| 釋義 |
Cupid:1. love-god,son of Venus.represented as a naked,winged and blinded littleboy with bow and arrow愛(ài)神丘匹德,維納斯之子,形象為一赤身露體、帶翅膀、手持弓箭并被蒙住眼睛的小男孩。 △Ado. 1.1. 192 (184):“to tell us Cu-pid is a good hare-finder”,告訴我們丘匹德善于搜尋野兔。 △Ado. 1. 1. 263 (252):“hang me up at the door of a brothel-house for thesign of blind Cupid. ”把我懸掛在妓院門(mén)口,當(dāng)做瞎眼的丘匹德的招牌。(按:當(dāng)時(shí)英國(guó)妓院,常把丘匹德畫(huà)在招牌上。) △Wiv. 5. 5. 32 (28): “Why,now is Cupid a child ofconscience,he makes restitution.”噯,丘匹德是個(gè)有良心的孩子,他給我補(bǔ)償了。 
Cupid 2.i.e. the presenter of the maskers,often a boydressed as Cupid,who introduced them and offeredan apology to the host丘匹德——參加假面舞會(huì)者常用一少年扮作丘匹德,向主人介紹客人并致詞道歉。 △Rom.1.4.4:“We’ll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf,”我們不需要蒙上眼睛的丘匹德。 Cupid’s flower: i.e. love-in-idleness丘匹德之花,(即)三色堇。 △Mid.4.1.79 (73): “Dian’s bud o’er Cupid’sflower / Hath such force and blessed power.”狄安娜的蓓蕾圣威大,力量勝過(guò)丘匹德之花。 |