| 釋義 |
burthen(= burden) n. 1.load負擔。 △Mer.4.1.95:“Why sweat they underburthens?”為什么讓他們在重擔之下出汗? △H.VIII.2.3.42: “If your back/ Cannot vouchsafe this burthen,”如果你的脊梁連這樣的負擔都不肯承受。 △H.VIII.3.1.109(110):“l(fā)est at once/The burthen of my sorrows fallupon ye.”要不然我這悲哀的重擔就要落到你們的頭上了。 △H.VIII. 5.1.70: “God safely quit her of her bur-then,”愿上帝讓她平安地解除她的負擔。 2. burden,a child in the womb胎兒。 △Com.1.1.54:“A mean woman was delivered / Of such a burthenmale,twins both alike.”一個貧苦的婦人也生下了 一對面貌相同的男性雙生子。 3. burden,refrain,tune(歌曲的)疊句,曲調(diào)。 △Shr.1.2.68:“wealth is burthen of my wooing dance”,財富才是我求婚之舞的主調(diào),我求婚本來就是為圖財。 4. refrain,accompaniment to a song疊句,伴唱。 △As.3.2. 263 (247): “I would sing my song without a bur-then;thou bring’st me out of tune.”我唱歌的時候不要別人伴唱;你纏得我唱走了調(diào)。(按:指Celia說話時Rosalind總是不斷插話。)
burthen(= burden) vt. charge指控。 △Com.5.1.209:“As this is false he burthens me withal!”他指控我的話全是假的! |