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Pissing Conduit:i.e. popular name of a conduit,orcommon fountain,which ran with a small stream,near the Royal Exchange in the City of London 撒尿水管(伦敦市内一个公共喷泉,因流水细小,故有此俗名)。 △2H. VI. 4.6.1: “And here,sitting upon LondonStone,I charge and command that of the city’s costthe Pissing Conduit runs nothing but claret wine thisfirst year of our reign.”我坐在这伦敦石上发出指示和命令:在我统治的头一年,“撒尿水管”只准流出红酒,费用由市里负担。 |