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dallyvi. 1. trifle,wanton鬧著玩兒,胡鬧。 △Ham.5.2.311(297):“Laertes,you do but dally.”i.e. You are onlytrifling. 萊阿提斯,你是在鬧著玩兒。 △R.III.1.3. 264(263): “Our aery buildeth in the cedar’s top,/ Anddallies with the wind and scorns the sun.”我們家的鷹巢筑在蒼松翠柏之顛,和天風(fēng)鬧著玩兒,也不把太陽(yáng)放在眼里。 △R.III.2.1.12: “Take heed you dally not beforeyour King,” 要小心,你們不要在你們國(guó)王面前鬧著玩兒。 2. play,trifle玩弄。 △Tw.3.1.16(14):“dally nicelywith words”,巧妙地玩弄文字。 △R.III.5.1.20: “Thathigh All-Seer which I dallied with / Hath turned myfeigned prayer on my head.”那受我玩弄的高高在上,明察秋毫的上帝,把我假惺惺的祈禱應(yīng)驗(yàn)在我自己頭上。 3. talk idly說(shuō)閑話。 △1H.IV.5.3.57 (55):“What,is ita time to jest and dally now?”怎么,現(xiàn)在是開(kāi)玩笑、說(shuō)閑話的時(shí)候嗎? 4. play lovingly,treat lightly嬉戲,戲弄。 △Tw.2.447: “And dallies with the innocence of love,/ Like the old age (i.e. the good old days).”對(duì)于天真的愛(ài)情加以調(diào)笑,像在古代那樣。 5. flirt,make love調(diào)情,求愛(ài)。 △Ham.3.2.260 (246):“I could interpret between you and your love,if Icould see the puppets dallying.”i.e.if I could see youand your lover flirting together like puppets in a pup-pet-show. 要是我看見(jiàn)你和你的情人像傀儡人一樣調(diào)情,我也會(huì)替你們解說(shuō)的。 6. delay耽擱。 △Lr.3.6.102 (93):“If thou shouldstdally half an hour.”如果你耽擱半個(gè)鐘頭。 dally[?d?li]v.調(diào)戲,戲弄 ◇ dally over=dally away浪費(fèi) dally with調(diào)戲,延誤 ‖ dalliance n. |