| 释义 |
threea. Phrases:
three branches: three distinctions or three parts con-sisted in an act (imagining the act,resolving to carryit out,and carrying it out to the end) （一件行为的）三个分支，三个区分，三个部分(指想做一件事，决定做一件事，彻底做完一件事)。
△ Ham. 5. 1. 11: “and an act hath threebranches-it is to act,to do,to perform.”一种行为有三个分支——一是干，二是做，三是行。(按：丑角甲在此故意混淆概念，“干”、“做”、“行”意思一样，无所谓“区分”。)
three fingers: breadth of three fingers. i. e. severallayers of fat (A finger,used as a measurement. wasthree-fourths of an inch.) 三指厚，（指） 几层肥膘。
△1H. IV. 4. 2. 80 (73):“No,I’ll be sworn,unless youcall three fingers in the ribs bare.”我发誓，当然不是，除非你把肋骨上带着三指厚的肥膘叫做是瘦。
“Three merry men be we”： the refrain of an old song“我们是三个快活的人。”一首古老歌谣中的叠句。
△Tw. 2. 3.84 (76):“Malvolio’s a Peg-a-Ramsey,and ‘Threemerry men be we.’” 马伏里奥是“拉姆西的佩格”，“我们是三个快活的人”。
three parts: three voices 三部合唱。
△Shr. 3. 1. 61(60):“My lessons make no music in three parts.”我这个音乐课并不需要三部合唱。 |