| 釋義 |
cockneyn. 1.cook,squeamish or over-refined woman廚娘,過(guò)分拘謹(jǐn)或講究的女人。 △Lr.2.4.123(122):“Cry to it(i.e.your heart),nuncle,as the cockney did to the eelswhen she put ’em i’ the paste alive:”老伯伯,你向它叫吧,就像廚娘把鰻魚(yú)活生生地放進(jìn)面糊里去一樣。(按:廚娘要用鰻魚(yú)做餅餡,但不忍心先把它殺死。) 2.young cock,affected,foppish person自命不凡的少年,裝腔作勢(shì)的浮華子弟。 △Tw.4.1.14:“I am afraid thisgreat lubber,the world,will prove a cockney.”i.e.Ifear that this great foolish fellow,the world,will turnout to be an affected person (because everything is af-fecting to what it is not). 我恐怕這個(gè)大傻瓜,世界,也要變成裝腔作勢(shì)的浮華子弟。(按:意思說(shuō)既然什么都是裝假,那么全世界都是在裝模作樣。) cockney[?k?kni]n.倫敦方言,倫敦腔 adj. 倫敦方言的 |