| 釋義 |
bear-baitingn. a cruelsport popular in Shakespe-are’s day,in which a bear was tied to a stake and dogswere set to worry it(伊利莎白時代流行的)斗熊(耍熊)游戲。 △Tw.1.3.99(92):“Iwould I had bestowed thatin the tongues/that(i.e.which) I have in fencing,dancing,and bear-baiting.”我真想把我花在擊劍、跳舞和耍熊上面的時間用在語言上。 △Tw.2.5.8(7):“You know hebrought me out o’favour with my lady about a bear-baiting here.”(Malvolio’s disapproval of bear-baitingis a Puritan trait.)你知道為了有一次在這里斗熊,他使我失去了小姐的歡心。(按:馬伏里奧反對斗熊——這是清教徒的特點之一。) 
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