| 釋義 |
canaryn. 1.sweet wine from the Canary Islands,Spain; withan allusion to the quick lively dance of that name西班牙加納利群島所出的一種甜酒;有時(shí)兼指起源于該地的一種輕快舞蹈。 △Wiv.3.2.92(88):“and drink canary withhim.”還要和他喝甜酒。 △Tw.1.3.87(80):“O knight,thou lack’st a cup of canary.” i. e. to make you happier. 啊,爵士,你需要喝杯甜酒(愉快一下)。 2. a quick and lively Spanish dance; state of excite-ment from the lively dance加納利舞(一種節(jié)奏歡快的西班牙舞);由歡快舞蹈所引起的激動(dòng)興奮狀態(tài)。 3. Quickly’s corruption,meaning “quandary”,i.e.difficulty,perplexity,predicament桂嫂的誤用為“窘境”,指:困難,困惑,苦境。 △Wiv.2.2.63 (60): “You havebrought her into such a canaries as ’tis wonderful.”你已經(jīng)把她弄得神魂顛倒了,也真夠奇怪的。 △Wiv.2.2.64(61): “The best courtier of them all (when the courtlay at Windsor) could never have brought her to sucha canary;”國(guó)王駐在溫莎的時(shí)候,朝廷里最大的官兒也從來(lái)沒(méi)有使她這樣神魂顛倒。
canaryvi. dance in a very lively manner (from thename of a lively Spanish dance) 用輕快的步子跳舞。 △L.L.L.3.1.13(12): “canary to it with your feet,”用你的兩腳隨聲信步起舞。 canary加那利雀(Serinus canaria)雀形目金翅科(Fringillidae)鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)。原產(chǎn)加那利群島、馬德拉群島等地。羽色艷麗。鳴叫時(shí)間長(zhǎng)而不間斷。?;\養(yǎng)。野生種類(lèi)背面有條紋。以水果、昆蟲(chóng)和種子為食。 canary[k??n??ri]n. 金絲雀舞,(職業(yè))女歌手,輕歌曼舞,鮮黃色 ‖ canary yellow 淡黃色 |