| 釋義 |
cheatern.
1.swindler騙子。
tame cheater: gentle cheater,i.e.(cant term)gamester’s decoy,card-sharper’s decoy who lured the innocent card-player into a game in which he could befleeced溫順的騙子；（行話）賭棍的搭檔，賭牌行騙者使用的誘餌。
△2H.Ⅳ.2.4.104 (97):“He’s no swaggerer,host-ess,a tame cheater，”他不是大喊大叫的，女店主，他只是個(gè)溫順的騙子(又譯：幫人行騙的搭檔)。
2. (blunder for) escheator,fiscal officer whose duty itwas to collect forfeitures and exact fines for the king騙子，（誤為）財(cái)務(wù)官（職務(wù)是為國王接收充公財(cái)產(chǎn)和勒索罰款）。
△2H.Ⅳ.2.4.109(102):“Cheater,call you him? Iwill bar no honest man my house,nor no cheater,butI do not love swaggering,by my troth.”財(cái)務(wù)官，你這樣叫他嗎？ 凡是規(guī)矩人到我屋里來，我都不擋駕，包括財(cái)務(wù)官，但是，老實(shí)說，我可不喜歡大喊大叫。(按：cheater又可直譯為“騙子”。)
△Wiv.1.3.75(69):“I will be cheaters to themboth,and they shall be exchequers to me.”我要去做她們兩個(gè)的接收大員，她們就是我的金庫。 |