| 釋義 |
doubletn.
1. close-fitting garment for the upper part of thebody.or close-fitting jacket-with the hose,or kneebreeches,the typical masculine dress in the 14th-17thcentury England緊身男上衣，緊身衣。
△Tw.2.4.74(73): “Now the melancholy god protect thee,and thetailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta.”現(xiàn)在.愿憂郁之神保佑你.裁縫用光影多變的閃綢給你做一件緊身上衣。
△Mer.1.2. 78 (74): “I think he bought his doubletin Italy.”我想他的緊身上衣是在意大利買的。╱ Ado.2.3.17(16):“and now will he lie ten night awake carvingthe fashion of a new doublet；”現(xiàn)在他卻會十晚不睡.去設(shè)計一種新款式的緊身上衣。
△Rom. 3.1.29 (27): “Didstthou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his newdoublet before Easter?”你不是曾經(jīng)和一個裁縫爭吵，只因他在復活節(jié)之前穿起他的緊身上衣嗎？
△2H.IV. 5. 5.86 (81):“I cannot perceive how,unless you give me your dou-blet and stuff me out with straw.”我看不出你怎么使我成為大人物(雙關(guān)：胖子)，除非你把你的緊身上衣給我穿.再用稻草把里邊填塞起來。
△2H.VI. 2.1.150 (148):“Come on,sirrah,off with your doublet quickly.”來吧，小子，快把你的緊身上衣脫掉。
△H.VIII. 4. 1.73:“Hats,cloaks,/Doublets,I think. flew up.”帽子.外套.我想，還有緊身上衣，都一齊飛到空中。
great belly doublet: doublet with the lower part(“belly”) stuffed so that it stood up大肚子緊身上衣。
△H.V.4.7.50 (46):“Harry Monmouth,being in hisright wits and his good judgements,turned away thefat knight with the great belly doublet.”i.e. Falstaff.亨利·蒙穆斯在他神志清醒、判斷正常之時把那個身穿大肚子緊身上衣的胖騎士趕走了。
2. coat. jacket男上衣，男短上衣。
△Shr.Ind.2.9: “Ihave no more doublets than backs.”我沒有上衣，只有光光的脊梁。
△1H.IV.2.4.187(166): “I am eight timesthrust through the doublet，”我的上衣被刺穿了八回。
doublet and hose: ?jacket and knee-breeches(ordi-nary garments of a man in Shakespeare’s time) 緊身上衣和短褲（莎士比亞時代的普通男裝）。
△As.2.4.5: “but Imust comfort the weaker vessel,as doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat；”但是我必須安慰這位小娘子，因為穿緊身上衣和短褲的總該向穿裙子的顯得勇敢一點才是。
?close-fitting jacket and knee-breeches(In cold weather a cloak would ordinarily be worn o-ver them.) 緊身上衣和短褲，一身短打扮(在冷天，一般該再穿上一件外套)。
△Wiv.3.1.46: “And youthful still,inyour doublet and hose,this raw rheumatic day?”越活越年輕了，在這種又冷又濕的天氣，還是只穿著緊身上衣和短褲！ |