| 釋義 |
foiln. ' repulse, defeat, miscarriage 敗退,失敗,失策。 △1H .VI.3.3.11:“One sudden foil shall never brced distrust.”一次偶然失敗絕不會(huì)產(chǎn)生不信任的。 △1H.VI.5.3.22:“Then take my soul-my body,soul,and all,/Before that England give the French the foil.”那么,把我的靈魂拿去吧——身體、靈魂、一切,都拿去吧,千萬(wàn)不要讓英國(guó)把法國(guó)打敗。
foiln. 2 blunt sword in fencing exercise (練習(xí)擊劍 用的)鈍劍。 △Ado.5.2.13: “And yours as blunt as thefencer’s foils,which hit,but hurt not.”你的口才卻像練劍用的鈍劍,可以擊中,但傷不了人。 △Ham.2.2.342 (320):“the adventurous knight shall use his foil and target,”冒險(xiǎn)的騎士可以舞他的鈍頭劍,使他的小盾牌。 △Ham.5.2.182 (175):“Let the foils be brought,”叫他們把比賽用的鈍劍拿來(lái)吧。 △H.V.4.Cho.50: “With four or fivemost vile and ragged foils”,用四五把破舊不堪的鈍劍舞弄一番。
foiln. 3 (term from jewellery) thin sheet of metalplaced behind a jewel to set it off,setting of a jewel(為寶石用做襯底的)襯箔,襯托。 △ Ham.5.2.269 (255):“I’ll be your foil,Laertes;” 我是你的陪襯,萊阿提斯。 △1H .IV.1.2.235 (213): “My reformation,glitteringo’er my fault,/ Shall show more goodly and attractmore eyes / Than that which hath no foil to set itoff.”我的改過(guò)自新,被往日的過(guò)錯(cuò)襯托得光輝奪目,就要顯得格外美好,比毫無(wú)襯托的事情就要格外引人刮目相看。 △R.III.5.3.251 (250):“A base foul stone,made precious by thefoil / Of England’s chair,where he is falsely set;”i.e. England is the foil,or setting,which helplesslygives value to the otherwise worthless stone that isRichard.一塊低劣、無(wú)價(jià)值的石頭,靠著他非法坐上的英國(guó)王位的襯托,才顯得珍貴。
foilvt. defeat,baffle,overcome,overthrow 打敗,挫敗,戰(zhàn)勝,打倒。 △As.1.1. 137(129):“and for your love Iwould be loath to foil him,” i. e. I should hesitate todefeat him.看在您的面上,我本不愿把他打?。ㄊ顾軅?br/>△As.1.2.201 (187):“wherein if I be foiled.”如果我在比賽中被打敗了。 △As.2.2.13: “the wrestler / Thatdid but lately foil the sinewy Charles,” 那個(gè)最近打敗了強(qiáng)有力的查爾斯的摔跤者。 △3H.VI.5.4.41: “Infuse hisbreast with magnanimity,/ And make him,naked,foil a man-at-arms.”在他心里激勵(lì)起崇高的勇氣來(lái),并且使他能赤手空拳打敗一個(gè)全身武裝的戰(zhàn)士。 foil(1)[f?il]n. 花劍 ‖ foil blade 花劍劍身 foil fencer 花劍運(yùn)動(dòng)員 foil fencing 花劍比賽,花劍劍術(shù) foil guard花劍護(hù)手盤(pán) foilsman n. 花劍運(yùn)動(dòng)員
foil(2)[f?il]n.挫敗,箔片/ v.阻止,擋開(kāi),挫敗,貼箔于 ◇ be foiled in 失敗 foil the policy of aggression挫敗侵略政策
foil(3)[f?il]n. 陪襯演員,配角演員,襯托,葉形飾 v.襯托,當(dāng)陪襯,作配角 ‖ foiling n. 葉形飾 |