| 釋義 |
fetlockn. tuft of hair that grows above a horse’s hoof(馬的)距毛。 △H.V.4.7.82 (78):“and their woundedsteeds / Fret fetlock deep in gore,”他們受傷的駿馬,蹄子上的脫毛深陷在血水中,在焦躁地掙扎。 △3H.VI.2.3.20:“So,underneath the belly of their steeds / Thatstained their fetlocks in his smoking blood,/ The no-ble gentleman gave up the ghost.”這樣,在敵人的馬腹之下,馬蹄上的叢毛沾染著他冒熱氣的鮮血,他就斷氣了。 |