| 釋義 |
basiliskn. 1. fabulous serpent,supposedto be hatched by a serpent froma cock’s egg,and said to kill byits look怪蛇(據(jù)說其目光即能殺人)。 △2H.VI.3.2.52: “Yet do not go away. Come,basilisk,/And kill the innocent gazerwith thy sight.”但是別走開?;貋?,你這怪蛇,用你的目光把看著你的無辜者殺死吧。 △3H.VI.3.2 187:“I’ll slay more gazers than the basilisk;”我能比妖蛇殺死更多對我注視的人。 △R.III.1.2.151(150):“Wouldthey (i.e.my eyes) were basilisks,to strike theedead. ”但愿我的眼睛是怪蛇,能致你死命! 2. ?fabulous serpent that killed with its look (神話中的)怪蛇(其眼光可以殺人)。 ?i.e. large brass cannon.heavy ordnance(轉(zhuǎn)指)大銅炮,重炮。 △H.V.5.2.15:“Your eyes,which hitherto have borne in them/Against the French,that met them in their bent,/The fatal balls of murdering basilisks. ”你那一雙眼睛,在火線上面對法國人時,一直像是殺人的大炮(雙關(guān):怪蛇)待發(fā)的(又譯:瞪大的)兩顆致人死命的炮彈(雙關(guān):眼珠子)。 △1H.IV2.3.58(53):“Of basilisks,of cannon,culverin,”講起重炮、大炮、長炮。 
basilisk basilisk王蜥蜥蜴亞目鬣鱗蜥科王蜥屬動物的統(tǒng)稱。凡4種。棲居美洲熱帶地區(qū)。體長約60厘米,尾巴呈鞭狀;頭后端延伸呈一扁平葉狀,形如雞冠;后腿長,腳趾外鱗片形成緣纓,能在水面奔跑。因同古希臘、羅馬神話中一種叫“小王”的怪物相象而得名。 |