| 释义 |
dawn.
1.jackdaw. crow寒鸦，乌鸦。
△Tw.3.4.39 (35): “Atyour request! Yes. nightingales answer daws.” i.e.Must I answer the request of a serving-girl? Indeed.nightingales should answer the calls of crows. 要我回答你的问题吗？ 不错，夜莺应该回答乌鸦的叫声。
△Oth.1.1.64: “But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve ╱ Fordaws to peck at: I am not what I am.”我就会把我的心挂在袖子上让乌鸦来啄了；那么我也就不是我自己了(又译：我不是我表面上这样的一个人)。
2. jackdaw,i.e.foolish bird,simpleton寒鸦，（转义）呆鸟，傻瓜。
△Ado.2.3.275 (254): “just so much (pleas-ure) as you may take upon a knife’s point,and chokea daw withal.” 其愉快恰似举起尖刀来杀死一只呆鸟。
△1H.VI.2.4. 17: “But in these nice sharp quillets ofthe law,╱Good faith. I am no wiser than a daw.”但是对于法律方面这些精确、微妙的差别之处，说老实话，我却是不比傻瓜更聪明。 |