| 釋義 |
lowlya. 1. humble 謙卑的。 △ 2H.VI.3.1.126: “For I shouldmelt at an offender's tears,/ And lowly words wereransom for their fault.” 因?yàn)槲乙灰姺溉说难蹨I就心軟,只要他們低聲下氣求饒就能贖救他們的罪過。 △Tw.3.1.111(99):“l(fā)owly feigning“,i.e.pretended humility.假裝謙卑。 2. of mean birth,base 出身微賤的,卑賤的。 △2H.VI.4.1.110: “It is impossible that I should die / By such alowly vassal as thyself.” 我絕不可能死在像你這樣的一個(gè)卑賤的奴才手里。 3. little,humble 小小的,卑微的。 △1H.VI.3.3.47: “Aslooks the mother on her lowly babe / When deathdoth close his tender-dyin g eyes,” 就像母親眼睜睜看著自己小小的嬰兒,當(dāng)他還在稚嫩之年就被死神合上了眼睛。 |