire phrase，”i.e.equipped with an ancient proverbial saying. 我記得一名古老諺語。 |