drawnpa. p.& p. a.
1. having sword drawn. with sword unsheathed. sword in hand拔劍出來，手持寶劍。
△Mid. 3.2.402:“Here,villain,drawn and ready.”在這兒，壞蛋，拔劍出來準備吧。
△Rom.1.1.72 (66):“What,art thou drawnamong these heartless hinds?”怎么，你也拔劍跟這群沒心沒肺的奴才打架嗎？
△Rom.1.1.76 (70):“What,drawnand talk of peace?”怎么，拔出了劍還要談和平？
2. contracted收縮，縮小。
△Tw.3.4.96 (85): “If all the devils of hell be drawn in little，”哪怕地獄里的魔鬼都緊縮在一處。
drawnp. a. driven from cover,out of the hole從藏身處被趕出來的，出洞的。
drawn fox: fox out of its hole or driven from cover出洞的狐貍，從藏身處被趕出來的狐貍。
△1H.IV. 3.3.127(113): “nor no more truth in thee than in a drawnfox，”你的誠實也不會比一只出洞的狐貍更多。 |