| 释义 |
vailvt. lower,let down,let fall,let sink 降低，降下，使落下，使下沉。
△Shr.5.2.177 (176): “ vail your stom-achs”，i.e.lower your pride. 压下你们的傲气。
△ Mer.1.1.28: “Vailing her high top lower than her ribs”，它那高高的桅杆倒下来，偏坠得比船肋还低。
△ 1H.VI.5.3.24: “Now the time is come / That France must vailher lofty-plumed crest”，现在时辰到了，法兰西必须低下她那羽毛高高飘动的头盔。
△ R.III. 4.4.349 (348): “To vailthe title. as her mother doth.”不过是使这一称号降低，像她母亲那样。(按： vail又作wail = 哀哭。)
vail stomach: lose courage,lose heart 失去勇气，灰心。
△ 2H.IV. 1. 1. 129:“Gan vail his stomach ” i. e. be-gan to lose his courage. 开始失去勇气。 |