| 釋義 |
Assyriana. of Assyria. an ancient kingdom in NearEast (in modern Iraq) 亞述的。
△2H.IV.5.3.102(101): “O base Assyrian knight,what is thy news?”(The Assyrians of the Bible were associated with rob-bery. Falstaff imitates Pistol’s bombastic style.) 啊，下賤亞述騎士，你帶來的消息是什么？
Assyrian slings: People of Assyria(an ancient king-dom in modern Iraq) were famous for their skill withslings. Sennacherib (705 B. C.-681 B.C.),king of As-syria,founded a corps of slings.亞述人的彈弓（古代亞述人以善用彈弓著稱）。
△H.V.4.7.65 (61): “as swift asstones/Enforced from the old Assyrian slings.”快得就像從古時(shí)候亞述人的弓弩所猛射出的石彈。 |