| 釋義 |
droopingp. a. 1. declining,languishing衰落的,變得衰弱無力的。 △1H.VI. 5.2.1: “These news,my lords,may cheer our drooping spirits.”諸位,這些消息可以鼓舞我們低落的士氣。 △3H.vi. 1.1.6: “Cheered up the drooping ar-my;”鼓舞起士氣低落的隊伍。 2.?leaning downward斜躺下的。 ?declining,i.e. fit-ting for one’s declining years衰退的,(指)適合于人的衰朽殘年的。 drooping chair: ?chair in which one leans down-ward人在其中斜躺下的椅子。 ?chair fitting for one’s de-clining years適合于人衰朽殘年的椅子。 △1H.VI. 4.5.4:“When sapless age and weak unable limbs / Should bring thy father to his drooping chair.”當元氣衰竭的老年和虛弱無力的四肢迫使你的父親只好癱倒在椅子里的時候。 3. sinking,declining,i.e. where the sun sets. 沉落的,落下的,(轉(zhuǎn)指)日落的。 drooping west: west,where the sun sets 日落的。
△2H.IV.Ind.3:“I,from the orient to the droopingwest,”i.e. from east to west,from morning to night-fall. 我,從東方到日落的西方。 |