| 釋義 |
churln.
1.rustic. boor鄉(xiāng)下佬，粗野的人。
△2H.Ⅵ.3.2.212:“Thy mother took into her blameful bed/Some sternuntutored churl,and noble stock/Was graft withcrab-tree slip，”你母親把某個(gè)粗野、沒有教養(yǎng)的鄉(xiāng)巴佬拉上了她那骯臟的床榻，這么一來高貴的根干就嫁接上酸蘋果樹的插枝。
2. niggard,mean person,miser小氣的人，吝嗇鬼
△Rom. 5. 3.163: “O churl,drunk all,and left no friendly drop/To help me after?啊，好吝嗇的人，全喝干了，連一滴也不給我留下，幫助我隨你而去嗎？ churl[t??:l]n. 脾氣不好者，守財(cái)奴
‖ churlish adj. 失禮的，吝嗇的 churlishly adv.churlishiness n. |