goose-quilln. pen鵝毛筆。 △Ham.2.2.366(343):“many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills anddare scarce come thither.” i.e.Rapier-wearing gal-lants are so afraid of being satirized by the pens of thewriters that they dare not visit the common theatres許多佩劍的公子哥兒害怕文人(劇作家)筆下的譏嘲,不敢再去老地方光顧了。 |